[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00146]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD630]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad 
Hoc Marine Planning Committee (MPC) will hold an online public meeting.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Tuesday, January 23, 2024, from 
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Pacific standard time or until business for the day 
has been completed.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held online. Specific meeting 
information, including a proposed agenda and directions on how to 
attend the meeting and system requirements, will be provided in the 
meeting announcement on the Pacific Council's website (see 
www.pcouncil.org). You may send an email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ec879e859fc287808985829f8f8481858898ac82838d8dc28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="650e170c164b0e09000c0b16060d080c0111250b0a04044b020a13">[email protected]</span></a>) or contact him at (503) 820-2412 for 
technical assistance.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2409.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this online meeting is for 
the MPC to consider current offshore wind (OSW) energy issues and to 
provide information and advice to the Pacific Council for consideration 
at its March 2024 meeting. Meeting topics may include the Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management's Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare a 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the five California OSW 
leases. The NOI was issued December 20, 2023, with a 60-day comment 
period. The MPC may also discuss the status of the Draft Wind Energy 
Areas off the Oregon Coast. Other OSW or aquaculture topics may be 
considered, as appropriate.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after 
publication of this document that require emergency action under 
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d667f647e2366616864637e6e65606469794d63626c6c236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="066d746f75286d6a636f6875656e6b6f6272466869676728616970">[email protected]</span></a>; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 3, 2024.
Diane M. DeJames-Daly,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-00146 Filed 1-5-24; 8:45 am]
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