[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22058-22059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08561]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE479


Endangered Species Act; Public Meeting Addendum

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting, addendum.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of the program review is to ensure that recovery 
program priorities and implementation are aligned with resources and 
mission mandates; enhance and align strategic management of NMFS 
regulatory programs; and provide transparency in the operation of NMFS 
recovery

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program. The purpose of this notice is to provide the final agenda and 
remote access information for the public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday April 19, 2016, through 
Thursday April 21, 2016, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the NOAA Science Center, 1301 
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: 301-713-1010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Therese Conant, NMFS Office of 
Protected Resources, 301-427-8456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, NMFS, announced a public meeting of a 
review of our recovery program under the Endangered Species Act of 
1973, as amended (ESA) on March 4, 2016 (81 FR 11518). Under the ESA, 
section 4(f) requires the Secretary to develop and implement recovery 
plans for the conservation and survival of endangered and threatened 
species. Those recovery plans must include objective, measurable 
criteria which, when met, would lead to a determination that the 
species be removed from the list, site-specific management actions 
necessary to achieve the plan's goal for the conservation of the 
species, and estimates of the time and costs to carry out the measures 
identified in the plan.
    We currently have final recovery plans for 47 species and draft 
recovery plans for five species. Recovery plans are not started or are 
under development for 39 species. The objective of the recovery program 
review is to determine if the current recovery planning process results 
in recovery plans that are effective roadmaps for recovering the 
species as evidenced by whether the plans are being implemented by NMFS 
and stakeholders, resulting in progress towards meeting the recovery 
criteria so that the species may be delisted. This review will 
evaluate, within the context of current budget constraints, the 
efficacy of the recovery planning process, including the quality of the 
recovery plans, the implementation of recovery actions, and the 
monitoring of recovery progress. This review will provide 
recommendations to improve recovery plans and the recovery planning and 
implementation process to increase the likelihood of recovering 
species.
    The meeting is open to the public all day, and the public will have 
an opportunity to provide verbal or written comments in one-hour 
sessions each day. See agenda for remote access information and timing 
for public comments at under Recent News and Hot Topics at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

    Dated: April 8, 2016.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-08561 Filed 4-13-16; 8:45 am]
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