39804 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 5, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC098] 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Outreach and Education Advisory Panel 

(OEAP) will hold a hybrid public 

meeting to discuss the items contained 

in the agenda in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The OEAP hybrid public meeting 

will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 

2022, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. AST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Courtyard by Marriott Isla Verde 

Beach Resort, 7012 Boca de Cangrejos 

Avenue, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00979. 

You may join the OEAP hybrid public 

meeting (via Zoom) from a computer, 

tablet or smartphone by entering the 

following address: 

OEAP Zoom Meeting: 

Topic: OEAP. 

Time: This is a recurring meeting 

meet anytime. 

Join Zoom Meeting: https://

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Meeting ID: 840 3998 6774. 

Passcode: 179728. 

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Meeting ID: 840 3998 6774. 

Passcode: 179728. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Martino; telephone: (787) 226– 

8849; Caribbean Fishery Management 

Council, 270 Mun ̃ oz Rivera Avenue, 

Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918– 

1903. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

July 27, 2022 

9:30 a.m.–9:45 a.m. 

—Call to Order 

—Adoption of Agenda 

9:45 a.m.–10:15 a.m. 

—OEAP Chairperson’s Report 

—Updates: 

—Meetings and Webinars Attended: 

NOAA Caribbean, FEP–TAP, DAPs, 

CFMC Meeting 

—Recipe Book 

—Illustrated Booklets on Ecosystem 

Based Fishery Management (EBFM) 

and U.S. Caribbean MPAs 

—MREP update 

—Update status of O & E products 

Approved by the CFMC: Bulletin 

boards with Fisheries Information for 

Fish Markets/Restaurants and Signs 

on MPAs, St. Croix MPAs Poster and 

Fact Sheet. 

10:15 a.m.–10:20 a.m. 

—Break 

10:20 a.m.–11 a.m. 

—Status of Fishery Ecosystem Plan 

(FEP)—Update 

—Outreach and Education Strategies 

Needed 

—OEAP Recommendations 

11 a.m.–12 p.m. 

—Island-Based Fishery Management 

Plans Update 

12 p.m.–1 p.m. 

—Lunch 

1 p.m.–5 p.m. 

—OEAP Recommendation for Outreach 

Strategies on IBFMPs for Puerto Rico, 

St. Thomas/St. John, and St. Croix, 

USVI 

—Liaisons Recommendations 

—Liaisons Reports: 

—Wilson Santiago/Puerto Rico 

—Nicole Greaux/St. Thomas/St. John, 

USVI 

—Mavel Maldonado/St. Croix, USVI 

—CFMC Facebook, Instagram and 

YouTube Communications with 

Stakeholders 

—Other Business 

The order of business may be adjusted 

as necessary to accommodate the 

completion of agenda items. The 

meeting will begin on July 27, 2022 at 

9:30 a.m., and will end on July 27, 2022, 

at 5 p.m. Other than the start time, 

interested parties should be aware that 

discussions may start earlier or later 

than indicated. In addition, the meeting 

may be extended from, or completed 

prior to the date established in this 

notice. 

Special Accommodations 

For any additional information on this 

public virtual meeting, please contact 

Diana Martino, Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council, 270 Mun ̃ oz 

Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, 

Puerto Rico, 00918–1903, telephone: 

(787) 226–8849. 

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

Dated: June 29, 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 

RIN 0648–XC120 

Request for Public Comment on a 

Supplemental Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement Regarding the 

Makah Tribe’s Request To Hunt 

Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this 

notice announces that NMFS has 

prepared a Supplemental Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SDEIS) to supplement information in 

the 2015 Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) on the Makah Tribe’s 

request that NMFS waive the take 

moratorium of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA) to allow for 

treaty right hunting of eastern North 

Pacific (ENP) gray whales in usual and 

accustomed grounds off the coast of 

Washington State. The SDEIS considers 

a composite action alternative, which is 

composed of elements from the five 

action alternatives already analyzed in 

the DEIS, and provides recent updates 

on the affected environment and the 

environmental impacts associated with 

the composite alternative. NMFS is 

requesting written comments on the 

SDEIS to assist NMFS with its final 

decision on the Tribe’s request. 

DATES: Written or electronic comments 

from all interested parties are 

encouraged and must be received no 

later than 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time 

on August 15, 2022. All comments and 

material received, including names and 

addresses, will become part of the 


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administrative record and may be 

released to the public. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by NOAA–NMFS–2012– 

0104–0454, by any of the following 

methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal https://

www.regulations.gov. 

—OR— 

Email: Submit electronic public 

comments via the following NMFS 

email address: makah2022sdeis.wcr@

noaa.gov. 

—OR— 

Mail: Submit written comments to: 

Grace Ferrara, NMFS West Coast 

Region, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, 

Seattle, WA 98115. 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to https://

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter N/A in the required 

fields, if you wish to remain 

anonymous). You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or 

Adobe PDF file formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Grace Ferrara, NMFS Northwest Region, 

(206) 526–6172, makah2022sdeis.wcr@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SDEIS 

is available in electronic form on the 

internet at the following address: 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/westcoast/marine-mammal-protection/ 

makah-tribal-whale-hunt. In addition, 

copies of the SDEIS are available on CD 

by contacting Grace Ferrara (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Background 

On July 1, 2022, the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

announced the availability of NMFS’ 

SDEIS concerning the Makah Indian 

Tribe’s February 2005 request to resume 

limited hunting of ENP gray whales in 

the coastal portion of the Tribe’s usual 

and accustomed fishing grounds, off the 

coast of Washington State, for 

ceremonial and subsistence purposes. 

Informed by information received 

during public scoping and public 

comments on a DEIS released on March 

13, 2015 (80 FR 13373), this SDEIS 

contains updates and evaluates a 

composite alternative composed of 

elements of the alternatives analyzed in 

the 2015 DEIS. The SDEIS also 

incorporates information presented at a 

5-day hearing on this matter, held before 

an administrative law judge (ALJ) in 

November 2019, as well as 

recommendations provided in the ALJ’s 

Recommended Decision. The Tribe’s 

proposed action stems from the 1855 

Treaty of Neah Bay, which expressly 

secures the Makah Tribe’s right to hunt 

whales. To exercise that right, the Tribe 

is seeking authorization from NMFS 

under the MMPA and the Whaling 

Convention Act. The release of this 

SDEIS is one of several steps NMFS will 

undertake to evaluate the Tribe’s 

request. 

The SDEIS, prepared pursuant to the 

NEPA, separately evaluates an 

additional action alternative that was 

derived from other action alternatives 

analyzed in the DEIS and the ALJ’s 

recommended decision. It also provides 

recent updates on the affected 

environment and the environmental 

impacts associated with NMFS’ 

proposed hunt plan as set forth in the 

new composite alternative. The 

composite alternative—identified in the 

SDEIS as the Preferred Alternative— 

includes many of the same principal 

components of the other action 

alternatives, including: restrictions on 

the time when whale hunting would 

occur; annual limits on the number of 

whales harvested, struck, and struck 

and lost; cessation of whale hunting if 

a predetermined number of identified 

whales (i.e., whales included in a 

photographic catalog of whales from the 

Pacific Coast Feeding Group area) were 

harvested; and the method of hunting. 

The Preferred Alternative also limits the 

duration of the waiver period to ten 

years. This SDEIS addresses a number of 

resources identified for review during 

both internal and public scoping for the 

DEIS, including: water quality, marine 

habitat and species, eastern and western 

North Pacific gray whales, other wildlife 

species, economics, environmental 

justice, social environment, cultural 

resources, ceremonial and subsistence 

resources, noise, aesthetics, 

transportation, public services, public 

safety, and human health. 

The SDEIS provides an important 

opportunity for the public to formally 

comment on the preferred alternative. 

These comments, in conjunction with 

considerations described in the DEIS 

and SDEIS, will provide key 

information to assist NMFS with its 

final decision on the Tribe’s request. 

Authority: The environmental review 

of the Makah Tribe’s request to resume 

treaty-based hunting of ENP gray whales 

will be conducted under the authority 

and in accordance with the 

requirements of the NEPA of 1969 as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), 

the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361–1421h), 

other applicable Federal laws and 

regulations, and policies and procedures 

of NMFS for compliance with those 

regulations. 

Dated: June 29, 2022. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC150] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (MAFMC) 

Bluefish Monitoring Committee (MC) 

will hold a public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, July 27, 2022, from 9 a.m. 

to 12 p.m. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. Webinar connection, 

agenda items, and any additional 

information will be available at 

www.mafmc.org/council-events. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their 

website at www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is for the 

Monitoring Committee to review 2023 

commercial and recreational 

management measures and recommend 

any changes if necessary. To inform 

their recommendations, the MC will 

review recent catch and landings 

information, the Fishery Performance 

Report developed by the Advisory 


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