40566 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 164 / Friday, August 25, 2017 / Notices 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 12 to Friday, 

September 15, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Alaska Fishery Science Center 

Traynor Room 2076 and NMML Room 

2079, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., 

Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Stram or Jim Armstrong, Council 

staff; telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Tuesday, September 12 to Friday 

September 15, 2017 

The Plan Teams will review the 

preliminary stock assessments for 

Groundfish and receive reports 

including but not limited to: 2017 

Survey Estimates, CIE Reviews for GOA 

Pollock and BSAI Flatfish, and the 

Economic Stock Assessment and 

Fishery Evaluation (SAFE). 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

http://www.npfmc.org. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Shannon Gleason 

at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 working 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: August 22, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18059 Filed 8–24–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF637 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its Skate 

Advisory Panel 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 meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 9:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 Post 

Road, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: 

(401) 739–3000. 

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 committee will discuss Plan 

Development Team analysis and draft 

Framework Adjustment 5 (FW 5) 

alternatives including updated status 

determinations for the Northeast Skate 

Complex, recommendations for the 

Skate Allowable Biological Catch (ABC), 

associated possession limits, and 

allowing the landing of barndoor skate 

as well as select preferred alternatives 

for FW 5. They will also discuss PDT 

analyses of limited access in the 

Northeast Skate FMP and 

recommendations for the Committee to 

consider for 2018 priorities for the 

Northeast Skate Complex FMP. The 

Council is scheduled to have an initial 

discussion of potential 2018 priorities at 

the September Council meeting. The 

committee discuss if there are any 

regulations in the Northeast Skate 

Complex FMP that could be eliminated, 

improved, or streamlined. Several 

recent Executive Orders have been 

issued about streamlining current 

regulations, and NOAA is seeking 

public input on the efficiency and 

effectiveness of current regulations and 

whether they can be improved. Other 

business will be discussed as necessary. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. This meeting 

will be recorded. Consistent with 16 

U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 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: August 22, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18049 Filed 8–24–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Membership of the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration 

Performance Review Board 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of Membership of the 

NOAA Performance Review Board. 

SUMMARY: NOAA announces the 

appointment of members who will serve 

on the NOAA Performance Review 

Board (PRB). The NOAA PRB is 

responsible for reviewing performance 

appraisals and ratings of Senior 

Executive Service (SES), Senior Level 

(SL), and Scientific and Professional 

(ST) members and making written 

recommendations to the appointing 

authority on retention and 

compensation matters, including 

performance-based pay adjustments, 

awarding of bonuses, and reviewing 

recommendations for potential 

Presidential Rank Award nominees. The 

appointment of members to the NOAA 

PRB will be for a period of two (2) years. 

DATES: The effective date of service of 

the eight appointees to the NOAA 

Performance Review Board is September 

30, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Triem, Director, Executive 

Resources Division, Workforce 

Management Office, NOAA, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910, (301) 713–6374. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

names and positions of the members for 

the 2017 NOAA PRB are set forth below: 

• RDML Anita L. Lopez, Chair: Deputy 

Director for Operations, OMAO and 

Deputy Director, NOAA Corps, Office 

of Marine and Aviation Operations 

• Christopher Cartwright, Co-Chair: 

Director, Budget Office, Office of the 

Chief Financial Officer 

• Gordon T. Alston: Director, Financial 

Reporting And Internal Controls, U.S. 

Department of Commerce 

• Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder, Senior Science 

Advisor to the Under Secretary of 

Commerce for Standards and 

Technology, U.S. Department of 

Commerce 


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