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National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must review our 

proposed action (i.e., the issuance of an 

IHA) with respect to potential impacts 

on the human environment. 

This action is consistent with 

categories of activities identified in 

Categorical Exclusion B4 (incidental 

take authorizations with no anticipated 

serious injury or mortality) of the 

Companion Manual for NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6A, which do 

not individually or cumulatively have 

the potential for significant impacts on 

the quality of the human environment 

and for which we have not identified 

any extraordinary circumstances that 

would preclude this categorical 

exclusion. Accordingly, NMFS 

determined that the issuance of the 

initial IHA qualified to be categorically 

excluded from further NEPA review. 

NMFS has determined that the 

application of this categorical exclusion 

remains appropriate for this renewal 

IHA. 

Endangered Species Act 

Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal 

agency insure that any action it 

authorizes, funds, or carries out is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. To ensure 

ESA compliance for the issuance of 

IHAs, NMFS consults internally 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species. 

No incidental take of ESA-listed 

species is authorized or expected to 

result from this activity. Therefore, 

NMFS has determined that formal 

consultation under section 7 of the ESA 

is not required for this action. 

Renewal 

NMFS has issued a renewal IHA to 

PG&E for the take of marine mammals 

incidental to conducting pile driving 

activities associated with the Sediment 

Remediation Project in San Francisco 

Bay, CA effective from May 1, 2025 to 

April 30, 2026. 

Dated: November 18, 2024. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27346 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE480] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold public meetings of the Council and 

its Executive Committee, including joint 

sessions with the Atlantic States Marine 

Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) 

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 

Bass Management Board and Policy 

Board. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Tuesday, December 10, 2024, through 

Thursday, December 12, 2024. For 

agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be an inperson meeting with a virtual option. 

Council members, other meeting 

participants, and members of the public 

will have the option to participate in 

person at The Westin Annapolis, 100 

Westgate Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401, 

or virtually via Webex webinar. Webinar 

connection instructions and briefing 

materials will be available at: https://

www.mafmc.org/briefing/december2024. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State St., 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331; www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. The Council’s website, 

www.mafmc.org, also has details on the 

meeting location, proposed agenda, 

webinar listen-in access, and briefing 

materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the agenda, 

although agenda items may be 

addressed out of order (changes will be 

noted on the Council’s website when 

possible.) 

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 

Executive Committee—Closed Session 

Review 2024 Ricks E. Savage Award 

nominations. 

Council Convenes With the Atlantic 

States Marine Fisheries Commission’s 

(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and 

Black Sea Bass Management Board 

2025 Summer Flounder Recreational 

Measures Review 

Review Advisory Panel and 

Monitoring Committee 

recommendations. 

Review previously adopted 2025 

recreational measures and recommend 

changes if warranted. 

2025 Scup Recreational Measures 

Review 

Review Advisory Panel and 

Monitoring Committee 

recommendations. 

Review previously adopted 2025 

recreational measures and recommend 

changes if warranted. 

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2025 Black Sea Bass Recreational 

Measures 

Review Advisory Panel and 

Monitoring Committee 

recommendations. 

Recommend conservation 

equivalency or coastwide management 

and associated measures for 2025. 

ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and 

Black Sea Bass Board Adjourns Council 

Convenes With the ASMFC Policy Board 

Recreational Sector Separation and 

Catch Accounting Amendment 

Consider approval of draft scoping/ 

public information document. 

ASMFC Policy Board Adjourns 

2024 Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries 

Management (EAFM) Risk Assessment 

Review final report. 

2025 Spiny Dogfish Specifications 

Review recommendations from the 

SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory 

Panel, and staff. 

Review previously adopted 2025 

specifications and management 

measures, and recommend changes if 

necessary. 

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 

Species Separation Requirements 

Amendment Final Action 

Review report from Atlantic Surfclam 

and Ocean Quahog Species Separation 

Requirements Amendment 

Implementation Issues Workshop. 

Take up postponed motion to 

consider Alternative 5 as the preferred 

Amendment alternative. 

Select Council preferred alternative 

and take final action. 


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2025–2029 Council Research Priorities 

Review and approve the 2025–2029 

Council Research Priorities. 

2025 Implementation Plan 

Review and approve the 2025 

Implementation Plan. 

Butterfish Mesh Requirements 

Review recommendations from the 

Law Enforcement Committee and staff. 

Consider adopting modifications to 

butterfish mesh requirements. 

Ricks E Savage Award Presentation 

Presentation of the 2023 Ricks E 

Savage Award. 

Thursday, December 12, 2024 

Manomet’s River Herring Portal 

Staff from Manomet will present the 

results of a Council-funded project to 

develop a hub for river herring and shad 

run data. 

Business Session 

Committee Reports (SSC), Highly 

Migratory Species (HMS), Northeast 

Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP); 

Executive Director’s Report; 

Organization Reports; and Liaison 

Reports. 

Other Business and General Public 

Comment 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Actions 

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 Council’s intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid 

should be directed to Shelley Spedden, 

(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: November 18, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27371 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE419] 

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 98 Data 

Workshop for Gulf of Mexico Red 

Snapper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 98 assessment 

process of Gulf of Mexico red snapper 

will consist of a Data Workshop, and a 

series of assessment webinars, and a 

Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 98 Data Workshop 

will be held from 8:30 a.m. on December 

10, 2024, until 1 p.m. on December 13, 

2024. The established times may be 

adjusted as necessary to accommodate 

the timely completion of discussion 

relevant to the assessment process. Such 

adjustments may result in the meeting 

being extended from or completed prior 

to the time established by this notice. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The SEDAR 98 Data 

Workshop will be held at the 

Renaissance Battle House Hotel & Spa, 

26 North Royal Street, Mobile, AL 

36602. 

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/ 

Assessment Workshop, and (2) a series 

of webinars. The product of the Data/ 

Assessment Workshop is a report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses, and describes the fisheries, 

evaluates the status of the stock, 

estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. 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 in the Data 

Workshop are as follows: 

An assessment data set and associated 

documentation will be developed 

during the workshop. 

Participants will evaluate proposed 

data and select appropriate sources for 

providing information on topics such as 

life history characteristics, catch 

statistics, discard estimates, length and 

age composition, and fishery dependent 

and fishery independent measures of 

stock abundance. 

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 these meetings. 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 

These meetings are 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 10 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. 


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