Availability of Recreational Diving, Oil and Gas Operations and Commercial Fishing Seats for the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, 81224-81225 [2010-32369]
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antidumping duty order on SSSS in
coils from Mexico is likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping
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notice are in accordance with sections
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Dated: December 20, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
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Administration.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Availability of Seats for the Channel
Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Advisory Council
Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
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of the Sanctuary and the Office of
National Marine Sanctuaries.
Notice and request for
applications.
ACTION:
The ONMS is seeking
applications for the following vacant
seats on the Channel Islands National
Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Commercial Fishing member and
alternate, Non-consumptive recreation
member and alternate, Conservation
member and alternate, Research member
and alternate, Public at large members
(2), and Business member. Applicants
are chosen based upon their particular
expertise and experience in relation to
the seat for which they are applying;
community and professional affiliations;
philosophy regarding the protection and
management of marine resources; and
possibly the length of residence in the
area affected by the sanctuary.
Applicants who are chosen as members
should expect to serve two-year terms,
pursuant to the council’s charter.
DATES: Applications are due by January
24, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Application kits may be
obtained from https://
channelislands.noaa.gov/. Completed
applications should be sent
Danielle.lipski@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Murray,
Michael.murray@noaa.gov, 805–884–
1464, 113 Harbor Way, Suite 150, Santa
Barbara, CA 93109.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
CINMS Advisory Council was originally
established in December 1998 and has a
broad representation consisting of 21
members, including ten government
agency representatives and eleven
members from the general public. The
Council functions in an advisory
capacity to the Sanctuary
Superintendent. The Council works in
concert with the Sanctuary
Superintendent by keeping him or her
informed about issues of concern
throughout the Sanctuary, offering
recommendations on specific issues,
and aiding the Superintendent in
achieving the goals of the Office
National Marine Sanctuaries.
Specifically, the Council’s objectives are
to provide advice on: (1) Protecting
natural and cultural resources and
identifying and evaluating emergent or
critical issues involving Sanctuary use
or resources; (2) Identifying and
realizing the Sanctuary’s research
objectives; (3) Identifying and realizing
educational opportunities to increase
the public knowledge and stewardship
of the Sanctuary environment; and (4)
Assisting to develop an informed
constituency to increase awareness and
understanding of the purpose and value
SUMMARY:
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11.429, Marine Sanctuary Program)
Dated: December 16, 2010.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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Administration
Availability of Recreational Diving, Oil
and Gas Operations and Commercial
Fishing Seats for the Flower Garden
Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Advisory Council
Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce DOC).
ACTION: Notice and request for
applications.
AGENCY:
The ONMS is seeking
applications for the following vacant
seats on the Flower Garden Banks
National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council: Recreational Diving, Oil and
Gas Operations and Commercial
Fishing. Applicants are chosen based
upon their particular expertise and
experience in relation to the seat for
which they are applying; community
and professional affiliations; philosophy
regarding the protection and
management of marine resources; and
possibly the length of residence in the
area affected by the sanctuary.
Applicants who are chosen as members
should expect to serve three-year terms,
pursuant to the council’s charter.
DATES: Applications are due by
February 4, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Application kits may be
obtained from Jennifer Morgan,
NOAA—Flower Garden Banks National
Marine Sanctuary, 4700 Avenue U,
Bldg. 216, Galveston, TX 77551 or
downloaded from the sanctuary Web
site https://flowergarden.noaa.gov.
Completed applications should be sent
to the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Morgan, NOAA—Flower
Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuary, 4700 Avenue U, Bldg. 216,
SUMMARY:
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Galveston, TX 77551, 409–621–5151
ext. 103, Jennifer.Morgan@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Located in
the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, the
Flower Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuary includes three separate areas,
known as East Flower Garden, West
Flower Garden, and Stetson Banks. The
Sanctuary was designated on January
17, 1992. Stetson Bank was added to the
Sanctuary in 1996. The Sanctuary
Advisory Council will consist of no
more than 21 members; 16 non
governmental voting members and 5
governmental non-voting members. The
council may serve as a forum for
consultation and deliberation among its
members and as a source of advice to
the Sanctuary manager regarding the
management of the Flower Garden
Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)
Dated: December 17, 2010.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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60-Day Finding for a Petition To
Conduct a Status Review of the
Eastern North Pacific Population of
Gray Whale Under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of a 60-day petition
finding.
AGENCY:
NMFS received a petition to
conduct a status review under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) for the purpose of designating
the Eastern North Pacific stock of gray
whales (Eschrichtius robustus) as
depleted. NMFS finds that the petition
does not present substantial information
indicating that a status review may be
warranted.
DATES: This petition finding was made
on December 20, 2010.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the petition and
a complete list of references cited in this
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Act as the amount of information that
would lead a reasonable person to
believe that the measure proposed in the
petition may be warranted (see 50 CFR
424.14(b)). Given that the identical term
is used in the MMPA with reference to
petitioned actions, NMFS interprets
‘‘substantial information’’ under MMPA
using the same parameters as those used
under the ESA.
Statutory Guidance
Section 3(1)(A) of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) (16
U.S.C. 1362(1)(A)) defines the term,
‘‘depletion’’ or ‘‘depleted’’, to include any
case in which ‘‘ * * * the Secretary,
after consultation with the Marine
Mammal Commission and the
Committee of Scientific Advisors on
Marine Mammals * * * determines that
a species or a population stock is below
its optimum sustainable population.’’
Section 3(9) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1362(9)) defines ‘‘optimum sustainable
population [(OSP)] * * * with respect
to any population stock, [as] the number
of animals which will result in the
maximum productivity of the
population or the species, keeping in
mind the carrying capacity [(K)] of the
habitat and the health of the ecosystem
of which they form a constituent
element.’’ NMFS’ regulations at 50 CFR
216.3 clarify the definition of OSP as ‘‘a
population size which falls within a
range from the population level of a
given species or stock which is the
largest supportable within the
ecosystem [i.e., K] to the population
level that results in maximum net
productivity.’’ Maximum net
productivity level (MNPL) is the
population abundance that results in the
greatest net annual increment in
population numbers resulting from
additions to the population from
reproduction, less losses due to natural
mortality.
The MMPA provides for interested
parties to submit a petition to designate
a population stock (hereafter ‘‘stock’’) of
marine mammals as depleted. Section
115(a)(3) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1383b(a)(3)) requires NMFS to publish a
notice in the Federal Register that such
a petition has been received and is
available for public review. Section
115(a)(3)(B) (16 U.S.C. 1383b(a)(3)(B)) of
the MMPA requires NMFS to publish a
notice in the Federal Register as to
whether the petition presents
substantial information indicating that
the petitioned action may be warranted
within 60 days of receiving a petition.
NMFS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service define ‘‘substantial information’’
under the petition procedural
regulations of the Endangered Species
Status of Gray Whales Under the Law
Gray whales were listed among
several genera of baleen whales as
endangered under the Endangered
Species Conservation Act in June 1970,
the precursor to the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) (35 FR 8491, June 2, 1970).
The species was subsequently listed as
endangered on the List of Endangered
and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (the
List) under the ESA in 1973. All marine
mammal species listed under the ESA
are defined as ‘‘depleted’’ under the
MMPA. NMFS completed its first status
review of gray whales in 1984 and
concluded that the Eastern North Pacific
(ENP) stock was not in danger of
extinction. That review recommended
changing the status of the ENP stock of
gray whales from endangered to
threatened, however, no further action
was taken at that time (49 FR 44774,
November 9, 1984).
NMFS began a subsequent status
review of gray whales and other listed
species in 1990, and completed a formal
report of the review and made it
available to the public on June 27, 1991
(56 FR 29471). NMFS published a
proposed rule to delist the ENP stock of
gray whales on November 22, 1991 (56
FR 58869). On January 7, 1993, NMFS
announced its final determination that
the stock was no longer in danger of
extinction and was not likely to become
endangered in the foreseeable future,
and concluded that the stock was 60 to
90 percent of K (within the accepted
range of abundances for the stock’s OSP)
and should be removed from the List (58
FR 3121). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service removed the ENP stock of gray
whales from the List on June 16, 1994
(59 FR 31094). As required by the ESA,
NMFS conducted a status review five
years after the delisting, and convened
a workshop on March 16–17, 1999, in
Seattle, WA. The workshop participants
concluded that there was no reason to
reverse the decision to remove the stock
from the List. This determination was
based on the continued growth of the
population (at that time, increasing at
2.5 percent annually and with
abundance estimates well above 20,000)
and the absence of evidence of any
imminent threats to the stock. As
recommended by the workshop
notice will be available on the Internet
at the following address: https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Shannon Bettridge or Dr. Thomas C.
Eagle, Office of Protected Resources,
Silver Spring, MD, (301) 713–2322.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Availability of Recreational Diving, Oil and Gas Operations and
Commercial Fishing Seats for the Flower Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council
AGENCY: Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce DOC).
ACTION: Notice and request for applications.
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SUMMARY: The ONMS is seeking applications for the following vacant
seats on the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council: Recreational Diving, Oil and Gas Operations and Commercial
Fishing. Applicants are chosen based upon their particular expertise
and experience in relation to the seat for which they are applying;
community and professional affiliations; philosophy regarding the
protection and management of marine resources; and possibly the length
of residence in the area affected by the sanctuary. Applicants who are
chosen as members should expect to serve three-year terms, pursuant to
the council's charter.
DATES: Applications are due by February 4, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Application kits may be obtained from Jennifer Morgan,
NOAA--Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 4700 Avenue U,
Bldg. 216, Galveston, TX 77551 or downloaded from the sanctuary Web
site https://flowergarden.noaa.gov. Completed applications should be
sent to the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Morgan, NOAA--Flower Garden
Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 4700 Avenue U, Bldg. 216,
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Galveston, TX 77551, 409-621-5151 ext. 103, Jennifer.Morgan@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Located in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico,
the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary includes three
separate areas, known as East Flower Garden, West Flower Garden, and
Stetson Banks. The Sanctuary was designated on January 17, 1992.
Stetson Bank was added to the Sanctuary in 1996. The Sanctuary Advisory
Council will consist of no more than 21 members; 16 non governmental
voting members and 5 governmental non-voting members. The council may
serve as a forum for consultation and deliberation among its members
and as a source of advice to the Sanctuary manager regarding the
management of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary
Program)
Dated: December 17, 2010.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-32369 Filed 12-23-10; 8:45 am]
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