26640 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 111 / Friday, June 8, 2018 / Proposed Rules 

§ 17.96 [Amended] 

■ 3. Amend § 17.96(a) by removing the 

entry ‘‘Family Onagraceae: Gaura 

neomexicana ssp. coloradensis 

(Colorado butterfly plant)’’. 

Dated: May 15, 2018. 

James W. Kurth, 

Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Exercising the Authority of the 

Director, for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

RIN 0648–XE456 

Pacific Fisheries Management Council; 

Notice of Intent To Withdraw an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Gear Rule Changes for the Pacific 

Coast Groundfish Fishery Trawl Catch 

Share Program 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of intent 

to prepare an environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is issuing this notice to 

advise Federal, state, and local 

government agencies and the public that 

it is withdrawing its Notice of Intent 

(NOI) to prepare a draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 

action to revise regulations regarding 

the use and configuration of groundfish 

bottom trawl and midwater trawl gear in 

the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery’s 

Trawl Catch Share Program, also called 

the Trawl Rationalization Program. 

After completion of the analysis, NMFS 

determined the impacts associated with 

this action would not reach a level 

necessitating an EIS, and is instead 

preparing an Environmental Assessment 

(EA). 

DATES: The environmental impact 

statement for the proposed regulations 

is withdrawn as of June 8, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colin Sayre, NMFS West Coast Regional 

Office, telephone: (206) 526–4656, or 

email: colin.sayre@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

Published a NOI in the Federal Register 

on March 3, 2016 (81 FR 11189) to 

prepare an EIS in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) to analyze the impacts on the 

human environment resulting from 

changes to gear requirements for 

groundfish bottom trawl and midwater 

trawl gear in the Trawl Rationalization 

Program. Additional details about the 

range of alternatives considered in this 

action are included in the March 3, 

2016, NOI, and are not repeated here. 

NMFS solicited public input on the 

scope of the analysis through a public 

comment on the NOI from March 3, 

2016, to April 4, 2016. 

Upon completion of the analysis for 

the proposed action, NMFS determined 

that the impacts associated with the 

implementation of the proposed action 

would not be significant and, therefore, 

there is no need to complete the EIS. 

Instead, NMFS is completing an EA, in 

compliance with NEPA, for the 

proposed action. Therefore, NMFS is 

withdrawing the NOI to prepare an EIS. 

NMFS plans to circulate the draft EA for 

public review and comment concurrent 

with publication of the proposed rule 

for this action. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 40 CFR 

1500–1508; and Companion Manual for 

NOAA Administrative Order 216–6A, 82 FR 

4306 

Dated: June 1, 2018. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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