82_FR_39033 82 FR 38876 - Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine Conservation Plan for Guam; Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund

82 FR 38876 - Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine Conservation Plan for Guam; Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 157 (August 16, 2017)

Page Range38876-38877
FR Document2017-17347

NMFS announces approval of a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP) for Guam.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38876-38877]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17347]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF516


Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine Conservation Plan for Guam; 
Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund

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

ACTION: Notice of agency decision.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval of a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP) 
for Guam.

DATES: This agency decision is valid from August 4, 2017, through 
August 3, 2020.

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ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of the MCP, identified by NOAA-NMFS-
2017-0075, from the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal, http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2017-0075, or from the 
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), 1164 Bishop St., 
Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813, tel 808-522-8220, www.wpcouncil.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie Brown, Sustainable Fisheries, 
NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, 808-725-5171.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 204(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) 
authorizes the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), and in consultation with the 
Council, to negotiate and enter into a Pacific Insular Area fishery 
agreement (PIAFA). A PIAFA would allow foreign fishing within the U.S. 
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to American Samoa, Guam, or the 
Northern Mariana Islands. The Governor of the Pacific Insular Area to 
which the PIAFA applies must request the PIAFA. The Secretary of State 
may negotiate and enter the PIAFA after consultation with, and 
concurrence of, the applicable Governor.
    Before entering into a PIAFA, the applicable Governor, with 
concurrence of the Council, must develop and submit to the Secretary a 
3-year MCP providing details on uses for any funds collected by the 
Secretary under the PIAFA. NMFS is the designee of the Secretary for 
MCP review and approval. The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires payments 
received under a PIAFA to be deposited into the United States Treasury 
and then conveyed to the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for which 
funds were collected.
    In the case of violations by foreign fishing vessels in the EEZ 
around any Pacific Insular Area, amounts received by the Secretary 
attributable to fines and penalties imposed under the Magnuson-Stevens 
Act, including sums collected from the forfeiture and disposition or 
sale of property seized subject to its authority, shall be deposited 
into the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area adjacent to the EEZ in 
which the violation occurred, after direct costs of the enforcement 
action are subtracted. The Pacific Insular Area government may use 
funds deposited into the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for 
fisheries enforcement and for implementation of an MCP.
    Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819 authorize NMFS to specify 
catch limits for of longline-caught bigeye tuna for U.S. territories. 
NMFS may also authorize each territory to allocate a portion of that 
limit to U.S. longline fishing vessels that are permitted to fish under 
the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific 
(FEP). Payments collected under specified fishing agreements are 
deposited into the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund, and any 
funds attributable to a particular territory may be used only for 
implementation of that territory's MCP.
    An MCP must be consistent with the Council's fishery ecosystem 
plans, must identify conservation and management objectives (including 
criteria for determining when such objectives have been met), and must 
prioritize planned marine conservation projects.
    The Council reviewed and concurred with the Guam MCP in June 2017. 
On July 14, 2017, the Governor of Guam submitted the Guam MCP to NMFS 
for review and approval. The following describes the objectives of the 
MCP. Please refer to the MCP for planned projects and activities 
designed to meet each objective, the evaluative criteria, and priority 
rankings. The MCP contains six conservation and management objectives, 
listed below.
    1. Fisheries resource assessment, research and monitoring;
    2. Effective surveillance and enforcement mechanisms;
    3. Promote ecosystems approach to fisheries management, climate 
change adaptation and mitigation, and regional cooperation;
    4. Public participation, education and outreach, and local capacity 
building;
    5. Domestic fisheries development; and
    6. Recognizing the importance of island cultures and traditional 
fishing practices and community-based management.
    This notice announces that NMFS has reviewed the MCP, and has 
determined that it satisfies the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Act. Accordingly, NMFS has approved the MCP for the 3-year period from 
August 4, 2017, through August 3, 2020. This MCP supersedes the MCP 
previously approved for the period August 4, 2014, through August 3, 
2017 (79 FR 47095, August 12, 2014).

    Dated: August 11, 2017.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-17347 Filed 8-15-17; 8:45 am]
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38876 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 16, 2017 / Notices audiences, to communicate with the and media planning for the IPC with the Estimated Total Annual Burden public regarding other data collections, ultimate goal of increasing self- Hours: Approximately 14,600 hours. and to improve our communications response, though results will inform Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is and outreach materials (e.g., data across the board improvements in no cost to the respondents other than products, Web sites, etc.). customer communications where their time. Once every ten years, the Census possible. Although collected data will Confidentiality: Yes, Title 13 U.S.C. Bureau conducts an enumeration of the not be used to produce official Census Section 9 confidentiality applies to the United States, Puerto Rico, and U. S. Bureau estimates, the Census Bureau information the respondent provides. territories populations and housing. It is will publish a report detailing results Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. an extremely complex undertaking that and explaining by whom this data will Section 182. requires the participation of every be used. This report will in no way III. Request for Comments household in the country, reaching identify individuals. people from the most remote Alaskan Comments are invited on: (a) Whether villages to the most crowded inner Method of Collection the proposed collection of information cities. The role of the IPC is to increase CBAMS 2020 will be administered to is necessary for the proper performance public awareness and motivate people a sample of addresses. First, a pre- of the functions of the agency, including to self-respond to the census promptly. notification letter will notify addresses whether the information shall have The Census Bureau developed the of the data collection. Later mailings practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 2010 Census Integrated will give addresses a choice of filling agency’s estimate of the burden Communications Campaign (ICC) in an out the survey online or via a mailed (including hours and cost) of the effort to build on the success of the paper questionnaire. Non-responding proposed collection of information; (c) Census 2000 Partnership and Marketing households will be mailed reminders, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Program. The ICC was multi-targeted, clarity of the information to be and flagged-Hispanic households will multi-media, and multi-lingual, using collected; and (d) ways to minimize the receive a two-sided letter in both traditional media like television, radio, burden of the collection of information English and Spanish. This protocol print, and out-of-home, as well as new on respondents, including through the provides no follow-up to media, such as blogs, social media, and use of automated collection techniques nonrespondents in person or by phone. other online efforts, and non-traditional or other forms of information CBAMS 2020 will test the use of $2, $5, media like food trucks, ethnic stores, technology. and $10 gifts provided to sample Comments submitted in response to and restaurants. members to increase the response rate. The Census Bureau is planning a 2020 this notice will be summarized and/or All participants will receive a monetary included in the request for OMB Census that will provide more ways to incentive, but the dollar amount will self-respond—paper, Internet, and approval of this information collection; vary. CBAMS 2020 survey will focus on they also will become a matter of public telephone. To support this goal, the IPC the following topic areas: record. will create a communications campaign • Awareness and familiarity with the Written comments and with messages and media plans decennial census; recommendations on this collection developed for specific audience • Likelihood to participate in the should be sent within 30 days of segments with unique response decennial census; publication of this notice to behaviors, attitudes, and demographics. • Attitudinal, personal, and PRAcomments@doc.gov. Targeted messages and the selection of community motivators related to the unique channels that these specific decennial census participation; Sheleen Dumas, audiences consume will almost • Barriers to decennial census Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief guarantee the visibility this campaign participation; Information Officer. needs among target audiences. These • Internet use and skills; [FR Doc. 2017–17304 Filed 8–15–17; 8:45 am] audience segments will be developed • Knowledge related to the decennial BILLING CODE 3510–07–P using 2010 Census and American census; Community Survey (ACS) participation • Trust in federal, state and local data as well as measures of knowledge, government entities; DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE attitudes, barriers, and motivators to • Civic participation; 2010 decennial participation • Media use; and National Oceanic and Atmospheric documented in past CBAMS surveys. • Sociodemographic characteristics. Administration However, the environmental landscape For more information, please contact RIN 0648–XF516 has shifted since the Census 2010, and Gina Walejko at 301–763–1643 or by the Census Bureau is facing new email to gina.k.walejko@census.gov or Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine challenges. CBAMS 2020, in by contacting Monica Vines at 301–763– Conservation Plan for Guam; Western conjunction with the analysis of other 8813 or by email to monica.j.vines@ Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund data sources, will measure current census.gov. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries barriers to census data collection II. Data Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and including: • Distrust in federal, state and local Office of Management and Budget Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES government entities, (OMB) Control Number: 0607–0978. • Concerns about privacy and Form Number: N/A. ACTION: Notice of agency decision. confidentiality, Type of Review: Nonsubstantive SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval of • Lack of census familiarity and change request. Affected Public: Individuals. a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP) for knowledge, and • Limits of Internet penetration and Estimated Number of Respondents: Guam. use. 35,000. DATES: This agency decision is valid The immediate purpose of CBAMS Estimated Time per Response: 25 from August 4, 2017, through August 3, 2020 is to inform message development minutes. 2020. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:33 Aug 15, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16AUN1.SGM 16AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 16, 2017 / Notices 38877 ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of for of longline-caught bigeye tuna for DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the MCP, identified by NOAA–NMFS– U.S. territories. NMFS may also 2017–0075, from the Federal e- authorize each territory to allocate a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Rulemaking Portal, http://www. portion of that limit to U.S. longline Administration regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D= fishing vessels that are permitted to fish RIN 0648–XF341 NOAA-NMFS-2017-0075, or from the under the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Western Pacific Fishery Management Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Council (Council), 1164 Bishop St., (FEP). Payments collected under Specified Activities; Taking Marine Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813, tel specified fishing agreements are Mammals Incidental to Conducting 808–522–8220, www.wpcouncil.org. deposited into the Western Pacific Subsea Cable Operations and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sustainable Fisheries Fund, and any Maintenance Activities in the Arctic Melanie Brown, Sustainable Fisheries, funds attributable to a particular Ocean NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, territory may be used only for 808–725–5171. implementation of that territory’s MCP. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section An MCP must be consistent with the Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 204(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Council’s fishery ecosystem plans, must Commerce. Conservation and Management Act identify conservation and management objectives (including criteria for ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental (Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the Secretary of State, with the concurrence determining when such objectives have harassment authorization (IHA). of the Secretary of Commerce been met), and must prioritize planned SUMMARY: In accordance with (Secretary), and in consultation with the marine conservation projects. regulations implementing the Marine Council, to negotiate and enter into a The Council reviewed and concurred Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement with the Guam MCP in June 2017. On amended, notification is hereby given (PIAFA). A PIAFA would allow foreign July 14, 2017, the Governor of Guam that NMFS has issued an IHA to fishing within the U.S. Exclusive submitted the Guam MCP to NMFS for Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to review and approval. The following (Quintillion) to take, by harassment, American Samoa, Guam, or the describes the objectives of the MCP. small numbers of 13 species of marine Northern Mariana Islands. The Governor Please refer to the MCP for planned mammals incidental to conducting of the Pacific Insular Area to which the projects and activities designed to meet subsea cable-laying and maintenance PIAFA applies must request the PIAFA. each objective, the evaluative criteria, activities in the Beaufort, Bering, and The Secretary of State may negotiate and priority rankings. The MCP Chukchi seas, during the open-water and enter the PIAFA after consultation contains six conservation and season of 2017. with, and concurrence of, the applicable management objectives, listed below. DATES: This authorization is valid from Governor. 1. Fisheries resource assessment, July 1, 2017, through November 15, Before entering into a PIAFA, the research and monitoring; 2017. applicable Governor, with concurrence 2. Effective surveillance and of the Council, must develop and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: enforcement mechanisms; Shane Guan, Office of Protected submit to the Secretary a 3-year MCP providing details on uses for any funds 3. Promote ecosystems approach to Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. collected by the Secretary under the fisheries management, climate change SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PIAFA. NMFS is the designee of the adaptation and mitigation, and regional Secretary for MCP review and approval. cooperation; Background The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires 4. Public participation, education and Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the payments received under a PIAFA to be outreach, and local capacity building; MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct deposited into the United States 5. Domestic fisheries development; the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated Treasury and then conveyed to the and to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for 6. Recognizing the importance of incidental, but not intentional, taking of which funds were collected. island cultures and traditional fishing small numbers of marine mammals by In the case of violations by foreign practices and community-based U.S. citizens who engage in a specified fishing vessels in the EEZ around any management. activity (other than commercial fishing) Pacific Insular Area, amounts received This notice announces that NMFS has within a specified geographical region if by the Secretary attributable to fines and reviewed the MCP, and has determined certain findings are made and either penalties imposed under the Magnuson- that it satisfies the requirements of the regulations are issued or, if the taking is Stevens Act, including sums collected Magnuson-Stevens Act. Accordingly, limited to harassment, a notice of a from the forfeiture and disposition or NMFS has approved the MCP for the 3- proposed authorization is provided to sale of property seized subject to its year period from August 4, 2017, the public for review. authority, shall be deposited into the through August 3, 2020. This MCP An authorization for incidental Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area supersedes the MCP previously takings shall be granted if NMFS finds adjacent to the EEZ in which the approved for the period August 4, 2014, that the taking will have a negligible asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES violation occurred, after direct costs of through August 3, 2017 (79 FR 47095, impact on the species or stock(s), will the enforcement action are subtracted. August 12, 2014). not have an unmitigable adverse impact The Pacific Insular Area government on the availability of the species or may use funds deposited into the Dated: August 11, 2017. stock(s) for subsistence uses (where Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for Emily H. Menashes, relevant), and if the permissible fisheries enforcement and for Acting Director, Office of Sustainable methods of taking and requirements implementation of an MCP. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819 [FR Doc. 2017–17347 Filed 8–15–17; 8:45 am] and reporting of such takings are set authorize NMFS to specify catch limits BILLING CODE 3510–22–P forth. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:33 Aug 15, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\16AUN1.SGM 16AUN1


Document Created: 2017-08-16 10:27:27
Document Modified: 2017-08-16 10:27:27
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of agency decision.
DatesThis agency decision is valid from August 4, 2017, through August 3, 2020.
ContactMelanie Brown, Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, 808-725-5171.
FR Citation82 FR 38876 
RIN Number0648-XF51
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