[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 18 (Monday, January 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8725-8726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01934]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Renewal of the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory 
Committee

AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Marine Protected Areas Federal 
Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App 2, and the Federal Advisory Committee 
Management Final Rule, 41 CFR part 102-3, and after consultation with 
the General Services Administration (GSA), the Secretary of Commerce 
has determined that the renewal of the Marine Protected Areas Federal 
Advisory Committee (MPAFAC) is in the public interest in connection 
with the performance of duties imposed on the Department by law. The 
Committee's revised charter is available at http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/fac/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was first established in 2003 
to advise the Secretary of Commerce, through the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and the Secretary of the Interior 
on matters relating to the national system of marine protected areas as 
set forth in Executive Order 13158, Section 4(c) (May 2000).
    The Committee will have a balanced membership consisting of 20 non-
Federal members serving in a

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representative capacity. All members should have expertise in marine 
protected areas; membership may include scientists; resource managers; 
and representatives of conservation organizations, other non-
governmental organizations, and affected interest groups such as 
fishing, ocean industry, and tourism. Each candidate member shall be 
appointed by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, for a non-renewable 
term of four years.
    The Committee will function solely as an advisory body, and in 
compliance with provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
Copies of the Committee's revised Charter have been filed with the 
appropriate committees of the Congress and with the Library of 
Congress. The Committee's revised charter is available at http://www.marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/fac/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauren Wenzel, Designated Federal 
Officer, MPA FAC, National Marine Protected Areas Center, 1305 East 
West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 240-533-0652); 
email: [email protected]; or visit the National MPA Center Web 
site at http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/fac/).

    Dated: January 17, 2017.
John Armor,
Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-01934 Filed 1-27-17; 8:45 am]
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