[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 153 (Thursday, August 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 44347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17275]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB315]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) ad 
hoc Marine Planning Committee will hold an online meeting. This meeting 
is open to the public.

DATES: The online meeting will be held Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 9 
a.m. to 4 p.m., or until business for the day has been completed.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held online. Specific meeting 
information, including directions on how to join the meeting and system 
requirements will be provided in the meeting announcement on the 
Pacific Council's website (see www.pcouncil.org). You may send an email 
to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt ([email protected]) or contact him at 
(503) 820-2412 for technical assistance.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer, Pacific 
Council; telephone: (503) 820-2409; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pacific Council's ad hoc Marine Planning 
Committee (MPC) will consider information related to the United States 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) planning process for future 
offshore wind energy leases off the U.S. West Coast. Specifically, the 
MPC will consider a BOEM request for comment related to two areas off 
California: The Morro Bay 399 area and the Humboldt Bay Wind Energy 
Area. The MPC may also consider pending wind energy Call Areas off the 
Oregon Coast, other wind energy activities, or other related marine 
planning matters such as offshore aquaculture. The MPC may develop 
comments and recommendations to the Pacific Council for consideration 
at its September 2021 meeting. The MPC may also address administrative 
matters such as electing officers.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this document and any issues arising after 
publication of this document that require emergency action under 
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 
([email protected]; (503) 820-2412) at least 10 days prior to 
the meeting date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 9, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-17275 Filed 8-11-21; 8:45 am]
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