Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting (Webinar), 47176 [2017-21889]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
47176
Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 11, 2017 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF744
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting (Webinar)
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Ad hoc Community Advisory Board
(CAB) will hold a two-day meeting in
Portland, OR. The meeting is open to
the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 and
Wednesday, October 25, 2017, from 8
a.m. each morning until business for
each day has been completed.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel,
Garden A/B/C Room, 8235 NE Airport
Way, Portland, OR 97220; telephone:
(503) 281–2500.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Jim Seger, Pacific Council; telephone:
(503) 820–2416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
primary purpose of the CAB meeting is
to review the public review draft of the
catch share program five-year review
document and continue to develop
ranges of alternatives for Pacific Council
consideration at the November 2017
Pacific Council meeting. The issues to
be covered were identified by the
Pacific Council at its June 2017 meeting,
and include: Meeting the at-sea whiting
fishery bycatch needs; trawl sablefish
area management (including limits on
gear switching); shoreside individual
fishing quota (IFQ) accumulation limit;
shoreside IFQ choke species
management; and catcher-processor
sector accumulation limits on permit
ownership and harvesting/processing.
Ranges of alternatives are to be
developed and finalized for analysis
over the course of the November 2017
and March/April 2018 Pacific Council
meetings. Due to workload limitations,
it is unlikely that all of these issues will
move forward in 2018.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:58 Oct 10, 2017
Jkt 244001
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
list of the references cited in this
document, may be obtained online at
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental/construction.htm. In case of
problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued an incidental
harassment authorization (IHA) to the
Seattle Department of Transportation
(Seattle DOT) to incidentally harass, by
Level B harassment only, marine
mammals during pile driving and
removal activities associated with the
restoration of Pier 62 project in Seattle
Waterfront, Elliot Bay in Seattle,
Washington.
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
upon request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
authorization is provided to the public
for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s), will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant), and if the permissible
methods of taking and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth.
NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
resulting from the specified activity that
cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
not reasonably likely to, adversely affect
the species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.
The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill,
or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or
kill any marine mammal.
Except with respect to certain
activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of
pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
has the potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
the potential to disturb a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild by causing disruption of behavioral
patterns, including, but not limited to,
migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
feeding, or sheltering (Level B
harassment).
This Authorization is applicable
from October 4, 2017 through February
28, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Egger, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
Electronic copies of the applications
and supporting documents, as well as a
National Environmental Policy Act
In compliance with NOAA policy, the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),
and the Council on Environmental
Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–
1508), NMFS determined the issuance
of the IHA qualifies to be categorically
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr.
Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820–2411 at
least 10 business days prior to the
meeting date.
Dated: October 5, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–21889 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF444
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Pile Driving
Activities for the Restoration of Pier
62, Seattle Waterfront, Elliot Bay
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
DATES:
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
E:\FR\FM\11OCN1.SGM
11OCN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 47176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21889]
[[Page 47176]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF744
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting (Webinar)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad
hoc Community Advisory Board (CAB) will hold a two-day meeting in
Portland, OR. The meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 and
Wednesday, October 25, 2017, from 8 a.m. each morning until business
for each day has been completed.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Portland Airport
Hotel, Garden A/B/C Room, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97220;
telephone: (503) 281-2500.
Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jim Seger, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820-2416.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the CAB meeting is to
review the public review draft of the catch share program five-year
review document and continue to develop ranges of alternatives for
Pacific Council consideration at the November 2017 Pacific Council
meeting. The issues to be covered were identified by the Pacific
Council at its June 2017 meeting, and include: Meeting the at-sea
whiting fishery bycatch needs; trawl sablefish area management
(including limits on gear switching); shoreside individual fishing
quota (IFQ) accumulation limit; shoreside IFQ choke species management;
and catcher-processor sector accumulation limits on permit ownership
and harvesting/processing. Ranges of alternatives are to be developed
and finalized for analysis over the course of the November 2017 and
March/April 2018 Pacific Council meetings. Due to workload limitations,
it is unlikely that all of these issues will move forward in 2018.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action
during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the 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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820-2411 at least 10
business days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: October 5, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-21889 Filed 10-10-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
