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and estuaries to the deep ocean and at 

local to global scales. Benefits of CMECS 

include: data collected by different 

sensors and methods can be integrated 

into a single database; all the physical, 

biological, and chemical-forcing 

functions that collectively determine a 

habitat type can be captured; and the 

system has the flexibility to 

accommodate new units as additional 

information becomes available. 

The CMECS was developed as a 

dynamic standard to allow periodic 

revisions to continue to meet the needs 

of the user community and as such, the 

CMECS can be updated to accommodate 

the requirements of evolving scientific 

practices, technology, and coastal and 

marine resource management. The 

review process allows the CMECS to 

retain its consistency, credibility, and 

rigor through periodic reviews and an 

orderly, authoritative, and transparent 

updating process as required by the 

Federal Geographic Data Committee. 

Anyone can propose changes, which 

can include minor edits, such as 

grammatical or typographical 

corrections, clarifications of definitions 

and meaning, or more substantial 

changes to the hierarchy within 

components. The CMECS 

Implementation Group, through the 

Office for Coastal Management, has 

determined it is necessary to initiate the 

dynamic standard process to revise the 

CMECS. We are soliciting 

recommendations for revisions to the 

CMECS through a form to be posted on 

the CMECS website. All 

recommendations collected will be 

reviewed and revisions will be made to 

the CMECS to reflect those 

recommendations found to be valuable 

for implementation of the CMECS and 

supportive of the user community 

needs. 

Affected Public: Coastal scientists and 

managers throughout the United States 

responsible for characterization of 

coastal and marine habitats or 

ecosystems more broadly. This may 

include academia; non-governmental 

organizations; State, Local or Tribal 

government; Federal government; and 

for profit environmental support 

businesses. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0799. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25677 Filed 11–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE441] 

New England 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 New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a hybrid meeting of its 

Groundfish Committee to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Monday, November 25, 2024 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: This meeting will be 

held at Fairfield Inn & Suites, 185 

MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA 

02740; telephone: (777) 634–2000. 

Webinar registration URL 

information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/ 

meeting/register/tJUkcuCqqzMvGteHALS6YAAUS3eHyD37hwN. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Groundfish Committee will meet 

to discuss recommendations from the 

Recreational Advisory Panel, 

Groundfish Advisory Panel, and 

Groundfish Plan Development Team. 

They will review draft alternatives and 

draft impacts analysis of Framework 

Adjustment 69/Specifications and 

Management Measures and recommend 

preferred alternatives to the Council. 

The committee will also receive an 

update on development of Atlantic Cod 

Management Transition Plan. They will 

make recommendations to the Council, 

as appropriate, and discuss other 

business, as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: October 31, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE453] 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a meeting of the Pacific Pelagics 

Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Plan 

Team (PT) to discuss fishery 

management issues and develop 

recommendations to the Council for 

future management of pelagic fisheries 

in the Western Pacific region. 


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DATES: For the date, time and meeting 

agenda, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: Web conference access 

information will be posted on the 

Council’s website at 

www.wpcouncil.org. For assistance with 

the web conference connection, contact 

the Council office at (808) 522–8220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director, 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (808) 522–8220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Pelagic PT meeting will be held on 

November 18, 2024, and run from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) 

(12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Samoa Standard Time 

(SST); 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on November 19, 

2024, Chamorro Standard Time (ChST)). 

Public comment periods will be 

provided in the agenda. The order in 

which agenda items are addressed may 

change. The meeting will run as late as 

necessary to complete scheduled 

business. 

Agenda for the Pelagic Plan Team 

Meeting 

Monday, November 18, 2024, 1 p.m. to 

5 p.m. HST 

1. Welcome and Introductions 

2. Approval of Draft Agenda 

3. U.S. Catch Limits for North Pacific 

Striped Marlin (Initial Action) 

4. Hawaii and American Samoa 

Longline Fisheries Crew Training 

Requirement (Initial Action) 

5. Development of an Electronic 

Monitoring Program for Western 

Pacific Fisheries (Initial Action) 

6. Other Business 

7. Public Comment 

8. Discussion and Recommendations 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522–8220 

(voice) or (808) 522–8226 (fax), at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: October 31, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Application Forms for 

Membership on a National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed, and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on July 31, 

2024 during a 60-day comment period. 

No comments were received during this 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

Title: Application Forms for 

Membership on a National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0397. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(revision and extension of a currently 

approved collection). 

Number of Respondents: 900. 

Average Hours per Response: 1.25 

hours. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,125 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: This is a request for 

revision and extension of an approved 

information collection. 

Section 315 of the National Marine 

Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) (16 U.S.C. 

1445a) allows the Secretary of 

Commerce to establish one or more 

advisory councils to advise and make 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding the designation and 

management of national marine 

sanctuaries. Executive Order 13178 

(December 4, 2000) similarly established 

a Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Council 

pursuant to the NMSA for the 

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral 

Reef Ecosystem Reserve. Councils are 

individually chartered for each site, or 

for the sanctuary system, to meet its 

specific needs. Once an advisory 

council has been chartered, a sanctuary 

superintendent starts a process to 

recruit members for that council by 

providing notice to the public and 

requesting interested parties to apply for 

the available seat(s) (e.g., Research, 

Education) and position(s) (i.e., council 

member or alternate). The information 

obtained through this application 

process will be used to determine the 

qualifications of the applicant for 

membership on the advisory council. 

Two application forms are currently 

associated with this information 

collection: (a) National Marine 

Sanctuary Advisory Council 

Application form; and (b) National 

Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council 

Youth Seat Application form. 

Application form instructions will 

specify requirements imposed upon the 

agency when reviewing applicants as 

potential council members or alternates. 

Questions posed to applicants have 

been reviewed and an additional two 

questions are being added to solicit 

information on eligibility for a potential 

stipend program to decrease financial 

barriers to joining advisory councils. An 

additional section for demographic 

questions is also being added to include 

the newly updated Statistical Policy 

Directive No. 15: Standards for 

Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting 

Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity 

(SPD 15) and Recommendations on the 

Best Practices for the Collection of 

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 

Data on Federal Statistical Surveys, and 

to learn more about our applicants. 

Existing questions may be reordered, 

reworded, and at times, condensed to 

improve the organization of applicant 

responses and, thereby, simplify the 

applicant review process. We do not 

believe that such revisions to the 

application would appreciably change 

the average annual number of 

respondents or the reporting burden for 

the information requirements 

supporting solicitation of new advisory 

council members. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations; not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: National Marine 

Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1445a). 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 


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