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providing a programmatic analysis,
NOAA intends to use this document to
approve future site-specific actions,
including grant actions, so long as the
activity being proposed is within the
range of alternatives and scope of
potential environmental consequences
considered within this NEPA analysis.
Any future site-specific restoration
activities proposed by NOAA that are
not within the scope of alternatives or
environmental consequences considered
in this PEIS will require additional
analysis under NEPA.
NOAA has determined that two
alternatives are reasonable and meet the
purpose and need. These are Alternative
1—Current Management and Alternative
2—Technical Assistance.
‘‘Current Management,’’ the No
Action Alternative, is a comprehensive
restoration approach that includes
activities such as technical assistance,
on-the-ground riverine and coastal
habitat restoration activities, and land
and water acquisition activities. For
programmatic analyses of on-going
programs, where program activities are
being analyzed as opposed to a single
specific project action, the No Action
Alternative can be interpreted as ‘‘no
change from current management’’ (CEQ
40 Questions, 46 FR 18026 (March 23,
1981). Riverine and coastal habitat
restoration activities in this alternative
include but are not limited to, fish
passage projects; channel, bank and
floodplain restoration; buffer area and
watershed revegetation; saltmarsh
restoration; oyster restoration; marine
debris removal; submerged aquatic
vegetation restoration; invasive species
removal; and coral restoration.
‘‘Technical Assistance’’ is an
alternative approach that includes no
on-the-ground restoration, and is
limited to activities including project
planning, modeling, feasibility studies,
engineering and design studies, and
permitting activities.
Impacts Analysis: This DPEIS
presents NOAA’s restoration activities
and their environmental consequences
grouped into three categories of
restoration activities: Technical
assistance; on-the-ground riverine and
coastal habitat restoration activities; and
land and water acquisition activities.
All three of these restoration categories
comprise the ‘‘Current Management’’
alternative. Technical assistance
activities are typically minimallyintrusive, relatively low-cost and do not
require extensive on-the-ground
activities to be implemented. On-theground restoration activities include all
of the physical riverine and coastal
restoration that the NOAA RC supports.
Land and water acquisition activities
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involve transactions of ownership,
usage rights, or access. This alternative
is anticipated to have typically longterm beneficial and short-term adverse
impacts on the affected environment of
various magnitudes and intensities,
which are described in the DPEIS.
The ‘‘Technical Assistance’’
alternative relies heavily, if not
exclusively, on external sources of
funding to conduct on-the-ground
implementation. NOAA resources
would only be focused on advisory or
technical assistance aspects of the
restoration work. The technical
assistance activities would generally
cause mostly indirect, long-term
beneficial impacts, with short-term
adverse impacts for more intrusive
monitoring and sampling techniques.
Request for Comment: The
publication date of this notice
constitutes the start of the comment
period under NEPA for the PEIS. NOAA
encourages all parties with an interest in
or who are affected by habitat
restoration activities to provide
suggestions and comments. Comments
are specifically requested regarding the
alternatives, scope of analysis,
assessment of impacts, and the process
described in Appendix A for
determining which future projects are
covered by this analysis. For more
detailed background information,
including program descriptions,
restoration project types, and the
previously mentioned environmental
assessment documents, please visit the
NOAA Restoration Center Web site.
Interested parties should provide
written comments by March 20, 2015.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 661; 16 U.S.C. 1891a.
Dated: January 26, 2015.
Frederick C. Sutter,
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD724
Fishing Capacity Reduction Program
for the Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of loan repayment.
AGENCY:
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NMFS issues this notice to
inform interested parties that the
Oregon coastal Dungeness crab sub-loan
in the fishing capacity reduction
program for the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery has been repaid.
Therefore, buyback fee collections on
Oregon coastal Dungeness crab will
cease for all landings after December 31,
2014.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before 5 p.m. EST February 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send comments about this
notice to Paul Marx, Chief, Financial
Services Division, NMFS, Attn: Oregon
Coastal Dungeness Crab Buyback, 1315
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910 (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael A. Sturtevant at (301) 427–8799
or Michael.A.Sturtevant@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 16, 2004, NMFS published a
Federal Register document (69 FR
67100) proposing regulations to
implement an industry fee system for
repaying the reduction loan. The final
rule was published July 13, 2005 (70 FR
40225) and fee collection began on
September 8, 2005. Interested persons
should review these for further program
details.
The Oregon coastal Dungeness crab
sub-loan of the Pacific Coast Groundfish
Capacity Reduction (Buyback) loan in
the amount of $1,367,545.28 will be
repaid in full upon receipt of buyback
fees on landings through December 31,
2014. NMFS has received $2,117,701.75
to repay the principal and interest on
this sub-loan since fee collection began
September 8, 2005. Based on buyback
fees received to date, landings after
December 31, 2014 will not be subject
to the buyback fee. Therefore, buyback
loan fees will no longer be collected in
the Oregon coastal Dungeness crab
fishery on future landings.
Buyback fees not yet forwarded to
NMFS for Oregon coastal Dungeness
crab landings through December 31,
2014 should be forwarded to NMFS
immediately. Any overpayment of
buyback fees submitted to NMFS will be
refunded on a pro-rata basis to the fish
buyers/processors based upon best
available fish ticket landings data. The
fish buyers/processors should return
excess buyback fees collected to the
harvesters, including buyback fees
collected but not yet remitted to NMFS
for landings after December 31, 2014.
Any discrepancies in fees owed and fees
paid must be resolved immediately.
After the sub-loan is closed, no further
adjustments to fees paid and fees
received can be made.
SUMMARY:
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Dated: January 23, 2015.
Basil Brown,
Acting Director, Office of Management and
Budget, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015–01724 Filed 1–28–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The Eight Regional Fishery
Management Councils (RFMCs) will
convene a meeting of representatives of
their respective Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) in Honolulu, HI.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
February 23, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to
5:30 p.m., February 24, 2015, from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and February 25,
2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Ala Moana Hotel Garden Lanai, 410
Atkinson Drive, Honolulu, HI 96814.
Host Council: Western Pacific Regional
Fishery Management Council, 1164
Bishop Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI
96813. For specific times and agendas,
see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director,
Western Pacific Regional Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (808)
522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (MSA) requires
that each Council maintain and utilize
its SSCs to assist in the development,
collection, evaluation, and peer review
of information relevant to the
development and amendment of fishery
management plans (FMPs). In addition,
the MSA mandates that each SSC shall
provide its Council ongoing scientific
advice for fishery management
decisions, including recommendations
for acceptable biological catch (ABC),
preventing overfishing, maximum
sustainable yield, and achieving
rebuilding targets, and reports on stock
status and health, bycatch, habitat
status, social and economic impacts of
management measures, and
sustainability of fishing practices. The
MSA also requires the Council to
consider the ecosystem in managing the
stocks in the FMPs.
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At its May 2014 meeting, the Council
Coordination Committee (CCC; a group
consisting of the leadership from the
eight Regional Fishery Management
Councils), recommended that a fifth
National SSC Workshop be convened to
address uncertainties, data-limited
situations, and ecosystem
considerations in the fishery
management process and Ecosystems
Based Fishery Management (EBFM).
Therefore, the purpose of this meeting is
to examine the approaches being taken
around the United States by the Council
SSCs in addressing biological and
management uncertainties, data-limited
stocks, habitat and ecological
variabilities in EBFM with
considerations of a changing climate.
8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Monday, February
23, 2015
1. Welcome Remarks
2. Introductions
3. SUBTHEME 1.a: ABC Specification
for Data-Limited and Model-Resistant
Stocks
A. Keynote Presentation: Managing
data-poor fisheries down under
B. Keynote Presentation: Progress and
roadblocks in the estimation of
stock status and catch limits for
global fisheries
C. Round Robin Session: Setting ABCs
for data-limited/model-resistant
stocks
D. Preliminary Q&A to the presenters
E. Plenary Discussion: ABC
specification for data-limited and
model-resistant stocks
4. SUBTHEME 1.b: Implementation of
National Standard 2 in the Face of
Uncertainty
A. Keynote Presentation: National
Standard 2 in determining best
scientific information available
B. Plenary Discussion:
Implementation of National
Standard 2 in the face of
uncertainties
5. Develop Specific Recommendation to
the CCC on Subtheme 1
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Tuesday, February
24, 2015
6. SUBTHEME 2: Evaluating Existing
ABC Control Rules: Issues, Challenges
and Solutions
A. Keynote Presentation: Addressing
uncertainties in stock assessment in
a variable environment
B. Keynote Presentation: Use of
Management Strategy Evaluation to
assess performance of harvest
control rules
C. Keynote Presentation: Comparing
performance among alternative ABC
control rules
D. Round Robin Session: Evaluation
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of the current ABC control rules
(with emphasis on how each
council monitors the performance
of the control rules, issues,
challenges, and solutions)
E. Preliminary Q&A to the presenters
F. Plenary Discussion: Evaluating
existing ABC control rules: Issues,
challenges and solutions
7. Develop Specific Recommendation to
the CCC for Subtheme 2
8. SUBTHEME 3.a: Incorporating
Ecological, Environmental, and
Climate Variability in Stock
Assessment and Ecosystem Based
Fishery Management
A. Keynote Presentation:
Incorporating ecological,
environmental, and climate
considerations in stock assessments
and ecosystem-based fishery
management
B. Plenary Discussion: Incorporating
ecological, environmental, and
climate variability in stock
assessment and ecosystem based
fishery management
8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., Wednesday, February
25, 2015
C. Keynote presentation: Projecting
climate change impacts on fish and
fisheries
D. Keynote presentation: Shifting
species distribution with climate
change
E. Plenary Discussion: Incorporating
ecological, environmental, and
climatic variability in stock
assessments and ecosystem based
fishery management
9. Develop Specific Recommendation to
the CCC for Subtheme 3.a
10. SUBTHEME 3.b: Building Habitat
Condition in the Stock Assessment
Process and Fishery Management
Strategies
A. Keynote Presentation: The Habitat
Assessment Improvement Plan:
Collecting the habitat data to
enhance stock assessment
B. Plenary Discussion: Building
habitat condition in the stock
assessment process and fishery
management strategies
C. Keynote Presentation: Aspects of
Habitat of Particular Concern for
fish population dynamics and
fishery management
D. Plenary Discussion: Building
habitat condition in the stock
assessment process and fishery
management strategies
11. Develop Specific Recommendation
to the CCC for Subtheme 3.b
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before these groups for discussion, in
accordance with the MSA, those issues
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD724
Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of loan repayment.
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SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notice to inform interested parties that the
Oregon coastal Dungeness crab sub-loan in the fishing capacity
reduction program for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery has been
repaid. Therefore, buyback fee collections on Oregon coastal Dungeness
crab will cease for all landings after December 31, 2014.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before 5 p.m. EST February 13,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Send comments about this notice to Paul Marx, Chief,
Financial Services Division, NMFS, Attn: Oregon Coastal Dungeness Crab
Buyback, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael A. Sturtevant at (301) 427-
8799 or Michael.A.Sturtevant@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 16, 2004, NMFS published a
Federal Register document (69 FR 67100) proposing regulations to
implement an industry fee system for repaying the reduction loan. The
final rule was published July 13, 2005 (70 FR 40225) and fee collection
began on September 8, 2005. Interested persons should review these for
further program details.
The Oregon coastal Dungeness crab sub-loan of the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Capacity Reduction (Buyback) loan in the amount of
$1,367,545.28 will be repaid in full upon receipt of buyback fees on
landings through December 31, 2014. NMFS has received $2,117,701.75 to
repay the principal and interest on this sub-loan since fee collection
began September 8, 2005. Based on buyback fees received to date,
landings after December 31, 2014 will not be subject to the buyback
fee. Therefore, buyback loan fees will no longer be collected in the
Oregon coastal Dungeness crab fishery on future landings.
Buyback fees not yet forwarded to NMFS for Oregon coastal Dungeness
crab landings through December 31, 2014 should be forwarded to NMFS
immediately. Any overpayment of buyback fees submitted to NMFS will be
refunded on a pro-rata basis to the fish buyers/processors based upon
best available fish ticket landings data. The fish buyers/processors
should return excess buyback fees collected to the harvesters,
including buyback fees collected but not yet remitted to NMFS for
landings after December 31, 2014. Any discrepancies in fees owed and
fees paid must be resolved immediately. After the sub-loan is closed,
no further adjustments to fees paid and fees received can be made.
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Dated: January 23, 2015.
Basil Brown,
Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-01724 Filed 1-28-15; 8:45 am]
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