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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

          - [RTID 0648-XD630]

# AGENCY:

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

# ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

# 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 (                        *kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov*) 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 (                    *kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov;*                     (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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