Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 60141-60142 [2014-23752]
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respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before December 5,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Adam Bailey, (727) 209–
5968 or adam.bailey@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a regular
submission (extension of a currently
approved information collection).
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) Southeast Region manages the
U.S. fisheries in the exclusive economic
zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic,
Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico regions
under various Fishery Management
Plans (FMPs). The Regional Fishery
Management Councils prepared the
FMPs pursuant to the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act. The regulations
implementing the FMPs are located at
50 CFR part 622.
The recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at 50 CFR part 622 form
the basis for this collection of
information. NMFS Southeast Region
requires that all permitted fishing
vessels must mark their vessel with the
official identification number or some
form of identification. A vessel’s official
number, under most regulations, is
required to be displayed on the port and
starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull,
and weather deck. The official number
and color code identifies each vessel
and should be visible at distances from
the sea and in the air. These markings
provide law enforcement personnel
with a means to monitor fishing, at-sea
processing, and other related activities,
to ascertain whether the vessel’s
observed activities are in accordance
with those authorized for that vessel.
The identifying number is used by
NMFS, the United States Coast Guard
(USCG) and other marine agencies in
issuing violations, prosecutions, and
other enforcement actions. Vessels that
qualify for particular fisheries are
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readily identified, gear violations are
more readily prosecuted, and this
allows for more cost-effective
enforcement.
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II. Method of Collection
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Numbers are painted directly on the
vessels.
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
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III. Data
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for approval by
the Office of Management and Budget
for this information collection; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Dated: September 30, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
OMB Control Number: 0648–0358.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7,825.
Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 5,869.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $234,750.
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The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of its Snapper Grouper
Advisory Panel (AP) in North
Charleston, SC. The meeting is open to
the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held from 9
a.m. until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October
21, 2014 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
on Wednesday, October 22, 2014.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting Address: The meeting will be
held at the Crowne Plaza, 4381 Tanger
Outlet Blvd., N. Charleston, SC 29418;
telephone: (877) 747–7301.
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,
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite
201, N. Charleston, SC 29405;
telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free:
(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520;
email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel
will receive an update on the status of
various amendments to the Snapper
Grouper Fishery Management Plan
(FMP) and other amendments affecting
the snapper grouper fishery. AP
members will receive overviews and
provide recommendations on the
following amendments to the Snapper
Grouper FMP: Regulatory Amendment
16 with options to remove the current
seasonal closure for the commercial
black sea bass pot fishery; Regulatory
Amendment 22 addressing management
measures for gag grouper and wreckfish;
the development of a Joint South
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Amendment on South Florida Issues;
Amendment 36 to establish Spawning
Special Management Zones (SMZs); and
Amendment 35 that would remove
some species from the snapper grouper
management complex.
The AP will also receive updates on
the development of a recreational tag
SUMMARY:
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program through Amendment 22 and
updates on stock assessments for
hogfish, mutton snapper, red snapper
and gray triggerfish. The AP will receive
updates on electronic reporting efforts,
the Council’s Visioning and Strategic
Planning Project for the snapper grouper
fishery, and address other business as
necessary.
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 the 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.
(Algonquin), for authorization under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) to take marine mammals, by
harassment, incidental to operating,
maintaining, and repairing a liquefied
natural gas (LNG) port and the
Algonquin Pipeline Lateral (Pipeline
Lateral) facilities by NEG and
Algonquin, in Massachusetts Bay, with
changes to the proposed monitoring
measures only. Due to the proposed
revision, the IHA would be effective
later than originally anticipated,
although it still would be effective for a
one-year period. NMFS is requesting
comments on changes to the proposed
monitoring in its proposal to issue an
authorization to Northeast Gateway to
incidentally take, by harassment, small
numbers of marine mammals for a
period of 1 year.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is 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.
ADDRESSES:
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Dated: October 1, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Operation,
Maintenance, and Repair of the
Northeast Gateway Liquefied Natural
Gas Port and the Algonquin Pipeline
Lateral Facilities in Massachusetts Bay
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; revised proposed
incidental harassment authorization;
request for comments.
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AGENCY:
NMFS received a revised
application from Excelerate Energy, L.P.
(Excelerate) and Tetra Tech, Inc. (Tetra
Tech), on behalf of the Northeast
Gateway® Energy BridgeTM, L.P.
(Northeast Gateway or NEG) and
Algonquin Gas Transmission, L.L.C.
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Comments and information must
be received no later than November 5,
2014.
DATES:
Comments should be
addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910. The mailbox address for
providing email comments on this
action is ITP.Guan@noaa.gov.
Comments sent via email, including all
attachments, must not exceed a 10megabyte file size. A copy of the
application and a list of references used
in this document may be obtained by
writing to this address, and is also
available at: https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
pr/permits/incidental.htm#applications.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm#applications without
change. All Personal Identifying
Information (for example, name,
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by
the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
The Maritime Administration
(MARAD) and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(Final EIS) on the Northeast Gateway
Energy Bridge LNG Deepwater Port
license application is available for
viewing at https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
pr/permits/incidental.htm#applications.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shane Guan, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
to allow, upon request, the incidental,
but not intentional taking of marine
mammals by U.S. citizens who engage
in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and regulations are issued or,
if the taking is limited to harassment, a
notice of a proposed authorization is
provided to the public for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s), will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant), and if the permissible
methods of taking and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth. NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as ‘‘. . . an
impact resulting from the specified
activity that cannot be reasonably
expected to, and is not reasonably likely
to, adversely affect the species or stock
through effects on annual rates of
recruitment or survival.’’
Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA
established an expedited process by
which citizens of the U.S. can apply for
a one-year authorization to incidentally
take small numbers of marine mammals
by harassment, provided that there is no
potential for serious injury or mortality
to result from the activity. Section
101(a)(5)(D) establishes a 45-day time
limit for NMFS review of an application
followed by a 30-day public notice and
comment period on any proposed
authorizations for the incidental
harassment of marine mammals. Within
45 days of the close of the comment
period, NMFS must either issue or deny
the authorization.
Summary of Request
On January 18, 2013, NMFS received
an application from Excelerate and
Tetra Tech, on behalf of Northeast
Gateway and Algonquin, for an
authorization to take 14 species of
marine mammals by Level B harassment
incidental to operations, maintenance,
and repair of an LNG port and the
Pipeline Lateral facilities in
Massachusetts Bay. They are: North
Atlantic right whale, humpback whale,
fin whale, sei whale, minke whale, longfinned pilot whale, Atlantic white-sided
dolphin, bottlenose dolphin, shortbeaked common dolphin, killer whale,
Risso’s dolphin, harbor porpoise, harbor
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD530
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: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of its Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel (AP) in North
Charleston, SC. The meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Tuesday,
October 21, 2014 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22,
2014.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting Address: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza, 4381
Tanger Outlet Blvd., N. Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: (877) 747-
7301.
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, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or
toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email:
kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel will receive an update on the
status of various amendments to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management
Plan (FMP) and other amendments affecting the snapper grouper fishery.
AP members will receive overviews and provide recommendations on the
following amendments to the Snapper Grouper FMP: Regulatory Amendment
16 with options to remove the current seasonal closure for the
commercial black sea bass pot fishery; Regulatory Amendment 22
addressing management measures for gag grouper and wreckfish; the
development of a Joint South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Amendment on
South Florida Issues; Amendment 36 to establish Spawning Special
Management Zones (SMZs); and Amendment 35 that would remove some
species from the snapper grouper management complex.
The AP will also receive updates on the development of a
recreational tag
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program through Amendment 22 and updates on stock assessments for
hogfish, mutton snapper, red snapper and gray triggerfish. The AP will
receive updates on electronic reporting efforts, the Council's
Visioning and Strategic Planning Project for the snapper grouper
fishery, and address other business as necessary.
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 the 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
The meeting is 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.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Dated: October 1, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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