59872 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 30, 2023 / Notices 

reserves. 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 of Rhode Island has met the 

national objectives, adhered to the 

reserve’s management plan 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. 

Keelin Kuipers, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18738 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD289] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of hybrid meeting. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) Crab 

Plan Team will meet. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda 

and details. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 12, 2023, through 

Thursday, September 14, 2023, from 9 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Pacific Standard time. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a 

hybrid meeting. The in-person 

component of the meeting will be held 

at the Alaska Fishery Science Center in 

the Traynor Room 2076, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE, Building 4, Seattle, WA 

98115, If you plan to attend in-person 

you need to notify Sarah Rheinsmith 

(sarah.rheinsmith@noaa.gov) at least 

two days prior to the meeting (or two 

weeks prior if you are a foreign 

national). You will also need a valid 

U.S. Identification Card. If you are 

attending virtually, join the meeting 

online through the link at https://

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

3012. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 

3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501–2252; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions 

for attending the meeting via video 

conference are given under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Rheinsmith, Council staff; phone: 

(907) 271–2809; email: 

sarah.rheinsmith@noaa.gov. For 

technical support, please contact our 

admin Council staff, email: 

npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Tuesday September 12, 2023, Through 

Thursday, September 14, 2023 

The agenda will include: (a) summer 

trawl survey results; (b) Fishery 

summary 2022/2023; (c) Ecosystem 

Status report; (d) Economic status of 

fisheries update; (e) PIBKC (Pribilof 

Island Blue King Crab) SAFE (Stock 

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation) 

report; (f) BBRKC (Bristol Bay Red King) 

Crab SAFE report; (g) Snow crab SAFE 

report; (h) BBRKC and snow crab report 

cards; (i) Tanner crab SAFE report; (j) 

NSRKC (Norton Sound Red King Crab) 

proposed models; (k) Overfishing status 

updates; (l) BSFRF (Bering Sea Fisheries 

Research Foundation) update; and (m) 

additional topics. The agenda is subject 

to change, and the latest version will be 

posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/ 

Meeting/Details/3012 prior to the 

meeting, along with meeting materials. 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smart 

phone, or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/3012. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted 

electronically to https:// 

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

3012. 

(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. 2023–18558 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD290] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to the Office of 

Naval Research’s Arctic Research 

Activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi 

Seas (Year 6) 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments on 

proposed renewal incidental harassment 

authorization. 

SUMMARY: NMFS received a request from 

the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for 

the renewal of their currently active 

incidental harassment authorization 

(IHA) to take marine mammals 

incidental to Arctic Research Activities 

(ARA) in the Beaufort Sea and eastern 

Chukchi Sea. These activities identical 

to those covered in the current 

authorization. Pursuant to the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), prior 

to issuing the currently active IHA, 

NMFS requested comments on both the 

proposed IHA and the potential for 

renewing the initial authorization if 

certain requirements were satisfied. The 

renewal requirements have been 

satisfied, and NMFS is now providing 

an additional 15-day comment period to 

allow for any additional comments on 

the proposed renewal not previously 

provided during the initial 30-day 

comment period. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than September 14, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, and should be 

submitted via email to ITP.pauline@

noaa.gov. 

Instructions: NMFS is not responsible 

for comments sent by any other method, 

to any other address or individual, or 

received after the end of the comment 

period. Comments, including all 

attachments, must not exceed a 25- 

megabyte file size. Attachments to 

comments will be accepted in Microsoft 

Word or Excel or Adobe PDF file 

formats only. All comments received are 

a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted online at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ 

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