81 FR 11518 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Hearings

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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 43 (March 4, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-04858

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public hearings for the Council's Blueline Tilefish Amendment.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 43 (Friday, March 4, 2016)

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[FR Doc No: 2016-04858]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Hearings

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

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold public hearings for the Council's Blueline Tilefish Amendment.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, 
March 30, 2016. The hearings will be held between March 21, 2016 and 
March 29, 2016 as described below.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent by any of the following 
methods:
     Email to the following address: [email protected]; Include 
``Blueline Tilefish Comments'' in the subject line;
     Mail or hand deliver to Dr. Christopher M. Moore, 
Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware 19901. Mark the outside of the 
envelope ``Blueline Tilefish Comments''; or
     Fax to (302) 674-5399.
    There will be four hearings with the following dates/times/
locations:
    1. Monday March 21, 2016, 6 p.m. Dare County Administration 
Building, Commissioners Meeting Room, 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive, 
Manteo, NC 27954; telephone: (252) 475-5700.
    2. Tuesday March 22, 2016, 7 p.m. Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 
3001 Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451; telephone: (757) 213-3001.
    3. Monday, March 28, 2016, 7 p.m. Hilton Suites Oceanfront, 3200 
Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, MD 21842; telephone: (410) 289-6444.
    4. Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 7 p.m. Hilton Garden Inn Lakewood, 1885 
Route 70, Lakewood, NJ 08701; telephone: (732) 262-5232.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
Web site: 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 initiated an amendment to 
the Golden Tilefish Fishery Management Plan to begin management and 
conservation of blueline tilefish in the Mid-Atlantic. Measures include 
options for establishing a Mid-Atlantic blueline tilefish unit, 
establishing status determination criteria, commercial/for-hire/private 
permitting and reporting, establishment of a monitoring committee, 
framework adjustment procedures, specification process (including risk 
policy), commercial/recreational allocations, commercial/recreational 
trip/possession limits, essential fish habitat designation, and catch 
accountability measures. A public hearing document will be posted to 
the Council's Web site, www.mafmc.org, on or before March 14, 2916. The 
Council will consider the public's comments and testimony at its April 
2016 Council Meeting, when it will take final action regarding adding 
blueline tilefish to the Golden Tilefish Fishery Management Plan.

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Special Accommodations

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

    Dated: March 1, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Dated: February 25, 2016. recovery plans that are effective ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
Gregory W. Campbell, roadmaps for recovering the species as sent by any of the following methods:
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, evidenced by whether the plans are • Email to the following address:
Enforcement and Compliance. being implemented by NMFS and jdidden@mafmc.org; Include ‘‘Blueline
[FR Doc. 2016–04843 Filed 3–3–16; 8:45 am] stakeholders, resulting in progress Tilefish Comments’’ in the subject line;
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P towards meeting the recovery criteria so • Mail or hand deliver to Dr.
that the species may be delisted. This Christopher M. Moore, Executive
review will evaluate, within the context Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE of current budget constraints, the Management Council, 800 North State
efficacy of the recovery planning Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware
National Oceanic and Atmospheric process, including the quality of the 19901. Mark the outside of the envelope
Administration recovery plans, the implementation of ‘‘Blueline Tilefish Comments’’; or
recovery actions, and the monitoring of • Fax to (302) 674–5399.
RIN 0648–XE479 There will be four hearings with the
recovery progress. This review will
provide recommendations to improve following dates/times/locations:
Endangered Species Act; Public 1. Monday March 21, 2016, 6 p.m.
Meeting recovery plans and the recovery
Dare County Administration Building,
planning and implementation process to
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Commissioners Meeting Room, 954
increase the likelihood of recovering
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Marshall C. Collins Drive, Manteo, NC
species.
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 27954; telephone: (252) 475–5700.
The meeting is open to the public all
Commerce. 2. Tuesday March 22, 2016, 7 p.m.
day, and the public will have an
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 3001
opportunity to provide verbal or written Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451;
comments in one-hour sessions each telephone: (757) 213–3001.
SUMMARY: We, NMFS, announce a day. Exact times for the public comment
public meeting of a review of our 3. Monday, March 28, 2016, 7 p.m.
sessions are not known, but will be Hilton Suites Oceanfront, 3200
recovery program under the Endangered scheduled after 2 p.m. each day.
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, MD 21842;
The purpose of the review is to ensure Special Accommodations telephone: (410) 289–6444.
that recovery program priorities and 4. Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 7 p.m.
This public meeting is physically Hilton Garden Inn Lakewood, 1885
implementation are aligned with accessible to people with disabilities.
resources and mission mandates; Route 70, Lakewood, NJ 08701;
Requests for sign language telephone: (732) 262–5232.
enhance and align strategic management interpretation or other accommodations Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
of NMFS regulatory programs; and should be directed to Therese Conant Management Council, 800 N. State
provide transparency in the operation of (see ADDRESSES) as soon as possible, but Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
NMFS recovery program. no later than 7 business days prior to telephone: (302) 674–2331; Web site:
DATES: The meeting will be held the meeting date. www.mafmc.org.
Tuesday April 19, 2016, through Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Thursday April 21, 2016, at 9 a.m. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: February 29, 2016. Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Angela Somma, Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
the NOAA Science Center, 1301 East- Management Council, telephone: (302)
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 526–5255.
of Protected Resources, National Marine
20910; phone: 301–713–1010. Fisheries Service. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [FR Doc. 2016–04793 Filed 3–3–16; 8:45 am] Council has initiated an amendment to
Therese Conant, NMFS Office of BILLING CODE 3510–22–P the Golden Tilefish Fishery
Protected Resources, 301–427–8456. Management Plan to begin management
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the and conservation of blueline tilefish in
ESA, section 4(f) requires the Secretary DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the Mid-Atlantic. Measures include
to develop and implement recovery options for establishing a Mid-Atlantic
plans for the conservation and survival National Oceanic and Atmospheric blueline tilefish unit, establishing status
of endangered and threatened species. Administration determination criteria, commercial/for-
Those recovery plans must include hire/private permitting and reporting,
objective, measurable criteria which, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
establishment of a monitoring
when met, would lead to a Council (MAFMC); Public Hearings
committee, framework adjustment
determination that the species be AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries procedures, specification process
removed from the list, site-specific Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and (including risk policy), commercial/
management actions necessary to Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), recreational allocations, commercial/
achieve the plan’s goal for the Commerce. recreational trip/possession limits,
conservation of the species, and ACTION: Notice of public hearings. essential fish habitat designation, and
estimates of the time and costs to carry catch accountability measures. A public
out the measures identified in the plan. SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery hearing document will be posted to the
We currently have final recovery Management Council (Council) will Council’s Web site, www.mafmc.org, on
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plans for 47 species and draft recovery hold public hearings for the Council’s or before March 14, 2916. The Council
plans for five species. Recovery plans Blueline Tilefish Amendment. will consider the public’s comments
are not started or are under DATES: Written comments will be and testimony at its April 2016 Council
development for 39 species. The accepted until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Meeting, when it will take final action
objective of the recovery program March 30, 2016. The hearings will be regarding adding blueline tilefish to the
review is to determine if the current held between March 21, 2016 and Golden Tilefish Fishery Management
recovery planning process results in March 29, 2016 as described below. Plan.

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Special Accommodations list of coral zones and Plan Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite
This meeting is physically accessible Development Team (PDT) 715, Arlington, Virginia, 22202–4149.
to people with disabilities. Requests for recommended updates and recommend
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
sign language interpretation or other modified alternatives to Council as
appropriate; discuss range of Barry S. Lineback, Telephone: (703)
auxiliary aids should be directed to M. 603–7740, Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 management measures for coral zones
and recommend modified alternatives to CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
days prior to the meeting date.
Council as appropriate; review SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: March 1, 2016. preliminary PDT summary of fishing
Tracey L. Thompson, activities within coral zones; Discuss Addition
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable timeline for action and work plan. The
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. On 1/29/2016 (81 FR 5009), the
Committee may also receive an update
Committee for Purchase From People
[FR Doc. 2016–04858 Filed 3–3–16; 8:45 am] on the Northeast Regional Ocean Plan.
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Other business will be discussed as Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
necessary. published notice of proposed addition
Although non-emergency issues not to the Procurement List.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE contained in this agenda may come After consideration of the material
before this group for discussion, those presented to it concerning capability of
National Oceanic and Atmospheric issues may not be the subject of formal qualified nonprofit agency to furnish the
Administration action during these meetings. Action service and impact of the addition on
New England Fishery Management will be restricted to those issues the current or most recent contractors,
Council; Public Meeting specifically listed in this notice and any the Committee has determined that the
issues arising after publication of this service listed below is suitable for
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries notice that require emergency action procurement by the Federal Government
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and under section 305(c) of the Magnuson- under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Stevens Act, provided the public has 51–2.4.
Commerce been notified of the Council’s intent to
ACTION: Notice; public meeting. take final action to address the Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
emergency.
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery I certify that the following action will
Management Council (Council) is Special Accommodations not have a significant impact on a
scheduling a public meeting of its This meeting is physically accessible substantial number of small entities.
Habitat Committee to consider actions to people with disabilities. Requests for The major factors considered for this
affecting New England fisheries in the sign language interpretation or other certification were:
exclusive economic zone (EEZ). auxiliary aids should be directed to 1. The action will not result in any
Recommendations from this group will Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at additional reporting, recordkeeping or
be brought to the full Council for formal (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to other compliance requirements for small
consideration and action, if appropriate. the meeting date. entities other than the small
DATES: This meeting will be held on Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. organization that will provide the
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 9 a.m. service to the Government.
Dated: March 1, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Crowne Plaza Providence Warwick
Tracey L. Thompson, 2. The action will result in
(Airport), 801 Greenwich Avenue, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable authorizing a small entity to provide the
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. service to the Government.
Warwick, RI 02886; phone: (401) 732–
[FR Doc. 2016–04859 Filed 3–3–16; 8:45 am] 3. There are no known regulatory
6000; fax: (401) 732–0261.
Council address: New England BILLING CODE 3510–22–P alternatives which would accomplish
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM connection with the service proposed
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR for addition to the Procurement List.
New England Fishery Management SEVERELY DISABLED
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. End of Certification
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Procurement List; Addition Accordingly, the following service is
Agenda AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From added to the Procurement List:
The Committee plans to review People Who Are Blind or Severely Service
habitat-related sections of five-year Disabled. Service Type: Base Supply Center Service
Council research priorities and forward ACTION: Addition to the Procurement Mandatory for: U.S. Army, Fort Wainwright,
recommendations to the Scientific and List. AK
Statistical Committee. They will also Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: RLCB, Inc.,
receive update on framework SUMMARY: This action adds a service to
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Raleigh, NC
adjustment to develop clam dredge the Procurement List that will be Contracting Activity: Dept. of the Army, 0413
access areas in Council-proposed provided by the nonprofit agency AQ HQ, HQ PARC, Fort Wainwright, AK
Omnibus Habitat Amendment employing persons who are blind or
management areas. The committee will have other severe disabilities. Barry S. Lineback,
continue development of Omnibus DATES: Effective Date: April 3, 2016. Director, Business Operations.
Deep-Sea Coral Amendment; discuss ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase [FR Doc. 2016–04811 Filed 3–3–16; 8:45 am]
goals and objectives of action, review From People Who Are Blind or Severely BILLING CODE 6353–01–P

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of public hearings.
Dates		Written comments will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2016. The hearings will be held between March 21, 2016 and March 29, 2016 as described below.
Contact		Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526-5255.
FR Citation		81 FR 11518

81 FR 11518 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Hearings

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