Sunshine Act Meetings, 37633-37634 [2020-13572]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 121 / Tuesday, June 23, 2020 / Notices are not targeted in the scallop fishery). Finally, the regulations control vessel permitting and the exchange of effort and quota allocations between vessels. In order to effectively manage these resources, track fishing effort and catch, and to allow vessel owners to exchange fishing trips and quota, NMFS must collect information through the reporting requirements included in this renewal: Access area trip exchange application procedures; Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) transfers; Cost recovery; and IFQ sector program. The collection is being revised to remove Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) requirements to eliminate duplication as these VMS requirements are now collected under the approved OMB Control No. 0648–0202. Access Area Trip Exchange Application The one-for-one access area trip exchange program provides flexibility to scallop vessels about where they may fish. Participants need to send an access area trip exchange application to NMFS with the following information: Vessel name and permit number, owner name and signature, specification of the areas involved in the exchange. Both vessels involved in the exchange are required to submit forms for cross verification. This measure is expected to provide flexibility to vessels regarding which areas to fish, thereby reducing the possibility of revenue loss to those vessels that are unable to access some distant areas due to vessel capacity constraints. jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES IFQ Transfers IFQ permit holders can temporarily and/or permanently transfer individual fishing quota from one IFQ vessel to another. Quota transfers are requested through the submission of transfer applications. Required information includes vessel information, quota transfer information, and authorizing signatures from both parties. The IFQ transfer program is entirely optional, and provides greater flexibility for IFQ permit holders by enabling them to increase their vessel’s IFQ or for individuals to lease or sell IFQ if they choose not to fish the allocation. Cost Recovery Section 304(d)(2) of the MagnusonStevens Act (MSA) requires an IFQ cost recovery plan to recover management and enforcement costs for IFQ fisheries. The FMP includes an IFQ cost recovery program, whereby NMFS will collect up to 3% of ex-vessel value of landed product to cover actual costs directly related to enforcement and management of the IFQ program. IFQ permit holders VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Jun 22, 2020 Jkt 250001 are required to submit a cost recovery payment annually via a pre-existing Federal payment system called www.pay.gov, which is also currently used by the Alaska Region and the Southeast Region. Information submitted via the internet would require the user to establish an online account, including personal and financial information. This requirement is necessary in order to comply with the provisions of the MSA and to collect payments from individuals that have been granted an allocation to a public resource. IFQ Sector Program The FMP contains provisions that authorize allocation of a portion of the overall IFQ fishery total allowable catch (TAC) to a self-selected group of IFQ permit holders (sector), provided the sector provides adequate information describing the formation of the sector and its intended plan of operations. Individuals or other entities (corporations, cooperatives, etc.) proposing a sector are required to submit a Sector Allocation Proposal and Operations Plan. Any person may submit a Sector Allocation Proposal for a group of limited access general category scallop vessels to the Council, at least 1 year in advance of the start of a sector, and request that the Sector be implemented through a framework procedure specified at § 648.55. A group that wants to form a Sector and receive an allocation is required to submit a legally binding Operations Plan to the Council and the Regional Administrator. The operations plan must be agreed upon and signed by all members of the sector and, if approved, would constitute a contract. This information is necessary to describe the proposed sector and the proposed rules under which the sector would operate. This information is used to determine whether this sector would maintain consistency with the goals and objectives of the FMP. VMS Requirements Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) requirements are now collected under the approved OMB Control No. 0648– 0202 and will not be collected in this renewal. The collection requirements under OMB Control No. 0648–0491 enable successful implementation and administration of components of the Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit organizations are primarily affected. Frequency: On occasion, monthly, annually, every three years. PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37633 Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Legal Authority: This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 0648–0491. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2020–13422 Filed 6–22–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meetings 10:00 a.m. EDT, Thursday, June 25, 2020. PLACE: Conference call. STATUS: Open. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘CFTC’’) will hold this meeting to consider the following matters: • Final Rule: Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds (Volcker Rule); • Final Rule: Exemption from the Swap Clearing Requirement for Certain Affiliated Entities—Alternative Compliance Frameworks for AntiEvasionary Measures (Inter-Affiliate Exemption 50.52); • Final Rule: Post-Trade Name GiveUp on Swap Execution Facilities; • Proposed Rule: Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants (Phase VI Compliance Date Extension); • Proposed Rule: Electronic Trading Risk Principles; and • Withdrawal of Regulation AT. The agenda for this meeting will be available to the public and posted on the Commission’s website at https:// www.cftc.gov. Instructions for public access to the live audio feed of the TIME AND DATE: E:\FR\FM\23JNN1.SGM 23JNN1 37634 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 121 / Tuesday, June 23, 2020 / Notices meeting will also be posted on the Commission’s website. In the event that the time, date, or place of this meeting changes, an announcement of the change, along with the new time, date, or place of the meeting, will be posted on the Commission’s website. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, 202–418–5964. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. Dated: June 18, 2020. Robert Sidman, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2020–13572 Filed 6–19–20; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6351–01–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Sabine Neches Navigation District User Fee Notice AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice. The Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014 authorizes a non-federal interest to levy port or harbor dues in the form of tonnage duties or fees in conjunction with a harbor navigation project whose usable increment of the project is complete to finance the cost, construction or maintenance of the project. The Sabine-Neches Navigation District (SNND) is a political subdivision of the State of Texas and the non-federal sponsor of the SabineNeches Waterway Channel Improvement Project (SNWW CIP). The SNND anticipates completion of the first usable increment of the SNWW CIP in the next 180 days. Upon completion of the first usable increment, SNND intends to levy port or harbor dues pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 2236. Notification in the Federal Register prior to an initial levy of port or harbor dues is required by the statute. DATES: A public hearing on the proposed user fee ordinance will be held at 3:30 p.m. on August 11, 2020, in the manner and location specified in the ADDRESSES section of this Notice. The public comment period will end upon the close of business at 5 p.m. (CST), August 28, 2020. Written comments must be received by the District on or before that date to be considered before the user fee ordinance becomes effective. ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at 8180 Anchor Drive, Port Arthur, jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Jun 22, 2020 Jkt 250001 TX 77642. Pursuant to orders issued by the Governor of Texas related to combatting the spread of Covid-19, arrangements will be made for attendance at the public meeting by electronic means. Details regarding participation by electronic means will be posted on SNND’s website: www.navigationdistrict.org. Public comments concerning the proposed users’ fee ordinance should be directed in writing to Mr. Randall Reese, Executive Director and CEO SabineNeches Navigation District, 8180 Anchor Drive, Port Arthur, TX 77642, with a copy to Ms. Franchelle Nealy, Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, TX 77550. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All comments and requests for further information on the proposal must be directed in writing to the Executive Director and CEO of SNND. His contact information follows: Mr. Randall Reese, Executive Director and CEO SabineNeches Navigation District, 8180 Anchor Drive, Port Arthur, TX 77642; Telephone: 409–729–4588; email: rreese@navigationdistrict.org. Alternatively, contact Ms. Franchelle Nealy, in writing at the Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Ms. Franchelle Nealy, 2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, TX 77550; Telephone: 409–766–3817; and by email at franchelle.e.craft@usace.army.mil. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District published the Final Feasibility Report/Final Environmental Impact Statement for SNWW CIP (USACE, 2011) in March 2011, the Chief of Engineers Report (Chief’s Report) was signed in July 2011, and the Record of Decision was signed in February 2012. The Congressional approval of the construction of the SNWW CIP (authorization for construction) was provided in Section 7002(1)1 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014, Public Law 113–121. The SNWW CIP’s new start construction was funded in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 by the Army Civil Works Program FY 2019 Work Plan. The SNND and the USACE signed the Project Partnership Agreement for SNWW CIP on or about July 27, 2019. Additional funding for construction of the SNWW CIP was provided in the FY 2020 Work Plan. Construction of the first usable increment of SNWW CIP, an anchorage basin, has begun. Upon completion of this anchorage basin, SNND intends to begin to levy port or harbor dues pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 2236. 33 U.S.C. PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2236(a)(5)(A) requires that SNND, as the non-federal sponsor, transmit to the Secretary of the Army for public notice the proposed ordinance before the initial levy of port or harbor dues. Proposed Ordinance: Sabine Neches Navigtion District User Fee Ordinance. An Ordinance Setting Out the Need for and Levying of a User Service Fee on Cargo, Placing Responsibility for Reporting and Collection of the Fee on Receiving and Shipping Terminals and Providing a Misdemeanor Penalty for Failure To File the Required Reports or Pay the User Fee in the Sabine Neches Navigation District Whereas the Sabine Neches Navigation District (‘‘Navigation District’’) is the designated non-federal sponsor (‘‘sponsor’’) for the Sabine Neches Waterway Channel Improvement Project for the Sabine Neches Waterway authorized in the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (‘‘Project’’); and Whereas the Texas Legislature implemented Senate Bill 1137 authorizing the Navigation District to serve as the sponsor for the Project and perform all necessary duties as the sponsor to satisfy its obligations as the local sponsor; and Whereas the Project is projected to generate an additional $57 billion in gross product and 465,000 U.S. jobs; and Whereas the Navigation District will be responsible for funding its required cost share of the total Project cost including payment of 30 percent of the total cost; and Whereas 33 U.S.C. 2236 authorizes a non-federal interest to levy port or harbor dues in the form of tonnage duties or fees in conjunction with a port or harbor navigation project whose usable increment of the project is complete to finance the cost, construction or maintenance of the Project; and Whereas the Navigation District intends to complete an increment of the Project to create a new anchorage basin to be located on the Neches River and referenced in section VI page 16 of the March 11, 2011, Final Feasibility Report to benefit all vessels whose design draft exceed 20 feet; and Whereas the levy of port or harbor dues authorized by 33 U.S.C. 2236 may be applied to all vessels comparable in size to those vessels used to justify the completed construction of a usable increment of the Project; Whereas the Board has considered matters such as elapsed time of passage, E:\FR\FM\23JNN1.SGM 23JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37633-37634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13572]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m. EDT, Thursday, June 25, 2020.

PLACE: Conference call.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
(``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') will hold this meeting to consider the 
following matters:
     Final Rule: Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary 
Trading and Certain Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds 
and Private Equity Funds (Volcker Rule);
     Final Rule: Exemption from the Swap Clearing Requirement 
for Certain Affiliated Entities--Alternative Compliance Frameworks for 
Anti-Evasionary Measures (Inter-Affiliate Exemption 50.52);
     Final Rule: Post-Trade Name Give-Up on Swap Execution 
Facilities;
     Proposed Rule: Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for 
Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants (Phase VI Compliance Date 
Extension);
     Proposed Rule: Electronic Trading Risk Principles; and
     Withdrawal of Regulation AT.
    The agenda for this meeting will be available to the public and 
posted on the Commission's website at https://www.cftc.gov. 
Instructions for public access to the live audio feed of the

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meeting will also be posted on the Commission's website. In the event 
that the time, date, or place of this meeting changes, an announcement 
of the change, along with the new time, date, or place of the meeting, 
will be posted on the Commission's website.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary 
of the Commission, 202-418-5964.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.

    Dated: June 18, 2020.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020-13572 Filed 6-19-20; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 6351-01-P
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