National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration February 11, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a teleconference on March 8, 2019.

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee will hold a public meeting.

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will meet April 1, 2019 through April 9, 2019.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) has begun its annual preseason management process for the 2019 ocean salmon fisheries. This document announces the availability of Pacific Council documents as well as the dates and locations of Pacific Council meetings and public hearings comprising the Pacific Council's complete schedule of events for determining the annual proposed and final modifications to ocean salmon fishery management measures. The agendas for the March and April 2019 Pacific Council meetings will be published in subsequent Federal Register documents prior to the actual meetings.

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Air Force Launches and Operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VADB), California. On January 24, 2019, we published a proposed rule to establish a framework under the authority of the MMPA to allow for the authorization of take of marine mammals incidental to operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). We published this proposed rule during the government shut-down, and incorrectly stated who made a certification under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). The proposed rule omitted a Department of Commerce (DOC) docket number and has been added after the part heading. Also, an incorrect FDMS docket number was inserted. This notification corrects these errors.

In this final rule, NESDIS establishes a new schedule of fees for special access to NOAA data, information, and related products and services. NOAA continues to make its environmental data available to the public without any fee in most instances, primarily via NOAA's Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System (CLASS). NESDIS is revising the fee schedule that has been in effect since 2015 to ensure that the fees accurately reflect the costs of providing access to the environmental data, information, and related products and services. NESDIS is authorized under 15 U.S.C. 1534 to assess fees, up to fair market value, depending upon the user and intended use, for access to environmental data, information, and products derived from, collected, and/or archived by NOAA.