83 FR 35219 - NOAA's Implementation of the Department of Commerce 2018-2022 Strategic Plan; Public Meetings
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 143 (July 25, 2018)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 143 (July 25, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-15937 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 35219-35220] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-15937] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XG367 NOAA's Implementation of the Department of Commerce 2018-2022 Strategic Plan; Public Meetings AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Office of Under Secretary of Commerce (USEC) for Oceans and Atmosphere is holding multiple listening sessions to provide information and receive stakeholder input regarding implementation of the Department of Commerce's 2018-2022 Strategic Plan. Focal topics will be implementation of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017, reducing the seafood trade deficit, supporting maritime commerce, fisheries, recreation and tourism. The listening sessions will include presentations and time for stakeholder input into the development of priority objectives. The meeting topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the notice. DATES: The meetings will be held between August and November 2018. For specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meetings will be held in Norman, OK; Juneau, AK; St. Petersburg, FL; Madison, WI; Charleston, SC; Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA and Durham, NC. For specific locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Kay Roberts, Director of Communications, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; telephone: 202-482-6090. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has several initiatives underway to support the Department of Commerce (DOC) 2018-2022 Strategic Plan. NOAA will address the priority of reducing extreme weather impacts through the implementation of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act (Act). Among other requirements, the Act directs NOAA to improve seasonal and sub-seasonal forecasts, an area of forecasting that presents significant opportunity for improvement. NOAA is also interested in ideas to expand marine aquaculture across the United States as a means of creating quality jobs in coastal communities and reducing the seafood trade deficit. Other aspects to support domestic fisheries include reducing regulatory burden for wild-caught fisheries, implementing and enforcing recent regulations that establish minimum standards for imported seafood, and increasing foreign market access for U.S. seafood products. NOAA is also interested in pursuing efforts to support commerce through expanding precision maritime navigation products, ecotourism through the National Marine Sanctuaries Program, and harnessing the deep sea through ocean exploration. NOAA also intends to re-energize the National Oceanographic Partnership Program-- a federal program that facilitates public-private partnerships to fund marine research. For the listening sessions, the Office of Under Secretary of Commerce (USEC) for Oceans and Atmosphere will present background on these ideas and solicit comment from stakeholders. The focus of each public meeting and structure of public comment will be at the discretion of the presenters and NOAA staff. The USEC schedule, location, and agenda for the following eight meetings are as follows with exact times and locations to be released at least 14 days in advance of the events at http://www.noaa.gov/stories/noaa-starts-nationwide-listening-sessions: [[Page 35220]] Meetings: Schedule, Location, and Agenda 1. Thursday, August 30, Norman, OK Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the development of a community-based weather model. 2. Friday, August 31, Juneau, Alaska Agenda: To discuss opportunities to reduce the nation's seafood trade deficit, and promote marine commerce and tourism. 3. Monday, September 10, St. Petersburg, Florida Agenda: To discuss advancing commercial and recreational fisheries, technology development and tourism. 4. Wednesday, September 12, Madison, Wisconsin Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the development of a community-based weather model. 5. Thursday, October 4, Seattle, Washington Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the development of a community-based weather model. 6. Tuesday, October 23, Charleston, SC Agenda: To discuss opportunities to improve the efficiency of U.S. ports, reduce the seafood trade deficit, and expand exploration of the nation's Exclusive Economic Zone. 7. Thursday, November 1, Durham, NC Agenda: To discuss implementation of The Weather Act, including the development of a community-based weather model, opportunities to reduce the nation's seafood trade deficit, and ocean exploration. 8. Friday, November 9, San Diego, California Agenda: To discuss opportunities to improve the efficiency of U.S. ports, promote domestic aquaculture production, and expand exploration of the nation's Exclusive Economic Zone. Special Accommodations These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Julie Kay Roberts; 202-482-6090, at least 10 working days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 8501 et seq. Dated: July 20, 2018. Tim Gallaudet, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [FR Doc. 2018-15937 Filed 7-24-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-12-P
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of the Act instructs Commerce to Department of Commerce (DOC) 2018–
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terminate suspension of liquidation and 2022 Strategic Plan. NOAA will address
to release any bond or other security, the priority of reducing extreme weather
and refund any cash deposit, in the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE impacts through the implementation of
event of a negative determination. Here, the Weather Research and Forecasting
suspension of liquidation must continue National Oceanic and Atmospheric Innovation Act (Act). Among other
during the pendency of the appeals Administration requirements, the Act directs NOAA to
process (in accordance with Timken and improve seasonal and sub-seasonal
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as discussed above), and, therefore, we forecasts, an area of forecasting that
will continue to instruct CBP at this NOAA’s Implementation of the presents significant opportunity for
time to (A) continue suspension at a Department of Commerce 2018–2022 improvement. NOAA is also interested
cash deposit rate of zero percent until Strategic Plan; Public Meetings in ideas to expand marine aquaculture
instructed otherwise; and (B) release across the United States as a means of
any bond or other security, and refund AGENCY: National Oceanic and
creating quality jobs in coastal
any cash deposit made pursuant to the Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
communities and reducing the seafood
order by Dunhua City Jisen Wood Commerce.
trade deficit. Other aspects to support
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domestic fisheries include reducing
(Shanghai) Limited, and Armstrong SUMMARY: The Office of Under Secretary regulatory burden for wild-caught
Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. In of Commerce (USEC) for Oceans and fisheries, implementing and enforcing
the event that the CIT’s ruling is not Atmosphere is holding multiple recent regulations that establish
appealed, or appealed and upheld by listening sessions to provide minimum standards for imported
the CAFC, Commerce will instruct CBP information and receive stakeholder seafood, and increasing foreign market
to terminate the suspension of input regarding implementation of the access for U.S. seafood products. NOAA
liquidation and to liquidate those Department of Commerce’s 2018–2022 is also interested in pursuing efforts to
unliquidated entries of subject Strategic Plan. Focal topics will be support commerce through expanding
merchandise without regard to implementation of the Weather precision maritime navigation products,
antidumping duties. Research and Forecasting Innovation ecotourism through the National Marine
Act of 2017, reducing the seafood trade Sanctuaries Program, and harnessing the
Notification to Interested Parties deep sea through ocean exploration.
deficit, supporting maritime commerce,
This notice serves as a reminder to fisheries, recreation and tourism. The NOAA also intends to re-energize the
parties subject to administrative listening sessions will include National Oceanographic Partnership
protective order (APO) of their presentations and time for stakeholder Program—a federal program that
responsibility concerning the input into the development of priority facilitates public-private partnerships to
disposition of proprietary information objectives. The meeting topics are fund marine research.
described under the SUPPLEMENTARY For the listening sessions, the Office
disclosed under APO in accordance
INFORMATION section of the notice. of Under Secretary of Commerce (USEC)
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the destruction of DATES: The meetings will be held for Oceans and Atmosphere will present
APO materials or conversion to judicial between August and November 2018. background on these ideas and solicit
protective order is hereby requested. For specific dates and times, see comment from stakeholders. The focus
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. of each public meeting and structure of
Failure to comply with the regulations
and the terms of the APO is a violation ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The public comment will be at the discretion
subject to sanction. meetings will be held in Norman, OK; of the presenters and NOAA staff. The
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Juneau, AK; St. Petersburg, FL; USEC schedule, location, and agenda for
This notice is issued and published in Madison, WI; Charleston, SC; Seattle, the following eight meetings are as
accordance with sections 516A(e)(1), WA; San Diego, CA and Durham, NC. follows with exact times and locations
735, and 777(i)(1) of the Act. For specific locations, see to be released at least 14 days in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. advance of the events at http://
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie www.noaa.gov/stories/noaa-starts-
Kay Roberts, Director of nationwide-listening-sessions:
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Meetings: Schedule, Location, and Dated: July 20, 2018. authorization and agency responses will
Agenda Tim Gallaudet, be summarized in the final notice of our
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans decision.
1. Thursday, August 30, Norman, OK
and Atmosphere and Acting Under Secretary DATES: Comments and information must
Agenda: To discuss implementation of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, be received no later than August 24,
of The Weather Act, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 2018.
Administration.
development of a community-based ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the
weather model. [FR Doc. 2018–15937 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am]
final Authorization issued in 2017 and
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2. Friday, August 31, Juneau, Alaska supporting material along with an
updated IHA request memo from POK
Agenda: To discuss opportunities to may be obtained by visiting https://
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reduce the nation’s seafood trade deficit, www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
and promote marine commerce and National Oceanic and Atmospheric marine-mammal-protection/incidental-
tourism. Administration take-authorizations-construction-
3. Monday, September 10, St. activities. In case of problems accessing
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Petersburg, Florida these documents, please call the contact
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to listed below (see FOR FURTHER
Agenda: To discuss advancing INFORMATION CONTACT).
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
commercial and recreational fisheries, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale
Mammals Incidental to Port of Kalama
technology development and tourism. Youngkin, Office of Protected
Expansion Project on the Lower
4. Wednesday, September 12, Madison, Columbia River Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
Wisconsin SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Agenda: To discuss implementation Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Background
of The Weather Act, including the Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
development of a community-based Commerce. MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
weather model. ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated
5. Thursday, October 4, Seattle, harassment authorization; request for to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the
Washington comments. incidental, but not intentional, taking of
small numbers of marine mammals by
Agenda: To discuss implementation SUMMARY: NMFS received a request from U.S. citizens who engage in a specified
of The Weather Act, including the the Port of Kalama (POK) to issue an activity (other than commercial fishing)
development of a community-based incidental harassment authorization within a specified geographical region if
weather model. (IHA) previously issued to the POK to certain findings are made and either
incidentally take three species of marine regulations are issued or, if the taking is
6. Tuesday, October 23, Charleston, SC mammal, by Level B harassment only, limited to harassment, a notice of a
Agenda: To discuss opportunities to during construction activities associated proposed authorization is provided to
improve the efficiency of U.S. ports, with an expansion project at the Port of the public for review.
reduce the seafood trade deficit, and Kalama on the Lower Columbia River, An authorization for incidental
expand exploration of the nation’s Washington. The current IHA was takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
Exclusive Economic Zone. issued in 2017 and is in effect until that the taking will have a negligible
August 31, 2018 (2017–2018 IHA). impact on the species or stock(s), will
7. Thursday, November 1, Durham, NC However, the project has been delayed not have an unmitigable adverse impact
such that none of the work covered by on the availability of the species or
Agenda: To discuss implementation
the 2017–2018 IHA has been initiated stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
of The Weather Act, including the
and, therefore, the POK requested that relevant), and if the permissible
development of a community-based
an IHA be issued to conduct their work methods of taking and requirements
weather model, opportunities to reduce
beginning on or about September 1, pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
the nation’s seafood trade deficit, and
2018 (2018–2019 IHA). NMFS is seeking and reporting of such takings are set
ocean exploration.
public comment on its proposal to issue forth.
8. Friday, November 9, San Diego, the 2018–2019 IHA to cover the NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
California incidental take analyzed and authorized impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
in the 2017–2018 IHA. Pursuant to the resulting from the specified activity that
Agenda: To discuss opportunities to Marine Mammal Protection Act cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
improve the efficiency of U.S. ports, (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments not reasonably likely to, adversely affect
promote domestic aquaculture on its proposal to issue an IHA to POK the species or stock through effects on
production, and expand exploration of to incidentally take, by Level B annual rates of recruitment or survival.
the nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone. harassment, small numbers of marine The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
Special Accommodations mammals during the specified activities. means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or
The authorized take numbers and attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill
These meetings are physically related analyses would be the same as any marine mammal.
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accessible to people with disabilities. for the 2017–2018 IHA, and the required Except with respect to certain
Requests for sign language mitigation, monitoring, and reporting activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
interpretation or other auxiliary aids would remain the same as authorized in defines ‘‘harassment’’ as any act of
should be directed to Julie Kay Roberts; the 2017–2018 IHA referenced above. pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
202–482–6090, at least 10 working days NMFS will consider public comments has the potential to injure a marine
prior to the meeting date. prior to making any final decision on mammal or marine mammal stock in the
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 8501 et seq. the issuance of the requested MMPA wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
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| Dates | The meetings will be held between August and November 2018. For specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. | |
| Contact | Julie Kay Roberts, Director of Communications, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; telephone: 202-482-6090. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 35219 | |
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