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advance Federal data priorities, promote 

economic growth, and enable 

operational excellence by providing 

innovative data services to Federal 

agencies through joint venture 

partnerships with the private sector. 

The meeting will focus on a review of 

the progress NTIS has made in 

implementing its data mission and 

strategic direction. A final agenda and 

summary of the proceedings will be 

posted on the NTIS website as soon as 

they are available. (https://

www.ntis.gov/about/advisorybd/index.

xhtml). 

The teleconference will be via 

controlled access. Members of the 

public interested in attending via 

teleconference or speaking are requested 

to contact Mr. Holland at the contact 

information listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above not 

later than Friday, October 27, 2023. If 

there are sufficient expressions of 

interest, up to one-half hour will be 

reserved for public oral comments 

during the session. Speakers will be 

selected on a first-come, first-served 

basis. Each speaker will be limited to 

five minutes. Questions from the public 

will not be considered during this 

period. 

Speakers who wish to expand upon 

their oral statements, those who had 

wished to speak but could not be 

accommodated on the agenda, and those 

who were unable to attend are invited 

to submit written statements by 

emailing Mr. Holland at the email 

address provided in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Open Meeting of the Information 

Security and Privacy Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Information Security and 

Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) will 

meet Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 

from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern 

Time, and Thursday, October 26, 2023, 

from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Eastern Time. 

All sessions will be open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, October 25, 2023, from 10 

a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, and 

Thursday, October 26, 2023, from 10 

a.m. until 4 p.m., Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

JW Marriott Washington, DC, the Senate 

Room (Lobby Level), 1331 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004. Please 

note admittance instructions under the 

Admittance Instructions section of this 

notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Brewer, Information Technology 

Laboratory, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899– 

8930, Telephone: (301) 975–2489, Email 

address: jeffrey.brewer@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

as amended, 5 U.S.C. 1001 et seq., 

notice is hereby given that the ISPAB 

will meet Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 

from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Eastern 

Time, and Thursday, October 26, 2023, 

from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Eastern Time. 

All sessions will be open to the public. 

The ISPAB is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 

278g–4, as amended, and advises the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST), the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, and the Director of 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) on information security and 

privacy issues pertaining to Federal 

government information systems, 

including through review of proposed 

standards and guidelines developed by 

NIST. Details regarding the ISPAB’s 

activities are available at https://

csrc.nist.gov/projects/ispab. 

The agenda is expected to include the 

following items: 

—Board Introductions and Member 

Activities, 

—Update from NIST’s Information 

Technology Laboratory (ITL) Acting 

Director, 

—Briefing from NIST on Strategic 

Objective 4.3.1 from the National 

Cybersecurity Strategy 

Implementation Plan on Preparing for 

our Quantum Future, 

—Briefing from ONCD on Strategic 

Objective 4.1.2 from the National 

Cybersecurity Strategy 

Implementation Plan and the 

Comments Received from the Open 

Source and Memory Safe Language 

Request for Information, 

—Presentation from NIST and FCC on 

Strategic Objective 3.2.2 from the 

National, Cybersecurity Strategy 

Implementation Plan on U.S. 

Government IoT Security Labeling, 

—A Briefing from OSTP and Discussion 

on Federal Agency Priorities for 

Privacy, 

—Public comments, 

—Board Discussions and 

Recommendations. 

Note that agenda items may change 

without notice. The final agenda will be 

posted on the ISPAB event page: https:// 

csrc.nist.gov/Events/2023/ispab-octobermeeting. Seating will be available for the 

public and media. 

Public Participation: Written 

questions or comments from the public 

are invited and may be submitted 

electronically by email to Jeff Brewer at 

the contact information indicated in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice by 5 p.m. on 

Tuesday, October 24, 2023. 

The ISPAB agenda will include a 

period, not to exceed thirty minutes, for 

submitted questions or comments from 

the public between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. 

on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. 

Submitted questions or comments from 

the public will be selected on a firstcome, first-served basis and limited to 

five minutes per person. 

Members of the public who wish to 

expand upon their submitted 

statements, those who had wished to 

submit a question or comment but could 

not be accommodated on the agenda, 

and those who were unable to attend the 

meeting are invited to submit written 

statements. In addition, written 

statements are invited and may be 

submitted to the ISPAB at any time. All 

written statements should be directed to 

the ISPAB Secretariat, Information 

Technology Laboratory by email to: 

jeffrey.brewer@nist.gov. 

Admittance Instructions: No 

registration is required for this in-person 

only event. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD255] 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Applications for Exempted 

Fishing Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: During the June 2023 Pacific 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

meeting, the Council made several 

recommendations to NMFS regarding 


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1https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/08/i3-attachment-2-revised-efp-application-from-khonings.pdf/. 

https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/08/i3-attachment-3-efp-application-from-k-jacobs-tgomez.pdf/. 

https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/08/i3-attachment-4-revised-efp-application-from-smintz.pdf/. 

https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/08/i3-attachment-5-revised-efp-application-from-nperez.pdf/. 

2https://www.pcouncil.org/september-2022- 

decision-summary-document/. 

3https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2023/06/j3-attachment-1-efp-application-from-nathan-perezdonald-krebs-and-stephen-mintz.pdf/. 

4https://www.pcouncil.org/june-2023-decisionsummary-document/. 

5https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2023/06/j3-attachment-3-request-from-nathan-perez-toextend-his-current-nsbg-efp-and-include-donaldkrebs.pdf/. 

6https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/08/i3-attachment-6-efp-application-from-pier.pdf/. 

7https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2023/06/j3-attachment-2-efp-application-from-donaldkrebs.pdf/. 

applications received in 2022 and 2023 

for exempted fishing permits (EFPs). All 

EFP applicants request exemptions from 

regulatory provisions pertaining to the 

use of authorized gear types under the 

Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West 

Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory 

Species (HMS FMP). The applicants 

propose to test the effects and efficacy 

of using alternative fishing practices to 

harvest swordfish and other HMS off of 

the U.S. West Coast. The applications 

include requests to fish with a range of 

gear configurations including modified 

standard and linked daytime deep-set 

buoy gear (DSBG), night-set buoy gear, 

and extended linked buoy gear. The 

Council reviewed these applications 

and made recommendations to NMFS at 

their June and September meetings in 

2022 and 2023. NMFS has determined 

that these applications warrant further 

consideration and is requesting public 

comment on them. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing by November 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document, identified by NOAA– 

NMFS–2023–0116, by any of the 

following methods: 

Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and enter 

NOAA–NMFS–2023–0116 in the Search 

box. Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

Mail: Submit written comments to 

Chris Fanning, NMFS West Coast 

Region, 501 W Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 

Long Beach, CA 90802. Include the 

identifier ‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2023–0116’’ 

in the comments. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record, 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on https://www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ 

A’’ in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Fanning, NMFS, West Coast 

Region, 562–980–4198, Chris.Fanning@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 8, 

2023, NMFS published a final rule 

implementing Amendment 6 to the 

HMS FMP (88 FR 29545). These 

regulations, which became effective on 

June 7, 2023, authorize standard and 

linked DSBG as an additional gear type 

for catching swordfish and other HMS 

in federal waters off of California and 

Oregon and include various gear 

specification requirements (e.g., 

prohibiting vessels from deploying more 

than 10 pieces of standard or linked 

DSBG, in total, at one time), operational 

requirements (e.g., prohibiting vessels 

from deploying their gear at night), and 

geographic area restrictions (e.g., 

prohibiting fishing with DSBG in federal 

waters within the Southern California 

Bight without a limited entry permit). 

See 50 CFR 660.715. 

At its September 2022 meeting, the 

Council deferred a recommendation on 

4 applications 1 seeking increases in the 

number of pieces of DSBG 

simultaneously deployed from the 

current limit of 10 pieces, until a later 

date when more information would be 

available.2 In June of 2023, the Council 

further recommended that NMFS not 

issue EFPs for testing simultaneous 

deployment of more than 10 pieces of 

standard or linked DSBG or night-set 

buoy gear (NSBG), including the four 

applications submitted to the Council in 

2022 for this purpose,1 and an 

application from Perez, Krebs, and 

Mintz considered at the June 2023 

meeting,3 until the authorized fishery 

has been operational for 2 seasons.4

Also in June 2023, the Council 

recommended that NMFS: 

• Extend Mr. Nathan Perez’s NSBG

EFP for another 2 years.5

• Approve the 2022 PIER EFP

application for Extended-Linked Buoy 

Gear (XLBG) with 100 percent observer 

coverage until NMFS determines 

enough data have been collected, with 

a minimum of 10 observed sets per 

vessel.6

Additionally, for consideration at the 

September 2023 Council Meeting, the 

Council requested Mr. Krebs clarify that 

his request is for his own EFP rather 

than a modification of another EFP.7 Mr. 

Krebs confirmed that his request is for 

his own EFP, and the Council 

subsequently recommended that NMFS 

issue an EFP to Mr. Krebs to fish nightset buoy gear. 

At this time, NMFS is requesting 

public comment on the DSBG EFP 

applications discussed above. NMFS 

will take the Council’s comments into 

consideration along with public 

comments on whether to issue these 

EFPs. Aside from the regulatory 

exemptions being sought for the 

proposed activities in the applications 

described above, vessels fishing under 

an EFP would be subject to all other 

regulations implemented at 50 CFR part 

660, subpart K and 50 CFR part 300, 

subpart C, including measures to protect 

sea turtles, marine mammals, and 

seabirds. 

NMFS will consider all public 

comments submitted in response to this 

Federal Register notice prior to issuance 

of any EFP. Additionally, NMFS will 

analyze the effects of issuing EFPs in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act and NOAA’s 

Administrative Order 216–6A, as well 

as for compliance with other applicable 

laws, including Section 7(a)(2) of the 

Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), which requires the agency to 

consider whether the proposed action is 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence and recovery of any 

endangered or threatened species or 

result in the destruction or adverse 

modification of critical habitat. 

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

Dated: September 29, 2023. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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