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level physiological effects (Level B
harassment) of small numbers of certain
species of marine mammals. See Table
3 for the requested authorized take
numbers of marine mammals.
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Impact on Availability of Affected
Species or Stock for Taking for
Subsistence Uses
Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA
also requires NMFS to determine that
the authorization will not have an
unmitigable adverse effect on the
availability of marine mammal species
or stocks for subsistence use. There are
no relevant subsistence uses of marine
mammals in the study area (in the deep
water of the northwest GOM) that
implicate MMPA section 101(a)(5)(D).
Endangered Species Act
Of the species of marine mammals
that may occur in the survey area,
several are listed as endangered under
the ESA, including the North Atlantic
right, humpback, sei, fin, blue, and
sperm whales. USGS did not request
take of endangered North Atlantic right,
humpback, sei, fin, and blue whales due
to the low likelihood of encountering
this species during the cruise. Under
section 7 of the ESA, USGS has initiated
formal consultation with the NMFS,
Office of Protected Resources,
Endangered Species Act Interagency
Cooperation Division, on this seismic
survey. NMFS’s Office of Protected
Resources, Permits and Conservation
Division, has also initiated and engaged
in formal consultation under section 7
of the ESA with NMFS’s Office of
Protected Resources, Endangered
Species Act Interagency Cooperation
Division, on the issuance of an IHA
under section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA
for this activity. These two
consultations were consolidated and
addressed in a single Biological Opinion
addressing the direct and indirect
effects of these interdependent actions.
In April 2013, NMFS issued a Biological
Opinion and concluded that the action
and issuance of the IHA are not likely
to jeopardize the continued existence of
cetaceans and sea turtles and included
an Incidental Take Statement (ITS)
incorporating the requirements of the
IHA as Terms and Conditions of the ITS
is likewise a mandatory requirement of
the IHA. The Biological Opinion also
concluded that designated critical
habitat of these species does not occur
in the action area and would not be
affected by the survey.
National Environmental Policy Act
To meet NMFS’s NEPA requirements
for the issuance of an IHA to USGS,
USGS provided NMFS an
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‘‘Environmental Assessment and
Determination Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq. and Executive Order 12114
Low-Energy Marine Seismic Survey by
the U.S. Geological Survey in the
Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, April–May
2013,’’ which incorporates a draft
‘‘Environmental Assessment of LowEnergy Marine Geophysical Survey by
the U.S. Geological Survey in the
Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, April–
May 2013,’’ prepared by LGL Ltd.,
Environmental Research Associates on
behalf of USGS. The EA analyzes the
direct, indirect, and cumulative
environmental impacts of the specified
activities on marine mammals including
those listed as threatened or endangered
under the ESA. NMFS has fully
evaluated the potential direct, indirect,
and cumulative effects on the human
environment prior to making a final
decision on the IHA application and
deciding whether or not to issue a
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI). After considering the EA, the
information in the IHA application,
Biological Opinion, and the Federal
Register notice, as well as public
comments, NMFS has determined that
the issuance of the IHA is not likely to
result in significant impacts on the
human environment and has prepared a
FONSI. An Environmental Impact
Statement is not required and will not
be prepared for the action.
Authorization
NMFS has issued an IHA to USGS for
the take, by Level B harassment, of
small numbers of marine mammals
incidental to conducting a low-energy
marine seismic survey in the deep water
of the northwestern GOM, provided the
previously mentioned mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements
are incorporated.
Dated: May 30, 2013.
Helen Golde,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Public Availability of Consumer
Product Safety Commission FY 2012
Service Contract Inventory
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC or we), in
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accordance with section 743(c) of
Division C of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111–
117, 123 Stat. 3034, 3216), is
announcing the availability of CPSC’s
service contract inventory for fiscal year
(FY) 2012. This inventory provides
information on service contract actions
over $25,000 that CPSC made in FY
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donna Hutton, Director, Division of
Procurement Services, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East
West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Telephone: 301–504–7009; email:
dhutton@cpsc.gov.
On
December 16, 2009, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Consolidated
Appropriations Act), Public Law 111–
117, became law. Section 743(a) of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, titled,
‘‘Service Contract Inventory
Requirement,’’ requires agencies to
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) an annual inventory of
service contracts awarded or extended
through the exercise of an option on or
after April 1, 2010, and describes the
contents of the inventory. The contents
of the inventory must include:
(A) A description of the services
purchased by the executive agency and
the role the services played in achieving
agency objectives, regardless of whether
such a purchase was made through a
contract or task order;
(B) The organizational component of
the executive agency administering the
contract, and the organizational
component of the agency whose
requirements are being met through
contractor performance of the service;
(C) The total dollar amount obligated
for services under the contract and the
funding source for the contract;
(D) The total dollar amount invoiced
for services under the contract;
(E) The contract type and date of
award;
(F) The name of the contractor and
place of performance;
(G) The number and work location of
contractor and subcontractor employees,
expressed as full-time equivalents for
direct labor, compensated under the
contract;
(H) Whether the contract is a personal
services contract; and
(I) Whether the contract was awarded
on a noncompetitive basis, regardless of
date of award.
Section 743(a)(3)(A) through (I) of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act.
Section 743(c) of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act requires agencies to
‘‘publish in the Federal Register a notice
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that the inventory is available to the
public.’’
Consequently, through this notice, we
are announcing that the CPSC’s service
contract inventory for FY 2012 is
available to the public. The inventory
provides information on service contract
actions over $25,000 that CPSC made in
FY 2012. The information is organized
by function to show how contracted
resources are distributed throughout the
CPSC. We developed the inventory in
accordance with guidance issued on
December 19, 2011 by the OMB. (The
OMB guidance is available at: https://
www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/
omb/procurement/memo/servicecontract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf.) The CPSC’s Division of
Procurement Services has posted its
inventory, and a summary of the
inventory can be found at our homepage
at the following link: https://
www.cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/AgencyReports/Service-Contract-Inventory/.
Dated: May 30, 2013.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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[Docket No. CPSC–2013–0022]
Petition Requesting a Ban or Standard
on Adult Portable Bed Rails
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC or Commission) has
received two requests, asking that the
Commission initiate proceedings under
section 8 of the Consumer Product
Safety Act (CPSA) to determine that
adult portable bed rails pose an
unreasonable risk of injury and initiate
related rulemaking under section 9 of
the CPSA. Because both requests ask for
rulemaking concerning the same
product, CPSC is considering the
requests as a single petition (CP13–1).
The Commission invites written
comments concerning the petition.
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must
receive comments on the petition by
August 5, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2013–
0022, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit
electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: https://
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www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
The Commission does not accept
comments submitted by electronic mail
(email), except through
www.regulations.gov. The Commission
encourages you to submit electronic
comments by using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal, as described above.
Written Submissions: Submit written
submissions in the following way: Mail/
Hand delivery/Courier (for paper, disk,
or CD–ROM submissions), preferably in
five copies, to: Office of the Secretary,
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Room 820, 4330 East West Highway,
Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301)
504–7923.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
docket number for this notice. All
comments received may be posted
without change, including any personal
identifiers, contact information, or other
personal information provided, to:
https://www.regulations.gov. Do not
submit confidential business
information, trade secret information, or
other sensitive or protected information
that you do not want to be available to
the public. If furnished at all, such
information should be submitted in
writing.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to: https://
www.regulations.gov, and insert the
docket number, CPSC–2013–0022, into
the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the
prompts. A copy of the petition is
available at https://www.regulations.gov
under Docket No. CPSC–2013–0022,
Supporting and Related Materials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rockelle Hammond, Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission, Room 820, 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814; telephone (301) 504–6833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission received two requests to
initiate proceedings under section 8 of
the Consumer Product Safety Act
(CPSA) to determine that adult portable
bed rails pose an unreasonable risk of
injury and initiate related rulemaking
under section 9 of the CPSA. See 15
U.S.C. 2057 and 2058. Gloria Black, the
Consumer Federation of America, and
60 other organizations (Consumer
Group) made one request; Public Citizen
made the other request (collectively
referred to as petitioners). The CPSC has
docketed the requests as a single
petition.
Petitioners assert that adult portable
bed rails currently on the market are
responsible for many injuries and
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deaths among users, particularly the
elderly and frail. Petitioners state that
many of these deaths result from
asphyxiation caused by entrapment
within openings of the rail or between
the rail and the mattress or bed frame.
In addition, petitioners claim that
individuals who attempt to climb over
bed rails may be at greater risk of injury
or death than they would be if no rail
were used at all. In support of their
request, petitioners cite a CPSC
memorandum dated October 11, 2012,
‘‘Adult Portable Bed Rail-Related
Deaths, Injuries, and Potential Injuries:
January 2003 to September 2012.’’
According to petitioners, the CPSC’s
data showed that there were 155
fatalities, of which 129 involved victims
ages 60 years and over; most of the
fatalities related to rail entrapment. In
addition, petitioners state that the CPSC
found an estimated 36,900 adult
portable bed rail-related injuries that
were treated in U.S. hospital emergency
departments from January 2003 to
December 2011.
Petitioners request that the CPSC
initiate proceedings under section 8 of
the CPSA that would ban all adult
portable bed rails because, they assert,
the product presents an unreasonable
risk of injury and no feasible consumer
product safety standard would
adequately protect the public from these
products. Public Citizen contends that
no mandatory standard or warnings
could be developed that would
adequately protect against the hazards
presented by adult portable bed rails.
The Consumer Group, however, states
that if the CPSC does not pursue a ban,
the Commission should initiate a
rulemaking to promulgate mandatory
standards under section 9 of the CPSA,
to reduce the unreasonable risk of
asphyxiation and the entrapment
hazards posed by adult portable bed
rails, and to include warning labels in
the standards. The Consumer Group
also requests action under section 27(e)
of the CPSA to require manufacturers of
adult portable bed rails to provide
performance and technical data
regarding the safety of their products.
In addition, petitioners request a
public recall notice and refund for all
adult portable bed rails under section 15
of the CPSA. However, the Commission
may docket as petitions only requests
for action that the Commission is
authorized to take through the issuance,
amendment, or revocation of rules. 16
CFR 1051.2(a). Accordingly, the recall
and refund requested by petitioners are
outside the scope of a rulemaking
proceeding and will be forwarded to the
CPSC Office of Compliance and Field
Operations for review.
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Public Availability of Consumer Product Safety Commission FY
2012 Service Contract Inventory
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or we), in
accordance with section 743(c) of Division C of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117, 123 Stat. 3034, 3216), is
announcing the availability of CPSC's service contract inventory for
fiscal year (FY) 2012. This inventory provides information on service
contract actions over $25,000 that CPSC made in FY 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Hutton, Director, Division of
Procurement Services, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. Telephone: 301-504-7009; email:
dhutton@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 16, 2009, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Consolidated Appropriations Act), Public Law
111-117, became law. Section 743(a) of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, titled, ``Service Contract Inventory Requirement,'' requires
agencies to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an
annual inventory of service contracts awarded or extended through the
exercise of an option on or after April 1, 2010, and describes the
contents of the inventory. The contents of the inventory must include:
(A) A description of the services purchased by the executive agency
and the role the services played in achieving agency objectives,
regardless of whether such a purchase was made through a contract or
task order;
(B) The organizational component of the executive agency
administering the contract, and the organizational component of the
agency whose requirements are being met through contractor performance
of the service;
(C) The total dollar amount obligated for services under the
contract and the funding source for the contract;
(D) The total dollar amount invoiced for services under the
contract;
(E) The contract type and date of award;
(F) The name of the contractor and place of performance;
(G) The number and work location of contractor and subcontractor
employees, expressed as full-time equivalents for direct labor,
compensated under the contract;
(H) Whether the contract is a personal services contract; and
(I) Whether the contract was awarded on a noncompetitive basis,
regardless of date of award.
Section 743(a)(3)(A) through (I) of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act. Section 743(c) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act requires
agencies to ``publish in the Federal Register a notice
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that the inventory is available to the public.''
Consequently, through this notice, we are announcing that the
CPSC's service contract inventory for FY 2012 is available to the
public. The inventory provides information on service contract actions
over $25,000 that CPSC made in FY 2012. The information is organized by
function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout
the CPSC. We developed the inventory in accordance with guidance issued
on December 19, 2011 by the OMB. (The OMB guidance is available at:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/procurement/memo/service-contract-inventories-guidance-11052010.pdf.) The CPSC's
Division of Procurement Services has posted its inventory, and a
summary of the inventory can be found at our homepage at the following
link: https://www.cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/Agency-Reports/Service-Contract-Inventory/.
Dated: May 30, 2013.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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