83 FR 1336 - Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 8 (January 11, 2018)

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The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold an all-hands meeting of its Citizen Science Advisory Panel Projects/Topics Management; Finance & Infrastructure; Volunteers; Communication/Outreach/Education; and Data Management Action Teams via webinar.

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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's Citizen Science Advisory Panel Projects/Topics Management; 
Finance & Infrastructure; Volunteers; Communication/Outreach/Education; 
and Data Management Action Teams.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold an all-hands meeting of its Citizen Science Advisory Panel 
Projects/Topics Management; Finance & Infrastructure; Volunteers; 
Communication/Outreach/Education; and Data Management Action Teams via 
webinar.

DATES: The Projects/Topics Management; Finance & Infrastructure; 
Volunteers; Communication/Outreach/Education; and Data Management 
Action Team meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 9 
a.m. The meeting is scheduled to last approximately three hours. 
Additional Action Team webinar dates and times will publish in a 
subsequent issue in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held via webinar and is open 
to members of the public. Webinar registration is required and 
registration links will be posted to the Citizen Science program page 
of the Council's website at www.safmc.net.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science 
Program Manager, SAFMC; phone (843) 302-8433 or toll free (866) SAFMC-
10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council created a Citizen Science 
Advisory Panel Pool in June 2017. The Council appointed members of the 
Citizen Science Advisory Panel Pool to five Action Teams in the areas 
of Volunteers, Data Management, Projects/Topics Management, Finance, 
and Communication/Outreach/Education to develop program policies and 
operations for the Council's Citizen Science Program.
    Each Action Team has been meeting since August 2017 to work on 
developing recommendations on program policies and operations to be 
reviewed by the Council's Citizen Science Committee. The January 31, 
2018 meeting will bring all members of all five Action Teams together 
to review and discuss draft recommendations from each Action Team. 
Public comment will be accepted at the beginning of the meeting.
    Items to be addressed during these meetings:

1. Overview and discussion of Action Team draft recommendations
2. Other Business

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the 
council office (see ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting.

    Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are 
subject to change.

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

    Dated: January 8, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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that can be used to mimic both of on- Letters of interest may not include Meeting address: The meeting will be
target and off-target genome editing business proprietary information. NIST held via webinar and is open to
induced variants at known frequencies will not treat any information provided members of the public. Webinar
in a background of human genomic in response to this Notice as proprietary registration is required and registration
DNA which can be used to benchmark information. NIST will notify each links will be posted to the Citizen
validation of sequencing pipelines organization of its eligibility. In order to Science program page of the Council’s
intended to identify genome editing participate in this Consortium, each website at www.safmc.net.
induced variants. eligible organization must sign a
b. Design and conduct controlled CRADA for this Consortium. All Council address: South Atlantic
evaluations of assays intended to participants to this Consortium will be Fishery Management Council, 4055
identify where genome editing enzymes bound by the same terms and Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N
have been active in a genome, with an conditions. Participants will be required Charleston, SC 29405.
experimental design that allows for to contribute financial or equivalent in- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
enough power to assess the sources of kind resources, as determined by NIST, Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science
variability, repeatability, and of at least $20,000. NIST does not Program Manager, SAFMC; phone (843)
reproducibility within an assay. guarantee participation in the
302–8433 or toll free (866) SAFMC–10;
(2) Data and Meta Data: Consortium or in any other
a. Identify community norms for data fax: (843) 769–4520; email:
collaboration to any organization
formats and tools for benchmarking data amber.vonharten@safmc.net.
submitting a Letter of Interest.
analysis including in silico data sets and Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3710a. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
an experimental data set. Council created a Citizen Science
b. Determine the type of meta data Kevin Kimball, Advisory Panel Pool in June 2017. The
that would be needed to be shared, NIST Chief of Staff. Council appointed members of the
housed, and interrogated from genome [FR Doc. 2018–00315 Filed 1–10–18; 8:45 am] Citizen Science Advisory Panel Pool to
editing experiments. BILLING CODE 3510–13–P five Action Teams in the areas of
(3) Lexicon: Identify terms and related Volunteers, Data Management, Projects/
definitions to form a common genome
Topics Management, Finance, and
editing community lexicon. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
No proprietary information will be Communication/Outreach/Education to
shared as part of the Consortium. National Oceanic and Atmospheric develop program policies and
Process: Interested parties with Administration operations for the Council’s Citizen
relevant genome editing associated Science Program.
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capabilities (see below), products, and/ Each Action Team has been meeting
or technical expertise to support this Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South since August 2017 to work on
Consortium should contact NIST using Atlantic Fishery Management Council; developing recommendations on
the information provided in the Public Meetings program policies and operations to be
ADDRESSES section of this notice. NIST reviewed by the Council’s Citizen
will then provide each interested party AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Science Committee. The January 31,
with a letter of interest template, which Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
2018 meeting will bring all members of
the party must complete, and submit to Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
all five Action Teams together to review
NIST. NIST will contact interested Commerce.
and discuss draft recommendations
parties if there are questions regarding ACTION: Notice of meeting of the South
from each Action Team. Public
the responsiveness of the letters. NIST Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s
comment will be accepted at the
will select participants who have Citizen Science Advisory Panel
beginning of the meeting.
submitted complete letters of interest Projects/Topics Management; Finance &
based on the capabilities listed below. Infrastructure; Volunteers; Items to be addressed during these
Eligibility will be determined solely by Communication/Outreach/Education; meetings:
NIST based on information provided by and Data Management Action Teams. 1. Overview and discussion of Action
interested organizations and upon the Team draft recommendations
SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery
availability of necessary resources to
Management Council (Council) will 2. Other Business
NIST.
hold an all-hands meeting of its Citizen
To participate, the eligible applicant Special Accommodations
Science Advisory Panel Projects/Topics
will be required to sign a CRADA with
Management; Finance & Infrastructure; These meetings are physically
NIST.
Requirements: Each letter of interest Volunteers; Communication/Outreach/
accessible to people with disabilities.
should provide the following Education; and Data Management
Requests for auxiliary aids should be
information: Action Teams via webinar.
directed to the council office (see
(1) A description of the experience in DATES: The Projects/Topics
ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting.
genome editing or genome engineering, Management; Finance & Infrastructure;
Volunteers; Communication/Outreach/ Note: The times and sequence specified in
bioinformatics, next-generation
Education; and Data Management this agenda are subject to change.
sequencing, detection or quantitation of
DNA variants or related expertise to Action Team meeting will be held on Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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contribute to the Consortium. Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 9 a.m.
Dated: January 8, 2018.
(2) Subgroups or topic areas of The meeting is scheduled to last
approximately three hours. Additional Tracey L. Thompson,
interest for participation. There is no
limit on the number of areas of Action Team webinar dates and times Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
participation. will publish in a subsequent issue in the Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
(3) List of interested party’s Federal Register. [FR Doc. 2018–00372 Filed 1–10–18; 8:45 am]
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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of meeting of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Citizen Science Advisory Panel Projects/Topics Management; Finance & Infrastructure; Volunteers; Communication/Outreach/Education; and Data Management Action Teams.
Dates		The Projects/Topics Management; Finance & Infrastructure; Volunteers; Communication/Outreach/Education; and Data Management Action Team meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 9 a.m. The meeting is scheduled to last approximately three hours. Additional Action Team webinar dates and times will publish in a subsequent issue in the Federal Register.
Contact		Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science Program Manager, SAFMC; phone (843) 302-8433 or toll free (866) SAFMC- 10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 1336
RIN Number		0648-XF91

83 FR 1336 - Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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