Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 11, 2024 / Notices 99841 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0384. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29021 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE499] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings and Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of reports, 

public meetings, and hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

has begun its annual preseason 

management process for the 2025 ocean 

salmon fisheries. This document 

announces the availability of Pacific 

Council documents, as well as the 

anticipated dates and locations of 

upcoming Pacific Council meetings and 

public hearings hosted by the Pacific 

Council. These documents and events 

comprise the Pacific Council’s complete 

schedule for determining the annual 

proposed and final modifications to 

ocean salmon fishery management 

measures. The agendas for the March 

and April 2025 Pacific Council meetings 

will be published in subsequent Federal 

Register documents prior to the actual 

meetings. 

DATES: Written comments on the salmon 

management alternatives must be 

submitted through the Pacific Council’s 

e-portal (https://pfmc.psmfc.org) and 

received by the public comment 

deadline prior to the April 2025 Council 

meeting. Information will be available 

on the Pacific Council’s website (http:// 

www.pcouncil.org) as the date for the 

April Council meeting approaches. 

ADDRESSES: Written documents will be 

available upon request from the Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384, telephone: (503) 820– 

2280 (voice) or (503) 820–2299 (fax). 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Angela Forristall, telephone: (503) 820– 

2419. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tentative Schedule for Document 

Completion and Availability 

Mid-February 2025: ‘‘Review of 2024 

Ocean Salmon Fisheries, Stock 

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 

Document for the Pacific Coast Salmon 

Fishery Management Plan’’ is scheduled 

to be posted on the Pacific Council 

website at https://www.pcouncil.org. 

Early March 2025: ‘‘Preseason Report 

I—Stock Abundance Analysis and 

Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 

2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations’’ is scheduled to be posted 

on the Pacific Council website at 

https://www.pcouncil.org. 

Late March 2025: ‘‘Preseason Report 

II—Proposed Alternatives and 

Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 

2025 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations.’’ The report will include a 

description of the adopted salmon 

management alternatives and a 

summary of their biological and 

economic impacts. The public hearings 

schedule will also be included on the 

inside cover of the report and will be 

posted on the Pacific Council website at 

https://www.pcouncil.org. 

April 24, 2025: ‘‘Preseason Report 

III—Council-Adopted Management 

Measures and Environmental 

Assessment Part 3 for 2025 Ocean 

Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ is 

scheduled to be posted on the Pacific 

Council website at https://

www.pcouncil.org. 

May 16, 2025: Federal regulations for 

2025 ocean salmon regulations are 

published in the Federal Register and 

implemented. 

Meetings and Hearings 

January 21–24, 2025: The Salmon 

Technical Team (STT) will meet for a 

public work session to draft ‘‘Review of 

2024 Ocean Salmon Fisheries, Stock 

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 

Document for the Pacific Coast Salmon 

Fishery Management Plan’’ and to 

consider any other estimation or 

methodology issues pertinent to the 

2025 ocean salmon fisheries. The STT 

may also discuss additional topics and 

work as time allows, including but not 

limited to salmon essential fish habitat 

review, salmon risk tables, or 

administrative matters on the Pacific 

Council’s March and April 2025 

meetings. The meeting is scheduled to 

be held in-person at the Pacific Council 

office located at 7700 NE Ambassador 

Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220, 

however an online option to allow for 

the STT to be briefed on ancillary items 

may be added to support those 

particular discussions. Consult the 

Pacific Council’s website at https://

www.pcouncil.org as the meeting date 

approaches to get the most current 

information. 

February 18–21, 2025: The STT will 

meet for a public work session to draft 

‘‘Preseason Report I—Stock Abundance 

Analysis and Environmental 

Assessment Part 1 for 2025 Ocean 

Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ and to 

consider any other estimation or 

methodology issues pertinent to the 

2025 ocean salmon fisheries. The STT 

may also discuss additional topics as 

time allows, including but not limited to 

those identified in the description for 

the January 2025 STT work session. The 

meeting is scheduled to be held inperson at the Pacific Council office 

located at 7700 NE Ambassador Place, 

Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220. Consult 

the Pacific Council’s website at https:// 

www.pcouncil.org as the meeting date 

approaches to get the most current 

information. 

March 24–25, 2025: Three public 

hearings will be held to receive 

comments on the proposed 2025 ocean 

salmon fishery management alternatives 

adopted by the Pacific Council. Public 

hearings focusing on Washington and 

Oregon salmon fisheries are tentatively 

scheduled to occur simultaneously on 

March 24, and the public hearing for 

California salmon fisheries is tentatively 

scheduled for March 25. Each public 

hearing will be state-specific and begin 

at 7 p.m. The Washington and California 

public hearings are tentatively 

scheduled to be held in-person and 

occur in Westport, Washington and 

Santa Rosa, CA. The Oregon public 

hearing is scheduled to be held on-line. 

Consult the Pacific Council’s website at 

https://www.pcouncil.org as the meeting 

date approaches to get the most current 

information. A summary of oral 

comments heard at the hearings will be 

provided to the Pacific Council at its 

April meeting. 

Written comments on the salmon 

management alternatives must be 

submitted through the Pacific Council’s 

e-portal (https://pfmc.psmfc.org) and 

received by the public comment 

deadline which is tentatively scheduled 

for 5 p.m. April 7, 2025, and prior to the 

start of the April 2025 Council meeting. 

Verbal comments on the salmon 

management alternatives are accepted 

during the Council meeting consistent 

with the Council’s April 2025 agenda 

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will be available on the Pacific 

Council’s website (https://

www.pcouncil.org) as the date for the 

April Council meeting approaches. 

Specific meeting information, 

including instructions on how to join 

the meeting and system requirements 

will be provided in meeting 

announcements on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the STT meeting agendas 

may come before the STT for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal STT action during 

these meetings. STT action will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this document and to any 

issues arising after publication of this 

document requiring emergency action 

under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the STT’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 6, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE520] 

Marine Mammals and Endangered 

Species 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits and 

permit amendments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

permits and permit amendments have 

been issued to the following entities 

under the Marine Mammal Protection 

Act (MMPA) and the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA), as applicable. 

ADDRESSES: The permits and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore (Permit No. 28223), 

Sara Young (Permit No. 22678–01), and 

Amy Hapeman (Permit No. 27911); at 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices 

were published in the Federal Register 

on the dates listed below that requests 

for a permit or permit amendment had 

been submitted by the below-named 

applicants. To locate the Federal 

Register notice that announced our 

receipt of the application and a 

complete description of the activities, go 

to https://www.federalregister.gov and 

search on the file number provided in 

table 1 below. 

TABLE 1—ISSUED PERMITS, AND PERMIT AMENDMENTS

File No. Version No. RTID Applicant Previous Federal Register 

Notice Issuance date 

22678 ....... 01 ................. X0648–A040 ..... NMFS Marine Mammal Laboratory, 

7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, 

WA 98115 (Responsible Party: 

John Bengtson, Ph.D.).

85 FR 7978, February 12, 

2020.

November 15, 2024. 

27911 ....... N/A ............... 0648–XE175 ..... Ari Friedlaender, Ph.D., University of 

California at Santa Cruz, 115 

McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 

95060.

89 FR 66068, August 14, 

2024.

November 20, 2024. 

28223 ....... N/A ............... 0648–XE275 ..... Steven Emslie, Ph.D., University of 

North Carolina Wilmington, 601 

South College Road, Wilmington, 

NC 28403.

89 FR 73380, September 10, 

2024.

November 15, 2024. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activities proposed are categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

As required by the ESA, as applicable, 

issuance of these permits were based on 

a finding that such permits: (1) were 

applied for in good faith; (2) will not 

operate to the disadvantage of such 

endangered species; and (3) are 

consistent with the purposes and 

policies set forth in section 2 of the 

ESA. 

Authority: The requested permits 

have been issued under the MMPA of 

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.), the regulations governing the 

taking and importing of marine 

mammals (50 CFR part 216), the ESA of 

1973, as amended (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), as applicable. 

Dated: December 5, 2024. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE495] 

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 (Pacific Council) 

will host an online meeting of the Area 

2A Pacific halibut governmental 


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