[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 81891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23279]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE343]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of the Habitat and Ecosystem Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The Habitat and Ecosystem AP meeting will be held October 28, 
2024, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.; October 29, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. until 
4:30 p.m.; and October 30, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., EDT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Charleston 
Airport & Convention Center, 5625 International Blvd., North 
Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: (843) 308-9330. Group Name: SAFMC 
Habitat and Ecosystem AP.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405.
    The meeting will also be available via webinar. Registration is 
required. Webinar registration, an online public comment form, and 
briefing book materials will be available two weeks prior to the 
meeting at: https://safmc.net/advisory-panel-meetings/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Howington, Habitat and 
Ecosystem Scientist, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#743f15001c1811111a5a1c1b031d1a13001b1a3407151219175a1a1100"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0fbd1c4d8dcd5d5de9ed8dfc7d9ded7c4dfdef0c3d1d6ddd39eded5c4">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (843) 725-
7580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Habitat and Ecosystem AP will finalize 
the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) 5-Year Review, finalize revisions to 
the Council's Energy Exploration, Development, Transportation and 
Hydropower Re-Licensing Policy, and begin the revisions to the 
Alterations to Riverine, Estuarine and Nearshore Flows Policy. The AP 
will also review the extent of tide gate, living shoreline, and 
beneficial use projects and their impacts on habitat, review the Mid 
Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Fishing Effects Database and App, 
receive an update on the Army Corps of Engineers project for reefs, and 
receive a presentation on offshore wind infrastructure coverage and 
artificial reef footprints. Finally, the AP will review the progress on 
the Habitat section of the Council's website, the tools and partner 
evaluation detailed in the Habitat Blueprint, communication and 
outreach efforts, the Habitat and Ecosystem AP workplan, and the next 
EFH 5-year review. The AP will provide recommendations to the Council 
on other topics as needed.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aid should be directed to the 
Council office (see ADDRESSES) 5 days prior to the meeting.

    Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are 
subject to change.

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

    Dated: October 3, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-23279 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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