Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 99 / Monday, May 23, 2022 / Notices 31215 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC054] 

New England 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 New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Herring Committee via webinar to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). Recommendations from this 

group will be brought to the full Council 

for formal consideration and action, if 

appropriate. 

DATES: This webinar will be held on 

Friday, June 10, 2022, at 1 p.m. Webinar 

registration URL information: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

7663920824181513742. 

ADDRESSES: Council address: New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, 

MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Herring Committee will develop 

Framework 7 to the Atlantic Herring 

Fishery Management Plan, an action to 

protect adult spawning of Atlantic 

herring on Georges Bank. They will also 

review and recommend annual herring 

research priorities. The Committee will 

receive an update on the Industry 

Funded Monitoring (IFM) Program for 

the Atlantic herring fishery and 

consider recent correspondence about 

the IFM program since it was fully 

implemented in July 2021. Other 

business may be discussed, as 

necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: May 18, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

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–XC050] 

NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Regional 

Action Plans (2022–2024) 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice, extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is extending the 

comment period for the Notice of 

Availability of Draft Climate Regional 

Action Plans. We, NMFS, are soliciting 

review and comment from the public 

and all interested parties, and will 

consider all substantive comments 

received during the review period 

before publishing final Climate Regional 

Action Plans. Comments are invited on: 

(a) The clarity of the goals and activities 

in the plans, (b) how to strengthen the 

proposed Plans and activities; (c) what 

additional goals and activities need to 

be addressed. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be provided 

to the Regional Action Plan Teams for 

consideration in development of the 

final plans. To review the draft regional 

plans, visit: https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/national/climate/climatescience-strategy-regional-action-plans. 

DATES: The original NoA issued on 22 

April 2022 (87 FR 24099) provided a 

comment period ending on 02 June 

2022. The comment period is now being 

extended and will close 29 July 2022. 

Comments received after this date may 

not be accepted. Comments received 

prior to this announcement do not need 

to be resubmitted as a result of the 

extension of the comment period. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted on the NOAA Fisheries Draft 

Climate Regional Action Plans by either 

of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

1. Go to www.regulations.gov and 

enter NOAA-NMFS-2022-0007 in the 

search box. 

2. Click the ‘‘Comment’’ icon 

3. Enter or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Roger Griffis, NMFS/Office of Science 

and Technology, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Include on the envelope the following 

identifier ‘‘Draft Climate Regional 

Action Plans Comments.’’ 

• Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are part of the public record 

and will generally be posted 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 will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ 

A’’ in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). 

The NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate 

Regional Action Plans are available 

online at https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/national/climate/climatescience-strategy-regional-action-plans or 

upon request from the NMFS Office of 

Science and Technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roger Griffis, (301)–980–4694, 

NMFS.RAPcomments@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The NOAA Fisheries Climate Science 

Strategy, released in August of 2015 and 

available at https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/topic/climate-change, 

responded to the growing demand from 

fisheries and other decision makers for 

better information about what’s 

changing, what’s at risk and how to 

respond to changing climate and ocean 

conditions. The Climate Science 

Strategy identified seven key objectives 

to produce and deliver the climaterelated information to meet these needs 

and fulfill NMFS mandates in a 

changing climate. The Climate Science 


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