Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council: Public Meeting, 53409 [2014-21536]
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Under the NVCASE program NIST
evaluates U.S.-based conformity
assessment bodies in order to be able to
provide assurances to a foreign
government that qualifying bodies meet
that government’s requirements and can
provide results that are acceptable to
that government. The program is
intended to provide a technically-based
U.S. approval process for U.S. industry
to gain foreign market access.
On December 6, 2002, NIST received
a request from a U.S. accreditation body
to establish a sub-program, under the
NVCASE program, for Organic
Production and Processing. The stated
objectives of the request were to provide
confidence in the quality of this
accreditation body’s work, and to
provide assurance that this accreditation
body complied with the requirements of
some foreign governments, thus
facilitating the export of U.S. products.
NIST, having determined that there
was no satisfactory recognition
alternative available and that there was
evidence that significant public
disadvantage would result from the
absence of any alternative, established
the NVCASE sub-program for Organic
Production and Processing on
November 4, 2003, following a public
workshop held on May 9, 2003. A notice
was published in the Federal Register
on November 4, 2003, announcing the
establishment of the program (68 FR
62434).
In the decade since the establishment
of the sub-program, the United States
has made numerous trade arrangements
to facilitate the international trade of
organic products. The resulting changes
in the international requirements have
increased international market access
for U.S. producers. NIST considers that
there are now suitable alternative paths
to foreign market access, and that there
would be no significant public
disadvantage to terminating the Organic
Production and Processing sub-program.
In a Federal Register notice published
on April 15, 2014 (79 FR 21210), NIST
requested written comments on the
intended termination of the Organic
Production and Processing sub-program
offered by NVCASE, and announced a
30-day comment period for that
purpose. No comments were received.
Accordingly, the NIST NVCASE
program announces that it will cease to
grant or renew recognition under the
Organic Production and Processing subprogram, effective January 1, 2016.
Conformity assessment bodies currently
recognized under the sub-program will
remain recognized until January 1, 2016,
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provided they continue to meet program
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Dated: August 29, 2014.
Willie E. May,
Associate Director of Laboratory Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Sanctuary System Business Advisory
Council: Public Meeting
Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given of a
meeting of the Sanctuary System
Business Advisory Council (Council).
The meeting is open to the public, and
participants may provide comments at
the appropriate time during the meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Wednesday, September 24, 2014, from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT. An
opportunity for public comment will be
provided at 4:35 p.m. EDT. These times
and the agenda topics described below
are subject to change.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Knott Harbor View Room of the
National Aquarium, 501 East Pratt
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Holyoke, Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910. (Phone: 301–713–7264, Fax:
301–713–0404; email: rebecca.holyoke@
noaa.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONMS
serves as the trustee for 14 marine
protected areas encompassing more than
170,000 square miles of ocean and Great
Lakes waters from the Hawaiian Islands
to the Florida Keys, and from Lake
Huron to American Samoa. National
marine sanctuaries protect our Nation’s
most vital coastal and marine natural
and cultural resources, and through
active research, management, and
public engagement, sustain healthy
environments that are the foundation for
thriving communities and stable
economies. One of the many ways
ONMS ensures public participation in
the designation and management of
national marine sanctuaries is through
the formation of advisory councils. The
Sanctuary System Business Advisory
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Council (Council) has been formed to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Director regarding the relationship
of the ONMS with the business
community. Additional information on
the Council can be found at https://
sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/bac/
welcome.html.
Matters To Be Considered: The
meeting will provide an opportunity for
council representatives to hear how
national marine sanctuaries are
connected to users, communities,
corporations, and economies and the
avenues being pursued to enhance these
connections. Advisory council
representatives will be asked to provide
advice on how ONMS can enhance its
connections, programming, and
marketing to expand its reach beyond a
subset of communities. The agenda is
subject to change. The agenda is
available at https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/
management/bac/welcome.html.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11 .429 Marine Sanctuary Program.
Dated: August 13, 2014.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council: Public Meeting
AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Sanctuary System
Business Advisory Council (Council). The meeting is open to the public,
and participants may provide comments at the appropriate time during
the meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, September 24, 2014, from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT. An opportunity for public comment will be
provided at 4:35 p.m. EDT. These times and the agenda topics described
below are subject to change.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Knott Harbor View Room of
the National Aquarium, 501 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Holyoke, Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910. (Phone: 301-713-7264, Fax: 301-713-0404; email:
rebecca.holyoke@noaa.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONMS serves as the trustee for 14 marine
protected areas encompassing more than 170,000 square miles of ocean
and Great Lakes waters from the Hawaiian Islands to the Florida Keys,
and from Lake Huron to American Samoa. National marine sanctuaries
protect our Nation's most vital coastal and marine natural and cultural
resources, and through active research, management, and public
engagement, sustain healthy environments that are the foundation for
thriving communities and stable economies. One of the many ways ONMS
ensures public participation in the designation and management of
national marine sanctuaries is through the formation of advisory
councils. The Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council (Council) has
been formed to provide advice and recommendations to the Director
regarding the relationship of the ONMS with the business community.
Additional information on the Council can be found at https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/bac/welcome.html.
Matters To Be Considered: The meeting will provide an opportunity
for council representatives to hear how national marine sanctuaries are
connected to users, communities, corporations, and economies and the
avenues being pursued to enhance these connections. Advisory council
representatives will be asked to provide advice on how ONMS can enhance
its connections, programming, and marketing to expand its reach beyond
a subset of communities. The agenda is subject to change. The agenda is
available at https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/bac/welcome.html.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11 .429 Marine
Sanctuary Program.
Dated: August 13, 2014.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-21536 Filed 9-8-14; 8:45 am]
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