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Contents of the Draft Recovery Plan 

The Draft Recovery Plan presents 

NMFS’ proposed recovery goal, 

objectives, and criteria, which, when 

met, would allow the giant manta ray to 

be delisted. The proposed demographic 

and threats-based recovery objectives 

and criteria are based on the listing 

factors found in the ESA section 4(a)(1). 

The proposed demographic and threatsbased recovery objectives and criteria 

for the giant manta ray address threats 

from significant population declines, 

targeted catch in artisanal/small-scale 

fisheries, bycatch-related mortality in 

artisanal/small-scale and commercial 

fisheries, international trade of its gill 

plates, inadequate regulatory 

mechanisms, and illegal retention and 

enforcement issues. Additionally, it 

identifies stressors that should be 

monitored for potential future impact, 

such as climate change. The Draft 

Recovery Plan also describes specific 

information on the following: current 

status of the giant manta ray, threats that 

have contributed to the species’ decline, 

recovery strategies to address the 

threats, and site-specific recovery 

actions with timelines. Finally, the Draft 

Recovery Plan estimates the time and 

costs required to implement recovery 

actions. 

The Draft Recovery Implementation 

Strategy provides specific, prioritized 

activities necessary to implement fully 

recovery actions in the Draft Recovery 

Plan. This stepped-down approach will 

afford us the ability to modify these 

activities efficiently to reflect changes in 

the information available as well as 

progress towards recovery. 

How NMFS and Others Expect To Use 

the Plan 

In addition to continuing to carry out 

actions already underway, such as 

satellite and acoustic tag deployment 

and analysis, genetic sampling, and 

other research activities designed to 

improve our understanding of manta ray 

distribution, abundance, and population 

connectivity, we have begun 

implementation of other actions 

described in the Draft Recovery Plan. 

For example, we are currently providing 

domestic education and training 

programs for fishermen to enhance safe 

handling of giant manta rays and 

providing the public with outreach 

messaging to reduce harm and increase 

awareness of giant manta rays. In 

addition, we anticipate reviewing 

whether additional protective 

regulations under section 4(d) of the 

ESA may be appropriate to provide for 

the conservation of the giant manta ray 

in U.S. waters. After public comment 

and the adoption of the Recovery Plan, 

our intention is to implement the 

actions and activities for which we have 

authority and funding; encourage other 

international, Federal, State, and local 

agencies to implement recovery actions 

and activities for which they have 

responsibility, authority, and funding; 

and work cooperatively with the public 

and local stakeholders on 

implementation of other recovery 

actions and activities. We expect the 

Recovery Plan to guide us and other 

Federal agencies in evaluating Federal 

actions under ESA section 7, as well as 

in implementing other provisions of the 

ESA. 

Public Comments Solicited 

We are soliciting written comments 

on the Draft Recovery Plan. All 

substantive comments received by the 

date specified above will be considered 

and incorporated, as appropriate, prior 

to our decision on whether to approve 

this Recovery Plan. While we invite 

comments on all aspects of the Draft 

Recovery Plan, we are particularly 

interested in comments on the proposed 

objectives, criteria, and actions, as well 

as comments on the estimated time and 

cost of recovery actions and activities. 

In addition, the ESA requires that we 

conduct a review of listed species at 

least once every five years. This will be 

the first review of this species pursuant 

to this provision of the ESA since it was 

listed in 2018 under the ESA. The 

regulations in 50 CFR 424.21 require 

that we publish a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing species currently 

under active review. On the basis of 

such reviews, we determine under the 

ESA 4(c)(2)(B) whether any species 

should be removed from the list (i.e., 

delisted) or reclassified from 

endangered to threatened or from 

threatened to endangered (16 U.S.C. 

1533(c)(2)(B)). Any change in federal 

classification would require a separate 

rulemaking process. 

To ensure that the 5-year review is 

complete and based on the best 

available scientific and commercial 

information, we are soliciting new 

information from the public, 

governmental agencies, Tribes, the 

scientific community, industry, 

environmental entities, and any other 

interested parties concerning the status 

of the giant manta ray. Comments and 

information submitted will be 

considered in the 5-year review, as 

applicable. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1533(f) 

Dated: October 8, 2024. 

Lisa Manning, 

Acting Chief, Endangered Species 

Conservation Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE379] 

Pacific 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 Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Habitat Committee (HC) will hold an 

online public meeting. 

DATES: The online meeting will be held 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Pacific Time, and Wednesday, 

October 30, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12 

p.m., or until business for the day has 

been completed. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including a proposed agenda and 

instructions 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 

HC to consider items on the Pacific 

Council’s November meeting agenda 

and to prepare supplemental reports as 

necessary. Topics will include current 

habitat issues, fishing regulation 

changes at Cordell Bank (California), 

research on benthic disturbance and 

biogeochemical cycling, and other 

topics as necessary. 

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 


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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: October 8, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, October 16, 

2024—10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (See 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED). 

PLACE: The meeting will be held 

remotely, and in person at 4330 East 

West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland, 

20814. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Open to 

the Public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Decisional Matter: Draft Final Rule: 

Safety Standard for Infant Support 

Cushions. 

Briefing Matter: Fiscal Year 2025 

Operating Plan. 

To attend the meeting remotely, 

please use the following link: https://

cpsc.webex.com/cpsc/j.php?MTID=m

569336dacbad291c7ee5cea24627e107. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Alberta E. Mills, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, 301–504–7479 

(Office) or 240–863–8938 (Cell). 

Dated: October 9, 2024. 

Alberta E. Mills, 

Commission Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23810 Filed 10–10–24; 11:15 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0112] 

Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) for 

the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

Technical Education Act of 2006; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), 

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult 

Education (OCTAE). 

ACTION: Correction notice. 

SUMMARY: On September 11, 2024, the 

60-day comment period published in 

the Federal Register (FRN Vol. 89, No. 

176, pages 73638–9) for the proposed 

revised information collection, 

Consolidated Annual Report (CAR) for 

the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

Education Act of 2006, with an end date 

of November 12, 2024. An error was 

made to the Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC– 

0112 posting with the current 

instrument version of the Perkins V 

Consolidated Annual Report. 

Approximately two weeks after the 

publication on September 23, 2024, ED 

corrected this error and posted the 

correct version of the instrument, 

Perkins V Consolidated Annual Report 

1830–0569 revision to the record. As a 

result, the Department is extending the 

public comment period two weeks. The 

new end date of the comment period is 

November 26, 2024. 

The PRA Coordinator, Strategic 

Collections and Clearance, Office of the 

Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, 

Evaluation and Policy Development, 

hereby issues a correction notice as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

Dated: October 9, 2024. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Office of the Chief Data Officer, 

Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–527–000] 

Florida Gas Transmission Company, 

LLC; Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization and Establishing 

Intervention and Protest Deadline 

Take notice that on September 27, 

2024, Florida Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC (Florida Gas), 1300 Main 

Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed in 

the above referenced docket, a prior 

notice request pursuant to sections 

157.205 and 157.208(f)(2) of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Florida Gas’ 

blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 

CP82–553–000, for authorization to 

reduce the Maximum Allowable 

Operating Pressure (MAOP) from 975 

pounds per square inch gage (psig) to 

721 psig of its existing 1.3-mile-long, 3- 

inch-diameter Auburndale Lateral 

located in Polk County, Florida. The 

Project will allow Florida Gas to 

maintain compliance with Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration regulations. Moreover, 

Florida Gas asserts that the proposed 

MAOP reduction will not affect its 

ability to meet its current contractual 

obligations nor result in any 

abandonment of service to its 

customers, all as more fully set forth in 

the request which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov). From the Commission’s 

Home Page on the internet, this 

information is available on eLibrary. 

The full text of this document is 

available on eLibrary in PDF and 

Microsoft Word format for viewing, 

printing, and/or downloading. To access 

this document in eLibrary, type the 

docket number excluding the last three 

digits of this document in the docket 

number field. 

User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the Commission’s website 

during normal business hours from 

FERC Online Support at (202) 502–6652 

(toll free at 1–866–208–3676) or email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or the 

Public Reference Room at (202) 502– 

8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email the 

Public Reference Room at 

public.referenceroom@ferc.gov. 

Any questions concerning this request 

should be directed to Blair 

Lichtenwalter, Senior Director of 

Certificates, Florida Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC, 1300 Main Street, 

Houston, Texas, 77002, or call (713) 

989–2605, or fax (713) 989–1205, or via 

email to blair.lichtenwalter@

energytransfer.com. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: you can file a protest to the 

project, you can file a motion to 


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