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develop and implement coastal 

nonpoint programs, which must be 

submitted to the Federal Register for 

approval. Prior to making such a 

finding, NOAA and the EPA invite 

public input on the agencies’ rationale 

for this proposed finding. 

DATES: Comments are due by March 16, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed 

findings document may be found on 

www.regulations.gov (search for NOAA– 

NOS–2020–0168) and NOAA’s Coastal 

Nonpoint Pollution Control Program 

website at https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/ 

pollutioncontrol/. 

Comments may be submitted by: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov and enter NOAA– 

NOS–2020–0168 in the Search box, then 

click the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Joelle Gore, Chief, Stewardship Division 

(N/OCM6), Office for Coastal 

Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910; phone (240) 428–7096; ATTN: 

Texas Coastal Nonpoint Program. 

Instructions: 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 personally identifiable information 

(for example, name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the commenter 

will be publicly accessible. The agencies 

will accept anonymous comments (enter 

‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you wish 

to remain anonymous). Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The agencies will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Castellan, Office for Coastal 

Management, NOS, NOAA, 202–596– 

5039, allison.castellan@noaa.gov; or 

Brian Fontenot, EPA, 214–665–7286, 

fontenot.brian@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

6217(a) of the Coastal Zone Act 

Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), 

16 U.S.C. Section 1455b(a), requires that 

each state (or territory) with a coastal 

zone management program previously 

approved under Section 306 of the 

Coastal Zone Management Act must 

prepare and submit to the agencies a 

coastal nonpoint pollution control 

program for approval. Texas submitted 

its program to the agencies for approval 

after gaining federal approval of its 

coastal zone management program in 

1996. The agencies provided public 

notice of and invited public comment 

on their proposal to approve, with 

conditions, the Texas program (68 FR 

16784). The agencies approved the 

program by the Federal Register notice 

dated October 16, 2003, subject to the 

conditions specified therein (68 FR 

59588). The agencies now propose to 

find, and invite public comment on the 

proposed findings, that Texas has 

satisfied the conditions associated with 

the earlier approval of its coastal 

nonpoint program. 

The proposed findings document for 

Texas’s program is available at 

www.regulations.gov (search for NOAA– 

NOS–2020–0168) and information on 

the Coastal Nonpoint Program in general 

is available on the NOAA website at 

https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/ 

pollutioncontrol/. 

Nicole R. LeBoeuf, 

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

Radhika Fox, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB806] 

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 three-day hybrid meeting for both 

in-person and virtual participation of its 

Standing, Reef Fish, Socioeconomic, 

and Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical 

Committees (SSC). 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 to Thursday, 

March 10, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 

p.m., EST daily. 

ADDRESSES: Those who prefer to attend 

the meeting in-person may do so at the 

Gulf Council office. If you are unable or 

do not wish to travel, you may 

participate in the meeting via webinar. 

Registration information will be 

available on the Council’s website by 

visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and 

clicking on the ‘‘meeting tab’’. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 4107 W 

Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ryan Rindone, Lead Fishery Biologist, 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; ryan.rindone@gulfcouncil.org, 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, March 8, 2022; 9 a.m.–5:30 

p.m., EST 

The meeting will begin with 

Introductions and Adoption of Agenda, 

Approval of Verbatim Minutes and 

Meeting Summary from the January 11– 

13, 2022, meeting, and review of Scope 

of Work. The Committees will select an 

SSC Representative for the April 4–7, 

2022, Gulf Council Meeting. Following, 

Committees will review the Estimating 

Absolute Abundance of Red Snapper off 

Louisiana; discuss the Results of Poststratification Analysis by Southeast 

Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), 

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 

Commission (FWC), and Great Red 

Snapper Count (GRSC) Teams for 

Florida Absolute Abundance Data; 

review the Gulf of Mexico Red Grouper 

Interim Analysis; and review the Terms 

of Reference for the Southeast Data, 

Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) 64: 

Southeastern U.S. Yellowtail Snapper 

Update Assessment, and the SEDAR 85: 

Gulf of Mexico Yellowedge Grouper 

Operational Assessment. Public 

comment will be heard at the end of the 

day. 

Wednesday, March 9, 2022; 9 a.m.–5:30 

p.m., EST 

The Committees will review the 

Characterizing Fleet Behavior Using 

Analysis of Vessel Monitoring Service 

Data; review and discuss the National 

Academies of Report on the Impacts of 

Limited Access Privilege Programs in 

Mixed-use Fisheries; and evaluate the 

Updated SEFSC Catch Analysis for Gulf 

of Mexico Red Snapper using the Great 

Red Snapper Count. Public comment 

will be heard at the end of the day. 

Thursday, March 10, 2022; 9 a.m.–5:30 

p.m., EST 

The Committees will continue 

evaluating the Updated SEFSC Catch 

Analysis for Gulf of Mexico Red 

Snapper using the Great Red Snapper 

Count, followed by a review of an 


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Update on the Development of Brown 

and White Shrimp Empirical Dynamic 

Models. Lastly, the Committees will 

receive public comment before 

addressing any items under Other 

Business. 

Meeting Adjourns 

The meeting will be also be broadcast 

via webinar. You may register for the 

webinar by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org 

and clicking on the SSC meeting on the 

calendar. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version along with other 

meeting materials will be posted on 

www.gulfcouncil.org as they become 

available. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

Scientific and Statistical Committees for 

discussion, in accordance with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal action during this meeting. 

Actions of the Scientific and Statistical 

Committee will be restricted to those 

issues specifically identified in the 

agenda 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-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 Kathy Pereira, 

(813) 348–1630, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: February 9, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy 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–XB798] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 26254 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Alaska Department of Fish & Game 

(ADF&G), 1300 College Road, Fairbanks, 

AK 99701 (Responsible Party: Lori 

Quakenbush), has applied in due form 

for a permit to conduct research on ice 

seals in Alaska. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

March 16, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on 

the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species (APPS) home page, 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then 

selecting File No. 26254 from the list of 

available applications. These documents 

are also available upon written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include File No. 26254 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Young or Carrie Hubard, (301) 427– 

8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), and the regulations governing 

the taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). 

The applicant requests a permit to 

conduct scientific research on spotted 

(Phoca largha), ringed (Pusa hispida), 

bearded (Erignathus barbatus), and 

ribbon (Histriophoca fasciata) seals in 

the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas 

of Alaska. The purpose of this research 

is to monitor the status and health of 

seal species by analyzing samples from 

the subsistence harvest and by 

documenting movements and habitat 

use by tracking animals with satellite 

transmitters. In addition to sampling 

harvested seals, the applicant would 

capture up to 50 bearded seals, 20 

ribbon seals, 50 ringed seals, and 50 

spotted seals per year that would be 

sedated, measured, sampled (e.g., blood 

and skin), flipper tagged, and fitted with 

transmitters. The applicant requests to 

capture an additional 50 bearded seals, 

20 ribbon seals, 50 ringed seals, and 50 

spotted seals per year that would be 

measured, sampled, and flipper tagged 

but not fitted with external instruments. 

The applicant also requests permission 

to harass non-target seals of all four 

pinniped species as well as beluga 

whales (Delphinapterus leucas). The 

applicant requests up to five mortalities 

per species per year for pinniped 

captures and one mortality of a beluga 

whale annually due to accidental 

entanglement in pinniped capture nets. 

Samples would be imported from 

Russia, Canada, Svalbard (Norway) and 

exported to Canada for analyses. The 

permit would be valid for 5 years. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: February 8, 2022. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03061 Filed 2–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB803] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee 

(MPC) will hold a public online 

meeting. 

DATES: The online meeting will be held 

Friday, March 4, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 

5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time or until 

business for the day has been 

completed. 


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