Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 40 / Monday, March 2, 2015 / Notices 11175 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Marine Protected Areas Federal 

Advisory Committee; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

meeting via web conference call of the 

Marine Protected Areas Federal 

Advisory Committee (Committee). The 

web conference calls are open to the 

public, and participants can dial in to 

the calls. Participants who choose to use 

the web conferencing feature in addition 

to the audio will be able to view the 

presentations as they are being given. 

DATES: Members of the public wishing 

to participate in the meeting must 

register in advance by Friday, April 3, 

2015. 

The meeting will be held Monday, 

April 6, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. EDT. 

These times and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

Refer to the Web page listed below for 

the most up-to-date meeting agenda. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via web conference call. Register by 

contacting Gonzalo Cid at gonzalo.cid@

noaa.gov or 301–713–7278. Webinar 

and teleconference capacity may be 

limited. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lauren Wenzel, Acting Designated 

Federal Officer, MPA FAC, National 

Marine Protected Areas Center, 1305 

East West Highway, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301–713– 

7265, Fax: 301–713–3110); email: 

lauren.wenzel@noaa.gov; or visit the 

National MPA Center Web site at 

http://

www.marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee, composed of external, 

knowledgeable representatives of 

stakeholder groups, was established by 

the Department of Commerce (DOC) to 

provide advice to the Secretaries of 

Commerce and the Interior on 

implementation of Section 4 of 

Executive Order 13158, on marine 

protected areas. 

Matters to be Considered: The focus of 

the Committee’s meeting is a discussion 

of the Committee charge and Committee 

organization (e.g. Subcommittees and 

Workgroups) to address it. The 

Committee will also hear updates from 

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration and the Department of 

the Interior. The agenda is subject to 

change. The latest version will be 

posted at http://

www.marineprotectedareas .noaa.gov. 

Dated: February 13, 2015. 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

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New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Habitat Advisory Panel 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 

Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The 

meeting will be held at the Seaport Inn 

and Marina, 110 Middle Street, 

Fairhaven, MA 02719; telephone: (508) 

997–1281; fax: (508) 996–5717. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The panel 

will discuss and develop 

recommendations for preferred 

alternatives to Omnibus Habitat 

Amendment 2 (OHA2). They also plan 

to discuss specific topics related to 

OHA2 as requested by the Habitat 

committee. They will discuss other 

business as necessary. 

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 this meeting. 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 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 25, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Hydrographic Services 

Review Panel (HSRP) is a Federal 

Advisory Committee established to 

advise the Under Secretary of 

Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, 

the NOAA Administrator, on matters 

related to the responsibilities and 

authorities set forth in section 303 of the 

Hydrographic Services Improvement 

Act of 1998, as amended, and such other 

appropriate matters that the Under 

Secretary refers to the Panel for review 

and advice. 

Date and Time: The public meeting 

will be held from April 8–10, 2015. 

April 8th from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon 

PST; April 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

PST; and April 10th from 8:30 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. 

Location: Long Beach, California, with 

the exact meeting location to be 

determined and posted online. Please 

refer to the following Web site for 

updates on the location, agenda, 

presentations, speaker’s biographies, the 

webinar, and public comments: http://

www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/

meetings.htm. 


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