81454 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 242 / Wednesday, December 16, 2020 / Notices 

U.S. Department of State and U.S. Coast 

Guard as deputy chairs. 

The Working Group has developed its 

Work Plan, a living document that will 

serve as the basis for a 5-year strategic 

plan that is due to Congress by the end 

of calendar year 2021. In this Work 

Plan, the Working Group identified 

ongoing existing activities, as well as 

new lines of effort, that comprise the 

initial focus of Federal government 

actions under the purview of the 

Working Group. Many of the new 

activities proposed in the Work Plan 

emphasize the use of maritime 

intelligence and the involvement of 

military departments to support efforts 

to combat IUU fishing. The Work Plan 

can be found here: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

maritime-safe-act-interagency-workinggroup-iuu-fishing. 

The Working Group is exploring 

potential ways in which the government 

and private sector stakeholders can 

work together to combat IUU fishing 

and enhance maritime security. We are 

interested to hear from the seafood 

industry, non-governmental 

organizations, and other stakeholders 

that are engaged in efforts to combat 

IUU fishing. We welcome comments in 

relation to the Work Plan, particularly 

any responses to the following 

questions: 

• Which activities in the Work Plan 

are connected to the expertise or 

interests of your organization related to 

combating IUU fishing? 

• What kinds of distinctive 

capabilities or capacities could your 

organization bring to the activities in the 

Work Plan? 

• Which specific activities could 

serve as the basis for a partnership 

between your organization and 

particular Federal agencies? 

• Are there specific geographic 

regions or seafood industry sectors (e.g., 

harvesting, processing, or trade) where 

your organization focuses efforts to 

build capacity in combating IUU fishing 

that could be tied to activities in the 

Work Plan? 

• Which elements in the Work Plan 

do you see as priorities to include in the 

5-year Strategic Plan of the Working 

Group? 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Alexa Cole, 

Director, Office of International Affairs and 

Seafood Inspection, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Final Management Plan for the North 

Carolina National Estuarine Research 

Reserve 

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, 

National Ocean Service, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of approval of the revised 

management plan for the North Carolina 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Office for Coastal Management, 

National Ocean Service, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce approves the revised 

management plan for the North Carolina 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. In 

accordance with applicable Federal 

regulations, the North Carolina 

Department of Environmental Quality’s 

Division of Coastal Management revised 

the reserve’s management plan, which 

replaces the plan previously approved 

in 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The approved management 

plan can be downloaded or viewed at 

https://coast.noaa.gov/data/docs/nerrs/ 

Reserves_NOC_MgmtPlan.pdf. The 

document is also available by sending a 

written request to the point of contact 

identified below (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Robinson of NOAA’s Office 

for Coastal Management, by email at 

steph.robinson@noaa.gov, phone at 

843–740–1174, or mail at 2234 South 

Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC 29405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must revise 

the management plan for a research 

reserve at least every five years. Changes 

to a reserve’s management plan may be 

made only after receiving written 

approval from NOAA. NOAA approves 

changes to management plans via notice 

in the Federal Register. On October 28, 

2019, NOAA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register announcing a 30-day 

public comment period for the proposed 

revision of the management plan for the 

North Carolina National Estuarine 

Research Reserve (Federal Register, 

Volume 84, No. 208, pg. 57701). No 

comments were received; however, a 

summary of the public input process is 

available in Appendix U of the plan. 

The management plan outlines the 

reserve’s strategic goals and objectives; 

administrative structure; programs for 

conducting research and monitoring, 

education, and training; resource 

protection, restoration, and 

manipulation plans; public access and 

visitor use plans; consideration for 

future land acquisition; and facility 

development to support reserve 

operations. Since 2009, the reserve has 

completed its habitat map and added 

marsh vegetation and surface elevation 

monitoring; conducted a habitat 

vulnerability assessment to understand 

marsh vulnerability; led a number of 

research and training initiatives related 

to living shorelines; increased education 

programming at the Masonboro Island 

component of the reserve; begun 

implementing Teachers on the Estuary 

(TOTE) training; expanded use of 

volunteers to conduct citizen science 

regarding sensitive species and site 

conditions; and implemented training 

focused on informing real estate 

professionals about coastal issues. The 

revised management plan will serve as 

the guiding document for the 10,568- 

acre research reserve for the next five 

years. 

NOAA reviewed the environmental 

impacts of the revised management plan 

and determined that this action is 

categorically excluded from further 

analysis under the National 

Environmental Policy Act, consistent 

with NOAA Administrative Order 216– 

6.] 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 CFR 

921.33. 

Keelin S. Kuipers, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

The National Strategy To Secure 5G 

Industry Listening 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) will convene 

two virtual industry roundtable 

listening sessions on aspects of the 

implementation plan of the Secure 5G 

Strategy. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

January 28 and February 25, 2021, from 


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