Public Meeting of the National Sea Grant Advisory Board, 5855-5856 [2023-01768]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XC719]
East Coast Fisheries of the United
States; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
Fishery management bodies
on the East Coast of the United States
are convening a meeting to continue
work on an initiative called East Coast
Climate Change Scenario Planning. This
is a joint effort of the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission, the New
England Fishery Management Council,
the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, and NOAA’s
National Marine Fisheries Service. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda
details.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 through
Thursday, February 16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Westin Arlington Gateway, 801 N
Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203;
telephone: (703) 717–6200. The meeting
will be partially streamed by webinar
for portions of the agenda that are held
in plenary. Connection information will
be posted to the calendar prior to the
meeting at www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Climate
change is a growing threat for marine
fisheries worldwide. On the East coast
of the United States, some species have
already experienced considerable
climate-related changes in distribution,
abundance, and/or productivity. These
changes have the potential to strain
fisheries management and governance
systems. Through the East Coast Climate
Change Scenario Planning Initiative,
fishery scientists and managers are
working collaboratively and engaging
diverse fishery stakeholders to explore
possible future scenarios and the
associated governance and management
issues that may arise related to climate
change.
The final stage of this initiative will
include a two-day summit meeting in
Arlington, VA, from February 15–16,
2023. Participants will consist of a
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select group of representatives from
each of the three U.S. East Coast Fishery
Management Councils, and from the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission and NOAA Fisheries.
Summit participants will consider the
scenarios previously developed to
describe how climate change might
affect East Coast fisheries in the next 20
years, as well as input received in
previous stages on actions that should
be taken now to ensure that fisheries are
governed and managed effectively in an
era of climate change. The goal of the
summit is to develop a set of potential
governance and management actions
and priorities resulting from the
scenario planning process.
Summit participants have been
selected by each participating
organization. Others attending the
meeting in person are invited to observe
the plenary discussions and to provide
comments during designated public
comment opportunities. Only plenary
sessions will be broadcast by webinar.
Additional details about the summit
will be posted to this page once
available: https://www.mafmc.org/
climate-change-scenario-planning.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aid
should be directed to Shelley Spedden,
(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 25, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Public Meeting of the National Sea
Grant Advisory Board
Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting of the National Sea
Grant Advisory Board (Board), a Federal
Advisory Committee. Board members
will discuss and provide advice on the
SUMMARY:
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National Sea Grant College Program (Sea
Grant) in the areas of program
evaluation, strategic planning,
education and extension, science and
technology programs, and other matters
as described in the agenda found on the
Sea Grant website. For more information
on this Federal Advisory Committee
please visit the Federal Advisory
Committee database: https://
www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/FACA
PublicPage.
DATES: The announced meeting is
scheduled for Sunday, February 26,
2023 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (EST) and
Monday, February 27, 2023 from 8:30
a.m.–3:30 p.m. (EST).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC
For more information about the public
meeting see below in the ‘‘For Further
Information Contact’’ section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
any questions concerning the meeting,
please contact Ms. Donna Brown,
National Sea Grant College Program.
Email: oar.sg-feedback@noaa.gov Phone
Number 301–734–1088.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Status: The meeting will be open to
public participation with a public
comment period on Sunday, February
26 at 9:10 a.m. (EST). The Board expects
that public statements presented at its
meetings will not be repetitive of
previously submitted verbal or written
statements. In general, each individual
or group making a verbal presentation
will be limited to a total time of three
(3) minutes. Written comments should
be received by Ms. Donna Brown by
Thursday, February 23, 2023 to provide
sufficient time for Board review. Written
comments received after the deadline
will be distributed to the Board, but may
not be reviewed prior to the meeting
date.
Special Accommodations: The Board
meeting is virtually accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for sign
language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms.
Donna Brown by Thursday, February
23, 2023.
The Board, which consists of a
balanced representation from academia,
industry, state government and citizens
groups, was established in 1976 by
Section 209 of the Sea Grant
Improvement Act (Pub. L. 94–461, 33
U.S.C. 1128). The Board advises the
Secretary of Commerce and the Director
of the National Sea Grant College
Program with respect to operations
under the Act, and such other matters
as the Secretary refers to them for
review and advice.
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Matters To Be Considered: Board
members will discuss and vote on New
Membership for the Board’s Resilience
and Social Justice Subcommittee and a
Resilience and Social Justice
Recommendations Report, as well as
discuss and vote on membership for two
new charges, Fellowships and
Allocation Policy. https://seagrant.
noaa.gov/About/Advisory-Board
Privacy Act Statement: Authority. The
collection of information concerning
nominations to the MCAM FAC is
authorized under the FACA, as
amended, 5 U.S.C. App. and its
implementing regulations, 41 CFR part
102–3, and in accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended,
(Privacy Act) 5 U.S.C. 552a. Purpose.
The collection of names, contact
information, resumes, professional
information, and qualifications is
required in order for the Under
Secretary to appoint members to the
MCAM FAC. Routine Uses. NOAA will
use the nomination information for the
purpose set forth above. The Privacy Act
of 1974 authorizes disclosure of the
information collected to NOAA staff for
work-related purposes and for other
purposes only as set forth in the Privacy
Act and for routine uses published in
the Privacy Act System of Records
Notice COMMERCE/DEPT–11,
Candidates for Membership, Members,
and Former Members of Department of
Commerce Advisory Committees,
available at https://www.osec.doc.gov/
opog/PrivacyAct/SORNs/dept-11.html
and the System of Records Notice
COMMERCE/DEPT–18, Employees
Personnel Files Not Covered by Notices
of Other Agencies, available at https://
www.osec.doc.gov/opog/PrivacyAct/
SORNs/DEPT-18.html.
Disclosure: Furnishing the
nomination information is voluntary;
however, if the information is not
provided, the individual would not be
considered for appointment as a
member of the MCAM FAC.
David Holst,
Chief Financial Officer/Administrative
Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XC706]
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to U.S. Navy
Construction at Naval Station Newport,
Rhode Island
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of a modified
Letter of Authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued a modified Letter
of Authorization to the U.S. Navy to
incidentally harass, by Level B
harassment only, marine mammals
during construction activities associated
with pile driving and bulkhead repair at
Naval Station Newport in Newport,
Rhode Island.
DATES: This Authorization is effective
from January 25, 2023 to May 14, 2027.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cara
Hotchkin, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, (301) 427–8401. Electronic
copies of the original application and
supporting documents (including NMFS
Federal Register notices of the original
proposed and final authorizations, and
the previous IHA), as well as a list of the
references cited in this document, may
be obtained online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/
incidental-take-authorization-us-navyconstruction-naval-station-newportrhode-island. In case of problems
accessing these documents, please call
the contact listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
incidental take authorization may be
provided to the public for review.
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Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of such species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses
(referred to in shorthand as
‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth.
History of Request
On December 15, 2021, NMFS issued
a final rule to the Navy (86 FR 71162)
to incidentally harass, by Level A and
Level B harassment only, marine
mammals during construction activities
associated with bulkhead replacement
and repairs at Naval Station Newport
(NAVSTA Newport) over the course of
5 years (2022–2027). Subsequently, on
January 26, 2022, NMFS issued a Letter
of Authorization (LOA) to the Navy (87
FR 6145) associated with the final rule.
Species authorized for take included
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
(Lagenorhynchus acutus), common
dolphin (Delphinus delphis), harbor
porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), harbor
seal (Phoca vitulina), gray seal
(Halichoerus grypus), harp seal
(Pagophilus groenlandicus), and hooded
seal (Cystophora cristata). The effective
dates of this LOA are May 15, 2022
through May 14, 2027.
On November 15, 2022, NMFS
received a request from the Navy for a
modification to the NAVSTA Newport
bulkhead construction project due to a
change in the construction contractor’s
plan. On December 15, 2022, the Navy
revised their request to incorporate
NMFS’s DTH source level
recommendations (available at: https://
media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2022-11/
PUBLIC%20DTH%20
Basic%20Guidance_
November%202022.pdf). In its initial
request for incidental take regulations,
the Navy did not anticipate the need for
vibratory driving of steel pipe piles or
DTH installation of any pile type.
Vibratory driving of steel sheet and Hpiles was included, and analyzed in the
rule. However, the construction
contractor for the first phase of the
project (S45 bulkhead) has since
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Public Meeting of the National Sea Grant Advisory Board
AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
(DOC).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting of the National Sea Grant Advisory Board (Board), a
Federal Advisory Committee. Board members will discuss and provide
advice on the National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) in the
areas of program evaluation, strategic planning, education and
extension, science and technology programs, and other matters as
described in the agenda found on the Sea Grant website. For more
information on this Federal Advisory Committee please visit the Federal
Advisory Committee database: https://www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/FACAPublicPage.
DATES: The announced meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 26, 2023
from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (EST) and Monday, February 27, 2023 from 8:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m. (EST).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Watergate Hotel in
Washington DC For more information about the public meeting see below
in the ``For Further Information Contact'' section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For any questions concerning the
meeting, please contact Ms. Donna Brown, National Sea Grant College
Program. Email: [email protected] Phone Number 301-734-1088.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Status: The meeting will be open to public participation with a
public comment period on Sunday, February 26 at 9:10 a.m. (EST). The
Board expects that public statements presented at its meetings will not
be repetitive of previously submitted verbal or written statements. In
general, each individual or group making a verbal presentation will be
limited to a total time of three (3) minutes. Written comments should
be received by Ms. Donna Brown by Thursday, February 23, 2023 to
provide sufficient time for Board review. Written comments received
after the deadline will be distributed to the Board, but may not be
reviewed prior to the meeting date.
Special Accommodations: The Board meeting is virtually accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation
or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. Donna Brown by
Thursday, February 23, 2023.
The Board, which consists of a balanced representation from
academia, industry, state government and citizens groups, was
established in 1976 by Section 209 of the Sea Grant Improvement Act
(Pub. L. 94-461, 33 U.S.C. 1128). The Board advises the Secretary of
Commerce and the Director of the National Sea Grant College Program
with respect to operations under the Act, and such other matters as the
Secretary refers to them for review and advice.
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Matters To Be Considered: Board members will discuss and vote on
New Membership for the Board's Resilience and Social Justice
Subcommittee and a Resilience and Social Justice Recommendations
Report, as well as discuss and vote on membership for two new charges,
Fellowships and Allocation Policy. https://seagrant.noaa.gov/About/Advisory-Board
Privacy Act Statement: Authority. The collection of information
concerning nominations to the MCAM FAC is authorized under the FACA, as
amended, 5 U.S.C. App. and its implementing regulations, 41 CFR part
102-3, and in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended,
(Privacy Act) 5 U.S.C. 552a. Purpose. The collection of names, contact
information, resumes, professional information, and qualifications is
required in order for the Under Secretary to appoint members to the
MCAM FAC. Routine Uses. NOAA will use the nomination information for
the purpose set forth above. The Privacy Act of 1974 authorizes
disclosure of the information collected to NOAA staff for work-related
purposes and for other purposes only as set forth in the Privacy Act
and for routine uses published in the Privacy Act System of Records
Notice COMMERCE/DEPT-11, Candidates for Membership, Members, and Former
Members of Department of Commerce Advisory Committees, available at
https://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/PrivacyAct/SORNs/dept-11.html and the
System of Records Notice COMMERCE/DEPT-18, Employees Personnel Files
Not Covered by Notices of Other Agencies, available at https://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/PrivacyAct/SORNs/DEPT-18.html.
Disclosure: Furnishing the nomination information is voluntary;
however, if the information is not provided, the individual would not
be considered for appointment as a member of the MCAM FAC.
David Holst,
Chief Financial Officer/Administrative Officer, Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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