82_FR_25047 82 FR 24944 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

82 FR 24944 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 103 (May 31, 2017)

Page Range24944-24944
FR Document2017-11284

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a joint public meeting of its Whiting Committee and Advisory Panel on June 14, 2017, to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 103 (Wednesday, May 31, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-11284]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a joint public meeting of its Whiting Committee and Advisory 
Panel on June 14, 2017, to consider actions affecting New England 
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from 
this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration 
and action, if appropriate.

DATES: This meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at 9:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 31 
Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; Telephone: (508) 339-2200.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    The Committee and Advisory Panel will receive a report from the 
Plan Development Team on estimated impacts of Amendment 22 limited 
access alternatives and develop recommendations for preferred 
alternatives for the draft amendment. Other business will be discussed 
as necessary.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
This meeting will be recorded. Consistent with U.S.C. 1852, a copy of 
the recording is available upon request. Requests for sign language 
interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Thomas A. 
Nies, Executive Director, at 978-465-0492, at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

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

    Dated: May 26, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-11284 Filed 5-30-17; 8:45 am]
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                                                 This amended initiation is issued and                 Special Accommodations                                Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
                                               published in accordance with section                      This meeting is physically accessible               www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=
                                               751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as                    to people with disabilities. This meeting             NOAA-NMFS-2017-0020. Click the
                                               amended, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).                   will be recorded. Consistent with U.S.C.              ‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the
                                                 Dated: May 24, 2017.                                  1852, a copy of the recording is                      required fields, and enter or attach your
                                               Gary Taverman,                                          available upon request. Requests for                  comments.
                                                                                                       sign language interpretation or other                   • Mail: Submit written comments to
                                               Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
                                               and Countervailing Duty Operations.                     auxiliary aids should be directed to                  Therese Conant, National Marine
                                                                                                       Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at                Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
                                               [FR Doc. 2017–11205 Filed 5–30–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       978–465–0492, at least 5 days prior to                Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
                                               BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                                                                       the meeting date.                                       Instructions: You must submit
                                                                                                                                                             comments by one of the above methods
                                                                                                         Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
                                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                                                                        to ensure that we receive, document,
                                                                                                         Dated: May 26, 2017.                                and consider them. Comments sent by
                                               National Oceanic and Atmospheric                        Tracey L. Thompson,                                   any other method, to any other address
                                               Administration                                          Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable         or individual, or received after the end
                                                                                                       Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.         of the comment period, may not be
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                                                                                                       [FR Doc. 2017–11284 Filed 5–30–17; 8:45 am]           considered. All comments received are
                                                                                                       BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                a part of the public record and will
                                               New England Fishery Management                                                                                generally be posted for public viewing
                                               Council; Public Meeting                                                                                       on http://www.regulations.gov without
                                                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                change. All personal identifying
                                               AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                                                                            information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
                                               Service, National Oceanic and                           National Oceanic and Atmospheric                      confidential business information, or
                                               Atmospheric Administration,                             Administration                                        otherwise sensitive information
                                               Commerce.                                               RIN 0648–XF282                                        submitted voluntarily by the sender will
                                               ACTION: Notice; public meeting.                                                                               be publicly accessible. We will accept
                                                                                                       Endangered and Threatened Species;                    anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in
                                               SUMMARY:   The New England Fishery                      Listing and Recovery Priority                         the required fields if you wish to remain
                                               Management Council (Council) is                         Guidelines                                            anonymous).
                                               scheduling a joint public meeting of its                AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               Whiting Committee and Advisory Panel                    Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                               on June 14, 2017, to consider actions                                                                         Background
                                                                                                       Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                               affecting New England fisheries in the                  Commerce.                                               Section 4(f) of the Endangered Species
                                               exclusive economic zone (EEZ).                          ACTION: Notice of availability and                    Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1533(f)) requires
                                               Recommendations from this group will                    request for comment.                                  the Secretary to develop recovery plans
                                               be brought to the full Council for formal                                                                     for all species listed pursuant to the
                                               consideration and action, if appropriate.               SUMMARY:    We, NMFS, are proposing to                ESA, unless he/she finds that such a
                                               DATES: This meeting will be held on                     revise the Recovery Plan Preparation                  plan will not promote the recovery of
                                               Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at 9:30 a.m.                  and Implementation Priorities and                     the species. Section 4(h) requires the
                                                                                                       Recovery Plans contained in the 1990                  Secretary to establish a system for
                                               ADDRESSES:
                                                                                                       Listing and Recovery Priority                         developing and implementing, on a
                                                 Meeting address: The meeting will be                  Guidelines. We propose to revise the                  priority basis, recovery plans under
                                               held at the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire                   guidelines to better prioritize limited               Section 4(f). We finalized guidance for
                                               Street, Mansfield, MA 02048;                            agency resources to advance the                       prioritizing recovery plan development
                                               Telephone: (508) 339–2200.                              recovery of threatened and endangered                 and implementation on June 15, 1990
                                                 Council address: New England                          species guided by the immediacy of the                (55 FR 24296). However, through our
                                               Fishery Management Council, 50 Water                    species’ overall extinction risk, extent of           application of the Recovery Plan
                                               Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.                  information regarding major threats, and              Preparation and Implementation
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        certainty that management or protective               Priorities and Recovery Plans (see parts
                                               Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,                     actions can be implemented                            ‘B’ and ‘C’ June 15, 1990 55 FR 24296),
                                               New England Fishery Management                          successfully. We are not proposing                    we have determined that the guidelines
                                               Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.                     changes to the Listing, Reclassification,             contain vague definitions and lack
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              and Delisting Priorities contained in the             sufficient detail regarding factors that
                                                                                                       1990 Listing and Recovery Priority                    should be considered when evaluating
                                               Agenda                                                  Guidelines. We have found those                       threats and recovery potential. For these
                                                  The Committee and Advisory Panel                     guidelines to be sufficient in prioritizing           reasons, we propose revisions to the
                                               will receive a report from the Plan                     listing actions and thus do not warrant               Recovery Plan Preparation and
                                               Development Team on estimated                           a revision at this time.                              Implementation Priorities and Recovery
                                               impacts of Amendment 22 limited                         DATES: Comments on the proposed                       Plan parts of the 1990 Listing and
                                               access alternatives and develop                         revision must be received by close of                 Recovery Priority Guidelines.
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                                               recommendations for preferred                           business on June 30, 2017.                              The Listing, Reclassification, and
                                               alternatives for the draft amendment.                   ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                    Delisting Priorities can be found in the
                                               Other business will be discussed as                     on this document, identified by NOAA–                 original Federal Register notice (see
                                               necessary.                                              NMFS–2017–0020 by either of the                       part ‘A’ June 15, 1990 55 FR 24296). The
                                                                                                       following methods:                                    Listing, Reclassification, and Delisting
                                               to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533         • Electronic Submissions: Submit all               Priorities remain unchanged and will be
                                               (May 10, 2005).                                         electronic public comments via the                    repeated in the final notice revising


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; public meeting.
DatesThis meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at 9:30 a.m.
ContactThomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
FR Citation82 FR 24944 
RIN Number0648-XF46

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