Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 8260-8261 [2023-02695]

Download as PDF 8260 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 8, 2023 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Agency Information Collection Activities, Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review and Emergency Approval; Comment Request; ‘‘Ask CHIPS’’ Information Collection The Department of Commerce will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public’s reporting burden. Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Commerce. Title: ‘‘Ask CHIPS’’ Information Collection. OMB Control Number: 0693–XXXX. Form Number(s): N/A. Type of Request: Emergency submission, new information collection request. Number of Respondents: 250 respondents. Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes. Burden Hours: 21 hours. Needs and Uses: The CHIPS Incentives Program is authorized by title XCIX—Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283, referred to as the CHIPS Act or Act), as amended by the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Division A of Pub. L. 117–167). The CHIPS Incentives Program is administered by the CHIPS Program Office (CPO) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the United States Department of Commerce (Department). While the Act itself does not require this particular information collection, the CHIPS Program is committed to providing excellent customer service to stakeholders and offering a streamlined platform for applicants who have questions regarding the application process. This portal will enable a straight forward Customer Relation Management system to accomplish that goal. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Feb 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 The CHIPS External Affairs Office (EA) plans to collect requests for CHIPS meetings via a web portal. The information will be used by EA to schedule and coordinate meetings with CHIPS stakeholders. The CHIPS meeting request form will be a valuable resource for potential CHIPS Incentives applicants who are interested in learning more about the CHIPS program and how they can apply for CHIPS Incentive funding. Data elements include: basic customer information, including name, affiliation, and email address, as well as details on who they would like to meet with and when, and CHIPS-related topics they would like to discuss. Affected Public: Businesses interested in CHIPS Act. Frequency: On occasion; as needed. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: None. 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 three days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain. To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before February 13, 2023. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function and entering the title of the collection. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2023–02692 Filed 2–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–60–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XC713] Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Council) Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) will hold a meeting, which is open to the public. DATES: The online meeting will be held Wednesday, March 1, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or until business for the day is completed. ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held online. Specific meeting information, including directions on how to join the meeting and system requirements will be provided in the meeting announcement on the Council’s website (see www.pcouncil.org). You may send an email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820–2412 for technical assistance. Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220–1384. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kit Dahl, Staff Officer, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820–2422. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This online meeting will comprise of two sessions. During the first session members of NOAA’s California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team will brief Council advisory body members and interested public on the contents of the 2022–23 California Current Ecosystem Status Report. During the second session the EWG will brief Council advisory body members and interested public on the work plan it is developing for the Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative on Ecosystem and Climate Information for Species, Fisheries, and Fishery Management Plans. This work plan will be presented to the Council for its consideration at its March 5–10, 2023, meeting. The EWG also may discuss other items related to items on future Council agendas. Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after publication of this document 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. SUMMARY: Special Accommodations Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt E:\FR\FM\08FEN1.SGM 08FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 8, 2023 / Notices (kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov; (503) 820– 2412) at least 10 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: February 3, 2023. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2023–02695 Filed 2–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XC743] Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; notification of quota for bowhead whales. AGENCY: NMFS notifies the public of the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission (AEWC), and of limitations on the use of the quota deriving from regulations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). For 2023, the quota is 93 bowhead whales struck. This quota and other applicable limitations govern the harvest of bowhead whales by whaling captains of the AEWC. DATES: Applicable February 8, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi Ae Kim, (301) 427–8365. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Aboriginal subsistence whaling in the United States is governed by the Whaling Convention Act (WCA) (16 U.S.C. 916 et seq.). Under the WCA, IWC regulations shall generally become effective with respect to all persons and vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States within 90 days of notification from the IWC Secretariat of an amendment to the IWC Schedule (16 U.S.C. 916k). Regulations that implement the WCA, found at 50 CFR part 230, require the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to publish, at least annually, aboriginal subsistence whaling quotas and any other limitations on aboriginal subsistence whaling deriving from regulations of the IWC. At the 67th Meeting of the IWC, the Commission set catch limits for aboriginal subsistence use of bowhead whales from the Bering-ChukchiBeaufort Seas stock. The bowhead and other aboriginal subsistence whaling lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:59 Feb 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 catch limits were based on a joint request by Denmark on behalf of Greenland, the Russian Federation, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United States, accompanied by documentation concerning the needs of the Native groups. The IWC set a 7-year block catch limit of 392 bowhead whales landed. For each of the years 2019 through 2025, the number of bowhead whales struck may not exceed 67, with unused strikes from the 3 prior quota blocks carried forward and added to the annual strike quota of subsequent years, provided that no more than 50 percent of the annual strike limit is added to the strike quota for any one year. For the 2023 harvest, there are 33 strikes available for carry-forward, so the combined strike quota set by the IWC for 2023 is 100 (67 + 33). An arrangement between the United States and the Russian Federation ensures that the total quota of bowhead whales landed and struck in 2023 will not exceed the limits set by the IWC. Under this arrangement, the Russian natives may use no more than 7 strikes, and the Alaska natives may use no more than 93 strikes. Through its cooperative agreement with the AEWC, NOAA has assigned 93 strikes to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission. The AEWC will in turn allocate these strikes among the 11 villages whose cultural and subsistence needs have been documented, and will ensure that AEWC whaling captains use no more than 93 strikes. At its 67th Meeting, the IWC also provided for automatic renewal of aboriginal subsistence whaling catch limits under certain circumstances. Commencing in 2026, bowhead whale catch limits shall be extended every 6 years provided: (a) the IWC Scientific Committee advises in 2024, and every 6 years thereafter, that such limits will not harm the stock; (b) the Commission does not receive a request from the United States or the Russian Federation for a change in the bowhead whale catch limits based on need; and (c) the Commission determines that the United States and the Russian Federation have complied with the IWC’s approved timeline and that the information provided represents a status quo continuation of the hunts. Other Limitations The IWC regulations, as well as the NOAA regulation at 50 CFR 230.4(c), forbid the taking of calves or any whale accompanied by a calf. NOAA regulations (at 50 CFR 230.4) also contain other prohibitions relating to aboriginal subsistence whaling, some of which are summarized here: PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8261 • No person, other than licensed whaling captains or crew under the control of those captains, may engage in aboriginal subsistence whaling. • No AEWC whaling captain shall engage in whaling that is not in accordance with the regulations of the IWC, NOAA, and the cooperative agreement between NOAA and the AEWC. • No whaling captain shall engage in whaling without an adequate crew or without adequate supplies and equipment. • Crew may not receive money for participating in the hunt. • No person may sell or offer for sale whale products from whales taken in the hunt, except for authentic articles of Native American handicrafts. • Captains may not continue to whale after the relevant quota is taken, after the season has been closed, or if their licenses have been suspended. • They may not engage in whaling in a wasteful manner. Dated: February 3, 2023. Alexa Cole, Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2023–02681 Filed 2–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XC752] Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; public meeting. AGENCY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details. DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, February 24, 2023, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information will be posted to the calendar prior to the meeting at www.mafmc.org. Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674–2331; www.mafmc.org. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\08FEN1.SGM 08FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8260-8261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02695]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC713]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ad Hoc 
Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) will hold a meeting, which is open to the 
public.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Wednesday, March 1, 2023, from 
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held online. Specific meeting 
information, including directions on how to join the meeting and system 
requirements will be provided in the meeting announcement on the 
Council's website (see www.pcouncil.org). You may send an email to Mr. 
Kris Kleinschmidt (noaa.gov">[email protected]noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 
820-2412 for technical assistance.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kit Dahl, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This online meeting will comprise of two 
sessions. During the first session members of NOAA's California Current 
Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team will brief Council advisory body 
members and interested public on the contents of the 2022-23 California 
Current Ecosystem Status Report. During the second session the EWG will 
brief Council advisory body members and interested public on the work 
plan it is developing for the Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative on 
Ecosystem and Climate Information for Species, Fisheries, and Fishery 
Management Plans. This work plan will be presented to the Council for 
its consideration at its March 5-10, 2023, meeting. The EWG also may 
discuss other items related to items on future Council agendas.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after 
publication of this document 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.

Special Accommodations

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt

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(noaa.gov">[email protected]noaa.gov; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: February 3, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-02695 Filed 2-7-23; 8:45 am]
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