Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 56065 [2014-22200]
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 181 / Thursday, September 18, 2014 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD174
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
conduct a question and answer session
via webinar with NMFS’s Marine
Recreational Information Program
(MRIP).
SUMMARY:
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Seabird
Monitoring and Research in Glacier
Bay National Park, Alaska, 2014
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
The meeting will be held on
Friday, October 03, 2014, from 10 a.m.
until noon.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via Webinar at this link: https://
mafmc.adobeconnect.com/mrip-qa/.
When the webinar begins, once
attendees click/navigate to this link
audio connection details are provided.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 North State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to brief the
Council on ongoing MRIP efforts to
improve recreational data collection and
to provide a forum for Council Members
to ask questions regarding MRIP. NMFS
MRIP staff will be on the webinar to
respond to questions. There will also be
an opportunity for questions and
comments from any public attendees.
The meeting will be informational in
nature.
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) regulations, we, NMFS, hereby
give notification that the National
Marine Fisheries Service has issued an
Incidental Harassment Authorization
(IHA) to Glacier Bay National Park
(Glacier Bay NP), to take marine
mammals, by Level B harassment,
incidental to conducting seabird
monitoring and research activities in
Alaska, September 2014.
DATES: Effective September 1 through
September 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: The public may obtain an
electronic copy of Glacier Bay NP’s
application, supporting documentation,
the authorization, and a list of the
references cited in this document by
visiting: https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/
permits/incidental.htm#applications. In
the case of problems accessing these
documents, please call the contact listed
here (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
The Environmental Assessment and
associated Finding of No Significant
Impact, prepared pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, are also available at the same site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeannine Cody, NMFS, Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS (301) 427–
8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
Background
This meeting is accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for sign
language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as
amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) directs the Secretary of Commerce
to allow, upon request, the incidental,
but not intentional, taking of small
numbers of marine mammals of a
species or population stock, by U.S.
citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing)
within a specified geographical region
if, after NMFS provides a notice of a
proposed authorization to the public for
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DATES:
Dated: September 12, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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review and comment: (1) NMFS makes
certain findings; and (2) the taking is
limited to harassment.
An Authorization shall be granted for
the incidental taking of small numbers
of marine mammals if NMFS finds that
the taking will have a negligible impact
on the species or stock(s), and will not
have an unmitigable adverse impact on
the availability of the species or stock(s)
for subsistence uses (where relevant).
The Authorization must also set forth
the permissible methods of taking; other
means of effecting the least practicable
adverse impact on the species or stock
and its habitat; and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such taking. 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.’’
Except with respect to certain
activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: any act of
pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
has the potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild [Level A harassment]; or (ii) has
the potential to disturb a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild by causing disruption of behavioral
patterns, including, but not limited to,
migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
feeding, or sheltering [Level B
harassment].
Summary of Request
On April 7, 2014, NMFS received an
application from Glacier Bay NP
requesting that we issue an
Authorization for the take of marine
mammals, incidental to conducting
monitoring and research studies on
glaucus-winged gulls (Larus
glaucescens) within Glacier Bay
National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
NMFS determined the application
complete and adequate on May 1, 2014.
Glacier Bay NP proposes to conduct
ground-based and vessel-based surveys
to collect data on the number and
distribution of nesting gulls within five
study sites in Glacier Bay, AK during
September, 2014.
The proposed activities are within the
vicinity of pinniped haulout sites and
the following aspects of the proposed
activities are likely to result in the take
of marine mammals: noise generated by
motorboat approaches and departures;
noise generated by researchers while
conducting ground surveys; and human
presence during the monitoring and
research activities. There are two
species with confirmed occurrence in
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD503
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
conduct a question and answer session via webinar with NMFS's Marine
Recreational Information Program (MRIP).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, October 03, 2014, from 10
a.m. until noon.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via Webinar at this link: https://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/mrip-qa/. When the webinar begins, once
attendees click/navigate to this link audio connection details are
provided.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. State Street,
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to brief the
Council on ongoing MRIP efforts to improve recreational data collection
and to provide a forum for Council Members to ask questions regarding
MRIP. NMFS MRIP staff will be on the webinar to respond to questions.
There will also be an opportunity for questions and comments from any
public attendees. The meeting will be informational in nature.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests
for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should be
directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Dated: September 12, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-22200 Filed 9-17-14; 8:45 am]
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