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Fishery management Council (Council)
and all such fishing gear used in such
fisheries (see section 305(a) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act). The list has
been published and appears in 50 CFR
600.725(v). Any person wishing to use
gear not on the list, or engage in a
fishery not on the list, must provide the
appropriate Council or the Secretary, in
the case of Atlantic highly migratory
species, with 90 days of advance notice.
If the Secretary takes no action to
prohibit such a fishery or use of such a
gear, the person may proceed.
II. Method of Collection
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0346.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.
Estimated Time per Response: 90
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 15 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $30 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
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Administration
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Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of change to public
meeting dates and times.
AGENCY:
The Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council)
announces changes in the dates that the
Merizo community and Guam Regional
Ecosystem Advisory Committee (REAC)
meetings will be held.
DATES: The Merizo Community Meeting
will be held on February 29, 2012,
between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. and the
Guam REAC on March 1, 2012, between
9 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Merizo
Community Meeting will be held at the
Merizo Community Center, Merizo,
Guam and the Guam REAC will be held
at the Guam Hilton Hotel, Tumon Bay,
Guam. For specific times and agendas,
see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: Council office, 1164 Bishop
Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813;
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
Merizo Community Center, Merizo,
Guam 96915; telephone: (671) 828–
2941.
Guam Hilton Hotel, 202 Hilton Road,
Tumon Bay, Guam 96913; telephone:
(671) 646–1835.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
original notice published on February 6,
2012 (77 FR 5775). The new dates and
agenda items are listed below.
SUMMARY:
The respondent provides written
notice. No form is used.
Dated: February 3, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ii. Report on Recommendations to US
Department of Defense on Military
Activities
iii. Improving Fishery Data Collection from
Military Areas
iv. Discussion on Options to Mitigate Impacts
to Fishing Community Military Activities
B. Update on the Marianas Trench Marine
National Monument
i. Report on Monument Monument Scoping
Sessions and Management Plan
C. Federal Annual Fisheries Catch Limits
D. Compact Impact Issues
E. Proposed Guam Fisheries Management Act
5. Ocean Monitoring and Data Collection
A. Report on Bio-Sampling Program
B. Habitat Blue Print for Guam
C. Pacific Island Ocean Observe ring System
D. Guam Coral Reef Ecosystem Research
Program
E. Report on Data Workshop
F. Discussion and Recommendations
6. Communities and Traditional Fishing
Rights
A. First Stewards Climate Change
Symposium
B. Guam Village Management
C. Discussion and Recommendations
6. Upcoming Meetings/Workshops
A. Synopsis of Upcoming 153rd Council
Meeting Actions
B. Teachers Workshop
C. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Commission
7. Other Business
8. Public Comment
9. Discussion and Recommendations
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds,
(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522–
8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 6, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Schedule and Agenda for Merizo
Community Meeting
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6 p.m.–9 p.m., Wednesday, February 29, 2012
1. Introduction
2. Community Based Monitoring
3. Community Fisheries Development
4. Fishery Issues
5. Other Issues
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Schedule and Agenda for Guam REAC
Meeting
9 a.m.–4 p.m., Thursday, March 1, 2012
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Status of 2011 REAC Recommendations
3. Report on Agency Activities
4. Community Marine Management Forum
A. Military Activities
i. Military Closures Impacting Southern
Fishing Grounds
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Administration
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Public
Meeting and Public Comment
National Ocean Service,
NOAA, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting, Notice
of public comment.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given of a
public meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef
Task Force. The meeting will be held in
Washington, DC This meeting, the 27th
SUMMARY:
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bi-annual meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef
Task Force, provides a forum for
coordinated planning and action among
federal agencies, state and territorial
governments, and nongovernmental
partners. Please register in advance by
visiting the Web site listed below. This
meeting has time allotted for public
comment. All public comment must be
submitted in written format. A written
summary of the meeting will be posted
on the Web site within two months of
its occurrence.
The meeting will be held
Thursday, February 23, 2012.
Registration is requested for all
participants. Advance public comments
can be submitted to the email, fax, or
mailing address listed below from
Wednesday, February 1–Wednesday,
February 15.
Location: The meeting will be held at
the U.S. Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC
20240.
DATES:
Beth
Dieveney, NOAA U.S. Coral Reef Task
Force Steering Committee Point of
Contact, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation
Program, 1305 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910 (Phone:
(301) 713–3155 ext. 129, Fax: (301) 713–
4389, email: beth.dieveney@noaa.gov,
Liza Johnson, U.S. Coral Reef Task
Force Steering Committee Point of
Contact, U.S. Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC
20240 (Phone: (202) 208–1378, email:
Liza_m_Johnson@ios.doi.gov), or visit
the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Web site
at www.coralreef.gov.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Established by Presidential Executive
Order 13089 in 1998, the U.S. Coral Reef
Task Force mission is to lead,
coordinate, and strengthen U.S.
government actions to better preserve
and protect coral reef ecosystems. Cochaired by the Departments of
Commerce and Interior, Task Force
members include leaders of 12 Federal
agencies, seven U.S. states and
territories, and three freely associated
states. For more information about the
meeting, registering, and submitting
public comment go to
www.coralreef.gov.
Dated: January 27, 2012.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for a Live-Fire Training
Range Complex on Guam To Support
the Guam Military Relocation
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by
the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),
the Department of the Navy (DoN)
announces its intent to prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) to evaluate the
potential environmental consequences
that may result from construction and
operation of a live-fire training range
complex and associated infrastructure
on Guam to support the Guam Military
Relocation. The SEIS supplements the
Final EIS for the ‘‘Guam and
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI) Military Relocation;
Relocating Marines from Okinawa,
Visiting Aircraft Carrier Berthing, and
Army Air and Missile Defense Task
Force’’ dated July 2010.
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1502.9(c), a SEIS
is being prepared for the limited
purpose of supplementing the 2010
Final EIS regarding the establishment of
a live-fire training range complex on
Guam.
The proposed action that will be
analyzed in the SEIS is to construct and
operate a live-fire training range
complex that allows for simultaneous
use of all firing ranges to support
training and operations on Guam for the
relocated Marines. The DoN has
preliminarily identified five alternatives
for the range complex: two are adjacent
to Route 15 in northeastern Guam, and
three are located at or immediately
adjacent to the Naval Magazine
(NAVMAG), also known as the Naval
Munitions Site. The SEIS will also
consider the No Action Alternative.
The purpose and need for the
proposed action is to ensure that the
relocated Marines are organized,
trained, and equipped as mandated in
section 5063 of Title 10 of the United
States Code, and to satisfy individual
live-fire training requirements as
described in the Guam and CNMI
Military Relocation Final EIS and
associated Record of Decision (ROD).
The live-fire training range complex
will consist of a Known Distance (KD)
rifle range, KD pistol range, Modified
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Record of Fire Range, nonstandard small
arms range, Multipurpose Machine Gun
range, and a hand grenade range. The
proposed action also includes
associated roadways and supporting
infrastructure.
The DoN encourages government
agencies, private-sector organizations,
and the general public to participate in
the NEPA process for the training range
complex. Because the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) will have to
approve airspace associated with the
training range complex at any of the five
preliminary alternatives being
considered, the DoN will invite the FAA
to participate as a cooperating agency in
the preparation of the SEIS.
The DoN invites comments on the
proposed scope and content of the SEIS
from all interested parties. Comments
on the scope of the SEIS may be
provided by mail and through the SEIS
Web site at: https://bit.ly/Guam_LFTRC_
SEIS. In addition, the DoN will conduct
public open-house scoping meetings on
Guam to obtain comments on the scope
of the SEIS and to identify specific
environmental concerns or topics for
consideration in the SEIS. Meetings will
be held at the following locations and
times:
Saturday, March 17, 2012, from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m., University of Guam Field House,
Mangilao, Guam;
Monday, March 19, 2012, from 5 p.m. to
9 p.m., Southern High School, Santa Rita,
Guam;
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, from 5 p.m. to
9 p.m., Yigo Gymnasium, Yigo, Guam.
Interested agencies, individuals, and
groups unable to attend the open-house
scoping meetings are encouraged to
submit comments by April 6, 2012.
Mailed comments should be postmarked
no later than April 6, 2012, Chamorro
Standard Time (ChST) to ensure they
are considered. Mail comments to: Joint
Guam Program Office Forward, P.O.
153246, Santa Rita, GU 96915.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Catherine Norton, Public Affairs Officer,
NAVFAC Marianas; phone (671) 349–
4053; email:
Catherine.norton@fe.navy.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoN’s
proposed action is to construct and
operate a live-fire training range
complex and associated infrastructure
in support of the Guam Military
Relocation.
A ROD for the Guam and CNMI
Military Relocation Final EIS was
signed on September 20, 2010, and
published in the Federal Register on
September 30, 2010 (Volume 75,
Number 189, Page 60438). This ROD
deferred a decision on the specific site
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Public Meeting and Public Comment
AGENCY: National Ocean Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting, Notice of public comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a public meeting of the U.S. Coral
Reef Task Force. The meeting will be held in Washington, DC This
meeting, the 27th
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bi-annual meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, provides a forum
for coordinated planning and action among federal agencies, state and
territorial governments, and nongovernmental partners. Please register
in advance by visiting the Web site listed below. This meeting has time
allotted for public comment. All public comment must be submitted in
written format. A written summary of the meeting will be posted on the
Web site within two months of its occurrence.
DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, February 23, 2012.
Registration is requested for all participants. Advance public comments
can be submitted to the email, fax, or mailing address listed below
from Wednesday, February 1-Wednesday, February 15.
Location: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Dieveney, NOAA U.S. Coral Reef
Task Force Steering Committee Point of Contact, NOAA Coral Reef
Conservation Program, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland,
20910 (Phone: (301) 713-3155 ext. 129, Fax: (301) 713-4389, email:
beth.dieveney@noaa.gov, Liza Johnson, U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
Steering Committee Point of Contact, U.S. Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240 (Phone: (202) 208-1378, email:
Liza_m_Johnson@ios.doi.gov), or visit the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
Web site at www.coralreef.gov.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Established by Presidential Executive Order
13089 in 1998, the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force mission is to lead,
coordinate, and strengthen U.S. government actions to better preserve
and protect coral reef ecosystems. Co-chaired by the Departments of
Commerce and Interior, Task Force members include leaders of 12 Federal
agencies, seven U.S. states and territories, and three freely
associated states. For more information about the meeting, registering,
and submitting public comment go to www.coralreef.gov.
Dated: January 27, 2012.
Donna Wieting,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
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