Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Surveys Along the Oregon and California Coasts: Correction, 79403 [2013-31201]
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Dated: December 24, 2013.
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Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Candace Nachman, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Need for Correction
The public comment period for the
proposal to issue an IHA to the
Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study
of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) at the
University of California Santa Cruz
published in the Federal Register on
October 30, 2013 (78 FR 64918),
requesting comments from the public
for 30 days on that proposal. NMFS
issued an IHA to PISCO for the
proposed action on December 17, 2013,
which took into consideration the
public comments received at that time.
The Federal Register notice that NMFS
incorrectly published on December 23,
2013 (78 FR 77433), is a duplicate of the
original notice from October 2013. The
notice that should have published in the
Federal Register on December 23, 2013,
was the notice of issuance of an IHA.
NMFS has submitted the notice of
issuance to the Federal Register for
publication. Therefore, NMFS is
withdrawing the Notice of Proposed
IHA notice of December 23, 2013 (78 FR
77433), as the public was already
afforded an opportunity to comment on
the proposal, and the final action has
already been taken.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Dated: December 23, 2013.
Perry Gayaldo,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Rocky Intertidal
Monitoring Surveys Along the Oregon
and California Coasts: Correction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
NMFS incorrectly published a
second notice in the Federal Register on
December 23, 2013, requesting
comments on the proposed issuance of
an Incidental Harassment Authorization
(IHA) pursuant to the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA). NMFS had
published the first notice in the Federal
Register on October 30, 2013, requesting
comments from the public for 30 days.
The comment period closed on
November 29, 2013. The notice that
should have published in the Federal
Register on December 23, 2013, was the
notice of issuance of an IHA.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC893
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Rocky Intertidal
Monitoring Surveys Along the Oregon
and California Coasts
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment 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 Partnership for
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Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal
Oceans (PISCO) at the University of
California (UC) Santa Cruz for an
Incidental Harassment Authorization
(IHA) to take marine mammals, by
harassment, incidental to rocky
intertidal monitoring surveys.
DATES: Effective December 17, 2013,
through December 16, 2014.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the authorization,
application, and associated
Environmental Assessment (EA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) may be obtained by writing to
Michael Payne, Chief, Permits and
Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910,
telephoning the contact listed below
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT),
or visiting the internet at: https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm. Documents cited in this
notice may also be viewed, by
appointment, during regular business
hours, at the aforementioned address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Candace Nachman, 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.
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, other
means of effecting the least practicable
impact on the species or stock and its
habitat, 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.’’
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC893
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities;
Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Surveys
Along the Oregon and California Coasts: Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: NMFS incorrectly published a second notice in the Federal
Register on December 23, 2013, requesting comments on the proposed
issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) pursuant to
the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). NMFS had published the first
notice in the Federal Register on October 30, 2013, requesting comments
from the public for 30 days. The comment period closed on November 29,
2013. The notice that should have published in the Federal Register on
December 23, 2013, was the notice of issuance of an IHA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Candace Nachman, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Need for Correction
The public comment period for the proposal to issue an IHA to the
Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) at
the University of California Santa Cruz published in the Federal
Register on October 30, 2013 (78 FR 64918), requesting comments from
the public for 30 days on that proposal. NMFS issued an IHA to PISCO
for the proposed action on December 17, 2013, which took into
consideration the public comments received at that time. The Federal
Register notice that NMFS incorrectly published on December 23, 2013
(78 FR 77433), is a duplicate of the original notice from October 2013.
The notice that should have published in the Federal Register on
December 23, 2013, was the notice of issuance of an IHA. NMFS has
submitted the notice of issuance to the Federal Register for
publication. Therefore, NMFS is withdrawing the Notice of Proposed IHA
notice of December 23, 2013 (78 FR 77433), as the public was already
afforded an opportunity to comment on the proposal, and the final
action has already been taken.
Dated: December 23, 2013.
Perry Gayaldo,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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