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personal information, such as account 

numbers, Social Security numbers, or 

names of individuals, should not be 

included with the comment. Comments 

that are not responsive or contain 

profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other 

inappropriate language will not be 

considered. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Migliori, Evaluator, NOAA 

Office for Coastal Management, by email 

at Michael.Migliori@noaa.gov or by 

phone at (443) 332–8936. Copies of the 

previous evaluation findings, reserve 

management plan, and reserve site 

profile may be viewed and downloaded 

on the internet at http://coast.noaa.gov/ 

czm/evaluations/. A copy of the 

evaluation notification letter and most 

recent progress report may be obtained 

upon request by contacting Michael 

Migliori. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

312 of the Coastal Zone Management 

Act (CZMA) requires NOAA to conduct 

periodic evaluations of federally 

approved national estuarine research 

reserves. The process includes one or 

more public meetings, consideration of 

written public comments, and 

consultations with interested Federal, 

State, and local agencies and members 

of the public. During the evaluation, 

NOAA will consider the extent to which 

the State of California has met the 

national objectives, adhered to the 

reserve’s management plan approved by 

the Secretary of Commerce, and adhered 

to the terms of financial assistance 

under the CZMA. When the evaluation 

is completed, NOAA’s Office for Coastal 

Management will place a notice in the 

Federal Register announcing the 

availability of the Final Evaluation 

Findings. 

Keelin Kuipers, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Evaluation of National Estuarine 

Research Reserve; Public Meeting; 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, 

National Ocean Service, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

opportunity to comment. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Office for Coastal Management, will 

hold a public meeting to solicit 

comments on the performance 

evaluation of the Weeks Bay National 

Estuarine Research Reserve. 

DATES: NOAA will consider all written 

comments received by Friday, August 5, 

2022. A public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 6 p.m. 

Central Time (CT). 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

Email: Pam Kylstra, Evaluator, NOAA 

Office for Coastal Management, at 

Pam.Kylstra@noaa.gov. 

Public Meeting: Provide oral 

comments during the virtual and inperson public meeting on Wednesday, 

July 27, 2022, at 6 p.m. CT. 

For virtual participation, register as a 

speaker at https://forms.gle/ 

AXkfSgzLKQsVWnMw5 by Wednesday, 

July 27, 2022, at 4 p.m. CT. Upon 

registration, a confirmation email will 

be sent. The lineup of speakers will be 

based on the date and time of 

registration. One hour prior to the start 

of the meeting on July 27, 2022, 

registrants will be emailed a link to join 

the public meeting and information 

about participating. Members of the 

public may also register to attend the 

meeting as a non-speaker. 

For in-person participation, you may 

attend the public meeting onsite on 

Wednesday, July 27, 2022, 6 p.m. CT at 

the Weeks Bay Reserve Tonsmeire 

Resource Center, 11525 US–98, 

Fairhope, AL 36532. Oral and written 

public comments may be provided 

during the public meeting. To attend 

onsite at the Weeks Bay Reserve 

Tonsmeire Resource Center, registration 

will occur when you arrive; advance 

registration to attend onsite is not 

required. 

Written comments received are 

considered part of the public record. 

The entirety of the comment, including 

the email address, attachments, and 

other supporting materials, will become 

part of the public record. Sensitive 

personal information, such as account 

numbers, Social Security numbers, or 

names of individuals, should not be 

included with the comment. Comments 

that are not responsive or contain 

profanity, vulgarity, threats, or other 

inappropriate language will not be 

considered. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam 

Kylstra, Evaluator, NOAA Office for 

Coastal Management, by email at 

Pam.Kylstra@noaa.gov or by phone at 

(843) 439–5568. Copies of the previous 

evaluation findings, reserve 

management plan, and reserve site 

profile may be viewed and downloaded 

on the internet at http://coast.noaa.gov/ 

czm/evaluations/. A copy of the 

evaluation notification letter and most 

recent progress report may be obtained 

upon request by contacting Pam Kylstra. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

312 of the Coastal Zone Management 

Act (CZMA) requires NOAA to conduct 

periodic evaluations of federally 

approved national estuarine research 

reserves. The process includes one or 

more public meetings, consideration of 

written public comments, and 

consultations with interested Federal, 

State, and local agencies and members 

of the public. During the evaluation, 

NOAA will consider the extent to which 

the State of Alabama has met the 

national objectives, adhered to the 

reserve’s management plan approved by 

the Secretary of Commerce, and adhered 

to the terms of financial assistance 

under the CZMA. When the evaluation 

is completed, NOAA’s Office for Coastal 

Management will place a notice in the 

Federal Register announcing the 

availability of the Final Evaluation 

Findings. 

Keelin Kuipers, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC045] 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Coastal Pelagic Species 

Fishery; Applications for Exempted 

Fishing Permits; 2022–2023 Fishing 

Year 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator, 

West Coast Region, NMFS, has made a 

preliminary determination that three 

Exempted Fishing Permit applications 

warrant further consideration. All three 


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applications, two from the California 

Wetfish Producers Association and one 

from the West Coast Pelagic 

Conservation Group, request an 

exemption from the expected 

prohibition on primary directed fishing 

for Pacific sardine during the 2022–2023 

fishing year to collect Pacific sardine as 

part of industry-based scientific 

research. NMFS requests public 

comment on the applications. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

July 1, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document, identified by NOAA– 

NMFS–2022–0055, by the following 

method: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

public comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov and enter NOAA– 

NMFS–2022–0055 in the Search box. 

Click the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, complete 

the required fields, and enter or attach 

your comments. The EFP applications 

will be available under Supporting and 

Related Materials through the same link. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method or received after the end 

of the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a 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). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Taylor Debevec, West Coast Region, 

NMFS, (562) 980–4066, taylor.debevec@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action is authorized by the Coastal 

Pelagic Species (CPS) Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) and 

regulations at 50 CFR 600.745, which 

allow NMFS Regional Administrators to 

authorize exempted fishing permits 

(EFPs) for fishing activities that would 

otherwise be prohibited. 

At its April 2022 meeting, the Pacific 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

recommended that NMFS approve three 

EFP applications for the 2022–2023 

Pacific sardine fishing year. All three 

applications, two from the California 

Wetfish Producers Association (CWPA) 

and one from the West Coast Pelagic 

Conservation Group (WCPCG), are 

renewal requests for an exemption from 

the expected prohibition on primary 

directed fishing for Pacific sardine 

during the 2022–2023 fishing year; the 

purpose of the requests are to collect 

Pacific sardine as part of industry-based 

scientific research. The Council 

considered these EFP applications 

concurrently with the 2022–2023 

annual harvest specifications for Pacific 

sardine because Pacific sardine catch 

under each EFP would be accounted for 

under the proposed 2022–2023 annual 

catch limit (ACL), which is 4,274 metric 

tons (mt). A summary of each EFP 

application is provided below: 

(1) Proposal for renewal of exempted 

fishery permit (EFP) to allow take of 

Pacific sardine (for point sets) in 2022– 

23 nearshore research program: The 

CWPA submitted a renewal application 

for their CPS Nearshore Cooperative 

Survey (NCS) program. The purpose of 

this EFP project is to continue to 

develop sampling methodology for 

estimating CPS biomass in shallow 

waters that are not accessible to NOAA 

survey ships. Since 2012 the California 

Department of Fish and Wildlife, in 

partnership with the CWPA, has been 

conducting aerial surveys to estimate 

the biomass and distribution of Pacific 

sardine and certain other CPS in 

nearshore waters in the Southern 

California Bight, and in the MontereySan Francisco area since the summer of 

2017. Currently, there is uncertainty in 

the biomass estimates from aerial 

spotter pilots. The CPS–NCS survey 

aims to quantify that level of 

uncertainty by capturing CPS schools 

identified by aerial spotter pilots and 

validating the biomass and species 

composition of the schools. If approved, 

this EFP would allow up to six 

participating vessels to directly harvest 

a total of 300 mt of Pacific sardine 

during the 2022–2023 fishing year. A 

portion of each point set (i.e., an 

individual haul of fish captured with a 

purse seine net) would be retained for 

biological sampling, and the remainder 

would be sold by participating 

fishermen and processors to offset 

research costs and avoid unnecessary 

discard. 

(2) Request for renewal of exempted 

fishery permit (EFP) to allow fishing of 

Pacific sardine for biological samples in 

2022–23 nearshore research program: 

The CWPA submitted a renewal 

application for their biological sampling 

EFP project. The primary directed 

fishery for Pacific sardine has been 

closed since 2015, and consequently, 

scientists at the Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center (Science Center) have a 

limited amount of fishery-dependent 

data to use in their stock assessment. 

The goal of this EFP project is to 

provide fishery-dependent catch data, 

including biological data (i.e., age and 

length data from directed harvest), for 

potential use in Pacific sardine stock 

assessments. An additional goal for this 

year is to collaborate with the Science 

Center in a research project designed to 

enhance understanding of stock 

structure by collecting year-round data. 

If approved, this EFP would allow up to 

six participating vessels to directly 

harvest up to 520 mt of Pacific sardine 

during the 2022–2023 fishing year. A 

portion of each landing would be 

retained for biological sampling by the 

California Department of Fish and 

Wildlife, and the remainder would be 

sold by participating fishermen and 

processors to offset research costs and 

avoid unnecessary discard. 

(3) Exempted fishery permit to 

continue an industry-federal-state 

collaborative acoustic survey for CPS in 

nearshore waters: The WCPCG 

submitted a renewal application for 

their Nearshore Surveillance Acoustic 

Trawl Methodology Survey of North 

West Coastal Waters EFP project. Since 

2017, the WCPCG has been working 

with NMFS’ Science Center and the 

Washington Department of Fish and 

Wildlife to survey CPS in nearshore 

Oregon/Washington coastal waters. The 

purpose of the EFP is to collect 

biological samples in areas inshore of 

the Science Center acoustic trawl survey 

to better assess species composition and 

CPS distribution and abundance. A 

portion of each individual haul of fish 

captured with a purse seine net (set) 

would be retained by the Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife for 

biological sampling, and the remainder 

of the set would be released from the 

purse seine net immediately after 

collecting the biological samples. If 

approved, this EFP would allow one 

research vessel to harvest up to 10 mt 

of Pacific sardine during the 2022–2023 

fishing year. 

Altogether, these EFP projects total 

830 mt. If NMFS does not issue one or 

more of these EFPs, the requested 

tonnage would be available for harvest 

by other permissible fishing activities 

during the 2022–2023 fishing year (e.g., 

live bait or minor directed harvest). 

After publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, NMFS may approve 

and issue permits to participating 

vessels after the close of the public 

comment period. NMFS will consider 

comments submitted in deciding 

whether to approve the applications as 

requested. NMFS may approve the 

applications in their entirety or may 

make any alterations needed to achieve 

the goals of the EFP projects and the 

FMP. NMFS may also approve different 

amounts of Pacific sardine allocation for 

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1The Commission voted 3–0–1 to approve this 

notice. Chair Hoehn-Saric, Commissioners Feldman 

and Trumka voted to approve the notice as drafted. 

Commissioner Baiocco did not vote. 

made to the 2022–2023 proposed 

sardine harvest specifications before 

final implementation. 

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

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12956 Filed 6–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. CPSC–2014–0011] 

Notice of Availability and Request for 

Comment: Revision to the Voluntary 

Standard for Frame Child Carriers 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission’s (Commission or 

CPSC) mandatory rule, Safety Standard 

for Frame Child Carriers, incorporates 

by reference ASTM F2549–14a, 

Standard Consumer Safety Specification 

for Frame Child Carriers. The 

Commission has received notice of a 

revision to this incorporated voluntary 

standard. CPSC seeks comment on 

whether the revision improves the 

safety of the consumer product covered 

by the standard. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

June 30, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CPSC–2014– 

0011, by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic comments to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

CPSC typically does not accept 

comments submitted by electronic mail 

(email), except as described below. 

CPSC encourages you to submit 

electronic comments by using the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/ 

Confidential Written Submissions: 

Submit comments by mail, hand 

delivery, or courier to: Division of the 

Secretariat, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 

504–7479. If you wish to submit 

confidential business information, trade 

secret information, or other sensitive or 

protected information that you do not 

want to be available to the public, you 

may submit such comments by mail, 

hand delivery, or courier, or you may 

email them to: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. CPSC may post all comments 

without change, including any personal 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit through this website: 

confidential business information, trade 

secret information, or other sensitive or 

protected information that you do not 

want to be available to the public. If you 

wish to submit such information, please 

submit it according to the instructions 

for mail/hand delivery/courier/ 

confidential written submissions. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: https://

www.regulations.gov, and insert the 

docket number, CPSC–2014–0011, into 

the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the 

prompts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin K. Lee, Project Manager, Division 

of Engineering Sciences, U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 5 Research 

Place, Rockville, MD 20850; telephone: 

(301) 987–2086; email: klee@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

104(b) of the Consumer Product Safety 

Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) 

requires the Commission to adopt 

mandatory standards for durable infant 

or toddler products. 15 U.S.C. 

2056a(b)(1). Mandatory standards must 

be ‘‘substantially the same as’’ voluntary 

standards, or may be ‘‘more stringent’’ 

than voluntary standards, if the 

Commission determines that more 

stringent requirements would further 

reduce the risk of injury associated with 

the products. Id. Mandatory standards 

may be based, in whole or in part, on 

a voluntary standard. 

Pursuant to section 104(b)(4)(B) of the 

CPSIA, if a voluntary standards 

organization revises a standard that has 

been adopted, in whole or in part, as a 

consumer product safety standard under 

CPSIA section 104, it must notify the 

Commission. The revised voluntary 

standard then shall be considered to be 

a consumer product safety standard 

issued by the Commission under section 

9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act 

(15 U.S.C. 2058), effective 180 days after 

the date on which the organization 

notifies the Commission (or a later date 

specified by the Commission in the 

Federal Register) unless, within 90 days 

after receiving that notice, the 

Commission responds to the 

organization that it has determined that 

the proposed revision does not improve 

the safety of the consumer product 

covered by the standard, and therefore, 

the Commission is retaining its existing 

mandatory consumer product safety 

standard. 15 U.S.C. 2056a(b)(4)(B). 

Under this authority, in 2015 the 

Commission issued a mandatory safety 

rule for frame child carriers. The 

rulemaking created 16 CFR part 1230, 

which incorporated by reference ASTM 

F2549–14a, Standard Consumer Safety 

Specification for Frame Child Carriers. 

80 FR 11121 (Mar. 2, 2015). The 

mandatory standard included 

performance requirements and test 

methods, as well as requirements for 

warning labels and instructions, to 

address hazards to children associated 

with frame child carriers. The voluntary 

standard has not been revised since 

promulgation of the final rule. 

In May 2022, ASTM published a 

revised version of the incorporated 

voluntary standard. On June 6, 2022, 

ASTM notified the Commission that it 

had approved the revised version of the 

voluntary standard. CPSC staff is 

assessing the revised voluntary standard 

to determine, consistent with section 

104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA, its effect on 

the safety of consumer products covered 

by the standard. The Commission 

invites public comment on that question 

to inform Staff’s assessment and any 

subsequent Commission consideration 

of the revisions in ASTM F2549–22.1

The existing voluntary standard and 

the revised voluntary standard are 

available for review in several ways. 

ASTM has provided on its website 

(https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm), at no 

cost, a read-only copy of ASTM F2549– 

22 and a red-lined version that 

identifies the changes made to ASTM 

F2549–14a. Likewise, a read-only copy 

of the existing, incorporated standard is 

available for viewing, at no cost, on the 

ASTM website at: https://

www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/. 

Interested parties can also download 

copies of the standards by purchasing 

them from ASTM International, 100 

Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West 

Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959; phone: 

610–832–9585; https://www.astm.org. 

Alternatively, interested parties can 

schedule an appointment to inspect 

copies of the standards at CPSC’s 

Division of the Secretariat, U.S. 

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 

20814, telephone: 301–504–7479; email: 

cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

Comments must be received by June 

30, 2022. Because of the short statutory 

time frame Congress established for the 

Commission to consider revised 


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