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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 91 / Thursday, May 10, 2018 / Notices
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting via
webinar.
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a webinar of its Observer
Policy Committee on Friday, May 25,
2018 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 webinar will be held on
Friday, May 25, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.
Webinar registration URL information:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/
register/5227766963198472449. Call in
information: +1 (562) 247–8321,
Attendee Access Code: 664–515–251.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar.
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: May 7, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
SUMMARY:
Agenda
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The Committee will review the draft
National Marine Fisheries Service
Procedural Directive on cost allocation
in electronic monitoring programs for
federally managed U.S. Fisheries, and
consider a response. Other business will
be discussed if necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency. The public also should be
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. This meeting
will be recorded. Consistent with 16
U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is
available upon request. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG235
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
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
Groundfish 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
Friday, June 1, 2018 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held at the Four Points by Sheraton, 1
Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880;
Phone: (781) 245–9300.
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:
SUMMARY:
Agenda
The committee will discuss the
Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring
draft alternatives and Plan Development
Team (PDT) work related to the
development of the action and make
recommendations to the Council on the
draft alternatives. The committee will
also review Framework Adjustment 58
PDT work to date and make
recommendations to the Council on
items to include in the action (to be
initiated at the June Council meeting).
They will also review the Groundfish
Advisory Panel recommendations and
make recommendations to the Council.
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Other business will be discussed as
necessary.
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 these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens 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 date. This meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 7, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Marine Mammals and Endangered
Species
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits and
permit amendments.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
permits or permit amendments have
been issued to the following entities
under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA) and the Endangered
Species Act (ESA), as applicable.
ADDRESSES: The permits and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Skidmore (Permit No. 21419
and Permit No. 21251), Courtney Smith
SUMMARY:
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(Permit No. 21321), and Shasta
McClenahan (14450–05, 14856–06,
16239–03, 17312–01, 18636–01, and
20556–01); at (301) 427–8401.
Notices
were published in the Federal Register
on the dates listed below that requests
for a permit or permit amendment had
been submitted by the below-named
applicants. To locate the Federal
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Register notice that announced our
receipt of the application and a
complete description of the research, go
to www.federalregister.gov and search
on the permit number provided in the
table below.
Permit or
amendment
issuance date
RIN
Applicant
Previous Federal Register
notice
14450–05 .......
0648–XS35 ....
April 23, 2018.
0648–XB157 ..
0648–XC268 ..
17312–03 .......
0648–XC268 ..
82 FR 55804; November 24,
2017.
82 FR 55804; November 24,
2017.
82 FR 55804; November 24,
2017.
April 23, 2018.
16239–03 .......
18636–01 .......
0648–XE075 ..
0648–XF508 ..
82 FR 55804; November 24,
2017.
82 FR 32328; July 13, 2017
April 23, 2018.
20556–01 .......
21251 .............
0648–XG039 ..
21321 .............
0648–XG047 ..
21419 .............
0648–XG029 ..
NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center (Responsible
Party: Bonnie Ponwith, Ph.D.), 75 Virginia Beach Drive,
Miami, FL 33149.
Bruce R. Mate, Ph.D., Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, OR 97365.
Dan Engelhaupt, Ph.D., 1209 Independence Blvd., Virginia
Beach, VA 23455.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Responsible Party:
John Hildebrand, Ph.D.), University of California, 8635.
Discovery Way, La Jolla, CA 92093 ....................................
Iain Kerr, D.H.L., Ocean Alliance, 32 Horton Street,
Gloucester, MA 01930.
Georgia Department of Natural Resources (Responsible
Party: Jonathan Ambrose), 2070 U.S. Highway 278
Southeast, Social Circle, GA 30025.
Waikiki Aquarium (Responsible Party: Dr. Andrew
Rossiter), 2777 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815.
Pacific Whale Foundation (Responsible Party: Stephanie
Stack, M.Sc.), 300 Maalaea Road, Suite 211, Wailuku,
HI 96793.
Shannon Atkinson, Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks,
17101 Point Lena Loop Road, Juneau, AK 99801.
82 FR 55804; November 24,
2017.
14856–06 .......
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Permit No.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activities proposed in Permit Nos.
20556–01, 21251, 21321, and 21419 are
categorically excluded from the
requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
For Permit Nos. 14450–05, 14856–06,
16239–03, 17312–01, and 18636–01, an
environmental assessment (EA) was
prepared analyzing the effects of the
permitted activities on the human
environment in compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Based on
the analyses in the EA, NMFS
determined that issuance of the permit
amendments would not significantly
impact the quality of the human
environment and that preparation of an
environmental impact statement was
not required. That determination is
documented in a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI), signed on
April 23, 2018.
As required by the ESA, as applicable,
issuance of these permit was based on
a finding that such permits: (1) Were
applied for in good faith; (2) will not
operate to the disadvantage of such
endangered species; and (3) are
consistent with the purposes and
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policies set forth in Section 2 of the
ESA.
Authority: The requested permits have
been issued under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations
governing the taking and importing of marine
mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR parts 222–226), as
applicable.
Dated: May 7, 2018.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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April 23, 2018.
April 23, 2018.
April 30, 2018.
83 FR 7455; February 21,
2018.
83 FR 8655; February 28,
2018.
April 30, 2018.
83 FR 7454; February 21,
2018.
April 23, 2018.
ACTION:
April 23, 2018.
Notice; public meeting.
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Herring 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
Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held at the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire
Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone:
(508) 339–2200.
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:
SUMMARY:
Agenda
The Herring Committee will review
draft white paper on consideration of
federal management for river herring
and shad stocks and provide
recommendations for the Council to
consider at their June 2018 meeting.
They will also have an initial discussion
of measures to include in 2019–2021
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits and permit amendments.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that permits or permit amendments have
been issued to the following entities under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as
applicable.
ADDRESSES: The permits and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway,
Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301)
713-0376.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore (Permit No. 21419
and Permit No. 21251), Courtney Smith
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(Permit No. 21321), and Shasta McClenahan (14450-05, 14856-06, 16239-
03, 17312-01, 18636-01, and 20556-01); at (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices were published in the Federal
Register on the dates listed below that requests for a permit or permit
amendment had been submitted by the below-named applicants. To locate
the Federal Register notice that announced our receipt of the
application and a complete description of the research, go to
www.federalregister.gov and search on the permit number provided in the
table below.
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Permit or
Permit No. RIN Applicant Previous Federal amendment issuance
Register notice date
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14450-05.............. 0648-XS35............. NMFS Southeast Fisheries 82 FR 55804; April 23, 2018.
Science Center November 24, 2017.
(Responsible Party:
Bonnie Ponwith, Ph.D.),
75 Virginia Beach
Drive, Miami, FL 33149.
14856-06.............. 0648-XB157............ Bruce R. Mate, Ph.D., 82 FR 55804; April 23, 2018.
Hatfield Marine Science November 24, 2017.
Center, Oregon State
University, Newport, OR
97365.
16239-03.............. 0648-XC268............ Dan Engelhaupt, Ph.D., 82 FR 55804; April 23, 2018.
1209 Independence November 24, 2017.
Blvd., Virginia Beach,
VA 23455.
17312-03.............. 0648-XC268............ Scripps Institution of 82 FR 55804; April 23, 2018.
Oceanography November 24, 2017.
(Responsible Party:
John Hildebrand,
Ph.D.), University of
California, 8635.
Discovery Way, La Jolla,
CA 92093.
18636-01.............. 0648-XE075............ Iain Kerr, D.H.L., Ocean 82 FR 55804; April 23, 2018.
Alliance, 32 Horton November 24, 2017.
Street, Gloucester, MA
01930.
20556-01.............. 0648-XF508............ Georgia Department of 82 FR 32328; July April 30, 2018.
Natural Resources 13, 2017.
(Responsible Party:
Jonathan Ambrose), 2070
U.S. Highway 278
Southeast, Social
Circle, GA 30025.
21251................. 0648-XG039............ Waikiki Aquarium 83 FR 7455; April 30, 2018.
(Responsible Party: Dr. February 21, 2018.
Andrew Rossiter), 2777
Kalakaua Avenue,
Honolulu, HI 96815.
21321................. 0648-XG047............ Pacific Whale Foundation 83 FR 8655; April 23, 2018.
(Responsible Party: February 28, 2018.
Stephanie Stack,
M.Sc.), 300 Maalaea
Road, Suite 211,
Wailuku, HI 96793.
21419................. 0648-XG029............ Shannon Atkinson, Ph.D., 83 FR 7454; April 23, 2018.
University of Alaska February 21, 2018.
Fairbanks, 17101 Point
Lena Loop Road, Juneau,
AK 99801.
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In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final determination has been made that the
activities proposed in Permit Nos. 20556-01, 21251, 21321, and 21419
are categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
For Permit Nos. 14450-05, 14856-06, 16239-03, 17312-01, and 18636-
01, an environmental assessment (EA) was prepared analyzing the effects
of the permitted activities on the human environment in compliance with
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Based on the analyses in the EA, NMFS determined that issuance of the
permit amendments would not significantly impact the quality of the
human environment and that preparation of an environmental impact
statement was not required. That determination is documented in a
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), signed on April 23, 2018.
As required by the ESA, as applicable, issuance of these permit was
based on a finding that such permits: (1) Were applied for in good
faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered
species; and (3) are consistent with the purposes and policies set
forth in Section 2 of the ESA.
Authority: The requested permits have been issued under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.), the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine
mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR parts 222-226), as applicable.
Dated: May 7, 2018.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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