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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of a public meeting.
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
will convene a meeting, which is open
to the public, of its Coastal Pelagic
Species (CPS) Subcommittee of the
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC).
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 11,
2016.
DATES:
The meeting will be held in
the Pacific Conference Room of the
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science
Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., La
Jolla, CA 92037–1508.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE.,
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
Oregon 97220.
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; telephone:
503–820–2409.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
The primary purpose of the meeting is
to review a biomass estimate for the
central subpopulation of northern
anchovy. The SSC CPS subcommittee
will conduct the review, with one
member each from the CPS Management
Team and CPS Advisory Subpanel
(CPSAS) serving as advisers. The
subcommittee will submit a report to
the full SSC, for further review at the
November 15–21, 2016, Council meeting
in Garden Grove, California. At that
meeting, the Council will consider the
biomass estimate along with any
recommendations of the SSC, other
advisory bodies, and public comment;
and may consider taking management
action.
Special Accommodations
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Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Dale
Sweetnam, at 858–546–7170, at least ten
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 7, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE871
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this
notice announces that NMFS intends to
obtain information necessary to prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for eight Hatchery and Genetic
Management Plans (HGMP) for ongoing
salmon and steelhead hatchery
programs jointly submitted by the
Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife (WDFW), the Puyallup Tribe of
Indians, and the Muckleshoot Indian
Tribe (referred to as the co-managers),
for NMFS’ evaluation and determination
under Limit 6 of the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) 4(d) Rule for
threatened salmon and steelhead. The
HGMPs specify the propagation of
salmon and steelhead in the PuyallupWhite River Basin in Washington State.
NMFS provides this notice to advise
other agencies and the public of its
plans to analyze effects related to the
action, and obtain suggestions and
information that may be useful to the
scope of issues and alternatives to
include in the EIS.
DATES: Written or electronic scoping
comments must be received at the
appropriate address or email mailbox
(see ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m.
Pacific Time October 12, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent by any of the following methods:
• Email to the following address:
PuyallupHatcheriesEIS.wcr@noaa.gov
with the following identifier in the
subject line: Puyallup Hatcheries
Scoping.
• Mail or hand-deliver to NMFS West
Coast Region, Sustainable Fisheries
Division, 510 Desmond Drive SE., Suite
103, Lacey, WA 98503.
• Fax to (360) 753–9517.
Comments received will be available
for public inspection, by appointment,
during normal business hours at the
above address. All Personal Identifying
Information (for example, name,
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by
the commenter may be publicly
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accessible. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Leider, NMFS, by phone at (360)
753–4650, or email to steve.leider@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ESA-Listed Species Covered in This
Notice
Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss):
Threatened, naturally and artificially
produced in Puget Sound.
Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha):
Threatened, naturally and artificially
produced in Puget Sound.
Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened,
naturally and artificially produced Hood
Canal summer-run.
Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus):
Threatened Coastal Recovery Unit.
Background
The WDFW, the Puyallup Tribe of
Indians, and the Muckleshoot Indian
Tribe have jointly submitted to NMFS
plans for eight ongoing hatchery
programs in the Puyallup-White River
Basin. The plans were submitted to
NMFS from 2012 to 2016, pursuant to
Limit 6 of the ESA 4(d) Rule for salmon
and steelhead. The hatchery programs
include releases of ESA-listed Chinook
salmon and winter-run steelhead, and
non-listed coho and fall-run chum
salmon into the Puyallup-White River
Basin.
NEPA requires Federal agencies to
conduct environmental analyses of their
proposed major actions to determine if
the actions may affect the human
environment. NMFS’ action of
determining that the co-managers’
HGMPs meet criteria under Limit 6 of
the 4(d) Rule for salmon and steelhead
promulgated under the ESA is a major
Federal action subject to environmental
review under NEPA. Therefore, NMFS
is seeking public input on the scope of
the required NEPA analysis, including
the range of reasonable alternatives,
recommendations for relevant analysis
methods, and information associated
with impacts of the alternatives to the
resources listed below or other relevant
resources.
NMFS will perform an environmental
review of the HGMPs and prepare an
EIS that will identify potentially
significant direct, indirect, and
cumulative impacts on the following
resources that may be affected by the
Proposed Action or its alternatives:
• Listed and Non-listed Species and
their habitats;
• Water Quantity;
• Socioeconomics;
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• Environmental Justice; and
• Cumulative Impacts.
NMFS will rigorously explore and
objectively evaluate a full range of
reasonable alternatives in the EIS,
including the Proposed Action
(implementation of the co-managers’
submitted HGMPs) and a no-action
alternative (continuation of the hatchery
programs with no 4(d) determination).
Other alternatives may include a
decreased production alternative and a
no-production alternative. For all
potentially significant impacts, the EIS
will identify measures to avoid,
minimize, and mitigate the impacts,
where feasible, to a level below
significance.
Request for Comments
NMFS provides this notice to: (1)
Advise other agencies and the public of
its plans to analyze effects related to the
action, and (2) obtain suggestions and
information that may be useful to the
scope of issues and the full range of
alternatives to include in the EIS.
NMFS invites comment from all
interested parties to ensure that the full
range of issues related to the eight
salmon and steelhead HGMPs is
identified. Comments should be as
specific as possible.
Written comments concerning the
Proposed Action and the environmental
review should be directed to NMFS as
described above (see ADDRESSES). All
comments and materials received,
including names and addresses, will
become part of the administrative record
and may be released to the public.
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Authority
The environmental review of the eight
salmon and steelhead HGMPs in the
Puyallup-White River Basin of
Washington State will be conducted in
accordance with requirements of the
NEPA of 1969 as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), NEPA Regulations (40 CFR
parts 1500–1508), other appropriate
Federal laws and regulations, and
policies and procedures of NMFS for
compliance with those regulations. This
notice is being furnished in accordance
with 40 CFR 1501.7 to obtain
suggestions and information from other
agencies and the public on the scope of
issues and alternatives to be addressed
in the EIS.
Dated: September 6, 2016.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. CPSC–2009–0088]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request—Third
Party Conformity Assessment Body
Registration Form
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), the Consumer
Product Safety Commission
(‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CPSC’’) announces
that the Commission has submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) a request for extension of
approval of a collection of information
under the requirements pertaining to a
third party conformity assessment body
registration form, approved previously
under OMB Control No. 3041–0143. In
the Federal Register of June 30, 2016
(81 FR 42669), the CPSC published a
notice to announce the agency’s
intention to seek extension of approval
of the collection of information. The
Commission received one comment that
was out of scope. Therefore, by
publication of this notice, the
Commission announces that CPSC has
submitted to the OMB a request for
extension of approval of that collection
of information, without change.
DATES: Written comments on this
request for extension of approval of
information collection requirements
should be submitted by October 12,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments about
this request by email: OIRA_
submission@omb.eop.gov or fax: 202–
395–6881. Comments by mail should be
sent to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for the CPSC, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503. In addition, written comments
that are sent to OMB also should be
submitted electronically at: https://
www.regulations.gov, under Docket No.
CPSC–2009–0088.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert H. Squibb, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301)
504–7815, or by email to: rsquibb@
cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPSC
seeks to renew the following currently
approved collection of information:
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Title: Third Party Conformity
Assessment Body Registration Form.
OMB Number: 3041–0143.
Type of Review: Renewal of
collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Affected Public: Third party
conformity assessment bodies seeking
acceptance of accreditation or
continuing accreditation.
General Description of Collection
The Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (‘‘CPSIA’’)
requires third party testing be
conducted by a third party conformity
assessment body for any children’s
product subject to a children’s product
safety rule, before importing for
consumption or warehousing or
distributing in commerce. The CPSIA
allows accreditation of third party
conformity assessment bodies to be
conducted, either by the Commission, or
by an independent accreditation
organization designated by the
Commission, and furthermore, requires
that the Commission maintain on its
Web site an up-to-date list of entities
that have been accredited to assess
conformity with children’s product
safety rules. With the exception of
firewalled third party conformity
assessment bodies, the Commission has
chosen to accept the accreditation of
third party conformity assessment
bodies that meet accreditation
requirements of an independent
accreditation organization.
To assess a third party conformity
assessment body’s qualifications for
acceptance by CPSC, information
related to location, accreditation, and
ownership must be collected from third
party conformity assessment bodies.
The CPSC uses an online collection
form, CPSC Form 223, to gather
information from third party conformity
assessment bodies voluntarily seeking
acceptance by CPSC. The information
collected relates to location,
accreditation, and ownership. The
Commission staff uses this information
to assess:
• A third party conformity
assessment body’s status as either an
independent third party conformity
assessment body, a government-owned
or government-controlled conformity
assessment body, or a firewalled
conformity assessment body;
• Qualifications for acceptance by
CPSC to test for compliance to specified
children’s product safety rules; and
• Eligibility for acceptance on the
CPSC Web site.
Part 1112 requires the collection of
information in CPSC Form 223:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE871
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement;
request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this
notice announces that NMFS intends to obtain information necessary to
prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for eight Hatchery and
Genetic Management Plans (HGMP) for ongoing salmon and steelhead
hatchery programs jointly submitted by the Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, and the
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (referred to as the co-managers), for NMFS'
evaluation and determination under Limit 6 of the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) 4(d) Rule for threatened salmon and steelhead. The HGMPs
specify the propagation of salmon and steelhead in the Puyallup-White
River Basin in Washington State. NMFS provides this notice to advise
other agencies and the public of its plans to analyze effects related
to the action, and obtain suggestions and information that may be
useful to the scope of issues and alternatives to include in the EIS.
DATES: Written or electronic scoping comments must be received at the
appropriate address or email mailbox (see ADDRESSES) no later than 5
p.m. Pacific Time October 12, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent by any of the following
methods:
Email to the following address:
PuyallupHatcheriesEIS.wcr@noaa.gov with the following identifier in the
subject line: Puyallup Hatcheries Scoping.
Mail or hand-deliver to NMFS West Coast Region,
Sustainable Fisheries Division, 510 Desmond Drive SE., Suite 103,
Lacey, WA 98503.
Fax to (360) 753-9517.
Comments received will be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at the above address. All
Personal Identifying Information (for example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Leider, NMFS, by phone at (360)
753-4650, or email to steve.leider@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ESA-Listed Species Covered in This Notice
Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Threatened, naturally and
artificially produced in Puget Sound.
Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha): Threatened, naturally and
artificially produced in Puget Sound.
Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened, naturally and artificially
produced Hood Canal summer-run.
Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus): Threatened Coastal Recovery
Unit.
Background
The WDFW, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, and the Muckleshoot Indian
Tribe have jointly submitted to NMFS plans for eight ongoing hatchery
programs in the Puyallup-White River Basin. The plans were submitted to
NMFS from 2012 to 2016, pursuant to Limit 6 of the ESA 4(d) Rule for
salmon and steelhead. The hatchery programs include releases of ESA-
listed Chinook salmon and winter-run steelhead, and non-listed coho and
fall-run chum salmon into the Puyallup-White River Basin.
NEPA requires Federal agencies to conduct environmental analyses of
their proposed major actions to determine if the actions may affect the
human environment. NMFS' action of determining that the co-managers'
HGMPs meet criteria under Limit 6 of the 4(d) Rule for salmon and
steelhead promulgated under the ESA is a major Federal action subject
to environmental review under NEPA. Therefore, NMFS is seeking public
input on the scope of the required NEPA analysis, including the range
of reasonable alternatives, recommendations for relevant analysis
methods, and information associated with impacts of the alternatives to
the resources listed below or other relevant resources.
NMFS will perform an environmental review of the HGMPs and prepare
an EIS that will identify potentially significant direct, indirect, and
cumulative impacts on the following resources that may be affected by
the Proposed Action or its alternatives:
Listed and Non-listed Species and their habitats;
Water Quantity;
Socioeconomics;
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Environmental Justice; and
Cumulative Impacts.
NMFS will rigorously explore and objectively evaluate a full range
of reasonable alternatives in the EIS, including the Proposed Action
(implementation of the co-managers' submitted HGMPs) and a no-action
alternative (continuation of the hatchery programs with no 4(d)
determination). Other alternatives may include a decreased production
alternative and a no-production alternative. For all potentially
significant impacts, the EIS will identify measures to avoid, minimize,
and mitigate the impacts, where feasible, to a level below
significance.
Request for Comments
NMFS provides this notice to: (1) Advise other agencies and the
public of its plans to analyze effects related to the action, and (2)
obtain suggestions and information that may be useful to the scope of
issues and the full range of alternatives to include in the EIS.
NMFS invites comment from all interested parties to ensure that the
full range of issues related to the eight salmon and steelhead HGMPs is
identified. Comments should be as specific as possible.
Written comments concerning the Proposed Action and the
environmental review should be directed to NMFS as described above (see
ADDRESSES). All comments and materials received, including names and
addresses, will become part of the administrative record and may be
released to the public.
Authority
The environmental review of the eight salmon and steelhead HGMPs in
the Puyallup-White River Basin of Washington State will be conducted in
accordance with requirements of the NEPA of 1969 as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), NEPA Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), other
appropriate Federal laws and regulations, and policies and procedures
of NMFS for compliance with those regulations. This notice is being
furnished in accordance with 40 CFR 1501.7 to obtain suggestions and
information from other agencies and the public on the scope of issues
and alternatives to be addressed in the EIS.
Dated: September 6, 2016.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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