Endangered Species; Permit No. 16507-01, 23909-23910 [2013-09478]
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stimuli on baseline behavioral patterns
and behavioral variation between
individuals and populations.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of the
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Documents may be reviewed in the
following locations:
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910;
phone (301)427–8401; fax (301)713–
0376;
Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668,
Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone
(907)586–7221; fax (907)586–7249;
Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West
Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach,
CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–
4001; fax (562)980–4018;
Pacific Islands Region, NMFS, 1601
Kapiolani Blvd., Rm 1110, Honolulu,
HI 96814–4700; phone (808)944–
2200; fax (808)973–2941;
Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930; phone (978)281–9328; fax
(978) 281–9394; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL
33701; phone (727)824–5312; fax
(727)824–5309.
Dated: April 18, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Hydrographic Services Review Panel
Meeting
National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting (via
webinar and teleconference).
AGENCY:
The Hydrographic Services
Review Panel (HSRP) is a Federal
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Advisory Committee established to
advise the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
on matters related to the responsibilities
and authorities set forth in section 303
of the Hydrographic Services
Improvement Act of 1998, as amended,
and such other appropriate matters that
the Under Secretary refers to the Panel
for review and advice.
Date and Time: The public meeting
will be held on May 7–8, 2013. May 7th
from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT; May
8th from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Watson, HSRP Program
Coordinator, National Ocean Service
(NOS), Office of Coast Survey, NOAA
(N/CS), 1315 East West Highway, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910; Telephone:
301–713–2770 ext. 158; Fax: 301–713–
4019; Email: Kathy.Watson@noaa.gov or
visit the NOAA HSRP Web site at https://
nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/
hsrp.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HSRP
meeting will be held via webinar and
teleconference. Members of the public
who wish to participate in the meeting
must register in advance by April 26,
2013. Please register by contacting
Kathy Watson, HSRP Program
Coordinator at email:
Kathy.Watson@noaa.gov or tel: (301)
713–2770 ext. 158. Web and
teleconference information will be
provided to registrants prior to the
meeting. While the meeting will be open
to the public, web and teleconference
capacity may be limited.
The meeting will include an
opportunity for public comment. A 15
minute public comment period is
scheduled near the end of the meeting
on both days. Public comment periods
will be included in the final agenda
published before April 30, 2013, on the
HSRP Web site listed above. Comments
will be recorded. Written comments
should be submitted to
Kathy.Watson@noaa.gov by April 30,
2013. Written comments submitted by
this date will be reviewed by the HSRP
and discussed at the meeting. Written
comments received after April 30, 2013,
will be distributed to the HSRP, but may
not be reviewed by the HSRP until the
day of the web/teleconference meeting.
Matters To Be Considered:
Information to be presented for
discussion includes updates on: (1)
FY13 Appropriations, FY14 Budget,
Sandy Supplemental funding, and
legislative updates; (2) Committee on
Marine Transportation System; (3)
Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping;
and (4) NOAA Fleet Recapitalization
Plan. Other matters being developed for
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discussion include activities relating to
hydrography, geodesy, coastal mapping,
and tides, currents and water levels, as
well as administrative matters
pertaining to the HSRP.
Dated: April 17, 2013.
Christopher C. Cartwright,
Associate Assistant Administrator for
Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean Services
and Coastal Zone Management, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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16507–01
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit
modification.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that a
request for modification of scientific
research Permit No. 16507 submitted by
Dewayne Fox, Ph.D., of Delaware State
University, 1200 North DuPont
Highway, Dover, DE 19901 has been
granted.
SUMMARY:
The modification and
related documents are available for
review upon written request or by
appointment:
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,
Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)427–8401; fax (301)713–0376; and
Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930–
2298; phone (978)281–9328; fax
(978)281–9394.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Cairns or Malcolm Mohead,
(301)427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
requested modification has been granted
under the authority of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA;
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the
provisions of § 222.306 of the
regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered
and threatened fish and wildlife (50
CFR 222–226).
Permit No. 16507 authorizes
researchers to use gill nets to capture
adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon and
egg mats to capture larval fish. Adult
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and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon may be
measured, weighed, photographed,
passive integrated transponder and Floy
tagged, and tissue sampled; a subset will
be anesthetized, implanted with an
internal sonic tag, fin ray sampled, and
gonad tissue sampled. The objectives of
this research are to provide more
detailed information on the spawning
location of sturgeon and to develop a
fishery independent sampling program
to help assess recovery of the species.
The permit holder is now authorized to
capture and sample up to 100 shortnose
sturgeon annually in the Delaware River
and Bay. All research objectives, capture
methods, action areas, and activities
remain unchanged. The modification is
valid until the permit expires on April
5, 2017.
Issuance of this modification, as
required by the ESA was based on a
finding that such permit: (1) Was
applied for in good faith; (2) will not
operate to the disadvantage of such
endangered or threatened species, and
(3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA.
Dated: April 17, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental
to Specified Activities; Construction at
Orcas Island and Friday Harbor Ferry
Terminals
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
take authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) regulations, notification is
hereby given that NMFS has issued an
Incidental Harassment Authorization
(IHA) to the Washington State
Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
to take, by harassment, small numbers
of 11 species of marine mammals
incidental to vibratory pile driving and
pile removal activities at the Orcas
Island and Friday Harbor ferry terminals
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in Washington State between September
2013 and February 2014.
DATES: Effective September 1, 2013,
through August 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Requests for information on
the incidental take authorization should
be addressed to P. Michael Payne, Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910. A copy of the application
containing a list of the references used
in this document, NMFS’
Environmental Assessment (EA),
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), and the IHA may be obtained
by writing to the address specified
above or visiting the Internet at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm#applications.
Documents cited in this notice may be
viewed, by appointment, during regular
business hours, at the aforementioned
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shane Guan, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
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 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 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.
An authorization for incidental
takings 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 (where
relevant), and if 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 U.S. can apply for
a one-year authorization to incidentally
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take small numbers of marine mammals
by harassment, provided that there is no
potential for serious injury or mortality
to result from the activity. 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
the authorization.
Summary of Request
On May 25, 2012, WSDOT submitted
a request to NOAA requesting an IHA
for the possible harassment of small
numbers of 11 marine mammal species
incidental to construction associated
with the replacement of dolphin
structures at the Orcas Island and Friday
Harbor ferry terminals in Washington
State. On July 20, WSDOT submitted a
revised IHA application. The action
discussed in this document is based on
WSDOT’s July 20, 2012, IHA
application.
Description of the Specified Activity
Detailed description of the WSDOT’s
dolphin replacement work at the Orcas
Island and Friday Harbor ferry terminals
is provided in the Federal Register
notice for the proposed IHA (78 FR
9373; February 8, 2013). Since that time,
no changes have been made to the
dolphin replacement project at Orcas
Island and Friday Harbor ferry
terminals, except that WSDOT
requested the incidental take coverage
to be extended from February 28, 2014,
through August 31, 2014, in case the
project may be postponed. Nevertheless,
the amount of activity and the duration
of actual in-water construction has not
changed. The potential change in work
season will not affect marine mammal
take estimates since the actual
construction duration will not change
and the initial calculation relied on
marine mammal presence in the project
area on annual basis.
The details of WSDOT’s dolphin
replacement work at Orcas Island and
Friday Harbor ferry terminals are
provided in the Federal Register notice
for the proposed IHA (78 FR 9373;
February 8, 2013). Please refer to that
Federal Register notice for the
description of the specific activity.
Comments and Responses
A notice of NMFS’ proposal to issue
an IHA to WSDOT was published in the
Federal Register on February 8, 2013
(78 FR 9373). That notice described, in
detail, WSDOT’s activity, the marine
mammal species that may be affected by
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA713
Endangered Species; Permit No. 16507-01
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit modification.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of
scientific research Permit No. 16507 submitted by Dewayne Fox, Ph.D.,
of Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE
19901 has been granted.
ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for
review upon written request or by appointment:
Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910;
phone (301)427-8401; fax (301)713-0376; and Northeast Region, NMFS, 55
Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298; phone (978)281-9328;
fax (978)281-9394.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Cairns or Malcolm Mohead,
(301)427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested modification has been granted
under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the provisions of Sec. 222.306 of
the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened fish and wildlife (50 CFR 222-226).
Permit No. 16507 authorizes researchers to use gill nets to capture
adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon and egg mats to capture larval
fish. Adult
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and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon may be measured, weighed, photographed,
passive integrated transponder and Floy tagged, and tissue sampled; a
subset will be anesthetized, implanted with an internal sonic tag, fin
ray sampled, and gonad tissue sampled. The objectives of this research
are to provide more detailed information on the spawning location of
sturgeon and to develop a fishery independent sampling program to help
assess recovery of the species. The permit holder is now authorized to
capture and sample up to 100 shortnose sturgeon annually in the
Delaware River and Bay. All research objectives, capture methods,
action areas, and activities remain unchanged. The modification is
valid until the permit expires on April 5, 2017.
Issuance of this modification, as required by the ESA was based on
a finding that such permit: (1) Was applied for in good faith; (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered or threatened
species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth
in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: April 17, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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