Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee; Charter Renewal, 26444-26445 [2020-09380]
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The Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS) of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) is requesting
written comments to facilitate ONMS
review of the nomination for Chumash
Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
(CHNMS). NOAA is requesting relevant
information as it pertains to the 11
national significance criteria and
management considerations that NOAA
applied to evaluate the CHNMS
nomination for inclusion in the national
inventory of areas that NOAA may
consider for future designation as a
national marine sanctuary. Particular
attention will be given to new scientific
information about the national
significance of natural and cultural
resources, as well as increases or
decreases in the threats to resources
originally proposed for protection, and
changes to the management framework
of the area. NOAA will also assess the
level of community-based support for
the nomination from a broad range of
interests. NOAA has provided the
original nominating party, the Northern
Chumash Tribal Council, an
opportunity to share its views on these
same questions. Subsequent to the
information gathering and internal
analysis, the ONMS Director will make
a final determination on whether or not
the CHNMS nomination will remain in
the inventory prior to the five-year
anniversary of accepting the
nomination, October 5, 2020.
SUMMARY:
NOAA will conduct a virtual
meeting to explain the review process to
the public and accept information orally
from speakers during the virtual
meeting. The meeting will be conducted
on Wednesday May 27, 2020 at 6:00
p.m. PT. For more information regarding
how to participate in the public meeting
and the CHNMS nomination go to
https://nominate.noaa.gov. Written
comments must be received by June 15,
2020.
DATES:
Comments may be
submitted by the following method:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit electronic
comments via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal with Docket Number NOAA–
NOS–2020–0063.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record. All
personal identifying information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. NOAA will
accept anonymous comments (enter
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Douros Regional Director,
ONMS West Coast Region, 99 Pacific
Street, Bldg. 100F, Monterey, CA 93940,
or at william.douros@noaa.gov, or 831–
647–6452.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background Information
In 2014, NOAA issued a final rule
establishing the sanctuary nomination
process (SNP), a process by which
communities may submit nominations
of areas of the marine and Great Lakes
environment for NOAA to consider for
designation as a national marine
sanctuary (79 FR 33851). The final rule
establishing the SNP included a fiveyear limit on any nomination added to
the inventory that NOAA does not
advance for designation. In November
2019, NOAA issued a notice (84 FR
61546) to clarify procedures for
evaluating and updating a nomination
as it approaches the five-year mark. The
clarified procedure ensures the
inventory contains nominations that
remain relevant and responsive to the
11 SNP national significance criteria
and management considerations (‘‘SNP
Criteria’’). The 11 SNP Criteria can be
found at https://nominate.noaa.gov.
The nomination for CHNMS was
accepted to the national inventory on
October 5, 2015, and is therefore
scheduled to expire in October 2020.
NOAA is not proposing to designate
CHNMS or any other any new national
marine sanctuary with this action.
Accordingly, written comments
submitted as part of this request should
not focus on whether NOAA should
initiate the designation process for
CHNMS. Rather comments should
address the relevance of the nomination
towards the SNP Criteria and any new
information NOAA should consider
about the nominated area. Comments
that do not address the SNP Criteria and
new information NOAA should evaluate
will not be considered in determining
whether to extend the CHNMS
nomination for another five years.
The process to update a nomination
about to expire at the five-year mark
includes the following steps:
1. ONMS notifies the nominating
party at about the four and a half-year
mark to give the nominating party an
opportunity to provide updates of the
nominated area’s relevance to the SNP
Criteria.
2. ONMS staff works with partners
and the public to gather information on
the nomination’s relevance to the SNP
Criteria. Given our inability to host
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public gatherings at this time, NOAA
has chosen to host a virtual public
meeting and request written comments
to gather new information on the
CHNMS nomination.
3. ONMS staff reviews information
received from the original nominating
party, partners, the public and other
relevant sources against the SNP Criteria
to assess if the nomination is still
accurate and relevant.
4. ONMS staff produce a brief
synopsis report to the ONMS Director,
presenting an analysis of information
that has been collected, and a
recommendation regarding maintaining
the nomination in the inventory, or
removing it once the five-year
anniversary is reached.
Whether removing or maintaining the
nomination for CHNMS, NOAA would
follow the same procedure for notifying
the public as was followed when the
nomination was submitted, including a
letter to the nominator, a notice in the
Federal Register, and posting
information on ‘‘nominate.noaa.gov’’.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
John Armor,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee;
Charter Renewal
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of renewed charter.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given of the
2-year renewed charter for the Marine
Fisheries Advisory Committee
(MAFAC), signed on April 12, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heidi Lovett, Assistant Federal Program
Officer, MAFAC, 301–427–8034; email
heidi.lovett@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
required by section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. (1982), and after
consultation with the General Services
Administration, the Secretary of
Commerce has determined that the
renewal of the charter for MAFAC is in
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the public interest. MAFAC was
established by the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) on February 17,
1972, to advise the Secretary on all
living marine resource matters that are
the responsibility of the Department of
Commerce. This Committee advises and
reviews the adequacy of living marine
resources policies and programs to meet
the needs of commercial and
recreational fisheries, aquaculture,
environmental, consumer, academic,
tribal, governmental, and other national
interests. The Committee’s charter must
be renewed every 2 years from the date
of the last renewal.
The Committee will function solely as
an advisory body and in compliance
with provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. Copies of the
Committee’s revised Charter have been
filed with the appropriate committees of
the Congress and with the Library of
Congress. The charter can be accessed
online at https://www.fisheries.
noaa.gov/national/partners/marinefisheries-advisory-committee-charter.
Dated: April 24, 2020.
Jennifer L. Lukens,
Federal Program Officer, Marine Fisheries
Advisory Committee, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA153]
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public online meeting.
AGENCY:
As part of its Climate and
Communities Initiative (CCI) the Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council)
is sponsoring a series of webinars with
its advisory bodies, which are open to
the public.
DATES: The webinars will be held on the
following dates and times:
• Highly Migratory Species Advisory
Subpanel and Management Team:
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 1:30–4:30
p.m.
• Scientific and Statistical
Committee: Tuesday, May 26, 2020,
1:30–4:30 p.m.
• Groundfish Advisory Subpanel and
Management Team: Thursday, May 28,
2020, 1:30–4:30 p.m.
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• Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory
Subpanel and Management Team:
Monday, June 1, 2020, 1:30–4:30 p.m.
• Salmon Advisory Subpanel and
Technical Team: Tuesday, June 2, 2020,
1:30–4:30 p.m.
• Habitat Committee: Friday, June 5,
2020, 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held
online. Specific meeting information,
including directions on how to join the
meeting and system requirements will
be provided in the meeting
announcement on the Council’s website
(see www.pcouncil.org). You may send
an email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt
(kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov) or contact
him at (503) 820–2280, extension 412
for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kit
Dahl, Staff Officer, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820–2422.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Council’s Climate and Communities
Core Team (CCCT) is coordinating a
scenario planning process to explore
potential fisheries management
challenges under climate variability and
change. During a two-day scenario
development workshop in January 2020,
more than 70 participants, including
representatives from each of the
Council’s advisory bodies, developed
four scenarios to be used in a
stakeholder driven strategic planning
process. This is designed to meet the
CCI goal to consider strategies for
improving the flexibility and
responsiveness of our management
actions to near-term climate shift and
long-term climate change, and strategies
for increasing the resiliency of our
managed stocks and fisheries to those
changes. The CCCT is now enhancing
the clarity of descriptions for each of the
four scenarios (also referred to as
‘deepening’ the scenarios). The purpose
of this webinar series is to solicit input
from the Council’s advisory bodies on
how possible future conditions
described in each of these scenarios
might affect the species and fisheries
managed under the Council’s fishery
management plans.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
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Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 29, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Applications for New Awards;
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Education Research Grant Programs
Institute of Education Sciences,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(Department) is issuing a notice inviting
applications for new awards for fiscal
year (FY) 2021 for the Education
Research and Special Education
Research Grant Programs, Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
numbers 84.305A, 84.305B, 84.305C,
84.305R, 84.324A, 84.324B, 84.324P,
and 84.324R. This notice relates to the
approved information collection under
OMB control number 4040–0001.
DATES: The dates when applications are
available and the deadlines for
transmittal of applications invited under
this notice are indicated in the chart at
the end of this notice and in the
Requests for Applications (RFAs) that
are posted at the following website:
https://ies.ed.gov/funding.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common
Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on February 13, 2019
(84 FR 3768) and available at
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-201902-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
contact person associated with a
particular research competition is listed
in the chart at the end of this notice, as
well as in the relevant RFA and
application package.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee; Charter Renewal
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of renewed charter.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 2-year renewed charter for the
Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC), signed on April 12, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heidi Lovett, Assistant Federal
Program Officer, MAFAC, 301-427-8034; email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1982), and after
consultation with the General Services Administration, the Secretary of
Commerce has determined that the renewal of the charter for MAFAC is in
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the public interest. MAFAC was established by the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) on February 17, 1972, to advise the Secretary on all living
marine resource matters that are the responsibility of the Department
of Commerce. This Committee advises and reviews the adequacy of living
marine resources policies and programs to meet the needs of commercial
and recreational fisheries, aquaculture, environmental, consumer,
academic, tribal, governmental, and other national interests. The
Committee's charter must be renewed every 2 years from the date of the
last renewal.
The Committee will function solely as an advisory body and in
compliance with provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Copies of the Committee's revised Charter have been filed with the
appropriate committees of the Congress and with the Library of
Congress. The charter can be accessed online at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/partners/marine-fisheries-advisory-committee-charter.
Dated: April 24, 2020.
Jennifer L. Lukens,
Federal Program Officer, Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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