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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XX038]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Bluefish Fishery; Scoping
Process
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public scoping meetings;
requests for comments.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council announces its
intent to prepare, in cooperation with
the National Marine Fisheries Service
and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, an amendment to the
Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management
Plan. An Environmental Impact
Statement may be necessary for the
amendment under the National
Environmental Policy Act to analyze the
impacts of any proposed management
measures. The Council has initiated this
amendment in order to perform a review
of the sector-based allocations,
commercial allocations to the states,
goals and objectives of the management
plan, transfer processes, and develop a
rebuilding plan. This notice announces
the Council’s supplemental public
process for determining the scope of
issues to be addressed, and for
identifying the significant issues related
to the bluefish fishery in the Greater
Atlantic region. This notice is to alert
the interested public of the Council’s
scoping process, the potential
development of a draft Environmental
Impact Statement, and to provide for
public participation in that process.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before 11:59 p.m., EST,
on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Eleven
supplemental public scoping meetings
will be held during this comment
period. See Supplementary Information
for dates, times, and locations.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent by any of the following methods:
• Email to the following address:
nmfs.garbluefishamend@noaa.gov.
Include ‘‘Bluefish Scoping Comments’’
in the subject line;
• Mail or hand deliver to Dr.
Christopher M. Moore, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 North State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware
19901. Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Bluefish Scoping Comments’’; or
• Fax to (302) 674–5399.
SUMMARY:
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The scoping document may be
obtained from the Council office at the
previously provided address, or by
request to the Council by telephone
(302) 674–2331, or via the internet at
https://www.mafmc.org.
Comments may also be provided
verbally at any of the eleven
supplemental public scoping meetings.
See Supplementary Information for
dates, times, and locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Christopher M. Moore, Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 North
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901,
(telephone 302–674–2331).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
More details on the topics addressed
in this supplementary information
section may be found in the Bluefish
Amendment Scoping Document (see
ADDRESSES) and on the bluefish
allocation amendment page of the
Council’s website at https://
www.mafmc.org/actions/bluefishallocation-amendment.
The Council, in cooperation with the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, has initiated this action in
order to (1) update the Bluefish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) goals and
objectives for bluefish management; (2)
perform a comprehensive review of the
bluefish sector allocations, commercial
allocations to the states, and transfer
processes within the Bluefish FMP; and
3) initiate a bluefish rebuilding plan.
Some questions for consideration in this
amendment: (1) Are the existing goals
and objectives appropriate for managing
the bluefish fishery; (2) is the existing
allocation between the commercial and
recreational sectors based on the annual
catch limit appropriate for managing the
bluefish fishery; (3) are the existing
commercial state allocations appropriate
for managing the bluefish fishery; (4) are
the existing transfer processes
appropriate for managing the bluefish
fishery; and (5) what is the appropriate
approach to take for rebuilding?
The scoping period is an important
opportunity for members of the public
to raise concerns related to the issues
that will be considered in the
amendment. The Council needs your
input to identify management issues,
develop effective alternatives, and
identify possible impacts to be
considered. Public comments early in
the amendment development process
will help the Council address issues of
public concern in a thorough and
appropriate manner. Comments can be
made in writing or during the scoping
hearings as described above (see
ADDRESSES).
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Following the scoping process, the
Council will develop a range of
management alternatives to be
considered and potentially prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
to analyze the impacts of the
management alternatives being
considered as required by the National
Environmental Policy Act. A draft EIS
will be distributed for public review.
During a 30-day public comment period
which will include public hearings, the
public may comment on any aspect of
the draft EIS. Following a review of the
comments, the Council will then choose
preferred management measures for
submission with the Final EIS to the
Secretary of Commerce to publish a
proposed and then final rule. An
additional comment period will be
available during the rulemaking process.
Scoping Hearings
The Council will take and discuss
scoping comments on this amendment
at the following eleven supplemental
scoping meetings dates and locations:
1. Thursday, February 13, 2020 from
7:30–9 p.m.: Massachusetts Maritime
Academy, Admiral’s Hall, 101 Academy
Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.
2. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 from 6–
8 p.m.: Ocean County Administration
Bldg., Rm. 119, 101 Hooper Avenue,
Toms River, NJ 08753.
3. Wednesday, February 19, 2020
from 7–8 p.m.: Delaware Dept. of
Natural Resources & Environmental
Control Auditorium, Richardson &
Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway,
Dover, DE 19901.
4. Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from
4:45–6 p.m.: Berlin Library, 13 Harrison
Avenue, Berlin, MD 21811.
5. Wednesday, February 26, 2020
from 7:30–9 p.m.: University of Rhode
Island Bay Campus, Corless
Auditorium, South Ferry Road,
Narragansett, RI 02882.
6. Wednesday, February 26, 2020
from 8–9 p.m.: Connecticut Department
of Energy and Environmental Protection
Marine Headquarters Boating Education
Center (Rear Building), 333 Ferry Road,
Old Lyme, CT 06371.
7. Thursday, February 27, 2020 from
6–7 p.m.: North Carolina Division of
Marine Fisheries Central District Office,
5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City,
NC 28557.
8. Thursday, February 27, 2020 from
7–9 p.m.: Stony Brook University,
School of Marine and Atmospheric
Sciences, Room 120 Endeavour Hall;
Stony Brook, NY 11794.
9. Monday, March 2, 2020 from 6–8
p.m.: Merritt Island Service Center
Complex, 2575 N Courtenay Parkway,
Room 205, Merritt Island, FL 32953.
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10. Monday, March 2, 2020 from 6–
7 p.m.: Virginia Marine Resources
Commission, 380 Fenwick Road,
Building 96, Fort Monroe, VA 23651.
11. Wednesday, March 4, 2020 from
6–7:30 p.m.: Internet webinar accessible
at https://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/bf_
allocation_rebuilding_scoping/. Audio
is available by dialing 1–800–832–0736
and entering room number 5068609.
Special Accommodations
The scoping hearings are accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders (302–674–2331, ext 251) at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 3, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to the Jordan
Cove Energy Project, Coos Bay,
Oregon
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
NMFS has hereby issued an
incidental harassment authorization to
Jordan Cove Energy Project, LP (JCEP)
for authorization to take marine
mammals incidental to pile driving
associated with construction of the
Jordan Cove Liquified Natural Gas
(LNG) terminal and ancillary projects.
This project is being tracked on the
Permitting Dashboard, which can be
accessed at https://
www.permits.performance.gov/
permitting-projects/jordan-cove-lngterminal-and-pacific-connector-gaspipeline.
DATES: The IHA is effective October 1,
2020 through September 30, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the
application and supporting documents,
as well as a list of the references cited
in this document, may be obtained
online at: https://
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www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case
of problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jaclyn Daly, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The MMPA prohibits the take of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) 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
incidental take authorization is
provided to the public for review. Under
the MMPA, take is defined as meaning
to harass, hunt, capture, or kill, or
attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill
any marine mammal.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of such species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses
(referred to in shorthand as
‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements
pertaining to the monitoring and
reporting of such takings must be set
forth. The definitions of all applicable
MMPA statutory terms cited above are
included in the relevant sections below.
Summary of Request
On April 23, 2019, NMFS received a
request from JCEP for an IHA to take
marine mammals incidental to pile
driving associated with the Jordan Cove
LNG Project, Coos Bay, Oregon. The
application was deemed adequate and
complete on August 16, 2019. JCEP
requested the take of a small number of
seven species of marine mammals by
Level B harassment. Neither JCEP nor
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XX038]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Bluefish Fishery;
Scoping Process
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public scoping meetings; requests for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council announces its
intent to prepare, in cooperation with the National Marine Fisheries
Service and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, an
amendment to the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan. An
Environmental Impact Statement may be necessary for the amendment under
the National Environmental Policy Act to analyze the impacts of any
proposed management measures. The Council has initiated this amendment
in order to perform a review of the sector-based allocations,
commercial allocations to the states, goals and objectives of the
management plan, transfer processes, and develop a rebuilding plan.
This notice announces the Council's supplemental public process for
determining the scope of issues to be addressed, and for identifying
the significant issues related to the bluefish fishery in the Greater
Atlantic region. This notice is to alert the interested public of the
Council's scoping process, the potential development of a draft
Environmental Impact Statement, and to provide for public participation
in that process.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before 11:59 p.m., EST,
on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Eleven supplemental public scoping meetings
will be held during this comment period. See Supplementary Information
for dates, times, and locations.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent by any of the following
methods:
Email to the following address:
[email protected]. Include ``Bluefish Scoping Comments''
in the subject line;
Mail or hand deliver to Dr. Christopher M. Moore,
Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware 19901. Mark the outside of the
envelope ``Bluefish Scoping Comments''; or
Fax to (302) 674-5399.
The scoping document may be obtained from the Council office at the
previously provided address, or by request to the Council by telephone
(302) 674-2331, or via the internet at https://www.mafmc.org.
Comments may also be provided verbally at any of the eleven
supplemental public scoping meetings. See Supplementary Information for
dates, times, and locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Christopher M. Moore, Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover,
DE 19901, (telephone 302-674-2331).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
More details on the topics addressed in this supplementary
information section may be found in the Bluefish Amendment Scoping
Document (see ADDRESSES) and on the bluefish allocation amendment page
of the Council's website at https://www.mafmc.org/actions/bluefish-allocation-amendment.
The Council, in cooperation with the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission, has initiated this action in order to (1) update
the Bluefish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) goals and objectives for
bluefish management; (2) perform a comprehensive review of the bluefish
sector allocations, commercial allocations to the states, and transfer
processes within the Bluefish FMP; and 3) initiate a bluefish
rebuilding plan. Some questions for consideration in this amendment:
(1) Are the existing goals and objectives appropriate for managing the
bluefish fishery; (2) is the existing allocation between the commercial
and recreational sectors based on the annual catch limit appropriate
for managing the bluefish fishery; (3) are the existing commercial
state allocations appropriate for managing the bluefish fishery; (4)
are the existing transfer processes appropriate for managing the
bluefish fishery; and (5) what is the appropriate approach to take for
rebuilding?
The scoping period is an important opportunity for members of the
public to raise concerns related to the issues that will be considered
in the amendment. The Council needs your input to identify management
issues, develop effective alternatives, and identify possible impacts
to be considered. Public comments early in the amendment development
process will help the Council address issues of public concern in a
thorough and appropriate manner. Comments can be made in writing or
during the scoping hearings as described above (see ADDRESSES).
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Following the scoping process, the Council will develop a range of
management alternatives to be considered and potentially prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the impacts of the
management alternatives being considered as required by the National
Environmental Policy Act. A draft EIS will be distributed for public
review. During a 30-day public comment period which will include public
hearings, the public may comment on any aspect of the draft EIS.
Following a review of the comments, the Council will then choose
preferred management measures for submission with the Final EIS to the
Secretary of Commerce to publish a proposed and then final rule. An
additional comment period will be available during the rulemaking
process.
Scoping Hearings
The Council will take and discuss scoping comments on this
amendment at the following eleven supplemental scoping meetings dates
and locations:
1. Thursday, February 13, 2020 from 7:30-9 p.m.: Massachusetts
Maritime Academy, Admiral's Hall, 101 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA
02532.
2. Tuesday, February 18, 2020 from 6-8 p.m.: Ocean County
Administration Bldg., Rm. 119, 101 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753.
3. Wednesday, February 19, 2020 from 7-8 p.m.: Delaware Dept. of
Natural Resources & Environmental Control Auditorium, Richardson &
Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.
4. Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from 4:45-6 p.m.: Berlin Library, 13
Harrison Avenue, Berlin, MD 21811.
5. Wednesday, February 26, 2020 from 7:30-9 p.m.: University of
Rhode Island Bay Campus, Corless Auditorium, South Ferry Road,
Narragansett, RI 02882.
6. Wednesday, February 26, 2020 from 8-9 p.m.: Connecticut
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Marine Headquarters
Boating Education Center (Rear Building), 333 Ferry Road, Old Lyme, CT
06371.
7. Thursday, February 27, 2020 from 6-7 p.m.: North Carolina
Division of Marine Fisheries Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70
West, Morehead City, NC 28557.
8. Thursday, February 27, 2020 from 7-9 p.m.: Stony Brook
University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Room 120
Endeavour Hall; Stony Brook, NY 11794.
9. Monday, March 2, 2020 from 6-8 p.m.: Merritt Island Service
Center Complex, 2575 N Courtenay Parkway, Room 205, Merritt Island, FL
32953.
10. Monday, March 2, 2020 from 6-7 p.m.: Virginia Marine Resources
Commission, 380 Fenwick Road, Building 96, Fort Monroe, VA 23651.
11. Wednesday, March 4, 2020 from 6-7:30 p.m.: Internet webinar
accessible at https://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/bf_allocation_rebuilding_scoping/. Audio is available by dialing 1-800-
832-0736 and entering room number 5068609.
Special Accommodations
The scoping hearings are accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should
be directed to M. Jan Saunders (302-674-2331, ext 251) at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 3, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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