78850 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 187 / Thursday, September 26, 2024 / Notices 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hall of the States, Room 333, 444 

North Capitol St. NW, Washington, DC 

20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Veva Deheza, NIDIS Executive Director, 

David Skaggs Research Center, Room 

GD102, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO 

80305. Email: Veva.Deheza@noaa.gov; 

or visit the NIDIS website at 

www.drought.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Integrated Drought Information 

System (NIDIS) was established by 

Public Law 109–430 on December 20, 

2006, and reauthorized by Public Law 

113–86 on March 6, 2014 and Public 

Law 115–423 on January 7, 2019 , with 

a mandate to provide an effective 

drought early warning system for the 

United States; coordinate, and integrate 

as practicable, Federal research in 

support of a drought early warning 

system; and build upon existing 

forecasting and assessment programs 

and partnerships. See 15 U.S.C. 313d. 

The Public Law also calls for 

consultation with ‘‘relevant Federal, 

regional, State, tribal, and local 

government agencies, research 

institutions, and the private sector’’ in 

the development of NIDIS. 15 U.S.C. 

313d(c). The NIDIS Executive Council 

provides the NIDIS Program Office with 

an opportunity to engage in individual 

consultation with senior resource 

officials from NIDIS’s Federal partners, 

as well as leaders from state and local 

government, academia, 

nongovernmental organizations, and the 

private sector. 

Status: This meeting is in-person and 

will be open to public participation. 

Individuals interested in attending 

should register at https://

cpaess.ucar.edu/meetings/nidisexecutive-fall-council-meeting-2024. 

Please refer to this web page for the 

most up-to-date meeting times and 

agenda. Seating at the meeting will be 

available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. 

Special Accommodations: This 

meeting is physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

special accommodations may be 

directed no later than 12:00 p.m. on 

October 17, 2024, to Elizabeth 

Ossowski, Senior Program Manager, 

David Skaggs Research Center, Room 

GD102, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 

80305; Email: Elizabeth.Ossowski@

noaa.gov. 

Matters to be Considered: The 

meeting will include the following 

topics: (1) NIDIS implementation 

updates and 2024 priorities; (2) 

Executive Council member updates and 

2024 priorities relevant to Drought, 

Climate Adaptation and Resilience, 

Water, Fire; (3) Building out the 

National Drought Early Warning System 

and Partnership Opportunities; and (4) 

Advances in Drought and Low Flow 

Water Prediction. 

David Holst, 

Chief Financial Officer/Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22042 Filed 9–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE308] 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 87 Assessment 

Webinar II for Gulf of Mexico White, 

Pink, and Brown Shrimp. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 87 assessment 

process of Gulf of Mexico white, pink, 

and brown shrimp will consist of a Data 

Workshop, and a series of assessment 

webinars, and a Review Workshop. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 87 Assessment 

Webinar II will be held Tuesday, 

October 15, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 

Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar. The webinar is open 

to members of the public. Those 

interested in participating should 

contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to 

request an invitation providing webinar 

access information. Please request 

webinar invitations at least 24 hours in 

advance of each webinar. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571– 

4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop, (2) a series of assessment 

webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop. 

The product of the Data Workshop is a 

report that compiles and evaluates 

potential datasets and recommends 

which datasets are appropriate for 

assessment analyses. The assessment 

webinars produce a report that describes 

the fisheries, evaluates the status of the 

stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. The product of the 

Review Workshop is an Assessment 

Summary documenting panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 

HMS Management Division, and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion during the 

Assessment webinar II are as follows: 

Participants will review the 

assessment modeling work to date and 

provide recommendations to the 

analytic team. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

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 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

business days prior to each workshop. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 187 / Thursday, September 26, 2024 / Notices 78851 

Dated: September 23, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22103 Filed 9–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Withdrawal of Notice of Intent (NOI) To 

Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement for Modification of the 

Bayou Lafourche and Lafourche-Jump 

Waterway, Louisiana, Navigation 

Channel Project in Lafourche Parish 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) is issuing this notice 

to advise Federal, State, and local 

governmental agencies, and the public 

that USACE is withdrawing the notice 

of intent (NOI) for the preparation of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for Modification of the Bayou Lafourche 

and Lafourche-Jump Waterway, 

Louisiana, Navigation Channel Project 

in Lafourche Parish, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 23, 2016. The Nonfederal 

Sponsor, the Greater Lafourche Port 

Commission, drafted an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) and Feasibility 

Report, which was submitted to the 

ASA–CW. In 2020, their EIS had an 

addendum to adjust the controlling 

depth of the Bayou Lafourche Waterway 

Federal navigation channel at Port 

Fourchon, Louisiana, to an engineering, 

economic and environmentally feasible 

depth and extend the main access 

channel to the natural contour of the 

Gulf of Mexico at the optimum depth. 

Since then, there has been a reduction 

of scope which involves less impacts 

than was anticipated at the time of the 

NOI, resulting in moving to an 

Environmental Assessment. 

DATES: The notice of intent to prepare 

an EIS published in the Federal Register 

on November 23, 2016 (81 FR 84562), is 

withdrawn as of September 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Department of the Army, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New 

Orleans District, 7400 Leake Avenue, 

New Orleans, LA 70118–3651. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the withdrawal of the 

Notice of Intent can be directed to 

Jordan Logarbo, (504) 862–1158 at 

Jordan.r.logarbo@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

reduction in scope includes the 

following: an adjustment of the 

proposed dredge depth from the 

previous proposed maximum dredge 

depth of ¥50 ft mean lower low water 

(MLLW) to a proposed elevation of ¥30 

ft MLLW for the inland reach plus 3 ft 

of advanced maintenance and to ¥32 ft 

MLLW for the offshore reach plus 4 ft 

of advanced maintenance, and the 

proposed channel deepening would not 

require an increase in channel width. 

The disposal area has also been changed 

from a marsh creation project to 

nearshore disposal on the west and east 

sides of the jetties. 

The existing maintenance project was 

authorized for a navigation channel 300 

ft wide with an elevation of ¥24 ft 

MLLW on the inland reach for mile 3.4 

to Mile 0.0 and to an elevation of ¥26 

ft MLLW for the offshore reach from 

Mile 0.0 to Mile ¥1.3. The Port 

Fourchon Federal navigation channel 

has been maintained by USACE within 

the proposed action dimensions and 

alignment. 

The Federal proposed plan includes 

deepening and maintenance of the Port 

Fourchon Federal navigation channel 

which was considered through a 50-year 

period of analysis. The proposed 

dredging would start at approximately 

Station 0+00 and end at approximately 

Station 330+00. Deepening would be 

achieved by the same dredging 

operation that is currently used for 

maintenance. The existing maintenance 

project was authorized by WRDA 1996 

for a navigation channel 300 ft wide 

with an elevation of ¥24 ft MLLW on 

the inland reach for mile 3.4 to Mile 0.0 

and to an elevation of ¥26 ft MLLW for 

the offshore reach from Mile 0.0 to Mile 

¥1.3. The proposed action would 

dredge the Federal navigation channel 

to an elevation of ¥30 ft MLLW for the 

inland reach plus 3 ft of advanced 

maintenance and to ¥32 ft MLLW for 

the offshore reach plus 4 ft of advanced 

maintenance. The proposed action 

follows the alignment of the existing 

maintenance project and extends to the 

newly authorized limits following the 

natural contour of the Gulf of Mexico. 

Dredging would be accomplished with a 

hydraulic cutter-head dredge and 

material excavated would be 

transported to two (2) sites in a slurry 

via pipeline. The two dredge material 

disposal sites are located on the exterior 

of the existing jetties near the 

intersection with the existing shoreline. 

Discharge location would be 200 ft 

offshore and would extend 300–3,000 ft 

from the jetties in the shallow open 

water and be allowed to flow. 

The study was authorized by section 

203 of the Water Resources and 

Development Act (WRDA) of 1986 (Pub. 

L. 99–662) as modified by section 1014 

of Water Resources and Reform 

Development Act (WRRDA) 2014. Also, 

by section 1126 of the Water 

Infrastructure Improvements of the 

Nation Act (Pub. L. 114–322) which is 

also known as WRDA of 2016, and 

section 1152 of WRDA 2018. Section 

203, as amended via the above 

referenced provisions, allows nonFederal interests, such as GLPC, to 

undertake feasibility studies of 

proposed navigation projects and 

submit them to the (ASA–CW). 

The Draft EA was made available for 

a 30-day public review and comment 

period beginning on May 17, 2024 and 

ending on June 15, 2024 and can be 

found on the study website at https://

www.mvn.usace.army.mil/About/ 

Projects/Port-Fourchon/. 

James A. Bodron, 

Program Director, Mississippi Valley Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22030 Filed 9–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0118] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; MultiPurpose Financial Information 

Statement 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

new information collection of a 

currently approved information 

collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2024–SCC–0118. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 


khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES