New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 27927-27928 [2015-11758]
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6418; email Michael.Murray@noaa.gov;
or download application from https://
channelislands.noaa.gov/sac/council_
news.html.
• Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Shelley DuPuy, Flower Garden Banks
National Marine Sanctuary, 4700
Avenue U, Bldg. 216, Galveston, TX
77551; (409) 621–5151 extension 106;
email Shelley.DuPuy@noaa.gov; or
download application from https://
flowergarden.noaa.gov/advisorycouncil/
councilnews.html.
• Gray’s Reef National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council: Becky
Shortland, Gray’s Reef National Marine
Sanctuary, 10 Ocean Science Circle,
Savannah, GA 31411; (912) 598–2381;
email Becky.Shortland@noaa.gov; or
download application from https://
graysreef.noaa.gov/management/sac/
council_news.html.
• Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale
National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council: Inouye Regional Center, ATTN:
NOS/ONMS/Shannon Lyday, 1845
Wasp Blvd., Building 176, Honolulu, HI
96818; (808) 725–5905; email
Shannon.Lyday@noaa.gov; or download
application from https://
hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/
council/council_app_accepting.html.
• Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
Advisory Council: Katherine Van Dam,
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, 100
Museum Drive, Newport News, VA
23606; (757) 591–7350; email
Katherine.VanDam@noaa.gov; or
download application from https://
monitor.noaa.gov.
• National Marine Sanctuary of
American Samoa Advisory Council:
Joseph Paulin, National Marine
Sanctuary of American Samoa, Tauese
P.F. Sunia Ocean Center, P.O. Box 4318
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799;
(684) 633–6500; email Joseph.Paulin@
noaa.gov; or download application from
https://americansamoa.noaa.gov.
• Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council: Elizabeth
Stokes, Stellwagen Bank National
Marine Sanctuary, 175 Edward Foster
Road, Scituate MA 02066; (781) 545–
8026 extension 201; email
elizabeth.stokes@noaa.gov; or download
application from https://stellwagen.noaa.
gov/management/sac/sachome.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information on a particular
national marine sanctuary advisory
council, please contact the individual
identified in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONMS
serves as the trustee for 14 marine
protected areas encompassing more than
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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, sustains 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.
National marine sanctuary advisory
councils are community-based advisory
groups established to provide advice
and recommendations to the
superintendents of the national marine
sanctuaries on issues including
management, science, service, and
stewardship; and to serve as liaisons
between their constituents in the
community and the sanctuary.
Additional information on ONMS and
its advisory councils can be found at
https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov. Information
related to the purpose, policies and
operational requirements for advisory
councils can be found in the charter for
a particular advisory council (https://
sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/
council_charters.html) and the National
Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
Implementation Handbook (https://
www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov/
management/ac/acref.html).
The following is a list of the vacant
seats, including positions (i.e., primary
member or alternate), for each of the
advisory councils currently seeking
applications for members and alternates:
Channel Islands National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council: Nonconsumptive Recreation (primary); and
Non-consumptive Recreation
(alternate).
Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Recreational Fishing (primary).
Gray’s Reef National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Conservation (primary); University
Education (primary); Sport Diving
(primary); and Citizen-at-Large
(primary).
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale
National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council: Commercial Shipping
(primary); Commercial Shipping
(alternate); Hawaii County (alternate);
Lanai Island (alternate); Citizen-at-Large
(alternate); Education (alternate);
Tourism (alternate); and Whale
Watching (alternate).
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Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
Advisory Council: Commercial and
Recreational Fishing (primary).
National Marine Sanctuary of
American Samoa Advisory Council:
Business and Industry (primary); and
Community-at-Large: Tutuila—West
Side (primary).
Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council: At-Large
(primary); Business Industry (primary);
Diving (primary); Diving (alternate);
Education (2 primary seats); Fixed Gear
Commercial Fishing (primary); Fixed
Gear Commercial Fishing (alternate);
Mobile Gear Commercial Fishing
(alternate); Recreational Fishing
(alternate); Research (2 alternate seats);
and Whale Watch (primary).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)
Dated: April 13, 2015.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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 public meeting of its
Habitat Committee 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
Monday, June 1, 2015 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn, 300 Woodbury Avenue,
Portsmouth, NH 03801; telephone: (603)
431–8000; fax: (603) 501–3733.
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.
SUMMARY:
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The
Habitat Committee will consider data
and analyses related to current habitat
management alternatives for Georges
Bank as part of Omnibus Essential Fish
Habitat Amendment 2. These will
include analyses related to a new
alternative identified during the April
Council meeting. The Committee may
choose to revise its preferred alternative
recommendation for Georges Bank to
the full Council. (The Council plans to
take final action on Georges Bank
habitat management alternatives during
its June 16–18, 2015 meeting.)
The Committee may also discuss
other matters related to the amendment,
in particular the spawning management
alternatives. (The spawning alternatives
are also planned for final Council action
in June.) They will discuss other
business as necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before these groups 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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: May 12, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Marine Mammals; File No. 19526
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Adam White, BBC Natural History Unit,
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The Limes, Lea, Malmesbury Wiltshire,
SN16 9PG United Kingdom, has applied
in due form for a permit to conduct
commercial or educational photography
on four species of cetaceans and five
species of pinnipeds.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
June 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: These documents are
available upon written request or by
appointment in the Permits and
Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13705, Silver
Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427–
8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division, at
the address listed above. Comments may
also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
713–0376, or by email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please
include File No. 19526 in the subject
line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division at the address listed above. The
request should set forth the specific
reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carrie Hubard or Jennifer Skidmore,
(301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216).
The applicant proposes to film a
variety of marine mammals along the
˜
California coast from Point Ano Nuevo
south to the Channel Islands. A
maximum of 1000 long-beaked common
dolphins (Delphinus capensis), 1000
short-beaked common dolphins
(Delphinus delphis), 1000 Risso’s
dolphins (Grampus griseus), 50
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus), 50 harbor seals (Phoca
vitulina), and 1000 California sea lions
(Zalophus californianus) would be
approached for filming. In addition, up
to 200 Northern elephant seals
(Mirounga angustirostris) would be
filmed while hauled out on land. Fifty
Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)
and 50 Northern fur seals (Callorhinus
ursinus) may be incidentally harassed
and filmed during operations. Cetaceans
would be filmed from boats and pole
cameras. Pinnipeds would be filmed
from boats, pole cameras, underwater
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divers, and while hauled out on land.
Hydrophones would be used to record
sounds. Footage would be used for a Big
Blue Live television series examining
marine issues and conservation
successes along the coast of California.
Filming would occur July through
September 2015. The permit would be
valid until September 30, 2015.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of the
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: May 8, 2015.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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First Responder Network
Authority (FirstNet), U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The Board of the First
Responder Network Authority (FirstNet)
will convene an open public meeting on
June 3, 2015, preceded by open public
meetings of the Board Committees on
June 2, 2015.
DATES: On June 2, 2015 between 9:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight
Time, there will be sequential open
public meetings of FirstNet’s four Board
Committees: (1) Governance and
Personnel; (2) Technology; (3) Outreach;
and (4) Finance. The full FirstNet Board
will hold an open public meeting on
June 3, 2015 between 8:00 a.m. and
10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: The meetings on June 2 and
June 3, 2015 will be held at the Omni
San Diego Hotel, 675 L Street, San
Diego, CA 92101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Uzoma Onyeije, Secretary, FirstNet,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, M/S 243,
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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 public meeting of its Habitat Committee 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 Monday, June 1, 2015 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 300 Woodbury
Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801; telephone: (603) 431-8000; fax: (603)
501-3733.
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.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Habitat Committee will consider data and
analyses related to current habitat management alternatives for Georges
Bank as part of Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat Amendment 2. These will
include analyses related to a new alternative identified during the
April Council meeting. The Committee may choose to revise its preferred
alternative recommendation for Georges Bank to the full Council. (The
Council plans to take final action on Georges Bank habitat management
alternatives during its June 16-18, 2015 meeting.)
The Committee may also discuss other matters related to the
amendment, in particular the spawning management alternatives. (The
spawning alternatives are also planned for final Council action in
June.) They will discuss other business as necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before these groups 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: May 12, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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