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and NMFS may add actions in the
future, such as landing reporting
requirements, after the scoping process
or from future discussions on this
amendment.
NMFS, in collaboration with the
Council, will develop a DEIS to describe
and analyze alternatives to address the
management needs described above
including the ‘‘no action’’ alternative. In
accordance with NOAA’s
Administrative Order 216–6, Section
5.02(c), Scoping Process, NMFS, in
collaboration with the Council, has
identified preliminary environmental
issues as a means to initiate discussion
for scoping purposes only. The public is
invited to provide written comments on
the preliminary issues, which are
identified as actions in the Amendment
40 action guide. These preliminary
issues may not represent the full range
of issues that eventually will be
evaluated in the DEIS. A copy of the
Amendment 40 action guide is available
at https://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sustainable
_fisheries/gulf_fisheries/reef_fish/
index.html.
After the DEIS associated with
Amendment 40 is completed, it will be
filed with the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). After filing, the EPA will
publish a notice of availability (NOA) of
the DEIS for public comment in the
Federal Register. The DEIS will have a
45-day comment period. This procedure
is pursuant to regulations issued by the
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) for implementing the procedural
provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 40
CFR parts 1500–1508) and to NOAA’s
Administrative Order 216–6 regarding
NOAA’s compliance with NEPA and the
CEQ regulations.
The Council and NMFS will consider
public comments received on the DEIS
in developing the final environmental
impact statement (FEIS), and before
voting to submit the final amendment to
NMFS for Secretarial review, approval,
and implementation. NMFS will
announce in the Federal Register the
availability of the final amendment and
FEIS for public review during the
Secretarial review period, and will
consider all public comments prior to
final agency action to approve,
disapprove, or partially approve the
final amendment. During Secretarial
review, NMFS will also file the FEIS
with the EPA and the EPA will publish
an NOA for the FEIS in the Federal
Register.
NMFS will announce, through a
document published in the Federal
Register, all public comment periods on
the final amendment, its proposed
implementing regulations, and the
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availability of its associated FEIS. NMFS
will consider all public comments
received during the Secretarial review
period, whether they are on the final
amendment, the proposed regulations,
or the FEIS, prior to final agency action.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 18, 2013.
Sean F. Corson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Highly Migratory Species Management
Team (HMSMT) will hold a meeting,
which is open to the public.
DATES: The HMSMT will meet
Wednesday, January 22, 2014, to Friday,
January 24, 2014. The meeting will
begin each day at 8:30 a.m. and
continue until close of business on each
day. The meeting is expected to adjourn
by midday on January 24.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting Address: The meeting will be
held in the Pacific Room, Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla
Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037–1509.
Council Address: Pacific Council,
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Kit Dahl, Pacific Council; telephone:
(503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
HMSMT plans to discuss the following
topics:
1. Potential changes to management
measures for the west coast drift gillnet
fishery.
2. Developments to improve reporting
of HMS fishery performance metrics out
of the Pacific Fishery Information
Network (PacFIN) database.
3. Updates on recent developments at
the international level affecting HMS
stocks of interest.
4. Potential changes to HMS
management that may be implemented
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for the April 1, 2015—March 31, 2017
biennial period, which the Council will
begin considering in June 2014.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during these
meetings. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document 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 intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
Special Accommodations
The meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2280 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: December 18, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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 joint public meeting of its
Monkfish Committee and Monkfish
Advisory Panel on January 10, 2014 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.
SUMMARY:
This meeting will be held on
Friday, January 10, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held at the Omni Providence Hotel, 1
West Exchange Street, Providence, RI
02048; telephone: (401) 598–8000; fax:
(401) 598–8200.
DATES:
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Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The New
England Fishery Management Council’s
Monkfish Oversight Committee and
Advisory Panel will review the analyses
provided by the Monkfish Plan
Development Team for trips limits,
including incidental catch limits, and
DAS allocations for fishing years 2014–
16 as part of Framework Adjustment 8
(FW 8) to the Monkfish Fishery
Management Plan. The Committee may
also review any alternatives included in
FW 8 in developing recommendations
for consideration by the New England
and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Councils.
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
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 19, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Ad Hoc Trawl Groundfish Electronic
Monitoring Technical Advisory
Committee (GEMTAC) will hold a work
session, which is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held January
22 and 23, 2014, from 9 a.m. until the
earlier of 5 p.m. or when business for
each day has been completed.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn Portland Airport,
Latourell Room 8439, NE Columbia
Blvd., Portland, OR 97220; telephone:
(503) 256–5000.
Council Address: Pacific Council,
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Brett Wiedoff, Staff Officer, Pacific
Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the
November Pacific Council meeting in
Costa Mesa, CA, the Pacific Council
adopted for further analysis a range of
alternatives for electronic monitoring
(EM) of the West Coast groundfish trawl
catch share program and announced
that, at its April 2014 meeting, it will
consider draft Exempted Fishing Permit
(EFP) applications submitted for the
purpose of allowing the use of EM in
place of observers for vessels
participating in the trawl rationalization
program. In a letter to the industry, the
Pacific Council encouraged applicants
to provide draft EFP applications to the
Pacific Council’s GEMTAC before
submission of a complete EFP
application to the Pacific Council for its
April meeting. The GEMTAC will hold
a work session January 22 and 23 in
Portland to discuss development of an
impact analysis for the Council’s
adopted alternatives (January 22) and to
review draft EFP applications (January
23). The GEMTAC may comment on
completeness of the study design,
feasibility of implementation, or other
elements of the draft EFP applications
that might be considered for adjustment.
No management actions will be decided
at this meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the GEMTAC for
discussion, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. The meeting 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 Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
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the GEMTAC’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 Mr.
Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2280 at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: December 18, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of a scientific research
permit.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
NMFS has issued Permit 16344 to Dr.
Jerri Bartholomew, Oregon State
University, Corvalis Oregon.
ADDRESSES: The application, permit,
and related documents are available for
review by appointment at: Protected
Resources Division, NMFS, 1655
Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 95521.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diane Ashton at 707–825–5185, or
email: diane.ashton@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Authority
The issuance of permits and permit
modifications, as required by the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531–1543) (ESA), is based on a
finding that such permits/modifications:
(1) Are applied for in good faith; (2)
Would not operate to the disadvantage
of the listed species which are the
subject of the permits; and (3) Are
consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA. Authority to take listed species is
subject to conditions set forth in the
permits. Permits and modifications are
issued in accordance with and are
subject to the ESA and NMFS
regulations (50 CFR parts 222–226)
governing listed fish and wildlife
permits.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a joint public meeting of its Monkfish Committee and
Monkfish Advisory Panel on January 10, 2014 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 Friday, January 10, 2014 at 9:30
a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Omni Providence
Hotel, 1 West Exchange Street, Providence, RI 02048; telephone: (401)
598-8000; fax: (401) 598-8200.
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Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The New England Fishery Management Council's
Monkfish Oversight Committee and Advisory Panel will review the
analyses provided by the Monkfish Plan Development Team for trips
limits, including incidental catch limits, and DAS allocations for
fishing years 2014-16 as part of Framework Adjustment 8 (FW 8) to the
Monkfish Fishery Management Plan. The Committee may also review any
alternatives included in FW 8 in developing recommendations for
consideration by the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Councils.
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 Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 19, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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