Notice of Availability of a Revised Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) Projects, 10595-10596 [2016-04484]
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—breakaways on the net allowing large
mammals to break through the gear
(Note: A ‘breakaway’ is a weakly sewn
together area of the net that would
allow a large animal to break the net
and avoid entanglement),
—shortening soak times to only 6 hours,
and
—shortening the net length to 900
fathoms.
(7) Impose an annual incidental catch
limit for striped marlin.
(8) Prohibit fishing in leatherback sea
turtle critical habitat (designated under
the federal Endangered Species Act
(ESA)).
(9) Prohibit fishing in waters north of
the Washington/Oregon border, and in
the first year prohibit fishing in waters
north of the Oregon/California border.
(10) Fishing under the EFP would
cease for the remainder of the year if the
number of observed takes in the fishery
for animals listed as threatened or
endangered under the ESA is the lower
of either double the amount of
incidental take estimated in an ESA
biological opinion prepared for the EFP,
or 10 animals.
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
analyses. Additionally, issuance of an
EFP would be developed for consistency
with all applicable laws, including
Section 7(a)(2) of the ESA (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.), to ensure it would not be
likely to jeopardize the continued
existence and recovery of any
endangered or threatened species or
result in the destruction or adverse
modification of critical habitat. Given
strong public interest in the DGN fishery
and its impacts on protected species, if
NMFS decides to pursue issuing an EFP
to ACSF, then it will publish a ‘Notice
of Availability’ to give the public the
opportunity to comment on the draft
NEPA analysis (i.e., either
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement) that
would be prepared for the proposed
action.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 24, 2016.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Additional EFP Considerations
The elements of the EFP application
and the Council recommendations will
be considered by NMFS; however, if
NMFS issues an EFP, it may impose
different and/or additional mitigation
measures as it deems necessary and in
accordance with other applicable laws,
such as the ESA. In considering this
matter, NMFS is seeking public
comment on the EFP application, the
Council’s recommended conditions, and
any other suggested mitigation measures
to improve conservation elements while
maintaining feasible fishery operations.
In particular, NMFS is interested in
additional methods and technologies
that could be applied to the fishing
operations in order to further reduce the
likelihood of interactions with federally
endangered leatherback sea turtles.
NMFS is mindful of the population
status of Pacific leatherback sea turtles
and that test fishing in the PLCA with
DGN gear would have interaction risks
with the endangered Pacific leatherback
sea turtle. Designing an EFP that
minimizes such risks is critical, and
therefore NMFS is also interested in
comments on how this proposed EFP
complements the draft Pacific Coast
Swordfish Fishery Management and
Monitoring Plan and the future of the
U.S. West Coast swordfish fishery.
In accordance with NOAA
Administrative Order 216–6, if NMFS
pursues issuance of an EFP, then NMFS
will complete the appropriate National
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Notice of Availability of a Revised Draft
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) for U.S. Integrated
Ocean Observing System (IOOS®)
Projects
National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
NOAA is hereby requesting
comments on the IOOS Revised Draft
PEA.
DATES: Dates and Times: The Revised
Draft PEA is available for public review
and comment through March 15, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The Revised Draft PEA is
available online at www.ioos.noaa.gov/
about/governance/environmental_
compliance.html. If you wish to
comment on the Revised Draft PEA,
please send comments via email to
Regina Evans at regina.evans@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Regina Evans, U.S. IOOS, Regions
Budget & Policy Division, 1315 East
West- Highway, SSMC3, 2nd Floor,
Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone 301–
713–3290, ext. 110; Fax 301–713–3281;
Email regina.evans@noaa.gov.
SUMMARY:
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The
Integrated Coastal and Ocean
Observation System (ICOOS) Act of
2009 mandated the establishment of
IOOS with NOAA as lead Federal
agency. In April 2015, IOOS published
a Notice of Availability for review and
comment on a draft PEA of NOAA’s
IOOS Program observing activities
regularly occurring in the environment
as a direct result of cooperative
agreements funded by this program.
Technologies proposed for deployment
and observational activities under IOOS
are categorized into the following
groups: Sensors and instrumentation;
vessels (including personal watercraft)
and sampling; AUVs, gliders, and
drifters; moorings, marine stations,
buoys, and fixed arrays; HF radar; sound
navigation and ranging (sonar); and light
detection and ranging (lidar). These
observing activities support the core
mission of IOOS: Systematic provision
of readily accessible marine
environmental data and data products
in an interoperable, reliable, timely, and
user-specified manner to end-users/
customers to serve seven critical and
expanding societal needs:
1. Improve predictions of climate
change and weather and their effects on
coastal communities and the nation;
2. Improve the safety and efficiency of
maritime operations;
3. More effectively mitigate the effects
of natural hazards;
4. Improve national and homeland
security;
5. Reduce public health risks;
6. More effectively protect and restore
healthy coastal ecosystems; and
7. Enable the sustained use of ocean
and coastal resources.
Since the close of the public comment
period on the initial draft PEA, IOOS
has revised the document and seeks
comment on the Revised Draft PEA. The
PEA was revised to include a new
alternative and to designate it as the
proposed action (preferred alternative).
The Proposed Action included in the
public review draft anticipated full
buildout of the proposed observing
system program. However, budget
constraints have made full buildout
unobtainable at this time. IOOS
developed the new alternative and
changed the Proposed Action to reflect
consideration of actual funding levels.
Although IOOS remains committed to
developing full system capabilities, the
timeline for reaching those goals has
been extended. The revised draft PEA
reflects the anticipated program actions
consistent with historic and anticipated
future budget authorizations.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Statutory Authority: Integrated Coastal and
Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33
U.S.C. 3601–3610).
Zdenka S. Willis,
Director, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing
System.
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Request for Public Comment on a
Commercial Availability Request Under
the U.S-Morocco Free Trade
Agreement
Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Request for public comments
concerning a request for modification of
the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement
(USMFTA) rules of origin for 100%
viscose woven fabric.
AGENCY:
On January 27, 2016, the
Government of the United States
received a request from the Government
of Morocco, on behalf of HTL FASHION
to initiate consultations with the
Government of Morocco under Article
4.3.3 of the USMFTA. The Government
of Morocco is requesting that the United
States and Morocco (‘‘the Parties’’)
consider revising the rules of origin for
dresses, skirts, and blouses and tops to
address availability of supply of 100%
viscose woven fabric in the territories of
the Parties. The President of the United
States may proclaim a modification to
the USMFTA rules of origin for textile
and apparel products after reaching an
agreement with the Government of
Morocco on a modification under
Article 4.3.6 of the USMFTA to address
issues of availability of supply of fibers,
yarns, or fabrics in the territories of the
Parties.
DATES: CITA hereby solicits public
comments on this request, in particular
with regard to whether 100% viscose
woven fabric of Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheading 5408.24 can be supplied by
the U.S. domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner. Comments must be submitted
by March 31, 2016 to the Chairman,
Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements, Room 3001, United
States Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maria D’Andrea, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482–1550.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority
Section 203 (j)(2)(B)(i) of the United
States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805
note) (USMFTA Implementation Act);
Executive Order 11651 of March 3,
1972, as amended.
Background
Article 4.3.3 of the USMFTA provides
that, on the request of either Party, the
Parties shall consult to consider
whether the rules of origin applicable to
a particular textile or apparel good
should be revised to address issues of
availability of supply of fibers, yarns, or
fabrics in the territories of the Parties. In
the consultations, pursuant to Article
4.3.4 of the USMFTA, each Party shall
consider data presented by the other
Party that demonstrate substantial
production in its territory of a particular
fiber, yarn, or fabric. The Parties shall
consider that there is substantial
production if a Party demonstrates that
its domestic producers are capable of
supplying commercial quantities of the
fiber, yarn, or fabric in a timely manner.
The USMFTA Implementation Act
provides the President with the
authority to proclaim as part of the
HTSUS, modifications to the USMFTA
rules of origin set out in Annex 4–A of
the USMFTA as are necessary to
implement an agreement with Morocco
under article 4.3.6 of the USMFTA,
subject to the consultation and layover
requirements of Section 104 of the
USMFTA Implementation Act. See
Section 203(j)(2)(B)(i) of the USMFTA
Implementation Act. Executive Order
11651 established CITA to supervise the
implementation of textile trade
agreements and authorizes the
Chairman of CITA to take actions or
recommend that appropriate officials or
agencies of the United States take
actions necessary to implement textile
trade agreements. 37 FR 4699 (March 4,
1972).
On January 27, 2016, the Government
of the United States received a request
from the Government of Morocco dated
January 14, 2016, on behalf of HTL
FASHION, requesting that the United
States consider whether the USMFTA
rule of origin for dresses, skirts, blouses
and tops classified in HTSUS chapter
62, should be modified to allow the use
of 100% viscose woven fabric classified
in subheading 5408.24 of the HTSUS
that is not originating under the
USMFTA.
CITA is soliciting public comments
regarding this request, particularly with
respect to whether 100% viscose woven
fabric described above can be supplied
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by the U.S. domestic industry in
commercial quantities in a timely
manner. Comments must be received no
later than March 31, 2016.
Interested persons are invited to
submit such comments or information
electronically to OTEXA_MoroccoFTA@
trade.gov, and/or in hard copy to:
Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements,
Room 30001, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
If comments include business
confidential information, commenters
must submit a business confidential
version in hard copy to the Chairman of
CITA, and also provide a public version,
either in hard copy or electronically.
CITA will protect any information that
is marked business confidential from
disclosure to the full extent permitted
by law. All public versions of comments
will be posted on OTEXA’s Web site for
Commercial Availability proceedings
under the Morocco FTA: https://
otexa.trade.gov/Morocco_CA.htm.
Joshua Teitelbaum,
Chairman, Committee for the Implementation
of Textile Agreements.
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Notice; correction.
On Friday, February 5, 2016
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice of Availability of a Revised Draft Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (PEA) for U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing
System (IOOS[supreg]) Projects
AGENCY: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NOAA is hereby requesting comments on the IOOS Revised Draft
PEA.
DATES: Dates and Times: The Revised Draft PEA is available for public
review and comment through March 15, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The Revised Draft PEA is available online at
www.ioos.noaa.gov/about/governance/environmental_compliance.html. If
you wish to comment on the Revised Draft PEA, please send comments via
email to Regina Evans at regina.evans@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regina Evans, U.S. IOOS, Regions
Budget & Policy Division, 1315 East West- Highway, SSMC3, 2nd Floor,
Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone 301-713-3290, ext. 110; Fax 301-713-
3281; Email regina.evans@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation
System (ICOOS) Act of 2009 mandated the establishment of IOOS with NOAA
as lead Federal agency. In April 2015, IOOS published a Notice of
Availability for review and comment on a draft PEA of NOAA's IOOS
Program observing activities regularly occurring in the environment as
a direct result of cooperative agreements funded by this program.
Technologies proposed for deployment and observational activities under
IOOS are categorized into the following groups: Sensors and
instrumentation; vessels (including personal watercraft) and sampling;
AUVs, gliders, and drifters; moorings, marine stations, buoys, and
fixed arrays; HF radar; sound navigation and ranging (sonar); and light
detection and ranging (lidar). These observing activities support the
core mission of IOOS: Systematic provision of readily accessible marine
environmental data and data products in an interoperable, reliable,
timely, and user-specified manner to end-users/customers to serve seven
critical and expanding societal needs:
1. Improve predictions of climate change and weather and their
effects on coastal communities and the nation;
2. Improve the safety and efficiency of maritime operations;
3. More effectively mitigate the effects of natural hazards;
4. Improve national and homeland security;
5. Reduce public health risks;
6. More effectively protect and restore healthy coastal ecosystems;
and
7. Enable the sustained use of ocean and coastal resources.
Since the close of the public comment period on the initial draft PEA,
IOOS has revised the document and seeks comment on the Revised Draft
PEA. The PEA was revised to include a new alternative and to designate
it as the proposed action (preferred alternative). The Proposed Action
included in the public review draft anticipated full buildout of the
proposed observing system program. However, budget constraints have
made full buildout unobtainable at this time. IOOS developed the new
alternative and changed the Proposed Action to reflect consideration of
actual funding levels. Although IOOS remains committed to developing
full system capabilities, the timeline for reaching those goals has
been extended. The revised draft PEA reflects the anticipated program
actions consistent with historic and anticipated future budget
authorizations.
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Statutory Authority: Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation
System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3601-3610).
Zdenka S. Willis,
Director, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System.
[FR Doc. 2016-04484 Filed 2-29-16; 8:45 am]
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