43658 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 166 / Monday, August 27, 2018 / Notices 

product development, engineering, 

labor, education, management 

consulting, environment, and 

international relations. 

DATES: The VCAT will meet on 

Tuesday, October 16, 2018, from 8:30 

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

October 17, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. Mountain Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Katharine Blodgett Gebbie 

Laboratory Conference Room, Room 81– 

1A106, at NIST, 325 Broadway Street, 

Boulder, Colorado 80305. Please note 

admittance instructions under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Shaw, VCAT, NIST, 100 

Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1060, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–1060, 

telephone number 301–975–2667. Ms. 

Shaw’s email address is 

stephanie.shaw@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278, as amended, and 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, 5 U.S.C. App 

The purpose of this meeting is for the 

VCAT to review and make 

recommendations regarding general 

policy for NIST, its organization, its 

budget, and its programs within the 

framework of applicable national 

policies as set forth by the President and 

the Congress. The agenda will include 

an update on major programs at NIST. 

In addition, the meeting will include 

presentations and discussions on NIST’s 

role in quantum science, technology 

transfer, and an update on public safety. 

The Committee also will review NIST’s 

facilities plans and progress on ongoing 

renovation efforts. The agenda may 

change to accommodate Committee 

business. The final agenda will be 

posted on the NIST website at http://

www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request a place on the agenda. 

Approximately one-half hour on 

Wednesday, October 17, 2018, will be 

reserved for public comments and 

speaking times will be assigned on a 

first-come, first-serve basis. The amount 

of time per speaker will be determined 

by the number of requests received but, 

is likely to be about 3 minutes each. The 

exact time for public comments will be 

included in the final agenda that will be 

posted on the NIST website at http://

www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.cfm. 

Questions from the public will not be 

considered during this period. Speakers 

who wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, those who had wished to 

speak but could not be accommodated 

on the agenda, and those who were 

unable to attend in person are invited to 

submit written statements to VCAT, 

NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1060, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, via fax at 

301–216–0529 or electronically by email 

to stephanie.shaw@nist.gov, by 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, October 8, 

2018. 

All visitors to the NIST site are 

required to pre-register to be admitted. 

Please submit your name, time of 

arrival, email address and phone 

number to Emily Luce by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Tuesday, October 9, 2018. 

Non-U.S. citizens must submit 

additional information; please contact 

Ms. Luce. Ms. Luce’s email address is 

emily.luce@nist.gov and her phone 

number is 301–975–2661. For 

participants attending in person, please 

note that federal agencies, including 

NIST, can only accept a state-issued 

driver’s license or identification card for 

access to federal facilities if such license 

or identification card is issued by a state 

that is compliant with the REAL ID Act 

of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–13), or by a state 

that has an extension for REAL ID 

compliance. NIST currently accepts 

other forms of federal-issued 

identification in lieu of a state-issued 

driver’s license. For detailed 

information please contact Ms. Luce at 

301–975–2661 or visit: http://nist.gov/ 

public_affairs/visitor/. 

Kevin Kimball, 

Chief of Staff. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG433 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Herring Advisory Panel 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 

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Four Points by Sheraton, 1 Audubon 

Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; telephone: 

(781) 245–9300. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Advisory Panel will review 

results from the 2018 herring 

benchmark assessment (65th Northeast 

Regional Stock Assessment Workshop, 

SAW 65). They will review public 

comments on the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) for 

Amendment 8 to the Herring Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP), and discuss 

final preferred alternative 

recommendations. They will also 

discuss possible measures to include for 

consideration in the 2019–21 fishery 

specifications action including 

discussion of a potential independent 

action for fishing year 2019 that NOAA 

Fisheries may develop. A separate 

action may be considered to set fishery 

specifications for 2019 because final 

measures for 2019–21 developed 

through the Council process are not 

expected to be implemented until midyear of 2019. Also on the agenda is 

initial discussion of potential 2019 

herring work priorities. They will 

discuss other business as necessary. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. This meeting 

will be recorded. Consistent with 16 

U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

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

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: August 22, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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