Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine Conservation Plan for the Pacific Insular Area for the Northern Mariana Islands; Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund, 29934-29935 [2020-10711]
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2. Participants will evaluate proposed
data and select appropriate sources for
providing information on life history
characteristics, catch statistics, discard
estimates, length and age composition,
and fishery dependent and fishery
independent measures of stock
abundance.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 14, 2020.
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
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Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine
Conservation Plan for the Pacific
Insular Area for the Northern Mariana
Islands; Western Pacific Sustainable
Fisheries Fund
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of agency decision.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces approval of
a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP) for
the Northern Mariana Islands.
DATES: This agency decision is effective
from August 4, 2020, through August 3,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of
the MCP, identified by NOAA–NMFS–
SUMMARY:
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2020–0068, from the Federal eRulemaking Portal, https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;
D=NOAA-NMFS-2020-0068, or from the
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council), 1164 Bishop St.,
Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813, tel
808–522–8220, www.wpcouncil.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn Rassel, Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office,
808–725–5184.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
204(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the
Secretary of State, with the concurrence
of the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary), and in consultation with the
Council, to negotiate and enter into a
Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement
(PIAFA). A PIAFA would allow foreign
fishing within the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to
American Samoa, Guam, or the
Northern Mariana Islands. The Governor
of the Pacific Insular Area to which the
PIAFA applies must request the PIAFA.
The Secretary of State may negotiate
and enter the PIAFA after consultation
with, and concurrence of, the applicable
Governor.
Before entering into a PIAFA, the
applicable Governor, with concurrence
of the Council, must develop and
submit to the Secretary a 3-year MCP
providing details on uses for any funds
collected by the Secretary under the
PIAFA. NMFS is the designee of the
Secretary for MCP review and approval.
The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires
payments received under a PIAFA to be
deposited into the United States
Treasury and then conveyed to the
Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for
which funds were collected.
In the case of violations by foreign
fishing vessels in the EEZ around any
Pacific Insular Area, amounts received
by the Secretary attributable to fines and
penalties imposed under the MagnusonStevens Act, including sums collected
from the forfeiture and disposition or
sale of property seized subject to its
authority, shall be deposited into the
Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area
adjacent to the EEZ in which the
violation occurred, after direct costs of
the enforcement action are subtracted.
The Pacific Insular Area government
may use funds deposited into the
Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for
fisheries enforcement and for
implementation of an MCP.
Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819
authorize NMFS to specify catch limits
for longline-caught bigeye tuna for U.S.
territories. NMFS may also authorize
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each territory to allocate a portion of
that limit to U.S. longline fishing vessels
that are permitted to fish under the
Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic
Fisheries of the Western Pacific (FEP).
Payments collected under specified
fishing agreements are deposited into
the Western Pacific Sustainable
Fisheries Fund, and any funds
attributable to a particular territory may
be used only for implementation of that
territory’s MCP. An MCP must be
consistent with the Council’s FEPs,
must identify conservation and
management objectives (including
criteria for determining when such
objectives have been met), and must
prioritize planned marine conservation
projects.
At its 181st meeting held March 9–12,
2020, the Council reviewed and
concurred with the MCP. On March 25,
2020, the Governor of the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands submitted the MCP to NMFS for
review and approval. The MCP contains
the following seven conservation and
management objectives:
1. Improve fisheries data collection
and reporting;
2. Conduct resource assessment,
monitoring, and research to gain a better
understanding of marine resources and
fisheries;
3. Conduct enforcement training and
monitoring activities to promote
compliance with Federal and local
mandates;
4. Promote responsible domestic
fisheries development to provide longterm economic growth, stability, and
local food production;
5. Conduct education and outreach,
enhance public participation, and build
local capacity;
6. Promote an ecosystem approach to
fisheries management, climate change
adaptation and mitigation, and regional
cooperation; and
7. Recognize the importance of island
cultures and traditional fishing practices
in managing fishery resources, and
foster opportunities for participation.
Please refer to the MCP for projects
and activities designed to meet each
objective, the evaluative criteria, and
priority rankings.
This notice announces that NMFS has
reviewed the MCP, and has determined
that it satisfies the requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. Accordingly,
NMFS has approved the MCP for the 3year period from August 4, 2020,
through August 3, 2023. This MCP
supersedes the one approved previously
for August 4, 2017, through August 3,
2020 (82 FR 37198, August 9, 2017).
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Dated: May 14, 2020.
He´le`ne M.N. Scalliet,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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2584, or email: DFrederickson@cftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft
strategic plan is available at the
Commission’s website at https://
www.cftc.gov/media/3871/CFTC2020_
2024StrategicPlan/download.
Dated: May 13, 2020.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
CFTC 2020–2024 Strategic Plan
Note: The following appendix will not
appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Request for public comment.
Appendix to CFTC 2020–2024 Strategic
Plan—Commission Voting Summary
AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC or
Commission) is providing notice that it
is seeking public comments on its draft
2020–2024 Strategic Plan. This
Commission approved version of the
Strategic Plan includes the CFTC’s
mission, vision, core values, strategic
goals, and strategic objectives.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
SUMMARY:
On this matter, Chairman Tarbert, and
Commissioners Quintenz, Behnam, Stump,
and Berkovitz voted in the affirmative. No
Commissioner voted in negative.
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Section 8401 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965
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Send an email to: StrategicPlan@
CFTC.gov.
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
• Paper Comments
SUMMARY:
• Electronic Comments
Send paper comments to: David
Frederickson, Manager, Strategic and
Operational Planning, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, Three
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,
Washington, DC 20581.
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2020–2024 Strategic Plan.’’ All
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David Frederickson, Manager, Strategic
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AGENCY:
In this notice, we announce
waivers related to assessments,
accountability and school identification,
and related reporting requirements that
the U.S. Department of Education
(Department) granted under section
8401 of the ESEA because of widespread
school closures due to the novel
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Rooney, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 3W202, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 453–5514. Email:
Patrick.Rooney@ed.gov.
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Section
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Secretary to publish, in the Federal
Register, and disseminate to interested
parties, a notice of the Secretary’s
decision to grant a waiver under section
8401(a) of the ESEA. Moreover, we
recognize the significant public interest
in waivers related to the widespread
school closures due to COVID–19. This
notice fulfills the Department’s
obligation to provide notice to the
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public under section 8401(g) of the
ESEA.
Waiver Data
The Department waived, for State
educational agencies (SEAs) from each
of the 50 States, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and the District of
Columbia, and for the Bureau of Indian
Education (BIE), the following
requirements related to State
assessments, accountability and school
identification, and related reporting
requirements:
• Assessment requirements in ESEA
section 1111(b)(2): The requirements to
administer all required assessments in
school year 2019–2020.
• Accountability and school
identification requirements in ESEA
section 1111(c)(4) and (d)(2)(C)–(D): The
requirements that a State annually
meaningfully differentiate all public
schools and the requirements to identify
schools for comprehensive and targeted
support and improvement and
additional targeted support and
improvement based on data from the
2019–2020 school year.
∑ Report card provisions related to
assessments and accountability in ESEA
section 1111(h) based on data from the
2019–2020 school year, namely:
Æ Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i):
Accountability system description.
Æ Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii):
Assessment results.
Æ Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(iii)(I): Other
academic indicator results.
Æ Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(iv): English
language proficiency assessment results.
Æ Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(v): School
quality or student success indicator
results.
Æ Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(vi): Progress
toward meeting long-terms goals and
measurements of interim progress.
Æ Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(vii):
Percentage of students assessed and not
assessed.
Æ Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(xi): Number
and percentage of students with the
most significant cognitive disabilities
taking an alternate assessment.
Æ Section 1111(h)(2)(C): With respect
to all waived requirements in section
1111(h)(1)(C) as well as 1111(h)(2)(C)(i)–
(ii) information showing how students
in a local educational agency (LEA) and
each school, respectively, achieved on
the academic assessments compared to
students in the State and LEA.
Reasons: Due to the extraordinary
circumstances created by the COVID–19
pandemic and resulting school closures,
the Department provided flexibility to
all SEAs and the BIE regarding the
assessment and accountability
requirements and related reporting
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XP011]
Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine Conservation Plan for the
Pacific Insular Area for the Northern Mariana Islands; Western Pacific
Sustainable Fisheries Fund
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of agency decision.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval of a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP)
for the Northern Mariana Islands.
DATES: This agency decision is effective from August 4, 2020, through
August 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of the MCP, identified by NOAA-NMFS-
2020-0068, from the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal, https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2020-0068, or from the
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), 1164 Bishop St.,
Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813, tel 808-522-8220, www.wpcouncil.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Rassel, Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, 808-725-5184.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 204(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act)
authorizes the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), and in consultation with the
Council, to negotiate and enter into a Pacific Insular Area fishery
agreement (PIAFA). A PIAFA would allow foreign fishing within the U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to American Samoa, Guam, or the
Northern Mariana Islands. The Governor of the Pacific Insular Area to
which the PIAFA applies must request the PIAFA. The Secretary of State
may negotiate and enter the PIAFA after consultation with, and
concurrence of, the applicable Governor.
Before entering into a PIAFA, the applicable Governor, with
concurrence of the Council, must develop and submit to the Secretary a
3-year MCP providing details on uses for any funds collected by the
Secretary under the PIAFA. NMFS is the designee of the Secretary for
MCP review and approval. The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires payments
received under a PIAFA to be deposited into the United States Treasury
and then conveyed to the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for which
funds were collected.
In the case of violations by foreign fishing vessels in the EEZ
around any Pacific Insular Area, amounts received by the Secretary
attributable to fines and penalties imposed under the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, including sums collected from the forfeiture and disposition or
sale of property seized subject to its authority, shall be deposited
into the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area adjacent to the EEZ in
which the violation occurred, after direct costs of the enforcement
action are subtracted. The Pacific Insular Area government may use
funds deposited into the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for
fisheries enforcement and for implementation of an MCP.
Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819 authorize NMFS to specify
catch limits for longline-caught bigeye tuna for U.S. territories. NMFS
may also authorize each territory to allocate a portion of that limit
to U.S. longline fishing vessels that are permitted to fish under the
Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific
(FEP). Payments collected under specified fishing agreements are
deposited into the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund, and any
funds attributable to a particular territory may be used only for
implementation of that territory's MCP. An MCP must be consistent with
the Council's FEPs, must identify conservation and management
objectives (including criteria for determining when such objectives
have been met), and must prioritize planned marine conservation
projects.
At its 181st meeting held March 9-12, 2020, the Council reviewed
and concurred with the MCP. On March 25, 2020, the Governor of the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands submitted the MCP to NMFS
for review and approval. The MCP contains the following seven
conservation and management objectives:
1. Improve fisheries data collection and reporting;
2. Conduct resource assessment, monitoring, and research to gain a
better understanding of marine resources and fisheries;
3. Conduct enforcement training and monitoring activities to
promote compliance with Federal and local mandates;
4. Promote responsible domestic fisheries development to provide
long-term economic growth, stability, and local food production;
5. Conduct education and outreach, enhance public participation,
and build local capacity;
6. Promote an ecosystem approach to fisheries management, climate
change adaptation and mitigation, and regional cooperation; and
7. Recognize the importance of island cultures and traditional
fishing practices in managing fishery resources, and foster
opportunities for participation.
Please refer to the MCP for projects and activities designed to
meet each objective, the evaluative criteria, and priority rankings.
This notice announces that NMFS has reviewed the MCP, and has
determined that it satisfies the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. Accordingly, NMFS has approved the MCP for the 3-year period from
August 4, 2020, through August 3, 2023. This MCP supersedes the one
approved previously for August 4, 2017, through August 3, 2020 (82 FR
37198, August 9, 2017).
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Dated: May 14, 2020.
H[eacute]l[egrave]ne M.N. Scalliet,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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