Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 60183-60184 [2023-18857]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 168 / Thursday, August 31, 2023 / Notices CHIPS Incentives Program application portal. Information to be collected includes information pertaining to an applicant’s: • Project Description • Project Site/Affected Environment • Resource Consumption Rates and Effluent Emissions Streams and Impacts • Tribal, Historic, and Cultural Resources • Project Setting • Vegetation Resources • Conservation Areas • Coastal Zones and Navigable Waters • Wetlands • Floodplains • Endangered Species • Land Use and Zoning • Solid Waste Management • Hazardous or Toxic Substances • Impacts to Water Quality/Water Resources • Water Supply and Distribution System • Wastewater Collection and Treatment Facilities • Environmental Justice & Socioeconomics • Transportation (Streets, Traffic and Parking) • Air Quality • Greenhouse Gases and their Environmental Effects • Noise • Health and Safety • Permits and other Government Agency Involvement • Public Notification/Controversy • Environmental Experience and Approach Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. Frequency: Once. Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory to obtain or retain benefits. Legal Authority: CHIPS Act of 2022 (Division A of Pub. L. 117–167) (the Act). 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Aug 30, 2023 Jkt 259001 entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 0693–0093. Sheleen Dumas, Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2023–18809 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 60183 needed. The Wreckfish Sub-Committee will discuss Amendment 48 and input received from the Wreckfish Advisory Group. Current actions under consideration in Amendment 48 include: sector allocations, electronic reporting, fishing season, ITQ participation and eligibility requirements, fishery monitoring requirements, and cost recovery. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Special Accommodations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aid 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. [RTID 0648–XD298] South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. AGENCY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of the Wreckfish Advisory Group and Wreckfish SubCommittee. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda items. DATES: The Wreckfish Advisory Group meeting will be held September 19, 2023, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. EDT. The Wreckfish Sub-Committee meeting will be held September 20, 2023, from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. EDT. ADDRESSES: Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405. Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Renaissance World Golf Village Resort, 500 South Legacy Trail, St. Augustine, FL 32092; phone: (904) 940–8000. The meeting will also be available via webinar. Registration is required. Webinar registration, an online public comment form, and briefing book materials will be available two weeks prior to the meeting at: https://safmc.net/workgroups/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Wiegand, Fishery Social Scientists, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571– 4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; email: christina.wiegand@safmc.net. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wreckfish Advisory Group will discuss Amendment 48 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic (Amendment 48) addressing modernization of the wreckfish individual transferable quota (ITQ) program, and discuss other business as SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: August 28, 2023. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2023–18854 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XD294] 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 Spiny Dogfish Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details. DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information will be posted to the MAFMC’s website 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. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526–5255. E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1 60184 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 168 / Thursday, August 31, 2023 / Notices The purpose of the meeting is for the Advisory Panel to create a Fishery Performance Report that includes advisor input on recent spiny dogfish catch, specifications, and related management measures. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Special Accommodations The meeting is 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: August 28, 2023. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2023–18857 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NMFS Observer Programs’ Information That Can Be Gathered Only Through Questions National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment. AGENCY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB. DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before October 30, 2023. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 0648– 0593 in the subject line of your comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:04 Aug 30, 2023 Jkt 259001 Requests for additional information or specific questions related to collection activities should be directed to Ken Keene, National Observer Program Coordinator, NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301–427–8158), and kenneth.keene@ noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract This is a request for revision and extension of an existing information collection. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) deploys fishery observers on United States (U.S.) commercial fishing vessels and to fish processing plants in order to collect biological and economic data. NMFS has at least one observer program in each of its five Regions. These observer programs provide the most reliable and effective method for obtaining information that is critical for the conservation and management of living marine resources. Observer programs primarily obtain information through direct observations by employees or agents of NMFS; and such observations are not subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). However, observer programs also collect the following information that requires clearance under the PRA: (1) Standardized questions of fishing vessel captains/crew or fish processing plant managers/staff, which include gear and performance questions, safety questions, and trip costs, crew size and other economic questions; (2) questions asked by observer program staff/contractors to plan observer deployments; (3) forms that are completed by observers and that fishing vessel captains are asked to review and sign; (4) questionnaires to evaluate observer performance; and (5) a form to certify that a fisherman is the permit holder when requesting observer data from the observer on the vessel. The information collected will be used to: (1) Monitor catch and bycatch in federally managed commercial fisheries; (2) understand the population status and trends of fish stocks and protected species, as well as the interactions between them; (3) determine the quantity and distribution of net benefits derived from living marine resources; (4) predict the biological, ecological, and economic impacts of existing management action and proposed management options; and (5) ensure that the observer programs can safely and efficiently collect the information required for the previous PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 four uses. In particular, these biological and economic data collection programs contribute to legally mandated analyses required under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), Executive Order 12866 (E.O. 12866), as well as a variety of state statutes. The confidentiality of the data will be protected as required by the MSA, section 402(b). This collection will be revised as follows. First is the expansion of observers to include an additional fishery. The Southeast region will begin sending observers out on Southeast reef fish fishery trips and thus needs to add this fishery to this collection. Second, NOAA is combining the Southeast observer efforts into one program. The third change is the West Coast Groundfish Observer Program (WCGOP) would like to start collecting the names of crew members within their observer logbooks. The data will be recorded on paper, scanned in, and stored according to vessel name. This information will only be accessed if there is an enforcement issue. The final change is also within the West Coast Groundfish Observer Program. They have introduced a new phone app that captains are using to declare upcoming fishing trips and NMFS is using to let them know if they have been selected for observer coverage. Other observer programs are also working on converting to smart phone apps, but they have not yet been implemented. II. Method of Collection The information will be collected by (1) NMFS observers while they are deployed on a vessel to observe a particular fishing trip; questions will be asked in-person to the captain, crew and/or owner (if on board the vessel) during the course of the observed trip; (2) via mail through follow up surveys of economic information not available during the trip; (3) via telephone or mail survey by the observer program staff or contractor planning to deploy observers; or (4) via feedback questionnaires mailed to the vessel owners or captains to evaluate observer performance. III. Data OMB Control Number: 0648–0593. Form Number: None. Type of Review: Regular submission. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,212. E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60183-60184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18857]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD294]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Spiny Dogfish 
Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for agenda details.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, from 
5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information 
will be posted to the MAFMC's website 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 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 
526-5255.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is for the 
Advisory Panel to create a Fishery Performance Report that includes 
advisor input on recent spiny dogfish catch, specifications, and 
related management measures.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is 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: August 28, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18857 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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