80_FR_67945 80 FR 67733 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

80 FR 67733 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 212 (November 3, 2015)

Page Range67733-67734
FR Document2015-27950

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 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 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67733-67734]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27950]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE287


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 Scallop Advisory Panel on Wednesday, 
November 18, 2015, 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: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 
Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: (401) 739-3000; fax: (401) 
732-9309.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    The Advisory Panel will review Amendment 19 alternatives, analyses, 
and public comments received to date and make final recommendations. 
Amendment 19 was developed to consider measures to better align fishery 
allocations with the start of the scallop fishing year. The Advisory 
Panel will also review Framework 27 alternatives and analyses and make 
final recommendations. Framework 27 was developed to consider fishery 
allocations for fishing year 2016 and default measures for fishing year 
2017. They will also review progress to date and potentially provide 
input on a future Council sponsored workshop related to concerns raised 
about inshore scallop fishing patterns. Finally, the Advisory Panel 
will review and potentially provide input on draft guidance prepared by 
NMFS related to the Magnuson Act requirement to evaluate limited access 
privilege programs within five years after adoption. Other business may 
be discussed, if time permits.

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.


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    Dated: October 29, 2015.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-27950 Filed 11-2-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                  Special Accommodations                                  a presentation on the results from                    Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                    This meeting is physically accessible                 Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s                  Commerce.
                                                  to people with disabilities. Requests for               bioeconomic model for recreational                    ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
                                                  sign language interpretation or other                   fisheries in the Gulf of Maine. The
                                                                                                          committee also plans to consider                      SUMMARY:   The New England Fishery
                                                  auxiliary aids should be directed to                                                                          Management Council (Council) is
                                                  Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at                  recommendations from the Groundfish
                                                                                                          Advisory Panel, regarding FW 55 and                   scheduling a public meeting of its
                                                  (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to                                                                      Scallop Advisory Panel on Wednesday,
                                                  the meeting date.                                       2016 Council priorities. They will also
                                                                                                          consider recommendations from the                     November 18, 2015, to consider actions
                                                     Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.                    Recreational Advisory Panel (RAP),                    affecting New England fisheries in the
                                                    Dated: October 29, 2015.                              regarding FW 55, FY 2016 Gulf of Maine                exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
                                                  Jeffrey N. Lonergan,                                    cod and Gulf of Maine haddock                         Recommendations from this group will
                                                                                                          recreational measures, and 2016 Council               be brought to the full Council for formal
                                                  Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
                                                  Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.           priorities. The committee also plans to               consideration and action, if appropriate.
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–27951 Filed 11–2–15; 8:45 am]             develop recommendations to the                        DATES: The meeting will be held on
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                  Council regarding preferred alternatives              Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at 9
                                                                                                          in FW 55, FY 2016 recreational                        a.m.
                                                                                                          measures, and 2016 Council priorities.                ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  Also on the agenda is to discuss                      the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 Post
                                                                                                          GARFO’s Recreational Implementation                   Road, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone:
                                                  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                        Plan, review RAP recommendations to                   (401) 739–3000; fax: (401) 732–9309.
                                                  Administration                                          the Committee, and develop                               Council address: New England
                                                  RIN 0648–XE278                                          recommendations to the Council. They                  Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
                                                                                                          will also discuss other business as                   Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
                                                  New England Fishery Management                          necessary.                                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Council; Public Meeting                                    Although non-emergency issues not                  Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
                                                                                                          contained in this agenda may come                     New England Fishery Management
                                                  AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                      before this group for discussion, those               Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
                                                  Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                    issues may not be the subject of formal               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                      action during this meeting. Action will
                                                  Commerce.                                               be restricted to those issues specifically            Agenda
                                                  ACTION: Notice; public meeting.                         listed in this notice and any issues                     The Advisory Panel will review
                                                                                                          arising after publication of this notice              Amendment 19 alternatives, analyses,
                                                  SUMMARY:   The New England Fishery                      that require emergency action under                   and public comments received to date
                                                  Management Council (Council) is                         section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens                and make final recommendations.
                                                  scheduling a public meeting of its                      Act, provided the public has been                     Amendment 19 was developed to
                                                  Groundfish Committee to consider                        notified of the Council’s intent to take              consider measures to better align fishery
                                                  actions affecting New England fisheries                 final action to address the emergency.                allocations with the start of the scallop
                                                  in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
                                                                                                          Special Accommodations                                fishing year. The Advisory Panel will
                                                  Recommendations from this group will
                                                                                                                                                                also review Framework 27 alternatives
                                                  be brought to the full Council for formal                 This meeting is physically accessible               and analyses and make final
                                                  consideration and action, if appropriate.               to people with disabilities. Requests for             recommendations. Framework 27 was
                                                  DATES: This meeting will be held on                     sign language interpretation or other                 developed to consider fishery
                                                  Wednesday, November 18, 2015,                           auxiliary aids should be directed to                  allocations for fishing year 2016 and
                                                  at 9 a.m.                                               Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at                default measures for fishing year 2017.
                                                  ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at                  (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to              They will also review progress to date
                                                  the Radisson Hotel Providence Airport,                  the meeting date.                                     and potentially provide input on a
                                                  2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;                        Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.                   future Council sponsored workshop
                                                  phone: (401) 739–3000; fax: (401) 732–                                                                        related to concerns raised about inshore
                                                  9309.                                                     Dated: October 29, 2015.
                                                                                                                                                                scallop fishing patterns. Finally, the
                                                     Council address: New England                         Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
                                                                                                                                                                Advisory Panel will review and
                                                  Fishery Management Council, 50 Water                    Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable         potentially provide input on draft
                                                  Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.                  Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
                                                                                                                                                                guidance prepared by NMFS related to
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2015–27949 Filed 11–2–15; 8:45 am]           the Magnuson Act requirement to
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,                     BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                evaluate limited access privilege
                                                  New England Fishery Management                                                                                programs within five years after
                                                  Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.                                                                           adoption. Other business may be
                                                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                discussed, if time permits.
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                                                  Agenda                                                  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                      Special Accommodations
                                                                                                          Administration                                          This meeting is physically accessible
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                                                     The committee will receive an
                                                  overview from the Groundfish Plan                                                                             to people with disabilities. Requests for
                                                                                                          RIN 0648–XE287                                        sign language interpretation or other
                                                  Development Team (PDT) on draft
                                                  alternatives in Framework Adjustment                                                                          auxiliary aids should be directed to
                                                                                                          New England Fishery Management                        Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
                                                  55 (FW 55) specifications, changes to                   Council; Public Meeting
                                                  the groundfish monitoring program, and                                                                        (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
                                                  other management measures and draft                     AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                    the meeting date.
                                                  impacts analysis. They will also review                 Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.



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                                                  67734                      Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 212 / Tuesday, November 3, 2015 / Notices

                                                    Dated: October 29, 2015.                              received on or before November 18,                    the statute prior to institution, and the
                                                  Jeffrey N. Lonergan,                                    2015.                                                 USPTO believes it is prudent to explore
                                                  Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable           ADDRESSES: Comments must be sent by                   other potentially more efficient options,
                                                  Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.           electronic mail message over the                      especially given that the number of
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–27950 Filed 11–2–15; 8:45 am]             Internet addressed to: PTABTrialPilot@                petitions filed may continue to increase.
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                  uspto.gov.                                               To date and currently, the agency has
                                                                                                             Electronic comments submitted in                   intended to meet the resource demands
                                                                                                          plain text are preferred, but also may be             on the PTAB due to both AIA post grant
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  submitted in ADOBE® portable                          proceedings and ex parte appeals by
                                                                                                          document format or MICROSOFT                          hiring additional judges. Even with
                                                  United States Patent and Trademark                      WORD® format. The comments will be                    continued hiring, however, increases in
                                                  Office                                                  available for viewing via the USPTO’s                 filings and the growing number of cases
                                                  [Docket No.: PTO–P–2015–0055]                           Internet Web site (http://www.                        may strain the PTAB’s continuing
                                                                                                          uspto.gov). Because comments will be                  ability to make timely decisions and
                                                  Proposed Pilot Program Exploring an                     made available for public inspection,                 meet statutory deadlines. Therefore, the
                                                  Alternative Approach to Institution                     information that the submitter does not               agency wishes to explore and gain data
                                                  Decisions in Post Grant Administrative                  desire to make public, such as an                     on a potentially more efficient
                                                  Reviews; Reopening of Period for                        address or phone number, should not be                alternative to the current three-judge
                                                  Comments                                                included in the comments.                             institution model. Having a single judge
                                                                                                                                                                decide whether to institute trial in a
                                                  AGENCY:  United States Patent and                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                                post grant proceeding, instead of a panel
                                                  Trademark Office, Commerce.                             Scott R. Boalick, Vice Chief
                                                                                                                                                                of three judges, would allow more
                                                  ACTION: Request for comments;                           Administrative Patent Judge by
                                                                                                                                                                judges to be available to attend to other
                                                  reopening of comment period.                            telephone at (571) 272–9797.
                                                                                                                                                                matters, such as reducing the ex parte
                                                                                                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The first                  appeal backlog and handling more post
                                                  SUMMARY:     The United States Patent and               petitions for AIA post grant                          grant proceedings. The request for
                                                  Trademark Office (USPTO) is requesting                  administrative trials were filed on                   comments on the proposed pilot
                                                  comments on a proposed pilot program                    September 16, 2012. Since then, over                  indicated that written comments must
                                                  pertaining to the institution and                       3,600 petitions have been filed, and over
                                                  conduct of the post grant administrative                                                                      be received on or before October 26,
                                                                                                          1,500 trials have been instituted. The                2015. See id. at 51540. In view of
                                                  trials provided for in the Leahy-Smith                  USPTO has thus far been able to meet
                                                  America Invents Act (AIA), Public Law                                                                         stakeholder requests for additional time
                                                                                                          the demands placed on its resources                   to submit comments on the new
                                                  112–29, 125 Stat. 284 (2011). The AIA                   created by the unexpectedly heavy
                                                  provides for the following post grant                                                                         administrative trial proceedings, the
                                                                                                          workload. The Patent Trial and Appeal                 USPTO is now extending the period for
                                                  administrative trials: Inter Partes                     Board (PTAB) has issued over 2,200
                                                  Review (IPR), Post-Grant Review (PGR),                                                                        public comment until November 18,
                                                                                                          decisions on institution and over 450                 2015.
                                                  and Covered Business Method Patent                      final written decisions. In three-plus
                                                  Review (CBM). The USPTO currently                                                                               Dated: October 29, 2015.
                                                                                                          years, the PTAB has not missed one
                                                  has a panel of three Administrative                     statutory or regulatory deadline. At the              Michelle K. Lee,
                                                  Patent Judges (APJs) decide whether to                  same time, the PTAB has reduced the                   Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
                                                  institute a trial, and then normally has                backlog of ex parte appeals.                          Property and Director of the United States
                                                  the same three-APJ panel conduct the                       Notwithstanding the success-to-date,               Patent and Trademark Office.
                                                  trial, if instituted. The USPTO is                      the USPTO is proactively looking for                  [FR Doc. 2015–28107 Filed 11–2–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  considering a pilot program under                       ways to enhance its operations for the                BILLING CODE 3510–16–P
                                                  which the determination of whether to                   benefit of its stakeholders and therefore
                                                  institute an IPR will be made by a single               is interested in exploring alternative
                                                  APJ, with two additional APJs being                     approaches that might improve its                     DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
                                                  assigned to the IPR if a trial is instituted.           efficiency in handling AIA post grant
                                                  Under this pilot program, any IPR trial                 proceedings while being fair to both                  Notice Inviting Postsecondary
                                                  will be conducted by a panel of three                   sides and continuing to provide high                  Educational Institutions To Participate
                                                  APJs, two of whom were not involved                     quality decisions. Based upon                         in Experiments Under the Experimental
                                                  in the determination to institute the IPR.              comments received from the public                     Sites Initiative; Federal Student
                                                  The USPTO published a request for                       through public fora and formal requests,              Financial Assistance Programs Under
                                                  comments in the Federal Register on                     the agency is considering a pilot                     Title IV of the Higher Education Act of
                                                  August 25, 2015, seeking public                         program to test changing how the                      1965, as Amended
                                                  comment on a proposed pilot program                     institution phase of a post grant                     AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary
                                                  pertaining to the institution and                       proceeding is handled.                                Education, Department of Education.
                                                  conduct of these post grant                                Once trial is instituted, the AIA                  ACTION: Notice.
                                                  administrative trial proceedings. See                   mandates that the resulting trial be
                                                  Request for Comments on a Proposed                      conducted before a three-member panel                 SUMMARY:    The Secretary invites
                                                  Pilot Program Exploring an Alternative                  of the PTAB. Generally, under current                 postsecondary institutions (institutions)
                                                  Approach to Institution Decisions in
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                                                                                                          practice, the same panel of three APJs                that participate in the student financial
                                                  Post Grant Administrative Reviews, 80                   decides whether to institute and, if                  assistance programs authorized under
                                                  FR 51540 (Aug. 25, 2015). The USPTO                     instituted, handles the remainder of the              title IV of the Higher Education Act of
                                                  is now extending the period for public                  proceeding, much like how federal                     1965, as amended (HEA), to apply to
                                                  comment until November 18, 2015.                        district court judges handle cases                    participate in a new institution-based
                                                  DATES: Comment Deadline Date: Written                   through motions to dismiss, summary                   experiment under the Experimental
                                                  comments on the notice published                        judgment, and trial. But a three-judge                Sites Initiative (ESI). Under the ESI, the
                                                  August 15, 2015 (80 FR 51540) must be                   panel of the PTAB is not required under               Secretary has authority to grant waivers


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; public meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, at 9 a.m.
ContactThomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
FR Citation80 FR 67733 
RIN Number0648-XE28

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