Fall Meeting of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, 50407-50408 [2019-20776]
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mammals. As stated above, impacts to
fish from the proposed project are
expected to be localized and temporary,
so are not likely to impact herring
fisheries. If any tribes express concerns
regarding project impacts to subsistence
hunting of marine mammals, further
communication between will take place,
including provision of any project
information, and clarification of any
mitigation and minimization measures
that may reduce potential impacts to
marine mammals.
Based on the description of the
specified activity, the measures
described to minimize adverse effects
on the availability of marine mammals
for subsistence purposes, and the
proposed mitigation and monitoring
measures, NMFS has preliminarily
determined that there will not be an
unmitigable adverse impact on
subsistence uses from [name of
applicant]’s proposed activities.
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal
agency insure that any action it
authorizes, funds, or carries out is not
likely to jeopardize the continued
existence of any endangered or
threatened species or result in the
destruction or adverse modification of
designated critical habitat. To ensure
ESA compliance for the issuance of
IHAs, NMFS consults internally, in this
case with the Alaska Regional Office,
whenever we propose to authorize take
for endangered or threatened species.
NMFS is proposing to authorize take
of wDPS Steller sea lions and Mexico
DPS humpback whales, which are listed
under the ESA. The Permits and
Conservation Division has requested
initiation of section 7 consultation with
NMFS’ Alaska Regional Office for the
issuance of this IHA. NMFS will
conclude the ESA consultation prior to
reaching a determination regarding the
proposed issuance of the authorization.
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Proposed Authorization
As a result of these preliminary
determinations, NMFS proposes to issue
an IHA to Mr. Erickson for conducting
pile installation and removal activities
between January and December 2020,
provided the previously mentioned
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
requirements are incorporated. A draft
of the proposed IHA can be found at
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act.
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Request for Public Comments
We request comment on our analyses,
the proposed authorization, and any
other aspect of this Notice of Proposed
IHA for the proposed action. We also
request at this time comment on the
potential renewal of this proposed IHA
as described in the paragraph below.
Please include with your comments any
supporting data or literature citations to
help inform decisions on the request for
this IHA or a subsequent Renewal.
On a case-by-case basis, NMFS may
issue a one-year IHA renewal with an
additional 15 days for public comments
when (1) another year of identical or
nearly identical activities as described
in the Specified Activities section of
this notice is planned or (2) the
activities as described in the Specified
Activities section of this notice would
not be completed by the time the IHA
expires and a Renewal would allow for
completion of the activities beyond that
described in the Dates and Duration
section of this notice, provided all of the
following conditions are met:
• A request for renewal is received no
later than 60 days prior to expiration of
the current IHA.
• The request for renewal must
include the following:
(1) An explanation that the activities
to be conducted under the requested
Renewal are identical to the activities
analyzed under the initial IHA, are a
subset of the activities, or include
changes so minor (e.g., reduction in pile
size) that the changes do not affect the
previous analyses, mitigation and
monitoring requirements, or take
estimates (with the exception of
reducing the type or amount of take
because only a subset of the initially
analyzed activities remain to be
completed under the Renewal).
(2) A preliminary monitoring report
showing the results of the required
monitoring to date and an explanation
showing that the monitoring results do
not indicate impacts of a scale or nature
not previously analyzed or authorized.
• Upon review of the request for
Renewal, the status of the affected
species or stocks, and any other
pertinent information, NMFS
determines that there are no more than
minor changes in the activities, the
mitigation and monitoring measures
will remain the same and appropriate,
and the findings in the initial IHA
remain valid.
Dated: September 19, 2019.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XQ004
Fall Meeting of the Advisory
Committee to the U.S. Section of the
International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
In preparation for the 2019
International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
meeting, the Advisory Committee to the
U.S. Section to ICCAT is announcing
the convening of its fall meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
October 16–17, 2019. There will be an
open session on Wednesday, October
16, 2019, from 9 a.m. through
approximately 12 p.m. The remainder of
the meeting will be closed to the public
and is expected to end by 12 p.m. on
October 17. Interested members of the
public may present their views during
the public comment session on October
16, 2019 or submit written comments by
October 11, 2019 (see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the DoubleTree by Hilton Washington,
DC—Silver Spring, 8727 Colesville
Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
Written comments should be sent via
email to terra.lederhouse@noaa.gov.
Comments may also be sent via mail to
Terra Lederhouse at NMFS, Office of
International Affairs and Seafood
Inspection, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terra Lederhouse, Office of
International Affairs and Seafood
Inspection, 301–427–8360 or at
terra.lederhouse@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section
to ICCAT will meet October 16–17,
2019, first in an open session to
consider management- and researchrelated information on stock status of
Atlantic highly migratory species and
then in a closed session to discuss
sensitive matters. The open session will
be from 9 a.m. through 12 p.m. on
October 16, 2019, including an
opportunity for public comment
beginning at approximately 11:30 a.m.
Comments may also be submitted in
writing for the Advisory Committee’s
consideration. Interested members of
the public can submit comments by
SUMMARY:
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mail or email; use of email is
encouraged. All written comments must
be received by October 11, 2019 (see
ADDRESSES).
NMFS expects members of the public
to conduct themselves appropriately at
the open session of the Advisory
Committee meeting. At the beginning of
the public comment session, an
explanation of the ground rules will be
provided (e.g., alcohol in the meeting
room is prohibited, speakers will be
called to give their comments in the
order in which they registered to speak,
each speaker will have an equal amount
of time to speak and speakers should
not interrupt one another). The session
will be structured so that all attending
members of the public are able to
comment, if they so choose, regardless
of the degree of controversy of the
subject(s). Those not respecting the
ground rules will be asked to leave the
meeting.
After the open session, the Advisory
Committee will meet in closed session
to discuss sensitive information relating
to upcoming international negotiations
regarding Atlantic highly migratory
species conservation and management.
Special Accommodations
The meeting location is physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Terra Lederhouse
at (301) 427–8360 or terra.lederhouse@
noaa.gov at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.
Dated: September 20, 2019.
Alexa Cole,
Acting Director, Office of International Affairs
and Seafood Inspection, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; West Coast Region
Groundfish Electronic Fish Ticket
Program
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
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respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 25,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, Government
Information Specialist, NOAA, 151
Patton Avenue, Room 159, Asheville,
NC 28801 (or via the internet at
PRAcomments@doc.gov). Comments
will generally be posted without change.
All Personally Identifiable Information
(for example, name and address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Jahnava Duryea at (916) 930–
3725 or email at jahnava.duryea@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
As part of its fishery management
responsibilities, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) collects information to
determine the amount and type of
groundfish caught by fishing vessels.
Electronic fish tickets are submissions
of landings data from the first receiver
to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries
Commission (PSMFC) and NMFS. This
collection supports requirements for
participants of the Pacific Coast
shorebased commercial groundfish
fisheries (including the shorebased
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program,
the limited entry fixed gear fishery, and
the open access fixed gear fishery) to
account for all landed catch and to send
electronic catch data used to manage the
catch allocations and limits. The
respondents are principally shorebased
first receivers.
II. Method of Collection
Electronic fish ticket data of landings
data will be submitted from the first
receiver to PSMFC. Shoreside first
receivers, defined as persons who
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receive, purchase, or take custody,
control, or possession of catch onshore
directly from a vessel, are required to
use a web-based, NMFS-approved
electronic fish ticket program to send
catch reports within 24 hours from the
date of the landing. The electronic fish
tickets are based on information
currently required in state fish receiving
tickets or landing receipts. The PSMFC
currently receives and stores fish ticket
data from the states. These data are
maintained on the Pacific Fisheries
Information Network (PacFIN) database.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0738.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Individuals or
households; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Time per Response: 2–10
minutes. Electronic fish ticket filling
and submission (Washington and
California): 10 minutes. Electronic fish
ticket submission (Oregon already
requires electronic fish tickets, sending
will be the only additional time/cost
burden): 2 Minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 666.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XQ004
Fall Meeting of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section of the
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In preparation for the 2019 International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting, the Advisory Committee
to the U.S. Section to ICCAT is announcing the convening of its fall
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on October 16-17, 2019. There will be
an open session on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, from 9 a.m. through
approximately 12 p.m. The remainder of the meeting will be closed to
the public and is expected to end by 12 p.m. on October 17. Interested
members of the public may present their views during the public comment
session on October 16, 2019 or submit written comments by October 11,
2019 (see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton
Washington, DC--Silver Spring, 8727 Colesville Road, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910. Written comments should be sent via email to
[email protected]. Comments may also be sent via mail to Terra
Lederhouse at NMFS, Office of International Affairs and Seafood
Inspection, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terra Lederhouse, Office of
International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, 301-427-8360 or at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section
to ICCAT will meet October 16-17, 2019, first in an open session to
consider management- and research-related information on stock status
of Atlantic highly migratory species and then in a closed session to
discuss sensitive matters. The open session will be from 9 a.m. through
12 p.m. on October 16, 2019, including an opportunity for public
comment beginning at approximately 11:30 a.m. Comments may also be
submitted in writing for the Advisory Committee's consideration.
Interested members of the public can submit comments by
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mail or email; use of email is encouraged. All written comments must be
received by October 11, 2019 (see ADDRESSES).
NMFS expects members of the public to conduct themselves
appropriately at the open session of the Advisory Committee meeting. At
the beginning of the public comment session, an explanation of the
ground rules will be provided (e.g., alcohol in the meeting room is
prohibited, speakers will be called to give their comments in the order
in which they registered to speak, each speaker will have an equal
amount of time to speak and speakers should not interrupt one another).
The session will be structured so that all attending members of the
public are able to comment, if they so choose, regardless of the degree
of controversy of the subject(s). Those not respecting the ground rules
will be asked to leave the meeting.
After the open session, the Advisory Committee will meet in closed
session to discuss sensitive information relating to upcoming
international negotiations regarding Atlantic highly migratory species
conservation and management.
Special Accommodations
The meeting location is physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Terra Lederhouse at (301) 427-8360
or [email protected] at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 20, 2019.
Alexa Cole,
Acting Director, Office of International Affairs and Seafood
Inspection, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-20776 Filed 9-24-19; 8:45 am]
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