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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held Matters to be discussed: The meeting [email protected] or phone: virtually. To participate in the public will include updates from the Office of 240–523–0064. meeting, online registration is requested National Marine Sanctuaries, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In in advance via the link below. After introductions from the newly appointed accordance with the Hydrographic registering, you will receive a members, an overview of Business confirmation email containing Advisory Council member roles and Service Improvements Act Amendments information about joining the webinar. responsibilities including the formation of 2002, Public Law 107–372, the If you are unable to participate online, of and goals for working groups to Administrator of the National Oceanic you can also connect to the public address issues related to sustainable and Atmospheric Administration meeting using the phone number recreation and tourism in national (NOAA) is required to solicit provided below. marine sanctuaries, and an opportunity nominations for membership once a year for the Hydrographic Services Registration: https:// for the public to provide written and Review Panel (HSRP). The HSRP, a attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ oral comments. For a complete agenda, 3251401429937219595. including times and topics, please visit Federal advisory committee, advises the Phone: +1 (914) 614–3221, Pin: 375– http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ Administrator on matters related to the 797–022. management/bac/meetings.html. responsibilities and authorities set forth in section 303 of the Hydrographic To provide a public comment during the Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq. Services Improvement Act and such virtual meeting, please sign up in other appropriate matters as the advance. Select ‘‘yes’’ during the online John Armor, Administrator refers to the Panel for registration. The line-up of speakers will Director, Office of National Marine review and advice. Those be based on your date and time of Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, responsibilities and authorities include, registration. By selecting ‘‘yes’’, you National Oceanic and Atmospheric but are not limited to: Acquiring and agree that these communications, Administration. disseminating hydrographic data and including your name and comment, will [FR Doc. 2020–28630 Filed 12–28–20; 8:45 am] providing hydrographic services, as be maintained by the Office of National BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P those terms are defined in the Act; Marine Sanctuaries as part of its promulgating standards for administrative record and may be DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE hydrographic data and services; subject to release pursuant to the ensuring comprehensive geographic Freedom of Information Act. National Oceanic and Atmospheric coverage of hydrographic services; and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Administration testing, developing, and operating Katie Denman, Office of National vessels, equipment, and technologies Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 East West Hydrographic Services Review Panel necessary to ensure safe navigation and Highway, N/NMS, Silver Spring, maintain operational expertise in Maryland 20910 (Phone: 240–533–0702; AGENCY: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric hydrographic data acquisition and Email: [email protected]). hydrographic services. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONMS Administration (NOAA), Department of serves as the trustee for a network of Commerce. The Act states ‘‘the voting members of underwater parks encompassing more ACTION: Notice of call for nominations the Panel shall be individuals who, by than 620,000 square miles of marine and for NOAA’s Hydrographic Services reason of knowledge, experience, or Great Lakes waters from Washington Review Panel Federal advisory training, are especially qualified in one State to the Florida Keys, and from Lake committee. or more of the disciplines and fields Huron to American Samoa. The network relating to hydrographic data and includes a system of 14 national marine SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and hydrographic services, marine sanctuaries and Papaha¯naumokua¯kea Atmospheric Administration is seeking transportation, port administration, and Rose Atoll marine national nominations for members to serve on vessel pilotage, coastal and fishery monuments. National marine the Hydrographic Services Review Panel management, and other disciplines as sanctuaries protect our nation’s most with nominations due by April 26, determined appropriate by the vital coastal and marine natural and 2021. Administrator.’’ The NOAA Administrator seeks and encourages cultural resources, and through active DATES: Nominations are sought to keep individuals with expertise in marine research, management, and public an active pool of candidates and should engagement, sustain healthy navigation and technology, port be submitted by April 26, 2021, and will administration, marine shipping or environments that are the foundation for be kept to be used for future vacancies. thriving communities and stable other intermodal transportation Five vacancies for a four-year term will industries, cartography and geographic economies. occur on January 1, 2022. Current One of the many ways ONMS ensures information systems, geodesy, physical members who may be eligible for a oceanography, coastal resource public participation in the designation second term in 2022 must reapply. and management of national marine management, including coastal HSRP maintains a pool of candidates preparedness and emergency response, sanctuaries is through the formation of and advertises once a year to fulfill the advisory councils. The Sanctuary and other related fields. Nominees are HSIA requirements on membership requested to submit five items including System Business Advisory Council solicitation. (council) has been formed to provide a cover letter that responds to the five advice and recommendations to the ADDRESSES: Nominations will be questions below. The entire package Director regarding the relationship of accepted by email and should be sent to: should include all five components and ONMS with the business community. [email protected]. You be no longer than eight pages. NOAA is Additional information on the council will receive a confirmation response. an equal opportunity employer. can be found at http:// FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (1) A cover letter that responds to the sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/ Lynne Mersfelder-Lewis, NOAA HSRP five questions listed below and serves as welcome.html. program manager, email a statement of interest to serve on the

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panel. Please see ‘‘Short Response Federal Official (DFO) along with two Individuals Selected for Panel Questions’’ below. Alternate DFOs. Membership (2) Highlight the nominee’s specific Voting members are individuals who, Upon selection and agreement to by reason of knowledge, experience, or area(s) of expertise relevant to the serve on the HSRP Panel, you become training, are especially qualified in one purpose of the Panel from the list in the a Special Government Employee (SGE) or more disciplines relating to Federal Register Notice. of the United States Government. 18 hydrographic surveying, tides, currents, (3) A short biography of 300 to 350 U.S.C. 202(a) an SGE(s) is an officer or geodetic and geospatial measurements, words. employee of an agency who is retained, (4) A current resume. marine transportation, port designated, appointed, or employed to (5) The nominee’s full contact administration, vessel pilotage, coastal perform temporary duties, with or information including: Full name, work or fishery management, and other without compensation, not to exceed title, institutional affiliation, mailing oceanographic or marine science areas 130 days during any period of 365 address, email(s), phone, and fax. as deemed appropriate by the Administrator. Full-time officers or consecutive days, either on a fulltime or Short Response Questions for the Cover employees of the United States may not intermittent basis. After the selection Letter be appointed as a voting member. Any process is complete, applicants selected (1) List your area(s) of expertise, from voting member of the Panel who is an to serve on the Panel must complete the the list above. applicant for, or beneficiary of (as following actions before they can be (2) List the geographic region(s) of the determined by the Administrator) any appointed as a Panel member: country with which you primarily assistance under 33 U.S.C. 892c shall (a) Security Clearance (on-line associate your expertise. disclose to the Panel that relationship, Background Security Check process and (3) Describe your leadership or and may not vote on any other matter fingerprinting conducted through professional experiences which you pertaining to that assistance. NOAA Workforce Management); and believe will contribute to the Voting members of the Panel serve a (b) Confidential Financial Disclosure effectiveness of the HSRP panel. four-year term, except that vacancy Report—SGE are required to file a (4) Describe your familiarity and appointments are for the remainder of Confidential Financial Disclosure experience with NOAA NOS navigation the unexpired term of the vacancy. Report to avoid involvement in a real or data, products, and services. Members serve at the discretion of the apparent conflict of interest. You may (5) Generally describe the breadth and Administrator and are subject to find information on the Confidential scope of your knowledge of government ethics standards. Any Financial Disclosure Report at: https:// stakeholders, users, or other groups who individual appointed to a partial or full www.oge.gov/Web/oge.nsf/Resources/ interact with NOAA and whose views term may be reappointed for one OGE+Form+450. and input you believe you can share additional full term. A voting member Kathryn Ries, with the panel. may serve until his or her successor has Deputy Director, Office of Coast Survey, Under 33 U.S.C. 883a, et seq., taken office. The Panel selects one National Ocean Service, National Oceanic NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) voting member to serve as the Chair and and Atmospheric Administration. is responsible for providing nautical another to serve as the Vice Chair. The [FR Doc. 2020–28746 Filed 12–28–20; 8:45 am] charts and related information for safe Vice Chair acts as Chair in the absence BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P navigation. NOS collects and compiles or incapacity of the Chair but will not hydrographic, tidal and current, automatically become the Chair if the geodetic, and a variety of other data in Chair resigns. Public meetings occur at DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE order to fulfill this responsibility. The least twice a year, and at the call of the HSRP provides advice on current and Chair or upon the request of a majority National Oceanic and Atmospheric emerging oceanographic and marine of the voting members or of the Administration Administrator. Voting members receive science technologies relating to RTID 0648–XA741 operations, research and development; compensation at a rate established by and dissemination of data pertaining to: the Administrator, not to exceed the Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to (a) Hydrographic surveying; maximum daily rate payable under Specified Activities; Taking Marine (b) Shoreline surveying; section 5376 of title 5, United States Mammals Incidental to State Route 520 (c) Nautical charting; Code, when engaged in performing Pontoon Pile Removal Project, (d) Water level measurements; duties for the Panel during the public Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, (e) Current measurements; meeting. Members are reimbursed for Washington (f) Geodetic measurements; actual and reasonable travel expenses (g) Geospatial measurements; incurred in performing such duties AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries (h) Geomagnetic measurements; and according to the Federal Travel Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and (i) Other oceanographic/marine Regulation. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), related sciences. Additional HSRP information and Commerce. The Panel has fifteen voting members past HSRP public meeting summary ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental appointed by the NOAA Administrator reports, agendas, presentations, harassment authorization. in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 892c. transcripts, webinars, and other Members are selected on a standardized information is available online at: SUMMARY: In accordance with the basis, in accordance with applicable Membership: https://www.nautical regulations implementing the Marine Department of Commerce guidance. The charts.noaa.gov/hsrp/panel.html Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as Co-Directors of the Center for Coastal Recommendations: https:// amended, notification is hereby given and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsrp/ that NMFS has issued an incidental Center and two other NOAA employees recommendations.html harassment authorization (IHA) to the serve as nonvoting members of the Meeting materials: https:// Washington State Department of Panel. The Director, NOAA Office of www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsrp/ Transportation (WSDOT) to incidentally Coast Survey, serves as the Designated meetings.html harass, by Level B harassment, marine

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