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Agenda 

Monday, October 2, 2017; 8:30 a.m.– 

5:30 p.m. 

The Gulf SEDAR Management 

Committee will review the SEDAR 

Steering Committee Summary and the 

SEDAR schedule. The Spiny Lobster 

Management Committee will review a 

draft Options Paper of Spiny Lobster 

Amendment 13. The Joint Coral/Habitat 

Protection & Restoration Management 

Committee will review a summary of 

the Southeast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative 

and review a Public Hearing draft of 

Coral Amendment 9. The Sustainable 

Fisheries Management Committee will 

review Options Paper—Draft 

Modifications to the Sea Turtle Release 

Protocol and Gear for the Reef Fish 

Fishery and review Options Paper— 

Framework Action to Require either 

Descending Devices or Venting Tools on 

board Vessels Possessing Reef Fish. The 

Committee will have a discussion on 

Dead Zone Regarding the RESTORE Act 

Activities and receive a presentation on 

Proposed Lionfish Gear and 

Modification to the List of Allowable 

Gears. At 4:15 p.m. a CLOSED SESSION 

of the Full Council will convene to 

discuss appointments to the Ad Hoc 

Red Snapper and Grouper-Tilefish 

Advisory Panel. 

Tuesday, October 3, 2017; 8:30 a.m.– 

5:30 p.m. 

The Reef Fish Management 

Committee will take final action on 

Framework Action—Greater Amberjack 

Fishing Year and Recreational Closed 

Season. The Committee will review 

draft Amendment 41—Allocation-based 

Management for Federally Permitted 

Charter Vessels and Final Action on 

Referendum Eligibility Requirements; 

review draft Amendment 42—Reef Fish 

Management for Headboat Survey 

Vessels and Final Action Referendum 

Eligibility Requirements; and, review 

draft papers for State Management of 

Recreational Red Snapper. The 

Committee will discuss the joint 

SAFMC/GMFMC Management of 

Yellowtail Snapper. The Reef Fish 

Management Committee will receive 

NMFS response regarding referendum 

requirements for auctions; and discuss 

for-hire Reef Fish Permit transfers. The 

Committee will review Grouper-Tilefish 

IFQ Program 5-Year Review Surveys. 

Wednesday, October 4, 2017; 8:30 a.m.– 

5 p.m. 

The Full Council will convene with 

Call to Order, Announcements, and 

Introductions; Adoption of Agenda and 

Approval of Minutes; Induction of New 

Council Members; Announcement of 

2016 Law Enforcement Officer of the 

Year Award; and review of Exempted 

Fishing Permit (EFPs) Applications, if 

any. The Council will receive a 

presentation from Mississippi Law 

Enforcement and a presentation on Gulf 

of Mexico Annual Catch Limits 

Landings. After lunch the Council will 

receive public testimony from 12:30 

p.m. until 5 p.m. on Agenda Testimony 

items: Final Action on Framework 

Action: Greater Amberjack Fishing Year 

and Recreational Closed Season, Final 

Action on Referendum Eligibility 

Requirements for Reef Fish Amendment 

41, Final Action on Referendum 

Eligibility Requirements for Reef Fish 

Amendment 42; and, hold an open 

public testimony period regarding any 

other fishery issues or concern. Anyone 

wishing to speak during public 

comment should sign in at the 

registration station located at the 

entrance to the meeting room. 

Thursday, October 5, 2017; 8:30 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

Full Council will receive committee 

reports from Gulf SEDAR, Spiny 

Lobster, Sustainable Fisheries, Joint 

Coral/Habitat Protection & Restoration 

Management Committees, and Reef 

Fish; and, vote on Exempted Fishing 

Permit (EFP) applications, if any. The 

Council will receive updates from the 

following supporting agencies: South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Gulf States Marine Fisheries 

Commission; U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service; and, the 

Department of State. The Council will 

conduct the election of Chair and ViceChair. 

Lastly, the Council will discuss any 

Other Business items. 

Meeting Adjourns 

The timing and order in which agenda 

items are addressed may change as 

required to effectively address the issue. 

The latest version will be posted on the 

Council’s file server, which can be 

accessed by going to the Council’s Web 

site at http://www.gulfcouncil.org and 

clicking on FTP Server under Quick 

Links. For meeting materials, go to the 

Gulf Council Web site or Gulf Council 

file server and select the ‘‘Briefing 

Books/Briefing Book 2017–10’’ folder. 

The username and password are both 

‘‘gulfguest’’. The meetings will be 

webcast over the internet. A link to the 

webcast is available here, https://

register.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

7940774515962140419. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subjects of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kathy Pereira (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: September 12, 2017. 

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–XF689 

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 

Habitat Committee 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 

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Fairfield Inn and Suites, 185 

MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA 

02740; phone: (774) 634–2000. 

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 Habitat Committee will be briefed 

on offshore wind projects in various 

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1Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 

2012, Public Law 112–96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012) (Act) 

(codified at 47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.). 

2 47 U.S.C. 1424, 1426(b)(1). 

3 47 U.S.C. 1426(b)(1)(A)–(D). 

4 47 U.S.C. 1442(a). 

5 47 U.S.C. 1422(b)(2)(B). 

stages of planning and development. 

This agenda item will include 

presentations from various companies 

as well as BOEM staff, and time for 

questions and discussion. The 

committee plans to discuss 2018 

Council priorities related to habitat and 

recommend specific priorities to the 

Council. They will also review recent 

Plan Development Team (PDT) activity 

related to the Deep-Sea Coral 

Amendment, with a focus on 

development and analysis of broad zone 

Option 7 as discussed at the June 2017 

Council meeting. Provide guidance for 

additional work. The committee will 

review recent PDT activity related to the 

Clam Dredge Framework. Provide 

guidance for development of 

management alternatives using updated 

habitat and clam survey data. They also 

plan to discuss if there are any habitatrelated fishery regulations 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 may be discussed as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Action 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. 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. Consistent with 16 

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

available upon request. 

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

Dated: September 12, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Information 

Collection; Comment Request; State 

and Local Implementation Grant 

Program 2.0 Reporting Requirements 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before November 14, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, (202) 482– 

0336, Department of Commerce, Room 

6612, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via email at 

PRAcomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instruments and instructions should be 

sent to Michael Dame, Program Director, 

State and Local Implementation Grant 

Program, National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4078, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via email at 

mdame@ntia.doc.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

In February 2012, the Middle Class 

Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 

(Act) was enacted.1 The Act meets a 

long-standing national priority and 

infrastructure need to create a single, 

interoperable, nationwide public safety 

broadband network (NPSBN) that allows 

law enforcement officers, fire fighters, 

emergency medical service 

professionals, and other public safety 

officials to effectively communicate 

with each other across agencies and 

jurisdictions. Public safety responders 

have long been hindered in their ability 

to respond in a crisis situation because 

of incompatible communications 

networks and often outdated 

communications equipment. Therefore, 

the design and deployment of this 

NPSBN established by the Act is critical 

to provide emergency responders the 

ability to communicate on a secure, 

reliable, and dedicated interoperable 

network during emergencies and to use 

technology to improve response time, 

keep communities safe, and save lives. 

The Act established the First 

Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) 

as an independent authority within the 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration (NTIA) and 

authorized it to take all actions 

necessary to ensure the design, 

construction, and operation of a 

nationwide NPSBN, based on a single, 

national network architecture.2

FirstNet’s responsibilities are, at a 

minimum, to ensure nationwide 

standards for the use of and access to 

the network; issue open, transparent, 

and competitive requests for proposals 

(RFPs) to build, operate, and maintain 

the network; encourage these RFPs to 

leverage, to the maximum extent 

economically desirable, existing 

commercial wireless infrastructure to 

speed deployment of the network; and 

oversee contracts with non-federal 

entities to build, operate, and maintain 

the network.3

The Act also charged NTIA with 

establishing a grant program, the State 

and Local Implementation Grant 

Program (SLIGP), to assist state, 

regional, tribal, and local jurisdictions 

with identifying, planning, and 

implementing the most efficient and 

effective means to use and integrate the 

infrastructure, equipment, and other 

architecture associated with the NPSBN 

to satisfy the wireless broadband and 

data services needs of their 

jurisdictions.4 NTIA awarded an initial 

$116.5 million in grant funds to 54 state 

and territorial recipients between July 

2013 and June 2014. 

The Act’s framework contemplates 

that FirstNet closely coordinates its 

activities with state, regional, tribal, and 

local governments and imposed a 

statutory requirement that FirstNet 

consult with these entities as it takes all 

actions necessary to build, deploy, and 

operate the NPSBN.5 Specifically, the 

Act requires FirstNet to consult with 

state, regional, tribal, and local 

governments about the distribution and 

expenditure of any amounts required to 

carry out its responsibilities to plan, 

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