Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 245 / Friday, December 22, 2023 / Notices 88587 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smart 

phone; or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/3027. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted 

electronically to https://

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

3027. 

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

Dated: December 18, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28216 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No.: 231120–0274] 

RIN 0648–BJ52 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Critical Habitat for the Threatened 

Indo-Pacific Corals, Public Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: We, NMFS, will hold seven 

public hearings related to our proposed 

rule to designate critical habitat for five 

threatened corals in U.S. waters in the 

Indo-Pacific (Acropora globiceps, 

Acropora retusa, Acropora speciosa, 

Euphyllia paradivisa, and Isopora 

crateriformis) under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). 

DATES: Please see Public Hearings in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

date information. Comments on the 

proposed rule (88 FR 83644, November 

30, 2023) must be received by February 

28, 2024. Comments received after this 

date may not be accepted. 

ADDRESSES: The addresses for the 

venues of the in-person hearings and 

instructions for joining the virtual 

hearing are provided below. 

• Guam Public Hearing: Lotte Hotel 

Guam, 185 Gun Beach Road, Tamuning, 

96913 Guam. 

• Saipan Public Hearing: Crowne 

Plaza Resort, Coral Tree Ave., Garapan, 

Saipan, CNMI 96950. 

• Tinian Public Hearing: Tinian 

Elementary School, 8th Avenue, San 

Jose, Tinian, CNMI 96952. 

• Rota Public Hearing: Northern 

Marianas College Rota Campus, Song 

Song Village, Rota, CNMI 96951. 

• Tutuila Public Hearing #1: 

Tradewinds Hotel, Tafuna, Western 

District, American Samoa 96799. 

• Tutuila Public Hearing #2: Rex H. 

Lee Auditorium, Utulei, Eastern District, 

American Samoa 96799. 

• Virtual Hearing: This hearing will 

be conducted as a Webex meeting. You 

may join the Webex meeting using a 

web browser, the Webex desktop app 

(app installation required), a mobile app 

on a phone (app installation required), 

or audio-only using just a phone call, as 

specified below. 

Æ To join the hearing, click on the 

link https://noaanmfsmeets.webex.com/noaanmfs-meets/

j.php?MTID=mce25d9e1660a3b

2fcd5133fb38aaac55. 

Æ Webinar number (access code): 

2763 694 3109 Webinar password: 

kPRDGpXS246 (57734797 from phones 

and video systems). 

Æ Join from a mobile device 

(attendees only) +1–415–527–5035, 

27636943109# 57734797#. 

You may submit comments verbally 

or in writing at the public hearings, or 

in writing by any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov/ 

commenton/NOAA-NMFS-2016-0131- 

0070, complete the required fields, and 

enter or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Lance Smith, Protected 

Resources Division, NMFS, Pacific 

Islands Regional Office, NOAA Inouye 

Regional Center, 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 

176, Honolulu, HI 96818. 

Instructions: You must submit 

comments by one of the previously 

described methods to ensure that we 

receive, document, and consider them. 

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 to https://www.regulations.gov 

without change. All Personal Identifying 

Information (for example, name, 

address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by 

the commenter may be publicly 

accessible. Do not submit confidential 

business information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the required 

fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lance Smith, NMFS, Pacific Islands 

Regional Office, at lance.smith@

noaa.gov or 808–725–5131. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 30, 2023, NMFS 

proposed to designate critical habitat for 

five Indo-Pacific corals listed as 

threatened under the ESA within U.S. 

waters in Guam, CNMI, American 

Samoa, the Pacific Remote Island Area 

(PRIA) and Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea Marine 

National Monument (MNM) in Hawai’i 

(88 FR 83644). The five species are 

Acropora globiceps, A. retusa, A. 

speciosa, Euphyllia paradivisa, and 

Isopora crateriformis. Proposed coral 

critical habitat consists of substrate and 

water column habitat characteristics 

essential for the reproduction, 

recruitment, growth, and maturation of 

the listed corals. 

Proposed critical habitat consists of 

16 island units. There are four units in 

American Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, 

Ta ̄‘u, Rose Atoll), eight in CNMI (Rota, 

Aguijan, Tinian, Saipan, Alamagan, 

Pagan, Maug Islands, Uracas), two in 

PRIA (Palmyra and Johnston Atolls), 

one in Guam, and one in 

Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea MNM (Lalo, also 

known as French Frigate Shoals). 

Between one and five listed corals occur 

within each unit. The following areas 

were deemed ineligible for proposed 

critical habitat because they are within 

areas covered by final Department of 

Defense Integrated Natural Resources 

Management Plans that are likely to 

benefit listed corals: parts of Guam, 

parts of Tinian, all of Farallon de 

Medinilla, and all of Wake Atoll (88 FR 

83644, November 30, 2023). 

Critical habitat protections apply only 

to Federal actions under section 7 of the 

ESA; activities that are not funded, 

authorized, or carried out by a Federal 

agency are not subject to these 

protections. The proposed rule and 

other materials prepared in support of 

this action, including maps showing the 

proposed critical habitat, are available 

at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

action/proposed-rule-designate-criticalhabitat-threatened-indo-pacific-corals. 

We are accepting public comments on 

the proposed rule through a 90-day 

public comment period, which ends on 

February 28, 2024 (see ADDRESSES for 

instructions on how to submit a public 

comment). 


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88588 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 245 / Friday, December 22, 2023 / Notices 

Public Hearings 

Public hearings on the proposed rule 

to designate critical habitat for the five 

threatened Indo-Pacific corals will be 

held on the following dates in the 

evening hours of the affected 

jurisdictions (Guam, the Commonwealth 

of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), 

American Samoa, Hawai‘i). Times are 

given in Chamorro Standard Time 

(ChST), Samoa Standard Time (SST), 

and Hawai‘i Standard Time (HST). For 

the six in-person hearings, doors will 

open at 5:30 p.m. local time, an 

information meeting by NOAA Fisheries 

staff will begin at 6 p.m. local time, and 

the public hearing will begin at 7 p.m. 

local time, as specified below. For the 

virtual hearing, an information meeting 

by NOAA Fisheries staff will begin at 6 

p.m. HST, and the public hearing will 

begin at 7 p.m. HST. Addresses for the 

venues of the in-person hearings and 

instructions for joining the virtual 

hearing are provided under ADDRESSES. 

• Guam: A public hearing is 

scheduled for Tuesday, January 16, 

2024, at the Lotte Hotel Guam. Doors 

will open at 5:30 p.m. ChST, the 

information meeting will begin at 6 p.m. 

ChST, and the public hearing will begin 

at 7 p.m. ChST. 

• CNMI, Saipan: A public hearing is 

scheduled for Thursday, January 18, 

2024, at the Crowne Plaza Resort. Doors 

will open at 5:30 p.m. ChST, the 

information meeting will begin at 6 p.m. 

ChST, and the public hearing will begin 

at 7 p.m. ChST. 

• CNMI, Tinian: A public hearing is 

scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 

2024, at the Tinian Elementary School. 

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. ChST, the 

information meeting will begin at 6 p.m. 

ChST, and the public hearing will begin 

at 7 p.m. ChST. 

• CNMI, Rota: A public hearing is 

scheduled for Thursday, January 25, 

2024, at the Northern Marianas College. 

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. ChST, the 

information meeting will begin at 6 p.m. 

ChST, and the public hearing will begin 

at 7 p.m. ChST. 

• American Samoa, Tutuila #1: A 

public hearing is scheduled for 

Thursday, January 18, 2024, at the 

Tradewinds Hotel. Doors will open at 

5:30 p.m. SST, the information meeting 

will begin at 6 p.m. SST, and the public 

hearing will begin at 7 p.m. SST. 

• American Samoa, Tutuila #2: A 

public hearing is scheduled for 

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at the Rex H. 

Lee Auditorium. Doors will open at 5:30 

p.m. SST, the information meeting will 

begin at 6 p.m. SST, and the public 

hearing will begin at 7 p.m. SST. 

• A virtual hearing is scheduled for 

Wednesday, February 7, 2024. The 

information meeting will begin at 6 p.m. 

HST, and the public hearing will begin 

at 7 p.m. HST. 

Six of the public hearings will be 

conducted in-person and the final 

hearing will be conducted online as a 

Webex meeting, as specified in 

ADDRESSES above. The hearings will 

begin with a brief presentation by NMFS 

that gives an overview of critical habitat 

under the ESA and a summary of 

proposed coral critical habitat in Guam, 

CNMI, American Samoa, PRIA, and 

Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea MNM. After the 

presentation but before public 

comments, there will be a question and 

answer session during which members 

of the public may ask NMFS staff 

clarifying questions about the proposed 

coral critical habitat. 

Following the question and answer 

session, members of the public will 

have the opportunity to provide oral 

comments on the record regarding the 

proposed coral critical habitat. Members 

of the public will also have the 

opportunity to submit written 

comments at the hearings. Written 

comments may also be submitted at any 

time during the relevant public 

comment period as described above (see 

DATES and ADDRESSES). All oral 

comments will be recorded, transcribed, 

and added to the public comment 

record for this proposed rule. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: December 19, 2023. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28261 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions and 

Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to and deletions from 

the Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds service(s) to 

the Procurement List that will be 

furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and 

deletes product(s) and service(s) from 

the Procurement List previously 

furnished by such agencies. 

DATES: Date added to and deleted from 

the Procurement List: January 21, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 355 E Street SW, Suite 325, 

Washington, DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to submit 

comments contact: Michael R. 

Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 785–6404, 

or email CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 9/22/2023, the Committee for 

Purchase From People Who Are Blind 

or Severely Disabled published notice of 

proposed additions to the Procurement 

List. This notice is published pursuant 

to 41 U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51– 

2.3. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the service(s) and impact of the 

additions on the current or most recent 

contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the service(s) listed 

below are suitable for procurement by 

the Federal Government under 41 U.S.C. 

8501–8506 and 41 CFR 51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will furnish the 

service(s) to the Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

service(s) to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the service(s) proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following service(s) 

are added to the Procurement List: 

Service(s) 

Service Type: Enterprise Services Center 

Support 

Mandatory for: NASA, NASA Shared 

Services Center, Stennis Space Center, 

MS 

Designated Source of Supply: InspiriTec, 

Inc., Philadelphia, PA 

Contracting Activity: NATIONAL 

AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 

ADMINISTRATION, NASA SHARED 

SERVICES CENTER 


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