Incidental Take of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Operation of a Low Frequency Sound Source by the North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory, 60064-60065 [05-20611]
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Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
Written comments must be
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2005.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
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Bureau of the Census, Room 1656,
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301–763–7107 or e-mail at
Scott.P.Handmaker@census.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau is the preeminent
collector of timely, relevant and quality
data about the people and economy of
the United States. Economic data are the
Census Bureau’s primary program
commitment during non-decennial
census years. The economic census,
conducted under authority of Title 13
U.S.C., is the primary source of facts
about the structure and functioning of
the Nation’s economy and features
unique industry and geographic detail.
Economic census statistics serve as part
of the framework for the national
accounts and provide essential
information for government, business
and the general public.
This data collection, Form NC–99023,
is designed to obtain detailed
classification information in order to
assign a North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) code for
establishments that are unclassified and
that are partially classified. The NC–
99023 will be used to assign a detailed
NAICS code to these establishments.
Accurate and reliable industry and
geographic codes are critical to the
Census Bureau statistical programs.
New businesses are assigned industry
classification by the Social Security
Administration (SSA). However, many
of these businesses cannot be assigned
detailed industry codes because
insufficient information is provided by
respondents on Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) Form SS–4 and are
therefore unclassified.
Establishments that are currently
partially classified could be
misclassified in the Economic Census
without a complete NAICS code. This
refile operation will determine a
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complete and reliable classification in
order to ensure the establishment is
tabulated in the correct detailed
industry for the 2007 Economic Census.
For many of these establishments, this
is the only chance to obtain this detailed
industry classification. If these
establishments are not mailed as part of
the Economic Census economic data for
these cases could be lost.
The failure to collect this
classification information will have an
adverse effect on the quality and
usefulness of economic statistics and
severely hamper the Census Bureau’s
ability to effectively classify
establishments under NAICS in the
Economic Census and other survey
programs.
The Census Bureau is not requesting
any economic data in this collection.
The collection of this NAICS
information will greatly reduce
processing costs and ease reporting
burden for the 2007 Economic Census
data collection.
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: October 11, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau will select
establishments to receive this survey
from the Census Bureau’s Business
Register. The Census Bureau will mail
the NC–99023 to those establishments
selected from the mailing list. The NC–
99023 will be used to assign a valid
NAICS code. The NC–99023 will
contain a list of codes and descriptions.
Respondents are to select the activity
which best describes their business by
checking the box next to the activity
listed or to describe their principal
business activity if no box can be
checked.
III. Data
OMB Number: Not Available.
Form Number: NC–99023.
Type of Review: Regular Review.
Affected Public: Businesses or Other
For-profit Institutions, Small Businesses
or Organizations, Non-profit
Institutions, State or local governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 33,333.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$813,659.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Sections, 131, 224.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 090805A]
Incidental Take of Marine Mammals;
Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental
to Operation of a Low Frequency
Sound Source by the North Pacific
Acoustic Laboratory
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of a letter of
authorization.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended, notification is
hereby given that a letter of
authorization to take several species of
marine mammals incidental to
operation of a low frequency sound
source by the North Pacific Acoustic
Laboratory (NPAL) has been issued to
the University of California San Diego,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
(Scripps).
This letter of authorization is
effective from October 15, 2005, through
September 17, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The application and letter is
available for review in the Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth Hollingshead, NMFS, (301)
713–2289, ext 128.
Section
101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) directs NMFS to allow, on
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region, if certain findings
are made by NMFS and regulations are
issued. Under the MMPA, the term
‘‘taking’’ means to harass, hunt, capture,
or kill or to attempt to harass, hunt,
capture or kill marine mammals.
Permission may be granted for periods
up to 5 years if NMFS finds, after
notification and opportunity for public
comment, that the taking will have a
negligible impact on the species or
stock(s) of marine mammals and will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses. In
addition, NMFS must prescribe
regulations that include permissible
methods of taking and other means
effecting the least practicable adverse
impact on the species and its habitat
and on the availability of the species for
subsistence uses, paying particular
attention to rookeries, mating grounds,
and areas of similar significance. The
regulations must include requirements
pertaining to the monitoring and
reporting of such taking. Regulations
governing the taking incidental to
operation of a low frequency sound
source by NPAL were published on
August 17, 2001 (66 FR 43442), and
remain in effect until September 17,
2006.
Issuance of the letter of authorization
to Scripps is based on findings made in
the preamble to the final rule that the
total takings by this project would result
in only small numbers (as the term is
defined in 50 CFR 216.103) of marine
mammals being taken. In addition, the
resultant incidental harassment would
have no more than a negligible impact
on the affected marine mammal stocks
or habitats and would not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on Arctic
subsistence uses of marine mammals.
NMFS also finds that the applicant will
meet the requirements contained in the
implementing regulations and Letter of
Authorization (LOA), including
monitoring and reporting requirements.
This LOA is being renewed based on a
review of the activity, completion of
monitoring requirements and receipt of
monitoring reports required by the LOA.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Dated: October 11, 2005.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Meeting of the Board of Visitors of
Marine Corps University
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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Information Systems Agency Senior
Executive Service Performance Review
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ACTION: Notice of Membership of the
Defense Information Systems Agency
Senior Executive Service Performance
Review Board.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
appointment of members to the Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Performance Review Board. The
Performance Review Board provides a
fair and impartial review of Senior
Executive Service (SES) performance
appraisals and makes recommendations
to the Director, Defense Information
Systems Agency, regarding final
performance ratings and performance
awards for DISA SES members.
DATES: October 14, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Carrie Bazemore, Chief, Civilian
Personnel Division, Defense Information
Systems Agency, P.O. Box 4502,
Arlington, Virginia 22204–4502, (703)
607–4400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the
following are the names and titles of
DISA career executives appointed to
serve as members of the BISA
Performance Review Board. Appointees
will serve one year terms, effective upon
publication of this notice.
MG Marilyn A. Quagliotti, USA, Vice
Director, DISA, Chairperson.
Ms. Diann L. McCoy, Component
Acquisition Executive, DISA, Member.
Mr. John I. Garing, Director for
Strategic Planning and Information,
DISA, Member.
Mr. John J. Penkoske, Jr., Director for
Manpower, Personnel, and Security,
DISA, Member.
Dated: October 6, 2005.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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SUMMARY: The Board of Visitors of the
Marine Corps University (BOV MCU)
will meet to review, develop and
provide recommendations on all aspects
of the academic and administrative
policies of the University; examine all
aspects of professional military
education operations; and provide such
oversight and advice, as is necessary, to
facilitate high educational standards
and cost effective operations. The Board
will be focusing primarily on the
University’s Command and Staff
College, including its efforts to integrate
Arabic language and culture into the
curriculum for AY05/06. The Board will
be apprised of recent developments at
Marine Corps University, including
progress on the construction efforts for
the National Museum of the Marine
Corps. All sessions of the meeting will
be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, November 2, 2005, from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Thursday,
November 3, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 11:30
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Marine Corps University in the Hooper
Room. The address is: Marine Corps
University, 2076 South Street, Quantico,
Virginia 22134.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Lanzillotta, Executive Secretary,
Marine Corps University Board of
Visitors, 2076 South Street, Quantico,
Virginia 22134, telephone number 703–
784–4037.
Dated: October 4, 2005.
I.C. Le Moyne Jr.,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 090805A]
Incidental Take of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals
Incidental to Operation of a Low Frequency Sound Source by the North
Pacific Acoustic Laboratory
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of a letter of authorization.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as
amended, notification is hereby given that a letter of authorization to
take several species of marine mammals incidental to operation of a low
frequency sound source by the North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory (NPAL)
has been issued to the University of California San Diego, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography (Scripps).
DATES: This letter of authorization is effective from October 15, 2005,
through September 17, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The application and letter is available for review in the
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Hollingshead, NMFS, (301) 713-
2289, ext 128.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) directs NMFS to allow, on request, the incidental, but
not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals by U.S.
citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial
fishing) within a specified geographical region, if certain findings
are made by NMFS and regulations are issued. Under the MMPA, the term
``taking'' means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill or to attempt to
harass, hunt, capture or kill marine mammals.
Permission may be granted for periods up to 5 years if NMFS finds,
after notification and opportunity for public comment, that the taking
will have a negligible impact on the species or stock(s) of marine
mammals and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for subsistence uses. In
addition, NMFS must prescribe regulations that include permissible
methods of taking and other means effecting the least practicable
adverse impact on the species and its habitat and on the availability
of the species for subsistence uses, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of similar significance. The
regulations must include requirements pertaining to the monitoring and
reporting of such taking. Regulations governing the taking incidental
to operation of a low frequency sound source by NPAL were published on
August 17, 2001 (66 FR 43442), and remain in effect until September 17,
2006.
Issuance of the letter of authorization to Scripps is based on
findings made in the preamble to the final rule that the total takings
by this project would result in only small numbers (as the term is
defined in 50 CFR 216.103) of marine mammals being taken. In addition,
the resultant incidental harassment would have no more than a
negligible impact on the affected marine mammal stocks or habitats and
would not have an unmitigable adverse impact on Arctic subsistence uses
of marine mammals. NMFS also finds that the applicant will meet the
requirements contained in the implementing regulations and Letter of
Authorization (LOA), including monitoring and reporting requirements.
This LOA is being renewed based on a review of the activity, completion
of monitoring requirements and receipt of monitoring reports required
by the LOA.
Dated: October 11, 2005.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 05-20611 Filed 10-13-05; 8:45 am]
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