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section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: February 27, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05025 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD671 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Essential Fish Habitat 5-Year Review 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the 

availability of the Draft Atlantic Highly 

Migratory Species (HMS) Essential Fish 

Habitat (EFH) 5-Year Review. The 

purpose of Atlantic HMS EFH 5-Year 

Review is to gather relevant new 

information and determine whether 

modifications to existing EFH 

descriptions and designations are 

warranted, in compliance with the 

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act and implementing regulations. If 

EFH modifications are warranted, an 

amendment to the 2006 Consolidated 

Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) may be initiated. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by April 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

Draft Atlantic HMS EFH 5-Year Review 

may also be obtained on the internet at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/

documents/2015_draft_efh_review.pdf. 

You may submit comments on this 

document, identified by NOAA–NMFS– 

2015–0037, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

NOAA-NMFS-2015-0037, click the 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Peter Cooper, NMFS/SF1, 1315 EastWest Highway, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, SSMC3, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ 

A’’ in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Cooper by phone at (301) 427– 

8503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) includes 

provisions concerning the identification 

and conservation of essential fish 

habitat (EFH) (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 

EFH is defined in 50 CFR 600.10 as 

‘‘those waters and substrate necessary to 

fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or 

growth to maturity.’’ NMFS must 

identify and describe EFH, minimize to 

the extent practicable the adverse effects 

of fishing on EFH, and identify other 

actions to encourage the conservation 

and enhancement of EFH (§ 600.815(a). 

EFH maps are presented online in the 

NMFS EFH Mapper (http://www.

habitat.noaa.gov/protection/efh/habitat

mapper.html). Federal agencies that 

authorize, fund, or undertake actions 

that may adversely affect EFH must 

consult with NMFS, and NMFS must 

provide conservation recommendations 

to Federal and state agencies regarding 

any such actions (§ 600.815(a)(9)). 

In addition to identifying and 

describing EFH for managed fish 

species, a review of EFH must be 

completed every 5 years, and EFH 

provisions must be revised or amended, 

as warranted, based on the best 

available scientific information. The 

EFH 5-year review should evaluate 

published scientific literature, 

unpublished scientific reports, 

information solicited from interested 

parties, and previously unavailable or 

inaccessible data. NMFS announced the 

initiation of this review and solicited 

information for this review from the 

public in a Federal Register notice on 

March 24, 2014 (79 FR 15959). The 

initial public review/submission period 

ended on May 23, 2014. 

This document is a draft 5-year 

review of EFH for Atlantic HMS, which 

include tunas (bluefin, bigeye, albacore, 

yellowfin, and skipjack), oceanic sharks, 

swordfish, and billfishes (blue marlin, 

white marlin, sailfish, roundscale 

spearfish, and longbill spearfish). The 

HMS EFH 5-year review considers data 

available regarding Atlantic HMS and 

their habitats that have become 

available since 2009 that were not 

included in Final Amendment 1 to the 

2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS (June 

1, 2010, 75 FR 30484); Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Amendment 3 to the 2006 Consolidated 

HMS FMP (June 1, 2010, 75 FR 30484); 

and the interpretive rule that described 

EFH for roundscale spearfish 

(September 22, 2010, 75 FR 57698), 

which are the most recent documents 

that described EFH for Atlantic HMS 

species. Upon completion of the HMS 

EFH 5-year Review, NMFS will analyze 

the information gathered through the 

EFH review process and determine if 

subsequent revision or amendment of 

EFH if warranted. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq., and 1801 

et seq. 

Dated: March 2, 2015. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that it is renewing the charter 

for the Board on Coastal Engineering 

Research (‘‘the Board’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

committee’s charter is being renewed 

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pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 426–2 and in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 

CFR 102–3.50(a). 

The Board is a non-discretionary 

Federal advisory committee that shall 

provide the Coastal and Hydraulics 

Laboratory, which includes the Coastal 

Engineering Research Center, through 

the Chief of Engineers/Commander 

(‘‘the Chief of Engineers’’), U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (‘‘the Corps of 

Engineers’’), independent advice and 

recommendations on coastal 

engineering research priorities and 

additional functions as assigned by the 

Chief of Engineers. The Board shall 

report to the Secretary of the Army, 

through the Chief of Engineers/

Commander, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers. The Chief of Engineers/

Commander, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, may act upon the Board’s 

advice and recommendations. 

The Board, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 426– 

2, shall be composed of seven members 

who are appointed by the Secretary of 

Defense or the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense. 

DoD, pursuant to the authorizing 

legislation, shall appoint four officers of 

the Corps of Engineers to the Board as 

ex officio appointments, with one 

position being occupied by the Deputy 

Commanding General for Civil and 

Emergency Operations, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. The Chief of 

Engineers, in consultation with the 

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil 

Works), shall determine which three of 

the eight coastal division commanders 

shall be nominated as the other ex 

officio members of the Board. The Chief 

of Engineers, in determining which of 

the coastal division commanders shall 

serve on the Board, shall consider the 

individual’s tenure as a division 

commander and his or her expertise in 

the matters before the Board. 

The three civilian Board members 

shall be civilian engineers 

recommended by the Chief of Engineers 

for their expertise in the field of beach 

erosion, shore protection, and coastal 

processes and infrastructure. 

The Deputy Commanding General for 

Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, shall serve as 

the President of the Board. 

Board members who are not full-time 

or permanent part-time Federal officers 

or employees shall be appointed as 

experts or consultants pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 3109 to serve as special 

government employee (SGE) members. 

Board members who are full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal officers or 

employees shall be appointed pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a) to serve as 

regular government employee (RGE) 

members. 

The Secretary of Defense, or the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense, may 

approve the appointment of civilian 

Board members and the three coastal 

division commanders for terms of 

service of one-to-four years with annual 

renewals. However, no member, unless 

authorized by the Secretary of Defense 

or the Deputy Secretary of Defense, may 

serve more than two consecutive terms 

of service. 

Pursuant to section 105 of Public Law 

91–611, Board members, who are not 

full-time or permanent part-time Federal 

officers or employees, may be paid at 

rates not to exceed the daily equivalent 

of the rate for a GS–15, step 10, for each 

day of attendance at Board meetings, not 

to exceed 30 days per year, in addition 

to travel and other necessary expenses 

connected with their official duties on 

the Board, in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5703(b), (d), and 

5707. RGE members may be reimbursed 

for official Board-related travel and per 

diem. 

The DoD, when necessary and 

consistent with the Board’s mission and 

DoD policies and procedures, may 

establish subcommittees, task forces, or 

working groups to support the Board. 

Establishment of subcommittees will be 

based upon a written determination, to 

include terms of reference, by the 

Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of 

the Army, as the DoD sponsor. 

Such subcommittees shall not work 

independently of the Board and shall 

report all of their recommendations and 

advice solely to the Board for full and 

open deliberation and discussion. 

Subcommittees, task forces, or working 

groups have no authority to make 

decisions and recommendations, 

verbally or in writing, on behalf of the 

Board. No subcommittee or its members 

can update or report, verbally or in 

writing, on behalf of the Board, directly 

to the DoD or to any Federal officer or 

employee. 

The Secretary of Defense or the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense will 

appoint subcommittee members to a 

term of service of one-to-four years, with 

annual renewals, even if the member in 

question is already a member of the 

Board. 

Subcommittee members, if not fulltime or part-time Federal officers or 

employees, shall be appointed as 

experts or consultants pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 3109 to serve as SGE members. 

Subcommittee members who are fulltime or permanent part-time Federal 

officers or employees will serve as RGE 

members pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.130(a). 

Each subcommittee member is 

appointed to provide advice to the 

government on the basis of his or her 

best judgment without representing any 

particular point of view and in a manner 

that is free from conflict of interest. 

Subcommittee members may be 

compensated, and shall be allowed 

travel expenses, in the same manner as 

the Board members. 

All subcommittees operate under the 

provisions of FACA, the Sunshine Act, 

governing Federal statutes and 

regulations, and established DoD 

policies and procedures. 

The estimated number of Board 

meetings is two per year. 

The Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), pursuant to DoD policy, 

shall be a full-time or permanent parttime DoD employee appointed in 

accordance with governing DoD policies 

and procedures. 

The Board’s DFO is required to be in 

attendance at all meetings of the Board 

and any of its subcommittees for the 

entire duration of each and every 

meeting. However, in the absence of the 

Board’s DFO, a properly approved 

Alternate DFO, duly appointed to the 

Board according to established DoD 

policies and procedures, shall attend the 

entire duration of the Board or any 

subcommittee meeting. 

The DFO, or the Alternate DFO, shall 

call all meetings of the Board and its 

subcommittees; prepare and approve all 

meeting agendas; and adjourn any 

meeting when the DFO, or the Alternate 

DFO, determines adjournment to be in 

the public interest or required by 

governing regulations or DoD policies 

and procedures. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to Board on Coastal 

Engineering Research membership 

about the Board’s mission and 

functions. Written statements may be 

submitted at any time or in response to 

the stated agenda of planned meeting of 

the Board on Coastal Engineering 

Research. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the DFO for the Board on 

Coastal Engineering Research, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Board on 

Coastal Engineering Research DFO can 

be obtained from the GSA’s FACA 

Database—http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. 

The DFO, pursuant to 41 CFR 102– 

3.150, will announce planned meetings 

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of the Board on Coastal Engineering 

Research. The DFO, at that time, may 

provide additional guidance on the 

submission of written statements that 

are in response to the stated agenda for 

the planned meeting in question. 

Dated: March 2, 2015. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05040 Filed 3–4–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Modernization and Repair of 

Piers 2 and 3, Military Ocean Terminal 

Concord, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

(Army) announces the availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the Modernization and Repair 

of Piers 2 and 3 at Military Ocean 

Terminal Concord, California (MOTCO). 

The Final EIS evaluates the potential 

environmental and socioeconomic 

effects that could result from demolition 

and reconstruction of structural 

elements, replacement of infrastructure, 

upgrades to shore-side roads and 

electrical infrastructure, repair of piles 

at Pier 3, and maintenance dredging. 

Environmental consequences were 

evaluated for noise; air quality; geology, 

topography, and soils; water resources; 

biological resources; land use and 

coastal zone management; 

transportation; infrastructure; visual 

resources; recreational resources; 

socioeconomics; environmental justice 

and protection of children; cultural 

resources; and hazardous materials, 

hazardous waste, toxic substances, and 

contaminated sites. Based on the 

analysis described in the EIS, all 

impacts are anticipated to be less than 

significant. The potential for 

environmental impacts is greatest for 

the following resource areas: water 

resources; biological resources; 

transportation; infrastructure; and 

cultural resources. 

DATES: The Army will make a final 

decision no sooner than 30 days after 

the publication of a Notice of 

Availability for the Final EIS in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Please send requests for a 

copy of the Final EIS or written 

comments on the Final EIS to Mr. 

Malcolm Charles, Director of Public 

Works, Attention: SDAT–CCA–MI 

(Charles), 410 Norman Avenue, 

Concord, CA 94520; email comments to 

usarmy.motco.sddc.mbx.list-eis@

mail.mil; or fax comments to (925) 246– 

4171 (Attention: SDAT–CCA–MI 

[Charles]). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sarah Garner, Public Affairs Office, 

Surface Deployment and Distribution 

Command; telephone: (618) 220–6284; 

email: 

usarmy.scott.sddc.mbx.commandaffairs@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the proposed action is to 

modernize and repair Pier 2 and repair 

Pier 3 so the Army can maintain its 

ability to meet Department of Defense 

(DOD) mission requirements in support 

of wartime and contingency operations. 

Piers 2 and 3 were built in the mid1940s and are past their structural and 

design life and lack modern operational 

efficiencies. Based on Net Explosive 

Weight handling capability, Pier 2 is the 

optimum pier for mission capability, but 

it cannot be used due to its degraded 

and nonoperational condition. Pier 3, 

currently the primary operational pier at 

MOTCO, requires some level of repair to 

maintain even its limited operational 

capability through 2019. 

Alternative 1 fully implements repairs 

to Piers 2 and 3 with Pier 2 re-oriented 

to align the west end with the existing 

shipping channel to create a more 

modernized configuration. Alternative 2 

would be similar to Alternative 1, but 

the Pier 2 footprint would not change. 

Alternative 3 would fully implement 

repairs to Piers 2 and 3, reorienting Pier 

2 to create a more modernized 

configuration but with a larger deck 

surface and heavier load-carrying 

capacity than that proposed under 

Alternative 1. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the modernization and 

repair of Pier 2 and the repair of Pier 3 

at MOTCO would not occur, and Pier 3 

would continue to be used with loading 

restrictions for the remainder of its 

service life. The No Action Alternative 

provides the environmental baseline 

conditions for comparing the impacts 

associated with the other alternatives. 

Alternative 1 is the preferred 

alternative. 

The Army consulted with regulatory 

agencies, to include the State Historic 

Preservation Officer, the National Park 

Service, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, the San Francisco Bay 

Regional Water Quality Control Board, 

the National Marine Fisheries Service, 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and 

the San Francisco Bay Conservation and 

Development Commission. 

Several of the comments received 

during the Draft EIS review period 

resulted in revisions to the Final EIS. 

These revisions included minor 

clarifications and the inclusion of 

updated information. The Final EIS 

includes responses to all comments. 

Copies of the Final EIS are available 

for public review at the following two 

Contra Costa County libraries: (1) 

Concord Library, 2900 Salvio Street, 

Concord, CA 94519 and (2) Bay Point 

Library, 205 Pacifica Avenue, Bay Point, 

CA 94565. The Final EIS may also be 

reviewed electronically at http://www.

sddc.army.mil/MOTCO/default.aspx. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

United States Air Force F–35a 

Operational Basing—Pacific 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI). 

SUMMARY: The Air Force is issuing this 

notice of intent (NOI) (40 CFR 1508.22) 

to prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to assess the proposed 

action to base two (2) F–35A squadrons 

(48 Primary Assigned Aircraft (PAA)) at 

Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska. 

The proposed action will also include 

the use of related airspace and ranges, 

particularly the Joint Pacific Alaska 

Range Complex (JPARC). The F–35A is 

the conventional take-off and landing 

version of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). 

It is a multiple-role fighter with an 

emphasis on air-to-ground missions. 

A No-Action Alternative will be 

included in the EIS, whereby no F–35A 

squadrons would be based at Eielson 

AFB. The analysis of the no-action 

alternative will provide a benchmark to 

enable Air Force decision-makers to 

compare the magnitude of the 

environmental effects of the proposed 

action. No-action means the proposed 

action would not take place, and the 

resulting environmental effects from 

taking no-action will be compared with 

the effects of allowing the proposed 

activity to go forward. 

Scoping: The public scoping process 

will be used to identify community 

concerns and local issues to be 

considered during the draft EIS 

development process. Federal, state, and 

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