New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 81529 [2015-32867]
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prohibited from using trawl nets with
codend mesh smaller than 5.0-inches in
diameter. The Council has developed a
range of alternatives for potential
modifications to the GRA boundaries.
The APs will provide feedback on those
alternatives and may propose additional
alternatives. More information,
including a detailed agenda can be
found at: www.mamfc.org.
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: December 24, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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that is not bound by 75% of FMSY;
comment on draft terms of reference for
a 2016 benchmark stock assessment for
witch flounder; receive an update on
groundfish catch advice project; receive
an update on the Council risk policy
working group including an overview of
current control rules. They will discuss
other business as needed.
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 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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
Scientific & Statistical 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
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 beginning
at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hilton Garden Inn, Boston Logan,
100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA
02128; phone: (617) 567–6789.
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:
Dated: December 24, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The SSC will meet to: Consider
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Extension of Deep Seabed Exploration
Licenses: Response to Comments
Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Response to comments.
AGENCY:
Due to a clerical error,
comments submitted by the Center for
Biological Diversity on a requested
extension of Deep Seabed Hard Mineral
Resources Act exploration licenses were
not considered until after the licenses
were extended. After reviewing and
considering those comments, NOAA has
found that they provide no basis for
reconsidering the requested license
extensions or revising the now-extended
licenses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Kerry Kehoe, Office for Coastal
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 28, 2012, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
published a notice in the Federal
Register advising the public of a request
from Lockheed Martin Corporation
(Lockheed Martin) to extend its two
deep seabed mining exploration licenses
(USA–1 and USA–4) issued under the
Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources
Act (DSHMRA). See 77 FR 12245.
Comments on the proposed extensions
were requested at that time. Following
the February 28, 2012, Notice, NOAA
published a second notice in the
Federal Register announcing the
extension of Licenses USA–1 and USA–
4 through 2017, and discussing several
comments received on the extensions.
See 77 FR 40586 (July 10, 2012).
Comments submitted by the Center
for Biological Diversity (CBD), however,
were not discussed in the July 10, 2012,
notice. The CBD comments were
received by NOAA but, due to a clerical
error, the comments were not routed to
the license extension reviewers who
were unaware of CBD’s comments until
after an inquiry was received from CBD
following the July 10, 2012, publication
of the extension notice. Upon review
and consideration of CBD’s comments,
NOAA determined that the extension of
the exploration licenses should stand
without modification as CBD’s
comments were based on a
misunderstanding of the nature and
scope of the license extensions.
Following the discovery of CBD’s
comments, the relevant Staff from
NOAA discussed the substance of the
comments with CBD and described why
CBD’s concerns as articulated in the
comments were not relevant to the
USA–1 and USA–4 license extensions.
In addition, NOAA is now publishing a
response to the CBD comments to
address any public misconceptions
about the extension of the deep seabed
mining exploration Licenses USA–1 and
USA–4.
General Response to the CBD
Comments
The CBD comments pertain to
activities not presently authorized
pursuant to the license extensions.
Instead, the CBD comments are relevant
to at-sea exploration activities that, if
pursued, would first require additional
NOAA approvals. See 77 FR 12246. As
discussed below, the extension of the
Lockheed Martin exploration licenses
merely serves to preserve the legal
status and any domestic and
international priority of rights that
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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 Scientific & Statistical 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 Wednesday, January 20, 2016
beginning at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Boston
Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128; phone: (617) 567-6789.
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:
Agenda
The SSC will meet to: Consider identifying an ABC for witch
flounder that is not bound by 75% of FMSY; comment on draft terms of
reference for a 2016 benchmark stock assessment for witch flounder;
receive an update on groundfish catch advice project; receive an update
on the Council risk policy working group including an overview of
current control rules. They will discuss other business as needed.
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 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: December 24, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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