80_FR_48453 80 FR 48298 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

80 FR 48298 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 155 (August 12, 2015)

Page Range48298-48299
FR Document2015-19804

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scientific & Statistical Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 155 (Wednesday, August 12, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 155 (Wednesday, August 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48298-48299]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-19804]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE090


New England Fishery Management Council; 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 New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Scientific & Statistical Committee 
to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive 
economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to 
the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: This meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 
beginning at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 
Boston Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128; phone: (617) 567-
6789.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda Items

    The Committee will meet to review recent stock assessment 
information from the U.S/Canada Transboundary Resource Assessment 
Committee and information provided by the Council's Groundfish Plan 
Development Team (PDT) and recommend the overfishing level (OFL) and 
acceptable biological catch (ABC) for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder 
for the 2016 fishing year. They will also review information provided 
by the Council's Skate PDT and recommend the OFL and ABC for the 
northeast skate complex for fishing years 2016-18 and address other 
business as necessary.
    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 this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under 
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has 
been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address 
the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 7, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-19804 Filed 8-11-15; 8:45 am]
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48298 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 155 / Wednesday, August 12, 2015 / Notices Level of Taking for 2015 Authorizations contribute to the decision to modify the routine training, testing and use during Period mitigation or monitoring measures, military operations. Issuance of these For the 2015 to 2016 Authorization including: (a) Results from the Navy’s four Authorizations is based on period, the Navy expects to conduct the monitoring from the previous year’s findings, described in the preamble to same type and amount of routine operation of SURTASS LFA sonar; (b) the final rule (77 FR 50290, August 20, compiled results of Navy-funded 2012) and supported by information training, testing, and military operations research and development studies; (c) contained in the Navy’s required reports of SURTASS LFA sonar in the results from specific stranding on SURTASS LFA sonar and their northwest Pacific Ocean and the north- investigations; (d) results from general application, that the activities described central Pacific Ocean that they marine mammal and sound research under these four Authorizations will requested under the 2012, 2013, and funded by the Navy or other sponsors; have a negligible impact on marine 2014 Authorizations. Similarly, the and (e) any information that reveals mammal species or stocks and will not Navy expects to remain within the marine mammals may have been taken have an unmitigable adverse impact on annual take estimates analyzed in the in a manner, extent or number not their availability for taking for Final Rule. We determined that the level anticipated by these regulations or subsistence uses. of taking by incidental harassment from subsequent Authorizations. None of the These Authorizations remain valid the activities described in the information reviewed by NMFS or the through August 14, 2016, provided the Authorizations and supporting Navy resulted in any modifications to Navy remains in conformance with the application is consistent with the the existing mitigation or monitoring conditions of the regulations and the findings made for the total taking measures at this time. LOAs, and the mitigation, monitoring, allowable under the 2012 Final Rule. Consideration of Areas as Potential and reporting requirements described in Compliance with Mitigation, OBIAs 50 CFR 218.230 through 218.241 (77 FR Monitoring, and Reporting Measures 50290, August 20, 2012) and in the On December 4, 2014, April 16, 2015, Authorizations are undertaken. Based on our review of the Navy’s and June 18, 2015, we and the Navy quarterly mission reports, the Navy convened Adaptive Management Dated: August 6, 2015. complied with the required visual, meetings to review and discuss several Donna S. Wieting, passive, and acoustic monitoring topics, including: The Navy’s mitigation Director, Office of Protected Resources, measures in the Final Rule and 2014 monitoring results; the Navy’s efforts in National Marine Fisheries Service. Authorizations. The Navy also followed declassifying and transferring marine [FR Doc. 2015–19769 Filed 8–11–15; 8:45 am] the required shutdown and other mammal monitoring data; consideration BILLING CODE 3510–22–P protocols for mitigating impacts to of possible additional Offshore marine mammals while conducting Biologically Important Areas (OBIAs) operations. under the criteria specified in the Final DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE The Navy is also complying with Rule; and consideration of new required measures under 50 CFR information that could potentially National Oceanic and Atmospheric 218.236(d) to gain and share inform decisions regarding modifying Administration information on the species. The Navy existing mitigation and/or monitoring RIN 0648–XE090 reports that they are continuing to work measures. Representatives from the U.S. on information transfer, declassification Marine Mammal Commission were also New England Fishery Management and archiving of ambient noise data in attendance and participated in Council; Public Meeting from the Navy’s Integrated Undersea December 2014 and April 2015 Surveillance System to the public. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries meetings. Based on the foregoing information NMFS and the Navy continue to Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and and the Navy’s application, we evaluate information relating to areas for Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), determined that the mitigation, potential consideration as OBIAs. All of Commerce. monitoring, and reporting measures these areas fall outside the areas in ACTION: Notice; public meeting. required under 50 CFR 218.234, .235, which the Navy may operate under the SUMMARY: The New England Fishery and .236 and NMFS’ 2014–2015 2015 Authorizations. None of these Management Council (Council) is Authorizations were undertaken and areas is located within the Navy’s scheduling a public meeting of its will be undertaken during the period of mission areas for the 2015 Scientific & Statistical Committee to validity of the renewed 2015–2016 Authorizations and the Navy will not consider actions affecting New England Authorizations. operate SURTASS LFA sonar in these fisheries in the exclusive economic zone Adaptive Management areas within the timeframes of the (EEZ). Recommendations from this 2015–2016 Authorizations. Throughout group will be brought to the full Council The Final Rule and 2014 the effective period of the Final Rule, Authorizations include an adaptive for formal consideration and action, if we will continue consider and discuss appropriate. management framework that allows us with the Navy any relevant new to consider new information and to information as it arises related to areas DATES: This meeting will be held on determine (with input from the Navy that may qualify as potential OBIAs or Tuesday, September 1, 2015, beginning regarding practicability) if modifications any other mitigation for SURTASS LFA at 9 a.m. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES to mitigation and/or monitoring sonar. ADDRESSES: measures are appropriate and Meeting address: The meeting will be practicable. This framework includes a Authorization held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Boston requirement for an annual meeting We have issued four Authorizations to Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, between NMFS and the Navy, if either the Navy, authorizing the incidental MA 02128; phone: (617) 567–6789. agency deems it necessary. harassment of marine mammals, Council address: New England Section 218.241 of the Final Rule incidental to operating the four Fishery Management Council, 50 Water describes three scenarios that could SURTASS LFA sonar systems for Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:16 Aug 11, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12AUN1.SGM 12AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 155 / Wednesday, August 12, 2015 / Notices 48299 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUMMARY: The New England Fishery DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, Management Council (Council) is New England Fishery Management scheduling a public meeting of its Risk National Oceanic and Atmospheric Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. Policy Working Group to consider Administration SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: actions affecting New England fisheries RIN 0648–XE101 Agenda Items in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will Programmatic Environmental The Committee will meet to review be brought to the full Council for formal Assessment on the Issuance of Take recent stock assessment information consideration and action, if appropriate. Authorizations in Cook Inlet, Alaska from the U.S/Canada Transboundary Resource Assessment Committee and DATES:This meeting will be held on AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries information provided by the Council’s Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 10 a.m. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Groundfish Plan Development Team ADDRESSES: Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), (PDT) and recommend the overfishing Commerce. level (OFL) and acceptable biological Meeting address: The meeting will be ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare a catch (ABC) for Georges Bank yellowtail held at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Programmatic Environmental flounder for the 2016 fishing year. They Spring Street, Portland, ME 04101; Assessment; request for comments. will also review information provided Telephone: (207) 775–2311; Fax: (207) by the Council’s Skate PDT and 772–4017. SUMMARY: The National Marine recommend the OFL and ABC for the Council address: New England Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces: Its northeast skate complex for fishing Fishery Management Council, 50 Water intent to prepare a Programmatic years 2016–18 and address other Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. Environmental Assessment (EA) to business as necessary. analyze the environmental impacts of Although non-emergency issues not FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: issuing annual Incidental Take contained in this agenda may come Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, Authorizations (ITAs) pursuant to the before this group for discussion, those New England Fishery Management Marine Mammal Protection Act issues may not be the subject of formal Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. (MMPA) for the taking of marine action during this meeting. Action will mammals incidental to anthropogenic SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: be restricted to those issues specifically activities in the waters of Cook Inlet, listed in this notice and any issues Agenda items: AK, for the 2016 season and; its intent arising after publication of this notice The panel will continue the to institute an MMPA authorization that require emergency action under development of a Risk Policy ‘‘Road cycle wherein companies planning to section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Map,’’ which will address the submit MMPA incidental harassment Act, provided the public has been implementation of the Council’s Risk authorization applications for work to notified of the Council’s intent to take Policy across all Council-managed be conducted in Cook Inlet in 2016 do final action to address the emergency. species; plan future work and address so by no later than October 1, 2015. Special Accommodations other business as necessary. DATES: All comments, written This meeting is physically accessible Although non-emergency issues not statements, and questions regarding the to people with disabilities. Requests for contained in this agenda may come proposed process and preparation of the sign language interpretation or other before these groups for discussion, those EA must be received no later than auxiliary aids should be directed to issues may not be the subject of formal September 11, 2015. Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at action during this meeting. Action will ADDRESSES: Comments on the (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to be restricted to those issues specifically application should be addressed to Jolie the meeting date. listed in this notice and any issues Harrison, Chief, Permits and arising after publication of this notice Conservation Division, Office of Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. that require emergency action under Protected Resources, National Marine Dated: August 7, 2015. section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Tracey L. Thompson, Act, provided the public has been Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable notified of the Council’s intent to take mailbox address for providing email Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. final action to address the emergency. comments is itp.young@noaa.gov. [FR Doc. 2015–19804 Filed 8–11–15; 8:45 am] Comments sent via email, including all BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Special Accommodations attachments, must not exceed a 25- megabyte file size. NMFS is not This meeting is physically accessible responsible for comments sent to DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE to people with disabilities. Requests for addresses other than those provided sign language interpretation or other here. National Oceanic and Atmospheric auxiliary aids should be directed to Instructions: All comments received Administration Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at are a part of the public record and will RIN 0648–XE089 (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to generally be posted to http:// the meeting date. www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ New England Fishery Management mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. incidental.htm without change. All Council; Public Meeting Personal Identifying Information (for Dated: August 7, 2015. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries example, name, address, etc.) Tracey L. Thompson, voluntarily submitted by the commenter Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), may be publicly accessible. Do not Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. submit Confidential Business Commerce. [FR Doc. 2015–19803 Filed 8–11–15; 8:45 am] Information or otherwise sensitive or ACTION: Notice; public meeting. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P protected information. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:16 Aug 11, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12AUN1.SGM 12AUN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; public meeting.
DatesThis meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, beginning at 9 a.m.
ContactThomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
FR Citation80 FR 48298 
RIN Number0648-XE09
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