82 FR 47176 - Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting (Webinar)
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 195 (October 11, 2017)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 195 (October 11, 2017)
| Page Range | 47176-47176 | |
| FR Document | 2017-21889 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 11, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 47176] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-21889] [[Page 47176]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XF744 Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting (Webinar) AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad hoc Community Advisory Board (CAB) will hold a two-day meeting in Portland, OR. The meeting is open to the public. DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 and Wednesday, October 25, 2017, from 8 a.m. each morning until business for each day has been completed. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, Garden A/B/C Room, 8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: (503) 281-2500. Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jim Seger, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2416. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the CAB meeting is to review the public review draft of the catch share program five-year review document and continue to develop ranges of alternatives for Pacific Council consideration at the November 2017 Pacific Council meeting. The issues to be covered were identified by the Pacific Council at its June 2017 meeting, and include: Meeting the at-sea whiting fishery bycatch needs; trawl sablefish area management (including limits on gear switching); shoreside individual fishing quota (IFQ) accumulation limit; shoreside IFQ choke species management; and catcher-processor sector accumulation limits on permit ownership and harvesting/processing. Ranges of alternatives are to be developed and finalized for analysis over the course of the November 2017 and March/April 2018 Pacific Council meetings. Due to workload limitations, it is unlikely that all of these issues will move forward in 2018. Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after publication of this document that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent to take final action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820-2411 at least 10 business days prior to the meeting date. Dated: October 5, 2017. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2017-21889 Filed 10-10-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE meeting. Action will be restricted to list of the references cited in this
those issues specifically listed in this document, may be obtained online at
National Oceanic and Atmospheric document and any issues arising after www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
Administration publication of this document that incidental/construction.htm. In case of
RIN 0648–XF744 require emergency action under section problems accessing these documents,
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery please call the contact listed above.
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Conservation and Management Act, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Meeting (Webinar) provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address Background
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries the emergency. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Special Accommodations the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
Commerce. This meeting is physically accessible upon request, the incidental, but not
ACTION: Notice of public meeting. to people with disabilities. Requests for intentional, taking of small numbers of
sign language interpretation or other marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. engage in a specified activity (other than
Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Kris Kleinschmidt (503) 820–2411 at commercial fishing) within a specified
Ad hoc Community Advisory Board least 10 business days prior to the geographical region if certain findings
(CAB) will hold a two-day meeting in meeting date. are made and either regulations are
Portland, OR. The meeting is open to issued or, if the taking is limited to
Dated: October 5, 2017.
the public. harassment, a notice of a proposed
Tracey L. Thompson,
DATES: The meeting will be held on authorization is provided to the public
Tuesday, October 24, 2017 and Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable for review.
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017, from 8 An authorization for incidental
[FR Doc. 2017–21889 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am] takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
a.m. each morning until business for
each day has been completed. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P that the taking will have a negligible
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at impact on the species or stock(s), will
the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, not have an unmitigable adverse impact
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE on the availability of the species or
Garden A/B/C Room, 8235 NE Airport
Way, Portland, OR 97220; telephone: National Oceanic and Atmospheric stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
(503) 281–2500. Administration relevant), and if the permissible
Council address: Pacific Fishery methods of taking and requirements
Management Council, 7700 NE RIN 0648–XF444 pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, and reporting of such takings are set
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to forth.
OR 97220. Specified Activities; Taking Marine NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mammals Incidental to Pile Driving impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
Jim Seger, Pacific Council; telephone: Activities for the Restoration of Pier resulting from the specified activity that
(503) 820–2416. 62, Seattle Waterfront, Elliot Bay cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The not reasonably likely to, adversely affect
primary purpose of the CAB meeting is AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and the species or stock through effects on
to review the public review draft of the annual rates of recruitment or survival.
catch share program five-year review Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce. The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
document and continue to develop means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill,
ranges of alternatives for Pacific Council ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or
consideration at the November 2017 harassment authorization.
kill any marine mammal.
Pacific Council meeting. The issues to Except with respect to certain
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
be covered were identified by the activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
regulations implementing the Marine
Pacific Council at its June 2017 meeting, defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
and include: Meeting the at-sea whiting pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
amended, notification is hereby given
fishery bycatch needs; trawl sablefish has the potential to injure a marine
that NMFS has issued an incidental
area management (including limits on mammal or marine mammal stock in the
harassment authorization (IHA) to the
gear switching); shoreside individual wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
Seattle Department of Transportation
fishing quota (IFQ) accumulation limit; the potential to disturb a marine
(Seattle DOT) to incidentally harass, by
shoreside IFQ choke species mammal or marine mammal stock in the
Level B harassment only, marine
management; and catcher-processor wild by causing disruption of behavioral
mammals during pile driving and
sector accumulation limits on permit patterns, including, but not limited to,
removal activities associated with the
ownership and harvesting/processing. migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
restoration of Pier 62 project in Seattle
Ranges of alternatives are to be feeding, or sheltering (Level B
Waterfront, Elliot Bay in Seattle,
developed and finalized for analysis harassment).
Washington.
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over the course of the November 2017
and March/April 2018 Pacific Council DATES: This Authorization is applicable National Environmental Policy Act
meetings. Due to workload limitations, from October 4, 2017 through February In compliance with NOAA policy, the
it is unlikely that all of these issues will 28, 2018. National Environmental Policy Act of
move forward in 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),
Although non-emergency issues not Stephanie Egger, Office of Protected and the Council on Environmental
contained in the meeting agenda may be Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–
discussed, those issues may not be the Electronic copies of the applications 1508), NMFS determined the issuance
subject of formal action during this and supporting documents, as well as a of the IHA qualifies to be categorically
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of public meeting. | |
| Dates | The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 and Wednesday, October 25, 2017, from 8 a.m. each morning until business for each day has been completed. | |
| Contact | Dr. Jim Seger, Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2416. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 47176 | |
| RIN Number | 0648-XF74 |
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