Availability of Seats for the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, 12070 [2011-4706]
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members act as liaisons between the
Sanctuary and their constituent groups.
The council holds a minimum of four
regular meetings per year, and an
annual retreat in the summer.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)
Dated: February 23, 2011.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)
Dated: February 23, 2011.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Availability of Seats for the Gray’s Reef
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
seat on the Gray’s Reef National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council: Georgia
conservation. 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 3-year terms,
pursuant to the council’s Charter.
DATES: Applications are due by April 8,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Application kits may be
obtained from Becky Shortland, Council
Coordinator (becky.shortland@noaa.gov,
10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA
31411; 912–598–2381) Completed
applications should be sent to the same
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Becky Shortland, Council Coordinator
(becky.shortland@noaa.gov, 10 Ocean
Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411;
912–598–2381.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
sanctuary advisory council was
established in August 1999 to provide
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advice and recommendations on
management and protection of the
sanctuary. The advisory council,
through its members, also serves as
liaison to the community regarding
sanctuary issues and represents
community interests, concerns, and
management needs to the sanctuary and
NOAA.
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Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals;
Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental
to the Explosive Removal of Offshore
Structures in the Gulf of Mexico
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of letters of
authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) and implementing regulations,
notification is hereby given that NMFS
has issued three one-year Letters of
Authorization (LOA) to take marine
mammals incidental to the explosive
removal of offshore oil and gas
structures (EROS) in the Gulf of Mexico.
DATES: These authorizations are
effective from February 27, 2011,
through February 26, 2012, and May 15,
2011, through May 14, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The application and LOAs
are available for review by writing to P.
Michael Payne, Chief, Permits,
Conservation, and Education Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910–3235 or by telephoning the
contact listed here (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT), or online 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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Howard Goldstein or Jolie Harrison,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
301–713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) directs the Secretary of
Commerce (who has delegated the
authority to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by United States
citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing)
within a specified geographical region,
if certain findings are made and
regulations are issued. Under the
MMPA, the term ‘‘take’’ means to harass,
hunt, capture, or kill or to attempt to
harass, hunt, capture, or kill any marine
mammal.
Authorization for incidental taking, in
the form of annual LOAs, may be
granted by NMFS for periods up to five
years if NMFS finds, after notice 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 (where relevant). In
addition, NMFS must prescribe
regulations that include permissible
methods of taking and other means of
effecting the least practicable adverse
impact on the species and its habitat
(i.e., mitigation), and on the availability
of the species for subsistence uses,
paying particular attention to rookeries,
mating rounds, and areas of similar
significance. The regulations also must
include requirements pertaining to the
monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Regulations governing the taking of
marine mammals incidental to EROS
were published on June 19, 2008 (73 FR
34875), and remain in effect through
July 19, 2013. For detailed information
on this action, please refer to that
Federal Register notice. The species
that applicants may take in small
numbers under LOAs during EROS
activities are bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus), Atlantic spotted
dolphins (Stenella frontalis),
pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella
attenuata), Clymene dolphins (Stenella
clymene), striped dolphins (Stenella
coeruleoalba), spinner dolphins
(Stenella longirostris), rough-toothed
dolphins (Steno bredanensis), Risso’s
dolphins (Grampus griseus), melonheaded whales (Peponocephala electra),
short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala
macrorhynchus), and sperm whales
(Physeter macrocephalus). NMFS
received requests for LOA renewals
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Availability of Seats for the Gray's Reef 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 seat
on the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council: Georgia
conservation. 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 3-year terms, pursuant
to the council's Charter.
DATES: Applications are due by April 8, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Application kits may be obtained from Becky Shortland,
Council Coordinator (becky.shortland@noaa.gov, 10 Ocean Science Circle,
Savannah, GA 31411; 912-598-2381) Completed applications should be sent
to the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Becky Shortland, Council Coordinator
(becky.shortland@noaa.gov, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411;
912-598-2381.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The sanctuary advisory council was
established in August 1999 to provide advice and recommendations on
management and protection of the sanctuary. The advisory council,
through its members, also serves as liaison to the community regarding
sanctuary issues and represents community interests, concerns, and
management needs to the sanctuary and NOAA.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary
Program)
Dated: February 23, 2011.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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