Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 31023 [2015-13056]
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LLC to construct and operate a seawater
reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination
facility capable of producing 25,000
acre-feet per year (AFY) of potable water
and a co-located seawater-cooled
computer data center campus on a 110acre site located approximately 1.5
miles east of Moss Landing. Seawater
intake and brine discharge pipelines
would extend west from Moss Landing
Harbor to the upper reaches of the
submarine Monterey Canyon and the
north shelf, respectively, Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS).
II. Need for action
This notice of intent (NOI) to prepare
a draft environmental impact statement
and conduct scoping is published in
accordance with: the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA);
California Public Resources Code
section 21080.4, subdivision (a); State
CEQA Guidelines section 15082; section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended;
and the White House Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations for
Implementing the Procedural Provisions
of NEPA (CEQ NEPA Regulations).
The California State Lands
Commission (CSLC) and MBNMS, as
CEQA and NEPA lead agencies
respectively, will prepare a joint
Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/
EIS) to identify and assess potential
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed DeepWater Desal, LLC
Monterey Bay Regional Water Project
(Project). Agencies would use the EIR/
EIS to consider related permits or other
approvals for the Project as proposed.
Possible alternatives could include not
approving the Project or approving the
Project with additional modifications
identified as part of the terms and
conditions of a permit or other approval.
Publication of this notice initiates the
public scoping process to solicit public
and agency comment, in writing or at
the public meeting, regarding the full
spectrum of environmental issues and
concerns relating to the scope and
content of the EIR/EIS, including:
• Analyses of the human and marine
resources that could be affected;
• the nature and extent of the
potential significant impacts on those
resources;
• a reasonable range of alternatives to
the proposed action; and
• mitigation measures.
III. Process
This NOI is published in conjunction
with the CSLC NOI, as this is a joint
process between NOAA/MBNMS, the
lead federal agency, and the CSLC, the
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lead state agency. The two agencies will
prepare a joint Environmental Impact
Report/Environmental Impact Statement
(EIR/EIS), and will hold a joint public
scoping meeting for the project on
Tuesday, June 16, 2015; Sessions begin
at 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm, at Moss
Landing Marine Laboratories at 8272
Moss Landing Road, CA 95039.
IV. Federal Consultations
This notice also advises the public
that NOAA will coordinate its
consultation responsibilities under
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
(ESA), Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
under the Magnuson Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA), section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act (NHPA, 16
U.S.C. 470), and Federal Consistency
review under the Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA), along with its
ongoing NEPA process including the
use of NEPA documents and public and
stakeholder meetings to also meet the
requirements of other federal laws.
In fulfilling its consultation
responsibility under the ESA, MSA,
NHPA, CZMA and NEPA, NOAA
intends to identify consulting parties
and involve the public in accordance
with NOAA’s NEPA procedures, and
develop in consultation with identified
consulting parties alternatives and
proposed measures that might avoid,
minimize or mitigate any adverse effects
on endangered species, essential fish
habitat, historic properties, or coastal
zone management issues, and describe
them in any environmental assessment
or draft environmental impact
statement.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
Dated: May 21, 2015.
John Armor,
Acting Director for the Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries.
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Bass Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a
public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday June 17, 2015 from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Double Tree by Hilton Baltimore—
BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing
Road, Linthicum, MD 21090; telephone:
(410) 859–8400.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
MAFMC’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) will
meet jointly with the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission’s
(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass Advisory Panels. The
purpose of this meeting is to discuss
recent performance of the commercial
and recreational fisheries for summer
flounder, scup, and black sea bass.
Council staff will work with the AP to
write 2015 Fishery Performance
Reports. The MAFMC and the ASMFC
will consider the Fishery Performance
Reports in August when setting fishery
specifications (i.e. catch and landings
limits and management measures) for
2016–18.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
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Dated: May 26, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (MAFMC)
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC) Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a
public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday June 17, 2015 from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton
Baltimore--BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, MD 21090;
telephone: (410) 859-8400.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MAFMC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black
Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) will meet jointly with the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black
Sea Bass Advisory Panels. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss
recent performance of the commercial and recreational fisheries for
summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. Council staff will work with
the AP to write 2015 Fishery Performance Reports. The MAFMC and the
ASMFC will consider the Fishery Performance Reports in August when
setting fishery specifications (i.e. catch and landings limits and
management measures) for 2016-18.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should
be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior
to the meeting date.
Dated: May 26, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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