Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 49988 [2015-20339]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 159 / Tuesday, August 18, 2015 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE107
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (MAFMC)
Scientific and Statistical Committee’s
(SSC) Scientific Uncertainty
Subcommittee will hold a public
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, September 10, 2015, from 9
a.m. to 5 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
purpose of the meeting is to conduct a
peer review of a scientific analysis
submitted to the SSC at its July 2015
meeting concerning the use of data
limited methods to specify the
overfishing limit and acceptable
biological catch for the northern stock
(Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to
Maine) of black sea bass (Centropristis
striata). Pending the results of this
review, this information/analysis may
be used by the SSC in setting catch
limits for this species for the fishing
years 2016–17.
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SUMMARY:
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: August 13, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Alaska Pacific Halibut &
Sablefish Fisheries: Individual Fishing
Quota Cost Recovery Program.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0398.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 2,184.
Average Hours per Response: IFQ
Registered Buyer Ex-vessel Value and
Volume Report, 13 hours; IFQ
Registered Buyer Ex-vessel Value and
Volume Report, 2 hours if on paper, 5
minutes if online.
Burden Hours: 240.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection. The purpose of
the IFQ fee is to recover actual costs
incurred in managing and enforcing the
IFQ Program (75%) and to make funds
available for Congress to appropriate for
support of the North Pacific IFQ Loan
Program (25%).
An IFQ permit holder incurs a cost
recovery fee liability for every pound of
IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish that is
landed under his or her IFQ permit(s).
The IFQ permit holder is responsible for
self-collecting the fee liability for all IFQ
halibut and IFQ sablefish landings on
his or her permit(s). Fees must be
collected at the time of a legal landing
of halibut or sablefish, filing of a
landing report, or sale of such fish
during a fishing season or in the last
quarter of the calendar year in which
the fish is harvested.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
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notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: August 13, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE110
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
Groundfish 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
Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 9:30
a.m.
SUMMARY:
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 100
Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128;
Phone: (617) 567–6789; Fax: (617) 561–
0798.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The items of discussion on the agenda
are:
The committee will discuss
Framework Adjustment 55 (FW55): (a)
Receive an update on the development
of FW55/specifications and the addition
of a sector, (b) receive an overview of
the Transboundary Resource
Assessment Committee Assessments for
Eastern Georges Bank (EGB) cod, EGB
Haddock and Georges Bank yellowtail
flounder, (c) review analysis from the
Groundfish Plan Development Team
(PDT), (d) discuss recommendations to
the Council. The committee will receive
an update on the development of the At-
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE107
Mid-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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC)
Scientific and Statistical Committee's (SSC) Scientific Uncertainty
Subcommittee will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, September 10, 2015, from 9
a.m. to 5 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 purpose of the meeting is to conduct a
peer review of a scientific analysis submitted to the SSC at its July
2015 meeting concerning the use of data limited methods to specify the
overfishing limit and acceptable biological catch for the northern
stock (Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Maine) of black sea bass
(Centropristis striata). Pending the results of this review, this
information/analysis may be used by the SSC in setting catch limits for
this species for the fishing years 2016-17.
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: August 13, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-20339 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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