80 FR 79029 - Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 243 (December 18, 2015)

Page Range		79029-79029
FR Document		2015-31860

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold eight public hearings and a webinar to solicit public comments on Shrimp Amendment 17A.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE365


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public hearings and webinar.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold eight public hearings and a webinar to solicit public comments on 
Shrimp Amendment 17A.

DATES: The public hearings will be held January 5-14, 2016. The 
meetings will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude no later than 9 p.m. 
For specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Written 
public comments must be received on or before 5 p.m. EST on Friday, 
January 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The public documents can be obtained by contacting the Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, 
Tampa, FL 33607; (813) 348-1630 or on their Web site at 
www.gulfcouncil.org.
    Meeting addresses: The public hearings will be held in Ft. Myers 
and Tampa, FL; Palacios and Brownsville, TX; Biloxi, MS; Tillman's 
Corner, AL, Houma and Gretna, LA, and one webinar. For specific 
locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Public comments: Comments may be submitted online through the Gulf 
Council's public portal by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on 
``CONTACT US''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Gregory, Executive Director, 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the following eight hearings 
and one webinar are as follows: Council staff will brief the public on 
Amendment 17A to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan. Shrimp Amendment 
17A includes two actions. The first action addresses the expiration of 
the Federal shrimp permit moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico. The second 
action addresses the royal red shrimp endorsement currently required to 
harvest royal red shrimp from the Gulf EEZ. Staff will then open the 
meeting for questions and public comments. The schedule is as follows:

Locations, Schedules, and Agendas

    Tuesday, January 5, 2016, Webinar--6 p.m. EST; register to 
participate at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3167341526669430786
    Wednesday, January 6, 2016, Hampton Inn & Suites, 4350 Executive 
Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33916; telephone: (239) 931-5300.
    Thursday, January 7, 2016, Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore Hotel, 
2225 North Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 877-6688.
    Monday, January 11, 2016, Port of Palacios, 1602 Main Street, 
Palacios, TX 77465; telephone: (361) 972-5556; IP Casino and Resort, 
850 Bayview Avenue, Biloxi, MS; telephone: (228) 436-3000.
    Tuesday, January 12, 2016, Courtyard by Marriott, 3955 North 
Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78520; telephone: (956) 350-4600; Holiday 
Inn Mobile, 5465 Highway 90 West, Mobile, AL 33619; telephone: (251) 
666-5600.
    Wednesday, January 13, 2016, Courtyard by Marriott, 142 Library 
Drive, Houma, LA 70360; telephone: (985) 223-8996.
    Thursday, January 14, 2016, Holiday Inn New Orleans Westbank, 275 
Whitney Avenue, Gretna, LA 70053; telephone: (504) 366-8535.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Kathy Pereira (see ADDRESSES), at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: December 15, 2015.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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and weighing programs for grains and DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Locations, Schedules, and Agendas
other agricultural commodities. Under Tuesday, January 5, 2016, Webinar—
the USGSA and AMA, Grain Inspection, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
6 p.m. EST; register to participate at
the Packers and Stockyard Administration
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/
Administration’s (GIPSA) Federal Grain register/3167341526669430786
Inspection Service (FGIS) offers RIN 0648–XE365 Wednesday, January 6, 2016,
inspecting, weighing, grading, quality Hampton Inn & Suites, 4350 Executive
assurance, and certification services for Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33916; telephone:
Council; Public Meetings (239) 931–5300.
a user-fee to facilitate the efficient
marketing of grain, oilseeds, rice, lentils, AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Thursday, January 7, 2016, Hilton
dry peas, edible beans, and related Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Tampa Airport Westshore Hotel, 2225
agricultural commodities in the global Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), North Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607;
marketplace. The goal of FGIS and the Commerce. telephone: (813) 877–6688.
official inspection, grading, and ACTION: Notice; public hearings and
Monday, January 11, 2016, Port of
weighing system is to provide timely, webinar. Palacios, 1602 Main Street, Palacios, TX
high-quality, accurate, consistent, and 77465; telephone: (361) 972–5556; IP
professional services that facilitates the SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Casino and Resort, 850 Bayview
orderly marketing of grain and related Management Council (Council) will Avenue, Biloxi, MS; telephone: (228)
hold eight public hearings and a 436–3000.
commodities. FGIS will collect
webinar to solicit public comments on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, Courtyard
information using a link to the survey by Marriott, 3955 North Expressway,
available on its main Web site. Shrimp Amendment 17A.
DATES: The public hearings will be held
Brownsville, TX 78520; telephone: (956)
Need and Use of the Information: The 350–4600; Holiday Inn Mobile, 5465
January 5–14, 2016. The meetings will
survey is separated into two parts, begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude no Highway 90 West, Mobile, AL 33619;
customers and non-customers. FGIS is later than 9 p.m. For specific dates and telephone: (251) 666–5600.
seeking feedback from customers to times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Wednesday, January 13, 2016,
evaluate the services provided by the Written public comments must be Courtyard by Marriott, 142 Library
official inspection, grading, and received on or before 5 p.m. EST on Drive, Houma, LA 70360; telephone:
weighing programs. Information Friday, January 15, 2016. (985) 223–8996.
collected will help to determine where Thursday, January 14, 2016, Holiday
ADDRESSES: The public documents can Inn New Orleans Westbank, 275
and to what extent services are be obtained by contacting the Gulf of
satisfactory, and where and to what Whitney Avenue, Gretna, LA 70053;
Mexico Fishery Management Council, telephone: (504) 366–8535.
extent they can be improved. FGIS will 2203 N. Lois Avenue, Suite 1100,
collect information from entities, such Tampa, FL 33607; (813) 348–1630 or on Special Accommodations
as potential customers or industry their Web site at www.gulfcouncil.org. These meetings are physically
representatives that are not currently Meeting addresses: The public accessible to people with disabilities.
utilizing FGIS services. Information hearings will be held in Ft. Myers and Requests for sign language
collected from non-customers will assist Tampa, FL; Palacios and Brownsville, interpretation or other auxiliary aids
FGIS in fully meeting the domestic and TX; Biloxi, MS; Tillman’s Corner, AL, should be directed to Kathy Pereira (see
international needs of the grain industry Houma and Gretna, LA, and one ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days
as they evolve. The information will be webinar. For specific locations, see prior to the meeting date.
shared with other managers and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
program leaders who will be responsible Public comments: Comments may be
for making any necessary improvements submitted online through the Gulf Dated: December 15, 2015.
at the office/agency, program, and Council’s public portal by visiting Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
project level. www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
‘‘CONTACT US’’. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Description of Respondents: Business [FR Doc. 2015–31860 Filed 12–17–15; 8:45 am]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal
Government Douglas Gregory, Executive Director, BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Number of Respondents: 1,100. Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Annually. agenda for the following eight hearings National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Total Burden Hours: 113. and one webinar are as follows: Council Administration
staff will brief the public on
Charlene Parker, Amendment 17A to the Shrimp Fishery RIN 0648–XE352
Departmental Information Collection Management Plan. Shrimp Amendment
Clearance Officer. 17A includes two actions. The first National Saltwater Angler Registry
action addresses the expiration of the Program
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BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P Federal shrimp permit moratorium in AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
the Gulf of Mexico. The second action Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
addresses the royal red shrimp Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
endorsement currently required to Commerce.
harvest royal red shrimp from the Gulf ACTION: Notice.
EEZ. Staff will then open the meeting
for questions and public comments. The SUMMARY: NMFS has established an
schedule is as follows: annual fee of twenty-nine dollars

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice; public hearings and webinar.
Dates		The public hearings will be held January 5-14, 2016. The meetings will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude no later than 9 p.m. For specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Written public comments must be received on or before 5 p.m. EST on Friday, January 15, 2016.
Contact		Douglas Gregory, Executive Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
FR Citation		80 FR 79029
RIN Number		0648-XE36

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