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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Atlantic Mackerel, Butterfish,
Atlantic Bluefish, Spiny Dogfish,
Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea
Bass, Tilefish, Surfclam, and Ocean
Quahog Annual Catch Limits and
Accountability Measures Omnibus
Amendment; Scoping Process
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment
period on intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS).
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) extends
the comment period on its intention to
prepare, in cooperation with NMFS, an
EIS in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act to assess
potential effects on the human
environment of alternative measures to
address the new Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act requirements for annual catch limits
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(ACLs) and accountability measures
(AMs) in an omnibus amendment to the
fishery management plans (FMPs) for
Atlantic mackerel, butterfish, Atlantic
bluefish, spiny dogfish, summer
flounder, scup, black sea bass, tilefish,
surfclams, and ocean quahogs.
This notice announces an extension of
the comment period for the public
process of determining the scope of
issues to be addressed, and for
identifying the significant issues related
to the implementation of ACLs and AMs
for these fisheries. This notice is to alert
the interested public of additional time
to prepare and submit comments during
the scoping process.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before 5 p.m., EST, on
May 31, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent by any of the following methods:
• E-mail to the following address:
Omnibus.NOI@noaa.gov;
• Mail or hand deliver to Daniel T.
Furlong, Executive Director, MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council,
Room 2115 Federal Building, 300 South
New Street, Dover, Delaware 19904–
6790. Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Omnibus Amendment: National
Standard 1 Requirements Scoping
Comments’’; or
• Fax to (302) 674–5399.
The scoping document may also be
obtained from the Council office at the
previously provided address, or by
request to the Council by telephone
(302) 674–2331, or via the Internet at
https://www.mafmc.org/mid-atlantic/
comments/comments.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Daniel T. Furlong, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, Room 2115
Federal Building, 300 S. New St., Dover,
DE 19904–6790, (telephone 302–674–
2331).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An initial
notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS
and conduct public scoping meetings in
support of ACL and AM development
for an omnibus amendment to Council
FMPs was published in the Federal
Register on March 24, 2009 (74 FR
12314). The initial NOI contained detail
on the topics to be addressed in the EIS
and information on topics that may be
considered for further development by
the Council to address MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act ACL and AM
requirements. Those details are not
repeated here.
The initial NOI indicated that public
comment was to be submitted to the
Council by 5:00 p.m., EST, May 15,
2009. This subsequent announcement
extends the previously published public
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comment period to 5 p.m., EST, on May
31, 2009. The extension is provided to
permit the public and other interested
parties additional time to develop and
submit comments on the NOI.
The initially announced scoping
hearings contained in the March 24,
2009, announcement remain
unchanged.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 28, 2009.
Kristen C. Koch,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Implementation of New Competitive
Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of
Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Program
and Regional Rotation of the Existing
and New National Competitive HAB
Programs
AGENCY: National Ocean Service (NOS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice; implementation of
competitive research program.
SUMMARY: NOAA announces the
implementation, under the authorities
of the Harmful Algal Bloom and
Hypoxia Research and Control Act
(HABHRCA) of 1998, as reauthorized in
2004, of a new competitive research
program on Prevention, Control, and
Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms
(PCM HAB). This third national
competitive program is a companion to
the two existing national harmful algal
bloom (HAB) programs, Ecology and
Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms
(ECOHAB) and Monitoring and Event
Response of Harmful Algal Blooms
(MERHAB), already implemented under
the authorities of HABHRCA. PCM HAB
will transition promising technologies
and strategies for prevention, control,
and mitigation, arising from these and
other HAB research programs, to endusers. In addition, NOAA is announcing
that funding opportunity
announcements for ECOHAB, MERHAB,
and HAB PCM will be rotated regionally
on a three year basis. The three regional
groupings are: Gulf of Mexico and
Caribbean/Pacific Islands; West Coast,
Alaska, and Great Lakes; and South
Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, Gulf of Maine.
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Details concerning appropriate
research subjects for each program,
more information about the regional
rotation, and additional procedural
information are also provided in this
announcement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Quay Dortch, ECOHAB Program
Coordinator , 301/713–3338 ext 157,
Quay.Dortch@NOAA.gov or Marc
Suddleson, MERHAB Program Manager,
301/713–3338 ext. 162,
Marc.Suddleson@noaa.gov, Center for
Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research,
National Centers for Coastal Ocean
Science, NOS.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The 1998 Harmful Algal Bloom and
Hypoxia Research Control Act
(HABHRCA) and the Harmful Algal
Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of
2004 (2004 HABHRCA Reauthorization)
authorized the establishment of three
national programs on harmful algal
blooms (HABs):
1. ‘‘Ecology and Oceanography of
Harmful Algal Blooms’’ (ECOHAB)
(HABHRCA Sec. 605 (2));
2. ‘‘Monitoring and analysis activities
for HABs’’ (renamed Monitoring and
Event Response for Harmful Algal
Blooms or MERHAB) (HABHRCA Sec.
605 (4)); and
3. ‘‘A peer-reviewed research project
on management measures that can be
taken to prevent, reduce, control, and
mitigate HABs.’’ (HABHRCA Sec. 605
(3))
To implement the HABHRCA, NOAA
established in 1998 the ECOHAB
program as an interagency (NOAA,
National Science Foundation (NSF),
Environmental Protection Agency(EPA),
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA), Office of Naval
Research (ONR), competitive research
program, led by NOAA, and the
MERHAB program as a NOAA
competitive research program. ECOHAB
provides coastal managers with the
understanding, tools, and models to
predict the development, extent, and
toxicity of HABs and their impacts,
leading to early warning and new
prevention and mitigation strategies.
MERHAB builds capacity and enhances
partnerships between managers,
researchers, and private industry to
improve monitoring for HAB cells and
toxins and responding to HAB events.
NOAA is now announcing the
establishment of a Prevention Control
and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms
(PCM HAB) Program pursuant to
HABHRCA section 605(3). In the
following sections, the new PCM HAB
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XO02
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Atlantic Mackerel,
Butterfish, Atlantic Bluefish, Spiny Dogfish, Summer Flounder, Scup,
Black Sea Bass, Tilefish, Surfclam, and Ocean Quahog Annual Catch
Limits and Accountability Measures Omnibus Amendment; Scoping Process
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period on intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS).
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) extends
the comment period on its intention to prepare, in cooperation with
NMFS, an EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
to assess potential effects on the human environment of alternative
measures to address the new Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act requirements for annual catch limits
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(ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs) in an omnibus amendment to the
fishery management plans (FMPs) for Atlantic mackerel, butterfish,
Atlantic bluefish, spiny dogfish, summer flounder, scup, black sea
bass, tilefish, surfclams, and ocean quahogs.
This notice announces an extension of the comment period for the
public process of determining the scope of issues to be addressed, and
for identifying the significant issues related to the implementation of
ACLs and AMs for these fisheries. This notice is to alert the
interested public of additional time to prepare and submit comments
during the scoping process.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m., EST, on
May 31, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent by any of the following
methods:
E-mail to the following address: Omnibus.NOI@noaa.gov;
Mail or hand deliver to Daniel T. Furlong, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Room 2115 Federal
Building, 300 South New Street, Dover, Delaware 19904-6790. Mark the
outside of the envelope ``Omnibus Amendment: National Standard 1
Requirements Scoping Comments''; or
Fax to (302) 674-5399.
The scoping document may also be obtained from the Council office
at the previously provided address, or by request to the Council by
telephone (302) 674-2331, or via the Internet at https://www.mafmc.org/mid-atlantic/comments/comments.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Daniel T. Furlong, Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, Room 2115 Federal Building, 300 S. New St.,
Dover, DE 19904-6790, (telephone 302-674-2331).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An initial notice of intent (NOI) to prepare
an EIS and conduct public scoping meetings in support of ACL and AM
development for an omnibus amendment to Council FMPs was published in
the Federal Register on March 24, 2009 (74 FR 12314). The initial NOI
contained detail on the topics to be addressed in the EIS and
information on topics that may be considered for further development by
the Council to address Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act ACL and AM requirements. Those details are not repeated
here.
The initial NOI indicated that public comment was to be submitted
to the Council by 5:00 p.m., EST, May 15, 2009. This subsequent
announcement extends the previously published public comment period to
5 p.m., EST, on May 31, 2009. The extension is provided to permit the
public and other interested parties additional time to develop and
submit comments on the NOI.
The initially announced scoping hearings contained in the March 24,
2009, announcement remain unchanged.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 28, 2009.
Kristen C. Koch,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-10179 Filed 5-1-09; 8:45 am]
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