Nominations for the 2022-2025 General Advisory Committee and the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee to the United States Delegation to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 53283-53284 [2021-20803]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XB445]
Nominations for the 2022–2025
General Advisory Committee and the
Scientific Advisory Subcommittee to
the United States Delegation to the
Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.
AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries
Service, on behalf of the Secretary of
Commerce, is seeking nominations for
the General Advisory Committee (GAC)
to the U.S. delegation to the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission
(IATTC or Commission), as well as to a
Scientific Advisory Subcommittee
(SAS) of the GAC. The purpose of the
GAC and its SAS is to provide public
input and advice to the U.S. delegation
to aid in the formulation of policy and
positions for meetings of the IATTC and
its subsidiary bodies. The SAS shall also
function as the National Scientific
Advisory Committee provided for in the
Agreement on the International Dolphin
Conservation Program.
DATES: Nominations must be received
no later than November 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be
directed to Barry Thom, Regional
Administrator, NMFS West Coast
Region, and may be submitted by any of
the following means:
• Email RegionalAdministrator.
WCRHMS@noaa.gov with the subject
line: ‘‘General Advisory Committee
and Scientific Advisory
Subcommittee nominations’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Stahnke, West Coast Region,
NMFS, at william.stahnke@noaa.gov, or
at (562) 980–4088.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
General Advisory Committee
The Tuna Conventions Act (TCA)
provides that the Secretary of
Commerce, in consultation with the
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Secretary of State, shall appoint a
‘‘General Advisory Committee’’ to
advise the U.S. delegation to the IATTC.
The GAC shall be composed of no more
than 25 individuals who shall be
representative of the various groups
concerned with the fisheries covered by
the IATTC, including non-governmental
conservation organizations, providing
an equitable balance among such groups
to the maximum extent practicable.
Members of the GAC shall be invited to
attend all non-executive meetings of the
U.S. delegation to the IATTC and at
such meetings shall be given the
opportunity to examine and be heard on
all proposed programs of investigation,
reports, recommendations, and
regulations of the Commission.
The Chair of the Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Advisory Subpanel for Highly Migratory
Fisheries and the Chair of the Western
Pacific Fishery Management Council’s
(Western Pacific Council) Advisory
Committee shall be ex-officio members
of the GAC by virtue of their positions
advising those Councils. GAC members
will be eligible to participate as
members of the U.S. delegation to the
Commission and its working groups to
the extent that the Commission rules
and space for delegations allow.
Meetings of the GAC, except when in
executive session, shall be open to the
public, and prior notice of meetings
shall be made public in timely fashion.
In accordance with Public Law 114–81,
the GAC shall not be subject to the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App.).
Individuals appointed to serve as a
member of the GAC shall serve without
pay. While away from their homes or
regular places of business to attend
meetings of the GAC, they shall be
allowed travel expenses, including per
diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same
manner as persons employed
intermittently by the Federal
Government are allowed expenses
under 5 U.S.C. 5703. In addition,
individuals appointed to serve as a
member of the GAC shall not be
considered Federal employees except
for the purposes of injury compensation
or tort.
Scientific Advisory Subcommittee
The TCA also provides that the
Secretary of Commerce, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, shall
appoint persons to serve on the
subcommittee of the GAC, referred to
here as the ‘‘Scientific Advisory
Subcommittee’’. The SAS shall be
composed of no fewer than 5 and no
more than 15 qualified scientists with
balanced representation from the public
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and private sectors, including nongovernmental conservation
organizations. In determining whether a
person is a qualified scientist the
Secretary may consider, among other
things, advanced degrees and/or
publications in fields such as fisheries
or marine science.
National Scientific Advisory Committee
The SAS shall also function as the
National Scientific Advisory Committee
which is required to be established
pursuant to Article XI of the Agreement
on the International Dolphin
Conservation Program (AIDCP). In this
regard, the SAS shall perform the
functions of the National Scientific
Advisory Committee as specified in
Annex VI of the AIDCP. These functions
include, but are not limited to:
(1) Receiving and reviewing relevant
data, including data provided to NMFS
by IATTC staff;
(2) Advising and recommending
measures and actions to the U.S.
Government that should be undertaken
to conserve and manage stocks of living
marine resources in the eastern Pacific
Ocean;
(3) Making recommendations to the
U.S. Government regarding research
needs related to the eastern Pacific
Ocean tuna purse seine fishery;
(4) Promoting the regular and timely
full exchange of data among the AIDCP
Parties on a variety of matters related to
the implementation of the AIDCP; and
(5) Consulting with other experts, as
necessary, in order to achieve the
objectives of the AIDCP.
Members of the SAS/National
Scientific Advisory Committee shall
receive no compensation for their
service.
General Provisions
Each member of the GAC shall be
appointed for a term of three years,
starting from the date of the
appointment, and may be reappointed.
The Secretary of Commerce and the
Secretary of State shall provide the GAC
with relevant information concerning
fisheries and international fishery
agreements. The Secretary of Commerce
shall provide to the GAC such
administrative and technical support
services that are necessary for its
effective functioning in a timely
manner.
Procedures for Submitting Applications
Applications for the GAC and the
SAS/National Scientific Advisory
Committee should be submitted to
NMFS West Coast Region (see
ADDRESSES). This request for
applications is for first time nominees,
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current members whose appointments
will end in April 2022, and previous
members. Self-nomination applications
are acceptable. Applications should
include all of the following information:
(1) Full name, address (home and
business, if different), telephone, and
email address of nominee;
(2) Specification about whether the
application is for the GAC or the SAS/
National Scientific Advisory Committee
or both;
(3) Nominee’s organization(s) or
professional affiliation(s) serving as the
basis for the nomination;
(4) Background statement describing
the nominee’s qualifications and
experience, especially as related to
fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species
in the eastern Pacific Ocean or other
factors relevant to the implementation
of the Convention Establishing the
IATTC or the AIDCP. Applications to
the SAS should highlight advanced
degrees and academic publications; and
(5) A written statement from the
nominee of intent to participate actively
and in good faith in the meetings and
activities of either the GAC or the SAS/
National Scientific Advisory Committee,
or both.
Applicants who submitted material in
response to the Federal Register notice
published by NMFS on October 30,
2018 (83 FR 54573), or prior, should
resubmit their applications pursuant to
this notice.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.
Dated: September 21, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Regionwide Trustee Implementation
Group Final Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment 1: Birds,
Marine Mammals, Oysters, and Sea
Turtles and Finding of No Significant
Impact
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the
National Environmental Policy Act
SUMMARY:
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(NEPA), and a Consent Decree with BP
Exploration & Production Inc. (BP), the
Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Federal
natural resource trustee agencies for the
Regionwide Trustee Implementation
Group (Regionwide TIG) prepared the
Final Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment 1: Birds,
Marine Mammals, Oysters, and Sea
Turtles (RP/EA), and Finding of No
Significant Impact. In the RP/EA, the
Regionwide TIG selected projects to
help restore living coastal and marine
resources injured as a result of the DWH
oil spill in the Regionwide Restoration
Area under the ‘‘Birds’’, Marine
Mammals’’, ‘‘Oysters’’, and ‘‘Sea
Turtles’’ restoration types described in
the Final Programmatic Damage
Assessment Restoration Plan/
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement. The total cost to implement
the Regionwide TIG’s eleven selected
projects is approximately $99.6 million.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You
may access the RP/EA from the
Regionwide TIG website at: https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/regionwide.
Alternatively, you may request a CD of
the RP/EA (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). Copies are also
available for review at the locations
listed below (see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration—Jamie Schubert, NOAA
Restoration Center, (310) 427–8711,
regionwide.tig@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
On April 20, 2010, the DWH mobile
drilling unit exploded, causing a
massive release of oil from the BP
Exploration and Production Inc. (BP)
Macondo well. The explosion and oil
spill led to loss of life and extensive
natural resource injuries. Oil spread
from the deep ocean to surface and
nearshore environments across the Gulf
of Mexico, from Texas to Florida.
Extensive response actions were
undertaken to reduce harm to people
and the environment. However, many of
these response actions had collateral
impacts on the environment and on
natural resource services.
The DWH Federal and state natural
resource trustees (DWH Trustees)
conducted the natural resource damage
assessment for the DWH oil spill under
OPA (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). Pursuant
to OPA, Federal and state agencies act
as trustees on behalf of the public to
assess natural resource injuries and
losses and to determine the actions
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required to compensate the public for
those injuries and losses. OPA further
instructs the designated trustees to
develop and implement a plan for the
restoration, rehabilitation, replacement,
or acquisition of the equivalent of the
injured natural resources under their
trusteeship, including the loss of use
and services from those resources from
the time of injury until the time of
restoration to baseline (the resource
quality and conditions that would exist
if the spill had not occurred) is
complete.
The DWH Trustees are:
• U.S. Department of the Interior
(DOI), as represented by the National
Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, and Bureau of Land
Management;
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), on behalf of
the U.S. Department of Commerce;
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA);
• U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA);
• State of Louisiana Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority
(CPRA), Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office,
Department of Environmental Quality,
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
and Department of Natural Resources;
• State of Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality;
• State of Alabama Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources and
Geological Survey of Alabama;
• State of Florida Department of
Environmental Protection and Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission; and
• State of Texas: Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department, Texas General
Land Office, and Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
The DWH Trustees reached and
finalized a settlement of their natural
resource damage claims with BP in an
April 4, 2016, Consent Decree approved
by the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Pursuant to that Consent Decree,
restoration projects in the Regionwide
Restoration Area are selected and
implemented by the Regionwide TIG.
The Regionwide TIG is composed of the
DWH Trustees listed above.
Background
On September 24, 2019, the
Regionwide TIG posted a public notice
at https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.
gov requesting new or revised natural
resource restoration project ideas for the
Regionwide Restoration Area. The
notice stated that the Regionwide TIG
was seeking project ideas for the
following Restoration Types: (1) Birds,
(2) Marine Mammals, (3) Oysters; and
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB445]
Nominations for the 2022-2025 General Advisory Committee and the
Scientific Advisory Subcommittee to the United States Delegation to the
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: National Marine Fisheries Service, on behalf of the Secretary
of Commerce, is seeking nominations for the General Advisory Committee
(GAC) to the U.S. delegation to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC or Commission), as well as to a Scientific Advisory
Subcommittee (SAS) of the GAC. The purpose of the GAC and its SAS is to
provide public input and advice to the U.S. delegation to aid in the
formulation of policy and positions for meetings of the IATTC and its
subsidiary bodies. The SAS shall also function as the National
Scientific Advisory Committee provided for in the Agreement on the
International Dolphin Conservation Program.
DATES: Nominations must be received no later than November 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be directed to Barry Thom, Regional
Administrator, NMFS West Coast Region, and may be submitted by any of
the following means:
Email [email protected] with the subject
line: ``General Advisory Committee and Scientific Advisory Subcommittee
nominations''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Stahnke, West Coast Region,
NMFS, at [email protected], or at (562) 980-4088.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
General Advisory Committee
The Tuna Conventions Act (TCA) provides that the Secretary of
Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall appoint a
``General Advisory Committee'' to advise the U.S. delegation to the
IATTC. The GAC shall be composed of no more than 25 individuals who
shall be representative of the various groups concerned with the
fisheries covered by the IATTC, including non-governmental conservation
organizations, providing an equitable balance among such groups to the
maximum extent practicable. Members of the GAC shall be invited to
attend all non-executive meetings of the U.S. delegation to the IATTC
and at such meetings shall be given the opportunity to examine and be
heard on all proposed programs of investigation, reports,
recommendations, and regulations of the Commission.
The Chair of the Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific
Council) Advisory Subpanel for Highly Migratory Fisheries and the Chair
of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Western Pacific
Council) Advisory Committee shall be ex-officio members of the GAC by
virtue of their positions advising those Councils. GAC members will be
eligible to participate as members of the U.S. delegation to the
Commission and its working groups to the extent that the Commission
rules and space for delegations allow.
Meetings of the GAC, except when in executive session, shall be
open to the public, and prior notice of meetings shall be made public
in timely fashion. In accordance with Public Law 114-81, the GAC shall
not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
Individuals appointed to serve as a member of the GAC shall serve
without pay. While away from their homes or regular places of business
to attend meetings of the GAC, they shall be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as
persons employed intermittently by the Federal Government are allowed
expenses under 5 U.S.C. 5703. In addition, individuals appointed to
serve as a member of the GAC shall not be considered Federal employees
except for the purposes of injury compensation or tort.
Scientific Advisory Subcommittee
The TCA also provides that the Secretary of Commerce, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall appoint persons to
serve on the subcommittee of the GAC, referred to here as the
``Scientific Advisory Subcommittee''. The SAS shall be composed of no
fewer than 5 and no more than 15 qualified scientists with balanced
representation from the public and private sectors, including non-
governmental conservation organizations. In determining whether a
person is a qualified scientist the Secretary may consider, among other
things, advanced degrees and/or publications in fields such as
fisheries or marine science.
National Scientific Advisory Committee
The SAS shall also function as the National Scientific Advisory
Committee which is required to be established pursuant to Article XI of
the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program
(AIDCP). In this regard, the SAS shall perform the functions of the
National Scientific Advisory Committee as specified in Annex VI of the
AIDCP. These functions include, but are not limited to:
(1) Receiving and reviewing relevant data, including data provided
to NMFS by IATTC staff;
(2) Advising and recommending measures and actions to the U.S.
Government that should be undertaken to conserve and manage stocks of
living marine resources in the eastern Pacific Ocean;
(3) Making recommendations to the U.S. Government regarding
research needs related to the eastern Pacific Ocean tuna purse seine
fishery;
(4) Promoting the regular and timely full exchange of data among
the AIDCP Parties on a variety of matters related to the implementation
of the AIDCP; and
(5) Consulting with other experts, as necessary, in order to
achieve the objectives of the AIDCP.
Members of the SAS/National Scientific Advisory Committee shall
receive no compensation for their service.
General Provisions
Each member of the GAC shall be appointed for a term of three
years, starting from the date of the appointment, and may be
reappointed. The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of State shall
provide the GAC with relevant information concerning fisheries and
international fishery agreements. The Secretary of Commerce shall
provide to the GAC such administrative and technical support services
that are necessary for its effective functioning in a timely manner.
Procedures for Submitting Applications
Applications for the GAC and the SAS/National Scientific Advisory
Committee should be submitted to NMFS West Coast Region (see
ADDRESSES). This request for applications is for first time nominees,
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current members whose appointments will end in April 2022, and previous
members. Self-nomination applications are acceptable. Applications
should include all of the following information:
(1) Full name, address (home and business, if different),
telephone, and email address of nominee;
(2) Specification about whether the application is for the GAC or
the SAS/National Scientific Advisory Committee or both;
(3) Nominee's organization(s) or professional affiliation(s)
serving as the basis for the nomination;
(4) Background statement describing the nominee's qualifications
and experience, especially as related to fisheries for tuna and tuna-
like species in the eastern Pacific Ocean or other factors relevant to
the implementation of the Convention Establishing the IATTC or the
AIDCP. Applications to the SAS should highlight advanced degrees and
academic publications; and
(5) A written statement from the nominee of intent to participate
actively and in good faith in the meetings and activities of either the
GAC or the SAS/National Scientific Advisory Committee, or both.
Applicants who submitted material in response to the Federal
Register notice published by NMFS on October 30, 2018 (83 FR 54573), or
prior, should resubmit their applications pursuant to this notice.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.
Dated: September 21, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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