[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48913-48914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20069]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Establishing an Advisory Council Pursuant to the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act and Solicitation for Applications for the Proposed Lake
Ontario National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of solicitation.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NOAA is establishing a national
marine sanctuary advisory council for the proposed sanctuary in eastern
Lake Ontario. The council will provide advice and recommendations to
ONMS regarding the sanctuary's designation. ONMS is soliciting
applications to fill seats on the Proposed Lake Ontario National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council. This notice contains web page links and
contact information for the Proposed Lake Ontario National Marine
Sanctuary and application materials to apply for the newly established
advisory council.
DATES: Applications for membership on the Proposed Lake Ontario
Sanctuary Advisory Council need to be received by November 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: For further information contact: Ellen Brody, Great Lakes
Regional Coordinator, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 4840
South State Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48108, or call 734-741-2270, or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 315 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) (16
U.S.C. 1445a) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to establish
advisory councils to advise and make recommendations regarding the
designation and management of national marine sanctuaries. ONMS is
establishing a new sanctuary advisory council for the proposed national
marine sanctuary in Lake Ontario to serve as a liaison with the local
community and provide guidance and advice to ONMS regarding the
designation. The advisory council for the proposed sanctuary in Lake
Ontario was not established when ONMS published its annual announcement
in May 2019 that was advertising to fill vacant seats on the other 14
councils (84 FR 24758, May 29, 2019). Therefore, ONMS is adding the new
advisory council to the list of sites with open vacancies and
announcing that it is soliciting applications to fill the council's
seats. Applications are due November 1, 2019.
II. Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS)
ONMS serves as the trustee for a network of underwater parks
encompassing more than 600,000 square miles of marine and Great Lakes
waters from Washington state to the Florida Keys, and from Lake Huron
to American Samoa. The network includes a system of 14 national marine
sanctuaries and the Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea and Rose Atoll marine
national monuments. National marine sanctuaries protect our nation's
most vital coastal and marine natural and cultural resources, and
through active research, management, and public engagement, sustain
healthy environments that are the foundation for thriving communities
and stable economies.
One of the many ways ONMS ensures public participation in the
designation and management of national marine sanctuaries is through
the formation of advisory councils. Advisory councils are community-
based groups established to provide advice and recommendations to ONMS
on issues including management and science, as well as to serve as
liaisons between their constituents in the community and the site.
Pursuant to Section 315(a) of the NMSA, advisory councils are exempt
from the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Additional
information on ONMS and its advisory councils can be found at http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov.
III. Advisory Council Membership
Under Section 315 of the NMSA, advisory council members may be
appointed from among: (1) Persons employed by federal or state agencies
with expertise in natural resources management; (2) members of relevant
regional fishery management councils; and (3) representatives of local
user groups, conservation and other public interest organizations,
scientific organizations, educational organizations, or others
interested in the protection and multiple use management of sanctuary
resources (16 U.S.C. 1445 a(b)).
The charter for each advisory council defines the number and type
of seats and positions on the council. The advisory council charter for
the proposed national marine sanctuary in eastern Lake Ontario
identifies the following initial, non-governmental voting seat types:
Divers/dive clubs/shipwreck exploration; education; maritime history
and interpretation; tourism; economic development; recreational
fishing; recreational boating; shoreline property owner; and citizen-
at-large. Initially, the council will also have non-voting seats for
government agencies. Input from federally recognized tribes will be
received through direct government-to-government consultation, pursuant
to NOAA's Policy on Government-to-Government Consultation with
Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations (NAO
218-8, December 19, 2018).
For each of the existing advisory councils, applicants are chosen
based upon their particular expertise and experience in relation to the
seat for
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which they are applying; community and professional affiliations; views
regarding the protection and management of marine or Great Lakes
resources; and possibly the length of residence in the area affected by
the site. Council members and alternates for the Proposed Lake Ontario
National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council serve three-year terms, as
reflected in the signed charter.
More information on advisory council membership and processes, and
materials related to the purpose, policies, and operational
requirements for advisory councils can be found in the charter for a
particular advisory council (http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/council_charters.html) and the National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council Implementation Handbook (http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/acref.html). For more information about the new advisory
council for the proposed national marine sanctuary in Lake Ontario,
including seat descriptions and application materials, please visit
https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/lake-ontario/.
B. Paperwork Reduction Act
ONMS has a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
number (0648-0397) for the collection of public information related to
the processing of ONMS national marine sanctuary advisory council
applications across the National Marine Sanctuary System. Establishing
a sanctuary advisory council for the proposed sanctuary in Lake Ontario
fits within the estimated reporting burden under that control number.
See https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch (Enter Control Number
0648-0397). Therefore, ONMS will not request an update to the reporting
burden certified for OMB control number 0648-0397.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate, or any other aspect
of this data collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden,
to: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 East West Highway, N/
NMS, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty
for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq., unless that collection of information displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OMB control
number is #0648-0397.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
John Armor,
Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
[FR Doc. 2019-20069 Filed 9-16-19; 8:45 am]
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