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NMFS seeks to fill four commercial, 

four recreational, one environmental, 

and three academic sector vacancies for 

terms starting in 2025. 

In filling vacancies, NMFS will seek 

to maintain the current representation 

from each of the sectors. NMFS also 

considers species expertise and 

representation from the fishing regions 

(Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, 

Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean) to 

ensure the diversity and balance of the 

HMS AP. table 1 includes the current 

representation on the HMS AP by 

sector, region, and species with terms 

that are expiring identified in the 

‘‘Member Status’’ column. It is not 

meant to indicate that NMFS will only 

consider persons who have expertise in 

the species or fishing regions that are 

listed. Rather, NMFS will aim toward 

having as diverse and balanced an AP 

as possible. The intent is to have a 

group that, as a whole, reflects an 

appropriate and equitable balance and 

mix of interests given the 

responsibilities of the HMS AP. 

TABLE 1—CURRENT REPRESENTATION ON THE HMS AP BY SECTOR, REGION, AND SPECIES

Sector Fishing region Species Date appointed Date term expires Member status 

Academic ....................... NE/Mid-Atlantic ............ Tuna/Shark .................. 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Academic ....................... SE/Gulf ........................ Sharks .......................... 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Academic ....................... Northeast ..................... Tunas ........................... 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Academic ....................... All ................................. All HMS ........................ 1/1/2024 12/31/2026 Active. 

Commercial ................... Gulf of Mexico ............. Tuna ............................. 1/1/2023 12/31/2025 Active. 

Commercial ................... Southeast ..................... Swordfish ..................... 1/1/2023 12/31/2025 Active. 

Commercial ................... Mid-Atlantic/SE ............ Tuna ............................. 1/1/2023 12/31/2025 Active. 

Commercial ................... Gulf of Mexico ............. Sharks .......................... 1/1/2024 12/31/2026 Active. 

Commercial ................... Northeast ..................... Tuna ............................. 1/1/2024 12/31/2026 Active. 

Commercial ................... Gulf of Mexico ............. All HMS ........................ 1/1/2024 12/31/2026 Active. 

Commercial ................... Northeast ..................... Tuna ............................. 1/1/2024 12/31/2026 Active. 

Commercial ................... Northeast ..................... All HMS ........................ 1/1/2024 12/31/2026 Active. 

Commercial ................... NE/SE/GOM ................ All HMS ........................ 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Commercial ................... Southeast ..................... Sharks .......................... 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Commercial ................... Gulf of Mexico ............. All HMS ........................ 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Commercial ................... Northeast ..................... Swordfish/Tuna ............ 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Environmental ............... All ................................. Tuna ............................. 1/1/2023 12/31/2025 Active. 

Environmental ............... All ................................. All HMS ........................ 1/1/2023 12/31/2025 Active. 

Environmental ............... All ................................. Shark ........................... 1/1/2024 12/31/2026 Active. 

Environmental ............... Caribbean .................... All HMS ........................ 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Recreational .................. All ................................. All HMS ........................ 1/1/2023 12/31/2025 Active. 

Recreational .................. Northeast ..................... Tuna ............................. 1/1/2023 12/31/2025 Active. 

Recreational .................. All ................................. All HMS ........................ 1/1/2023 12/31/2025 Active. 

Recreational .................. Northeast ..................... Tuna/Shark .................. 1/1/2023 12/31/2025 Active. 

Recreational .................. Gulf of Mexico ............. All HMS ........................ 1/1/2023 12/31/2025 Active. 

Recreational .................. All ................................. Billfish .......................... 1/1/2024 12/31/2026 Active.

Recreational .................. Mid-Atlantic .................. Shark ........................... 1/1/2024 12/31/2026 Active. 

Recreational .................. Southeast/Mid Atlantic Billfish .......................... 1/1/2024 12/31/2026 Active. 

Recreational .................. NE/SE/GOM ................ All HMS ........................ 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Recreational .................. Northeast ..................... Tuna/Shark .................. 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Recreational .................. Mid-Atlantic .................. All HMS ........................ 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Recreational .................. Southeast ..................... All HMS ........................ 1/1/2022 12/31/2024 Expiring. 

Note: Terms that are expiring or associated with current members stepping down are marked as ‘‘Expiring’’. 

Five additional members on the HMS 

AP include one member representing 

each of the following Fishery 

Management Councils: New England 

Fishery Management Council, the MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council, 

the South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council, and the Caribbean 

Fishery Management Council. The HMS 

AP also includes 22 ex-officio 

participants: 20 representatives of the 

coastal states and 2 representatives of 

the interstate commissions (the Atlantic 

States Marine Fisheries Commission 

and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries 

Commission). 

NMFS will provide the necessary 

administrative support, including 

technical assistance, for the HMS AP. 

However, NMFS will not compensate 

participants with monetary support of 

any kind. Depending on availability of 

funds, members may be reimbursed for 

travel costs related to the HMS AP 

meetings. 

Meeting Schedule 

NMFS will hold meetings of the HMS 

AP as frequently as necessary and, at a 

minimum, twice each year. In recent 

years, NMFS held meetings once in the 

spring, and once in the fall. The 

meetings may be held in conjunction 

with public hearings. 

Dated: November 12, 2024. 

Karen H. Abrams, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26902 Filed 11–18–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE467] 

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) 

Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee 

(MPC) will hold an online public 

meeting. 

DATES: The online meeting will be held 

Thursday, December 5, 2024, from 1 

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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 two draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statements (PEIS) anticipated for release 

in November. The Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management (BOEM) is 

developing a draft PEIS to analyze the 

potential impacts of, and mitigation 

measures for, floating offshore wind 

(OSW) energy development in the five 

leased areas off Humboldt and Morro 

Bays, CA. In addition, the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) is developing a 

draft PEIS to identify areas in Federal 

waters off Southern California that 

would be suitable for future aquaculture 

development, and to analyze potential 

impacts to the human environment that 

may occur should aquaculture projects 

be proposed in Aquaculture 

Opportunity Areas. The MPC may 

consider other OSW or aquaculture 

issues 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: November 14, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 25–C0001] 

Proposed Settlement Agreement, 

Stipulation, Order and Judgement, 

etc.; Bestar, Inc. 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission publishes in 

the Federal Register any settlement that 

it provisionally accepts under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act. 

Published below is a provisionally 

accepted Settlement Agreement with 

Bestar, Inc., containing a civil penalty in 

the amount of $16,025,000 subject to the 

terms and conditions of the Settlement 

Agreement. The Commission voted 

unanimously (5–0) to provisionally 

accept the proposed Settlement 

Agreement and Order pertaining to 

Bestar. Inc. 

DATES: Any interested person may ask 

the Commission not to accept this 

agreement or otherwise comment on its 

contents by filing a written request with 

the Office of the Secretary by December 

4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to 

comment on this Settlement Agreement 

should send written comments to 

Comment 25–C0001, Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (240) 

863–8938 (mobile), (301) 504–7479 

(office); email: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Serena Anand, Trial Attorney, Division 

of Enforcement and Litigation, Office of 

Compliance and Field Operations, 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 

Maryland 20814; sanand@cpsc.gov; 

301–504–7498 (office). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the Settlement Agreement and Order 

appear below. 

Dated: November 14, 2024. 

Elina Lingappa, 

Paralegal Specialist. 

United States of America 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

In the Matter of: BESTAR, INC. 

CPSC Docket No.: 25–C0001 

Settlement Agreement 

1. In accordance with the Consumer 

Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2051— 

2089 (‘‘CPSA’’), and 16 CFR 1118.20, 

Bestar, Inc. (‘‘Bestar’’), and the United 

States Consumer Product Safety 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’ or 

‘‘CPSC’’), through its staff, hereby enter 

into this Settlement Agreement 

(‘‘Agreement’’). The Agreement and the 

incorporated attached Order resolve 

staff’s charges set forth below. 

The Parties 

2. The Commission is an independent 

federal regulatory agency, established 

pursuant to, and responsible for, the 

enforcement of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2051–2089. By executing the 

Agreement, staff is acting on behalf of 

the Commission, pursuant to 16 CFR 

§ 1118.20(b). The Commission issues the 

Order under the provisions of the CPSA. 

3. Bestar is a corporation, organized 

and existing under the laws of the 

province of Que ́bec, Canada, with its 

principal place of business in LacMe ́gantic, Que ́bec, Canada. Bestar also 

maintains a manufacturing facility in 

Jamestown, NY and distribution center 

in Erie, PA. 

Staff Charges 

4. Between June 2014 and March 

2022, Bestar manufactured and 

distributed in the United States 

approximately 129,000 wall beds (the 

‘‘Subject Products’’). 

5. The Subject Products are 

‘‘consumer products’’ that were 

‘‘manufactur[ed]’’and ‘‘distribut[ed] in 

commerce,’’ as those terms are defined 

or used in Sections 3(a)(5), (7), and (10) 

of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5), (7), 

and (10). Bestar is a ‘‘manufacturer’’ and 

‘‘distributor’’ of the Subject Products, as 

such terms are defined in Sections 

3(a)(8) and (11) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 

2052(a)(8) and (11). 

Violation of CPSA Section 19(a)(4) 

6. The Subject Products contain a 

defect which could create a substantial 

product hazard or create an 

unreasonable risk of serious injury 

because the wall beds can detach from 

the wall and fall onto those nearby, 

posing a serious impact and crush 

hazard. 


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