76188 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 213 / Monday, November 6, 2023 / Notices 

are primarily published by private 

sector standards organizations, not the 

U.S. Government. The U.S. Government 

supports standards development 

activities in accordance with the World 

Trade Organization (WTO) Technical 

Barriers to Trade Committee decision 

that articulates principles including 

transparency, openness, impartiality 

and consensus, effectiveness, relevance, 

and coherence. The USG NSSCET 

reinforces the U.S. Government’s 

support of a private sector-led, open, 

consensus-based international standards 

system, to which the U.S. Government 

is an active stakeholder and participant. 

To inform the USG NSSCET 

implementation, including how to best 

partner with relevant stakeholders, 

NIST is requesting information that will 

support the identification and 

prioritization of key activities that will 

optimize the USG NSSCET 

implementation and further enhance the 

U.S. Government’s ability to support a 

private sector-led, open, consensusbased international standards system. In 

addition to other agencies and 

Departments, bureaus across the U.S. 

Department of Commerce are involved 

in the USG NSSCET. They include the 

International Trade Administration 

(ITA), the Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS), the U.S. Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO), and the 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration (NTIA). 

CET covered under the USG NSSCET 

include, but are not limited to: 

• Communication and Networking 

Technologies 

• Communication and Networking 

Technologies 

• Semiconductors and 

Microelectronics, including 

Computing, Memory, and Storage 

Technologies 

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine 

Learning 

• Biotechnologies 

• Positioning, Navigation, and Timing 

Services 

• Digital Identity Infrastructure and 

Distributed Ledger Technologies 

• Clean Energy Generation and Storage 

• Quantum Information Technologies 

There are also specific applications of 

CET that departments and agencies have 

determined will impact our global 

economy and national security. These 

include, but are not limited to: 

• Automated and Connected 

Infrastructure 

• Biobanking 

• Automated, Connected, and 

Electrified Transportation 

• Critical Minerals Supply Chains 

• Cybersecurity and Privacy 

• Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization, 

and Storage 

A full list of CETs identified by the 

National Science and Technology 

Council (NSTC) can be found https://

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/ 

uploads/2022/02/02-2022-Critical-andEmerging-Technologies-List-Update.pdf. 

The national interest in CET and 

associated areas of standardization 

demands a new and urgent level of 

coordination and effort. National policy 

priorities, as expressed in legislation 

and other statements of policy, will 

require new ways for public sector and 

private sector (i.e., industry, including 

start-ups and small- and medium-sized 

enterprises (SMEs), academic 

community, and civil society 

organizations) stakeholders to cooperate 

in order to advance U.S. economic 

competitiveness and national security. 

NIST is extending the comment 

period announced in the September 7, 

2023 RFI from November 6, 2023 to 

December 15, 2023 in response to 

stakeholder requests for more time to 

respond to this important issue. 

For Public Meetings/Webcast: NIST 

may hold a series of ‘‘Listening 

Sessions’’ or ‘‘Stakeholder Events’’ in 

support of the USG NSSCET 

implementation. Information on these 

and any other NIST-sponsored events in 

connection with the USG NSSCET 

implementation will be announced at 

www.standards.gov. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD435] 

Determination of Overfishing or an 

Overfished Condition 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This action serves as a notice 

that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary), has found that 

summer flounder is now subject to 

overfishing and thorny skate remains 

overfished. NMFS, on behalf of the 

Secretary, is required to provide this 

notice whenever it determines that a 

stock or stock complex is subject to 

overfishing, overfished, or approaching 

an overfished condition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroline Potter, (301) 427–8522. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 304(e)(2) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(2), 

NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, must 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

whenever it determines that a stock or 

stock complex is subject to overfishing, 

overfished, or approaching an 

overfished condition. 

NMFS has determined that summer 

flounder is now subject to overfishing. 

The summer flounder determination is 

based on the most recent assessment, 

completed in 2023, using data through 

2022, which indicates that the stock is 

subject to overfishing because the 

fishing mortality rate is greater than the 

maximum fishing mortality threshold. 

NMFS has notified the Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council of the 

requirement to end overfishing of 

summer flounder. 

NMFS has determined that thorny 

skate remains overfished. The thorny 

skate determination is based on an 

update assessment completed in 2022, 

using data through 2021, which 

indicates that the stock remains 

overfished because the 2-year average 

biomass index is less than the minimum 

stock size threshold. NMFS continues to 

work with the New England Fishery 

Management Council to rebuild thorny 

skate. 

Dated: October 31, 2023. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24425 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Large Pelagic Fishing Survey 

AGENCY: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 


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