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TABLE 1—EFP APPLICATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR ISSUANCE BY THE PFMC—Continued 

PFMC recommended EFPs 

Name Date of council recommendation Number of 

vessels 

Haworth, David & Arthur Lorton ................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 3 

Ball, Bob ....................................................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Ford, John .................................................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Graves, Michael ........................................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Kennedy, Raymond ...................................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Massen, Lance ............................................................................................................. June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Selck, Dustin ................................................................................................................ June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Shvets, Anatolii ............................................................................................................. June 2017 ................................................. 2 

Sidielnikov, Andrii ......................................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Spinale, Paul ................................................................................................................ June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Stephens, J & B ........................................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 2 

Linked Buoy Gear Applicants 

Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research ............................................................... March 2017 ............................................... 3 

Haworth, David & Arthur Lorton ................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 3 

TABLE 2—EFP APPLICATIONS THAT THE PFMC HAS YET TO RECOMMEND FOR ISSUANCE

Submitted EFPs 

Name Date of submission Number of 

vessels 

Deep-Set Buoy Gear Applicants 

Lutoshkin, A .................................................................................................................. June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Maassen, L ................................................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Masuda, S .................................................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 1 

McCarthy, M ................................................................................................................. June 2017 ................................................. 2 

Rynkevic, R .................................................................................................................. June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Sokolova, T .................................................................................................................. June 2017 ................................................. 1 

Sviridov, V .................................................................................................................... June 2017 ................................................. 1 

In March 2017, the Council also 

recommended that in addition to 

current terms and conditions on issued 

EFPs, NMFS also impose the following 

stipulations: 

1. Require 100 percent observer 

coverage for the first ten sets of new EFP 

participants (a set is defined as 10 

pieces of buoy gear soaked for at least 

eight hours). Once attained, observer 

coverage may be reduced to 30 percent 

of fishing days; 

2. Prohibit vessels from being more 

than three nautical miles from any piece 

of gear; 

3. Require proper maintenance of 

configured gear in accordance with their 

EFP; and 

4. Require each piece of DSBG and the 

terminal ends of LBG to be marked with 

a radar reflector and flag, and require 

buoys to be marked with the fishing 

vessel’s official number. 

NMFS considers the Council’s 

recommendations for additional 

conditions to apply to all issued and 

proposed DSBG and LBG EFPs. NMFS 

is also requesting public comment on 

the Council’s recommendations for 

additional terms and conditions for the 

requested EFPs. 

NMFS will consider all public 

comments submitted in response to this 

Federal Register Notice prior to 

issuance of any EFP mentioned within 

this Notice. Additionally, NMFS will 

analyze the effects of issuing EFPs in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act and NOAA’s 

Administrative Order 216–6, as well as 

ensure compliance with other 

applicable laws, including Section 

7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act 

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), which requires 

the agency to insure that the proposed 

action is not likely to jeopardize the 

continued existence of any endangered 

or threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. 

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

Dated: August 23, 2017. 

Margo B. Schulze-Haugen, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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National Estuarine Research Reserve 

System 

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, 

National Ocean Service, National 

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ACTION: Notice of Public Comment 

Period for the Jobos Bay National 

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Management Plan revision. 

Notice is hereby given that the Office 

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Department of Commerce is announcing 

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Reserve revised plan will replace the 

plan approved in 2000. 

The revised management plan 

outlines the administrative structure; 

the research/monitoring, stewardship, 

education, and training programs and 

priorities of the reserve; plans for a 

proposed boundary expansion through 

future land acquisition; and facility 

development priorities to support 

reserve operations. 

The Jobos Bay Reserve takes an 

integrated approach to management, 

linking research and education, coastal 

training, and stewardship functions. 

The Puerto Rico Department of Natural 

and Environmental Resources 

(PRDNER) has outlined how it will 

administer the reserve and its core 

programs by providing detailed actions 

that will enable it to accomplish specific 

goals and objectives. Since the last 

management plan, the reserve has: 

Developed core programs; expanded 

monitoring programs within Jobos Bay 

and its watershed; expanded its dorm, 

and remodeled the historic train depot 

and visitor center; conducted training 

workshops; implemented K–12 

education programs; and built new and 

innovative partnerships with local, 

Commonwealth, and U.S. organizations 

and universities. 

The total number of acres within the 

boundary is 2800 acres, which is a slight 

modification of the original 2883 acres 

identified in the previous management 

plan. The revised acreage is a result of 

survey contracted by the PRDNER to 

clarify the boundary. The revised 

management plan will serve as the 

guiding document for the Jobos Bay 

Reserve for the next five years. 

View the Jobos Bay Reserve 

Management Plan revision at (http://

drna.pr.gov/jbnerr/) and provide 

comments to the Reserve’s Manager, 

Aitza Pabon (apabon@drna.pr.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nina Garfield at (240) 533–0817 or Erica 

Seiden at (240) 533–0781 of NOAA’s 

Office for Coastal Management, 1305 

East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th 

floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Dated: August 21, 2017. 

Paul M. Scholz, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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RAN. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

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section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

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and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: August 23, 2017. 

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