80 FR 59738 - Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council: Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 191 (October 2, 2015)

Page Range		59738-59739
FR Document		2015-25096

Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council (Council). The meeting is open to the public, and participants may provide comments at the appropriate time during the meeting.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council: Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Sanctuary System 
Business Advisory Council (Council). The meeting is open to the public, 
and participants may provide comments at the appropriate time during 
the meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held Monday, October 19, 2015, from 9:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. An opportunity for public comment will be 
provided at 4:35 p.m. EDT. These times and the agenda topics described 
below are subject to change.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the New England Aquarium's 
Harborside Learning Lab. The lab is located on the ground floor of the 
Boston Harbor Garage, which is located

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adjacent to the Aquarium at 70 E India Row, Boston, MA 02110.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Holyoke, Office of National 
Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 
20910. (Phone: 301-713-7264, Fax: 301-713-0404; email: 
[email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONMS serves as the trustee for 14 marine 
protected areas encompassing more than 170,000 square miles of ocean 
and Great Lakes waters from the Hawaiian Islands to the Florida Keys, 
and from Lake Huron to American Samoa. National marine sanctuaries 
protect our Nation's most vital coastal and marine natural and cultural 
resources, and through active research, management, and public 
engagement, sustain healthy environments that are the foundation for 
thriving communities and stable economies. One of the many ways ONMS 
ensures public participation in the designation and management of 
national marine sanctuaries is through the formation of advisory 
councils. The Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council (Council) has 
been formed to provide advice and recommendations to the Director 
regarding the relationship of the ONMS with the business community. 
Additional information on the Council can be found at http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/welcome.html.
    Matters To Be Considered: The meeting will provide an opportunity 
for council representatives to hear how the ONMS is defining its 
strategic vision, planning for its 50th anniversary, and continuing on 
a path to engage users and the public in general through new 
initiatives, techniques, and content. Advisory council representatives 
will be asked to provide feedback on recent and new outreach and 
strategic campaigns and initiatives. The agenda is subject to change. 
The agenda is available at http://beta2.w1.sanctuaries.woc.noaa.gov/management/bac/meetings.html.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary 
Program)

    Dated: September 10, 2015.
John Armor,
Acting Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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datasets and recommends which Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. releasable Hawaiian monk seals
datasets are appropriate for assessment Dated: September 29, 2015. (Neomonachus schauinslandi) at Long
analyses, and describes the fisheries, Tracey L. Thompson, Marine Lab. Additional captive marine
evaluates the status of the stock, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
mammals may be added through
estimates biological benchmarks, Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. cooperative agreements with accredited
projects future population conditions, [FR Doc. 2015–25113 Filed 10–1–15; 8:45 am]
zoological institutions in the U.S. Other
and recommends research and species from rehabilitation and
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monitoring needs. Participants for stranding programs in the U.S. may be
SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the added opportunistically. The permit is
Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE valid for five years from the date of
Caribbean Fishery Management issuance.
Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast National Oceanic and Atmospheric In compliance with the National
Regional Office, HMS Management Administration Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
Division, and Southeast Fisheries U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
Science Center. Participants include RIN 0648–XE022 determination has been made that the
data collectors and database managers; activity proposed is categorically
Marine Mammals; File No. 19590
stock assessment scientists, biologists, excluded from the requirement to
and researchers; constituency AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries prepare an environmental assessment or
representatives including fishermen, Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and environmental impact statement.
environmentalists, and NGO’s; Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), As required by the ESA, issuance of
International experts; and staff of Commerce. this permit was based on a finding that
Councils, Commissions, and state and ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. such permit: (1) Was applied for in good
federal agencies. faith; (2) will not operate to the
The items of discussion in the SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a disadvantage of such endangered
Assessment Process webinars are as permit has been issued to Terrie species; and (3) is consistent with the
follows: Williams, Ph.D., University of California purposes and policies set forth in
1. An assessment data set and at Santa Cruz, Long Marine Lab, Center section 2 of the ESA.
associated documentation will be for Ocean Health, 100 Shaffer Road, Dated: September 15, 2015.
developed during the Workshop. Santa Cruz, CA 95060, to conduct
2. Participants will evaluate proposed Julia Harrison,
research on captive marine mammals.
data and select species for further Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
ADDRESSES: The permit and related Office of Protected Resources, National
analysis. documents are available for review
3. Using datasets selected, Marine Fisheries Service.
upon written request or by appointment [FR Doc. 2015–24975 Filed 10–1–15; 8:45 am]
participants will develop population
in the Permits and Conservation
models using data-limited BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
methodologies to evaluate stock status,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
estimate population benchmarks and
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
management criteria, and project future
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
conditions.
4. Participants will recommend the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Oceanic and Atmospheric
most appropriate methods and Jennifer Skidmore or Amy Sloan, (301) Administration
configurations for determining stock 427–8401.
Sanctuary System Business Advisory
status and estimating population SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July
Council: Public Meeting
parameters. 28, 2015, notice was published in the
Although non-emergency issues not Federal Register (80 FR 44938) that a AGENCY: Office of National Marine
contained in this agenda may come request for a scientific research permit Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
before this group for discussion, those had been submitted by the above-named Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
issues may not be the subject of formal applicant. The requested permit has Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
action during this meeting. Action will been issued under the authority of the Department of Commerce (DOC).
be restricted to those issues specifically Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
identified in this notice and any issues as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
arising after publication of this notice regulations governing the taking and SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a
that require emergency action under importing of marine mammals (50 CFR meeting of the Sanctuary System
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens part 216), the Endangered Species Act of Business Advisory Council (Council).
Fishery Conservation and Management 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 The meeting is open to the public, and
Act, provided the public has been et seq.), the regulations governing the participants may provide comments at
notified of the intent to take final action taking, importing, and exporting of the appropriate time during the meeting.
to address the emergency. endangered and threatened species (50 DATES: The meeting will be held
CFR parts 222–226), and the Fur Seal Monday, October 19, 2015, from 9:00
Special Accommodations a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. An opportunity
Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151
This meeting is physically accessible et seq.). for public comment will be provided at
to people with disabilities. Requests for 4:35 p.m. EDT. These times and the
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The permit authorizes research
sign language interpretation or other activities to compare the energetic and agenda topics described below are
auxiliary aids should be directed to the cardiovascular responses and diving subject to change.
Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least physiology of odontocetes and ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
10 business days prior to each pinnipeds to determine key the New England Aquarium’s
workshop. physiological factors including captive Harborside Learning Lab. The lab is
Note: The times and sequence specified in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops located on the ground floor of the
this agenda are subject to change. truncatus) and temporarily held non- Boston Harbor Garage, which is located

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adjacent to the Aquarium at 70 E India DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Regional Programs and Data Needs and
Row, Boston, MA 02110. associated appendices presenting
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Council, State, Commission and partner
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Administration research, monitoring and data needs.
Rebecca Holyoke, Office of National
RIN 0648–XE195 Other status reports will focus on
Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 East West
regional ecosystem modelling, threats to
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South EFH, and EFH updates associated with
20910. (Phone: 301–713–7264, Fax:
Atlantic Fishery Management Council; FEP II development.
301–713–0404; email: rebecca.holyoke@ Public Meeting
noaa.gov). Special Accommodations
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONMS Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and The meeting is physically accessible
serves as the trustee for 14 marine Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to people with disabilities. Requests for
protected areas encompassing more than Commerce. auxiliary aids should be directed to the
170,000 square miles of ocean and Great council office (see ADDRESSES) 5 days
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
Lakes waters from the Hawaiian Islands prior to the meeting.
to the Florida Keys, and from Lake SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery
Huron to American Samoa. National Note: The times and sequence specified in
Management Council will hold a
marine sanctuaries protect our Nation’s this agenda are subject to change.
meeting of its Habitat Protection and
most vital coastal and marine natural Ecosystem-Based Management (Habitat) Dated: September 29, 2015.
and cultural resources, and through Advisory Panel (AP) in N. Charleston,
Tracey L. Thompson,
active research, management, and SC. The meeting is open to the public.
public engagement, sustain healthy Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
DATES: The meeting will be held from 9
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
environments that are the foundation for a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
[FR Doc. 2015–25111 Filed 10–1–15; 8:45 am]
thriving communities and stable November 17, 2015, and from 9 a.m.
economies. One of the many ways until 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, November BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

ONMS ensures public participation in 18, 2015.
the designation and management of ADDRESSES:
national marine sanctuaries is through Meeting address: The meeting will be
the formation of advisory councils. The COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
held at the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Sanctuary System Business Advisory and Resources Institute (FWRI), Florida Commission of Fine Arts Notice of
Council (Council) has been formed to Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Meeting
provide advice and recommendations to Commission, 100 8th Ave. SE., 3370, St.
the Director regarding the relationship Petersburg, FL; telephone: (727) 896– The next meeting of the U.S.
of the ONMS with the business 8626. Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled
community. Additional information on Council address: South Atlantic
for 15 October 2015, at 9:00 a.m. in the
the Council can be found at http:// Fishery Management Council, 4055
Commission offices at the National
sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/ Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.
Charleston, SC 29405. Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary
welcome.html. Square, 401 F Street NW., Washington
Matters To Be Considered: The FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
DC, 20001–2728. Items of discussion
meeting will provide an opportunity for Iverson, Public Information Officer,
may include buildings, parks and
council representatives to hear how the South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite memorials.
ONMS is defining its strategic vision, Draft agendas and additional
201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; phone:
planning for its 50th anniversary, and information regarding the Commission
(843) 571–4366 or toll free: (866)
continuing on a path to engage users
SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; email: are available on our Web site:
and the public in general through new
kim.iverson@safmc.net. www.cfa.nov. Inquiries regarding the
initiatives, techniques, and content.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to agenda and requests to submit written
Advisory council representatives will be
be addressed or sessions to be or oral statements should be addressed
asked to provide feedback on recent and
conducted during the Habitat AP to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U S
new outreach and strategic campaigns
meeting include but not limited to: The Commission of Fine Arts, at the above
and initiatives. The agenda is subject to
review and completion of a redrafted address; by emailing cfastaff@cfa.gov; or
change. The agenda is available at
Council Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) by calling 202–504–2200. Individuals
http:// Policy Statement on Energy Exploration, requiring sign language interpretation
beta2.w1.sanctuaries.woc.noaa.gov/ Development and Transportation; a for the hearing impaired should contact
management/bac/meetings.html. presentation on the Florida Artificial the Secretary at least 10 days before the
Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq. Reef Program and discussion on the meeting date.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog developing Artificial Reef Policy
Statement; a roundtable discussion on Dated 21 September 2015, in Washington,
Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program) DC.
issues associated with South Atlantic
Dated: September 10, 2015. Thomas Luebke,
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Climate Variability and Fisheries and
John Armor, South Atlantic Food Webs and Secretary.
Acting Director, Office of National Marine Connectivity for possible future policy [FR Doc. 2015–24448 Filed 10–1–15; 8:45 am]
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, statement development; and a Panel BILLING CODE 6330–01–M
National Oceanic and Atmospheric member working session highlighting
Administration. regional research program activities and
[FR Doc. 2015–25096 Filed 10–1–15; 8:45 am] facilitating the update of Volume V of
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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of open meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held Monday, October 19, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. An opportunity for public comment will be provided at 4:35 p.m. EDT. These times and the agenda topics described below are subject to change.
Contact		Rebecca Holyoke, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301-713-7264, Fax: 301-713-0404; email: [email protected]).
FR Citation		80 FR 59738

80 FR 59738 - Sanctuary System Business Advisory Council: Public Meeting

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