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SUMMARY: The Marine Fisheries
Advisory Committee (MAFAC or
Committee) is the only Federal advisory
committee with the responsibility to
advise the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) on all matters concerning
living marine resources that are the
responsibility of the Department of
Commerce. The Committee makes
recommendations to the Secretary to
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Nominations to the Marine Fisheries
Advisory Committee
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.
AGENCY:
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assist in the development and
implementation of Departmental
regulations, policies and programs
critical to the mission and goals of the
NMFS. Nominations are encouraged
from all interested parties involved with
or representing interests affected by
NMFS actions in managing living
marine resources. Nominees should
possess demonstrable expertise in a
field related to the management of living
marine resources and be able to fulfill
the time commitments required for two
annual meetings. Individuals serve for a
term of three years for no more than two
consecutive terms if re-appointed.
NMFS is seeking qualified nominees to
fill a vacancy and bring the Committee
to its full compliment of 21 members.
DATES: Nominations must be
postmarked on or before November 20,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent
to Laurel Bryant, Executive Director,
MAFAC, Office of Constituent Services,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway #9508,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurel Bryant, MAFAC Executive
Director; (301) 713–2379 x171; e-mail:
Laurel.Bryant@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
establishment of MAFAC was approved
by the Secretary on December 28, 1970,
and initially chartered under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5,
U.S.C. App.2, on February 17, 1971. The
Committee meets twice a year with
supplementary subcommittee meetings
as determined necessary by the
Secretary. No less that 15 and no more
than 21 individuals may serve on the
Committee. Membership is comprised of
highly qualified individuals
representing commercial and
recreational fisheries interests,
environmental organizations, academic
institutions, governmental, tribal and
consumer groups from a balance of
geographical regions, including the
Hawaiian, Pacific and the U.S. Virgin
Islands.
A MAFAC member cannot be a
Federal employee or a member of a
Regional Fishery Management Council.
Selected candidates must pass security
checks and submit financial disclosure
forms. Membership is voluntary, and
except for reimbursable travel and
related expenses, service is without pay.
Each submission should include the
submitting person or organization’s
name and affiliation, a cover letter
describing the nominee’s qualifications
and interest in serving on the
Committee, a curriculum vitae and or
resume of nominee, and no more than
three supporting letters describing the
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nominee’s qualifications and interest in
serving on the Committee. Selfnominations are acceptable. The
following contact information should
accompany each nominee’s submission:
name, address, phone number, fax
number, and e-mail address (if
available).
Nominations should be sent to (see
ADDRESSES) and must be received by
(see DATES). The full text of the
Committee Charter and its current
membership can be viewed at the
NMFS’s web page at
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mafac.htm.
Dated: October 2, 2006.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals
During Specified Activities; Seismic
Testing and Calibration in the Northern
Gulf of Mexico, Fall 2006
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental take
authorization; request for comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS has received an
application from the Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory (L-DEO) for an
Incidental Harassment Authorization
(IHA) to take small numbers of marine
mammals, by harassment, incidental to
conducting an acoustic calibration and
seismic testing program in the northern
Gulf of Mexico in Fall, 2006. Under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments
on its proposed IHA for these activities.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than November 6,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the
application should be addressed to
Michael Payne, Chief, Permits,
Conservation and Education Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910–3225. The mailbox address for
providing email comments is
PR1.090706B@noaa.gov. NMFS is not
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addresses other than the one provided
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here. Comments sent via e-mail,
including all attachments, must not
exceed a 10–megabyte file size.
A copy of the application containing
a list of the references used in this
document may be obtained by writing to
the address specified above, telephoning
the contact listed below (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), or
visiting the internet at: https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm.
Documents cited in this notice may be
viewed, by appointment, during regular
business hours, at the aforementioned
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolie
Harrison, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, (301) 713–2289, ext 166.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
upon request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking 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 and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
authorization is provided to the public
for review.
Authorization shall be granted if
NMFS finds that the taking will have a
negligible impact on the species or
stock(s), will not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on the availability of the
species or stock(s) for subsistence uses,
and that the permissible methods of
taking and requirements pertaining to
the mitigation, monitoring and reporting
of such takings are set forth. NMFS has
defined ‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR
216.103 as ’’...an impact resulting from
the specified activity that cannot be
reasonably expected to, and is not
reasonably likely to, adversely affect the
species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’
Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA
established an expedited process by
which citizens of the United States can
apply for an authorization to
incidentally take small numbers of
marine mammals by harassment. Except
with respect to certain activities not
pertinent here, the MMPA defines
‘‘harassment’’ as:
any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance
which (i) has the potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild
[Level A harassment]; or (ii) has the potential
to disturb a marine mammal or marine
mammal stock in the wild by causing
disruption of behavioral patterns, including,
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but not limited to, migration, breathing,
nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering
[Level B harassment].
Section 101(a)(5)(D) establishes a 45–
day time limit for NMFS review of an
application followed by a 30–day public
notice and comment period on any
proposed authorizations for the
incidental harassment of marine
mammals. Within 45 days of the close
of the comment period, NMFS must
either issue or deny issuance of the
authorization.
Summary of Request
On June 2, 2006, NMFS received an
application from L-DEO for the taking,
by Level B harassment, of several
species of marine mammals incidental
to conducting, with research funding
from the National Science Foundation
(NSF), an acoustic calibration and
seismic testing program in the northern
Gulf of Mexico in Fall, 2006. This
project will be conducted with L-DEO’s
new seismic vessel, the R/V Marcus G.
Langseth (Langseth), which will deploy
different configurations of airguns and a
different bottom-mapping sonar than
used previously by L-DEO. L-DEO
requests that it be issued an IHA
allowing Level B Harassment takes of
marine mammals incidental to the
planned seismic surveys in the Gulf of
Mexico.
The primary purpose of the
calibration program is to obtain
measurement data to better understand
the sound fields around various
configurations of the 36–airgun array
and the GI guns, during seismic
operations in different water depths.
The data will be used to verify and
refine model-based estimates of ‘‘safety
radii’’ for different configurations of the
36–airgun array and the GI guns that
will be used during future seismic
surveys to be conducted by L-DEO.
Such data are important to better define
the distances within which mitigation
may be necessary in order to avoid
exposing marine mammals to received
sound levels above those believed to
have adverse effects, as well as to
develop a better general understanding
of the impact of man-made acoustic
sources on marine mammals.
Description of the Specified Activity
The Langseth is expected to depart
Mobile, AL in late October 2006 (at the
earliest) and will transit to the survey
area in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The
survey will encompass an area between
24oN. and 31oN. and between 83°W.
and 96°W., which is within the
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the
U.S.A. The proposed study will consist
of three phases: (1) an initial testing/
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 092706A]
Nominations to the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC or Committee)
is the only Federal advisory committee with the responsibility to
advise the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) on all matters concerning
living marine resources that are the responsibility of the Department
of Commerce. The Committee makes recommendations to the Secretary to
assist in the development and implementation of Departmental
regulations, policies and programs critical to the mission and goals of
the NMFS. Nominations are encouraged from all interested parties
involved with or representing interests affected by NMFS actions in
managing living marine resources. Nominees should possess demonstrable
expertise in a field related to the management of living marine
resources and be able to fulfill the time commitments required for two
annual meetings. Individuals serve for a term of three years for no
more than two consecutive terms if re-appointed. NMFS is seeking
qualified nominees to fill a vacancy and bring the Committee to its
full compliment of 21 members.
DATES: Nominations must be postmarked on or before November 20, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Laurel Bryant, Executive
Director, MAFAC, Office of Constituent Services, NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway 9508, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel Bryant, MAFAC Executive
Director; (301) 713-2379 x171; e-mail: Laurel.Bryant@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The establishment of MAFAC was approved by
the Secretary on December 28, 1970, and initially chartered under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5, U.S.C. App.2, on February 17, 1971.
The Committee meets twice a year with supplementary subcommittee
meetings as determined necessary by the Secretary. No less that 15 and
no more than 21 individuals may serve on the Committee. Membership is
comprised of highly qualified individuals representing commercial and
recreational fisheries interests, environmental organizations, academic
institutions, governmental, tribal and consumer groups from a balance
of geographical regions, including the Hawaiian, Pacific and the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
A MAFAC member cannot be a Federal employee or a member of a
Regional Fishery Management Council. Selected candidates must pass
security checks and submit financial disclosure forms. Membership is
voluntary, and except for reimbursable travel and related expenses,
service is without pay.
Each submission should include the submitting person or
organization's name and affiliation, a cover letter describing the
nominee's qualifications and interest in serving on the Committee, a
curriculum vitae and or resume of nominee, and no more than three
supporting letters describing the
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nominee's qualifications and interest in serving on the Committee.
Self-nominations are acceptable. The following contact information
should accompany each nominee's submission: name, address, phone
number, fax number, and e-mail address (if available).
Nominations should be sent to (see ADDRESSES) and must be received
by (see DATES). The full text of the Committee Charter and its current
membership can be viewed at the NMFS's web page at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
mafac.htm.
Dated: October 2, 2006.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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