83_FR_15627 83 FR 15557 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

83 FR 15557 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 70 (April 11, 2018)

Page Range15557-15557
FR Document2018-07473

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a public workshop to provide a forum for fishermen, managers, and scientists from the United States and European Union to interact and discuss possible solutions to the complex problems associated with the small-mesh pelagic fisheries in their respective regions.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 15557]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07473]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG156


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

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a public workshop to provide a forum for fishermen, managers, and 
scientists from the United States and European Union to interact and 
discuss possible solutions to the complex problems associated with the 
small-mesh pelagic fisheries in their respective regions.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, May 1, 2018 through Thursday, 
May 3, 2018. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: the Beauport Hotel Gloucester, 
55 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, telephone: (844) 282-0008.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N 
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshop will involve a combination of 
presentations, group discussions, and field trips designed to give 
participants first-hand knowledge of local fishery operations and 
issues. A detailed agenda and additional information are available on 
the Council's website at http://www.mafmc.org/workshop/us-eu-pelagics-workshop.

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: April 6, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-07473 Filed 4-10-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 70 / Wednesday, April 11, 2018 / Notices 15557 noise exposure resulting from taken during in-water construction Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: constructing LNG facilities in Cook activities includes: (1) Establishing and (302) 674–2331. Inlet, Alaska from 2019 to 2023. AGDC’s monitoring Level A and Level B zones FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: request is for take of five species of with protected species observers (PSOs), Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive marine mammals, by Level B (2) establishing a 100-m shutdown zone Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery harassment only. Neither AGDC nor and implementing shutdown measures Management Council; telephone: (302) NMFS expects injury, serious injury, or when an animal is detected to 526–5255. mortality to result from this activity. approaching the shutdown zone, and (3) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NMFS provided questions and limiting pile driving activities to workshop will involve a combination of comments to AGDC after receiving the daylight hours only. presentations, group discussions, and initial application regarding the scope of field trips designed to give participants Information Solicited the project and impact analysis. AGDC first-hand knowledge of local fishery submitted a modified request on Interested persons may submit operations and issues. A detailed February 23, 2018 and NMFS deemed information, suggestions, and comments agenda and additional information are the application adequate and complete concerning the AGDC’s request (see available on the Council’s website at on March 14, 2018. ADDRESSES). NMFS will consider all http://www.mafmc.org/workshop/us-eu- information, suggestions, and comments pelagics-workshop. Description of the Specified Activity related to the AGDC’s request and AGDC proposes to construct facilities NMFS’ potential development and Special Accommodations to transport and offload LNG in Cook implementation of regulations These meetings are physically Inlet, AK, for export. The Project governing the incidental taking of accessible to people with disabilities. activities include: marine mammals by the AGDC’s LNG Requests for sign language • Construction of the proposed facility construction in Cook Inlet. interpretation or other auxiliary aid Marine Terminal in Cook Inlet, Dated: April 6, 2018. should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, including construction of a temporary (302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to Donna S. Wieting, Material Offloading Facility (MOF) and the meeting date. a permanent Product Loading Facility Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. Dated: April 6, 2018. (PLF). • Construction of the Mainline across [FR Doc. 2018–07465 Filed 4–10–18; 8:45 am] Tracey L. Thompson, Cook Inlet, including the potential BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable construction of a Mainline MOF on the Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. west side of Cook Inlet. [FR Doc. 2018–07473 Filed 4–10–18; 8:45 am] Components of proposed construction DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BILLING CODE 3510–22–P activities in Cook Inlet that have the National Oceanic and Atmospheric potential to expose marine mammals to Administration received acoustic levels that could COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING result in take include: COMMISSION • Vibratory and impact pile driving RIN 0648–XG156 associated with MOF and PLF Agency Information Collection Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management construction. Activities Under OMB Review • Anchor handling associated with Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings pipelay across the Cook Inlet. AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries For pile driving over the project Commission. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and duration, a total of 130 48-inch (-in) and ACTION: Notice. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 201 60-in steel piles would be installed Commerce. using impact hammers for the PLF SUMMARY: In compliance with the ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this construction. A total of 7 24-in and 28 48-in steel piles would be installed notice announces that the Information SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Collection Request (‘‘ICR’’) abstracted using impact hammers and 66 18-in and Management Council (Council) will 35 60-in steel piles using vibratory below has been forwarded to the Office hold a public workshop to provide a of Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for hammers for the MOF construction. In forum for fishermen, managers, and addition, approximately 6,700 feet and review and comment. The ICR describes scientists from the United States and the nature of the information collections 670 feet of sheet pile would be installed European Union to interact and discuss using a vibratory and impact hammer, and its expected costs and burden. possible solutions to the complex respectively, for the MOF construction. DATES: Comments must be submitted on problems associated with the small- For anchor handling, a total of 5.75 or before May 11, 2018. mesh pelagic fisheries in their and 13.25 hours of activities are respective regions. ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the assessed for mooring/pipe trenching and burden estimate or any other aspect of DATES: The meeting will be held pipelaying in Seasons 3 and 4, the information collections, including Tuesday, May 1, 2018 through suggestions for reducing the burden, respectively. Thursday, May 3, 2018. For agenda may be submitted directly to the Office The LNG facility construction details, see SUPPLEMENTARY of Information and Regulatory Affairs activities are anticipated to begin in late INFORMATION. amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES 2019 and take approximately four years (‘‘OIA’’) in OMB within 30 days of this to complete. However, the rule will ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: notice’s publication by either of the cover a five-year period to encompass the Beauport Hotel Gloucester, 55 following methods. Please identify the additional time should delays occur. Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA comments by ‘‘OMB Control Nos. 3038– A suite of proposed mitigation and 01930, telephone: (844) 282–0008. 0052 or 3038–0074.’’ monitoring measures for marine Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery • By email addressed to: mammals that could potentially be Management Council, 800 N State St., OIRAsubmissions@omb.eop.gov or VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Apr 10, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11APN1.SGM 11APN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of a public meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held Tuesday, May 1, 2018 through Thursday, May 3, 2018. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ContactChristopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 526-5255.
FR Citation83 FR 15557 
RIN Number0648-XG15
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