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activity described by each alternative is
based on recent Federal and state lease
planning and recent industry plans for
both seismic surveys and exploratory
drilling programs in the Beaufort and
Chukchi Seas. Each alternative also
includes an analysis of a suite of
standard and additional mitigation
measures that have been identified to
help reduce impacts to marine
mammals and to ensure no unmitigable
adverse impact on the availability of
marine mammals for subsistence uses.
The suite of measures are considered
and analyzed in all four of the action
alternatives. The alternatives are
summarized as follows:
Alternative 1: No Action Alternative:
Under the No Action Alternative, NMFS
would not issue any ITAs under the
MMPA for seismic surveys or
exploratory drilling in the Beaufort and
Chukchi Seas, and BOEM would not
issue G&G permits or authorize ancillary
activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi
Seas.
Alternative 2: Authorization for Level
1 Exploration Activity: Alternative 2
analyzes a certain amount of 2D/3D
seismic, site clearance and high
resolution shallow hazards, and on-ice
seismic surveys and exploratory drilling
programs to occur each year. Alternative
2 also evaluates a range of standard and
additional mitigation measures that
would be considered and incorporated
into any issued authorization (on a caseby-case basis). Examples of standard
and additional mitigation measures
include measures to: reduce acoustic
exposures (e.g., exclusion zones, flight
altitude restrictions, time/area closures);
reduce non-acoustic exposures (e.g.,
vessel speed restrictions, oil spill
prevention plans, limited or zero
discharge requirements); and ensure no
unmitigable adverse impact to
subsistence uses (e.g., time/area
closures, communication centers).
Alternative 3: Authorization for Level
2 Exploration Activity: Alternative 3
analyzes a level of 2D/3D seismic, site
clearance and high resolution shallow
hazards, and on-ice seismic surveys and
exploratory drilling programs to occur
each year that is higher than the level
contemplated under Alternative 2. The
same suite of standard and additional
mitigation measures that would be
considered and incorporated into any
issued authorization (on a case-by-case
basis) under Alternative 2 is considered
under Alternative 3.
Alternative 4: Authorization for Level
2 Exploration Activity with Additional
Required Time/Area Closures:
Alternative 4 considers the same level of
activity contemplated under Alternative
3 and also evaluates the same suite of
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standard and additional mitigation
measures. However, certain time/area
closures that would be considered on a
case-by-case basis under the other
alternatives would be required under
Alternative 4. The time/area closures
would be for specific areas important to
biological productivity, life history
functions for specific species of
concern, and subsistence activities.
Activities would not be permitted to
occur in any of the time/area closures
during the specific identified periods.
Additionally, buffer zones around these
time/area closures could potentially be
included.
Alternative 5: Authorization for Level
2 Exploration Activity with Use of
Alternative Technologies: Alternative 5
considers the same level of activity
contemplated under Alternative 3 and
also evaluates the same suite of standard
and additional mitigation measures.
However, Alternative 5 also includes
specific additional mitigation measures
that focus on the use of alternative
technologies that have the potential to
augment or replace traditional airgunbased seismic exploration activities in
the future.
Public Involvement
Comments will be accepted at public
hearings and during the public
comment period, and must be submitted
to NMFS by February 13, 2011 (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). We
request that you include in your
comments: (1) Your name, address, and
affiliation (if any); and (2) background
documents to support your comments as
appropriate.
Public scoping meetings will be held
in late January and early February 2012,
in the communities of Barrow, Kaktovik,
Kivalina, Kotzebue, Nuiqsut, Point
Hope, Point Lay, and Wainwright.
However, the final dates and times have
not yet been set. A supplement to this
Notice of Availability will be published
with the final meeting dates, times, and
locations. Comments will be accepted at
all public meetings, as well as during
the public comment period and can be
submitted via the methods described
earlier in this document (see
ADDRESSES).
Dated: December 20, 2011.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration (NOAA)
Nomination of Existing Marine
Protected Areas to the National
System of Marine Protected Areas
NOAA, Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Public notice and opportunity
for comment on the list of nominations
received from federal, state, territorial
and tribal marine protected area
programs to join the National System of
Marine Protected Areas.
AGENCY:
In July 2011, NOAA and the
Department of the Interior (DOI) invited
federal, state, commonwealth, and
territorial marine protected area (MPA)
programs with potentially eligible
existing MPAs to nominate their sites to
the National System of MPAs (national
system). The national system and the
nomination process are described in the
Framework for the National System of
Marine Protected Areas of the United
States (Framework), developed in
response to Executive Order 13158 on
Marine Protected Areas. The final
Framework was published on November
19, 2008, (73 FR 69608) and provides
guidance for collaborative efforts among
federal, state, commonwealth,
territorial, tribal and local governments
and stakeholders to develop an effective
and well coordinated national system of
MPAs that includes existing MPAs
meeting national system criteria as well
as new sites that may be established by
managing agencies to fill key
conservation gaps in important ocean
areas.
DATES: Comments on the nominations to
the national system are due February 13,
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Comments should be sent to Lauren
Wenzel, NOAA, at (301) 713–3100, ext.
136 or via email at
mpa.comments@noaa.gov. A detailed
electronic copy of the List of National
System MPAs is available for download
at https://www.mpa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background on National System
The national system is made up of
member MPA sites, networks and
systems established and managed by
federal, state, commonwealth,
territorial, tribal and/or local
governments that collectively enhance
conservation of the nation’s natural and
cultural marine heritage and represent
its diverse ecosystems and resources.
Although participating sites continue to
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be managed independently, national
system MPAs also work together at the
regional and national levels to achieve
common objectives for conserving the
nation’s important natural and cultural
resources, with emphasis on achieving
the priority conservation objectives of
the Framework. MPAs include sites
with a wide range of protection, from
multiple use areas to no-take reserves
where all extractive uses are prohibited.
The term MPA refers only to the marine
portion of a site (below the mean high
tide mark) that may include both
terrestrial and marine components.
The national system is a mechanism
to foster greater collaboration among
participating MPA sites and programs in
order to enhance stewardship in the
waters of the United States. The act of
joining the national system does not
create new MPAs, or create new
restrictions for the existing MPAs that
become members. In fact, a site must
have existing protections of natural and/
or cultural resources in place in order to
be eligible to join the national system,
as well as meet other criteria described
in the Framework. Joining the national
system does not establish new
regulatory authority or change existing
regulations in any way, require changes
affecting the designation process or
management of member MPAs, or bring
state, territorial, tribal or local sites
under federal authority.
Benefits of joining the national
system, which are expected to increase
over time as the system matures,
include a facilitated means to work with
other sites in the MPA’s region, and
nationally on issues of common
conservation concern; fostering greater
public and international recognition of
U.S. MPAs and the resources they
protect; priority in the receipt of
available technical and other support for
cross-cutting needs; and the opportunity
to influence federal and regional ocean
conservation and management
initiatives (such as Coastal and Marine
Spatial Planning, integrated ocean
observing systems, systematic
monitoring and evaluation, targeted
outreach to key user groups, and
helping to identify and address MPA
research needs). In addition, the
national system provides a forum for
coordinated regional planning about
place-based conservation priorities that
does not otherwise exist.
Nomination Process
The Framework describes two major
focal areas for building the national
system—a nomination process to allow
existing MPAs that meet the entry
criteria to become part of the system and
a collaborative regional gap analysis
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process to identify areas of significance
for natural or cultural resources that
may merit additional protection through
existing federal, state, commonwealth,
territorial, tribal or local MPA
authorities. A call for nominations is
issued annually, and may also be issued
at the request of an MPA management
agency. This round of nominations
began on July 6, 2011 and the deadline
for nominations was October 31, 2011.
There are three entry criteria for
existing MPAs to join the national
system, plus a fourth for cultural
heritage. Sites that meet all pertinent
criteria are eligible for the national
system.
1. Meets the definition of an MPA as
defined in the Framework.
2. Has a management plan (can be
site-specific or part of a broader
programmatic management plan; must
have goals and objectives and call for
monitoring or evaluation of those goals
and objectives).
3. Contributes to at least one priority
conservation objective as listed in the
Framework (see below).
4. Cultural heritage MPAs must also
conform to criteria for the National
Register for Historic Places.
Additional sites not currently meeting
the management plan criterion can be
evaluated for eligibility to be nominated
to the national system on a case-by-case
basis based on their ability to fill gaps
in the national system coverage of the
priority conservation objectives and
design principles described in the
Framework.
The MPA Center used existing
information in the MPA Inventory to
determine which MPAs meet the first
and second criteria. The inventory is
online at https://www.mpa.gov/
dataanalysis/mpainventory/ and
information about potentially eligible
sites is posted online at https://www.
mpa.gov/pdf/national-system/
nominationsummary_jul11.pdf. As part
of the nomination process, the managing
entity for each potentially eligible site is
asked to provide information on the
third and fourth criteria. Following this
public comment period, the National
Marine Protected Areas Center will
make a determination about the
eligibility of nominated sites. All
comments will be forwarded to the
relevant MPA management agency,
which will reaffirm or withdraw the
nomination based on public comment
received and any other factors deemed
relevant.
List of MPAs Nominated to the National
System MPAs
The following MPAs have been
nominated by these management
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entities: American Samoa Department of
Marine and Wildlife Resources;
Massachusetts Board of Underwater
Archaeological Resources; National Park
Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
Puerto Rico Department of Natural and
Environmental Resources; South
Carolina Institute of Archaeology and
Anthropology; Virgin Islands
Department Of Planning and Natural
Resources; and Washington Department
of Natural Resources.
The complete List of National System
MPAs, which now includes 297
members, is available at www.mpa.gov.
Federal Marine Protected Areas
Cumberland Island National Seashore
(GA)
Ebey’s Landing National Historical
Reserve (WA)
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge (CA)
Fort Pulaski National Monument (GA)
American Samoa
Aoa Village Marine Protected Area
Sa’ilele Village Marine Protected Area
Amanave Village Marine Protected Area
Massachusetts
Albert Gallatin Exempt Site
Alice M. Colburn Exempt Site
Alice M. Lawrence Exempt Site
Ardandhu Exempt Site
Barge and Crane Exempt Site
California Exempt Site State
Charles S. Haight Exempt Site
Chester A. Poling Exempt Site
Chelsea Exempt Site
City of Salisbury Exempt Site
Corvan Exempt Site
Dixie Sword Exempt Site
Edward Rich Exempt Site
Henry Endicott Exempt Site
Herbert Exempt Site
Herman Winter Exempt Site
Hilda Garston Exempt Site
James S. Longstreet Exempt Site
John Dwight Exempt Site
Kershaw Exempt Site
Kiowa Exempt Site
Lackawana Exempt Site
Lunet Exempt Site
Mars Exempt Site
Pemberton Exempt Site
Pendleton Exempt Site
Pinthis Exempt Site
Port Hunter Exempt Site
Pottstown Exempt Site
Romance Exempt Site
Seaconnet Exempt Site
Trojan Exempt Site
U.S.S. Grouse Exempt Site
U.S.S. New Hampshire Exempt Site
U.S.S. Triana Exempt Site
U.S.S. Yankee Exempt Site
U.S.S. YSD Exempt Site
H.M.C.S. Saint Francis Exempt Site
French Van Gilder Exempt Site
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Puerto Rico
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Reserve
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Isla de Desecheo Marine Reserve
Isla de Mona Natural Reserve
´
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Cooper River Heritage Dive Trail
Ashley River Heritage Canoe Trail
U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Thomas East End Reserve
Washington
Smith and Minor Island Aquatic
Reserve
Protection Island Aquatic Reserve
Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve
Dated: December 22, 2011.
Holly Bamford,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic
Atmospheric Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Nomination of Existing Marine Protected Areas to the National
System of Marine Protected Areas
AGENCY: NOAA, Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Public notice and opportunity for comment on the list of
nominations received from federal, state, territorial and tribal marine
protected area programs to join the National System of Marine Protected
Areas.
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SUMMARY: In July 2011, NOAA and the Department of the Interior (DOI)
invited federal, state, commonwealth, and territorial marine protected
area (MPA) programs with potentially eligible existing MPAs to nominate
their sites to the National System of MPAs (national system). The
national system and the nomination process are described in the
Framework for the National System of Marine Protected Areas of the
United States (Framework), developed in response to Executive Order
13158 on Marine Protected Areas. The final Framework was published on
November 19, 2008, (73 FR 69608) and provides guidance for
collaborative efforts among federal, state, commonwealth, territorial,
tribal and local governments and stakeholders to develop an effective
and well coordinated national system of MPAs that includes existing
MPAs meeting national system criteria as well as new sites that may be
established by managing agencies to fill key conservation gaps in
important ocean areas.
DATES: Comments on the nominations to the national system are due
February 13, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Comments should be sent to Lauren
Wenzel, NOAA, at (301) 713-3100, ext. 136 or via email at
mpa.comments@noaa.gov. A detailed electronic copy of the List of
National System MPAs is available for download at https://www.mpa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background on National System
The national system is made up of member MPA sites, networks and
systems established and managed by federal, state, commonwealth,
territorial, tribal and/or local governments that collectively enhance
conservation of the nation's natural and cultural marine heritage and
represent its diverse ecosystems and resources. Although participating
sites continue to
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be managed independently, national system MPAs also work together at
the regional and national levels to achieve common objectives for
conserving the nation's important natural and cultural resources, with
emphasis on achieving the priority conservation objectives of the
Framework. MPAs include sites with a wide range of protection, from
multiple use areas to no-take reserves where all extractive uses are
prohibited. The term MPA refers only to the marine portion of a site
(below the mean high tide mark) that may include both terrestrial and
marine components.
The national system is a mechanism to foster greater collaboration
among participating MPA sites and programs in order to enhance
stewardship in the waters of the United States. The act of joining the
national system does not create new MPAs, or create new restrictions
for the existing MPAs that become members. In fact, a site must have
existing protections of natural and/or cultural resources in place in
order to be eligible to join the national system, as well as meet other
criteria described in the Framework. Joining the national system does
not establish new regulatory authority or change existing regulations
in any way, require changes affecting the designation process or
management of member MPAs, or bring state, territorial, tribal or local
sites under federal authority.
Benefits of joining the national system, which are expected to
increase over time as the system matures, include a facilitated means
to work with other sites in the MPA's region, and nationally on issues
of common conservation concern; fostering greater public and
international recognition of U.S. MPAs and the resources they protect;
priority in the receipt of available technical and other support for
cross-cutting needs; and the opportunity to influence federal and
regional ocean conservation and management initiatives (such as Coastal
and Marine Spatial Planning, integrated ocean observing systems,
systematic monitoring and evaluation, targeted outreach to key user
groups, and helping to identify and address MPA research needs). In
addition, the national system provides a forum for coordinated regional
planning about place-based conservation priorities that does not
otherwise exist.
Nomination Process
The Framework describes two major focal areas for building the
national system--a nomination process to allow existing MPAs that meet
the entry criteria to become part of the system and a collaborative
regional gap analysis process to identify areas of significance for
natural or cultural resources that may merit additional protection
through existing federal, state, commonwealth, territorial, tribal or
local MPA authorities. A call for nominations is issued annually, and
may also be issued at the request of an MPA management agency. This
round of nominations began on July 6, 2011 and the deadline for
nominations was October 31, 2011.
There are three entry criteria for existing MPAs to join the
national system, plus a fourth for cultural heritage. Sites that meet
all pertinent criteria are eligible for the national system.
1. Meets the definition of an MPA as defined in the Framework.
2. Has a management plan (can be site-specific or part of a broader
programmatic management plan; must have goals and objectives and call
for monitoring or evaluation of those goals and objectives).
3. Contributes to at least one priority conservation objective as
listed in the Framework (see below).
4. Cultural heritage MPAs must also conform to criteria for the
National Register for Historic Places.
Additional sites not currently meeting the management plan
criterion can be evaluated for eligibility to be nominated to the
national system on a case-by-case basis based on their ability to fill
gaps in the national system coverage of the priority conservation
objectives and design principles described in the Framework.
The MPA Center used existing information in the MPA Inventory to
determine which MPAs meet the first and second criteria. The inventory
is online at https://www.mpa.gov/dataanalysis/mpainventory/ and
information about potentially eligible sites is posted online at https://www.mpa.gov/pdf/national-system/nominationsummary_jul11.pdf. As part
of the nomination process, the managing entity for each potentially
eligible site is asked to provide information on the third and fourth
criteria. Following this public comment period, the National Marine
Protected Areas Center will make a determination about the eligibility
of nominated sites. All comments will be forwarded to the relevant MPA
management agency, which will reaffirm or withdraw the nomination based
on public comment received and any other factors deemed relevant.
List of MPAs Nominated to the National System MPAs
The following MPAs have been nominated by these management
entities: American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources;
Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources; National
Park Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Puerto Rico Department of
Natural and Environmental Resources; South Carolina Institute of
Archaeology and Anthropology; Virgin Islands Department Of Planning and
Natural Resources; and Washington Department of Natural Resources.
The complete List of National System MPAs, which now includes 297
members, is available at www.mpa.gov.
Federal Marine Protected Areas
Cumberland Island National Seashore (GA)
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve (WA)
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge (CA)
Fort Pulaski National Monument (GA)
American Samoa
Aoa Village Marine Protected Area
Sa'ilele Village Marine Protected Area
Amanave Village Marine Protected Area
Massachusetts
Albert Gallatin Exempt Site
Alice M. Colburn Exempt Site
Alice M. Lawrence Exempt Site
Ardandhu Exempt Site
Barge and Crane Exempt Site
California Exempt Site State
Charles S. Haight Exempt Site
Chester A. Poling Exempt Site
Chelsea Exempt Site
City of Salisbury Exempt Site
Corvan Exempt Site
Dixie Sword Exempt Site
Edward Rich Exempt Site
Henry Endicott Exempt Site
Herbert Exempt Site
Herman Winter Exempt Site
Hilda Garston Exempt Site
James S. Longstreet Exempt Site
John Dwight Exempt Site
Kershaw Exempt Site
Kiowa Exempt Site
Lackawana Exempt Site
Lunet Exempt Site
Mars Exempt Site
Pemberton Exempt Site
Pendleton Exempt Site
Pinthis Exempt Site
Port Hunter Exempt Site
Pottstown Exempt Site
Romance Exempt Site
Seaconnet Exempt Site
Trojan Exempt Site
U.S.S. Grouse Exempt Site
U.S.S. New Hampshire Exempt Site
U.S.S. Triana Exempt Site
U.S.S. Yankee Exempt Site
U.S.S. YSD Exempt Site
H.M.C.S. Saint Francis Exempt Site
French Van Gilder Exempt Site
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Vineyard Sound Lightship Exempt Site
Puerto Rico
Arrecifes de la Cordillera Natural Reserve
Canal Luis Pe[ntilde]a Natural Reserve
Isla de Desecheo Marine Reserve
Isla de Mona Natural Reserve
Tres Palmas de Rinc[oacute]n Marine Reserve
South Carolina
Cooper River Heritage Dive Trail
Ashley River Heritage Canoe Trail
U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Thomas East End Reserve
Washington
Smith and Minor Island Aquatic Reserve
Protection Island Aquatic Reserve
Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve
Dated: December 22, 2011.
Holly Bamford,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-33540 Filed 12-29-11; 8:45 am]
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