Record of Decision for the Final Portland Harbor Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Restoration Plan, 25649-25650 [2018-11906]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2018 / Notices Dated: May 29, 2018. Angela Somma, Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. NTAP and WG, and (6) cover other business. Dated: May 30, 2018. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2018–11863 Filed 6–1–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 25649 Dated: May 30, 2018. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2018–11897 Filed 6–1–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P [FR Doc. 2018–11894 Filed 6–1–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XG275 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting RIN 0648–XG269 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; public meeting. AGENCY: The Working Group (WG) of the Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) and NTAP as a whole of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting. DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 19, beginning at 9 a.m. and conclude by 5 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. SUMMARY: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Boston Logan Airport located on 100 Boardman St., Boston, MA 02128. Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674–2331; www.mafmc.org. ADDRESSES: sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526–5255. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this WG meeting is to: (1) Review options and recommend preferred research plan for re-obligating industry vessel sea days funds (Nobska), (2) develop workplan for FY18–20, (3) define criteria for Bigelow trawl gear performance, and (4) describe potential flume tank experiments. The purpose of the NTAP as a whole meeting is to: (1) Review updates on the revised NTAP charter and Bigelow operations, (2) review, adopt or revise NTAP WG recommendations from last meeting, (3) review the status of summer flounder catchability and gear performance analyses, (4) review a briefing on the Bigelow/Albatross time series, (5) adopt a regular meeting schedule for full VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:35 Jun 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice; public meeting. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XF448 Record of Decision for the Final Portland Harbor Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Restoration Plan National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of availability of a Record of Decision. AGENCY: NOAA announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Portland Harbor Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Restoration Plan (PEIS/ RP). The NOAA Restoration Center Chief and the Assessment and Restoration Division Chief signed the ROD on May 29, 2018, which constitutes the agency’s final decision. ADDRESSES: Christopher Doley, Chief, Restoration Center, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; Tony Penn, Chief, Assessment and Restoration Division, NOAA Ocean Service, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Callahan Grant at (503) 231–2213 or email at megan.callahan-grant@ noaa.gov. SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (MAFMC) Bluefish Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting. SUMMARY: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. DATES: The meeting will be held via webinar with a telephone-only connection option. Details on the proposed agenda, webinar listen-in access, and briefing materials will be posted at the MAFMC’s website: www.mafmc.org. Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their website at www.mafmc.org. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526–5255. The purpose of this meeting is for the Monitoring Committee to develop and approve management measures designed to achieve the recommended bluefish catch and landings limits for 2019. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Special Accommodations The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 NOAA, on behalf of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council, prepared the Final Portland Harbor PEIS/RP. The PEIS/RP was prepared under the authority of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 and was also developed to comply with the Federal agency decision-making requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and NOAA’s environmental review procedures (NOAA Administrative Order 216–6, as preserved by NAO 216–6A). The document was designed to solicit public opinion on a proposed restoration approach for the Portland Harbor natural resource damage assessment SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1 25650 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2018 / Notices sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES (NRDA). The ROD documents the Trustee Council’s decision to select Integrated Habitat Restoration Planning as the preferred alternative under NEPA because this alternative is most suited to fulfill the goal of the NRDA to restore injured natural resources and services and it meets the purpose and need for restoration planning. This alternative is specifically designed to improve habitats that function in support of multiple fish and wildlife species, as well as the food base for these species. This approach is expected to deliver broad ecosystem benefits concentrated within and around the area where the injuries to natural resources and natural resources services have taken place. This alternative would consist of habitat restoration actions implemented within geographic priority areas within and around the Portland Harbor Superfund Study Area. The scale of restoration activity that will be implemented by the Trustee Council under the PEIS/RP will depend upon the resolution of natural resource damage claims with the parties responsible for releases of hazardous substances and oil. Under CERCLA, settlements received by the Trustee Council, either through negotiated or adjudicated processes, must be used to restore, rehabilitate, replace, and/or acquire the equivalent of those natural resources that have been injured. The Final PEIS/RP will guide future Trustee Council decision-making regarding the expenditure of settlements and the implementation of restoration activities. NOAA is not soliciting comments on the PEIS/RP but will consider any comments submitted that would assist us in preparing future NEPA documents. An electronic copy of the PEIS/RP is available at: https:// www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/Contaminants/ PortlandHarbor/Documents/201706_ FINAL_PEIS.pdf. Electronic correspondence regarding it can be submitted to megan.callahan-grant@ noaa.gov. Otherwise, please submit any written comments via U.S. mail to the responsible official named in the ADDRESSES section. Dated: May 30, 2018. Carrie D. Selberg, Deputy Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2018–11906 Filed 6–1–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:35 Jun 01, 2018 Jkt 244001 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XG274 North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: NMFS has requested the Center for Independent Experts (CIE) to conduct a peer review of the agency’s stock assessments for the Aleutian Islands golden king crab (AIGKC) and Norton Sound red king crab (NSRKC) stocks. The CIE is a group affiliated with the University of Miami that provides independent peer reviews of NMFS science nationwide, including reviews of stock assessments for fish, shellfish and marine mammals. The AIGKC and NSRKC stock assessments are reviewed annually by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) Crab Plan Team, and the NPFMC Scientific and Statistical Committee. The CIE review will examine whether the assessments incorporate the best scientific information available for making management decisions and whether they provide reasonable approaches to understanding the population dynamics and stock status for the AIGKC and NSRKC stocks. The public is invited to attend and observe the presentations and discussions between the CIE panel and the NMFS and Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADFG) scientists who designed the underlying assessment models, collected the data, and performed the stock assessments. DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, June 18, 2018, through Thursday, June 21, 2018 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115–6349. Visitors will need to provide proper ID and sign in at the front desk. Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501–2252; telephone (907) 271–2809. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Stockhausen, AFSC staff; telephone: (206) 526–4241. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CIE panel will consist of three peer SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 reviewers who will assess materials related to the topics, participate in a review workshop with the NMFS and ADFG scientists who developed the assessment models and the analytical approaches, and produce a report. This review will be highly technical in nature and will cover mathematical details of the analytical approaches. Members of the public are invited to observe, and will be provided opportunities to contribute on June 18– 20, 2018. The final report will be available prior to the September NPFMC Plan Team meetings and will consist of individual reports from each panelist and a summary report. The results of the review will be presented during the September 2018 NPFMC Crab Plan Team meeting, which will be announced later in the Federal Register. Special Accommodations These workshops will be physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Laura Oremland, (301) 427–8162, at least 10 working days prior to the meeting date. Dated: May 30, 2018. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2018–11893 Filed 6–1–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XG265 Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: NOAA Fisheries is notifying the public of the receipt of two applications for Endangered Species Act section 10(a)(1)(A) enhancement permits for hatchery programs rearing fall Chinook salmon in the Snake River basin. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received applications for renewal of two enhancement permit applications pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) section for hatchery operations rearing and releasing Snake River fall Chinook salmon in the Snake River basin of Idaho. The applications are in the form of two existing hatchery and genetic management plans (HGMPs) and an addendum. This new addendum SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\04JNN1.SGM 04JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25649-25650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11906]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF448


Record of Decision for the Final Portland Harbor Programmatic 
Environmental Impact Statement and Restoration Plan

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: NOAA announces the availability of the Record of Decision 
(ROD) for the Final Portland Harbor Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement and Restoration Plan (PEIS/RP). The NOAA Restoration Center 
Chief and the Assessment and Restoration Division Chief signed the ROD 
on May 29, 2018, which constitutes the agency's final decision.

ADDRESSES: Christopher Doley, Chief, Restoration Center, NOAA National 
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; Tony Penn, Chief, Assessment and Restoration Division, NOAA 
Ocean Service, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Megan Callahan Grant at (503) 231-2213 
or email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA, on behalf of the Portland Harbor 
Natural Resource Trustee Council, prepared the Final Portland Harbor 
PEIS/RP. The PEIS/RP was prepared under the authority of Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 
1980 and was also developed to comply with the Federal agency decision-
making requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(NEPA) and NOAA's environmental review procedures (NOAA Administrative 
Order 216-6, as preserved by NAO 216-6A). The document was designed to 
solicit public opinion on a proposed restoration approach for the 
Portland Harbor natural resource damage assessment

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(NRDA). The ROD documents the Trustee Council's decision to select 
Integrated Habitat Restoration Planning as the preferred alternative 
under NEPA because this alternative is most suited to fulfill the goal 
of the NRDA to restore injured natural resources and services and it 
meets the purpose and need for restoration planning. This alternative 
is specifically designed to improve habitats that function in support 
of multiple fish and wildlife species, as well as the food base for 
these species. This approach is expected to deliver broad ecosystem 
benefits concentrated within and around the area where the injuries to 
natural resources and natural resources services have taken place. This 
alternative would consist of habitat restoration actions implemented 
within geographic priority areas within and around the Portland Harbor 
Superfund Study Area. The scale of restoration activity that will be 
implemented by the Trustee Council under the PEIS/RP will depend upon 
the resolution of natural resource damage claims with the parties 
responsible for releases of hazardous substances and oil. Under CERCLA, 
settlements received by the Trustee Council, either through negotiated 
or adjudicated processes, must be used to restore, rehabilitate, 
replace, and/or acquire the equivalent of those natural resources that 
have been injured. The Final PEIS/RP will guide future Trustee Council 
decision-making regarding the expenditure of settlements and the 
implementation of restoration activities.
    NOAA is not soliciting comments on the PEIS/RP but will consider 
any comments submitted that would assist us in preparing future NEPA 
documents. An electronic copy of the PEIS/RP is available at: https://www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/Contaminants/PortlandHarbor/Documents/201706_FINAL_PEIS.pdf. Electronic correspondence regarding it can be 
submitted to [email protected]. Otherwise, please submit 
any written comments via U.S. mail to the responsible official named in 
the ADDRESSES section.

    Dated: May 30, 2018.
Carrie D. Selberg,
Deputy Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-11906 Filed 6-1-18; 8:45 am]
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