Solicitation for Members of the NOAA Science Advisory Board, 60676-60677 [2016-21078]
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in the U.S. West Coast EEZ, under
specific terms and conditions.
According to regulations, a NMFS
Regional Administrator may authorize
‘‘for limited testing, public display, data
collection, exploratory, health and
safety, environmental cleanup, and/or
hazard removal purposes, the target or
incidental harvest of species managed
under an FMP [fishery management
plan] or fishery regulations that would
otherwise be prohibited’’ (50 CFR
600.745(b)). Issuance of an EFP, which
is the proposed action analyzed in this
EA, would provide such authorization
as fishing with longline gear in the U.S.
West Coast EEZ is currently prohibited
under the Fishery Management Plan for
U.S. West Coast Highly Migratory
Species Fisheries and Federal regulation
at 550 CFR 660.712(a). The original
application for the EFP was discussed
during the March 2015 Pacific Fishery
Management Council meeting and
published on the Council’s Web site at:
https://www.pcouncil.org/wp-content/
uploads/H3a_Att1_Dupuy_etal_
MAR2015BB.pdf. A revised application
for the EFP and the Council’s additional
recommendations regarding EFP
issuance were published in the Federal
Register on May 22, 2015 (80 FR 29662).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 30, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
Notice of Public Hearing and
Availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement and Draft
Management Plan for the Proposed
Designation of the He‘eia National
Estuarine Research Reserve in Hawai‘i
Office for Coastal Management
(OCM), National Ocean Service (NOS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing and
Availability of Draft Environmental
Impact Statement and Draft
Management Plan for the proposed
designation of the He‘eia National
Estuarine Research Reserve in Hawai‘i.
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AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that,
pursuant to the Coastal Zone
Management Act, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
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(NOAA), Office for Coastal Management
(OCM) is announcing a forty-five day
public comment period and will hold a
public hearing for the purpose of
receiving comments on the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
Draft Management Plan (DEIS/DMP)
prepared for the proposed designation
of the He‘eia National Estuarine
Research Reserve in Hawai‘i. The DMP
addresses research, monitoring,
education, and stewardship/cultural
resource needs for the proposed reserve,
and the DEIS analyzes alternatives to
the proposed action along with their
potential environmental impacts. The
National Estuarine Research Reserve
System (NERRS) is a federal-state
partnership administered by NOAA.
The system protects more than 1.3
million acres of estuarine habitat for
long-term research, monitoring,
education and stewardship throughout
the coastal United States. Established by
the Coastal Zone Management Act of
1972, as amended, each reserve is
managed by a lead state agency or
university, with input from local
partners. NOAA provides funding and
national programmatic guidance.
DATES: NOAA is accepting public
comments through 5:00 p.m. (HST),
October 17, 2016. In addition, NOAA
will also accept public comments,
conveyed orally or through submitted
written statements, during a public
hearing held from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
on October 6, 2016, at He‘eia State Park,
46–465 Kamehameha Highway,
¯
Kane‘ohe, HI 96744. NOAA is soliciting
the views of interested persons and
organizations on the adequacy of the
DEIS/DMP. All relevant comments
received at the hearing and during the
45-day public comment period ending
5:00 p.m. (HST), October 17, 2016, will
be considered in the preparation of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) and Final Management Plan
(FMP).
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by any one of the following
methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NOS-20160114, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Joelle Gore, Stewardship
Division, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
NOAA, 1305 East West Highway,
N/ORM2, Room 10622 Silver Spring,
MD 20910. Instructions: Comments sent
by any other method, to any other
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address or individual, or received after
the end of the comment period, may not
be considered by NOAA. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean
Tanimoto, Coastal Management
Specialist, Policy, Planning, and
Communications Division, Office for
Coastal Management at (808) 725–5253
or via email at jean.tanimoto@noaa.gov.
Electronic copies of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
Draft Management Plan may be found
on the OCM Web site at https://
coast.noaa.gov/czm/compliance/ or may
be obtained upon request from
coastal.info@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
requirements of 40 CFR parts 1500–1508
(Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) regulations to implement the
National Environmental Policy Act)
apply to the preparation of
Environmental Impact Statements.
Specifically, 40 CFR 1506.6 requires
agencies to provide public notice of the
availability of environmental
documents. Likewise, the NERRS
implementing regulations at 15 CFR
921.13(d) require NOAA to provide
notice, in the Federal Register, of the
DEIS availability and the public hearing.
This notice is part of NOAA’s action to
comply with these requirements.
Dated: August 23, 2016.
John R. King,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Solicitation for Members of the NOAA
Science Advisory Board
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation for
members of the NOAA Science
Advisory Board.
AGENCY:
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NOAA is soliciting
nominations for members of the NOAA
Science Advisory Board (SAB). The
SAB is the only Federal Advisory
Committee with the responsibility to
advise the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
and NOAA Administrator on long- and
short-range strategies for research,
education, and application of science to
resource management and
environmental assessment and
prediction. The SAB consists of
approximately fifteen members
reflecting the full breadth of NOAA’s
areas of responsibility and assists
NOAA in maintaining a complete and
accurate understanding of scientific
issues critical to the agency’s missions.
Composition and Points of View: The
Board will consist of approximately
fifteen members, including a Chair,
designated by the Under Secretary in
accordance with FACA requirements.
Members will be appointed for threeyear terms, renewable once, and serve at
the discretion of the Under Secretary. If
a member resigns before the end of his
or her first term, the vacancy
appointment shall be for the remainder
of the unexpired term, and shall be
renewable twice if the unexpired term is
less than one year. Members will be
appointed as special government
employees (SGEs) and will be subject to
the ethical standards applicable to
SGEs. Members are reimbursed for
actual and reasonable travel and per
diem expenses incurred in performing
such duties but will not be reimbursed
for their time. As a Federal Advisory
Committee, the Board’s membership is
required to be balanced in terms of
viewpoints represented and the
functions to be performed as well as the
interests of geographic regions of the
country and the diverse sectors of U.S.
society.
The SAB meets in person three times
each year, exclusive of teleconferences
or subcommittee, task force, and
working group meetings. Board
members must be willing to serve as
liaisons to SAB working groups and/or
participate in periodic reviews of the
NOAA Cooperative Institutes and
overarching reviews of NOAA’s research
enterprise.
Nominations: Interested persons may
nominate themselves or third parties.
Applications: An application is
required to be considered for Board
membership, regardless of whether a
person is nominated by a third party or
self-nominated. The application package
must include: (1) The nominee’s full
name, title, institutional affiliation, and
contact information; (2) the nominee’s
area(s) of expertise; (3) a short
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description of his/her qualifications
relative to the kinds of advice being
solicited by NOAA in this Notice; and
(4) a current resume (maximum length
four [4] pages).
DATES: Nominations should be sent to
the web address specified below and
must be received by October 17, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Applications should be
submitted electronically to
noaa.sab.newmembers@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Cynthia Decker, Executive Director,
Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm.
11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301–
734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459, Email:
Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov); or visit the
NOAA SAB Web site at https://
www.sab.noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this
time, individuals are sought with
expertise in marine ecosystem science
and ‘omics, formal and informal
education, oceanography, risk
management and resilience, and data
science. Individuals with expertise in
other NOAA mission areas are also
welcomed to apply.
Dated: August 26, 2016.
Jason Donaldson,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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Schedules for Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshops and
Protected Species Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshops
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshops.
AGENCY:
Free Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshops and Protected
Species Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshops will be held in
October, November, and December of
2016. Certain fishermen and shark
dealers are required to attend a
workshop to meet regulatory
requirements and to maintain valid
permits. Specifically, the Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshop is mandatory
for all federally permitted Atlantic shark
dealers. The Protected Species Safe
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Handling, Release, and Identification
Workshop is mandatory for vessel
owners and operators who use bottom
longline, pelagic longline, or gillnet
gear, and who have also been issued
shark or swordfish limited access
permits. Additional free workshops will
be conducted during 2017 and will be
announced in a future notice.
DATES: The Atlantic Shark Identification
Workshops will be held on October 13,
November 10, and December 8, 2016.
The Protected Species Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshops
will be held on October 20, October 26,
November 4, November 7, December 7,
and December 16, 2016.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
further details.
ADDRESSES: The Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshops will be held in
Somerville, MA; Mount Pleasant, SC;
and Clearwater, FL.
The Protected Species Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshops
will be held in Charleston, SC;
Manahawkin, NJ; Kitty Hawk, NC;
Panama City, FL; Key Largo, FL; and
Ronkonkoma, NY.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
further details on workshop locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick
Pearson by phone: (727) 824–5399, or by
fax: (727) 824–5398.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
workshop schedules, registration
information, and a list of frequently
asked questions regarding these
workshops are posted on the Internet at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/
compliance/workshops/.
Atlantic Shark Identification
Workshops
Since January 1, 2008, Atlantic shark
dealers have been prohibited from
receiving, purchasing, trading, or
bartering for Atlantic sharks unless a
valid Atlantic Shark Identification
Workshop certificate is on the premises
of each business listed under the shark
dealer permit that first receives Atlantic
sharks (71 FR 58057; October 2, 2006).
Dealers who attend and successfully
complete a workshop are issued a
certificate for each place of business that
is permitted to receive sharks. These
certificate(s) are valid for 3 years.
Approximately 124 free Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshops have been
conducted since January 2007.
Currently, permitted dealers may send
a proxy to an Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshop. However, if a
dealer opts to send a proxy, the dealer
must designate a proxy for each place of
business covered by the dealer’s permit
which first receives Atlantic sharks.
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[FR Doc No: 2016-21078]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Solicitation for Members of the NOAA Science Advisory Board
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office
of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation for members of the NOAA Science Advisory
Board.
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SUMMARY: NOAA is soliciting nominations for members of the NOAA Science
Advisory Board (SAB). The SAB is the only Federal Advisory Committee
with the responsibility to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator on long- and short-range
strategies for research, education, and application of science to
resource management and environmental assessment and prediction. The
SAB consists of approximately fifteen members reflecting the full
breadth of NOAA's areas of responsibility and assists NOAA in
maintaining a complete and accurate understanding of scientific issues
critical to the agency's missions.
Composition and Points of View: The Board will consist of
approximately fifteen members, including a Chair, designated by the
Under Secretary in accordance with FACA requirements.
Members will be appointed for three-year terms, renewable once, and
serve at the discretion of the Under Secretary. If a member resigns
before the end of his or her first term, the vacancy appointment shall
be for the remainder of the unexpired term, and shall be renewable
twice if the unexpired term is less than one year. Members will be
appointed as special government employees (SGEs) and will be subject to
the ethical standards applicable to SGEs. Members are reimbursed for
actual and reasonable travel and per diem expenses incurred in
performing such duties but will not be reimbursed for their time. As a
Federal Advisory Committee, the Board's membership is required to be
balanced in terms of viewpoints represented and the functions to be
performed as well as the interests of geographic regions of the country
and the diverse sectors of U.S. society.
The SAB meets in person three times each year, exclusive of
teleconferences or subcommittee, task force, and working group
meetings. Board members must be willing to serve as liaisons to SAB
working groups and/or participate in periodic reviews of the NOAA
Cooperative Institutes and overarching reviews of NOAA's research
enterprise.
Nominations: Interested persons may nominate themselves or third
parties.
Applications: An application is required to be considered for Board
membership, regardless of whether a person is nominated by a third
party or self-nominated. The application package must include: (1) The
nominee's full name, title, institutional affiliation, and contact
information; (2) the nominee's area(s) of expertise; (3) a short
description of his/her qualifications relative to the kinds of advice
being solicited by NOAA in this Notice; and (4) a current resume
(maximum length four [4] pages).
DATES: Nominations should be sent to the web address specified below
and must be received by October 17, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Applications should be submitted electronically to
noaa.sab.newmembers@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Cynthia Decker, Executive
Director, Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-
713-1459, Email: Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov); or visit the NOAA SAB Web
site at https://www.sab.noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this time, individuals are sought with
expertise in marine ecosystem science and `omics, formal and informal
education, oceanography, risk management and resilience, and data
science. Individuals with expertise in other NOAA mission areas are
also welcomed to apply.
Dated: August 26, 2016.
Jason Donaldson,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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