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make it publicly available on a NIST 

website or through other means. 

Documenting the Use of a CE 

Some activities, such as routine 

personnel actions or purchases of small 

amounts of supplies, may carry no risk 

of significant environmental effects, 

such that there is no benefit from 

preparing additional documentation 

when applying a CE to those activities. 

NIST must, however, prepare a separate 

document to evaluate the applicability 

of a CE in each of the following cases: 

1. For any application of a CE 

designated by NIST as requiring 

documentation, as indicated by an 

asterisk in the list of proposed new CEs; 

2. For any application of a CE adopted 

from another Federal agency under 

Section 109 of NEPA; and 

3. For any case in which NIST 

determines that a CE is appropriate 

notwithstanding the existence of an 

extraordinary circumstance. 

Such documentation must include the 

following: 

(a) a description of the proposed 

action; 

(b) the CE category number, title, and 

CE text that applies to the action; 

(c) a brief summary of the agency’s 

rationale for determining that the 

proposed action is consistent with the 

terms of the CE, including a description 

of how the action complies with any 

limitations in the CE (e.g., surface 

disturbance limitations); 

(d) a brief summary of the agency’s 

review of the extraordinary 

circumstances (or, where applicable, the 

extraordinary circumstances identified 

by the agency that developed a CE 

adopted by NIST under Section 109 of 

NEPA); and 

(e) where the agency has determined 

that one or more extraordinary 

circumstance exists, the rationale for the 

agency’s determination that the 

proposed action does not in fact have 

the potential to result in significant 

effects notwithstanding the 

extraordinary circumstance, or a 

description of the modifications that 

NIST has made to the action to avoid 

the potential to result in significant 

effects. 

The document may take the form of 

a memorandum, a completed form, or 

other similar document, so long as the 

above components are included. Before 

the action is implemented, NIST must 

sign and date the document to indicate 

that use of the CE is appropriate. NIST 

must keep the original, signed 

document as part of the record for the 

action. 

Request for Comments 

NIST requests comments from the 

public on its draft NEPA Procedures and 

its proposal to establish new CEs. The 

agency will consider input from the 

public and consult with CEQ for a 

conformity determination before 

finalizing its proposal. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29088 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE524] 

Endangered Species; File No. 28262 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal of 

application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Kori Johnsen, 1792 Harrison Avenue, 

Melbourne, FL 32935, has withdrawn 

their application for a permit to conduct 

research on green (Chelonia mydas), 

hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), and 

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea 

turtles. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Markin, Ph.D., or Amy Hapeman, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 9, 2024, notice was 

published in the Federal Register (89 

FR 73069) that a request for a permit to 

conduct research on green, hawksbill, 

and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles had been 

submitted by the above-named 

applicant. The applicant has withdrawn 

the application from further 

consideration. 

Dated: December 5, 2024. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29063 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE508] 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 88 Red Tide 

Topical Working Group Webinar IV for 

Gulf of Mexico Red Grouper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 88 assessment of 

Gulf of Mexico red grouper will consist 

of a series of webinars. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 88 Red Tide Topical 

Working Group Webinar IV will be held 

January 15, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 

Eastern. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. The webinar is open to 

members of the public. Those interested 

in participating should contact Julie A. 

Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) to request an 

invitation providing webinar access 

information. Please request webinar 

invitations at least 24 hours in advance 

of each webinar. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; phone: 

(843) 571–4366; email: Julie.neer@

safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop; (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars; and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report that compiles 

and evaluates potential datasets and 

recommends which datasets are 

appropriate for assessment analyses. 

The product of the Assessment Process 

is a stock assessment report that 

describes the fisheries, evaluates the 

status of the stock, estimates biological 

benchmarks, projects future population 

conditions, and recommends research 


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