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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 158 / Wednesday, August 17, 2022 / Notices
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 11, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of the following: Snapper
Grouper Committee; Mackerel Cobia
Committee; and Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
Committee. The meeting week will also
include a discussion with Samuel D.
Rauch, III, Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Regulatory Programs
with NOAA Fisheries, a formal public
comment session, public hearings, and
a meeting of the Full Council.
DATES: The Council meeting will be
held from 8:30 a.m. on Monday,
September 12, 2022, until 12 p.m. on
Friday, September 16, 2022.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held at the Town and Country Inn, 2008
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC
29407; phone: (843) 571–1000. The
meeting will also be available via
webinar. Registration is required. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
SAFMC; phone: (843) 302–8440 or toll
free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–
4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting
information, including agendas,
overviews, and briefing book materials
will be posted on the Council’s website
at: https://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/
council-meetings/. Webinar registration
links for the meeting will also be
available from the Council’s website.
Public comment: Public comment on
agenda items may be submitted through
the Council’s online comment form
available from the Council’s website at:
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council-meetings/. Comments will be
accepted from August 26, 2022, until
September 16, 2022. These comments
are accessible to the public, part of the
Administrative Record of the meeting,
and immediately available for Council
consideration.
The items of discussion in the
individual meeting agendas are as
follows: Council Session I, Monday,
September 12, 2022, 8:30 a.m. until 5
p.m.
The Council will receive reports from
state agencies, Council liaisons, NOAA
Office of Law Enforcement, and the U.S.
Coast Guard. The Council will receive
an update on the Dolphin Wahoo
Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE)
stakeholder workshops, input from the
Golden Crab and Spiny Lobster
Advisory Panels, and updates on the
Commercial Electronic Logbook
Amendment and the National Saltwater
Recreational Fisheries Policy. The
Council will also review the Acceptable
Biological Catch (ABC) Control Rule
Amendment and consider input from its
advisory panels. A public hearing on the
amendment will be held during the
meeting week. The Council will also
receive an update on East Coast Climate
Change Scenario Planning. Snapper
Grouper Committee, Tuesday,
September 13, 2022, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30
p.m., Wednesday, September 14, 2022,
from 8:30 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. and
Thursday, September 15, 2022, from
8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.
The Committee will receive a brief on
an Exempted Fishing Permit request to
continue a research project allowing the
collection of speckled hind to study
genetic population structure,
connectivity, and life history. The
Committee will review Snapper Grouper
Regulatory Amendment 35 (Release
Mortality Reduction and Red Snapper
Catch Levels) and provide further
guidance on actions to explore in the
amendment to reduce the number of
dead releases in the fishery.
The Committee will review the
Recreational Permitting and Reporting
Amendment (Snapper Grouper
Amendment 46) and consider input
from the Snapper Grouper Recreational
Permitting and Reporting Technical
Advisory Panel. The Committee will
receive a presentation on yellowtail
snapper interim analyses, input from
the Council’s Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC), and a yellowtail
snapper fishery overview. Management
measures for gag grouper will be
discussed as included in Snapper
Grouper Amendment 53 and the
amendment will be considered for
approval for public hearings.
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The Committee will review input
received from shareholders during
discussion of Snapper Grouper
Amendment 48 addressing the
wreckfish fishery and consider
approving the amendment for public
hearings. The Committee will review
Snapper Grouper Amendment 52,
addressing management of golden
tilefish and blueline tilefish, and
Amendment 51, addressing
management of snowy grouper. Input
received during earlier public hearings
for both amendments will be
considered. In addition, public hearings
for both amendments will be held
during the Council meeting.
The Committee will review Snapper
Grouper Amendment 49, addressing
management of greater amberjack, and
consider recommending the amendment
for final approval by the Council. A
public hearing for Snapper Grouper
Amendment 49 will be held as part of
the meeting week. Finally, the
Committee will provide
recommendations for topics to be
considered during the fall 2022 meeting
of the Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel
and for a meeting of golden tilefish
endorsement holders. Discussion with
Samuel D. Rauch, III, Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Regulatory Programs,
NOAA Fisheries Tuesday, September
13, 2022, 4:30 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Formal Public Comment, Wednesday,
September 14, 2022, 4 p.m.—Public
comment will be accepted from
individuals attending the meeting in
person and via webinar on all items on
the Council meeting agenda. The
Council Chair will determine the
amount of time provided to each
commenter based on the number of
individuals wishing to comment.
Mackerel Cobia Committee, Thursday,
September 15, 2022, 10 a.m. Until 2:30
p.m.
The Committee will receive an
overview of Amendment 33 to the
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) for the Gulf of
Mexico and South Atlantic affecting
Gulf of Mexico king mackerel and
review the joint FMP objectives. The
Committee will also receive a summary
of recent developments in the Atlantic
Spanish mackerel fishery, a presentation
on the Spanish mackerel assessment,
recommendations from the SSC, and a
fishery overview. The Committee will
provide input on topics for the fall 2022
meeting of the Mackerel Cobia Advisory
Panel.
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SEDAR Committee, Thursday,
September 15, 2022, 2:30 p.m. Until
3:30 p.m.
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The Committee will receive a report
from the SEDAR Steering Committee, a
projects update, and approve the Scopes
of Work for the king mackerel, gag
grouper, and red porgy assessments.
Council Session II, Thursday,
September 15, 2022, 3:30 p.m. Until 5
p.m. and Friday, September 16, 2022,
8:30 a.m. Until 12 p.m.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for auxiliary aids should be
directed to the Council office (see
ADDRESSES) 5 days prior to the meeting.
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Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 11, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Notice of Availability of the Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill Alabama Trustee
Implementation Group Alabama Swift
Tract Living Shoreline Project: Final
Supplemental Environmental
Assessment
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Council will elect a chair and
vice chair, receive a briefing on any
legal issues, if needed, and present the
2021 Law Enforcement Officer of the
Year award. The Council will receive
staff reports and provide topics for the
Habitat Advisory Panel meeting.
The Council will receive reports from
NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional
Office and the Southeast Fisheries
Science Center. The Council will
receive Committee reports, review its
workplan for the next quarter, upcoming
meetings, and take action as necessary.
The Council will discuss any other
business as needed.
Documents regarding these issues are
available from the Council office (see
ADDRESSES).
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 these meetings. 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 Council’s intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
[FR Doc. 2022–17636 Filed 8–16–22; 8:45 am]
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This Alabama Trustee
Implementation Group (TIG) Alabama
Swift Tract Living Shoreline Project:
Final Supplemental Environmental
Assessment (Final Supplemental EA)
describes, and in conjunction with the
associated Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI), selects the preferred
restoration alternative, which consists of
the removal of rocks from the Bon
Secour Bay bottom near the original
Swift Tract Living Shoreline Project’s
action area and the placement of the
removed rocks on a nearby breakwater.
The proposed action falls within the
general scope of the purpose and need
for the original Swift Tract Living
Shoreline Project, which was identified
and evaluated in the Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill Programmatic and Phase III
Early Restoration Plan and Early
Restoration Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (Phase
III ERP/PEIS). The proposed action is
also consistent with the Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill Final Programmatic
Damage Assessment and Restoration
Plan and Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement
(PDARP/PEIS), as it focuses on the
restoration of injuries to Alabama’s
natural resources and services—in
particular to Restoration Type:
‘‘Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore
Habitats,’’ using funds made available in
early restoration and through the DWH
Consent Decree. The Federal Trustees of
the Alabama TIG have determined that
the implementation of the Final
Supplemental EA is not a major Federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment within the
context of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA). Therefore, they have
concluded a FONSI is appropriate, and,
therefore, an Environmental Impact
Statement will not be prepared.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: You may
access the Final Supplemental EA from
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the ‘‘News’’ section of the Alabama TIG
website at: https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/alabama.
Alternatively, you may request a CD of
the Final Supplemental EA (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration—Stella Wilson, NOAA
Restoration Center, 850–332–4169,
Estelle.Wilson@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
On April 20, 2010, the mobile
offshore drilling unit Deepwater
Horizon, which was being used to drill
a well for BP Exploration and
Production, Inc. (BP), in the Macondo
prospect (Mississippi Canyon 252–
MC252), experienced a significant
explosion, fire, and subsequent sinking
in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in an
unprecedented volume of oil and other
discharges from the rig and from the
wellhead on the seabed. The Deepwater
Horizon oil spill is the largest off shore
oil spill in U.S. history, discharging
millions of barrels of oil over a period
of 87 days. In addition, well over one
million gallons of dispersants were
applied to the waters of the spill area in
an attempt to disperse the spilled oil.
An undetermined amount of natural gas
was also released into the environment
as a result of the spill.
The Deepwater Horizon Federal and
State natural resource trustees (Trustees)
conducted the natural resource damage
assessment (NRDA) for the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill under OPA (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 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 Deepwater Horizon
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;
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[Notices]
[Pages 50608-50609]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of the following: Snapper Grouper Committee; Mackerel
Cobia Committee; and Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
Committee. The meeting week will also include a discussion with Samuel
D. Rauch, III, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs
with NOAA Fisheries, a formal public comment session, public hearings,
and a meeting of the Full Council.
DATES: The Council meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. on Monday,
September 12, 2022, until 12 p.m. on Friday, September 16, 2022.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Town and Country
Inn, 2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; phone: (843) 571-
1000. The meeting will also be available via webinar. Registration is
required. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information
Officer, SAFMC; phone: (843) 302-8440 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10;
fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting information, including agendas,
overviews, and briefing book materials will be posted on the Council's
website at: https://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/council-meetings/. Webinar
registration links for the meeting will also be available from the
Council's website.
Public comment: Public comment on agenda items may be submitted
through the Council's online comment form available from the Council's
website at: https://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/council-meetings/. Comments
will be accepted from August 26, 2022, until September 16, 2022. These
comments are accessible to the public, part of the Administrative
Record of the meeting, and immediately available for Council
consideration.
The items of discussion in the individual meeting agendas are as
follows: Council Session I, Monday, September 12, 2022, 8:30 a.m. until
5 p.m.
The Council will receive reports from state agencies, Council
liaisons, NOAA Office of Law Enforcement, and the U.S. Coast Guard. The
Council will receive an update on the Dolphin Wahoo Management Strategy
Evaluation (MSE) stakeholder workshops, input from the Golden Crab and
Spiny Lobster Advisory Panels, and updates on the Commercial Electronic
Logbook Amendment and the National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries
Policy. The Council will also review the Acceptable Biological Catch
(ABC) Control Rule Amendment and consider input from its advisory
panels. A public hearing on the amendment will be held during the
meeting week. The Council will also receive an update on East Coast
Climate Change Scenario Planning. Snapper Grouper Committee, Tuesday,
September 13, 2022, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 14,
2022, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. and Thursday, September 15, 2022,
from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.
The Committee will receive a brief on an Exempted Fishing Permit
request to continue a research project allowing the collection of
speckled hind to study genetic population structure, connectivity, and
life history. The Committee will review Snapper Grouper Regulatory
Amendment 35 (Release Mortality Reduction and Red Snapper Catch Levels)
and provide further guidance on actions to explore in the amendment to
reduce the number of dead releases in the fishery.
The Committee will review the Recreational Permitting and Reporting
Amendment (Snapper Grouper Amendment 46) and consider input from the
Snapper Grouper Recreational Permitting and Reporting Technical
Advisory Panel. The Committee will receive a presentation on yellowtail
snapper interim analyses, input from the Council's Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC), and a yellowtail snapper fishery overview.
Management measures for gag grouper will be discussed as included in
Snapper Grouper Amendment 53 and the amendment will be considered for
approval for public hearings.
The Committee will review input received from shareholders during
discussion of Snapper Grouper Amendment 48 addressing the wreckfish
fishery and consider approving the amendment for public hearings. The
Committee will review Snapper Grouper Amendment 52, addressing
management of golden tilefish and blueline tilefish, and Amendment 51,
addressing management of snowy grouper. Input received during earlier
public hearings for both amendments will be considered. In addition,
public hearings for both amendments will be held during the Council
meeting.
The Committee will review Snapper Grouper Amendment 49, addressing
management of greater amberjack, and consider recommending the
amendment for final approval by the Council. A public hearing for
Snapper Grouper Amendment 49 will be held as part of the meeting week.
Finally, the Committee will provide recommendations for topics to be
considered during the fall 2022 meeting of the Snapper Grouper Advisory
Panel and for a meeting of golden tilefish endorsement holders.
Discussion with Samuel D. Rauch, III, Deputy Assistant Administrator
for Regulatory Programs, NOAA Fisheries Tuesday, September 13, 2022,
4:30 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Formal Public Comment, Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 4 p.m.--
Public comment will be accepted from individuals attending the meeting
in person and via webinar on all items on the Council meeting agenda.
The Council Chair will determine the amount of time provided to each
commenter based on the number of individuals wishing to comment.
Mackerel Cobia Committee, Thursday, September 15, 2022, 10 a.m. Until
2:30 p.m.
The Committee will receive an overview of Amendment 33 to the
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Gulf of
Mexico and South Atlantic affecting Gulf of Mexico king mackerel and
review the joint FMP objectives. The Committee will also receive a
summary of recent developments in the Atlantic Spanish mackerel
fishery, a presentation on the Spanish mackerel assessment,
recommendations from the SSC, and a fishery overview. The Committee
will provide input on topics for the fall 2022 meeting of the Mackerel
Cobia Advisory Panel.
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SEDAR Committee, Thursday, September 15, 2022, 2:30 p.m. Until 3:30
p.m.
The Committee will receive a report from the SEDAR Steering
Committee, a projects update, and approve the Scopes of Work for the
king mackerel, gag grouper, and red porgy assessments.
Council Session II, Thursday, September 15, 2022, 3:30 p.m. Until 5
p.m. and Friday, September 16, 2022, 8:30 a.m. Until 12 p.m.
The Council will elect a chair and vice chair, receive a briefing
on any legal issues, if needed, and present the 2021 Law Enforcement
Officer of the Year award. The Council will receive staff reports and
provide topics for the Habitat Advisory Panel meeting.
The Council will receive reports from NOAA Fisheries Southeast
Regional Office and the Southeast Fisheries Science Center. The Council
will receive Committee reports, review its workplan for the next
quarter, upcoming meetings, and take action as necessary. The Council
will discuss any other business as needed.
Documents regarding these issues are available from the Council
office (see ADDRESSES).
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 these meetings. 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 Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) 5 days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 11, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-17636 Filed 8-16-22; 8:45 am]
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