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Dated: July 31, 2015.
Angela Somma,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Pacific Islands Pelagic Fisheries;
American Samoa Longline Limited
Entry Program
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; availability of permits.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that 12
American Samoa pelagic longline
limited entry permits in three vessel
size classes are available for 2015.
NMFS is accepting applications for
these available permits.
DATES: NMFS must receive completed
permit applications and payment by
December 3, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Request a blank application
form from the NMFS Pacific Islands
Regional Office (PIR), 1845 Wasp Blvd.,
Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818, or the
PIR Web site https://www.fpir.noaa.gov/
Library/SFD/Samoa_LE_App_Fillable_
02Feb15.pdf. Mail your completed
application and payment to: ASLE
Permits, NOAA NMFS PIR, 1845 Wasp
Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Walter Ikehara, Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS PIR, tel 808–725–5175, fax 808–
725–5215, or email PIRO-permits@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal
regulations at 50 CFR 665.816 allow
NMFS to issue new permits for the
American Samoa pelagic longline
limited entry program if the number of
permits in a size class falls below the
maximum allowed. At least 12 permits
are available for issuance, as follows:
• Nine in Class A (vessels less than or
equal to 40 ft in overall length);
• Two in Class B (over 40 ft to 50 ft);
and
• One in Class D (over 70 ft).
Please note that the number of available
permits may change before the
application period closes.
Each application must be complete for
NMFS to consider it. An application
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must include the completed and signed
application form, evidence of
documented participation in the fishery,
and non-refundable payment for the
application-processing fee.
If NMFS receives more completed
applications than the available permits
for a given permit class, NMFS will
prioritize applicants using only the
information in the applications and
documentation provided by the
applicants. If an applicant requests
NMFS, in writing, that NMFS use NMFS
longline logbook data as evidence of
documented participation, the applicant
must specify the qualifying vessel,
official number, and month and year of
the logbook records. NMFS will not
conduct an unlimited search for records.
Applicants with the earliest
documented participation in the fishery
on a Class A sized vessel will receive
the highest priorities for obtaining
permits in any size class, followed by
applicants with the earliest documented
participation in Classes B, C, and D, in
that order. In the event of a tie in the
priority ranking between two or more
applicants, NMFS will rank higher in
priority the applicant whose second
documented participation is earlier.
Detailed criteria for prioritization of
eligible applicants are in the regulations
at 50 CFR 665.816(g).
NMFS must receive applications by
December 3, 2015 to be considered for
a permit (see ADDRESSES). NMFS will
not accept applications received after
that date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 30, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to a Breakwater
Replacement Project in Eastport,
Maine
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; revision of an incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that we
have revised an incidental harassment
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authorization (IHA) issued to the Maine
Department of Transportation (ME DOT)
to incidentally harass, by Level B
harassment only, small numbers of four
species of marine mammals during
construction activities associated with a
breakwater replacement project in
Eastport, Maine. The project has been
delayed and the effective dates revised
accordingly.
DATES: This authorization is now
effective from July 20, 2015, through
July 19, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shane Guan, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 21, 2014, NMFS received
an application from ME DOT requesting
an IHA for the take, by Level B
harassment, of small numbers of harbor
seals (Phoca vitulina), gray seals
(Halichoerus grypus), harbor porpoises
(Phocoena phocoena), and Atlantic
white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus
acutus) incidental to in-water
construction activities in Eastport,
Maine. On July 31, 2014, NMFS
published a Federal Register notice (FR
79 44407) for the proposed IHA, and
subsequently published final notice of
our issuance of the IHA on October 1,
2014 (79 FR 59247), effective from
October 1, 2014, through September 30,
2015. In June 2015, ME DOT informed
NMFS that no work had occurred
relevant to the IHA specified activity
due to difficulties in developing a
passive acoustic monitoring plan for
sound source verification of test pile
driving. Accordingly, ME DOT
requested that NMFS revise the effective
date of the IHA to a one-year period
beginning on July 20, 2015, to
accommodate the delayed schedule,
with no other changes.
Summary of the Activity
The proposed Eastport breakwater
replacement project will replace an
open pier that is supported by 151 piles,
consisting of steel pipe piles, reinforced
concrete pile caps, and a pre-stressed
plank deck with structural overlay. The
proposed approach pier will be 40 ft by
300 ft and the proposed main pier
section that would be parallel to the
shoreline will be 50 ft by 400 ft.
The replacement pier will consist of
two different sections. The approach
pier will be replaced in kind by placing
fill inside of a sheet pile enclosure,
supported by driven piles. The
approach section will consist of sheet
piles that are driven just outside of the
existing sheet piles. The sheet piles can
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE029
Pacific Islands Pelagic Fisheries; American Samoa Longline
Limited Entry Program
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; availability of permits.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that 12 American Samoa pelagic longline limited
entry permits in three vessel size classes are available for 2015. NMFS
is accepting applications for these available permits.
DATES: NMFS must receive completed permit applications and payment by
December 3, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Request a blank application form from the NMFS Pacific
Islands Regional Office (PIR), 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI
96818, or the PIR Web site https://www.fpir.noaa.gov/Library/SFD/Samoa_LE_App_Fillable_02Feb15.pdf. Mail your completed application and
payment to: ASLE Permits, NOAA NMFS PIR, 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176,
Honolulu, HI 96818.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Ikehara, Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS PIR, tel 808-725-5175, fax 808-725-5215, or email PIRO-permits@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.816 allow
NMFS to issue new permits for the American Samoa pelagic longline
limited entry program if the number of permits in a size class falls
below the maximum allowed. At least 12 permits are available for
issuance, as follows:
Nine in Class A (vessels less than or equal to 40 ft in
overall length);
Two in Class B (over 40 ft to 50 ft); and
One in Class D (over 70 ft).
Please note that the number of available permits may change before the
application period closes.
Each application must be complete for NMFS to consider it. An
application must include the completed and signed application form,
evidence of documented participation in the fishery, and non-refundable
payment for the application-processing fee.
If NMFS receives more completed applications than the available
permits for a given permit class, NMFS will prioritize applicants using
only the information in the applications and documentation provided by
the applicants. If an applicant requests NMFS, in writing, that NMFS
use NMFS longline logbook data as evidence of documented participation,
the applicant must specify the qualifying vessel, official number, and
month and year of the logbook records. NMFS will not conduct an
unlimited search for records.
Applicants with the earliest documented participation in the
fishery on a Class A sized vessel will receive the highest priorities
for obtaining permits in any size class, followed by applicants with
the earliest documented participation in Classes B, C, and D, in that
order. In the event of a tie in the priority ranking between two or
more applicants, NMFS will rank higher in priority the applicant whose
second documented participation is earlier. Detailed criteria for
prioritization of eligible applicants are in the regulations at 50 CFR
665.816(g).
NMFS must receive applications by December 3, 2015 to be considered
for a permit (see ADDRESSES). NMFS will not accept applications
received after that date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 30, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-19102 Filed 8-4-15; 8:45 am]
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