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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background information and additional 

details on NCA5 can be found at https:// 

www.globalchange.gov/nca5. 

This notice seeks nominations for 

NCA5 Review Editors with pertinent 

subject matter expertise and scientific 

background. The Review Editor serves a 

critical role on the NCA, ensuring that 

each public and peer review comment 

has been considered by the author team. 

Review Editors do not provide 

additional comments on assigned draft 

chapters; rather they attest that the 

annotation is sufficiently responsive to 

the comment and indicates any revision 

made to the chapter(s), including the 

scientific or logical rationale for said 

action. 

Specifically, the Review Editor is 

charged with: 

(a) Ensuring all substantive comments 

submitted during multiple Public 

Comment Periods and via a National 

Academies of Sciences, Engineering, 

and Medicine panel review are 

appropriately addressed by authors, and 

that agreed-upon changes to the chapter 

are reflected in the draft text of the 

chapter; 

(b) advising Chapter Leads how to 

manage conflicting comments or 

contentious issues, as well as 

supporting discussions between Chapter 

Leads, Chapter Authors, and 

Coordinating Lead Authors on how best 

to consider and incorporate reviewer’s 

feedback into the chapter; and 

(c) submitting all necessary materials 

confirming execution of the above 

charges. 

Potential nominees should be 

technical experts with climate-related 

proficiency in at least one of the regions, 

sectors, or responses topics outlined in 

the NCA5 Table of Contents (accessible 

via http://www.globalchange.gov/nca5. 

Nominees must have demonstrated 

expertise such that the nominees could 

contribute to the development of a 

robust scientific, technical assessment 

as subject matter experts in one or more 

of the topics listed. 

Responses to this request for 

nominations for Review Editors must be 

submitted by 30 days after publication 

of this FRN. Users can access the 

nominations form via https://

contribute.globalchange.gov/. Interested 

persons may nominate themselves or 

third parties, and may nominate more 

than one person. Each nomination must 

include: 

(1) The nominee’s full name, title, 

institutional affiliation, and contact 

information; 

(2) the desired chapter(s) the nominee 

wishes to serve as Review Editor on (i.e., 

area(s) of expertise); and 

(3) a short description of his/her 

qualifications relative to contributing to 

the report. Nominees are encouraged to 

submit a CV of no more than 4 pages for 

optimal consideration. 

More information on the function of 

Review Editors, the tasks (including 

reporting) expected of them, as well as 

the tentative dates of commitment can 

be found at https://

contribute.globalchange.gov. 

Report Table of Contents 

The full list of NCA5 chapters is 

below and can also be found https://

www.globalchange.gov/nca5. Chapter 

titles reflect the target topics or regions 

for the chapters. Final titles for the 

chapter may evolve as authors assess 

published literature. 

Introduction and Summary 

1. Overview 

Physical Sciences 

2. Climate Trends 

3. Earth Systems Processes 

National Topics 

4. Water 

5. Energy 

6. Land Cover & Land-Use Change 

7. Forests 

8. Ecosystems 

9. Coastal Effects 

10. Oceans 

11. Agriculture, Food Systems, and 

Rural Communities 

12. Built Environment 

13. Transportation 

14. Air Quality 

15. Human Health 

16. Tribes & Indigenous Peoples 

17. U.S. International Interests 

18. Complex Systems 

19. Economics 

20. Human Social Systems 

Regions 

21. Northeast 

22. Southeast 

23. U.S. Caribbean 

24. Midwest 

25. Northern Great Plains 

26. Southern Great Plains 

27. Northwest 

28. Southwest 

29. Alaska 

30. Hawai’i & U.S.-Affiliated Pacific 

Islands 

Response 

31. Adaptation 

32. Mitigation 

Appendices 

A1. Report Development Process 

A2. Information Quality 

A3. Data Tools 

A4. Indicators 

David Holst, 

Chief Financial Officer Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC059] 

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 

Management Act Provisions; General 

Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; 

Application for Exempted Fishing 

Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has 

made a preliminary determination that 

an Exempted Fishing Permit application 

contains all of the required information 

and warrants further consideration. The 

Exempted Fishing Permit would allow 

commercial fishing vessels to fish 

outside fishery regulations in support of 

research conducted by the applicant. 

Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act and the Atlantic 

Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 

Management Act require publication of 

this notification to provide interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

applications for proposed Exempted 

Fishing Permits. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 16, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by the following method: 

• Email: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line ‘‘NEFSC OnDemand Gear EFP.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Deighan, Fishery Management 

Specialist, Laura.Deighan@noaa.gov, 

(978) 281–9184. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science 

Center submitted a complete application 

for an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) to 

conduct commercial fishing activities 

that the regulations would otherwise 

restrict to expand trials of on-demand 

fishing gear that uses one or no surface 

buoys and to test the ability of gear 


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marking systems to consistently locate 

gear. This EFP would exempt the 

participating vessels from the gear 

marking requirements at 50 CFR 

697.21(b)(2) to allow the use of trawls of 

more than three traps that have one or 

no surface markers. 

This project would be a continuation 

and expansion of the Center’s trials of 

on-demand fishing systems aimed at 

reducing the entanglement risk to 

protected species, mainly the North 

Atlantic right whale, in the American 

lobster and Jonah crab fisheries. If 

granted, this permit would allow up to 

100 vessels to replace up to 10 of their 

existing trawls with modified trawls 

that replace one or both vertical lines 

with acoustic on-demand systems or 

other alternatives to static buoy lines 

(including, but not limited to, spooled 

systems, buoy and stowed rope systems, 

lift bag systems, and grappling). The 

previous permit authorized gear trials 

on 5 vessels, and this project would 

expand the trial to up to 100 

participating vessels at a time, for a total 

of up to 1,000 modified trawls, between 

the issue date and May 1, 2023. 

This project would include the 

opportunity for up to 30 of the 

participating vessels at a time to trial 

gear (up to 300 trawls) without static 

vertical lines in Atlantic Large Whale 

Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) 

Restricted Areas. In recognition of 

industry’s interest in grappling as a lowcost alternative to acoustic on-demand 

systems, this project would also allow 

up to 25 vessels to retrieve buoyless gear 

via grappling to enable the Center to 

collect data on the viability of grappling 

at a commercial scale. 

One of the goals of this project is to 

test the efficacy of on-demand fishing 

gear and other alternatives to static buoy 

lines under a variety of oceanographic 

conditions. To achieve this goal, 

participation would not be limited to 

tightly prescribed and predetermined 

areas, but would occur in areas where 

fishermen are willing to participate and 

data collection will be useful. Priority 

would be given to participants who are 

seasonally excluded from fishing in 

certain areas and/or participants in 

offshore fisheries that have limited 

entanglement mitigation options 

available. This project would prioritize 

the following times and areas of interest 

(though many participants would likely 

use experimental gear in the months 

outside of a closure to gain familiarity 

with the systems): 

• Lobster Management Area (LMA) 1, 

Restricted Area in the Gulf of Maine 

between October 1 and January 31; 

• LMA 1, Massachusetts Bay 

Restricted Area or Massachusetts state 

waters, between February 1 and May 15 

(with the exception of the area defined 

under 322 MA Regulation 12.05); 

• LMA 1, areas in Downeast Maine 

where participants may trial gear as part 

of a Gear Innovation Plan that gains 

access to markets lost by the Monterey 

Bay Red-Listing; 

• LMA 2, LMA 2/3 overlap, and LMA 

3, Large South Island Closure between 

February 1 and April 30; and 

• LMA 3, offshore areas, including in 

Groundfish Closed Area 2, between May 

1 and December 31. 

Note that this permit would exempt 

participating vessels from the specified 

Federal regulations in Federal waters 

only. The Center is responsible for 

obtaining all required state 

authorizations for any activities in state 

waters. 

The second goal of this project is to 

trial gear marking systems (using GPS 

points or alternatively subsurface 

markings) to determine the ability to 

consistently relocate fishing gear and 

improve the ability to notify other 

fishermen, including those in the fixed 

and mobile fleet, that the gear is present. 

These systems are intended to prevent 

increases in gear conflicts despite the 

absence of surface markings. 

This EFP does not exempt the vessels 

from any requirements imposed by any 

state, the Endangered Species Act, the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act, or any 

other applicable laws. Other than gear 

markings, the trawls would be 

consistent with the regulations of the 

management area where the vessel is 

fishing and would include no more than 

50 traps per trawl. The trawls would be 

fished in accordance with the 

participating vessels’ standard 

operations and all applicable 

regulations in terms of the number and 

length of trips, soak times, trap limits, 

etc. The Center would implement 

additional protocols to mitigate risks of 

impacts to whales or of gear conflicts: 

• For all participants, fishing within 

and outside of the Restricted Areas, at 

all times: 

Æ The Center would provide 

information on species identification 

and protocols to report live, dead, or 

entangled sightings of North Atlantic 

right whales; 

Æ All vessels would provide 

mandatory, weekly gear loss reports; 

Æ All vessels would retrieve ondemand vertical lines as quickly as 

possible to minimize time in the water 

column; 

Æ Typical soak times would be no 

longer than 30 days, but are anticipated 

to be less than 14 days (weather 

permitting and without unforeseen 

circumstances); 

Æ All vessels would adhere to current 

approach regulations—a 500-yard 

(457.2-m) buffer zone created by a 

surfacing right whale—and must depart 

immediately at a safe and slow speed, 

in accordance with current regulations. 

Hauling any lobster gear would 

immediately cease, by either removal or 

resetting, to accommodate the regulation 

and be reinitiated only after it is 

reasonable to assume the whale has left 

the area; 

Æ Vessels would operate within a 10- 

knot speed limit when transiting 

Restricted Areas or when whales are 

observed; 

• For all participants fishing in the 

Restricted Areas, and for participants 

fishing outside the Restricted Areas, 

opportunistically: 

Æ Smart buoy technology would be 

used to provide alerts to the fishermen 

and the Center within two hours of an 

unplanned release of a stowed line; 

Æ Participants would record visual 

right whale sightings on data sheets 

when in the fishing area; 

Æ Participants would use Trap 

Tracker or an equivalent application for 

retrieval and set positioning details, 

which would be available to Federal, 

State and corresponding enforcement 

personnel, as well as other fishermen. 

The Edge Tech Trap Tracker App 

uploads the location of subsurface gear 

to the cloud, which allows other users 

to see the location, similar to the way 

a surface buoy would, to reduce gear 

conflicts. 

• For all participants in the Restricted 

Areas: 

Æ On demand vertical lines will be 

marked with unique markings in 

addition to Atlantic Large Whale Take 

Reduction Plan regulations. 

Specifically, the Center worked with 

NMFS Atlantic Large Whale Take 

Reduction Team Coordinator for 

specific markings/color combinations 

unique to the proposed project, which 

will be provided to the Office of Law 

Enforcement; and 

Æ All vessels would fly a unique flag 

for enforcement recognition. 

In addition, the following measures 

would be implemented to reduce 

potential gear conflicts: 

• The Center will regularly provide 

the approximate location and intensity 

of fishing in restricted areas where 

trawls will not have any surface 

markers; 

• Industry members that are fishing 

in areas identified as having trap gear 

without surface markings are 

encouraged to contact the Center for 

additional information on gear location; 

and 


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• Project participants and Center 

personnel will proactively communicate 

within local ports with mobile and fixed 

gear fleets on fishing effort and location 

under the EFP, with particular focus on 

restricted areas. 

The Center would provide training to 

ensure all participants achieve a 

sufficient level of experience with the 

gear prior to borrowing from their gear 

cache library. Center staff and 

engineering teams would oversee 

deployments. In some cases, a scientific 

observer may be on board, but they 

would not be required due to space and 

COVID considerations. Participants may 

use GoPro Systems (or equivalent or 

better) to record some or all of the gear 

retrievals for later review. 

The Center would provide 

standardized data collection sheets to 

all participants. These data may be 

included in analyses for a final report to 

determine the efficacy of the 

experiment, but individuallyidentifiable data will only be made 

available with the express permission of 

the vessel owner. The results of this 

project would be used to inform future 

regulatory and National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) analysis and to 

provide feedback to manufacturers of 

on-demand gear on improvements that 

would increase performance of ondemand systems under commercial 

fishery conditions. The ultimate goal of 

this project is to enable the continuation 

of one of the region’s most valuable 

fisheries, while also meeting the 

requirements set forth by the ALWTRP 

and section 118(f) of the MMPA, 

specifically reducing the level of serious 

injury and mortality of North Atlantic 

right, humpback, and fin whales in 

commercial trap/pot fisheries. 

If approved, the applicant may 

request minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

year. EFP modifications and extensions 

may be granted without further notice if 

they are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP request. Any 

fishing activity conducted outside the 

scope of the exempted fishing activity 

would be prohibited. 

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

Dated: May 25, 2022. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Health Board; Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that the following 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting of 

the Defense Health Board (DHB) will 

take place. 

DATES: Open to the public Monday, June 

6, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by 

videoconference/teleconference. To 

participate in the meeting, see the 

Meeting Accessibility section for 

instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

CAPT Gregory H. Gorman, U.S. Navy, 

703–275–6060 (voice), 

gregory.h.gorman.mil@mail.mil (email). 

Mailing address is 7700 Arlington 

Boulevard, Suite 5101, Falls Church, 

Virginia 22042. Website: http:// 

www.health.mil/dhb. The most up-todate changes to the meeting agenda can 

be found on the website. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to 

circumstances beyond the control of the 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), the 

DHB was unable to provide public 

notification required by 41 CFR 102– 

3.150(a) concerning its June 6, 2022 

meeting of the DHB. Accordingly, the 

Advisory Committee Management 

Officer for the Department of Defense, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150(b), 

waives the 15-calendar day notification 

requirement. 

This meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C.), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act (5 

U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102–3.140 and 

102–3.150. 

Availability of Materials for the 

Meeting: Additional information, 

including the agenda, is available at the 

DHB website, http://www.health.mil/ 

dhb. A copy of the agenda or any 

updates to the agenda for the June 6, 

2022 meeting will be available on the 

DHB website. Any other materials 

presented in the meeting may be 

obtained at the meeting. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The DHB 

provides independent advice and 

recommendations to maximize the 

safety and quality of, as well as access 

to, health care for DoD health care 

beneficiaries. The purpose of the 

meeting is to provide briefings to DHB 

members on current issues related to 

military medicine and new DHB 

taskings. 

Agenda: The DHB anticipates 

receiving an information briefing on 

active duty women’s health, 

introductions to new DHB taskings on 

optimizing virtual health and 

eliminating racial and ethnic health 

disparities in the Military Health 

System, as well as two briefings on 

mental health care access for 

beneficiaries, with one of those being an 

introduction to the new DHB tasking. 

Any changes to the agenda can be found 

at the link provided in this 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102–3.140 

through 102–3.165, this meeting is open 

to the public from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 

p.m. on June 6, 2022. The meeting will 

be held by videoconference/ 

teleconference. The number of 

participants is limited and is on a firstcome basis. All members of the public 

who wish to participate must register by 

emailing their name, rank/title, and 

organization/company to 

dha.ncr.dhb.mbx.defense-healthboard@mail.mil or by contacting Mr. 

Rubens Lacerda at (703) 275–6012 no 

later than Friday, June 3, 2022. Once 

registered, the web address and audio 

number will be provided. 

Special Accommodations: Individuals 

requiring special accommodations to 

access the public meeting should 

contact Mr. Rubens Lacerda at least five 

(5) business days prior to the meeting so 

that appropriate arrangements can be 

made. 

Written Statements: Any member of 

the public wishing to provide comments 

to the DHB related to its current taskings 

or mission may do so at any time in 

accordance with section 10(a)(3) of the 

FACA, 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102– 

3.140, and the procedures described in 

this notice. Written statements may be 

submitted to the DHB’s DFO, Captain 

Gorman, at gregory.h.gorman.mil@

mail.mil. Supporting documentation 

may also be included, to establish the 

appropriate historical context and to 

provide any necessary background 

information. If the written statement is 

not received at least five (5) business 

days prior to the meeting, the DFO may 

choose to postpone consideration of the 

statement until the next open meeting. 

The DFO will review all timely 

submissions with the DHB President 

and ensure they are provided to 

members of the DHB before the meeting 

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