[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2243-2244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00692]


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MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION


Notice of Public Meetings in Alaska

AGENCY: Marine Mammal Commission.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Marine Mammal Commission (Commission) will hold a series 
of public meetings pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act and 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act in various locations in Alaska from 
February 3-February 11, 2016. This notice announces the date, time, and 
location of the public meetings.

DATES: Four public meetings will be held: February 3, 2016, 3 p.m.-5 
p.m. (Barrow, AK); February, 5, 2016, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. (Kotzebue, AK); 
February 9, 2016, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Nome, AK); February 11, 2016, 8 a.m.-1 
p.m. (Anchorage, AK).

ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be held at the following locations: 
February 3, 2016, Inupiat Heritage Center, 5421 North Star Street, 
Barrow, AK 99723; February 5, 2016, Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly 
Room, 163 Lagoon St, Kotzebue, AK 99752; February 9, 2016, University 
of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus, 400 East Front Street, Nome, AK 
99762, Main Building, Nagozruk Conference Room; February 11, 2016, 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Anchorage, 
AK 99503. The Anchorage meeting will also be accessible via webinar. 
Information for accessing the webinar will be posted at www.mmc.gov at 
least one week before the Anchorage meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Leandro, Program Specialist, 
Marine Mammal Commission, 301-504-0087, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Marine Mammal Commission (Commission) 
will meet in Barrow, Kotzebue, and Nome to solicit information from 
these communities and surrounding Native villages regarding 
environmental changes being observed in these areas, changes in the 
availability of marine mammals for subsistence and handicraft purposes, 
and Alaska Native concerns regarding marine mammal and related issues 
in general. All of these meetings will be open to the public.
    Following these meetings, the Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals will meet in Anchorage, and via 
webinar, to review the information and views provided at the other 
public meetings and discuss possible actions by the Commission. This 
meeting will be open to attendance by the public. The public may also 
participate in the Anchorage meeting via webinar. The meeting will 
include an opportunity for comments by the public. Detailed

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information on how to access and participate in the webinar will be 
posted on the Commission's Web site (www.mmc.gov) at least one week in 
advance of the meeting.
    These meetings are designed to further implementation of the 
Commission's Strategic Plan, which recognizes that the Arctic warrants 
special attention because its marine mammals, ecosystems, and marine 
mammal dependent coastal communities are being impacted profoundly by 
climate change. The Commission's focus on Alaska and the Arctic 
includes current work to promote effective consultation procedures 
between Alaska Native Tribes and federal agencies, efforts to improve 
understanding of the cumulative impacts of climate change and human 
activities on Arctic marine mammals, and engagement in domestic and 
international science and management programs for polar bears, walrus, 
ice seals, and beluga and bowhead whales.
    A proposed agenda for the Anchorage meeting is posted on the 
Commission's Web site at www.mmc.gov, and may be subject to change 
based on the information provided by participants during the Barrow, 
Kotzebue, and Nome meetings.
    Additional information about the Marine Mammal Commission, the 
Alaska meetings, and documents related to the Commission's 
consultations with Native communities can be found at www.mmc.gov.

    Dated: January 11, 2016.
Rebecca J. Lent,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-00692 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am]
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