82_FR_13849 82 FR 13800 - Permanent Advisory Committee To Advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission; Meeting Announcement

82 FR 13800 - Permanent Advisory Committee To Advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission; Meeting Announcement

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 49 (March 15, 2017)

Page Range13800-13800
FR Document2017-05066

NMFS announces a public meeting of the Permanent Advisory Committee (PAC) to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC) on April 13, 2017. Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. The meeting will be held via conference call.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 13800]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05066]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF252


Permanent Advisory Committee To Advise the U.S. Commissioners to 
the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission; Meeting 
Announcement

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces a public meeting of the Permanent Advisory 
Committee (PAC) to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Commission for 
the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 
Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPFC) on April 13, 2017. Meeting 
topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice. The meeting will be held via conference call.

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be held via conference call on April 
13, 2017, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be conducted via conference call. 
For details on how to call in to the conference line, please contact 
Zora McGinnis, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office; telephone: 808-
725-5037; email: [email protected]. Documents to be considered by 
the PAC will be sent out via email in advance of the conference call. 
Members of the public who are not current PAC members should submit 
contact information to Zora McGinnis (telephone: 808-725-5037; email: 
[email protected]) at least 3 days in advance of the call to 
receive documents via email. Written comments on meeting topics or 
materials may be submitted by the public either electronically or by 
mail to Zora McGinnis at the addresses provided above; comments may be 
submitted up to 3 days in advance of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zora McGinnis, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; 
telephone: 808-725-5037; facsimile: 808-725-5215; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Western and Central 
Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq.), the Permanent Advisory Committee, or PAC, has been formed to 
advise the U.S. Commissioners to the WCPFC. Members of the PAC have 
been appointed by the Secretary of Commerce in consultation with the 
U.S. Commissioners to the WCPFC. The PAC supports the work of the U.S. 
National Section to the WCPFC in an advisory capacity. The U.S. 
National Section is made up of the U.S. Commissioners and the 
Department of State. NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office provides 
administrative and technical support to the PAC in cooperation with the 
Department of State. More information on the WCPFC, established under 
the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory 
Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, can be found on 
the WCPFC Web site: http://www.wcpfc.int.

Meeting Topics

    The purpose of the April 13, 2017, conference call is to discuss 
2017 U.S. priorities in the WCPFC, discuss outcomes of the 2016 regular 
session of the WCPFC (WCPFC13), and discuss potential conservation and 
management measures for tropical tunas and other issues of interest.

Special Accommodations

    The conference call is accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Zora McGinnis at 808-725-5037 at least 10 working 
days prior to the meeting.

    Authority: 6 U.S.C. 6902 et seq.

    Dated: March 9, 2017.
Karen H. Abrams.
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-05066 Filed 3-14-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                     Countervailing Duty Proceedings                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                           808–725–5037; facsimile: 808–725–
                                                                                                                                                                                    5215; email: zora.mcginnis@noaa.gov.
                                                       No Sunset Review of countervailing                          National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                     duty orders is scheduled for initiation in                    Administration                                                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    In
                                                     April 2017.                                                                                                                    accordance with the Western and
                                                                                                                   RIN 0648–XF252                                                   Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
                                                     Suspended Investigations                                                                                                       Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et
                                                                                                                   Permanent Advisory Committee To
                                                        No Sunset Review of suspended                              Advise the U.S. Commissioners to the                             seq.), the Permanent Advisory
                                                     investigations is scheduled for initiation                    Western and Central Pacific Fisheries                            Committee, or PAC, has been formed to
                                                     in April 2017.                                                Commission; Meeting Announcement                                 advise the U.S. Commissioners to the
                                                                                                                                                                                    WCPFC. Members of the PAC have been
                                                        The Department’s procedures for the                        AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                               appointed by the Secretary of Commerce
                                                     conduct of Sunset Reviews are set forth                       Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                             in consultation with the U.S.
                                                     in 19 CFR 351.218. The Notice of                              Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                               Commissioners to the WCPFC. The PAC
                                                     Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’)                          Commerce.                                                        supports the work of the U.S. National
                                                     Reviews provides further information                          ACTION: Notice of public meeting.                                Section to the WCPFC in an advisory
                                                     regarding what is required of all parties                                                                                      capacity. The U.S. National Section is
                                                     to participate in Sunset Reviews.                             SUMMARY:   NMFS announces a public                               made up of the U.S. Commissioners and
                                                        Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.103(c), the                         meeting of the Permanent Advisory
                                                                                                                                                                                    the Department of State. NMFS Pacific
                                                     Department will maintain and make                             Committee (PAC) to advise the U.S.
                                                                                                                                                                                    Islands Regional Office provides
                                                                                                                   Commissioners to the Commission for
                                                     available a service list for these                                                                                             administrative and technical support to
                                                                                                                   the Conservation and Management of
                                                     proceedings. To facilitate the timely                                                                                          the PAC in cooperation with the
                                                                                                                   Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the
                                                     preparation of the service list(s), it is                                                                                      Department of State. More information
                                                                                                                   Western and Central Pacific Ocean
                                                     requested that those seeking recognition                      (WCPFC) on April 13, 2017. Meeting                               on the WCPFC, established under the
                                                     as interested parties to a proceeding                         topics are provided under the                                    Convention on the Conservation and
                                                     contact the Department in writing                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of                             Management of Highly Migratory Fish
                                                     within 10 days of the publication of the                      this notice. The meeting will be held via                        Stocks in the Western and Central
                                                     Notice of Initiation.                                         conference call.                                                 Pacific Ocean, can be found on the
                                                        Please note that if the Department                         DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be                            WCPFC Web site: http://www.wcpfc.int.
                                                     receives a Notice of Intent to Participate                    held via conference call on April 13,                            Meeting Topics
                                                     from a member of the domestic industry                        2017, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. HST (or
                                                     within 15 days of the date of initiation,                     until business is concluded).                                       The purpose of the April 13, 2017,
                                                     the review will continue. Thereafter,                         ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be                            conference call is to discuss 2017 U.S.
                                                     any interested party wishing to                               conducted via conference call. For                               priorities in the WCPFC, discuss
                                                     participate in the Sunset Review must                         details on how to call in to the                                 outcomes of the 2016 regular session of
                                                     provide substantive comments in                               conference line, please contact Zora                             the WCPFC (WCPFC13), and discuss
                                                     response to the notice of initiation no                       McGinnis, NMFS Pacific Islands                                   potential conservation and management
                                                     later than 30 days after the date of                          Regional Office; telephone: 808–725–                             measures for tropical tunas and other
                                                     initiation.                                                   5037; email: zora.mcginnis@noaa.gov.                             issues of interest.
                                                        This notice is not required by statute                     Documents to be considered by the PAC
                                                                                                                   will be sent out via email in advance of                         Special Accommodations
                                                     but is published as a service to the
                                                                                                                   the conference call. Members of the                                The conference call is accessible to
                                                     international trading community.
                                                                                                                   public who are not current PAC                                   people with disabilities. Requests for
                                                       Dated: March 8, 2017.                                       members should submit contact
                                                                                                                                                                                    sign language interpretation or other
                                                     Gary Taverman,                                                information to Zora McGinnis
                                                                                                                                                                                    auxiliary aids should be directed to Zora
                                                     Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for                      (telephone: 808–725–5037; email:
                                                                                                                                                                                    McGinnis at 808–725–5037 at least 10
                                                     Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                           zora.mcginnis@noaa.gov) at least 3 days
                                                                                                                   in advance of the call to receive                                working days prior to the meeting.
                                                     Operations.
                                                     [FR Doc. 2017–05130 Filed 3–14–17; 8:45 am]                   documents via email. Written comments                              Authority: 6 U.S.C. 6902 et seq.
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                                                                                                                   on meeting topics or materials may be                              Dated: March 9, 2017.
                                                                                                                   submitted by the public either
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                                                                                                                                                                                    Karen H. Abrams.
                                                                                                                   electronically or by mail to Zora
                                                                                                                   McGinnis at the addresses provided                               Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
                                                                                                                   above; comments may be submitted up                              Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
                                                                                                                   to 3 days in advance of the meeting.                             [FR Doc. 2017–05066 Filed 3–14–17; 8:45 am]
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                                                                                                                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zora
                                                                                                                   McGinnis, NMFS Pacific Islands
                                                                                                                   Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg.
                                                                                                                   176, Honolulu, HI 96818; telephone:


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Document Created: 2017-03-15 06:04:53
Document Modified: 2017-03-15 06:04:53
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesThe meeting of the PAC will be held via conference call on April 13, 2017, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded).
ContactZora McGinnis, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818; telephone: 808-725-5037; facsimile: 808-725-5215; email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 13800 
RIN Number0648-XF25

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