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We considered the addition of five
days of in-water pile driving work at the
same location and time, involving the
same size and type of piles and
conducted by the same means (i.e.,
vibratory hammer), and determined that
the addition of this activity remains
within the scope of analysis provided by
the Navy’s EA and considered in our
adoption memorandum and FONSI.
Therefore, we do not need to conduct
additional analysis under NEPA.
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As a result of these determinations,
we have issued an IHA to the Navy for
conducting the described pier
maintenance activities in Sinclair Inlet,
from December 1, 2015, through
November 30, 2016, provided the
previously described mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements
are incorporated.
Dated: November 20, 2015.
Perry F. Gayaldo,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Endangered Species; File Nos. 19331
and 19642
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Harold Brundage [Responsible Party],
Environmental Research and
Consulting, Inc.; 126 Bancroft Rd;
Kennett Square, PA 19348, has applied
in due form for a permit [File No.
19331] to take shortnose sturgeon
(Acipenser brevirostrum) and Atlantic
sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus
oxyrinchus) for purposes of conducting
scientific research; and that Jason Kahn
[Responsible Party], NOAA Fisheries,
1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, has applied in due form for
a permit to take shortnose sturgeon and
Atlantic sturgeon for purposes of
scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
December 28, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The applications and
related documents are available for
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review by selecting ‘‘Records Open for
Public Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’
box on the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting either File No. 19331 or File
No. 19642 from the list of available
applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
Written comments on these
applications should be submitted to the
Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division, at the address listed above.
Comments may also be submitted by
facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email
to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.
Please include the File No. in the
subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division at the address listed above. The
request should set forth the specific
reasons why a hearing on either of these
applications would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
´
Malcolm Mohead or Rosa L. Gonzalez,
(301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permits are requested under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR parts 222–226).
File No. 19331: The applicant
proposes to combine and continue
similar shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon
research currently authorized in the
Delaware River and Estuary by Permit
No 14604 (expiring on April 19, 2016)
and Permit No. 16438 (expiring on April
5, 2017), respectively. At issuance of
Permit No. 19331, both of the former
permits would be terminated. The
applicant’s new objectives would be to
characterize Atlantic and shortnose
sturgeon habitat use in the lower
Delaware River (between rkm 0 to rkm
245), studying the relative abundance,
recruitment, temporal-spatial
distributions, and reproduction, as well
as assessing the potential for
entrainment and impingement of
various life stages of Atlantic and
shortnose sturgeon at the intakes of
selected industrial sites on the Delaware
River. The permit would be valid for
five years from the date of issuance.
File No. 19642: The applicant has
proposed two studies to study Atlantic
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and shortnose sturgeon in the
Chesapeake Bay and other river systems
of the Atlantic coast. The primary
objective of Study No. 1 would be
discovering and quantifying new
populations of Atlantic and shortnose
sturgeon in the York, Rappahannock,
Potomac, and Susquehanna Rivers, and
other Chesapeake Bay tributaries of
Virginia and Maryland. Researchers
would also attempt to monitor spawning
activity, movement, and habitat use of
individuals of these populations
through telemetry and side-scan sonar
technology. In Study No. 2, researchers
would opportunistically sample
Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon legally
captured under ESA incidental take
permits or incidental take statements
authorized by NMFS in other actions.
Goals would be to track coastal
movements of both species in mixed
marine stocks. The permit would be
valid for five years from the date of
issuance.
Dated: November 23, 2015.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE315
Endangered Species; File Nos. 19331 and 19642
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Harold Brundage [Responsible
Party], Environmental Research and Consulting, Inc.; 126 Bancroft Rd;
Kennett Square, PA 19348, has applied in due form for a permit [File
No. 19331] to take shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) for purposes of
conducting scientific research; and that Jason Kahn [Responsible
Party], NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910, has applied in due form for a permit to take shortnose sturgeon
and Atlantic sturgeon for purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or
before December 28, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for
review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the
``Features'' box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species
(APPS) home page, https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting either
File No. 19331 or File No. 19642 from the list of available
applications.
These documents are also available upon written request or by
appointment in the Permits and Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver
Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301) 713-0376.
Written comments on these applications should be submitted to the
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, at the address listed above.
Comments may also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 713-0376, or by
email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please include the File No. in the
subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request to the Chief, Permits and Conservation Division at the
address listed above. The request should set forth the specific reasons
why a hearing on either of these applications would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm Mohead or Rosa L.
Gonz[aacute]lez, (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permits are requested under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR
parts 222-226).
File No. 19331: The applicant proposes to combine and continue
similar shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon research currently authorized
in the Delaware River and Estuary by Permit No 14604 (expiring on April
19, 2016) and Permit No. 16438 (expiring on April 5, 2017),
respectively. At issuance of Permit No. 19331, both of the former
permits would be terminated. The applicant's new objectives would be to
characterize Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon habitat use in the lower
Delaware River (between rkm 0 to rkm 245), studying the relative
abundance, recruitment, temporal-spatial distributions, and
reproduction, as well as assessing the potential for entrainment and
impingement of various life stages of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon
at the intakes of selected industrial sites on the Delaware River. The
permit would be valid for five years from the date of issuance.
File No. 19642: The applicant has proposed two studies to study
Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon in the Chesapeake Bay and other river
systems of the Atlantic coast. The primary objective of Study No. 1
would be discovering and quantifying new populations of Atlantic and
shortnose sturgeon in the York, Rappahannock, Potomac, and Susquehanna
Rivers, and other Chesapeake Bay tributaries of Virginia and Maryland.
Researchers would also attempt to monitor spawning activity, movement,
and habitat use of individuals of these populations through telemetry
and side-scan sonar technology. In Study No. 2, researchers would
opportunistically sample Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon legally
captured under ESA incidental take permits or incidental take
statements authorized by NMFS in other actions. Goals would be to track
coastal movements of both species in mixed marine stocks. The permit
would be valid for five years from the date of issuance.
Dated: November 23, 2015.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-30133 Filed 11-25-15; 8:45 am]
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