Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 15, 2023 / Notices 78331 

TABLE 1—ISSUED PERMITS AND PERMIT AMENDMENTS

Permit No. RTID Applicant Previous Federal Register notice Issuance Date 

22156–05 ....... 0648–XC660 .... Douglas Nowacek, Ph.D., Duke University Marine 

Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516.

88 FR 2070, January 12, 2023 ... October 16, 2023. 

27155 ............. 0648–XD227 ..... Jamie Lloyd-Smith, Ph.D., University of California, 

Los Angeles, 610 Charles East Young Drive 

South, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

88 FR 55017, August 14, 2023 ... October 11, 2023. 

27459 ............. 0648–XD322 ..... Robin Trayler, Ph.D., University of California, 

Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Science and 

Engineering 1, 283, Merced, CA 95343.

88 FR 60650, September 5, 2023 October 23, 2023. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activities proposed for Permit Nos. 

27155 and 27459 are categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA) or environmental impact statement 

(EIS). 

For Permit No. 22156–05, an EA was 

prepared analyzing the effects of the 

permitted activities on the human 

environment in compliance with NEPA. 

Based on the analyses in the EA, NMFS 

determined that issuance of the permit 

amendment would not significantly 

impact the quality of the human 

environment and that preparation of an 

EIS was not required. That 

determination is documented in a 

Finding of No Significant Impact, signed 

on October 16, 2023. 

As required by the ESA, as applicable, 

issuance of these permit was based on 

a finding that such permits: (1) were 

applied for in good faith; (2) will not 

operate to the disadvantage of such 

endangered species; and (3) are 

consistent with the purposes and 

policies set forth in Section 2 of the 

ESA. 

Authority: The requested permits 

have been issued under the MMPA of 

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.), the regulations governing the 

taking and importing of marine 

mammals (50 CFR part 216), the ESA of 

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.), and the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226), as applicable. 

Dated: November 9, 2023. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25171 Filed 11–14–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD520] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a meeting of its Scallop 

Advisory Panel 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 meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 8:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Webinar URL information: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

8294085035285445472. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Ph.D., Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Advisory Panel will review 

Framework 38 (FW38): review 

specifications alternatives in FW38 and 

select final preferred alternatives. FW38 

will set specifications including the 

overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable 

biological catch/annual catch limit 

(ABC/ACLs), days-at-sea (DAS), access 

area allocations for Limited Access (LA) 

vessels, quota and access area trip 

allocation to the Limited Access General 

Category (LAGC) Individual Fishing 

Quota (IFQ) component, Total 

Allowable Landings (TAL) for Northern 

Gulf of Maine (NGOM) management 

area, a target-TAC for LAGC incidental 

catch and set-asides for the observer and 

research programs for fishing year 2024, 

and default specifications for fishing 

year 2025. This action also considers 

increasing VMS ping rates for scallop 

vessels to improve enforcement in the 

scallop fishery. Other business will be 

discussed, if necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate 

O’Keefe, Ph.D., Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: November 9, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25241 Filed 11–14–23; 8:45 am] 

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