82 FR 49331 - National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), NIDIS Executive Council Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 205 (October 25, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-21577

The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Program Office will hold an organizational meeting of the NIDIS Executive Council on October 24, 2017.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), NIDIS 
Executive Council Meeting

AGENCY: Climate Program Office (CPO), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Research (OAR), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) 
Program Office will hold an organizational meeting of the NIDIS 
Executive Council on October 24, 2017.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, October 24, 2017 from 9:00 
a.m. EST to 4:00 p.m. EST. These times and the agenda topics described 
below are subject to change.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Association of 
Counties, 660 North Capitol St. NW., Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Veva Deheza, NIDIS Executive Director, 
David Skaggs Research Center, Room GD102, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 
80305. Email: [email protected]; or visit the NIDIS Web site at 
www.drought.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Status: This meeting will be open to public participation. 
Individuals interested in attending should register at https://cpaess.ucar.edu/meetings/2017/fall-2017-nidis-executive-council-meeting. Please refer to this Web page for the most up-to-date meeting 
times and agenda. Seating at the meeting will be available on a first-
come, first-served basis.
    Special Accommodations: This meeting is physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for special accommodations may be 
directed no later than 12:00 p.m. on October 18, 2017, to Elizabeth 
Ossowski, Program Coordinator, David Skaggs Research Center, Room 
GD102, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80305; Email: 
[email protected].
    Matters To Be Considered: The meeting will include the following 
topics: (1) NIDIS implementation updates and 2017--2018 priorities, (2) 
Executive Council member updates and 2017--2018 priorities, (3) Federal 
coordination around drought early warning, (4) Sub-seasonal to seasonal 
prediction, (5) Private sector and non-governmental partner engagement, 
and (6) open discussion on advancing the goals of the NIDIS Public Law 
and Reauthorization.
    The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) was 
established by Public Law 109-430 on December 20, 2006, and 
reauthorized by Public Law 113-86 on March 6, 2014, with a mandate to 
provide an effective drought early warning system for the United 
States; coordinate, and integrate as practicable, Federal research in 
support of a drought early warning system; and build upon existing 
forecasting and assessment programs and partnerships. See 15 U.S.C. 
313d. The Public Law also calls for consultation with ``relevant 
Federal, regional, State, tribal, and local government agencies, 
research institutions, and the private sector'' in the development of 
NIDIS. 15 U.S.C. 313d(c). The NIDIS Executive Council provides the 
NIDIS Program Office with an opportunity to engage in individual 
consultation with senior resource officials from NIDIS's Federal 
partners, as well as leaders from state and local government, academia,

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nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector.

    Dated: September 28, 2017.
David Holst,
Acting Chief Financial Officer/CAO, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Small Numbers take of 5 species of marine mammals FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
As noted above, only small numbers which are listed under the ESA: The Veva Deheza, NIDIS Executive Director,
of incidental take may be authorized humpback whale (Mexico DPS), sei David Skaggs Research Center, Room
under Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA whale, fin whale, blue whale and sperm GD102, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO
for specified activities other than whale. Under Section 7 of the ESA, we 80305. Email: Veva.Deheza@noaa.gov;
military readiness activities. The MMPA initiated consultation with the NMFS or visit the NIDIS Web site at
does not define small numbers; so, in OPR Interagency Cooperation Division www.drought.gov.
practice, where estimated numbers are for the issuance of this IHA. In
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
available, NMFS compares the number September, 2017, the NMFS OPR
Interagency Cooperation Division issued Status: This meeting will be open to
of individuals taken to the most public participation. Individuals
appropriate estimation of abundance of a Biological Opinion with an incidental
take statement, which concluded that interested in attending should register at
the relevant species or stock in our https://cpaess.ucar.edu/meetings/2017/
determination of whether an the issuance of the IHA was not likely
to jeopardize the continued existence of fall-2017-nidis-executive-council-
authorization is limited to small meeting. Please refer to this Web page
numbers of marine mammals. the humpback whale (Mexico DPS), sei
whale, fin whale, blue whale and sperm for the most up-to-date meeting times
Additionally, other qualitative factors and agenda. Seating at the meeting will
may be considered in the analysis, such whale. The Biological Opinion also
concluded that the issuance of the IHA be available on a first-come, first-served
as the temporal or spatial scale of the basis.
activities. Table 8 provides numbers of would not destroy or adversely modify
designated critical habitat for these Special Accommodations: This
take by Level A harassment and Level
species. meeting is physically accessible to
B harassment authorized. These are the
people with disabilities. Requests for
numbers we use for purposes of the Authorization special accommodations may be
small numbers analysis. NMFS has issued an IHA to the SIO directed no later than 12:00 p.m. on
The numbers of marine mammals that for the potential harassment of small October 18, 2017, to Elizabeth
we authorize to be taken, for all species numbers of 27 marine mammal species Ossowski, Program Coordinator, David
and stocks, would be considered small incidental to a low-energy marine Skaggs Research Center, Room GD102,
relative to the relevant stocks or geophysical survey in the northeast 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80305;
populations (less than 7 percent for all Pacific Ocean, provided the previously Email: Elizabeth.Ossowski@noaa.gov.
species and stocks). Based on the mentioned mitigation, monitoring and
analysis contained herein of the Matters To Be Considered: The
reporting requirements are incorporated. meeting will include the following
planned activity (including the
mitigation and monitoring measures) Dated: October 19, 2017. topics: (1) NIDIS implementation
and the anticipated take of marine Donna S. Wieting, updates and 2017—2018 priorities, (2)
mammals, NMFS finds that small Director, Office of Protected Resources, Executive Council member updates and
numbers of marine mammals will be National Marine Fisheries Service. 2017—2018 priorities, (3) Federal
taken relative to the population size of [FR Doc. 2017–23132 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] coordination around drought early
the affected species or stocks. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P warning, (4) Sub-seasonal to seasonal
prediction, (5) Private sector and non-
Unmitigable Adverse Impact Analysis governmental partner engagement, and
and Determination DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (6) open discussion on advancing the
There are no relevant subsistence uses goals of the NIDIS Public Law and
of the affected marine mammal stocks or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Reauthorization.
species implicated by this action. Administration The National Integrated Drought
Therefore, NMFS has determined that Information System (NIDIS) was
National Integrated Drought
the total taking of affected species or established by Public Law 109–430 on
Information System (NIDIS), NIDIS
stocks will not have an unmitigable December 20, 2006, and reauthorized by
Executive Council Meeting
adverse impact on the availability of Public Law 113–86 on March 6, 2014,
such species or stocks for taking for AGENCY: Climate Program Office (CPO), with a mandate to provide an effective
subsistence purposes. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric drought early warning system for the
Research (OAR), National Oceanic and United States; coordinate, and integrate
Endangered Species Act (ESA) Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as practicable, Federal research in
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Department of Commerce (DOC). support of a drought early warning
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et ACTION: Notice of open meeting. system; and build upon existing
seq.) requires that each Federal agency forecasting and assessment programs
insure that any action it authorizes, SUMMARY: The National Integrated and partnerships. See 15 U.S.C. 313d.
funds, or carries out is not likely to Drought Information System (NIDIS) The Public Law also calls for
jeopardize the continued existence of Program Office will hold an consultation with ‘‘relevant Federal,
any endangered or threatened species or organizational meeting of the NIDIS regional, State, tribal, and local
result in the destruction or adverse Executive Council on October 24, 2017. government agencies, research
modification of designated critical DATES: The meeting will be held institutions, and the private sector’’ in
habitat. To ensure ESA compliance for Tuesday, October 24, 2017 from 9:00 the development of NIDIS. 15 U.S.C.
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the issuance of IHAs, NMFS consults a.m. EST to 4:00 p.m. EST. These times 313d(c). The NIDIS Executive Council
internally, in this case with the ESA and the agenda topics described below provides the NIDIS Program Office with
Interagency Cooperation Division, are subject to change. an opportunity to engage in individual
whenever we propose to authorize take ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at consultation with senior resource
for endangered or threatened species. the National Association of Counties, officials from NIDIS’s Federal partners,
The NMFS Permits and Conservation 660 North Capitol St. NW., Washington, as well as leaders from state and local
Division are authorizing the incidental DC 20001. government, academia,

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nongovernmental organizations, and the Special Accommodations Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
private sector. These meetings are physically for comments sent by any other method,
Dated: September 28, 2017. accessible to people with disabilities. to any other address or individual, or
David Holst, Requests for sign language received after the end of the comment
interpretation or other auxiliary aids period. Comments received
Acting Chief Financial Officer/CAO, Office
of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, should be directed to Shannon Gleason electronically, including all
National Oceanic and Atmospheric at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 working attachments, must not exceed a 25-
Administration. days prior to the meeting date. megabyte file size. Attachments to
[FR Doc. 2017–21577 Filed 10–23–17; 11:15 am] electronic comments will be accepted in
Dated: October 20, 2017. Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P Tracey L. Thompson, file formats only. All comments
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable received are a part of the public record
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. and will generally be posted online at
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[FR Doc. 2017–23190 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric BILLING CODE 3510–22–P incidental/research.htm without
Administration change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address)
RIN 0648–XF788 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE voluntarily submitted by the commenter
North Pacific Fishery Management may be publicly accessible. Do not
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Council; Public Meeting submit confidential business
Administration
information or otherwise sensitive or
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries RIN 0648–XF507 protected information.
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Specified Activities; Taking Marine Jordan Carduner, Office of Protected
Commerce.
Mammals Incidental to Boost-Back and Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting. Electronic copies of the application and
Landing of Falcon 9 Rockets
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery supporting documents, as well as a list
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries of the references cited in this document,
Management Council (Council) Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Groundfish Plan Team will meet may be obtained online at:
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
November 13 through November 17, Commerce.
2017. incidental/research.htm. In case of
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental problems accessing these documents,
DATES: The meeting will be held on harassment authorization; request for please call the contact listed above.
Monday, November 13, 2017 to Friday, comments. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
November 17, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Pacific Time. SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request Background
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
from Space Exploration Technology
Corporation (SpaceX) for authorization Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
the Alaska Fishery Science Center, MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
Traynor Room 2076, 7600 Sand Point to take marine mammals incidental to
boost-back and landing of Falcon 9 the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
Way NE., Building 4, Seattle, WA upon request, the incidental, but not
98115. rockets at Vandenberg Air Force Base in
California, and at contingency landing intentional, taking of small numbers of
Council address: North Pacific marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
Fishery Management Council, 605 W. locations in the Pacific Ocean. Pursuant
to the Marine Mammal Protection Act engage in a specified activity (other than
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK commercial fishing) within a specified
99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments
on its proposal to issue an incidental geographical region if certain findings
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: harassment authorization (IHA) to are made and either regulations are
Diana Stram or Jim Armstrong, Council SpaceX to incidentally take marine issued or, if the taking is limited to
staff; telephone: (907) 271–2809. mammals, by Level B harassment only, harassment, a notice of a proposed
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: during the specified activity. NMFS will authorization is provided to the public
consider public comments prior to for review.
Agenda
making any final decision on the An authorization for incidental
Monday, November 13 to Friday, issuance of the requested MMPA takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
November 17, 2017 authorizations and agency responses that the taking will have a negligible
The Plan Teams will compile and will be summarized in the final notice impact on the species or stock(s), will
review the annual Groundfish Stock of our decision. not have an unmitigable adverse impact
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation DATES: Comments and information must on the availability of the species or
(SAFE) reports, (including the Economic be received no later than November 24, stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
Report, the Ecosystems/assessment and 2017. relevant), and if the permissible
status report, and the stock assessments ADDRESSES: Comments should be methods of taking and requirements
for BSAI and GOA groundfishes), and addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
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recommend final groundfish harvest Permits and Conservation Division, and reporting of such takings are set
specifications for 2017/2018. Office of Protected Resources, National forth.
The Agenda is subject to change, and Marine Fisheries Service. Physical NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
the latest version will be posted at comments should be sent to 1315 East- impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
http://www.npfmc.org/fishery- West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 resulting from the specified activity that
management-plan-team/goa-bsai- and electronic comments should be sent cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
groundfish-plan-team/. to ITP.Carduner@noaa.gov. not reasonably likely to, adversely affect

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of open meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held Tuesday, October 24, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. EST to 4:00 p.m. EST. These times and the agenda topics described below are subject to change.
Contact		Veva Deheza, NIDIS Executive Director, David Skaggs Research Center, Room GD102, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80305. Email: [email protected]; or visit the NIDIS Web site at www.drought.gov.
FR Citation		82 FR 49331

82 FR 49331 - National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), NIDIS Executive Council Meeting

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