81_FR_6514 81 FR 6489 - Trade Monitoring Procedures for Fishery Products; International Trade in Seafood; Permit Requirements for Importers and Exporters; Public Meeting

81 FR 6489 - Trade Monitoring Procedures for Fishery Products; International Trade in Seafood; Permit Requirements for Importers and Exporters; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 25 (February 8, 2016)

Page Range6489-6489
FR Document2016-02418

The National Marine Fisheries Service will hold a public webinar to present details of a previously issued proposed rule (which published December 29, 2015) for electronic filing of seafood trade documents and will allow time for questions from the public.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 25 (Monday, February 8, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 6489]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02418]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 216 and 300

RIN 0648-AX63


Trade Monitoring Procedures for Fishery Products; International 
Trade in Seafood; Permit Requirements for Importers and Exporters; 
Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Marine Fisheries Service will hold a public 
webinar to present details of a previously issued proposed rule (which 
published December 29, 2015) for electronic filing of seafood trade 
documents and will allow time for questions from the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, September, 17, 2016, from 3 
p.m. until 4 p.m. eastern standard time. Written comments on the 
proposed rule (December 29, 2015; 80 FR 81251) must be received by 
February 29, 2016.

ADDRESSES: For information about connecting and system requirements to 
attend the webinar, visit: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ia/slider_stories/2015/12/itds_proposed_rule.html. Participants are encouraged to use 
their telephone for the audio portion of the meeting. Instructions for 
audio access will be on the Web page referenced above and will be shown 
on the screen before joining the webinar.
    Public comment on the proposed rule should be submitted by February 
29, 2016 through www.regulations.gov by accessing docket NOAA-NMFS-
2009-0124.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Wildman, Office of International 
Affairs and Seafood Inspection; telephone: (301) 427-8350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 29, 2015, NMFS published a 
proposed rule (80 FR 81251) to integrate three currently paper-based 
seafood trade monitoring programs within the scope of electronic data 
collection through the U.S. government-wide International Trade Data 
System. Background information on the proposed rule is provided at: 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2009-0124. The 
purpose of the meeting is to inform the public of the proposed 
requirements for filing entries and exports within the International 
Trade Data System. Following the presentation of the proposed rule, a 
question and answer session will be accommodated as time allows. Public 
comment on the proposed rule should be submitted by February 29, 2016 
through www.regulations.gov by accessing docket NOAA-NMFS-2009-0124.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mark Wildman at (301) 427-8350 at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: February 2, 2016.
Steven Wilson,
Acting Director, Office for International Affairs and Seafood 
Inspection, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-02418 Filed 2-5-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 25 / Monday, February 8, 2016 / Proposed Rules 6489 means to reduce evaluated bid prices in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: to the Fishery Management Plan for competitive source selections in a Mark Wildman, Office of International Groundfish of the Bering Sea and uniform manner that is consistent with Affairs and Seafood Inspection; Aleutian Islands Management Area the objective of making IR&D an telephone: (301) 427–8350. (FMP). If approved, this proposed rule allowable cost. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On would amend regulations governing the December 29, 2015, NMFS published a Western Alaska Community List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 215 and proposed rule (80 FR 81251) to integrate Development Quota (CDQ) Program to 252 three currently paper-based seafood support increased participation in the Government procurement. trade monitoring programs within the groundfish CDQ fisheries (primarily Jennifer L. 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Following the presentation The proposed rule also would reduce of the proposed rule, a question and observer coverage requirements for 50 CFR Parts 216 and 300 answer session will be accommodated catcher vessels less than or equal to 46 as time allows. Public comment on the ft LOA when groundfish CDQ fishing, RIN 0648–AX63 proposed rule should be submitted by and implement new in-season Trade Monitoring Procedures for February 29, 2016 through management and catch accounting Fishery Products; International Trade www.regulations.gov by accessing requirements to properly account for the in Seafood; Permit Requirements for docket NOAA–NMFS–2009–0124. harvest of groundfish and halibut and Importers and Exporters; Public the accrual of halibut prohibited species Special Accommodations catch in these fisheries. In addition to Meeting The meeting is physically accessible the proposed regulations necessary to AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries to people with disabilities. Requests for implement Amendment 109, NMFS Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and sign language interpretation or other proposes to remove a table in the Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), auxiliary aids should be directed to regulations because it is no longer Commerce. Mark Wildman at (301) 427–8350 at necessary. This action is intended to ACTION: Notice of public meeting. least 5 days prior to the meeting date. facilitate increased participation by Dated: February 2, 2016. residents of CDQ communities in the SUMMARY: The National Marine groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea Fisheries Service will hold a public Steven Wilson, and Aleutian Islands Management Area, webinar to present details of a Acting Director, Office for International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, National and to support economic development previously issued proposed rule (which in western Alaska. This action is Marine Fisheries Service. published December 29, 2015) for necessary to promote the goals of the [FR Doc. 2016–02418 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] electronic filing of seafood trade CDQ Program, and to promote the goals documents and will allow time for BILLING CODE 3510–22–P and objectives of the FMP, the questions from the public. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery DATES: The meeting will be held DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Conservation and Management Act, and Wednesday, September, 17, 2016, from other applicable laws. 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. eastern standard National Oceanic and Atmospheric DATES:Submit comments on or before time. Written comments on the Administration March 9, 2016. proposed rule (December 29, 2015; 80 FR 81251) must be received by February 50 CFR Part 679 ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 29, 2016. on this document, identified by NOAA– [Docket No. 150430410–6046–01] NMFS–2015–0060, by any of the ADDRESSES: For information about connecting and system requirements to RIN 0648–BF05 following methods: attend the webinar, visit: http:// • Electronic Submission: Submit all www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ia/slider_stories/ Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic electronic public comments via the 2015/12/itds_proposed_rule.html. Zone Off Alaska; Western Alaska Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to Participants are encouraged to use their Community Development Quota www.regulations.gov/ telephone for the audio portion of the Program #!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2015- asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS meeting. 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Document Created: 2016-02-06 00:24:47
Document Modified: 2016-02-06 00:24:47
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held Wednesday, September, 17, 2016, from 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. eastern standard time. Written comments on the proposed rule (December 29, 2015; 80 FR 81251) must be received by February 29, 2016.
ContactMark Wildman, Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection; telephone: (301) 427-8350.
FR Citation81 FR 6489 
RIN Number0648-AX63
CFR Citation50 CFR 216
50 CFR 300
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