83_FR_64352 83 FR 64113 - Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs

83 FR 64113 - Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 239 (December 13, 2018)

Page Range64113-64114
FR Document2018-27046

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office for Coastal Management will hold a public meeting to solicit comments on the performance evaluation of the Rhode Island Coastal Management Program.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 239 (Thursday, December 13, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 239 (Thursday, December 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-27046]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management (OCM), National Ocean Service 
(NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Office for Coastal Management will hold a public meeting to solicit 
comments on the performance evaluation of the Rhode Island Coastal 
Management Program.

DATES: 
    Rhode Island Coastal Management Program Evaluation: The public 
meeting will be held on February 5, 2019, and written comments must be 
received on or before February 15, 2019.
    For specific dates, times, and locations of the public meetings, 
see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the coastal program NOAA intends 
to evaluate by any of the following methods:
    Public Meeting and Oral Comments: A public meeting will be held in 
Wakefield, Rhode Island. For the specific location, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.
    Written Comments: Please direct written comments to Carrie Hall, 
Evaluator, Planning and Performance Measurement Program, Office for 
Coastal Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor, N/
OCM1, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or email comments 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and 
Performance Measurement Program, Office for Coastal Management, NOS/
NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, 
Maryland 20910, by phone at (240) 533-0730 or email comments 
[email protected]. Copies of the previous evaluation findings and 
2016-2020 Assessment and Strategy may be viewed and downloaded on the 
internet at http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations. A copy of the 
evaluation notification letter and most recent progress report may be 
obtained upon request by contacting the person identified under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 312 of the Coastal Zone Management 
Act (CZMA) requires NOAA to conduct periodic evaluations of federally 
approved state and territorial coastal programs. The process includes 
one or more public meetings, consideration of written public comments, 
and consultations with interested Federal, state, and local agencies 
and members of the public. During the evaluation, NOAA will consider 
the extent to which the state has met the national objectives, adhered 
to the management program approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and 
adhered to the terms of financial assistance under the CZMA. When the 
evaluation is completed, NOAA's Office for Coastal Management will 
place a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of 
the Final Evaluation Findings.
    You may participate or submit oral comments at the public meeting 
scheduled as follows:
    Date: February 5, 2019.
    Time: 6:00 p.m., local time.
    Location: Stedman Government Center, Conference Room A, 4808 Tower 
Hill Road, Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879.
    Written public comments must be received on or before February 15, 
2018.

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Coastal Zone Management Program Administration

    Dated November 26, 2018.
Keelin Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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                                              DATES:  The SEDAR 64 Data webinar will                     Although non-emergency issues not                     Public Meeting and Oral Comments:
                                              be held January 11, 2019, from 10 a.m.                  contained in this agenda may come                     A public meeting will be held in
                                              to 11 a.m. Eastern Time.                                before this group for discussion, those               Wakefield, Rhode Island. For the
                                              ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held                     issues may not be the subject of formal               specific location, see SUPPLEMENTARY
                                              via webinar. The webinar is open to                     action during this meeting. Action will               INFORMATION.
                                              members of the public. Those interested                 be restricted to those issues specifically               Written Comments: Please direct
                                              in participating should contact Julie A.                identified in this notice and any issues              written comments to Carrie Hall,
                                              Neer at SEDAR (See Contact Information                  arising after publication of this notice              Evaluator, Planning and Performance
                                              Below) to request an invitation                         that require emergency action under                   Measurement Program, Office for
                                              providing webinar access information.                   section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens                Coastal Management, NOS/NOAA, 1305
                                              Please request webinar invitations at                   Fishery Conservation and Management                   East-West Highway, 11th Floor,
                                              least 24 hours in advance of each                       Act, provided the public has been                     N/OCM1, Silver Spring, Maryland
                                              webinar.                                                notified of the intent to take final action           20910, or email comments Carrie.Hall@
                                                                                                      to address the emergency.                             noaa.gov.
                                                 SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place
                                              Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC                  Special Accommodations                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              29405.                                                    The meeting is physically accessible                Carrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie                  to people with disabilities. Requests for             Performance Measurement Program,
                                              A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571–                  sign language interpretation or other                 Office for Coastal Management, NOS/
                                              4366; Email: Julie.neer@safmc.net.                      auxiliary aids should be directed to the              NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th
                                                                                                      Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5             Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring,
                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf                                                                           Maryland 20910, by phone at (240) 533–
                                              of Mexico, South Atlantic, and                          business days prior to each workshop.
                                                                                                        Note: The times and sequence                        0730 or email comments Carrie.Hall@
                                              Caribbean Fishery Management                                                                                  noaa.gov. Copies of the previous
                                                                                                      specified in this agenda are subject to
                                              Councils, in conjunction with NOAA                                                                            evaluation findings and 2016–2020
                                                                                                      change.
                                              Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf                                                                           Assessment and Strategy may be viewed
                                              States Marine Fisheries Commissions                       Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
                                                                                                                                                            and downloaded on the internet at
                                              have implemented the Southeast Data,                      Dated: December 10, 2018.                           http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations.
                                              Assessment and Review (SEDAR)                           Tracey L. Thompson,                                   A copy of the evaluation notification
                                              process, a multi-step method for                        Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable         letter and most recent progress report
                                              determining the status of fish stocks in                Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.         may be obtained upon request by
                                              the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multi-                 [FR Doc. 2018–26981 Filed 12–12–18; 8:45 am]          contacting the person identified under
                                              step process including: (1) Data                        BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
                                              Workshop, (2) a series of assessment
                                                                                                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
                                              webinars, and (3) a Review Workshop.
                                              The product of the Data Workshop is a                                                                         312 of the Coastal Zone Management
                                                                                                      DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                              report that compiles and evaluates                                                                            Act (CZMA) requires NOAA to conduct
                                              potential datasets and recommends                       National Oceanic and Atmospheric                      periodic evaluations of federally
                                              which datasets are appropriate for                      Administration                                        approved state and territorial coastal
                                              assessment analyses. The assessment                                                                           programs. The process includes one or
                                              webinars produce a report that describes                Evaluation of State Coastal                           more public meetings, consideration of
                                              the fisheries, evaluates the status of the              Management Programs                                   written public comments, and
                                              stock, estimates biological benchmarks,                                                                       consultations with interested Federal,
                                                                                                      AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management                 state, and local agencies and members of
                                              projects future population conditions,                  (OCM), National Ocean Service (NOS),
                                              and recommends research and                                                                                   the public. During the evaluation,
                                                                                                      National Oceanic and Atmospheric                      NOAA will consider the extent to which
                                              monitoring needs. The product of the                    Administration (NOAA), Department of
                                              Review Workshop is an Assessment                                                                              the state has met the national objectives,
                                                                                                      Commerce (DOC).                                       adhered to the management program
                                              Summary documenting panel opinions                      ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
                                              regarding the strengths and weaknesses                                                                        approved by the Secretary of Commerce,
                                              of the stock assessment and input data.                 SUMMARY:   The National Oceanic and                   and adhered to the terms of financial
                                              Participants for SEDAR Workshops are                    Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                    assistance under the CZMA. When the
                                              appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South                  Office for Coastal Management will hold               evaluation is completed, NOAA’s Office
                                              Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery                         a public meeting to solicit comments on               for Coastal Management will place a
                                              Management Councils and NOAA                            the performance evaluation of the                     notice in the Federal Register
                                              Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,                    Rhode Island Coastal Management                       announcing the availability of the Final
                                              HMS Management Division, and                            Program.                                              Evaluation Findings.
                                              Southeast Fisheries Science Center.                                                                              You may participate or submit oral
                                                                                                      DATES:
                                              Participants include data collectors and                                                                      comments at the public meeting
                                                                                                        Rhode Island Coastal Management
                                              database managers; stock assessment                                                                           scheduled as follows:
                                                                                                      Program Evaluation: The public meeting
                                              scientists, biologists, and researchers;                will be held on February 5, 2019, and                    Date: February 5, 2019.
                                              constituency representatives including                  written comments must be received on                     Time: 6:00 p.m., local time.
                                              fishermen, environmentalists, and                       or before February 15, 2019.                             Location: Stedman Government
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                                              NGO’s; International experts; and staff                   For specific dates, times, and                      Center, Conference Room A, 4808
                                              of Councils, Commissions, and state and                 locations of the public meetings, see                 Tower Hill Road, Wakefield, Rhode
                                              federal agencies.                                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.                            Island 02879.
                                                 The items of discussion during the                   ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                       Written public comments must be
                                              Data webinar are as follows:                            on the coastal program NOAA intends                   received on or before February 15, 2018.
                                                 Panelists will review the data sets                  to evaluate by any of the following                   Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
                                              being considered for the assessment.                    methods:                                                 11.419


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                                              Coastal Zone Management Program                            Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                    01), Carrie Hubard (Permit No. 21678),
                                                Administration                                           Commerce.                                             and Sara Young (Permit No. 21425); at
                                                Dated November 26, 2018.                                 ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits and               (301) 427–8401.
                                              Keelin Kuipers,                                            permit amendments.                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     Notices
                                              Deputy Director, Office for Coastal                                                                              were published in the Federal Register
                                                                                                         SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that
                                              Management, National Ocean Service,                                                                              on the dates listed below that requests
                                              National Oceanic and Atmospheric                           permits or permit amendments have
                                              Administration.                                            been issued to the following entities                 for a permit or permit amendment had
                                                                                                         under the Marine Mammal Protection                    been submitted by the below-named
                                              [FR Doc. 2018–27046 Filed 12–12–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                         Act (MMPA) and the Endangered                         applicants. To locate the Federal
                                              BILLING CODE 3510–08–P
                                                                                                         Species Act (ESA), as applicable.                     Register notice that announced our
                                                                                                         ADDRESSES: The permits and related                    receipt of the application and a
                                              DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                     documents are available for review                    complete description of the research, go
                                                                                                         upon written request or by appointment                to www.federalregister.gov and search
                                              National Oceanic and Atmospheric                           in the Permits and Conservation                       on the permit number provided in the
                                              Administration                                             Division, Office of Protected Resources,              table below.
                                                                                                         NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
                                              Marine Mammals and Endangered                              13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone:
                                              Species                                                    (301) 427–8401; fax: (301) 713–0376.
                                              AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                       Jennifer Skidmore (Permit No. 17429–

                                                                                                                                                          Previous Federal Register   Permit or amendment
                                                Permit No.               RIN                                     Applicant                                          notice               issuance date

                                              17429–01 .....       0648–XC766          Sea Life Park Hawaii, 41–202 Kalanianaole Highway No.             79 FR 1834; January 10,      October 3, 2018.
                                                                                         7.                                                                2014.
                                                                                       Waimanalo, HI 96795 (Responsible Party: Valerie King)
                                              21425 ...........    0648–XG297          Point Blue Conservation Science, 3820 Cypress Drive               83 FR 47606; September       November 7, 2018.
                                                                                         #11, Petaluma, CA 94954, (Responsible Party: Grant                20, 2018.
                                                                                         Ballard, Ph.D.).
                                              21678 ...........    0648–XG320          John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research Collective,                  83 FR 35621; July 27, 2018   November 15, 2018.
                                                                                         Waterstreet Building Suite 201, 218 1⁄2 West Fourth
                                                                                         Ave., Olympia, WA 98501.



                                                 In compliance with the National                           Dated: December 10, 2018.                           ADDRESSES:    The meeting will be held
                                              Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42                       Julia Marie Harrison,                                 via webinar. A public listening station
                                              U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final                              Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,             is available at the Pacific Council office
                                              determination has been made that the                       Office of Protected Resources, National               (address below). To attend the webinar
                                              activities proposed are categorically                      Marine Fisheries Service.                             (1) join the meeting by visiting this link
                                              excluded from the requirement to                           [FR Doc. 2018–26996 Filed 12–12–18; 8:45 am]          https://www.gotomeeting.com/webinar,
                                              prepare an environmental assessment or                     BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                (2) enter the Webinar ID: 991–995–667,
                                              environmental impact statement.                                                                                  and (3) enter your name and email
                                                                                                                                                               address (required). After logging in to
                                                 As required by the ESA, as applicable,                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                the webinar, please (1) dial this TOLL
                                              issuance of these permit was based on
                                                                                                                                                               number 1 (562) 247–8321 (not a toll-free
                                              a finding that such permits: (1) Were                      National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                                                                                                                               number), (2) enter the attendee phone
                                              applied for in good faith; (2) will not                    Administration
                                                                                                                                                               audio access code 906–460–333, and (3)
                                              operate to the disadvantage of such                        RIN 0648–XG664                                        then enter your audio phone pin (shown
                                              endangered species; and (3) are                                                                                  after joining the webinar). NOTE: We
                                              consistent with the purposes and                           Pacific Fishery Management Council;                   have disabled Mic/Speakers as an
                                              policies set forth in Section 2 of the                     Public Meeting                                        option and require all participants to
                                              ESA.                                                       AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                    use a telephone or cell phone to
                                                 Authority: The requested permits                        Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                  participate. Technical Information and
                                              have been issued under the Marine                          Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                    system requirements: PC-based
                                              Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as                          Commerce.                                             attendees are required to use Windows®
                                              amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the                      ACTION: Notice of public meeting                      7, Vista, or XP; Mac®-based attendees
                                              regulations governing the taking and                       (webinar).                                            are required to use Mac OS® X 10.5 or
                                              importing of marine mammals (50 CFR                                                                              newer; Mobile attendees are required to
                                              part 216), the Endangered Species Act of                   SUMMARY:   The Pacific Fishery                        use iPhone®, iPad®, AndroidTM phone
                                                                                                         Management Council (Pacific Council)                  or Android tablet (See the https://
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                                              1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
                                                                                                         will host a webinar meeting of the Area               www.gotomeeting.com/webinar/ipad-
                                              et seq.), and the regulations governing                    2A Pacific halibut governmental                       iphone-android-webinar-apps). You
                                              the taking, importing, and exporting of                    management entities. This meeting is                  may send an email to Mr. Kris
                                              endangered and threatened species (50                      open to the public.                                   Kleinschmidt at Kris.Kleinschmidt@
                                              CFR parts 222–226), as applicable.                         DATES: The webinar meeting will be                    noaa.gov or contact him at (503) 820–
                                                                                                         held on Thursday, January 3, 2019, from               2280, extension 411 for technical
                                                                                                         10 a.m. until 2 p.m.                                  assistance.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesRhode Island Coastal Management Program Evaluation: The public meeting will be held on February 5, 2019, and written comments must be received on or before February 15, 2019.
ContactCarrie Hall, Evaluator, Planning and Performance Measurement Program, Office for Coastal Management, NOS/ NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 11th Floor, N/OCM1, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, by phone at (240) 533-0730 or email comments [email protected] Copies of the previous evaluation findings and 2016-2020 Assessment and Strategy may be viewed and downloaded on the internet at http://coast.noaa.gov/czm/evaluations. A copy of the evaluation notification letter and most recent progress report may be obtained upon request by contacting the person identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FR Citation83 FR 64113 

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