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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 54 / Friday, March 20, 2015 / Notices
Dated: March 17, 2015.
Logan Gregory,
Acting Director, Office of Law Enforcement,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[FR Doc. 2015–06433 Filed 3–19–15; 8:45 am]
[Docket No. 150114039–5245–02]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
RIN 0648–XD719
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Higher Initial Maximum Uniform
Allowance Rate; Uniform Allowances
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final notice.
AGENCY:
The NMFS Office of Law
Enforcement (OLE) publishes this notice
to announce that it is establishing a
higher initial maximum uniform
allowance to procure and issue uniform
items for its uniformed enforcement
officers (EOs). Current OPM regulations
allow an agency to establish one or more
initial maximum uniform allowance
rates greater than the government-wide
maximum uniform allowance rate. OLE
increases the current annual limit for
NMFS EOs in order to maintain the
uniform standards and professional
image expected of its EOs under its new
uniform standards.
DATES: The new uniform allowance is
implemented as of April 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Everett Baxter, 301–427–8272.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is
implementing a higher initial maximum
uniform allowance to procure and
furnish uniform items for its
enforcement officers (EOs). The current
$800.00 annual limit is inadequate to
maintain the uniform standards and
professional image expected of NMFS
EOs under its new uniform standards. In
addition, OLE now has a new uniform
policy requiring five classes of
uniforms. In the past, EOs only had two
classes of uniforms. As a result of these
two factors, OLE increases the initial
maximum uniform allowance for EOs
from $800 to $2,000.
OLE published a notice with a request
for comments in the Federal Register on
January 30, 2015 (80 FR 5091) inviting
public comments on this planned
action. The comment period ended on
March 2, 2015. No comments were
received. Therefore, NMFS is
proceeding with establishing the higher
initial maximum uniform allowance rate
for its EOs. The effective date of this
new uniform allowance is April 1, 2015.
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5903; E.O. 12748, 56
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Public Meetings and Request for
Comments on a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement Regarding the
Makah Tribe’s Request To Hunt
Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We are issuing this notice to
advise the public that NMFS has
prepared a new Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) in response to
the Makah Tribe’s request that NMFS
waive the take moratorium of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) to allow for treaty right
hunting of eastern North Pacific (ENP)
gray whales in usual and accustomed
grounds off the coast of Washington
State. We are requesting written
comments on the DEIS and announcing
the dates and locations of two public
meetings regarding the DEIS.
DATES: Two public meetings will be
held as follows:
(1) April 27, 2015, Seattle,
Washington; and
(2) April 29, 2015, Port Angeles,
Washington.
Specific times and locations for each
of these meetings are included in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Written or electronic comments on
the DEIS from all interested parties are
encouraged and must be received no
later than 5 p.m. PDT on June 11, 2015.
All comments and material received,
including names and addresses, will
become part of the administrative record
and may be released to the public.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by NOAA–NMFS–2012–0104,
by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal https://
www.regulations.gov.
—OR—
Email: Submit electronic public
comments via the following NMFS
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email site: makah2015deis.wcr@
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—OR—
Mail: Submit written comments to:
Steve Stone, NMFS West Coast Region,
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100,
Portland, OR 97232.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
All Personal Identifying Information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous
comments (enter N/A in the required
fields, if you wish to remain
anonymous). You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Stone, NMFS Northwest Region,
(503) 231–2317 or Shannon Bettridge,
NMFS Office of Protected Resources,
(301) 427–8402.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS
is available in electronic form on the
Internet at the following address:
https://www.westcoast.fisheries
.noaa.gov/protected_species/marine_
mammals/cetaceans/whale_hunt.html.
The DEIS also may be viewed at various
libraries identified at this Internet
address or at the following NMFS
offices:
(1) NMFS Protected Resources
Division, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite
1100, Portland, OR 97232. Contact Steve
Stone at 503–231–2317; and
(2) NMFS, Protected Resources
Division, 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115–6349.
Contact Leah Mattox at 206–526– 6150.
In addition, copies of the DEIS are
available on CD by contacting Steve
Stone (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
Meeting Information
The public will have the opportunity
to provide written and oral comments
on the DEIS at two public meetings.
Dates, times, and addresses for the
public meetings are as follows:
(1) April 27, 2015, 6:30 p.m.–9:30
p.m., NOAA Western Regional Center,
Building 9 (Kelly C. Sandy III
Auditorium), 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
Seattle, WA 98115; and
(2) April 29, 2015, 6:30 p.m.–9:30
p.m., Vern Burton Memorial
Community Center, 308 East 4th Street,
Port Angeles, WA.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 150114039-5245-02]
RIN 0648-XD719
Higher Initial Maximum Uniform Allowance Rate; Uniform Allowances
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final notice.
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SUMMARY: The NMFS Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) publishes this notice
to announce that it is establishing a higher initial maximum uniform
allowance to procure and issue uniform items for its uniformed
enforcement officers (EOs). Current OPM regulations allow an agency to
establish one or more initial maximum uniform allowance rates greater
than the government-wide maximum uniform allowance rate. OLE increases
the current annual limit for NMFS EOs in order to maintain the uniform
standards and professional image expected of its EOs under its new
uniform standards.
DATES: The new uniform allowance is implemented as of April 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everett Baxter, 301-427-8272.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is implementing a higher initial
maximum uniform allowance to procure and furnish uniform items for its
enforcement officers (EOs). The current $800.00 annual limit is
inadequate to maintain the uniform standards and professional image
expected of NMFS EOs under its new uniform standards. In addition, OLE
now has a new uniform policy requiring five classes of uniforms. In the
past, EOs only had two classes of uniforms. As a result of these two
factors, OLE increases the initial maximum uniform allowance for EOs
from $800 to $2,000.
OLE published a notice with a request for comments in the Federal
Register on January 30, 2015 (80 FR 5091) inviting public comments on
this planned action. The comment period ended on March 2, 2015. No
comments were received. Therefore, NMFS is proceeding with establishing
the higher initial maximum uniform allowance rate for its EOs. The
effective date of this new uniform allowance is April 1, 2015.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5903; E.O. 12748, 56 FR 4521, 3 CFR 1991
Comp., p. 316.
Dated: March 17, 2015.
Logan Gregory,
Acting Director, Office of Law Enforcement, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-06433 Filed 3-19-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
