Marine Mammals; File No. 23554
| Published date | 10 November 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 71633 |
| Record Number | 2020-24917 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
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determined that there will not be an
unmitigable adverse impact on
subsistence uses from COK’s proposed
activities.
Endangered Species Act
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal
agency insure that any action it
authorizes, funds, or carries out is not
likely to jeopardize the continued
existence of any endangered or
threatened species or result in the
destruction or adverse modification of
designated critical habitat. To ensure
ESA compliance for the issuance of
IHAs, NMFS Office of Protected
Resources consults internally whenever
we propose to authorize take for
endangered or threatened species, in
this case with the NMFS Alaska
Regional Office.
NMFS is proposing to authorize take
of the Mexico DPS of humpback whales,
which are listed under the ESA.
The NMFS Office of Protected
Resources has requested initiation of
Section 7 consultation with the NMFS
Alaska Regional Office for the issuance
of this IHA. NMFS will conclude the
ESA consultation prior to reaching a
determination regarding the proposed
issuance of the authorization.
Proposed Authorization
As a result of these preliminary
determinations, NMFS proposes to issue
an IHA to the City of Ketchikan for
conducting in-water construction
activities as part of the Berth III
Expansion Project in Ketchikan between
October 1, 2021 and May 1, 2022,
provided the previously mentioned
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
requirements are incorporated. A draft
of the proposed IHA can be found at
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-under-
marine-mammal-protection-act.
Request for Public Comments
We request comment on our analyses,
the proposed authorization, and any
other aspect of this notice of proposed
IHA for the proposed Berth III New
Mooring Dolphins Project. We also
request at this time comment on the
potential Renewal of this proposed IHA
as described in the paragraph below.
Please include with your comments any
supporting data or literature citations to
help inform decisions on the request for
this IHA or a subsequent Renewal IHA.
On a case-by-case basis, NMFS may
issue a one-time, one-year Renewal IHA
following notice to the public providing
an additional 15 days for public
comments when (1) up to another year
of identical or nearly identical, or nearly
identical, activities as described in the
Description of Proposed Activity section
of this notice is planned or (2) the
activities as described in the Description
of Proposed Activity section of this
notice would not be completed by the
time the IHA expires and a Renewal
would allow for completion of the
activities beyond that described in the
Dates and Duration section of this
notice, provided all of the following
conditions are met:
•A request for renewal is received no
later than 60 days prior to the needed
Renewal IHA effective date (recognizing
that the Renewal IHA expiration date
cannot extend beyond one year from
expiration of the initial IHA).
•The request for renewal must
include the following:
(1) An explanation that the activities
to be conducted under the requested
Renewal IHA are identical to the
activities analyzed under the initial
IHA, are a subset of the activities, or
include changes so minor (e.g.,
reduction in pile size) that the changes
do not affect the previous analyses,
mitigation and monitoring
requirements, or take estimates (with
the exception of reducing the type or
amount of take).
(2) A preliminary monitoring report
showing the results of the required
monitoring to date and an explanation
showing that the monitoring results do
not indicate impacts of a scale or nature
not previously analyzed or authorized.
Upon review of the request for
Renewal, the status of the affected
species or stocks, and any other
pertinent information, NMFS
determines that there are no more than
minor changes in the activities, the
mitigation and monitoring measures
will remain the same and appropriate,
and the findings in the initial IHA
remain valid.
Dated: November 4, 2020.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Marine Mammals; File No. 23554
AGENCY
: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION
: Notice; receipt of application.
SUMMARY
: Notice is hereby given that
Colleen Reichmuth, Ph.D., Long Marine
Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences
Address at the University of California
at Santa Cruz, 115 McAllister Way,
Santa Cruz, CA 95060, has applied in
due form for a permit to conduct
research on pinnipeds in captivity.
DATES
: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
December 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES
: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting File No. 23554 from the list of
available applications. These documents
are also available upon written request
via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted via email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please
include File No. 23554 in the subject
line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov. The request should set forth
the specific reasons why a hearing on
this application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: Sara
Young or Jennifer Skidmore, (301) 427–
8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216), the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR parts 222–226).
The applicant proposes to conduct
comparative psychological and
physiological studies with captive
California sea lions (Zalophus
californianus), harbor seals (Phoca
vitulina), spotted seals (Phoca largha),
ringed seals (Pusa hispida), bearded
seals (Erignathus barbatus), and
Hawaiian monk seals (Neomonachus
schauinslandi) at Long Marine
Laboratory (Santa Cruz, CA) and the
Alaska SeaLife Center (Seward, AK). Up
to four individuals per species may be
studied at both facilities at any given
time over the duration of the permit,
with the exception of the Hawaiian
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monk seal, for which a max of one seal
will be studied at a time.
During psychological assessments,
trained pinnipeds cooperate in
behavioral stimulus detection and
discrimination tasks conducted on land
or in water. Stimuli are controlled
sensory cues used to evaluate species-
typical sensory and cognitive
performance. Stimuli may be from any
sensory modality, though there is an
emphasis on hearing so that
conservation issues related to ocean
noise can be addressed. Up to three
times per day, depending on the
procedure, animals may participate in
voluntary psychological assessment
procedures such as: active acoustic
playbacks, passive acoustic recording,
behavioral observations, cognitive
studies, incidental harassment, signal
detection and discrimination,
associative learning, photography and
videography on land and underwater.
For physiological assessments, the
same individuals, except the Hawaiian
monk seal, participate in routine
physical evaluations to improve
understanding of their general biology,
including growth and development,
nutritional requirements, health status,
and environmental tolerance. This
research includes longitudinal
measurements of growth, nutrition,
health, metabolism, physiological
capacities, and environmental tolerance.
Data are collected from husbandry
records, individuals trained to cooperate
in physiological measurements, and
sedated animals during routine
veterinary examinations. Open-flow
respirometry methods will be used to
gather metabolic data from animals
trained to rest and breathe under a
plastic dome. Up to three times per day,
depending on the procedure, animals
may participate in voluntary
physiological procedures such as:
Passive acoustic recording, drug and
sedative administration, collection of
molt, scat, and urine, Evan’s blue dye
and serial blood samples, external and
internal instrumentation, flipper
tagging, measuring, metabolic chamber
or hood studies, behavioral
observations, oral fecal markers,
collecting of shed whiskers,
photogrammetry, photography and
videography, flyovers from unmanned
aircraft systems, restraint, blood
sampling, hair clipping, transport,
ultrasound, underwater photography
and videography, and weighing.
The application also includes a
request for the unintentional mortality
of up to two pinnipeds total of any
species over the duration of the permit
associated with research or transport
including humane euthanasia at
discretion of attending vet for medical
purposes due to research, as well as
necropsy and export of parts from the
animals. The applicant requests a 5-year
permit.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of the
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: November 5, 2020.
Amy Sloan,
Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER
SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Notice of Correction
AGENCY
: Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of
Columbia.
ACTION
: Notice; correction.
SUMMARY
: The Court Services and
Offender Supervision Services for the
District of Columbia (CSOSA) is
correcting a notice published in the
October 30, 2020 issue of the Federal
Register (Notice) entitled SES
Performance Review Board (PRB). This
correction applies to the misspelling of
the name of a PRB member.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
William Layne, Assistant Director,
Human Capital Planning and Executive
Resources, Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of
Columbia, 800 North Capitol Street NW,
Suite 701, Washington, DC 20005, (202)
220–5637.
Correction
1. In the Notice, the PRB member’s
name is listed as Victor Valentino Davis.
The correct name is Victor Valentine
Davis.
Dated: November 4, 2020.
Rochelle Durant,
Federal Register Liaison.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Performance Review Board
Membership
AGENCY
: Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: Notice is given of the names
of members of a Performance Review
Board for the Department of the Army.
DATES
: Applicable Date: November 13,
2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Barbara Smith, Civilian Senior Leader
Management Office, 111 Army
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310–0111.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: Section
4314(c)(1) through (5) of Title 5, U.S.C.,
requires each agency to establish, in
accordance with regulations, one or
more Senior Executive Service
performance review boards. The boards
shall review and evaluate the initial
appraisal of senior executives’
performance by supervisors and make
recommendations to the appointing
authority or rating official relative to the
performance of these executives.
The Department of the Army
Performance Review Board will be
composed of a subset of the following
individuals:
1. Ms. Lisha Adams, Executive Deputy to the
Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel
Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL
2. Ms. Christina Altendorf, Chief,
Engineering and Construction Division,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Washington, DC
3. Mr. Stephen Austin, Assistant Chief of the
Army Reserve, Office of the Chief of Army
Reserve, Washington, DC
4. Mr. Mark Averill, Deputy Administrative
Assistant to the Secretary of the Army &
Director Resources and Program Agency,
Office of the Administrative Assistant to
the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC
5. Dr. David Bridges, Senior Research
Scientist (Environmental Science), U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS
6. Mr. William Brinkley, Deputy Chief of
Staff, G–1/4 (Personnel And Logistics),
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine
Command, Fort Eustis, VA
7. LTG Gary Brito, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1,
Washington, DC
8. Ms. Kimberly Buehler, Director, Army
Office of Small Business Programs, Office
of the Secretary of the Army, Washington,
DC
9. Ms. Carol Burton, Director, Civilian
Human Resources Agency, Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1, Washington, DC
10. GEN Christopher Cavoli, Commanding
General, U.S. Army Europe, Wiesbaden,
Germany
11. Dr. Juanita Christensen, Director, CCDC
Aviation & Missile Center, Combat
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