80 FR 65214 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 206 (October 26, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-27132

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Collaborative Research Committee will hold a public meeting.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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 (Council) 
Collaborative Research Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, from 9 a.m. 
to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Webinar connection 
details will be available at: http://www.mafmc.org.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or 
on their Web site at www.mafmc.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 
526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council has undertaken a short-term 
collaborative research initiative and intends to provide funding for 
several projects that address specific, Council-defined collaborative 
research topics pertaining to mid-Atlantic fisheries. The purpose of 
this Collaborative Research Committee meeting is to develop a list of 
4-6 research priorities which will be used to guide the solicitation of 
proposals and selection of projects to receive funding. A detailed 
agenda and background documents will be made available on the Council's 
Web site (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should 
be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior 
to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 21, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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10. Reporting an Injured or Dead Marine ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held Portland District (Corps) for
Mammal Not Related to the Society’s via webinar. Webinar connection details authorization to take marine mammals
Activities will be available at: http:// incidental to the rehabilitation of the
In the event that the Society discovers www.mafmc.org. jetty system at the mouth of the
an injured or dead marine mammal, and Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Columbia River (MCR) including the
the lead visual observer determines that Management Council, 800 N. State North Jetty, South Jetty, and Jetty A. The
the injury or death is not associated Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; Corps is requesting a Letter of
with or related to the authorized telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their Authorization (LOA) for pile installation
activities (e.g., previously wounded Web site at www.mafmc.org. and removal associated with
animal, carcass with moderate to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: construction of temporary offloading
advanced decomposition, or scavenger Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive facilities at the North Jetty, South Jetty,
damage), the Society will report the Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery and Jetty A over the course of 5 years;
incident to the Chief, Permits and Management Council, telephone: (302) approximately September 2017 through
Conservation Division, Office of 526–5255. August 2022. Pursuant to regulations
Protected Resources, at 301–427–8401 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The implementing the Marine Mammal
and the Assistant Western Regional Council has undertaken a short-term Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is
Stranding Coordinator at (562) 980– collaborative research initiative and announcing receipt of the Corps’ request
3264, within 24 hours of the discovery. intends to provide funding for several for the development and
The Society’s staff will provide projects that address specific, Council- implementation of regulations
photographs or video footage (if defined collaborative research topics governing the incidental taking of
available) or other documentation of the pertaining to mid-Atlantic fisheries. The marine mammals and inviting
stranded animal sighting to us. purpose of this Collaborative Research information, suggestions, and comments
11. This Authorization may be Committee meeting is to develop a list on the Corps’ application and request.
modified, suspended or withdrawn if of 4–6 research priorities which will be DATES: Comments and information must
the holder fails to abide by the used to guide the solicitation of be received no later than November 25,
conditions prescribed herein, or if the proposals and selection of projects to 2015.
authorized taking is having a more than receive funding. A detailed agenda and ADDRESSES: Comments on the
a negligible impact on the species or background documents will be made application should be addressed to Jolie
stock of affected marine mammals. available on the Council’s Web site Harrison, Chief, Permits and
Request for Public Comments (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting. Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
NMFS requests comments on our Special Accommodations Fisheries Service. Physical comments
analysis, the draft authorization, and The meeting is physically accessible should be sent to 1315 East-West
any other aspect of this notice of to people with disabilities. Requests for Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 and
proposed Authorization for the sign language interpretation or other electronic comments should be sent to
proposed activities. Please include any auxiliary aid should be directed to M. ITP.Pauline@noaa.gov.
supporting data or literature citations Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
with your comments to help inform our 5 days prior to the meeting date. for comments sent by any other method,
final decision on the Society’s request to any other address or individual, or
for an Authorization. Dated: October 21, 2015.
received after the end of the comment
Tracey L. Thompson,
Dated: October 20, 2015. period. Comments received
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Perry F. Gayaldo, electronically, including all
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Deputy Director, Office of Protected attachments, must not exceed a 25-
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Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. megabyte file size. Attachments to
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[FR Doc. 2015–27117 Filed 10–23–15; 8:45 am] electronic comments will be accepted in
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
file formats only. All comments
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received are a part of the public record
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric and will generally be posted to the
Administration Internet at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric pr/permits/incidental/construction.htm
Administration RIN 0648–XE252 without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address)
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting Specified Activities; Rehabilitation of
may be publicly accessible. Do not
the Jetty System at the Mouth of the
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries submit confidential business
Columbia River, Washington and
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and information or otherwise sensitive or
Oregon
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), protected information.
Commerce. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Pauline, Office of Protected
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ACTION: Notice; public meeting. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Commerce. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Management Council’s (Council) ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
Collaborative Research Committee will Availability
letter of authorization; request for
hold a public meeting. comments and information. A copy of the Corps’ application may
DATES: The meeting will be held on be obtained by writing to the address
Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 12 SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request specified above (see ADDRESSES),
p.m. from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, telephoning the contact listed above (see

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice; public meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Contact		Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526-5255.
FR Citation		80 FR 65214

80 FR 65214 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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