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recommendations to the MAFMC for 

revisions to or adoption of this policy. 

The Advisory Panel and Committee will 

also discuss an ongoing comprehensive 

review of the MAFMC Ecosystem 

Approach to Fisheries Management 

(EAFM) risk assessment. The Advisory 

Panel and Committee will review all 

components of the risk assessment, 

including elements, definitions, 

indicators, and risk ranking criteria. 

They will then develop 

recommendations for MAFMC 

consideration for revisions to the EAFM 

risk assessment and potential 

opportunities to apply the risk 

assessment in the management process. 

A detailed agenda and background 

documents will be made available on 

the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org) 

prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to 

Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18491 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD273] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of 17 

scientific research permits. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has issued 17 scientific research 

permits under the Endangered Species 

Act (ESA) to the individuals and 

organizations listed in Table 1. The 

research is intended to increase 

knowledge of species listed under the 

ESA and to help guide management and 

conservation efforts. 

ADDRESSES: The permits and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request via email to 

nmfs.wcr-apps@noaa.gov (please 

include the permit number in the 

subject line of the email). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shivonne Nesbit, Portland, OR ((ph.: 

541–805–5320), email: 

Shivonne.Nesbit@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice 

was published in the Federal Register 

on the dates listed below that requests 

for permits and permit modifications 

had been submitted by the below-named 

applicants. To locate the Federal 

Register notice that announced our 

receipt of the applications and a 

complete description of the research, go 

to https://www.federalregister.gov and 

search on the permit number and 

Federal Register notice information 

provided in the table below. 

TABLE 1—ISSUED PERMITS AND PERMIT MODIFICATIONS

Permit No. RTID Applicant Previous Federal Register notice Issuance date 

1134–8R ..... 0648–XC771 ... Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; 729 NE Oregon Street, 

Suite 200, Portland, OR 97232–2107 (Responsible Party: Robert 

Lothrop).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 21, 2023. 

15573–4R ... 0648–XC771 ... Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District; P.O. Box 150, Willows, CA 95988 (Responsible party: Thad Bettner).88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... March 31, 2023. 

15824–3R ... 0648–XC771 ... County of Santa Cruz, Environmental Health Services; 701 Ocean 

Street, Room 312, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (Responsible party: Sierra 

Ryan).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... March 31, 2023. 

16303–3R ... 0648–XC771 ... USGS Western Fisheries Research Center; 6505 NE 65th Street, Seattle, WA 98115 (Responsible party: Michael Schmidt).88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 6, 2023. 

21061–2R ... 0648–XC771 ... Windward Environmental; 200 W Mercer St. Suite 401, Seattle, WA 

98119 (Responsible party: Thai Do).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 5, 2023. 

22093–2R ... 0648–XC771 ... Snoqualmie Valley Watershed Improvement District; PO Box 1148, 

Carnation, WA 98014 (Responsible party: Andrea Obst).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 6, 2023. 

22998–2R ... 0648–XC771 ... U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Western Washington Fish and Wildlife 

Conservation; 510 Desmond Dr SE 102, Lacey, WA 98503 (Responsible party: Jeffery Johnson).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 6, 2023. 

26368–2M .. 0648–XC771 ... Idaho State University; 1856 S 3rd Ave, Pocatello, ID 83201 (Responsible party: Tyler Breech).88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 4, 2023. 

26714 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; 65495 Alder Slope Rd., Enterprise, OR 97828 (Responsible party: Michael Lance).88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 4, 2023. 

26766 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Washington Department of Natural Resources, Small Forest Landowners Office; PO Box 544, Twisp, WA 98856 (Responsible party: 

Brent Haverkamp).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 4, 2023. 

26968 ......... 0648–XC771 ... California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Aquatic Bioassessment 

Lab; 2005 Nimbus Rd, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (Responsible 

party: Alison Furler).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... March 31, 2023. 

27069 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Thomas Gast & Associates Environmental Consultants; PO Box 1137, 

Arcata, CA 95518 (Responsible party: Thomas Gast).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... June 20, 2023. 

27091 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Port of Seattle, Maritime Environment & Sustainability; PO Box 1209, 

Seattle, WA 98111 (Responsible party: Sloan Jon).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 6, 2023. 

27098 ......... 0648–XC771 ... WA Department of Natural Resources, Aquatic Resources; 1111 

Washington St SE, Olympia, WA 98504 (Responsible party: Ron 

Coleman).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 6, 2023. 

27129 ......... 0648–XC771 ... United States Geological Survey; 10615 SE Cherry Blossom Dr., Portland, OR 97216 (Responsible party: Ian Waite).88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 7, 2023. 

27162 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Washington Department of Natural Resources, Olympic Region; 411 

Tillicum Lane, Forks, WA 98331 (Responsible party: Drew 

Rosanbalm).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... August 14, 2023. 

27212 ......... 0648–XC771 ... Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; 104 

Nash Hall, Corvallis, OR 97330 (Responsible party: Brian 

Sidlauskas).

88 FR 10295, February 17, 2023 .... April 4, 2023. 


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In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activities proposed are categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Authority 

Scientific research permits are issued 

in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR 222–226). 

NMFS issues permits based on finding 

that such permits: (1) are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; and, (3) are consistent 

with the purposes and policy of section 

2 of the ESA. The authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits. 

Dated: August 22, 2023. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18420 Filed 8–25–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Request for Public Comment on Draft 

Hydrographic Survey Specifications 

and Deliverables 

AGENCY: Office of Coast Survey, 

National Ocean Service, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration’s 

(NOAA’s) Office of Coast Survey (OCS) 

requests public comment from all 

interested parties on a draft of the 

newly-revised Hydrographic Survey 

Specifications and Deliverables 

document (HSSD). The HSSD has been 

rewritten to be more forward looking 

with respect to new and developing 

technologies, best facilitate the use of 

automated tools, and better integrate 

with the S–100 based products and the 

National Bathymetric Source (NBS), 

which is the OCS database for bestavailable bathymetry. Additionally, the 

revised HSSD will better accommodate 

the increasing amounts of hydrographic 

data obtained from external sources, 

with metadata tags to denote data 

quality and universal data licenses to 

define terms of use, which will result in 

more streamlined, standardized 

workflows. Numerous subject matter 

experts collaborated to modernize the 

HSSD so that it best supports OCS as a 

data-driven organization. 

DATES: Comments must be received via 

email by 5 p.m. ET on October 12, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the revised HSSD 

may be downloaded or viewed at: 

https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ 

publications/docs/standards-andrequirements/specs/HSSD_2023-2- 

02.pdf. 

All comments must be submitted by 

email to hssd.staff@noaa.gov by 5 p.m. 

ET on October 12, 2023. 

Instructions: Please include ‘‘Public 

Comment on Revised HSSD’’ in the 

subject line of the email message. If 

applicable, clearly indicate the HSSD 

section and page number to which 

submitted comments pertain. All 

submissions must be in English. Email 

attachments will be accepted in plain 

text, Microsoft Word, or Adobe PDF 

formats only. Each individual or 

institution is requested to submit only 

one comment. Please note that the U.S. 

Government will not pay for response 

preparation or the use of any 

information contained in the response. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Matt Wilson, 

NOAA Office of Coast Survey, at 

hssd.staff@noaa.gov, (757) 828–6915. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Coast and Geodetic 

Survey Act, 33 U.S.C. 883 et seq., and 

the Hydrographic Services Improvement 

Act, 33 U.S.C. 892 et seq., NOAA 

promulgates standards and 

specifications for hydrographic data in 

the HSSD in order to ensure safe and 

efficient navigation in support of our 

maritime economy. NOAA has revised 

the HSSD to better accommodate new 

and developing technologies and 

increasing amounts of externallysourced hydrographic data submissions. 

The revised HSSD facilitates more 

streamlined workflows via critical 

metadata tags and universal data 

licenses, and is better integrated with 

the NBS program, for a more efficient 

means of product generation and public 

access to our national bathymetry. 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 883 et seq.; 33 

U.S.C. 892 et seq. 

RDML Benjamin K. Evans, 

Director, Office of Coast Survey, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD239] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Monkfish Committee via webinar to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). Recommendations from this 

group will be brought to the full Council 

for formal consideration and action, if 

appropriate. 

DATES: This webinar will be held on 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023, from 9 

a.m. to 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Webinar registration URL 

information: https://attendee.

gotowebinar.com/register/ 

774583284656558933. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Monkfish Committee will meet to 

receive Advisory Panel comments on 

fishery performance and outlook for the 

remainder of fishing year 2023, as well 

as reviewing the outcomes and 

recommendations of the Monkfish 

Research-Set-Aside (RSA) Working 

Group and make recommendations to 

the Council on next steps with the RSA 

program. They will make 

recommendations to the Council for 

monkfish-related work in 2024, which 

could include developing regulatory 

changes to the RSA program. 


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