11978 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 43 / Thursday, March 5, 2015 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD805 

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 meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Ecosystem and Ocean Planning 

Committee will meet as a Committee of 

the Whole, to receive an overview from 

the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) about their 

geological and geophysical (G&G) 

permitting process in the Atlantic, 

focusing on regulations and the 

permitted activities for G&G surveys, 

and the development of possible 

comments. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, March 25, 2015, from 1:30 

p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST, via Internet 

Webinar. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via Internet Webinar. To join the 

Webinar, follow this link and enter the 

online meeting room: http://mafmc.

adobeconnect.com/marchboem/. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 North State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901, 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Christopher M. Moore, Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BOEM 

will give a presentation to the Council’s 

Ecosystem and Ocean Planning 

Committee, as a Committee Meeting of 

the Whole. This will include an 

overview of the geological and 

geophysical (G&G) permitting process in 

the Atlantic, focusing on regulations 

and the permitted activities for G&G 

surveys. BOEM will provide an 

overview of what is included in a 

complete permit and discuss the 

coordination process. The overview will 

also describe the National 

Environmental Policy Act and internal 

environmental review processes, 

discuss the related consultation and 

coordination process, and finally touch 

on mitigation and operations 

monitoring. BOEM will also give an 

overview of the development of the Five 

Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and 

Gas Leasing Program for 2017–22. 

BOEM staff will be available to answer 

any questions following the 

presentation. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities. Requests for sign 

language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to Jan 

Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 2, 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 

RIN 0648–XD767 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Tilefish Monitoring Committee will 

hold a public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, March 26, 2015, from 10 a.m. 

until noon. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar with a telephone-only 

connection option. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State St., 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. The Council’s Web site, 

www.mafmc.org also has details on the 

proposed agenda, webinar listen-in 

access, and briefing materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is for the 

Monitoring Committee to review, and if 

necessary, revise the current 

management measures designed to 

achieve the recommended Golden 

Tilefish catch and landings limits for 

2016/17. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group 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 Act, provided the 

public has been notified of the Council’s 

intent to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 2, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

[Docket No. 150224183–5183–01] 

RIN 0660–XC016 

Privacy, Transparency, and 

Accountability Regarding Commercial 

and Private Use of Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) is requesting 

comment on privacy, transparency, and 

accountability issues regarding 

commercial and private use of 

unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). On 

February 15, 2015, President Obama 

issued the Presidential Memorandum 

‘‘Promoting Economic Competitiveness 

While Safeguarding Privacy, Civil 

Rights, and Civil Liberties in Domestic 

Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems,’’ 

which directs NTIA to establish a 

multistakeholder engagement process to 

develop and communicate best practices 

for privacy, accountability, and 

transparency issues regarding 

commercial and private UAS use in the 

National Airspace System (NAS). 

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1Presidential Memorandum, ‘‘Promoting 

Economic Competitiveness While Safeguarding 

Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in 

Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems,’’ 

(Feb. 15, 2015), available at: http://www.

whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/02/15/

presidential-memorandum-promoting-economiccompetitiveness-while-safegua. 

2Presidential Memorandum at 1. 

3Presidential Memorandum at 4. 

4Such standardized physical marking would be 

in addition to the markings required by the FAA for 

purposes of registration. 

Through this notice NTIA commences 

this process. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

5 p.m. Eastern Time on April 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by email to UASrfc2015@

ntia.doc.gov. Comments submitted by 

email should be machine-readable and 

should not be copy-protected. Written 

comments also may be submitted by 

mail to the National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Room 4725, Attn: UAS RFC 2015, 

Washington, DC 20230. Responders 

should include the name of the person 

or organization filing the comment, as 

well as a page number on each page of 

their submissions. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted to http:// 

www.ntia.doc.gov/category/internetpolicy-task-force without change. All 

personal identifying information (for 

example, name, address) voluntarily 

submitted by the commenter may be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. NTIA will accept 

anonymous comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Verdi or John Morris, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Room 4725, Washington, DC 

20230; telephone (202) 482–8238 or 

(202) 482–1689; email jverdi@

ntia.doc.gov or jmorris@ntia.doc.gov. 

Please direct media inquiries to NTIA’s 

Office of Public Affairs, (202) 482–7002. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Congress recognized the 

potential wide-ranging benefits of UAS 

operations within the United States in 

the FAA Modernization and Reform Act 

of 2012 (Public Law 112–95), which 

requires a plan to safely integrate civil 

UAS into the NAS by 2015. Compared 

to manned aircraft, UAS may provide 

lower-cost operation and augment 

existing capabilities while reducing 

risks to human life. Estimates suggest 

the positive economic impact to U.S. 

industry of the integration of UAS into 

the NAS could be substantial and likely 

will grow for the foreseeable future.1

UAS may be able to provide a variety of 

commercial services less expensively 

than manned aircraft, including aerial 

photography and farm management, 

while reducing or eliminating safety 

risks to aircraft operators. In addition, 

UAS may be able to provide some 

commercial services that would be 

impossible for manned aircraft. For 

example, improvements in technology 

may allow small UAS to deliver 

packages to homes and businesses 

where manned aircraft cannot land, and 

high-altitude UAS could provide 

Internet service to remote areas by 

remaining aloft for months at a time— 

far longer than manned aircraft. 

On February 15, 2015, President 

Obama issued the Presidential 

Memorandum ‘‘Promoting Economic 

Competitiveness While Safeguarding 

Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties 

in Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems.’’ The Presidential 

Memorandum states: ‘‘[a]s UAS are 

integrated into the NAS, the Federal 

Government will take steps to ensure 

that the integration takes into account 

not only our economic competitiveness 

and public safety, but also the privacy, 

civil rights, and civil liberties concerns 

these systems may raise.’’ 2 The 

Presidential Memorandum establishes a 

‘‘multi-stakeholder engagement process 

to develop and communicate best 

practices for privacy, accountability, 

and transparency issues regarding 

commercial and private UAS use in the 

NAS.’’ 3 The process will include 

stakeholders from industry, civil 

society, and academia, and will be 

initiated by the Department of 

Commerce, through NTIA, and in 

consultation with other interested 

agencies. 

The NTIA-convened process is 

intended to help address privacy 

concerns raised by commercial and 

private UAS. UAS can enable aerial data 

collection that is more sustained, 

pervasive, and invasive than manned 

flight; at the same time, UAS flights can 

reduce costs, provide novel services, 

and promote economic growth. These 

attributes create opportunities for 

innovation, but also pose privacy 

challenges regarding collection, use, 

retention, and dissemination of data 

collected by UAS. NTIA encourages 

stakeholders to identify safeguards that 

address the privacy challenges posed by 

commercial and private UAS use. 

The NTIA-convened process is 

intended to promote transparent UAS 

operation by companies and 

individuals. Transparent operation can 

include identifying the entities that 

operate particular UAS, the purposes of 

UAS flights, and the data practices 

associated with UAS operations. 

Transparent UAS operation can enhance 

privacy and bolster other values. 

Transparency can help property owners 

identify UAS if an aircraft erroneously 

operates or lands on private property. 

Transparency can also facilitate reports 

of UAS operations that cause nuisances 

or appear unsafe. NTIA encourages 

stakeholders to identify mechanisms, 

such as standardized physical markings 

or electronic identifiers, which could 

promote transparent UAS operation.4

The NTIA-convened process is 

intended to promote accountable UAS 

operation by companies and 

individuals. UAS operators can employ 

accountability mechanisms to help 

ensure that privacy protections and 

transparency policies are enforced 

within an organization. Accountability 

mechanisms can include rules regarding 

oversight and privacy training for UAS 

pilots, as well as policies for how 

companies and individuals operate UAS 

and handle data collected by UAS. 

Accountability programs can also 

employ audits, assessments, and 

internal or external reports to verify 

UAS operators’ compliance with their 

privacy and transparency commitments. 

Accountability mechanisms can be 

implemented by companies, model 

aircraft clubs, UAS training programs, or 

others. NTIA encourages stakeholders to 

identify mechanisms that can promote 

accountable UAS operation. 

NTIA will convene stakeholders in an 

open and transparent forum to develop 

consensus best practices for utilization 

by commercial and private UAS 

operators. For this process, commercial 

and private use includes the use of UAS 

for commercial purposes as civil 

aircraft, even if the use would qualify a 

UAS as a public aircraft under 49 U.S.C. 

40102(a)(41) and 40125. The process 

will not focus on law enforcement or 

other noncommercial governmental use 

of UAS. 

NTIA will convene the first public 

meeting of the multistakeholder process 

in the Washington, DC metro area. The 

meeting will be open to the public, 

webcast, and NTIA will provide an 

audio conference bridge. NTIA asks that 

stakeholders who plan to attend the first 

meeting express their interest at: 

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/2015-privacymultistakeholder-meeting-expression. 

Expressions of interest will assist NTIA 

in approximating the number of 

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5Such standardized physical markings would be 

in addition to the markings required by the FAA for 

purposes of registration. 

attendees and identifying an appropriate 

venue for the meeting. 

Request for Comment: NTIA invites 

public comment on the following issues 

from all stakeholders, including the 

commercial, academic, and public 

interest sectors, lawmakers, and 

governmental consumer protection and 

enforcement agencies. NTIA will use the 

comments to help establish an efficient, 

effective structure for the 

multistakeholder engagement and 

identify the substantive issues 

stakeholders wish to discuss. 

General 

1. The Presidential Memorandum asks 

stakeholders to develop best practices 

concerning privacy, transparency, and 

accountability for a broad range of UAS 

platforms and commercial practices. 

How should the group’s work be 

structured? Should working groups 

address portions of the task? 

2. Would it be helpful to establish 

three working groups with one focusing 

on privacy, one on transparency, and 

one on accountability? Should such 

groups work in serial or parallel? 

3. Would it be helpful for 

stakeholders to distinguish between 

micro, small, and large UAS platforms 

(e.g., UAS under 4.4 lbs., UAS between 

4.4 lbs. and 55 lbs., and UAS over 55 

lbs.)? Do smaller or larger platforms 

raise different issues for privacy, 

transparency, and accountability? 

4. What existing best practices or 

codes of conduct could serve as bases 

for stakeholders’ work? 

Privacy 

5. UAS can be used for a wide variety 

of commercial and private purposes, 

including aerial photography, package 

delivery, farm management, and the 

provision of Internet service. Do some 

UAS-enabled commercial services raise 

unique or heightened privacy issues as 

compared to non-UAS platforms that 

provide the same services? For example, 

does UAS-based aerial photography 

raise unique or heightened privacy 

issues compared to manned aerial 

photography? Does UAS-based Internet 

service raise unique or heightened 

privacy issues compared to wireline or 

ground-based wireless Internet service? 

6. Which commercial and private uses 

of UAS raise the most pressing privacy 

challenges? 

7. What specific best practices would 

mitigate the most pressing privacy 

challenges while supporting 

innovation? 

Transparency 

8. Transparent UAS operation can 

include identifying the entities that 

operate particular UAS, the purposes of 

UAS flights, and the data practices 

associated with UAS operations. Is there 

other information that UAS operators 

should make public? 

9. What values can be supported by 

transparency of commercial and private 

UAS operation? Can transparency 

enhance privacy, encourage reporting of 

nuisances caused by UAS flights, or 

help combat unsafe UAS flying? Can 

transparency support other values? 

10. How can companies and 

individuals best provide notice to the 

public regarding where a particular 

entity or individual operates UAS in the 

NAS? 

11. What mechanisms can facilitate 

identification of commercial and private 

UAS by the public? Would standardized 

physical markings aid in identifying 

UAS when the aircraft are mobile or 

stationary? 5 Can UAS be equipped with 

electronic identifiers or other 

technology to facilitate identification of 

UAS by the public? 

12. How can companies and 

individuals best keep the public 

informed about UAS operations that 

significantly impact privacy, antinuisance, or safety interests? Would 

routine reporting by large-scale UAS 

operators provide value to the public? 

What might such reporting include? 

How might it be made publicly 

available? 

13. What specific best practices would 

promote transparent UAS operation 

while supporting innovation? 

Accountability 

14. UAS operators can employ 

accountability mechanisms to help 

ensure that privacy protections and 

transparency policies are enforced 

within an organization. How can 

companies, model aircraft clubs, and 

UAS training programs ensure that 

oversight procedures for commercial 

and private UAS operation comply with 

relevant policies and best practices? Can 

audits, assessments, or reporting help 

promote accountability? 

15. What rules regarding conduct, 

training, operation, data handling, and 

oversight would promote accountability 

regarding commercial and private UAS 

operation? 

16. What specific best practices would 

promote accountable commercial and 

private UAS operation while supporting 

innovation? 

Dated: February 27, 2015. 

Lawrence E. Strickling, 

Assistant Secretary for Communications and 

Information. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD806 

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 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, March 23, 2015 at 9 a.m. and 

on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 363 

Maine Mall Road, South Portland, ME 

04106; telephone: (207) 775–6161; fax: 

(207) 756–6623. 

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 

Habitat committee will review the Plan 

Development Team analyses as 

requested on February 24, 2015. The 

committee also plans to review the 

Advisory Panel recommendations for 

preferred alternatives. They will also 

develop final preferred alternative 

recommendations for the full Council. 

They will discuss other business as 

necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups 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 

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