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activities will not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on taking for subsistence 

purposes as no relevant subsistence uses 

of marine mammals are implicated by 

this action. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must review our 

proposed action with respect to 

environmental consequences on the 

human environment. 

This action is consistent with 

categories of activities identified in 

Categorical Exclusion B4 (incidental 

take authorizations with no anticipated 

serious injury or mortality) of the 

Companion Manual for NAO 216–6A, 

which do not individually or 

cumulatively have the potential for 

significant impacts on the quality of the 

human environment and for which we 

have not identified any extraordinary 

circumstances that would preclude this 

categorical exclusion. Accordingly, 

NMFS determined that the issuance of 

the initial IHA qualified to be 

categorically excluded from further 

NEPA review. NMFS has determined 

that the application of this categorical 

exclusion remains appropriate for this 

IHA. 

Endangered Species Act 

Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal 

agency insure that any action it 

authorizes, funds, or carries out is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. To ensure 

ESA compliance for the issuance of 

IHAs, NMFS consults internally 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species. 

NMFS Office of Protected Resources 

previously determined that issuance of 

the initial 2022 IHA falls within the 

scope of activities analyzed in NMFS 

Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries 

Office’s programmatic consultation 

regarding geophysical surveys along the 

U.S. Atlantic coast in the 3 Atlantic 

Renewable Energy Regions (completed 

June 29, 2021; revised September 2021). 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued an IHA to Park City 

Wind for marine site characterization 

survey activities associated with the 

specified activity from March 1, 2024, 

through February 28, 2025. All 

previously described mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

from the initial 2022 IHA are 

incorporated. 

Dated: December 20, 2023. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28404 Filed 12–22–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD600] 

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) is 

scheduling a public hybrid meeting of 

its Risk Policy Working Group to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). This meeting will be held inperson with a webinar option. 

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 

Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 9 a.m. 

Webinar registration URL information: 

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_

6ehbb-P8RgeAUDQjhvC_Zg. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

the Fairfield Inn & Suites, 185 

MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA 

02740; telephone: (774) 634–2000. 

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 Risk Policy Working Group 

(RPWG) will address the terms of 

reference (TORs) approved by the New 

England Fishery Management Council 

(Council), including progress made in 

reviewing the Council’s current Risk 

Policy, and Risk Policy Road Map (TOR 

1). They will continue to consider 

possible changes to the risk policy (TOR 

2), focusing on how to structure a 

revised risk policy, including 

discussions on a decision tree approach 

and a tiered approach. The RPWG will 

receive presentations on how other 

regional fishery management Councils 

approach risk in decision making. Other 

business will be discussed, if necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject 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 the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate 

O’Keefe, Ph.D., Executive Director, at 

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

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 20, 2023. 

Alyssa Lynn Weigers, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28409 Filed 12–22–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0216] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Process 

for FSA ID Account Creation for 

Individuals Without a Social Security 

Number in Connection With Person 

Authentication Service (PAS) 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED 

requested the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to conduct an emergency 

review of a new information collection. 

DATES: The Department requested 

emergency processing from OMB for 

this information collection request on 

December 20, 2023. As a result, the 

Department is providing the public with 

the opportunity to comment under the 

full comment period. Interested persons 


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