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that can be used to mimic both of ontarget and off-target genome editing 

induced variants at known frequencies 

in a background of human genomic 

DNA which can be used to benchmark 

validation of sequencing pipelines 

intended to identify genome editing 

induced variants. 

b. Design and conduct controlled 

evaluations of assays intended to 

identify where genome editing enzymes 

have been active in a genome, with an 

experimental design that allows for 

enough power to assess the sources of 

variability, repeatability, and 

reproducibility within an assay. 

(2) Data and Meta Data: 

a. Identify community norms for data 

formats and tools for benchmarking data 

analysis including in silico data sets and 

an experimental data set. 

b. Determine the type of meta data 

that would be needed to be shared, 

housed, and interrogated from genome 

editing experiments. 

(3) Lexicon: Identify terms and related 

definitions to form a common genome 

editing community lexicon. 

No proprietary information will be 

shared as part of the Consortium. 

Process: Interested parties with 

relevant genome editing associated 

capabilities (see below), products, and/ 

or technical expertise to support this 

Consortium should contact NIST using 

the information provided in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. NIST 

will then provide each interested party 

with a letter of interest template, which 

the party must complete, and submit to 

NIST. NIST will contact interested 

parties if there are questions regarding 

the responsiveness of the letters. NIST 

will select participants who have 

submitted complete letters of interest 

based on the capabilities listed below. 

Eligibility will be determined solely by 

NIST based on information provided by 

interested organizations and upon the 

availability of necessary resources to 

NIST. 

To participate, the eligible applicant 

will be required to sign a CRADA with 

NIST. 

Requirements: Each letter of interest 

should provide the following 

information: 

(1) A description of the experience in 

genome editing or genome engineering, 

bioinformatics, next-generation 

sequencing, detection or quantitation of 

DNA variants or related expertise to 

contribute to the Consortium. 

(2) Subgroups or topic areas of 

interest for participation. There is no 

limit on the number of areas of 

participation. 

(3) List of interested party’s 

anticipated participants. 

Letters of interest may not include 

business proprietary information. NIST 

will not treat any information provided 

in response to this Notice as proprietary 

information. NIST will notify each 

organization of its eligibility. In order to 

participate in this Consortium, each 

eligible organization must sign a 

CRADA for this Consortium. All 

participants to this Consortium will be 

bound by the same terms and 

conditions. Participants will be required 

to contribute financial or equivalent inkind resources, as determined by NIST, 

of at least $20,000. NIST does not 

guarantee participation in the 

Consortium or in any other 

collaboration to any organization 

submitting a Letter of Interest. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3710a. 

Kevin Kimball, 

NIST Chief of Staff. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF917 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s 

Citizen Science Advisory Panel 

Projects/Topics Management; Finance & 

Infrastructure; Volunteers; 

Communication/Outreach/Education; 

and Data Management Action Teams. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold an all-hands meeting of its Citizen 

Science Advisory Panel Projects/Topics 

Management; Finance & Infrastructure; 

Volunteers; Communication/Outreach/ 

Education; and Data Management 

Action Teams via webinar. 

DATES: The Projects/Topics 

Management; Finance & Infrastructure; 

Volunteers; Communication/Outreach/ 

Education; and Data Management 

Action Team meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 9 a.m. 

The meeting is scheduled to last 

approximately three hours. Additional 

Action Team webinar dates and times 

will publish in a subsequent issue in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar and is open to 

members of the public. Webinar 

registration is required and registration 

links will be posted to the Citizen 

Science program page of the Council’s 

website at www.safmc.net. 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science 

Program Manager, SAFMC; phone (843) 

302–8433 or toll free (866) SAFMC–10; 

fax: (843) 769–4520; email: 

amber.vonharten@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council created a Citizen Science 

Advisory Panel Pool in June 2017. The 

Council appointed members of the 

Citizen Science Advisory Panel Pool to 

five Action Teams in the areas of 

Volunteers, Data Management, Projects/ 

Topics Management, Finance, and 

Communication/Outreach/Education to 

develop program policies and 

operations for the Council’s Citizen 

Science Program. 

Each Action Team has been meeting 

since August 2017 to work on 

developing recommendations on 

program policies and operations to be 

reviewed by the Council’s Citizen 

Science Committee. The January 31, 

2018 meeting will bring all members of 

all five Action Teams together to review 

and discuss draft recommendations 

from each Action Team. Public 

comment will be accepted at the 

beginning of the meeting. 

Items to be addressed during these 

meetings: 

1. Overview and discussion of Action 

Team draft recommendations 

2. Other Business 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: January 8, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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