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included in FIPS 201–3 to support 

interoperability among federal agencies. 

Response: The new Special 

Publication for Federation, SP 800–217, 

will describe processes for linking PIV 

identity accounts to relying party 

services in interoperable and extensible 

manners. 

18. Comment: A commenter asked 

that there be a discussion about the 

direct use and the federated use of PIV 

credentials. 

Response: The Standard explains both 

the direct and the federated use of PIV 

credentials. Of the two approaches, the 

Standard recommends the use of 

federation protocol as the primary 

means to accept and process PIV 

credentials from other agencies. 

FIPS 201–3 is available electronically 

from the NIST website at: https://

csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278g–3; HSPD–12 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01246 Filed 1–21–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RIN 0648–BI59] 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Supplement to Draft Amendment 14 to 

the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly 

Migratory Species Fishery 

Management Plan; Meeting of the 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

supplement to Draft Amendment 14; 

request for comments; notice of public 

webinars/conference calls. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the 

availability of a supplement to Draft 

Amendment 14 to the 2006 

Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory 

Species (HMS) Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP). Draft Amendment 14 is 

being undertaken to revise the 

mechanism or ‘‘framework’’ used in 

establishing quotas and related 

management measures for Atlantic 

shark fisheries. The revised framework 

would modify the procedures followed 

in establishing the acceptable biological 

catch (ABC) and annual catch limits 

(ACLs) for Atlantic sharks and the 

process used to account for carryover or 

underharvests of quotas. NMFS 

provides details for application of the 

tiered ABC control rule and reopens the 

comment period on the ABC control 

rule for Atlantic HMS shark fisheries 

and Amendment 14 will not make 

changes to the current quotas or other 

management measures. Any operational 

changes to HMS fishery management 

measures as a result of Amendment 14 

will be considered in future 

rulemakings, as appropriate. NMFS will 

hold a half-day HMS Advisory Panel 

(AP) meeting on this topic in February 

2022. The intent of the HMS AP meeting 

is to discuss the ABC control rule for 

Atlantic HMS shark fisheries and collect 

comments regarding the application of 

the tiered ABC control rule. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received by March 10, 2022. The AP 

meeting webinar and conference call 

will be held from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on 

Friday February 11, 2022. NMFS will 

hold one public hearing via webinar on 

supplement to Draft Amendment 14 will 

be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on 

February 23, 2022. For specific 

information see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

Supplement to Draft Amendment 14 to 

the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP may 

be obtained on the internet at: https:// 

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/ 

amendment-14-2006-consolidated-hmsfishery-management-plan-shark-quotamanagement. 

You may submit comments on this 

document, identified by NOAA–NMFS– 

2019–0040, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov, enter NOAA– 

NMFS–2019–0040 into the search box, 

click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

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). 

The HMS AP meeting will be 

accessible via conference call and 

webinar. Conference call and webinar 

access information are available at: 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/ 

february-2022-hms-advisory-panelmeeting. 

Participants are strongly encouraged 

to log/dial in 15 minutes prior to the 

meeting. NMFS will show the 

presentations via webinar and allow 

public comment during identified times 

on the agenda. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Guy 

DuBeck (Guy.DuBeck@noaa.gov) or 

Karyl Brewster-Geisz (Karyl.BrewsterGeisz@noaa.gov) by email, or by phone 

at (301) 427–8503 for information on the 

supplement to Draft Amendment 14. 

Peter Cooper (Peter.Cooper@noaa.gov) 

at (301) 427–8503 for information 

regarding the HMS AP meeting. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic 

HMS fisheries are managed under the 

dual authority of both the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and the 

Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA; 

16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.). The 2006 

Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery 

Management Plan (2006 Consolidated 

HMS FMP) and its amendments are 

implemented by regulations at 50 CFR 

part 635. 

The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires 

that any FMP or FMP amendment be 

consistent with 10 National Standards 

(NS). Specifically, NS1 requires 

‘‘conservation and management 

measures shall prevent overfishing 

while achieving, on a continuing basis, 

the optimum yield from each fishery for 

the United States fishing industry.’’ In 

2016, NMFS revised the NS1 guidelines 

to improve, streamline, and enhance 

their utility for managers and the public 

and to facilitate compliance with the 

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act and provide management flexibility 

in doing so (81 FR 71858; October 18, 

2016). The revisions addressed a range 

of issues, such as providing guidance on 

options to phase in changes to catch 

limits and carry over unused quota from 

one year to the next. On September 24, 

2020, NMFS announced the availability 

of Draft Amendment 14 to the 2006 

Consolidated HMS FMP (85 FR 60132) 

that considered revisions to the 

mechanism or ‘‘framework’’ used in 

establishing quotas and related 

management measures in Atlantic shark 

fisheries, considering the revised 

guidance. The current framework was 

established in Amendment 3 to the 2006 

Consolidated HMS FMP. The revised 

framework would incorporate for 

potential use several optional fishery 

management tools in the revised NS1 

guidelines. 


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In Draft Amendment 14, NMFS 

considered management options in 

order to revise the ABC framework that 

was established in Amendment 3. The 

management options considered 

included modifying the ABC control 

rule, revising processes for the 

implementation of an ABC, and 

modifying carry-over and phase-in 

provisions and multi-year overfishing 

status determinations. Full descriptions 

of the management options considered, 

including the preferred management 

options, are provided in Draft 

Amendment 14. 

In Draft Amendment 14, NMFS 

preferred Management Option A3, 

which would adopt a general tiered 

approach to ABC control rules based on 

stocks that are categorized into tiers 

depending on the availability and 

quality of scientific data. NMFS did not 

provide details for its application, 

instead explaining that the shark ABC 

control rule would be similar to the 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council’s tiered ABC control rule for 

Amendment 29 to the snapper grouper 

fishery FMP. 

During the comment period for Draft 

Amendment 14, the agency received ten 

written comments and a variety of 

verbal comments on preferred 

management options. Regarding the 

ABC control rule specifically, several 

commenters asked questions and 

requested additional information 

regarding Management Option A3. 

Based on these comments, NMFS has 

revised Management Option A3 and is 

providing further details in a 

supplement to Draft Amendment 14. 

These tiers apply to all sharks that have 

a stock status of healthy (i.e., not subject 

to overfishing and not overfished), 

experiencing overfishing, or unknown. 

For shark stocks that are: (1) Under a 

rebuilding plan, (2) assessed (or could 

be assessed) by the scientific body of the 

International Commission for the 

Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), 

or (3)in the prohibited shark complex, 

different approaches would apply. 

The supplemental document provides 

further details regarding preferred 

Management Option A3 on the ABC 

control rule. The remaining options 

published in Draft Amendment 14 are 

still being considered to establish the 

general framework through which 

specific management measures would 

later be developed and adopted. Any 

changes to the actual management and 

quotas of HMS-managed Atlantic shark 

stocks or management complexes would 

occur in future FMP amendments or 

regulatory actions, as appropriate. 

NMFS is requesting public comment 

on the additional details provided in the 

supplement on preferred Management 

Option A3 and the other management 

options considered under the ABC 

control rule from Draft Amendment 14. 

Comments on any other topic (phase-in 

ABC control rule, ACL development, 

carry-over of underharvested ACL, or 

multi-year overfishing status 

determination criteria) within Draft 

Amendment 14 are not specifically 

being sought at this time. However, 

NOAA Fisheries would consider new 

comments if the additional details 

provided in this document affect how 

the public might comment on other 

issues in Draft Amendment 14. 

Previously-submitted comments should 

not be re-submitted during this 

comment period. 

The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires 

the establishment of APs and requires 

NMFS to consult with and consider the 

comments and views of AP members 

during the preparation and 

implementation of FMPs or FMP 

amendments. 16 U.S.C. 1854(g)(1)(A)– 

(B). NMFS meets with the HMS AP 

approximately twice each year to 

consider potential alternatives for the 

conservation and management of 

Atlantic tunas, swordfish, billfish, and 

shark fisheries, consistent with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. 

For the upcoming HMS AP meeting, 

we will focus on the supplement to 

Draft Amendment 14 and the ABC 

control rule for Atlantic HMS shark 

fisheries. Additional information and a 

copy of the draft agenda will be posted 

prior to the meeting at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/february2022-hms-advisory-panel-meeting. 

Public Hearings 

NMFS will take into consideration 

public comments on Draft Amendment 

14 and the supplemental document 

before finalizing the preferred 

management options. The preferred 

management options may be altered or 

different management options may be 

adopted at the final Amendment stage, 

although any significant changes would 

require additional notice and 

opportunity for public comment. NMFS 

anticipates that Final Amendment 14 

and its related documents would be 

available in 2022. 

Comments on supplement to Draft 

Amendment 14 may be submitted via 

www.regulations.gov, and comments 

may also be submitted at the public 

hearing. NMFS solicits comments on 

this action by March 10, 2022. During 

the comment period, NMFS will hold 

one public hearing via webinar. 

Information on the webinar will be 

posted at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/ 

amendment-14-2006-consolidated-hmsfishery-management-plan-shark-quotamanagement. Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Guy DuBeck at 

guy.dubeck@noaa.gov or 301–427–8503, 

at least 7 days prior to the meeting. In 

addition, NMFS will make a 

presentation on the supplement to the 

HMS AP on February 11, 2022. 

Information on the HMS AP meeting 

will be posted prior to the meeting at: 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/ 

february-2022-hms-advisory-panelmeeting. 

The public is reminded that NMFS 

expects participants at public webinar 

to conduct themselves appropriately. At 

the beginning of the webinar, the 

moderator will explain how the webinar 

will be conducted and how and when 

participants can provide comments. 

NMFS representative(s) will structure 

the webinars so that all members of the 

public will be able to comment, if they 

so choose, regardless of the 

controversial nature of the subject(s). 

Participants are expected to respect the 

ground rules, and those that do not may 

be asked to leave the webinar. 

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

et seq.) 

Dated: January 18, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB734] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a one-and-a-half-day meeting of its 

Coral Advisory Panel (AP) and 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) via webinar. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

Monday, February 7, 2022, from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, February 8, 

2022, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., EST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. Registration information 

will be available on the Council’s 


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