82_FR_24208 82 FR 24108 - Meeting of the Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee

82 FR 24108 - Meeting of the Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 100 (May 25, 2017)

Page Range24108-24109
FR Document2017-10732

This notice sets forth the proposed schedule and agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee's (MAFAC's) Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force (CBP Task Force). The CBP Task Force will discuss the issues outlined in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 100 (Thursday, May 25, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 100 (Thursday, May 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24108-24109]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10732]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF443


Meeting of the Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force of the 
Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee

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

ACTION: Notice of open public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the proposed schedule and agenda of a 
forthcoming meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee's 
(MAFAC's) Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force (CBP Task Force). The 
CBP Task Force will discuss the issues outlined in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION below.

DATES: The meeting will be held June 27, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
and on June 28, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Wenatchee Convention Center 
at the Stanley Civic Center, 121 North Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, WA 
98801.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Cheney; NFMS West Coast 
Region (503) 231-6730; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of 
MAFAC's CBP Task Force. The MAFAC was established by the Secretary of 
Commerce (Secretary) and, since 1971, advises the Secretary on all 
living marine resource matters that are the responsibility of the 
Department of Commerce. The complete MAFAC charter and summaries of 
prior MAFAC meetings are located online at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ocs/mafac/. The CBP Task Force reports to MAFAC and is being convened 
to discuss and develop recommendations for long-term goals to meet 
Columbia Basin salmon recovery, conservation needs, and harvest 
opportunities. These goals will be developed in the context of habitat 
capacity and other factors that affect salmon mortality. More 
information is available at the CBP Task Force Web page: http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/columbia_river/index.html.

Matters To Be Considered

    The meeting time and agenda are subject to change. Updated 
information will be available on the CBP Task Force Web page above.
    The meeting is convened to conduct the work of the CBP Task Force. 
Meeting topics include developing principles for quantitative goal 
setting, progress on applying the analytical framework to example 
species, and updates to the work plan. The meeting is open to the 
public as observers, and a public comment period will be provided on 
June 28, 2017, from 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. to accept public input, limited 
to the time available.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Katherine Cheney; 503-231-6730, by June 12, 2017.


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    Dated: May 19, 2017
Jennifer Lukens,
Director for the Office of Policy, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-10732 Filed 5-24-17; 8:45 am]
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     individual restoration alternatives,                    Alternatives 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9 for                  outlined in the SUPPLEMENTARY
     including a no action alternative,                      implementation. The AL TIG also                       INFORMATION  below.
     evaluated in accordance with OPA and                    concludes that all practicable means to
                                                                                                                   DATES: The meeting will be held June
     NEPA. The ten alternatives under the                    avoid or minimize environmental harm
     Final RP/EIS are as follows:                            from the alternatives selected have been              27, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on
                                                                                                                   June 28, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
       • Alternative 1 (Preferred                            adopted, and, where consultations are
     Alternative): Gulf State Park Lodge and                 currently incomplete, the AL TIG will                 ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at
     Associated Public Access Amenities                      commit to additional minimization                     the Wenatchee Convention Center at the
       • Alternative 2 (Preferred                            measures in forthcoming consultations.                Stanley Civic Center, 121 North
     Alternative): Fort Morgan Pier                          Administrative Record                                 Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, WA
     Rehabilitation                                                                                                98801.
       • Alternative 3: Fort Morgan                            The documents included in the
     Peninsula Public Access Improvements                    Administrative Record can be viewed                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
       • Alternative 4: Gulf Highlands Land                  electronically at the following location:             Katherine Cheney; NFMS West Coast
     Acquisition and Improvements                            http://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/                  Region (503) 231–6730; email:
       • Alternative 5 (Preferred                            adminrecord.                                          Katherine.Cheney@noaa.gov.
     Alternative): Laguna Cove Little Lagoon                   The DWH Trustees opened a publicly
                                                             available Administrative Record for the               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     Notice is
     Natural Resource Protection
                                                             NRDA for the Deepwater Horizon oil                    hereby given of a meeting of MAFAC’s
       • Alternative 6 (Preferred
                                                             spill, including restoration planning                 CBP Task Force. The MAFAC was
     Alternative): Bayfront Park Restoration
     and Improvements                                        activities, concurrently with publication             established by the Secretary of
       • Alternative 7 (Preferred                            of the 2011 Notice of Intent to Begin                 Commerce (Secretary) and, since 1971,
     Alternative): Dauphin Island Eco-                       Restoration Scoping and Prepare a Gulf                advises the Secretary on all living
     Tourism and Environmental Education                     Spill Restoration Planning PEIS                       marine resource matters that are the
     Area                                                    (pursuant to 15 CFR 990.45). The                      responsibility of the Department of
       • Alternative 8: Mid-Island Parks and                 Administrative Record includes the                    Commerce. The complete MAFAC
     Public Beach Improvements (Parcels A,                   relevant administrative records since its             charter and summaries of prior MAFAC
     B, and C)                                               date of inception. This Administrative                meetings are located online at http://
       • Alternative 9: (Preferred                           Record is actively maintained and                     www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ocs/mafac/. The
     Alternative): Mid-Island Parks and                      available for public review, and                      CBP Task Force reports to MAFAC and
     Public Beach Improvements (Parcels B                    includes the administrative record for                is being convened to discuss and
     and C)                                                  the RP/EIS.                                           develop recommendations for long-term
       • Alternative 10: No Action/Natural                      Authority: The authority of this action is         goals to meet Columbia Basin salmon
     Recovery                                                the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701         recovery, conservation needs, and
        A Notice of Availability of the Final                et seq.), the implementing NRDA regulations           harvest opportunities. These goals will
                                                             found at 15 CFR part 990, and NEPA (42                be developed in the context of habitat
     RP/EIS was published in the Federal                     U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
     Register on April 14, 2017 (82 FR                                                                             capacity and other factors that affect
     17975). In the Final RP/EIS, the                          Dated: May 22, 2017.                                salmon mortality. More information is
     Alabama TIG presented its analysis of                   Carrie Selberg,                                       available at the CBP Task Force Web
     ten restoration alternatives (including                 Deputy Director, Office of Habitat                    page: http://www.westcoast.fisheries.
     the no action alternative) for addressing               Conservation, National Marine Fisheries               noaa.gov/columbia_river/index.html.
     the loss of recreational shoreline use in               Service.
                                                             [FR Doc. 2017–10708 Filed 5–24–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                   Matters To Be Considered
     Alabama as a result of the Deepwater
     Horizon oil spill and the selection of six              BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                   The meeting time and agenda are
     of these alternatives for implementation.                                                                     subject to change. Updated information
        As documented in the Record of                                                                             will be available on the CBP Task Force
     Decision (ROD) signed on May 16, 2017,                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                Web page above.
     the Alabama TIG has: Reviewed the                                                                                The meeting is convened to conduct
                                                             National Oceanic and Atmospheric
     injury to natural resources and services                                                                      the work of the CBP Task Force.
                                                             Administration
     caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil
                                                                                                                   Meeting topics include developing
     spill incident as outlined in the                       RIN 0648–XF443
                                                                                                                   principles for quantitative goal setting,
     ‘‘Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Final
                                                             Meeting of the Columbia Basin                         progress on applying the analytical
     Programmatic Damage Assessment and
                                                             Partnership Task Force of the Marine                  framework to example species, and
     Restoration Plan (PDARP) and Final
                                                             Fisheries Advisory Committee                          updates to the work plan. The meeting
     Programmatic Environmental Impact
     Statement (PEIS)’’, specifically the                                                                          is open to the public as observers, and
                                                             AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                    a public comment period will be
     injury to recreational shoreline use in                 Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
     Alabama; analyzed alternatives to                                                                             provided on June 28, 2017, from 11:30
                                                             Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                    a.m.–12 p.m. to accept public input,
     restore that injury; considered                         Department of Commerce.
     environmental impacts associated with                                                                         limited to the time available.
                                                             ACTION: Notice of open public meeting.
     the restoration alternatives, including                                                                       Special Accommodations
     the extent to which any adverse impacts                 SUMMARY:  This notice sets forth the
     could be mitigated; considered public                   proposed schedule and agenda of a                       The meeting is physically accessible
     and agency comments; and considered                     forthcoming meeting of the Marine                     to people with disabilities. Requests for
     the funding allocations required for                    Fisheries Advisory Committee’s                        sign language interpretation or other
     restoration. Based on these                             (MAFAC’s) Columbia Basin Partnership                  auxiliary aids should be directed to
     considerations, the ROD presents the                    Task Force (CBP Task Force). The CBP                  Katherine Cheney; 503–231–6730, by
     Alabama TIG’s decision to select                        Task Force will discuss the issues                    June 12, 2017.


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       Dated: May 19, 2017                                   renea.c.yates.civ@mail.mil or by                      The Committee meets at the call of the
     Jennifer Lukens,                                        telephone 877–907–8585.                               DFO, in consultation with the
     Director for the Office of Policy, National             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        Committee Chair. It is estimated that the
     Marine Fisheries Service.                               Advisory Committee on Arlington                       Committee meets four times per year.
     [FR Doc. 2017–10732 Filed 5–24–17; 8:45 am]             National Cemetery was established                        c. Appointment. The operations of the
     BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                  pursuant to Title 10, United States Code              Committee and the appointment of
                                                             Section 4723. The selection, service and              members are subject to the Federal
                                                             appointment of members of the                         Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
     DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                   Committee are publicized in the                       463, as amended) and departmental
                                                             Committee Charter, available on the                   implementing regulations, including
     Department of the Army                                  Arlington National Cemetery Web site                  Department of Defense Instruction
                                                             http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/                     5105.04, Department of Defense Federal
     Advisory Committee on Arlington                         About/Advisory-Committee-on-                          Advisory Committee Management
     National Cemetery; Request for                          Arlington-National-Cemetery/Charter.                  Program, available at http://
     Nominations                                             The substance of the provisions of the                www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/
                                                             Charter is as follows:                                510504p.pdf. Appointed members who
     AGENCY:   Department of the Army, DoD.                                                                        are not full-time or permanent part-time
                                                                a. Selection. The Committee Charter
     ACTION:   Notice; request for nominations.                                                                    Federal officers or employees shall be
                                                             provides that the Committee shall be
                                                             comprised of no more than nine                        appointed as experts and consultants
     SUMMARY:    The Advisory Committee on                                                                         under the authority of Title 5, United
     Arlington National Cemetery is an                       members, all of whom are preeminent
                                                             authorities in their respective fields of             States Code Section 3109 and shall
     independent Federal advisory                                                                                  serve as special government employees.
     committee chartered to provide the                      interest or expertise. Of these, no more
                                                             than seven members are nominated by                   Committee members appointed as
     Secretary of Defense, through the                                                                             special government employees shall
     Secretary of the Army, independent                      the Secretary of the Army.
                                                                By direction of the Secretary of the               serve without compensation except that
     advice and recommendations on                                                                                 travel and per diem expenses associated
     Arlington National Cemetery, including,                 Army, all resumes submitted in
                                                             response to this notice will be presented             with official Committee activities are
     but not limited to cemetery                                                                                   reimbursable.
     administration, the erection of                         to and reviewed by a panel of three
                                                                                                                      Additional information about the
     memorials at the cemetery, and master                   senior Army leaders. Potential nominees
                                                                                                                   Committee is available on the Internet
     planning for the cemetery. The                          shall be prioritized after review and
                                                                                                                   at: http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/
     Secretary of the Army may act on the                    consideration of their resumes for:
                                                                                                                   About/Advisory-Committee-on-
     Committee’s advice and                                  Demonstrated technical/professional
                                                                                                                   Arlington-National-Cemetery/Charter.
     recommendations. The Committee is                       expertise; preeminence in a field(s) of
     comprised of no more than nine (9)                      interest or expertise; potential                      Brenda S. Bowen,
     members. Subject to the approval of the                 contribution to membership balance in                 Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
     Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of                  terms of the points of view represented               [FR Doc. 2017–10716 Filed 5–24–17; 8:45 am]
     the Army appoints no more than seven                    and the functions to be performed;                    BILLING CODE 5001–03–P
     (7) of these members. The purpose of                    potential organizational and financial
     this notice is to solicit nominations from              conflicts of interest; commitment to our
     a wide range of highly qualified persons                Nation’s veterans and their families; and             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
     to be considered for appointment to the                 published points of view relevant to the
     Committee. Nominees may be appointed                    objectives of the Committee. The panel                Office of the Secretary
     as members of the Committee and its                     will provide the DFO with a prioritized
                                                             list of potential nominees for                        Government-Industry Advisory Panel;
     sub-committees for terms of service                                                                           Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
     ranging from one to four years. This                    consideration by the Executive Director,
                                                             Army National Military Cemeteries, in                 Meeting
     notice solicits nominations to fill
     Committee membership vacancies that                     making an initial recommendation to                   AGENCY:  Office of the Under Secretary of
     may occur through October 30, 2017.                     the Secretary of the Army. The                        Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and
     Nominees must be preeminent                             Executive Director, Army National                     Logistics), Department of Defense (DoD).
     authorities in their respective fields of               Military Cemeteries; the Secretary of the             ACTION: Federal advisory committee
     interest or expertise.                                  Army; and the Secretary of Defense are                meeting notice.
     DATES: All nominations must be
                                                             not limited or bound by the
                                                             recommendations of the Army senior                    SUMMARY:   The Department of Defense is
     received (see ADDRESSES) no later than
                                                             leader panel. Sources in addition to this             publishing this notice to announce the
     August 1, 2017.
                                                             Federal Register notice may be utilized               following Federal advisory committee
     ADDRESSES: Interested persons may                                                                             meeting of the Government-Industry
                                                             in the solicitation and selection of
     submit a resume for consideration by                    nominations.                                          Advisory Panel. This meeting is open to
     the Department of the Army to the                          b. Service. The Secretary of Defense               the public.
     Committee’s Designated Federal Officer                  may approve the appointment of a                      DATES: The meeting will be held from
     at the following address: Advisory                      Committee member for a one-to-four                    9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday
     Committee on Arlington National                         year term of service; however, no                     and Thursday, June 14 and 15, 2017.
     Cemetery, ATTN: Designated Federal                      member, unless authorized by the                      Public registration will begin at 8:45
     Officer (DFO) (Ms. Yates), Arlington                    Secretary of Defense, may serve on the                a.m. on each day. For entrance into the
     National Cemetery, Arlington, VA                        Committee or authorized subcommittee                  meeting, you must meet the necessary
     22211.                                                  for more than two consecutive terms of                requirements for entrance into the
     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:               Ms.      service. The Secretary of the Army shall              Pentagon. For more detailed
     Renea C. Yates, Designated Federal                      designate the Committee Chair from the                information, please see the following
     Officer, by email at                                    total Advisory Committee membership.                  link: http://www.pfpa.mil/access.html.


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Document Created: 2018-11-08 08:52:45
Document Modified: 2018-11-08 08:52:45
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 open public meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held June 27, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on June 28, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ContactKatherine Cheney; NFMS West Coast Region (503) 231-6730; email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 24108 
RIN Number0648-XF44

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