Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 33925 [2019-15075]
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water pumps (CWPs): (1) When the
station is generating electricity; and (2)
for incidental maintenance or testing
(generally once per month) (referred to
collectively as ‘‘Essential Station
Operations’’); or as required by a
governmental agency or other entity
with jurisdiction to require operations.
Depending on station generation and
ambient water temperatures, Exelon will
also limit operations to one CWP per
unit when possible. In addition, Exelon
will rely on the river water pumps
(RWPs) to provide cooling water for
other critical station operations outside
of Essential Station Operations. These
measures will avoid and minimize the
incidental take of sturgeon due to
entrainment or impingement by
eliminating or reducing water
withdrawals at times when such
withdrawals are not specifically
required for Essential Station
Operations or for governmental agencymandated use. Additionally, Exelon will
make all reasonable efforts to schedule
fuel oil deliveries outside March 15–
July 15.
Eddystone considered and rejected six
alternatives: (1) Closed-Cycle Cooling;
(2) Fine-Mesh Modified Ristroph
Traveling Screens; (3) Cylindrical
Wedgewire Screens; (4) Variable Speed
Pumps; (5) Modified Ristroph Traveling
Screens with a Fish Handling and
Return System; and (6) Rail or Tanker
Truck Delivery of Fuel Oil. The
alternatives considered were
determined to either be unfeasible, or to
have no significant impact, or would
result in an increase in adverse effects
compared to the activity as proposed.
Eddystone is an existing facility and
there are no construction activities
planned, nor additional funding.
Continued monitoring related to the
take of shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon
will be ongoing and funding will be
provided through the facility’s annual
operating budget.
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National Environmental Policy Act
Issuing an ESA section 10(a)(1)(B)
permit constitutes a Federal action
requiring NMFS to comply with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) as
implemented by 40 CFR parts 1500–
1508 and NOAA Administrative Order
216–6, Environmental Review
Procedures for Implementing the
National Policy Act (1999). NMFS
intends to prepare an Environmental
Assessment to consider a range of
reasonable alternatives and fully
evaluate the direct, indirect, and
cumulative impacts likely to result from
issuing a permit.
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purposes of the meeting are to review
the 2019 RH/S Progress Update, review
recent related staff and Monitoring
Committee work, review Advisory Panel
input, and consider making
recommendations to the Council
regarding possible modifications to the
2020 RH/S Cap for the Atlantic
mackerel fishery.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will
evaluate the application, associated
documents, and comments received
during the comment period to
determine whether the application
meets the requirements of section 10(a)
of the ESA. If NMFS determines that the
requirements are met, a permit will be
issued for incidental takes of ESA-listed
sturgeon. The final NEPA and permit
determinations will not be made until
after the end of the comment period.
NMFS will publish a record of its final
action in the Federal Register.
Dated: July 11, 2019.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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 any meeting date.
Dated: July 11, 2019.
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
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (Council) River
Herring and Shad (RH/S) Committee
will hold a meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, July 30, 2019, beginning at
1:30 p.m. and concluding by 4:30 p.m.
For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar with a telephone-only audio
connection: https://
mafmc.adobeconnect.com/rhs-com2019/. Telephone instructions are
provided upon connecting, or the public
can call direct: (800) 832–0736, Rm:
*7833942#.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUMMARY:
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2019 Update
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (‘‘Office’’) issued a
further update to the Office Patent Trial
Practice Guide (‘‘TPG’’) in July 2019 to
provide updated guidance to the public
on standard practices before the Patent
Trial and Appeal Board (‘‘Board’’) in the
post-grant trial procedures implemented
following the Leahy-Smith America
Invents Act (‘‘AIA’’). The Office
published the TPG to provide
practitioners with guidance on typical
procedures and times for taking action
in AIA trials, as well as to ensure
consistency of procedure among panels
of the Board.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Tierney and William Fink, Vice
Chief Administrative Patent Judges, by
telephone at (571) 272–9797.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
issued a further update to the TPG in
July 2019, to update the guidance set
forth in the TPG by incorporating the
Board’s current practices and
precedential decisions, and to provide
further explanation of certain aspects of
the Board’s practices to the public. The
Office previously issued an update to
the TPG in August 2018. The TPG is
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XH092
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) River
Herring and Shad (RH/S) Committee will hold a meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, beginning at
1:30 p.m. and concluding by 4:30 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar with a telephone-only
audio connection: https://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/rhs-com-2019/.
Telephone instructions are provided upon connecting, or the public can
call direct: (800) 832-0736, Rm: *7833942#.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purposes of the meeting are to review
the 2019 RH/S Progress Update, review recent related staff and
Monitoring Committee work, review Advisory Panel input, and consider
making recommendations to the Council regarding possible modifications
to the 2020 RH/S Cap for the Atlantic mackerel fishery.
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 any meeting date.
Dated: July 11, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-15075 Filed 7-15-19; 8:45 am]
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