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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app., notice is
hereby given that the ACEHR will hold
a meeting via teleconference on Friday,
June 1, 2012, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.
Eastern Time. There will be no central
meeting location. Interested members of
the public will be able to participate in
the meeting from remote locations by
calling into a central phone number.
The primary purpose of this meeting is
to finalize the Committee’s draft annual
report to the NIST Director. Any draft
meeting materials will be posted on the
NEHRP Web site at https://nehrp.gov/.
Individuals and representatives of
organizations who would like to offer
comments and suggestions related to the
Committee’s affairs are invited to
request detailed instructions by
contacting Michelle Harman on how to
dial in from a remote location to
participate in the meeting. Michelle
Harman’s email address is
michelle.harman@nist.gov, and her
phone number is 301–975–5324.
Approximately fifteen minutes will be
reserved from 2:45 p.m.–3 p.m. Eastern
Time for public comments; speaking
times will be assigned on a first-come,
first-serve basis. The amount of time per
speaker will be determined by the
number of requests received, but is
likely to be about 3 minutes each.
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considered during this period. Speakers
who wish to expand upon their oral
statements, those who had wished to
speak but could not be accommodated,
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and those who were unable to
participate are invited to submit written
statements to the ACEHR, National
Institute of Standards and Technology,
100 Bureau Drive MS 8604,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–8604, via
fax at (301) 975–5433, or electronically
by email to info@nehrp.gov.
All participants of the meeting are
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to participate must register by close of
business Friday, May 25, 2012, in order
to be included. Please submit your
name, email address, and phone number
to Michelle Harman. After registering,
participants will be provided with
detailed instructions on how to dial in
from a remote location in order to
participate. Michelle Harman’s email
address is michelle.harman@nist.gov,
and her phone number is (301) 975–
5324.
Dated: May 3, 2012.
David Robinson,
Associate Director for Management
Resources.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Whiting Oversight Committee on May
29, 2012 to consider actions affecting
New England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street,
Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508)
339–2200; fax: (508) 339–1040.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Whiting Committee will review public
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comments on and analyses of the
potential effects of raising the silver
hake (whiting) possession limit from
30,000 lbs. to as high as 40,000 lbs. in
all or part of the Southern New England
and Mid-Atlantic Exemption Areas. The
Committee will consider making a
recommendation to the Council for a
final alternative. Other small-mesh
multispecies management issues may
also be discussed.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, at 978–
465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 7, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Hearings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Public Hearing; Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a supplemental public hearing to
solicit Scoping comments on Draft
Amendment 19 to the Northeast SmallMesh Multispecies Fishery Management
Plan (FMP).
DATES: The public hearing will be held
on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 10 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The Council will take
comments at the public hearing at the
Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street,
SUMMARY:
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Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508)
339–2200.
The written comment period has been
extended and should be sent to Paul
Howard, Executive Director, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
Comments may also be sent via fax to
(978) 465–3116 or submitted via email
to comment@nefmc.org with ‘‘Comment
on Small Mesh Multispecies
Amendment 19’’ in the subject line.
Requests for copies of the public hearing
document and other information should
be directed to Paul J. Howard, Executive
Director, New England Fishery
Management Council, 50 Water Street,
Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950;
telephone: (978) 465–0492. The public
hearing document is also accessible
electronically via the Internet at https://
www.nefmc.org/mesh/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Council
staff will provide information on the
status of Amendment 19 to the
Northeast Multispecies FMP. The draft
alternatives include annual limits on
catch and landings by fishery program
and/or stock, in-season and post-season
accountability measures including
incidental possession limits, year round
red hake possession limits, monitoring
and specification setting procedures,
and a proposed increase in the 30,000
lbs. silver hake possession limit in the
Southern New England and MidAtlantic Exemption Areas. Final
alternatives were approved at the April
24–26, 2012 Council meeting, but the
Council will take supplemental action at
the June 19–21, 2012 Council meeting
on proposed increase in the 30,000 lbs.
silver hake (whiting) possession limit.
There will be time available for
questions and answers.
Written comment period has been
extended on the draft amendment and
must be received by 5 p.m. EDT,
Thursday, May 24, 2012 and may be
mailed to the Council office at the
address above, faxed to (978) 465–3116
or emailed to: comment@nefmc.org
(attention/subject line: Comment on
Small Mesh Multispecies Amendment
19).
Special Accommodations
The hearing is physically accessible to
people with physical disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Paul J. Howard
(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: May 7, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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RIN 0648–XA774
Marine Mammals; File No. 13927
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
permit amendment.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that Dr.
James H.W. Hain, Associated Scientists
at Woods Hole, Box 721, Woods Hole,
MA 02543, has applied for an
amendment to Scientific Research
Permit No. 13927.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
June 11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the Features box on the
Applications and Permits for Protected
Species home page, https://apps.nmfs.
noaa.gov, and then selecting File No.
13927 from the list of available
applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the following offices:
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,
Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)
427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL
33701; phone (727) 824–5312; fax (727)
824–5309.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division, at
the address listed above. Comments may
also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
713–0376, or by email to NMFS.
Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please include
the File No. in the subject line of the
email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and
Education Division at the address listed
above. The request should set forth the
specific reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carrie Hubard or Amy Hapeman, (301)
427–8401.
The
subject amendment to Permit No. 13927
is requested under the authority of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216), the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.), and the regulations governing the
taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR parts 222–226).
Permit No. 13927, issued on October
19, 2011 (76 FR 67151), authorizes the
permit holder to take North Atlantic
right (Eubalaena glacialis) and
humpback whales (Megaptera
novaeangliae) during aerial and vessel
surveys off the U.S. southeast coast.
Bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and
Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella
frontalis) may be incidentally harassed
during research activities. The field
season is December through April. The
permit is valid through October 31,
2016. The permit holder is requesting
the permit be amended to increase take
numbers of North Atlantic right whales
from 50 to 100 per year during aerial
surveys and from ten to 60 per year
during vessel surveys. The permit
holder is not increasing his research
effort or asking for changes to
methodologies, location, species, field
season, or permit duration. The permit
holder is requesting the increase
because the take numbers he originally
requested and is currently authorized do
not allow him to conduct his research
as planned. Without the increases, a few
groups of whales could exhaust his take
numbers. As a result, he would have to
end his field seasons prematurely and
would lose the opportunity to collect
data on whales only observed at the end
of the season.
A draft supplemental environmental
assessment (SEA) has been prepared in
compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), to examine whether
significant environmental impacts could
result from issuance of the proposed
scientific research permit. The draft
SEA is available for review and
comment simultaneous with the
scientific research permit application.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of this
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Public Hearing; Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold
a supplemental public hearing to solicit Scoping comments on Draft
Amendment 19 to the Northeast Small-Mesh Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan (FMP).
DATES: The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 10
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The Council will take comments at the public hearing at the
Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street,
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Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508) 339-2200.
The written comment period has been extended and should be sent to
Paul Howard, Executive Director, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport,
MA 01950. Comments may also be sent via fax to (978) 465-3116 or
submitted via email to comment@nefmc.org with ``Comment on Small Mesh
Multispecies Amendment 19'' in the subject line. Requests for copies of
the public hearing document and other information should be directed to
Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management
Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone:
(978) 465-0492. The public hearing document is also accessible
electronically via the Internet at https://www.nefmc.org/mesh/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Council staff will provide information on
the status of Amendment 19 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP. The draft
alternatives include annual limits on catch and landings by fishery
program and/or stock, in-season and post-season accountability measures
including incidental possession limits, year round red hake possession
limits, monitoring and specification setting procedures, and a proposed
increase in the 30,000 lbs. silver hake possession limit in the
Southern New England and Mid-Atlantic Exemption Areas. Final
alternatives were approved at the April 24-26, 2012 Council meeting,
but the Council will take supplemental action at the June 19-21, 2012
Council meeting on proposed increase in the 30,000 lbs. silver hake
(whiting) possession limit. There will be time available for questions
and answers.
Written comment period has been extended on the draft amendment and
must be received by 5 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 24, 2012 and may be
mailed to the Council office at the address above, faxed to (978) 465-
3116 or emailed to: comment@nefmc.org (attention/subject line: Comment
on Small Mesh Multispecies Amendment 19).
Special Accommodations
The hearing is physically accessible to people with physical
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 7, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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