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Thursday, August 23, 2018; 8:30 a.m.– 

3:30 p.m. 

The Council will receive reports from 

the following committees: Coral, 

Mackerel, Spiny Lobster, Sustainable 

Fisheries, Gulf SEDAR, Data Collection, 

Shrimp, and Reef Fish Management 

Committees. After lunch, the Council 

will receive updates from the following 

supporting agencies: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council; NOAA 

Office of Law Enforcement (OLE), Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commission; 

U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service; and, the Department of State. 

The Council will discuss any Other 

Business items. Lastly, the Council will 

hold an election for Chair and ViceChair. 

—Meeting Adjourns 

The meeting will be broadcast via 

webinar. You may register for the 

webinar by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org 

and clicking on the Council meeting on 

the calendar. https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

3383291116212545537-. The timing and 

order in which agenda items are 

addressed may change as required to 

effectively address the issue, and the 

latest version along with other meeting 

materials will be posted on 

www.gulfcouncil.org as they become 

available. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subjects 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 that the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kathy Pereira (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: July 26, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing 

System (IOOS®) Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

meeting of the U.S. Integrated Ocean 

Observing System (IOOS®) Advisory 

Committee (Committee) in Juneau, 

Alaska. 

DATES AND TIMES: The meeting will be 

held on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, from 

9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Wednesday, 

August 29, 2018 from 9:00 a.m.–3:00 

p.m. These times and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

Refer to the web page listed below for 

the most up-to-date agenda. 

ADDRESSES: On Tuesday, August 28th 

from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. the meeting 

will be held at the Elizabeth Peratrovich 

Hall Conference Center, 320 W 

Willoughby Ave, Juneau, AK. This will 

be a half-day joint meeting with 

NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review 

Panel on topics of joint interest such as 

water level partnerships. From 2:00 to 

5:30 p.m., the IOOS Advisory 

Committee meeting will be held at the 

Westmark Baranof Hotel, 127 N 

Franklin Street, Juneau, AK. On 

Wednesday, August 29th, the meeting 

will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

at the NOAA Fisheries Auke Bay Lab, 

17109 Point Lena Loop Road, Juneau, 

AK. Venues may be subject to change. 

Refer to the web page listed below for 

the most up-to-date information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Snowden, Designated Federal 

Official, U.S. IOOS Advisory 

Committee, U.S. IOOS Program, 1315 

East-West Highway, Station 2612, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910; Phone 240–533– 

9466; Fax 301–713–3281; Email 

jessica.snowden@noaa.gov or visit the 

U.S. IOOS Advisory Committee website 

at http://ioos.noaa.gov/community/u-sioos-advisory-committee/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established by the 

NOAA Administrator as directed by 

Section 12304 of the Integrated Coastal 

and Ocean Observation System Act, part 

of the Omnibus Public Land 

Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111– 

11). The Committee advises the NOAA 

Administrator and the Interagency 

Ocean Observation Committee (IOOC) 

on matters related to the responsibilities 

and authorities set forth in section 

12302 of the Integrated Coastal and 

Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 

and other appropriate matters as the 

Under Secretary refers to the Committee 

for review and advice. 

The Committee will provide advice 

on: 

(a) Administration, operation, 

management, and maintenance of the 

System; 

(b) expansion and periodic 

modernization and upgrade of 

technology components of the System; 

(c) identification of end-user 

communities, their needs for 

information provided by the System, 

and the System’s effectiveness in 

dissemination information to end-user 

communities and to the general public; 

and 

(d) any other purpose identified by 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere or the 

Interagency Ocean Observation 

Committee. 

The meeting will be open to public 

participation with a 15-minute public 

comment period on August 28, 2018, 

from 5:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m., and on 

August 29, 2018, from 2:45 p.m. to 3:00 

p.m. (check agenda on website to 

confirm time.) The Committee expects 

that public statements presented at its 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted verbal or written 

statements. In general, each individual 

or group making a verbal presentation 

will be limited to a total time of three 

(3) minutes. Written comments should 

be received by the Designated Federal 

Official by August 21, 2018 to provide 

sufficient time for Committee review. 

Written comments received after August 

21st will be distributed to the 

Committee, but may not be reviewed 

prior to the meeting date. Seats will be 

available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. A webinar will be provided. Signup information for the webinar will be 

posted on the website. 

Matters To Be Considered: The 

meeting will focus on ongoing 

committee priorities, including 

discussions of stakeholder needs 

specific to the Alaska and Arctic regions 

and developing the next set of 

recommendations. The latest version of 

the agenda will be posted at http://

ioos.noaa.gov/community/u-s-ioosadvisory-committee/. 

Special Accomodations: These 

meetings are physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Jessica Snowden, Designated Federal 


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Official at 240–533–9466 by August 20, 

2018. 

Dated: July 17, 2018. 

Carl C. Gouldman, 

Director, U.S. IOOS Program, National Ocean 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16286 Filed 7–30–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice of 30-Day Public Comment 

Period on the Injury Assessment Plan 

for the Lower Duwamish River (‘‘Lower 

Duwamish River Natural Resource 

Damage Assessment: Injury 

Assessment Plan’’) 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: NOAA, on behalf of its comembers of the Elliott Bay Trustee 

Council (Trustee Council), announce the 

release of the Lower Duwamish River 

Injury Assessment Plan, which sets 

forward the Trustee Council’s approach 

for assessing natural resource damages 

at the Lower Duwamish River. The 

Injury Assessment Plan is one of the 

first steps in the natural resources 

damages assessment process, and is 

being released to the public in 

accordance with the applicable 

regulations. 

Through today’s notice, NOAA is 

announcing: (1) The Trustees’ plan to 

begin the assessment of natural resource 

damages for lost ecological and human 

use services resulting from releases of 

hazardous substances and oil to the 

Lower Duwamish River in Seattle, 

Washington; and (2) a provision of a 30- 

day period for public comment on the 

plan. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are sought on the 

draft injury assessment plan and should 

be emailed to Rebecca.Hoff@noaa.gov 

with the subject line: ‘‘Comments on 

Lower Duwamish River Natural 

Resource Damage Assessment: Injury 

Assessment Plan.’’ Comments may also 

be mailed to: Rebecca Hoff of NOAA 

Western Region Center, 7600 Sand Point 

Way Building 1, Seattle, WA 98118. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

increasingly industrial uses of the 

Lower Duwamish River led to 

contamination of natural resources 

through multiple pathways from 

releases of hazardous substances upland 

and adjacent to the river. As a result of 

this contamination, EPA designated 

Harbor Island, Lockheed West Seattle, 

and the Lower Duwamish Waterway 

(collectively, the Site) as Superfund 

sites on the National Priority List. 

Examples of contaminants of concern 

released to the Lower Duwamish River 

include polychlorinated biphenyls 

(PCBs), metals, and polycyclic aromatic 

hydrocarbons (PAHs). Natural resources 

such as benthic invertebrates, migratory 

fish (such as juvenile Chinook salmon), 

resident fish (such as sculpin and 

English sole), birds, and fish eating 

mammals exposed to these compounds 

can potentially be harmed as a result. In 

addition, hazardous substances released 

to the Lower Duwamish River have 

potentially reduced the human use 

services (e.g., recreational fishing, 

recreational boating, tribal uses) 

provided by the River. In addition, fish 

consumption advisories related to 

hazardous substances have been issued 

to the public warning of the risks 

associated with consumption of various 

fish species commonly targeted by 

anglers. The Injury Assessment Plan sets 

forth the approach the Trustee Council 

will apply to completing the damage 

assessment process to resolve natural 

resource damages liability with nonsettling parties. 

The Elliott Bay Trustee Council is 

comprised of Federal, state and tribal 

natural resource trustees. Members of 

the Trustee Council include the U.S. 

Department of the Interior; the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, acting 

through NOAA; the State of 

Washington; the Suquamish Tribe; and 

the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe. The 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; 

the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990, 33 

U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq.; the Clean Water 

Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. § 1251; the 

National Oil and Hazardous Substances 

Pollution Contingency Plan [National 

Contingency Plan (NCP)], 40 CFR 300, 

Subpart G; Executive Orders 12580 and 

12777; and other applicable federal and 

state laws and regulations, provide a 

legal framework for the Trustee 

Council’s actions. 

Under the federal regulations, the 

Trustee Council can elect to perform a 

Type A or Type B injury assessment. 

Type A assessment procedures use 

simplified model assumptions to 

address injuries that result from a single 

event or short-term exposure. Releases 

of hazardous substances from the Site 

have occurred from multiple sources 

over many decades, resulting in 

complex exposure conditions impacting 

aquatic and upland media and 

associated complex food webs. 

Therefore, the Elliott Bay Trustee 

Council previously elected to perform a 

Type B assessment, the procedures for 

which require ‘‘more extensive field 

observation than the Type A 

procedures.’’ 43 CFR § 11.33(b). This 

assessment method includes injury 

determination, quantification, and 

damage determination. Because 

substantial Site-specific data already 

exist to support the assessment, a Type 

B assessment can be conducted for the 

Site at a reasonable cost. The federal 

regulations for a Type B assessment 

outline methods for determining (1) 

pathways through which hazardous 

substances released by potentially 

responsible parties expose natural 

resources, (2) injuries to natural 

resources, (3) the extent of those injuries 

and resultant public losses, (4) baseline 

conditions and time required for the 

resources to recover to baseline, and (5) 

the cost or value of restoring injured 

resources. These methods facilitate 

calculation of natural resource damages. 

43 CFR §§ 11.60–11.84. 

Dated: July 19, 2018. 

David Westerholm, 

Director, Office of Response and Restoration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Evaluation of State Coastal 

Management Programs 

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management 

(OCM), National Ocean Service (NOS), 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Office for Coastal Management will hold 

a public meeting to solicit comments on 

the performance evaluation of the 

Mississippi Coastal Management 

Program. 

DATES: Mississippi Coastal Management 

Program Evaluation: The public meeting 

will be held on September 25, 2018, and 

written comments must be received on 

or before October 5, 2018. 

For specific dates, times, and 

locations of the public meetings, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the program or reserve NOAA 

intends to evaluate by any of the 

following methods: 


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