Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 23224-23225 [2013-09073]
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forthcoming meeting of the Marine
Fisheries Advisory Committee
(MAFAC). The members will discuss
and provide advice on issues outlined
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
below.
Dated: April 15, 2013.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, performing the
functions and duties of the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
The meeting will be held May 9,
2013 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and May 10,
2013, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
[FR Doc. 2013–09148 Filed 4–17–13; 8:45 am]
On May 9, the meeting will
be held at the Mayflower Renaissance,
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20036; 202–776–9145.
On May 10, the meeting will be at the
Courtyard Washington Embassy Row,
1600 Rhode Island Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20036; 202–293–8000.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Holliday, MAFAC Executive
Director; (301) 427–8004; email:
Mark.Holliday@noaa.gov.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Meetings of the South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council’s Habitat
& Environmental Protection Advisory
Panel (AP); Coral AP; Joint Meeting of
the Habitat & Environmental Protection
AP and Coral AP; and Deepwater
Shrimp AP.
AGENCY:
As
required by section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. 2, notice is hereby given of
a meeting of MAFAC. The MAFAC was
established by the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary), and, since 1971,
advises the Secretary on all living
marine resource matters that are the
responsibility of the Department of
Commerce. The complete charter and
summaries of prior meetings are located
online at https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
ocs/mafac/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This agenda is subject to change.
The meeting is convened to hear
presentations and discuss policies and
guidance on the following topics:
Fisheries certification and
sustainability, Endangered Species Act
and current protected resources issues,
outcomes of the Managing Our Nation’s
Fisheries 3 conference and next steps,
and NMFS budget. The meeting will
include discussion of various MAFAC
administrative and organizational
matters and may include meetings of the
standing subcommittees.
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (SAFMC) will
hold the AP meetings in North
Charleston, SC.
DATES: The meetings will be held from
8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 until
5 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265
International Boulevard, North
Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: (800)
445–8667 or (843) 308–9330; fax: (843)
308–9331.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
SAFMC; telephone: (843) 571–4366 or
toll free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843)
769–4520; email:
kim.iverson@safmc.net.
Special Accommodations
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Matters To Be Considered
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mark Holliday,
MAFAC Executive Director; 301–427–
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SUMMARY:
The items
of discussion in the individual meeting
agendas are as follows:
Habitat AP Agenda, Tuesday, May 7,
2013, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
1. Review draft Essential Fish Habitat
(EFH) policy statements.
2. Review status of developing a state
of the South Atlantic Habitat report.
3. Receive an update on regional
ecosystem coordination and South
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Atlantic Habitat and Ecosystem Atlas/
Digital Dashboard.
4. Receive a project/permit update
from NOAA Fisheries Habitat
Conservation Division.
Coral AP Agenda, Tuesday, May 7,
2013, 1 p.m. Until 5 p.m.
1. Receive an update from NOAA
Fisheries Habitat Conservation Division.
2. Receive an update on Coral Nursery
Restoration Work and Utilization.
3. Receive an update on the status of
the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
listing of coral species.
4. Review Coral AP recommendations
in Coral Amendment 8, pertaining to
Coral Habitat Areas of Particular
Concern (HAPCs) and transit through
the Oculina HAPC.
5. Proceed with the election of a vicechair for the AP.
Joint Habitat & Environmental
Protection AP and Coral AP Agenda,
Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 8:30 a.m.
Until 12 p.m.
1. Receive an update on Vessel
Monitoring Systems (VMS) data.
2. Review Coral Amendment 8 and
recommendations for protecting
deepwater habitat complexes associated
with extension proposals for Coral
HAPCs.
Deepwater Shrimp AP Agenda,
Thursday, May 9, 2013, 9 a.m. Until 5
p.m.
1. Receive and discuss Coral
Amendment 8, including a review of
spatial information on habitat mapping
and fishery activity for the modified
Coral HAPC area alternatives.
2. Receive a presentation on VMS
functionality from NMFS Office of Law
Enforcement.
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 these meetings. Action
will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified in this notice and
any issues arising after publication of
this notice that require emergency
action under section 305(c) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for auxiliary aids should be
directed to the council office (see
ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting.
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Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013–09073 Filed 4–17–13; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Malcolm Mohead or Colette Cairns at
(301) 427–8401.
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Endangered Species; File Nos. 14759–
01 and 16375–01
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications
for permit modification.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the North Carolina Cooperative Fish and
Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
[Joseph Hightower: Responsible Party],
has applied in due form for permit
modifications to take shortnose sturgeon
(Acipenser brevirostrum) and Atlantic
sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus
oxyrinchus) for purposes of scientific
research.
SUMMARY:
Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
May 20, 2013.
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 (APPS) home page, https://
apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting
File Nos. 14759–01 and 16375–01 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, Florida
33701; phone (727) 824–5312; fax (727)
824–5309.
Written comments on either
application should be submitted to the
Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division
• By email to
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• By facsimile to (301) 713–0376; or
• At the address listed above.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division at the address listed above. The
request should set forth the specific
reasons why a hearing on the
application would be appropriate.
The
subject permit modifications are
requested under the authority of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 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. 14759 was issued August
20, 2010 (75 FR 53278), and Permit No.
16375 was issued on April 6, 2012 (77
FR 21754) to the applicant listed above.
Each permit currently authorizes the
permit holder to assess the presence,
abundance, and distribution of
shortnose sturgeon and Atlantic
sturgeon, respectively, within North
Carolina rivers (Chowan, Roanoke, TarPamlico, Neuse, and Cape Fear) and
estuaries (Albemarle Sound) using nonlethal sampling methods, using
hydroacoustic surveys (side-scan,
DIDSON) and gill nets. The permit
holder is now requesting authorization
to modify both permits to allow use of
artificial substrates for characterizing
spawning activity in the Roanoke and/
or Cape Fear Rivers. Specifically, it is
proposed that artificial substrates be
used for collecting up to 50 shortnose
sturgeon and 50 Atlantic sturgeon early
life stages (ELS) per river annually.
Proposed sampling for ELS would be
conducted up to the first impassible
dam, i.e., river kilometer 221 in the
Roanoke River and river kilometer 300
in the Cape Fear River. The artificial
substrates for collecting sturgeon ELS
would be made from floor buffing pads,
approximately 2 feet in diameter, and
these would anchored to the river
bottom and marked with a buoy. The
pads would be monitored at least twice
per week during suspected spawning
runs of either species. The
modifications would be valid until the
respective permits expire on August 19,
2015 (File No. 14759), and April 5, 2017
(File No. 16375).
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Dated: April 15, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
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Information Collection; Submission for
OMB Review, Comment Request
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Corporation for National
and Community Service (CNCS) has
submitted a modification to a currently
approved public information collection
request (ICR) entitled Senior Corps
Grant Application for review and
approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, (44 U.S.C. Chapter
35). Copies of this ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation, may be
obtained by calling the Corporation for
National and Community Service,
Wanda Carney, at (202) 606–6934 or
email to wcarney@cns.gov. Individuals
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–
833–3722 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00
p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted, identified by the title of the
information collection activity, to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB
Desk Officer for the Corporation for
National and Community Service, by
any of the following two methods
within 30 days from the date of
publication in the Federal Register:
(1) By fax to: (202) 395–6974,
Attention: Ms. Sharon Mar, OMB Desk
Officer for the Corporation for National
and Community Service; and
(2) Electronically by email to:
smar@omb.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB
is particularly interested in comments
which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of CNCS, including whether
the information will have practical
utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC627
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Meetings of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's
Habitat & Environmental Protection Advisory Panel (AP); Coral AP; Joint
Meeting of the Habitat & Environmental Protection AP and Coral AP; and
Deepwater Shrimp AP.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will
hold the AP meetings in North Charleston, SC.
DATES: The meetings will be held from 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
until 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265
International Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: (800)
445-8667 or (843) 308-9330; fax: (843) 308-9331.
Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information
Officer, SAFMC; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10;
fax: (843) 769-4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion in the individual
meeting agendas are as follows:
Habitat AP Agenda, Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
1. Review draft Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) policy statements.
2. Review status of developing a state of the South Atlantic
Habitat report.
3. Receive an update on regional ecosystem coordination and South
Atlantic Habitat and Ecosystem Atlas/Digital Dashboard.
4. Receive a project/permit update from NOAA Fisheries Habitat
Conservation Division.
Coral AP Agenda, Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 1 p.m. Until 5 p.m.
1. Receive an update from NOAA Fisheries Habitat Conservation
Division.
2. Receive an update on Coral Nursery Restoration Work and
Utilization.
3. Receive an update on the status of the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) listing of coral species.
4. Review Coral AP recommendations in Coral Amendment 8, pertaining
to Coral Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPCs) and transit
through the Oculina HAPC.
5. Proceed with the election of a vice-chair for the AP.
Joint Habitat & Environmental Protection AP and Coral AP Agenda,
Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 8:30 a.m. Until 12 p.m.
1. Receive an update on Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) data.
2. Review Coral Amendment 8 and recommendations for protecting
deepwater habitat complexes associated with extension proposals for
Coral HAPCs.
Deepwater Shrimp AP Agenda, Thursday, May 9, 2013, 9 a.m. Until 5 p.m.
1. Receive and discuss Coral Amendment 8, including a review of
spatial information on habitat mapping and fishery activity for the
modified Coral HAPC area alternatives.
2. Receive a presentation on VMS functionality from NMFS Office of
Law Enforcement.
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 these meetings. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the
council office (see ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting.
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Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Dated: April 12, 2013.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-09073 Filed 4-17-13; 8:45 am]
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