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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Coral Reef Conservation Program
Coral Reef Conservation
Program, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting, notice
of public comment.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given of a
public meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef
Task Force (USCRTF). The meeting will
be held in Washington, DC, at the U.S.
Department of Interior South Building,
1925 Constitution Avenue NW. The
meeting provides a forum for
coordinated planning and action among
federal agencies, state and territorial
governments, and nongovernmental
partners. The meeting will be held
Thursday, February 18, 2016.
Additional workshops will be on
Tuesday February 16; Wednesday,
February 17; and Friday, February 19.
Registration is requested for all events
associated with the meeting.
This meeting has time allotted for
public comment. All public comments
must be submitted in written format. A
written summary of the meeting will be
posted on the USCRTF Web site within
two months of occurrence. For
information about the meeting,
registering and submitting public
comments, go to https://
www.coralreef.gov.
Commenters may address the
meeting, the role of the USCRTF, or
general coral reef conservation issues.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, you should be aware that
your entire comment, including
personal identifying information may be
made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Established by Presidential Executive
Order 13089 in 1998, the U.S. Coral Reef
Task Force mission is to lead,
coordinate and strengthen U.S.
government actions to better preserve
and protect coral reef ecosystems. Cochaired by the Departments of
Commerce and Interior, Task Force
members include leaders of 12 federal
agencies, seven U.S. states and
territories and three freely associated
states.
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Jennifer Koss, NOAA USCRTF Steering
Committee Point of Contact, NOAA
Coral Reef Conservation Program, 1305
East-West Highway, N/OCRM, Silver
Spring, MD 20910 at 301–533–0777 or
Cheryl Fossani, USCRTF Executive
Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior,
MS–3530–MIB, 1849 C Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20240 at (202) 208–
5004 or visit the USCRTF Web site at
https://www.coralreef.gov
Dated: December 30, 2015.
Donna Rivelli,
Deputy Associate Assistant Administrator for
Management and Deputy CFO/CAO, Ocean
Services and Coastal Zone Management,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XB157
Marine Mammals; File Nos. 14856 and
14809
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit
amendments.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
major amendments to Permit No.
14809–01 and Permit No. 14856–03
have been issued to Douglas Nowacek,
Ph.D., Duke University Marine
Laboratory, 135 Duke Marine Lab Rd.,
Beaufort, NC 28516 and Bruce R. Mate,
Ph.D., Hatfield Marine Science Center,
Oregon State University, Newport, OR
97365, respectively.
ADDRESSES: The permit amendments
and related documents are available for
review upon written request or by
appointment in the Permits and
Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 13705, Silver
Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427–
8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Hapeman or Carrie Hubard, (301)
427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
29, 2015 and April 2, 2015, notices were
published in the Federal Register (80
FR 36975 and 80 FR 17721,
respectively) that a request for
amendments to Permit Nos. 14809–01
and 14856–03 to conduct research on
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marine mammals had been submitted by
the above-named applicants. The
requested permit amendments have
been issued under the authority of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216), 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).
Permit No. 14809–01 authorizes Dr.
Nowacek to conduct comparative
research on 34 species/stocks of
cetaceans in the North Atlantic, North
Pacific and Southern Oceans.
Authorized activities include suction
cup tagging, acoustic playbacks, passive
acoustics, biopsy sampling, photoidentification, behavioral observations,
and incidental harassment during vessel
surveys. The research objectives are to:
(1) Document baseline foraging and
social behavior of cetacean species
under different ecological conditions;
(2) place these behaviors in a
population-level context; and (3)
determine how these species respond to
various natural sound sources. The
permit has been amended (No. 02) to
authorize the use of dart/barb tags
during tagging efforts on Cuvier’s
beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris),
short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala
macrorhynchus), Risso’s dolphins
(Grampus griseus), Arnoux’s beaked
whales (Berardius arnuxii), Antarctic
minke whales (Balaenoptera
bonaerensis) and endangered humpback
whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
during vessel surveys. The permit is
valid through March 31, 2019.
Permit No. 14856–03 authorizes Dr.
Mate to take 66 species of cetaceans and
12 species of pinnipeds in U.S. and
international waters worldwide for
scientific research. The purposes of the
research are to: (1) Identify migration
routes; (2) identify specific feeding and
breeding grounds; (3) characterize local
movements and dive habits in both
feeding and breeding grounds, and
during migration; (4) examine the
relationships between movements/dive
habits and prey distribution, time of
day, geographic location, or physical
and biological oceanographic
conditions; (5) characterize whale
vocalizations; (6) characterize sound
pressure levels to which whales are
exposed; and (7) gather photoidentification and behavioral
information. Researchers are authorized
to conduct aerial and vessel surveys and
a suite of research activities including:
Observations, biopsy sampling, tagging,
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Coral Reef Conservation Program
AGENCY: Coral Reef Conservation Program, Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting, notice of public comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a public meeting of the U.S. Coral
Reef Task Force (USCRTF). The meeting will be held in Washington, DC,
at the U.S. Department of Interior South Building, 1925 Constitution
Avenue NW. The meeting provides a forum for coordinated planning and
action among federal agencies, state and territorial governments, and
nongovernmental partners. The meeting will be held Thursday, February
18, 2016. Additional workshops will be on Tuesday February 16;
Wednesday, February 17; and Friday, February 19. Registration is
requested for all events associated with the meeting.
This meeting has time allotted for public comment. All public
comments must be submitted in written format. A written summary of the
meeting will be posted on the USCRTF Web site within two months of
occurrence. For information about the meeting, registering and
submitting public comments, go to https://www.coralreef.gov.
Commenters may address the meeting, the role of the USCRTF, or
general coral reef conservation issues. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information
in your comments, you should be aware that your entire comment,
including personal identifying information may be made publicly
available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Established by Presidential Executive Order 13089 in 1998, the U.S.
Coral Reef Task Force mission is to lead, coordinate and strengthen
U.S. government actions to better preserve and protect coral reef
ecosystems. Co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and Interior,
Task Force members include leaders of 12 federal agencies, seven U.S.
states and territories and three freely associated states.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Koss, NOAA USCRTF Steering
Committee Point of Contact, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, 1305
East-West Highway, N/OCRM, Silver Spring, MD 20910 at 301-533-0777 or
Cheryl Fossani, USCRTF Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of
Interior, MS-3530-MIB, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240 at (202)
208-5004 or visit the USCRTF Web site at https://www.coralreef.gov
Dated: December 30, 2015.
Donna Rivelli,
Deputy Associate Assistant Administrator for Management and Deputy CFO/
CAO, Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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