[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 53384-53385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21416]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 226
RIN 0648-XD415
Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical
Habitat for Steller Sea Lions; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Amended notice of public meeting; notice of second public
meeting; request for information.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a change in a public meeting that
NMFS will host to elicit scientific information related to the
designation of Steller sea
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lion critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). To
accommodate participation by individuals who cannot attend the meeting
in person, NMFS will make the meeting available via a webinar. NMFS
will also host a second public meeting to elicit scientific information
related to the designation of Steller sea lion critical habitat and
will accept written submissions of relevant scientific information.
DATES: The first meeting will be held September 22, 2014, from 9 a.m.-5
p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Statements of interest and abstracts were
due by 5 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on August 29, 2014 to be considered
for presentation during this meeting. The second meeting will be held
October 8, 2014, from 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time.
Statements of interest and abstracts for the second meeting must be
received by 5 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on September 22, 2014 to be
considered for presentation during the second meeting. Written
scientific material relevant to Steller sea lion critical habitat must
be received by 8:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on October 8, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit statements of interest in making a
presentation and abstracts, and/or relevant scientific information NMFS
should consider, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2014-0096, by either of the
following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic statements of
interest in making a presentation and abstracts, and all electronic
scientific material relevant to Steller sea lion critical habitat, via
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2014-0096, click the ``Comment Now!'' icon,
complete the required fields, and enter or attach your statement of
interest in making a presentation and your abstract, your relevant
scientific information, or both. If you are interested in making a
presentation, please indicate whether you would like to present at the
meeting on September 22, 2014 or the meeting on October 8, 2014.
Mail: Submit written statements of interest in making a
presentation and abstracts, and any written scientific information
relevant to Steller sea lion critical habitat, to Jon Kurland,
Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources, Alaska
Region, NMFS, Attn: Ellen Sebastian, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668. Statements of interest in making a presentation, abstracts, and
scientific information sent by any other method, to any other address
or individual, or received after the end of the submission period, may
not be considered by NMFS. All materials received are part of the
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Lisa Rotterman, 907-271-1692
([email protected]); or for webinar-specific assistance, contact
Frank Kikuchi, 206-526-4097 ([email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
NMFS published notice of the September 22, 2014 meeting in the
Federal Register on August 8, 2014 (79 FR 46392) and solicited
statements of interest in making a presentation and abstracts.
Subsequently NMFS received inquiries from members of the public about
whether NMFS would provide alternative ways to participate. NMFS is
therefore amending the original notice to accommodate participation by
individuals who cannot attend the first meeting in person and to
provide notice that we will hold a second meeting to elicit scientific
input relevant to Steller sea lion critical habitat. NMFS will make the
first meeting available via a webinar and will accept written
submissions of relevant scientific information.
The purpose of these two meetings is to elicit scientific
information related to the designation of Steller sea lion critical
habitat under the ESA. NMFS will provide future opportunity to comment
on the essential features and geographic limits of critical habitat
when NMFS issues a proposed rule.
The first meeting will be held on September 22, 2014 at the NMFS
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building 4,
Seattle, WA 98115, in the Jim Traynor Conference Room. NMFS will make
this meeting available by webinar. Pertinent information about this
webinar is as follows:
Title: WebEx-NMML,''External Scientific Info Relevant to Steller
Sea Lion Critical Habitat''
Date: Monday, September 22, 2014
Time: 9 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
Meeting Number: 574 272 234
Meeting Password: StellerCH123
1. Go to: https://akfsc.webex.com/akfsc/j.php?MTID=m87ec74d026591a898b03008b80e39ac8
2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password:
StellerCH123
4. Click ``Join''.
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
To view in other time zones or languages, please click the
link:https://akfsc.webex.com/akfsc/j.php?MTID=m09ae534ff16a15a7c51cdca7d0769197
To join the audio conference only:
1. Call the teleconference number: 1-877-953-3919
Participant Passcode: 5944500
For webinar assistance:
1. Go to https://akfsc.webex.com/akfsc/mc.
2. On the left navigation bar, click ``Support''.
The second meeting will be held on October 8, 2014 at the Hilton
Anchorage, 500 W. 3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK, 99501.
Arrangements for Foreign Nationals
Individuals wishing to attend the meeting on September 22, 2014 who
are not citizens of the United States must make prior arrangements to
be permitted entrance to the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (see
ADDRESSES). Requests for such arrangements should be directed to
Jennifer Ferdinand by email at [email protected] by September
8, 2014.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids for the meeting on September 22, 2014 should be directed
to Jennifer Ferdinand, (206) 526-4076, at least 5 working days prior to
the meeting date. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids for the meeting on October 8, 2014 should be directed to
Dr. Lisa Rotterman, (907) 271-1692, at least 5 working days prior to
the meeting date.
Dated: September 4, 2014.
Perry F. Gayaldo,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-21416 Filed 9-8-14; 8:45 am]
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