Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 175 / Monday, September 10, 2018 / Notices 45615 

Dated: September 4, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19479 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Ocean Exploration Advisory Board 

(OEAB) Notice for the 11th OEAB 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of Ocean Exploration 

and Research (OER), National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration 

(NOAA), Department of Commerce 

(DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the Ocean 

Exploration Advisory Board (OEAB). 

OEAB members will discuss and 

provide advice on Federal ocean 

exploration programs, with a particular 

emphasis on National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

Office of Ocean Exploration and 

Research (OER) activities. The OEAB 

will also discuss National Ocean 

Exploration Forums, the Atlantic 

Seafloor Partnership for Integrated 

Research and Exploration (ASPIRE) 

Campaign, and developments in 

technology related to ocean exploration, 

as well as review the Education 

Subcommittee recommendations and 

other matters as described in the agenda 

found on the OEAB website at http://

oeab.noaa.gov. 

DATES: The announced meeting is 

scheduled for Tuesday, September 25, 

2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT 

and Wednesday, September 26, 2018 

from 9:00 to 5:00 p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 

Clark Building, 360 Woods Hole Road, 

Falmouth, MA 02543. 

Status: The meeting will be open to 

the public with a 15-minute public 

comment period on Tuesday, September 

25, 2018 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

EDT (please check the final agenda on 

the website to confirm the time). The 

public may listen to the meeting and 

provide comments during the public 

comment period via teleconference. 

Dial-in information may be found on the 

meeting agenda posted to the OEAB 

website. 

The OEAB expects that public 

statements 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 

three minutes. The Designated Federal 

Officer must receive written comments 

by September 22, 2018 to provide 

sufficient time for OEAB review. 

Written comments received after 

September 22, 2018 will be distributed 

to the OEAB but may not be reviewed 

prior to the meeting date. Seats will be 

available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. 

Special Accommodations: These 

meetings are physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

David McKinnie, Designated Federal 

Officer (see below) by September 22, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David McKinnie, Designated Federal 

Officer, Ocean Exploration Advisory 

Board, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 

526–6950. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA 

established the OEAB under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and 

legislation that gives the agency 

statutory authority to operate an ocean 

exploration program and to coordinate a 

national program of ocean exploration. 

The OEAB advises NOAA leadership on 

strategic planning, exploration 

priorities, competitive ocean 

exploration grant programs and other 

matters as the NOAA Administrator 

requests. 

OEAB members represent government 

agencies, the private sector, academic 

institutions, and not-for-profit 

institutions involved in all facets of 

ocean exploration—from advanced 

technology to citizen exploration. 

In addition to advising NOAA 

leadership, NOAA expects the OEAB to 

help to define and develop a national 

program of ocean exploration—a 

network of stakeholders and 

partnerships advancing national 

priorities for ocean exploration. 

Dated: September 4, 2018. 

David Holst, 

Chief Financial Officer/Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19470 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG462 

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, NEFMC) 

will hold a four-day meeting to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, September 24, 2018 through 

Thursday, September 27, 2018, 

beginning at 2 p.m. on September 24 

and 8:30 a.m. on September 25, 26, and 

27. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at Hotel 1620 Plymouth Harbor, 

180 Water Street, Plymouth, MA 02360; 

telephone: (508) 747–4900; online at 

www.hotel1620.com. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; 

telephone (978) 465–0492; 

www.nefmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492, ext. 

113. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Monday, September 24, 2018 

After introductions and brief 

announcements, the meeting will begin 

with the swearing-in of reappointed 

Council members, followed by the 

annual election of officers. Next, the 

Council will hear reports from the 

Council Chairman and Executive 

Director, NMFS’s Regional 

Administrator for the Greater Atlantic 

Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO), 

liaisons from the Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center (NEFSC) and MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council, 

representatives from NOAA General 

Counsel and NOAA’s Office of Law 

Enforcement, and staff from the Atlantic 

States Marine Fisheries Commission 

(ASMFC) and U.S. Coast Guard. The 

Council then will take up its SmallMesh Multispecies (Whiting) Committee 

Report and cover three issues: (1) The 


daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES