Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Marine Corps Training Exercises at Brant Island Bombing Target and Piney Island Bombing Range, USMC Cherry Point Range Complex, North Carolina, 21212-21213 [2015-08841]
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Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise subject to investigation is
closed (i.e., not open top) van containers
exceeding 14.63 meters (48 feet) but generally
measuring 16.154 meters (53 feet) in exterior
length, which are designed for the intermodal
transport 12 of goods other than bulk liquids
within North America primarily by rail or by
road vehicle, or by a combination of rail and
road vehicle (domestic containers). The
merchandise is known in the industry by
varying terms including ‘‘53-foot containers,’’
‘‘53-foot dry containers,’’ ‘‘53-foot domestic
dry containers,’’ ‘‘domestic dry containers’’
and ‘‘domestic containers.’’ These terms all
describe the same article with the same
design and performance characteristics.
Notwithstanding the particular terminology
used to describe the merchandise, all
merchandise that meets the definition set
forth herein is included within the scope of
this investigation.
Domestic containers generally meet the
characteristic for closed van containers for
domestic intermodal service as described in
the American Association of Railroads (AAR)
Manual of Standards and Recommended
Practices Intermodal Equipment Manual
Closed Van Containers for Domestic
Intermodal Service Specification M 930
Adopted: 1972; Last Revised 2013 (AAR
Specifications) for 53-foot and 53-foot high
cube containers. The AAR Specifications
generally define design, performance and
testing requirements for closed van
containers, but are not dispositive for
purposes of defining subject merchandise
within this scope definition. Containers
which may not fall precisely within the AAR
Specifications or any successor equivalent
specifications are included within the scope
definition of the subject merchandise if they
have the exterior dimensions referenced
12 ‘‘Intermodal transport’’ refers to a movement of
freight using more than one mode of transportation,
most commonly on a container chassis for on-theroad transportation and on a rail car for rail
transportation.
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below, are suitable for use in intermodal
transportation, are capable of and suitable for
double-stacking 13 in intermodal
transportation, and otherwise meet the scope
definition for the subject merchandise.
Domestic containers have the following
actual exterior dimensions: An exterior
length exceeding 14.63 meters (48 feet) but
not exceeding 16.154 meters (53 feet); an
exterior width of between 2.438 meters and
2.60 meters (between 8 feet and 8 feet 63⁄8
inches); and an exterior height of between
2.438 meters and 2.908 meters (between 8
feet and 9 feet 61⁄2 inches), all subject to
tolerances as allowed by the AAR
Specifications. In addition to two frames (one
at either end of the container), the domestic
containers within the scope definition have
two stacking frames located equidistant from
each end of the container, as required by the
AAR Specifications. The stacking frames
have four upper handling fittings and four
bottom dual aperture handling fittings,
placed at the respective corners of the
stacking frames. Domestic containers also
have two forward facing fittings at the front
lower corners and two downward facing
fittings at the rear lower corners of the
container to facilitate chassis interface.
All domestic containers as described
herein are included within this scope
definition, regardless of whether the
merchandise enters the United States in a
final, assembled condition, or as an
unassembled kit or substantially complete
domestic container which requires additional
manipulation or processing after entry into
the United States to be made ready for use
as a domestic container.
The scope of this investigation excludes
the following items: (1) Refrigerated
containers; (2) trailers, where the cargo box
and rear wheeled chassis are of integrated
construction, and the cargo box of the unit
may not be separated from the chassis for
further intermodal transport; (3) container
chassis, whether or not imported with
domestic containers, but the domestic
containers remain subject merchandise, to
the extent they meet the written description
of the scope. Imports of the subject
merchandise are provided for under
subheading 8609.00.0000 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Imports of the subject merchandise
which meet the definition of and
requirements for ‘‘instruments of
international traffic’’ pursuant to 19 U.S.C.
1322 and 19 CFR 10.41a may be classified
under subheading 9803.00.50, HTSUS. While
HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the subject
merchandise as set forth herein is
dispositive.
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13 ‘‘Double-stacking’’ refers to two levels of
intermodal containers on a rail car, one on top of
the other.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD789
Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to U.S. Marine Corps
Training Exercises at Brant Island
Bombing Target and Piney Island
Bombing Range, USMC Cherry Point
Range Complex, North Carolina
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of a Letter of
Authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended, and
implementing regulations, notification
is hereby given that a Letter of
Authorization (LOA) has been issued to
the U.S. Marine Corps (Marine Corps) to
take marine mammals, by harassment,
incidental to training operations at the
Brant Island Bombing Target (BT–9) and
Piney Island Bombing Range (BT–11)
located within the Marine Corps’ Cherry
Point Range Complex in Pamlico Sound,
NC.
DATES: Effective from March 13, 2015,
through March 12, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The LOA and supporting
documentation may be obtained by
writing to Jolie Harrison, Division Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
1315 East West-Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, calling the contact listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, or visiting the Internet at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental/military.htm.Documents
cited in this notice may also be viewed,
by appointment, during regular business
hours at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeannine Cody, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) 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 regulations are
issued. Under the MMPA, the term
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‘‘take’’ means to harass, hunt, capture,
or kill or to attempt to harass, hunt,
capture, or kill any marine mammal.
Authorization for incidental takings
may 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
certain subsistence uses, and that the
permissible methods of taking and
requirements pertaining to the
mitigation, monitoring and reporting of
such taking 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.’’
The National Defense Authorization
Act of 2004 (NDAA) (Pub. L. 108–136)
removed the ‘‘small numbers’’ and
‘‘specified geographical region’’
limitations and amended the definition
of ‘‘harassment’’ as it applies to a
‘‘military readiness activity’’ to read as
follows (Section 3(18)(B) of the MMPA):
‘‘(i) Any act that injures or has the
significant potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild [Level A Harassment]; or (ii) any
act that disturbs or is likely to disturb
a marine mammal or marine mammal
stock in the wild by causing disruption
of natural behavioral patterns,
including, but not limited to, migration,
surfacing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or
sheltering, to a point where such
behavioral patterns are abandoned or
significantly altered [Level B
Harassment].’’ Because the Marine
Corps’ activities constitute military
readiness activities, they are not subject
to the small numbers or specified
geographic region limitations.
NMFS issued regulations governing
the take of one species of marine
mammal, by Level A and Level B
harassment, incidental to training
activities on March 13, 2015. These
regulations include mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements
for the incidental take of marine
mammals during the specified activities.
This LOA is effective from March 13,
2015, through March 12, 2020, and
authorizes the incidental take of
bottlenose dolphins that may result
from the training exercises occurring at
the BT–9 and BT–11 bombing targets
located within the Marine Corps’ Cherry
Point Range Complex in Pamlico Sound,
NC.
The Marine Corps would conduct
weapons delivery training exercises (airto-surface and surface-to-surface) at the
two water-based bombing targets located
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within the Cherry Point Range Complex
in North Carolina. The military
readiness activities would occur
between March 2015 and March 2020,
year-round, day or night. The Marine
Corps proposes to use small arms, large
arms, bombs, rockets, grenades, and
pyrotechnics for the air-to-surface and
surface-to-surface training exercises,
which qualify as military readiness
activities. NMFS anticipates that take,
by Level B (behavioral) and Level A
harassment of individuals of Atlantic
bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
would result from the training exercises.
The noise generated by the Marine
Corps’ activities would result in the
incidental harassment of bottlenose
dolphins, both behaviorally and in
terms of physiological (auditory)
impacts.
Take of marine mammals will be
minimized through the implementation
of the following mitigation and
monitoring measures:
• Required pre- and post-exercise
monitoring of the training areas to
detect the presence of marine mammals
during training exercises.
• Required monitoring of the training
areas during active training exercises
with required suspensions/delays of
training activities if a marine mammal
enters within any of the designated
mitigation zones.
• Required reporting of stranded or
injured marine mammals in the vicinity
of the BT–9 and BT–11 bombing targets
located within the Marine Corps’ Cherry
Point Range Complex in Pamlico Sound,
North Carolina to the NMFS Marine
Mammal Stranding Network.
• Required research on a real-time
acoustic monitoring system to automate
detection of bottlenose dolphins in the
training areas.
Through this LOA, the Marine Corps
is required to monitor for marine
mammals and submit an annual report
to NMFS by June 1, annually. The report
will include data collected from the
monitoring program. Additional
information on the mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements
can be found in the final rule (80 FR
13264, March 13, 2015). The Marine
Corps is also required to submit a
comprehensive report, which shall
provide full documentation of methods,
results, and interpretation of all
monitoring during the period of
effectiveness of this LOA.
This Authorization remains valid
through March 12, 2020 provided the
Marine Corps remains in conformance
with the conditions of the regulations
and the LOA, and the mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements
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described in 50 CFR 218.240 through
218.249 and the LOA are implemented.
Dated: April 13, 2015.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD814
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Land Survey
Activities Within the Eastern Aleutian
Islands Archipelago, Alaska, 2015
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental
harassment authorization; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received an
application from the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) to take marine
mammals, by harassment incidental to
conducting a one-day field-based land
survey of cultural sites located on a
small island within the eastern Aleutian
Islands archipelago for a land claim
made by an Alaska Regional Native
Corporation under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act. The proposed
date for this action would be on one day
between the periods of June 1 through
July 31, 2015. Per the Marine Mammal
Protection Act, NMFS is requesting
comments on the proposal to issue an
Authorization to BLM to incidentally
take, by Level B harassment only, one
species of marine mammal during the
specified activity.
DATES: NMFS must receive comments
and information on or before May 18,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Address comments on the
application to Jolie Harrison, Division
Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910. The mailbox address for
providing email comments is ITP.Cody@
noaa.gov. Please include 0648–XD818
in the subject line. Comments sent via
email to ITP.Cody@noaa.gov, including
all attachments, must not exceed a 25megabyte file size. NMFS is not
responsible for email comments sent to
addresses other than the one provided
here.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD789
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to U.S. Marine Corps Training Exercises at Brant Island
Bombing Target and Piney Island Bombing Range, USMC Cherry Point Range
Complex, North Carolina
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of a Letter of Authorization.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as
amended, and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given
that a Letter of Authorization (LOA) has been issued to the U.S. Marine
Corps (Marine Corps) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental
to training operations at the Brant Island Bombing Target (BT-9) and
Piney Island Bombing Range (BT-11) located within the Marine Corps'
Cherry Point Range Complex in Pamlico Sound, NC.
DATES: Effective from March 13, 2015, through March 12, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The LOA and supporting documentation may be obtained by
writing to Jolie Harrison, Division Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East West-Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910, calling the contact listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT, or visiting the Internet at: https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/incidental/military.htm.Documents cited in
this notice may also be viewed, by appointment, during regular business
hours at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannine Cody, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs
the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) 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 regulations are issued. Under the MMPA, the term
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``take'' means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill or to attempt to
harass, hunt, capture, or kill any marine mammal.
Authorization for incidental takings may 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 certain subsistence uses,
and that the permissible methods of taking and requirements pertaining
to the mitigation, monitoring and reporting of such taking 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.''
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2004 (NDAA) (Pub. L. 108-
136) removed the ``small numbers'' and ``specified geographical
region'' limitations and amended the definition of ``harassment'' as it
applies to a ``military readiness activity'' to read as follows
(Section 3(18)(B) of the MMPA): ``(i) Any act that injures or has the
significant potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock
in the wild [Level A Harassment]; or (ii) any act that disturbs or is
likely to disturb a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild by
causing disruption of natural behavioral patterns, including, but not
limited to, migration, surfacing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or
sheltering, to a point where such behavioral patterns are abandoned or
significantly altered [Level B Harassment].'' Because the Marine Corps'
activities constitute military readiness activities, they are not
subject to the small numbers or specified geographic region
limitations.
NMFS issued regulations governing the take of one species of marine
mammal, by Level A and Level B harassment, incidental to training
activities on March 13, 2015. These regulations include mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements for the incidental take of
marine mammals during the specified activities.
This LOA is effective from March 13, 2015, through March 12, 2020,
and authorizes the incidental take of bottlenose dolphins that may
result from the training exercises occurring at the BT-9 and BT-11
bombing targets located within the Marine Corps' Cherry Point Range
Complex in Pamlico Sound, NC.
The Marine Corps would conduct weapons delivery training exercises
(air-to-surface and surface-to-surface) at the two water-based bombing
targets located within the Cherry Point Range Complex in North
Carolina. The military readiness activities would occur between March
2015 and March 2020, year-round, day or night. The Marine Corps
proposes to use small arms, large arms, bombs, rockets, grenades, and
pyrotechnics for the air-to-surface and surface-to-surface training
exercises, which qualify as military readiness activities. NMFS
anticipates that take, by Level B (behavioral) and Level A harassment
of individuals of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
would result from the training exercises. The noise generated by the
Marine Corps' activities would result in the incidental harassment of
bottlenose dolphins, both behaviorally and in terms of physiological
(auditory) impacts.
Take of marine mammals will be minimized through the implementation
of the following mitigation and monitoring measures:
Required pre- and post-exercise monitoring of the training
areas to detect the presence of marine mammals during training
exercises.
Required monitoring of the training areas during active
training exercises with required suspensions/delays of training
activities if a marine mammal enters within any of the designated
mitigation zones.
Required reporting of stranded or injured marine mammals
in the vicinity of the BT-9 and BT-11 bombing targets located within
the Marine Corps' Cherry Point Range Complex in Pamlico Sound, North
Carolina to the NMFS Marine Mammal Stranding Network.
Required research on a real-time acoustic monitoring
system to automate detection of bottlenose dolphins in the training
areas.
Through this LOA, the Marine Corps is required to monitor for
marine mammals and submit an annual report to NMFS by June 1, annually.
The report will include data collected from the monitoring program.
Additional information on the mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
requirements can be found in the final rule (80 FR 13264, March 13,
2015). The Marine Corps is also required to submit a comprehensive
report, which shall provide full documentation of methods, results, and
interpretation of all monitoring during the period of effectiveness of
this LOA.
This Authorization remains valid through March 12, 2020 provided
the Marine Corps remains in conformance with the conditions of the
regulations and the LOA, and the mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
requirements described in 50 CFR 218.240 through 218.249 and the LOA
are implemented.
Dated: April 13, 2015.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-08841 Filed 4-16-15; 8:45 am]
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