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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD153
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Amendment 16 to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Shrimp
Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, United
States Waters
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare
a supplemental environmental impact
statement (SEIS); request for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS, Southeast Region, in
collaboration with the Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council (Council)
intends to prepare an SEIS to describe
and analyze a range of alternatives for
management actions to be included in
Amendment 16 to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Shrimp
Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP)
(Amendment 16). These actions will
consider the annual catch limit (ACL),
accountability measures (AMs), and
continued use of the quota for royal red
shrimp. The purpose of this NOI is to
solicit public comments on the scope of
issues to be addressed in the SEIS.
DATES: Written comments on the scope
of issues to be addressed in the SEIS
must be received by NMFS by April 10,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by NOAA–NMFS–2014–0030,
by any of the following methods:
• Electronic submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20140030, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Susan Gerhart, Southeast Regional
Office, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
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submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous). Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Gerhart, Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727–824–5305; or
email: Susan.Gerhart@noaa.gov.
On
January 30, 2012, NMFS implemented
regulations developed through the
Generic ACL and AM Amendment
(Generic Amendment) to multiple
fishery management plans, including
the Shrimp FMP (76 FR 82044,
December 29, 2011). That amendment
included actions to establish the
commercial ACL and AM for royal red
shrimp. However, the ‘‘no action’’
alternatives and discussions in the
Generic Amendment were incorrect in
stating that there were currently no
management restrictions or AMs for
royal red shrimp, when in fact a quota
and in-season quota closure were
already in the regulations. Because the
Council was not fully informed about
the existing regulations that would be
replaced by their preferred alternatives
in the Generic Amendment, NMFS and
the Council intend to reconsider the
commercial ACL and AM for royal red
shrimp.
NMFS, in collaboration with the
Council, will develop an SEIS for
Amendment 16 to describe and analyze
alternatives to: (1) Set the commercial
ACL for royal red shrimp and determine
if the use of a commercial quota should
continue, and (2) choose a commercial
AM for royal red shrimp. The
alternatives will include an appropriate
‘‘no action’’ alternative regarding each
action.
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. These
preliminary issues may not represent
the full range of issues that eventually
will be evaluated in the SEIS. The EIS
for the Generic Amendment was
originally scoped in 2009 and can be
viewed at: https://www.gulfcouncil.org/
docs/amendments/
Final%20Generic%20ACL_AM_
Amendment-September
%209%202011%20v.pdf. A guide to
Amendment 16 can be viewed at: https://
gulfcouncil.org/docs/Public%20Hearing
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Comments on the scope of the SEIS
may be submitted in writing to NMFS
(see ADDRESSES) during the 30-day
scoping period. During the development
of Amendment 16, the Council will
accept written comments on the action,
and oral comments may be made during
the public testimony portion of any
Council meeting
After the draft SEIS associated with
Amendment 16 is completed, it will be
filed with the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). After filing, the EPA will
publish a notice of availability of the
draft SEIS for public comment in the
Federal Register. The draft SEIS will
have a 45-day public 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.
NMFS and the Council will consider
public comments received on the draft
SEIS in developing the final SEIS and
before adopting final management
measures for the amendment. NMFS
will submit the consolidated final
amendment and supporting SEIS to the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) for
review as required by the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act.
NMFS will announce, through a
notification in the Federal Register, the
availability of the final amendment for
public review during the Department of
Commerce Secretarial review period,
and will consider all public comments.
During Secretarial review, NMFS will
also file the final SEIS with the EPA,
and the EPA will publish a notice of
availability for the final SEIS in the
Federal Register. This public comment
period is expected to be concurrent with
the Secretarial review period and will
end prior to final agency action to
approve, disapprove, or partially
approve the amendment.
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
availability of its associated final SEIS.
NMFS will consider all public
comments received during the
Secretarial review period, whether they
are on the final amendment, the
proposed regulations, or the final SEIS,
prior to final agency action.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: March 5, 2014.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Comprehensive Fishery Management
Plan for the Exclusive Economic Zone
of Puerto Rico
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Supplemental Notice of Intent
(NOI) to prepare a draft environmental
impact statement (DEIS); scoping
meetings; request for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS, Southeast Region, in
collaboration with the Caribbean
Fishery Management Council (Council),
intends to prepare a DEIS to describe
and analyze a range of management
alternatives for management actions to
be considered when developing and
establishing a Comprehensive Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) for the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of
Puerto Rico. The purpose of this
Supplemental NOI is to inform the
public of upcoming opportunities to
provide comments on the actions to be
addressed in the DEIS, as specified in
this notice.
DATES: Written comments on the scope
of issues to be addressed in the DEIS
must be received by NMFS by April 10,
2014. A second round of scoping
meetings will be held in April 2014. For
specific dates and times, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, under the
heading, ‘‘Scoping Meetings’’.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the DEIS, identified by ‘‘NOAA–
NMFS–2013–0093’’, by any of the
following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20130093, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Miguel Lugo, Southeast Regional Office,
NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701, or to the
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Caribbean Fishery Management Council,
˜
270 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401,
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous). Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats only.
Electronic copies of the scoping
document may be obtained from the
Southeast Regional Office Web site at
https://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sustainable_
fisheries/caribbean/island_based/
index.html.
The scoping meetings will be held in
Puerto Rico and in the U.S. Virgin
Islands. For specific locations, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, under the
heading, ‘‘Scoping Meetings’’.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Miguel Lugo, phone 727–824–5305,
email Miguel.Lugo@noaa.gov; or
´
Graciela Garcıa-Moliner, phone 787–
766–5927, email Graciela.GarciaMoliner@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently,
the Council manages Federal fisheries in
the U.S. Caribbean under four speciesbased FMPs: The Spiny Lobster FMP of
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
(Spiny Lobster FMP), the Reef Fish FMP
of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands (Reef Fish FMP), the Corals and
Reef Associated Plants and Invertebrates
FMP of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin
Islands (Coral FMP), and the FMP for
the Queen Conch Resources of Puerto
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Queen
Conch FMP). The fishers, fishing
community representatives, and the
local governments of Puerto Rico and
the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) have
frequently requested the Council
consider the differences between the
islands or island groups when
addressing fisheries management in the
U.S. Caribbean to recognize the unique
attributes of each U.S. Caribbean island.
By developing island-based FMPs,
NMFS and the Council would better
account for differences among the U.S.
Caribbean islands with respect to
culture, markets, gear, seafood
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD153
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Amendment 16 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of
the Gulf of Mexico, United States Waters
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a supplemental environmental
impact statement (SEIS); request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS, Southeast Region, in collaboration with the Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) intends to prepare an SEIS
to describe and analyze a range of alternatives for management actions
to be included in Amendment 16 to the Fishery Management Plan for the
Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP) (Amendment 16). These
actions will consider the annual catch limit (ACL), accountability
measures (AMs), and continued use of the quota for royal red shrimp.
The purpose of this NOI is to solicit public comments on the scope of
issues to be addressed in the SEIS.
DATES: Written comments on the scope of issues to be addressed in the
SEIS must be received by NMFS by April 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2014-0030,
by any of the following methods:
Electronic submission: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2014-0030, click the
``Comment Now!'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or
attach your comments.
Mail: Submit written comments to Susan Gerhart, Southeast
Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered by NMFS. All comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on
www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential business
information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily
by the sender will be publicly accessible. NMFS will accept anonymous
comments (enter ``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain
anonymous). Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Gerhart, Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727-824-5305; or email: Susan.Gerhart@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 30, 2012, NMFS implemented
regulations developed through the Generic ACL and AM Amendment (Generic
Amendment) to multiple fishery management plans, including the Shrimp
FMP (76 FR 82044, December 29, 2011). That amendment included actions
to establish the commercial ACL and AM for royal red shrimp. However,
the ``no action'' alternatives and discussions in the Generic Amendment
were incorrect in stating that there were currently no management
restrictions or AMs for royal red shrimp, when in fact a quota and in-
season quota closure were already in the regulations. Because the
Council was not fully informed about the existing regulations that
would be replaced by their preferred alternatives in the Generic
Amendment, NMFS and the Council intend to reconsider the commercial ACL
and AM for royal red shrimp.
NMFS, in collaboration with the Council, will develop an SEIS for
Amendment 16 to describe and analyze alternatives to: (1) Set the
commercial ACL for royal red shrimp and determine if the use of a
commercial quota should continue, and (2) choose a commercial AM for
royal red shrimp. The alternatives will include an appropriate ``no
action'' alternative regarding each action.
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. These preliminary issues may not
represent the full range of issues that eventually will be evaluated in
the SEIS. The EIS for the Generic Amendment was originally scoped in
2009 and can be viewed at: https://www.gulfcouncil.org/docs/amendments/Final%20Generic%20ACL_AM_Amendment-September%209%202011%20v.pdf. A
guide to Amendment 16 can be viewed at: https://gulfcouncil.org/docs/
Public%20Hearing
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Comments on the scope of the SEIS may be submitted in writing to
NMFS (see ADDRESSES) during the 30-day scoping period. During the
development of Amendment 16, the Council will accept written comments
on the action, and oral comments may be made during the public
testimony portion of any Council meeting
After the draft SEIS associated with Amendment 16 is completed, it
will be filed with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). After
filing, the EPA will publish a notice of availability of the draft SEIS
for public comment in the Federal Register. The draft SEIS will have a
45-day public 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.
NMFS and the Council will consider public comments received on the
draft SEIS in developing the final SEIS and before adopting final
management measures for the amendment. NMFS will submit the
consolidated final amendment and supporting SEIS to the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) for review as required by the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
NMFS will announce, through a notification in the Federal Register,
the availability of the final amendment for public review during the
Department of Commerce Secretarial review period, and will consider all
public comments. During Secretarial review, NMFS will also file the
final SEIS with the EPA, and the EPA will publish a notice of
availability for the final SEIS in the Federal Register. This public
comment period is expected to be concurrent with the Secretarial review
period and will end prior to final agency action to approve,
disapprove, or partially approve the amendment.
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 availability of its
associated final SEIS. NMFS will consider all public comments received
during the Secretarial review period, whether they are on the final
amendment, the proposed regulations, or the final SEIS, prior to final
agency action.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 5, 2014.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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