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The meeting will be a hybrid meeting; 

both in-person and virtual 

participation available. You may 

register for the webinar to listen-in 

only by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org 

and click on the Council meeting on 

the calendar. 

The timing and order in which agenda 

items are addressed may change as 

required to effectively address the 

issue, and the latest version along 

with other meeting materials will be 

posted on the website as they become 

available. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not contained in this agenda may 

come before this group for discussion, 

in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act), those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during these 

meetings. Actions will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

notice and any issues arising after 

publication of this notice that require 

emergency action under Section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 

provided that the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final 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 or 

accommodations should be directed to 

Kathy Pereira, (813) 348–1630, at least 

15 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 20, 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–XE561] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public online meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

hosting an informational session on 

Council practices and procedures for all 

Advisory Body members. 

DATES: The online meeting will be held 

Wednesday, January 22, 2025, from 10 

a.m. until 12 p.m., Pacific time or until 

business for the day concludes. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join and 

system requirements will be provided in 

the meeting announcement on the 

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) 820–2280, extension 412 

for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Ames, Deputy Director, Pacific 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2417. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

provide an orientation for new and 

returning Advisory Body members, 

ensuring they have a clear 

understanding of the Council’s 

processes, procedures, and expectations. 

The meeting is informational only and 

the Advisory Body members are not 

expected to develop recommendations 

or report to the Council. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document 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 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 19, 2024. 

Alyssa Weigers, 

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–XE553] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public online 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

and the NMFS Northwest and 

Southwest Fisheries Science Centers 

will convene a virtual pre-assessment 

workshop to review proposed data and 

modeling approaches to inform 

groundfish stock assessments for 

chilipepper rockfish and California 

quillback rockfish scheduled for 

assessment during 2025. The workshop 

is open to the public. 

DATES: The pre-assessment workshop 

will be held Thursday, January 23, 2025, 

from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. (Pacific time) 

or until business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The pre-assessment 

workshop will be conducted as an 

online meeting. Specific meeting 

information, including the agenda and 

directions on how to join the meeting 

and system requirements, will be 

provided in the workshop 

announcement 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. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer, 

Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820– 

2414; email: marlene.bellman@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the pre-assessment workshop 

is to review proposed data inputs, 

modeling approaches, and any other 

pertinent information to inform 2025 

stock assessments for chilipepper 

rockfish and California quillback 

rockfish. The goal of the pre-assessment 

workshop is to promote dialogue about 

and a common understanding between 

assessment teams and data providers of 

the best data and analytical and 

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these assessments. Stock assessment 

teams will solicit advice from data 

stewards, stakeholders, and fishery 

managers knowledgeable about these 

species. 

No management actions will be 

decided by the workshop participants. 

The participants’ role will be the 

development of recommendations for 

consideration by the stock assessment 

teams assigned to conduct these 

assessments. Assessments for these 

stocks are tentatively scheduled for peer 

review during a Stock Assessment 

Review (STAR) panel on June 23–27, 

2025. The Pacific Council and the 

Pacific Council’s Scientific and 

Statistical Committee are scheduled to 

consider these draft assessments for use 

in informing management decisions at 

their September 2025 meeting in 

Spokane, Washington. 

Although nonemergency issues not 

contained in the workshop’s agenda 

may be discussed, those issues may not 

be the subject of formal action during 

this workshop. Action will be restricted 

to those issues specifically listed in this 

notice 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 intent of the workshop participants 

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 19, 2024. 

Alyssa Weigers, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30786 Filed 12–26–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

[NTIA–2024–0005] 

RIN: RIN 0660–XC065 

Impact of L-Band MSS ‘Direct-toDevice’ Operations on GPS 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) is seeking 

information and public comment on the 

potential impact on the GPS L1 signal 

at 1575.42 MHz of the increasing 

deployment of mobile devices capable 

of operating on satellite systems in the 

L-band at 1610–1660.5 MHz. Under 

current FCC rules, these devices are 

permitted to operate subject to a 

substantially less restrictive out-of-band 

emission limit than similar devices 

transmitting on the same frequencies 

and connecting to terrestrial base station 

systems. NTIA is seeking public 

comment on the risk of interference 

posed by this increased deployment of 

mobile devices capable of operating on 

L-band satellite systems at 1610–1660.5 

MHz, as well as potential mitigation 

options to safeguard GPS systems while 

facilitating the potential benefits of 

direct-to-device services (D2D services). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: All electronic public 

comments on this action, identified by 

Regulations.gov docket number NTIA– 

2024–0005, may be submitted through 

the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal at 

https://www.regulations.gov. The docket 

established for this request for comment 

can be found at www.Regulations.gov, 

NTIA–2024–0005. To make a 

submission, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

icon, complete the required fields, and 

enter or attach your comments. 

Additional instructions can be found in 

the ‘‘Instructions’’ section below, after 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please direct questions regarding this 

Request for Comment to Ashley 

Davenport at adavenport@ntia.gov with 

‘‘Impact of L-band MSS D2D Operations 

on GPS’’ in the subject line. If 

submitting comments by U.S. mail, 

please address questions to Ashley 

Davenport, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. Questions 

submitted via telephone should be 

directed to (202) 482–0297. Please direct 

media inquiries to NTIA’s Office of 

Public Affairs, telephone: (202) 482– 

7002; email: press@ntia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

NTIA, located within the Department 

of Commerce, is the Executive Branch 

agency that is principally responsible by 

law for advising the President on 

telecommunications and information 

policy issues and managing the federal 

use of spectrum. The Global Positioning 

System (GPS) is one such federal 

system. NTIA is beginning to see 

increasing deployment of consumer 

equipment capable of operating on 

Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS) networks 

with operations in the L-band near the 

L1 signal of the Global Positioning 

System (GPS) at 1575.42 MHz. Some of 

these devices are traditional mobile 

phones or Internet of Things (IOT) 

devices that typically operate on 

terrestrial networks in mobile bands 

outside the L-band, while others are 

being designed as lower-cost IOT or 

other devices operating primarily, if not 

exclusively, with satellites (collectively, 

D2D devices). The services enabled by 

these devices (D2D services) could 

provide substantial benefits to the 

public, including during times of 

emergency, while also supporting 

important federal government missions. 

The purpose of this Request for 

Comment is to secure public input on 

the risk of interference into GPS posed 

by wider deployment of D2D services in 

the L-band and potential mitigation 

opportunities. 

When the FCC developed MSS rules 

for the L-band, there was an expectation 

that comparatively few user devices 

would be deployed relative to 

ubiquitous terrestrial mobile handsets. 

Therefore, the out-of-band emission 

(OOBE) limit for L-band devices 

operating in the MSS is substantially 

more relaxed (by more than 30 dB) than 

the requirement later developed for user 

devices that would communicate with 

terrestrial base stations in the L-band. 

The stricter OOBE limit for devices 

operating with terrestrial base stations 

was based in large part on the 

expectation that there would be a much 

larger number of such devices. The wide 

deployment of devices subject to the 

MSS limit thus presents an unexpected 

increase in the risk of interference to 

nearby GPS receivers. Attached hereto is 

a technical analysis conducted by the 

U.S. Department of Transportation, in 

conjunction with other U.S. 

Government departments and agencies, 

that more fully describes the basis for 

concern. 

NTIA and other U.S. Government 

departments and agencies are cognizant 

that the initial business case for satellite 

operation of the new devices appears to 

focus on situations in which the user is 

outdoors and terrestrial wireless service 

is unavailable and that these situations 

will often arise in areas with less 

intensive GPS use for critical service. 

The extent to which this is the case and 

will continue to be the case in the future 

remains unclear, as is the extent to 

which the delivery of such a service 


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