[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 68466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24833]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC551]


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council) Ad 
Hoc Marine Planning Committee (MPC) will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, December 1, 2022, from 1 p.m. 
to 4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of this online meeting 
is for the MPC to consider and provide feedback on suitability modeling 
being conducted by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science 
(NCCOS) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Suitability 
modeling will be used by BOEM in the process of identifying offshore 
Wind Energy Areas (WEA) for two Call Areas off the Oregon Coast. Draft 
WEAs are expected to be identified in late 2022 or early 2023. This 
meeting will provide an opportunity for MPC members to receive updated 
information on the data and weighting factors used in the model, and 
for the MPC to provide feedback to BOEM and NCCOS.
    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: November 9, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-24833 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]
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