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in the near-term (1 to 2 years), mid-term 

(3 to 5 years) and/or long-term (more 

than 5 years). More specifically, 

a. Specific solutions available to 

address the needs of working groups/ 

communities of practice; 

b. Specific solutions available to 

address the more immediate needs of 

individual practitioners and 

management; 

c. How information is best 

disseminated to the leadership and staff 

of organizations within a network, and 

whether this would be applicable for the 

integrated MEP National Network; 

(3) Cultural and technical barriers that 

need to be addressed by any system(s) 

of knowledge management; 

(4) Complementary services, 

including information services, that are 

and/or will be needed by NIST MEP and 

the MEP Centers to take full advantage 

of any knowledge management system 

and culture; 

(5) Any other critical issues that NIST 

MEP should consider in its strategic 

planning for investments in this area 

that are not covered by the first four 

issues. Further information on the MEP 

program is available at: https://

www.nist.gov/mep. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278k. 

Kevin A. Kimball, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15265 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Marine Protected Areas Federal 

Advisory Committee; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

virtual meeting of the Marine Protected 

Areas Federal Advisory Committee 

(MPA FAC) via teleconference. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 19, 2018, from 

11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time 

(2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time). 

These times and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

Please refer to the Committee’s webpage 

for the most up-to-date meeting agenda. 

http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/ 

fac. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually via teleconference. Register by 

contacting Nicole Capps at 

Nicole.Capps@noaa.gov or 831–647– 

6451 at least one working day in 

advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles M. Wahle, Ph.D., Designated 

Federal Officer, MPA FAC, National 

Marine Protected Areas Center, 99 

Pacific St., Suite 100–F, Monterey, CA 

93940. (Phone: 831–647–6460; Fax: 

831–647–1732; email: charles.wahle@

noaa.gov; or visit the National MPA 

Center website at http://

marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/fac). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee, composed of external, 

knowledgeable representatives of 

stakeholder groups, was established by 

the Department of Commerce (DOC) to 

provide advice to the Secretaries of 

Commerce and the Interior on 

implementation of Section 4 of 

Executive Order 13158, on marine 

protected areas (MPAs). The MPA FAC 

was continued via Presidential 

Executive Order on September 29, 2017. 

The meeting is open to the public, and 

public comment will be accepted from 

12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time on 

Wednesday, September 19, 2018. In 

general, each individual or group will 

be limited to a total time of three (3) 

minutes. If members of the public wish 

to submit written statements, they 

should be submitted to the Designated 

Federal Officer by Friday, September 14, 

2018. 

Matters to be Considered: This 

meeting will focus on: (i) Approving the 

Committee’s final findings and 

recommendations on Sustaining MPA 

Benefits in a Changing Ocean; and, (ii) 

approving updates to the Cultural 

Resources Toolkit developed previously 

by the Committee and published on the 

MPA Center website (https://

marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/toolkit/ 

). The agenda is subject to change. The 

latest version will be posted at http://

marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/fac. 

Dated: June 14, 2018. 

John A. Armor, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15340 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG257 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Application for Exempted 

Fishing Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator, 

West Coast Region, NMFS, has made a 

preliminary determination that an 

application for an Exempted Fishing 

Permit warrants further consideration. 

The application, submitted by the 

California Wetfish Producers 

Association, requests an exemption 

from the prohibition of primary directed 

fishing for Pacific sardine for the 2018– 

2019 fishing year to collect Pacific 

sardine as part of an industry-based 

scientific survey. NMFS requests public 

comment on the application. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

August 2, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document, identified by NOAA– 

NMFS–2018–0072, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;

D=NOAA-NMFS-2018-0072, click the 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. The EFP application will be 

available under Relevant Documents 

through the same link. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Joshua Lindsay, West Coast Region, 

NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Ste. 4200, 

Long Beach, CA 90802–4250. 

• Instructions: Comments must be 

submitted by one of the above methods 

to ensure that the comments are 

received, documented, and considered 

by NMFS. 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. All comments received are 

a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted for public viewing 

on www.regulations.gov without change. 

All personal identifying information 

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

voluntarily by the sender will be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

confidential business information, or 


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