1966 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 6 / Friday, January 10, 2025 / Notices 

Dated: January 3, 2025. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00276 Filed 1–8–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE601] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Announcement of a Recovery Planning 

Workshop and Request for Information 

To Inform Recovery Planning for the 

Beringia Distinct Population Segment 

of Bearded Seal and the Arctic Ringed 

Seal 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

request for information. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces its intent to 

convene a workshop to solicit facts and 

information from experts to inform 

recovery planning for the Beringia 

Distinct Population Segment (DPS) 

bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus 

nauticus) and the Arctic ringed seal 

(Phoca hispida hispida). We will not be 

asking for any consensus 

recommendations on how to recover 

these species. This workshop will be 

open to the public. We also request 

submission of information that might 

inform the development of the recovery 

plans. 

DATES: 

Workshop dates and information: The 

2-day recovery planning workshop for 

the Beringia DPS bearded seal and the 

Arctic ringed seal will be held 

Thursday, January 23 through Friday, 

January 24, 2025. The workshop will 

begin each day at 8:30 a.m. and end 

each day at 4:30 p.m. Alaska local time. 

This workshop will also be accessible 

virtually. 

RSVP: If you plan to attend the 

workshop, virtually or in person, please 

contact NMFS Protected Resources 

Division, Alaska Region, at 

akr.ice.seal.recovery@noaa.gov by 

January 20, 2025 to receive the meeting 

link via email. The meeting link will 

also be posted on our website at https:// 

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/ringedseal/conservation-management and 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/ 

bearded-seal/conservationmanagement. 

Date for information submission: 

Please submit information to inform 

recovery planning via the methods 

listed below in the ADDRESSES section 

by March 11, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your information, 

identified by docket number NOAA– 

NMFS–2024–0151 by either of the 

following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic comments via the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. Visit https://

www.regulations.gov and type NOAA– 

NMFS–2024–0151 in the Search box. 

Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, complete 

the required fields, and enter or attach 

your comments. 

Mail: Submit written information to 

Anne Marie Eich, Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Protected Resources, 

Alaska Region NMFS, Attn: Records 

Office, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 

99802–1668. 

Instructions: NMFS may not consider 

comments or other information if sent 

by any other method, or to any other 

address or individual. All comments 

and information received are a part of 

the public record and NMFS will post 

the comments for public viewing on 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All personal identifying information 

(e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential 

business information, or otherwise 

sensitive information submitted 

voluntarily by the sender is publicly 

accessible. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

Workshop address: BP Energy Center, 

1014 Energy Ct., Anchorage, AK 99508. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jenna Malek, NMFS Alaska Region, 

jenna.malek@noaa.gov, (907) 271–1332, 

or Caroline Cummings, NMFS Alaska 

Region, caroline.cummings@noaa.gov, 

(907) 271–1508. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

published a final rule listing the 

Beringia DPS of the Erignathus barbatus 

nauticus subspecies of bearded seal as 

threatened under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) on December 28, 

2012 (77 FR 76739). NMFS published a 

final rule listing the Arctic subspecies of 

ringed seals (Pusa hispida hispida) as 

threatened under the ESA on December 

28, 2012 (77 FR 76706). The final listing 

rules describe the background of the 

listing action for these species and 

provide a summary of our conclusions 

regarding their status. For additional 

background about these species, the 

reader is referred to our species web 

pages (available at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/ 

bearded-seal and https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/species/ringed-seal). 

NMFS is required by section 4(f) of 

the ESA to develop and implement 

recovery plans for the conservation and 

survival of federally listed species 

unless the Secretary finds that such a 

plan will not promote the conservation 

of the species. Recovery means 

improvement in the status of listed 

species to the point at which the species 

no longer meets the definition of an 

endangered or threatened species and 

the protections of the ESA are no longer 

necessary. The ESA specifies that 

recovery plans are to include (1) a 

description of site-specific management 

actions necessary to achieve the plan’s 

goals for the conservation and survival 

of the species; (2) objective, measurable 

criteria which, when met, would result 

in the species being removed from the 

list; and (3) estimates of the time and 

costs required to carry out the actions 

and achieve the plan’s conservation 

goals. Under section 4(f) of the ESA, 

public notice and an opportunity for 

public review and comment are also 

provided during recovery plan 

development. This notice serves as the 

first public notice and opportunity for 

public input early in the process. Once 

a recovery plan has been drafted, it will 

be announced in the Federal Register 

and available on our website (see 

ADDRESSES section) for public review 

and comment before being finalized. 

Recovery Planning Workshop 

Announcement 

From January 23 through 24, 2025, 

NMFS will hold a workshop at the BP 

Energy Center in Anchorage, AK to help 

inform our recovery planning for the 

Beringia DPS bearded seal and the 

Arctic ringed seal (see DATES and 

ADDRESSES section). We are inviting 

experts in specific topic areas, including 

the species’ biology/ecology, threats to 

the species and the species’ habitat, and 

the recovery planning process itself. 

These experts will help us to identify 

potential actions to address the threats 

to the species, identify gaps in 

knowledge and associated research 

needs, as well as begin developing 

recovery criteria for the species. In 

particular, this workshop will focus on 

addressing threats stemming from 

changes in the climate. Identified 

experts include representatives of the 

Ice Seal Committee, Federal and State 

agencies, scientific researchers, 

individuals from conservation 

organizations and non-governmental 

organizations, and the oil and gas 

industry. Information received at the 

workshop may be used to inform the 


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development of other conservation 

decisions and actions. 

NMFS will provide two moderators to 

manage the workshop as well as a note 

taker to document input received. We 

are seeking facts and information; we 

will not be asking for consensus 

recommendations on how to recover the 

Beringia DPS bearded seal and the 

Arctic ringed seal. NMFS will prepare a 

summary of the workshop, noting the 

main points raised by the participants 

and registered speakers. This workshop 

will be open to the public, and an 

opportunity for public feedback and 

questions will be provided at the end of 

each day. 

Agenda 

January 23 will focus on the recovery 

planning process and requirements, the 

biology, status, and threats to the 

species, and discussions regarding 

potential recovery criteria; 

January 24 will focus on development 

of recovery criteria and actions related 

to climate change, anthropogenic 

threats, and any other recovery needs. 

Request for Information 

We also invite the public to submit 

scientific or commercial information 

that may help to inform the recovery 

criteria and actions for the Beringia DPS 

bearded seal and the Arctic ringed seal. 

We are soliciting relevant information 

related to the species and their habitat, 

including but not limited to the 

following: 

1. Criteria for removing these species 

from the list of threatened and 

endangered species (These criteria 

could be either threats-based or 

abundance/trends based.); 

2. Human activities that contribute to 

threats to the species; 

3. Physical, biological, or chemical 

features of the environment that limit 

the recovery of these species; 

4. Recovery strategies addressing 

threats to physical and biological 

features that are essential to species 

conservation; 

5. Strategies and actions to recover 

these species; 

6. Estimates of the time and cost, and 

potential partners to implement 

recovery actions; 

7. Critical knowledge gaps and 

uncertainties that need to be resolved to 

better inform recovery efforts; and 

8. Research, monitoring, and 

evaluation needs to address knowledge 

gaps and uncertainties, or to assess the 

species’ status, limiting factors, and 

threats relative to recovery goals. 

Information may be submitted via the 

methods listed above in the ADDRESSES

section. 

Reasonable Accommodations 

The workshop is accessible to persons 

with disabilities. Send requests for 

accessibility accommodations to 

akr.ice.seal.recovery@noaa.gov by 

January 13, 2025 and we will do our 

best to accommodate requests to the 

extent possible. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: January 3, 2025. 

Lisa Manning, 

Acting Chief, Endangered Species 

Conservation Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00320 Filed 1–8–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Deletions from the procurement 

list. 

SUMMARY: This action deletes product(s) 

and service(s) from the Procurement List 

that were furnished by nonprofit 

agencies employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Date added to and deleted from 

the Procurement List: February 09, 2025 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 355 E Street SW, Suite 325, 

Washington, DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael R. Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 

489–1322, or email CMTEFedReg@

AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Deletions 

On 11/22/2024 (89 FR 92657), 11/29/ 

2024 (89 FR 94715) and 12/6/2024 (89 

FR 96948) the Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled published notice of proposed 

deletions from the Procurement List. 

This notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. 

After consideration of the relevant 

matter presented, the Committee has 

determined that the product(s) and 

service(s) listed below are no longer 

suitable for procurement by the Federal 

Government under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 

and 41 CFR 51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities. 

2. The action may result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

product(s) and service(s) to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the product(s) and 

service(s) deleted from the Procurement 

List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following product(s) 

and service(s) are deleted from the 

Procurement List: 

Product(s) 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 

7510–01–579–9321—Binder, Removable 

Slant-D Rings, 100% Recyclable, Turned 

Edge, Blue, 11⁄2′′ Capacity, Letter 

Authorized Source of Supply: South Texas 

Lighthouse for the Blind, Corpus Christi, 

TX 

Contracting Activity: STRATEGIC 

ACQUISITION CENTER, 

FREDERICKSBURG, VA 

Contracting Activity: GSA/FAS ADMIN 

SVCS ACQUISITION BR(2, NEW YORK, 

NY 

Service(s) 

Service Type: Administrative Support 

Services 

Mandatory for: US Army, Natick Contracting 

Division (ACC–APG), General Greene 

Avenue, Natick, MA 

Authorized Source of Supply: Work, 

Incorporated, Dorchester, MA 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF THE ARMY, 

W6QK ACC–APG NATICK 

Service Type: Mailing Services 

Mandatory for: US Department of Energy, 

Office of Science Chicago Office, 

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, 

IL 

Authorized Source of Supply: Jewish Child 

and Family Services, Chicago, IL 

Contracting Activity: ENERGY, 

DEPARTMENT OF, SE–SC CHICAGO 

SERVICE CENTER 

Service Type: Administrative & Courier 

Services 

Mandatory for: Office of the Undersecretary 

of Defense (A&S)/Defense Pricing and 

Contracting (OUSD(A&S)/DPC), Suffolk 

Building (including The Pentagon & 

Mark Center), Falls Church, VA 

Authorized Source of Supply: Anchor Mental 

Health Association, Washington, DC 

Contracting Activity: WASHINGTON 

HEADQUARTERS SERVICES (WHS), 

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS 

SERVICES 

Service Type: Centralized Appointment Call 

Center 


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