82_FR_28763 82 FR 28643 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

82 FR 28643 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 120 (June 23, 2017)

Page Range28643-28643
FR Document2017-13152

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee will hold four public meetings related to the Excessive Shares Amendment.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 120 (Friday, June 23, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 120 (Friday, June 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 28643]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13152]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF497


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

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

ACTION: Notice of scoping meetings, request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Surfclam and 
Ocean Quahog Committee will hold four public meetings related to the 
Excessive Shares Amendment.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until July 21, 2017. Four 
scoping meetings will be held during this comment period. For dates, 
times, and locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent by any of the following 
methods:
     Email to the following address: [email protected]; 
Include ``SCOQ Excessive Shares Amendment Scoping Comments'' in the 
subject line.
     Mail or hand deliver to Dr. Christopher Moore, Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State 
Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware 19901. Mark outside of the envelope 
``SCOQ Excessive Shares Amendment Scoping Comments.''
     FAX to (302) 674-5399; Include ``SCOQ Excessive Shares 
Amendment Scoping Comments'' in the subject line.
     A Web form for submitting comments is available on the 
Council's Web site: http://www.mafmc.org/comments/scoq-excessive-shares-amendment-scoping. The scoping guide will be posted to the 
Council's Web site by June 19, 2017. The scoping guide may be obtained 
from the Council office at the previously provided address, or by 
request to the Council by phone (302) 674-2331, or via the Internet at 
http://www.mafmc.org.
     Comments may also be provided verbally at any of the four 
scoping meetings. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for dates, times, and 
locations.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or 
on their Web site at http://www.mafmc.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Christopher Moore, Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 
526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council 
is developing this Amendment to the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog (SCOQ) 
Fishery Management Plan (FMP; called Excessive Shares Amendment) to (1) 
implement measures that specifically define what constitutes an 
excessive share in the SCOQ Individual Fishing Quota (ITQ) program, (2) 
review and if necessary revise goals and objectives in the FMP. During 
the scoping comment period, which will include scoping meetings, the 
public may provide comments on the range of issues and information that 
should be considered, including comments related to the excessive 
shares issue in the SCOQ ITQ fisheries and goals and objectives of the 
FMP, as well as any other issues that might be of concern regarding to 
the management of the SCOQ ITQ fishery. Additional information and 
background documents about the amendment can be found at: http://www.mafmc.org/actions/scoq-excessive-shares-amendment.

Scoping Meetings

    The dates and locations of the scoping meetings are as follows:
     Monday, July 10, 2017, 6:30 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn 
Providence Airport, 1 Thurber Street, Warwick, RI 02886, telephone: 
(401) 734-9600.
     Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 6:30 p.m., Internet Webinar, 
Connection information to be available at http://www.mafmc.org. This 
meeting will be conducted via webinar accessible via the internet from 
the Council's Web site, http://www.mafmc.org. Members of the public may 
also attend in-person at the Council office address (see ADDRESSES) for 
this webinar meeting, if they contact the Council by July 7, 2017.
     Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 6:30 p.m., The Grand Hotel, 1045 
Beach Avenue, Cape May, NJ 08204, telephone: (609) 884-5611.
     Monday, July 17, 2017, 6 p.m., Ocean Pines Branch Library, 
1107 Cathell Road, Berlin, MD 21811, telephone: (410) 208-4014.

Special Accommodations

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

    Dated: June 20, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-13152 Filed 6-22-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 120 / Friday, June 23, 2017 / Notices 28643 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Dated: June 20, 2017. Council, telephone: (302) 526–5255. Tracey L. Thompson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Administration SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid- Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Atlantic Fishery Management Council is RIN 0648–XF497 [FR Doc. 2017–13152 Filed 6–22–17; 8:45 am] developing this Amendment to the BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Surfclam and Ocean Quahog (SCOQ) Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Fishery Management Plan (FMP; called Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting Excessive Shares Amendment) to (1) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries implement measures that specifically Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and define what constitutes an excessive National Oceanic and Atmospheric Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), share in the SCOQ Individual Fishing Administration Commerce. Quota (ITQ) program, (2) review and if RIN 0648–XF448 ACTION: Notice of scoping meetings, necessary revise goals and objectives in request for comments. the FMP. During the scoping comment Notice of Availability of the Final period, which will include scoping Programmatic Environmental Impact SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery meetings, the public may provide Statement and Restoration Plan To Management Council’s Surfclam and comments on the range of issues and Compensate for Injuries to Natural Ocean Quahog Committee will hold four information that should be considered, Resources in Portland Harbor, Oregon public meetings related to the Excessive including comments related to the Shares Amendment. excessive shares issue in the SCOQ ITQ AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries DATES: Written comments will be fisheries and goals and objectives of the Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and accepted until July 21, 2017. Four FMP, as well as any other issues that Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), scoping meetings will be held during might be of concern regarding to the Commerce. this comment period. For dates, times, management of the SCOQ ITQ fishery. ACTION: Notice of availability of a Final and locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY Additional information and background Programmatic Environmental Impact INFORMATION. documents about the amendment can be Statement and Restoration Plan. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be found at: http://www.mafmc.org/ SUMMARY: In this notice, NMFS sent by any of the following methods: actions/scoq-excessive-shares- announces the availability of the • Email to the following address: amendment. Programmatic Environmental Impact jmontanez@mafmc.org; Include ‘‘SCOQ Statement and Restoration Plan to Scoping Meetings Excessive Shares Amendment Scoping Compensate for Injuries to Natural Comments’’ in the subject line. The dates and locations of the scoping Resources in Portland Harbor, Oregon. • Mail or hand deliver to Dr. meetings are as follows: The National Environmental Policy Christopher Moore, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management • Monday, July 10, 2017, 6:30 p.m., Act (NEPA) of 1960, requires an Hilton Garden Inn Providence Airport, 1 assessment of any Federal action that Council, 800 North State Street, Suite may impact the environment, which, in 201, Dover, Delaware 19901. Mark Thurber Street, Warwick, RI 02886, telephone: (401) 734–9600. this case, is the selection of a outside of the envelope ‘‘SCOQ Restoration Plan. The purpose of the Excessive Shares Amendment Scoping • Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 6:30 p.m., PEIS/RP is to evaluate, in compliance Comments.’’ Internet Webinar, Connection with the National Environmental Policy • FAX to (302) 674–5399; Include information to be available at http:// Act (NEPA), the potential direct, ‘‘SCOQ Excessive Shares Amendment www.mafmc.org. This meeting will be indirect, and cumulative impacts of Scoping Comments’’ in the subject line. conducted via webinar accessible via implementing the alternative • A Web form for submitting the internet from the Council’s Web site, programmatic approaches to restoration comments is available on the Council’s http://www.mafmc.org. Members of the in the Portland Harbor area. Web site: http://www.mafmc.org/ public may also attend in-person at the comments/scoq-excessive-shares- ADDRESSES: Obtaining documents: You Council office address (see ADDRESSES) amendment-scoping. The scoping guide for this webinar meeting, if they contact may download the PEIS/RP at https:// will be posted to the Council’s Web site the Council by July 7, 2017. www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/Contaminants/ by June 19, 2017. The scoping guide PortlandHarbor/Documents/201706_ • Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 6:30 FINAL_PEIS.pdf. Or you may request a may be obtained from the Council office p.m., The Grand Hotel, 1045 Beach at the previously provided address, or CD of the document from Megan Avenue, Cape May, NJ 08204, Callahan Grant, NOAA Restoration by request to the Council by phone (302) telephone: (609) 884–5611. 674–2331, or via the Internet at http:// Center, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite www.mafmc.org. • Monday, July 17, 2017, 6 p.m., 1100, Portland, OR 97232. • Comments may also be provided Ocean Pines Branch Library, 1107 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: verbally at any of the four scoping Cathell Road, Berlin, MD 21811, Megan Callahan Grant at (503) 231–2213 meetings. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of scoping meetings, request for comments.
DatesWritten comments will be accepted until July 21, 2017. Four scoping meetings will be held during this comment period. For dates, times, and locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ContactDr. Christopher Moore, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526-5255.
FR Citation82 FR 28643 
RIN Number0648-XF49
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