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instructions found on ISPAB’s event 

page at: https://csrc.nist.gov/Events/ 

2022/ispab-march-2022-meeting by 5 

p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, March 08, 

2022. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB506] 

Determination of Overfishing or an 

Overfished Condition 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

NMFS, acting on behalf of the Secretary 

of Commerce (Secretary), has found that 

Northwest Atlantic porbeagle is still 

overfished. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathryn Frens, (301) 427–8523. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 304(e)(2) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act), 16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(2), NMFS, on 

behalf of the Secretary, must publish a 

notice in the Federal Register whenever 

it determines that a stock or stock 

complex is subject to overfishing, 

overfished, or approaching an 

overfished condition. 

NMFS has determined that Northwest 

Atlantic porbeagle is still overfished. 

This determination is based on the most 

recent assessment, conducted in 2020 

and using data through 2018, which 

indicates that this stock is overfished 

because the biomass is below the 

threshold. NMFS manages Northwest 

Atlantic porbeagle sharks under the 

2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly 

Migratory Species Fishery Management 

Plan and its amendments. NMFS 

continues to work with the International 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Atlantic Tunas to rebuild this stock 

through an international rebuilding 

program. 

Dated: January 28, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB765] 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold meetings of its Archipelagic Plan 

Team (APT) by web conference to 

discuss fishery management issues and 

develop recommendations for future 

management of fisheries in the Western 

Pacific Region. 

DATES: The APT will meet on 

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, between 

1 p.m. and 4 p.m., Hawaii Standard 

Time (HST). For specific times and 

agendas, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: Audio and visual portions 

for Archipelagic Plan Team meeting can 

be accessed at: https://

wprfmc.webex.com/wprfmc/ 

j.php?MTID=m379247624d6bec8c8f40

ed3a14c8d5fb. Web conference access 

information and instructions for 

providing public comments will be 

posted on the Council website at 

www.wpcouncil.org. For assistance with 

the web conference connection, contact 

the Council office at (808) 552–8220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director, 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; phone: (808) 522–8220 (voice) 

or (808) 522–8226 (fax). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The APT 

meeting will be held on February 16, 

2022, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Hawaii 

Standard Time (HST) (noon to 3 p.m. 

Samoa Standard Time (SST); 9 a.m. to 

12 p.m. on February 17, 2022, Chamorro 

Standard Time (ChST)). Opportunities 

to present oral public comment will be 

provided throughout the agendas. The 

order of the agenda may change, and 

will be announced in advance at the 

meetings. The meetings may run past 

the scheduled times noted above to 

complete scheduled business. 

Agenda for the Archipelagic Plan Team 

Meeting 

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 1 p.m.– 

4 p.m. HST (noon–3 p.m. SST; 

Thursday, February 17, 2022, 9 a.m.–12 

p.m. ChST) 

1. Welcome and Introductions 

2. Approval of Draft Agenda & 

Assignment of Rapporteurs 

3. Analysis of Available Data for the 

Reclassification of the Territory 

Bottomfish Management Unit 

Species (BMUS) Complex 

4. Developing the Options for the 

Reclassification of the Territorial 

BMUS 

5. Review of the Non-Commercial 

Module for the Annual Stock 

Assessment Fishery Evaluation 

Report 

6. Public Comment 

7. Other Business 

8. Plan Team Discussion and 

Recommendations 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are accessible to 

people with disabilities. Please direct 

requests for sign language interpretation 

or other auxiliary aids to Kitty M. 

Simonds (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section above) at least 5 days 

prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: January 27, 2022. 

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 

Draft Revised Management Plan for the 

Grand Bay National Estuarine 

Research Reserve 

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, 

National Ocean Service, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for comments on draft 

revised management plan. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is 

soliciting comments from the public 

regarding a proposed revision of the 

management plan for the Grand Bay 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. A 

management plan provides a framework 

for the direction and timing of a 

reserve’s programs; allows reserve 

managers to assess a reserve’s success in 

meeting its goals and to identify any 

necessary changes in direction; and is 

used to guide programmatic evaluations 

of the reserve. Plan revisions are 

required of each reserve in the National 

Estuarine Research Reserve System at 

least every five years. This revised plan 


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is intended to replace the plan approved 

in 2018. 

DATES: Comments are due by March 4, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: The draft revised 

management plan is available at: 

grandbaynerr.org/reserve-managementplan/, or by emailing Matt Chasse of 

NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management 

at matt.chasse@noaa.gov. 

You may submit comments by the 

following method: 

Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments by email to 

matt.chasse@noaa.gov and 

ayesha.gray@dmr.ms.gov. Include 

‘‘Comments on draft Grand Bay Reserve 

Management Plan’’ in the message’s 

subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Chasse of NOAA’s Office for Coastal 

Management at matt.chasse@noaa.gov 

or (240) 628–5417. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a State must revise 

the management plan for the research 

reserve at least every five years. If 

approved by NOAA, the Grand Bay 

Reserve’s revised plan will replace the 

plan previously approved in 2013. 

The draft revised management plan 

outlines the reserve’s strategic goals and 

objectives; administrative structure; 

programs for conducting research and 

monitoring, education, and training; 

resource protection, restoration, and 

manipulation plans; public access and 

visitor use plans; consideration for 

future land acquisition; and facility 

development to support reserve 

operations. In particular, this draft of 

the revised management plan focuses on 

addressing specific research priorities, 

including restoration effectiveness 

monitoring; understating physical and 

hydrological processes within the 

reserve; sources and impacts of 

contaminants; and the socio-economic 

impacts of ecosystem restoration. There 

is also an added focus related to 

monitoring programs as a valued 

regional and national reference site 

through the use of abiotic parameters, 

sentinel sites, atmospheric mercury, and 

restoration monitoring. Furthermore, the 

plan prioritizes improving public access 

and the visitor experience through 

enhanced trail and debris management 

efforts, and a greater focus on habitat 

restoration, especially upland habitats 

(e.g., wet pine savannas and flatwoods) 

and along the marsh upland interface. 

Much of the effort in this plan is linked 

to the multi-year Grand Bay Land 

Acquisition and Habitat Management 

project. The reserve will also pursue 

research designed to protect shorelines 

and re-establish viable oyster 

populations in this area of the 

Mississippi coast. Another priority 

identified in the plan calls for reserve 

investments in the maintenance and 

upgrade of the existing facilities and 

monitoring infrastructure. 

The reserve’s training program will 

design trainings around priority issues, 

such as invasive species, habitat 

restoration, coastal and estuarine 

processes, marsh and uplands ecology, 

coastal habitats, sea level rise, and 

community resilience. A new focus area 

of the reserve identified in the plan is 

the transfer of skills and knowledge 

relating to flood mitigation to nearby 

disadvantaged communities. Education 

programming will have a continued 

emphasis on place-based learning for 

students, teachers, non-traditional 

audiences (i.e., artists, veterans, seniors 

and others). New programs will be 

added to target non-traditional reserve 

audiences, such as, pre-K students, 

people with disabilities, seniors, and 

other groups. These new programs will 

create opportunities for people who do 

not typically use the reserve or 

participate in reserve events. 

Reserve research continues to 

generate peer-reviewed and published 

research about the estuary. The reserve 

has expanded its role in restoring 

coastal habitats through the Natural 

Resource Damage Assessment funded 

‘Land Acquisition and Habitat 

Management Project’ in areas adjacent 

to the reserve. Reserve research and 

monitoring capabilities have also been 

integrated into habitat restoration 

projects and bring a new level of 

monitoring effectiveness for this type of 

project. In recent years, the reserve’s 

monitoring efforts have confirmed the 

nitrogen limitations of the estuary, 

contributed to a national analyses of 

sediment elevation table data, and 

helped create digital elevation models 

for the reserve’s sentinel sites. 

The reserve successfully conducted a 

2019 assessment of municipal officials 

that identified priorities for coastal 

training programming. These results 

were incorporated into the revised plan. 

In addition to success of the K–12 

student-focused ‘On the Road’ program, 

the reserve has emphasized place-based 

learning opportunities for the public, K– 

12 students, teachers, and nontraditional audiences (i.e., artists, 

veterans, seniors, pre-K students, people 

with disabilities, and other nontraditional groups). Engaging with nontraditional audiences has been a 

successful endeavor for this reserve. 

Since the last management plan, the 

reserve has prioritized the 

comprehensive management of upland 

and estuarine resources at a landscape 

scale. Public trails were created or 

maintained, and boat access was 

improved. The reserve has actively used 

fire management to restore wet pine 

savanna in collaboration with State and 

Federal partners. The revised 

management plan, once approved, 

would serve as the guiding document 

for the 18,049-acre research reserve for 

the next five years. 

NOAA’s Office for Coastal 

Management analyzes the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

approval of this draft revised 

management plan in accordance with 

section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), and the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for Implementing the 

Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

1500–1508). The public is invited to 

comment on the draft revised 

management plan. NOAA will take 

these comments into consideration in 

deciding whether to approve the draft 

revised management plan in whole or in 

part. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 CFR 

921.33.) 

Keelin S. Kuipers, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB774] 

Endangered Species; File No. 25602 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal of 

application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Coonamessett Farm Foundation, Inc., 

277 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth, 

MA 02536 (Responsible Party: Ronald 

Smolowitz) has withdrawn its 

application for a permit to conduct 

research on leatherback sea turtles 

(Dermochelys coriacea) and 

unidentified sea turtles. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 


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