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Background
Section 120 of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1361, et seq.) allows the Secretary of
Commerce, acting through the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, and the
West Coast Regional Administrator of
NMFS, the discretion to authorize the
intentional lethal taking of individually
identifiable pinnipeds that are having a
significant negative impact on
salmonids that are either: (1) Listed
under the ESA, (2) approaching a
threatened or endangered status, or (3)
migrate through the Ballard Locks in
Seattle. The authorization applies only
to pinnipeds that are not: (1) Listed
under the ESA, (2) designated as
depleted, or (3) designated a strategic
stock.
In December 2006, NMFS received an
application from the Idaho Department
of Fish and Game, Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife, and the
Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife (collectively referred to as the
States) requesting authorization under
section 120 of the MMPA to
intentionally take, by lethal methods,
individually identifiable predatory
California sea lions in the Columbia
River, which were then having a
significant negative impact on the
recovery of threatened and endangered
Pacific salmon and steelhead. As
required under the MMPA, NMFS
convened a Pinniped-Fishery
Interaction Task Force (Task Force). The
role of the Task Force is to recommend
to NMFS approval or denial of the
States’ application along with
recommendations of the proposed
location, time, and method of such
taking, criteria for evaluating the
success of the action, and the duration
of the intentional lethal taking
authority. The Task Force must also
suggest non-lethal alternatives, if
available and practicable, including a
recommended course of action. NMFS
partially approved the States’ 2006
request, issuing a LOA on March 17,
2008, and on March 24, 2008, NMFS
published a notice in the Federal
Register (73 FR 15483).
Shortly after NMFS issued the LOA,
the Humane Society of the United States
(HSUS) filed a lawsuit in the U.S.
District Court in Oregon, alleging that
NMFS’ LOA violated section 120 of the
MMPA and the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA). In November 2008,
the district court issued an order
upholding NMFS’ approval of the lethal
removal program and its evaluation of
impacts under NEPA. Plaintiffs
appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals which declined to halt the
removal program while the appeal was
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pending. Subsequently, the Ninth
Circuit vacated and remanded the LOA
to NMFS in November 2010 (Humane
Society of the United States, et al. v.
Locke, 626 F.3d 1040 (9th Cir. 2010)). In
response to the Ninth Circuit Court’s
2010 decision, the States submitted a
new request for lethal removal
authorization on December 7, 2010.
NMFS considered the request and new
information available since its prior
authorization, including the Task
Force’s recommendations. NMFS again
authorized lethal take, under similar
conditions to the 2008 authorization
(albeit with modifications), issuing a
new LOA on May 13, 2011. HSUS again
filed suit this time in federal court for
the District of Columbia, alleging,
among other things, that NMFS had not
followed procedural requirements under
MMPA section 120 prior to issuing the
new authorization (including public
notice and comment on the States’
application). In coordination with the
States, NMFS revoked the May 13, 2011,
authorization on July 22, 2011, and
HSUS voluntarily withdrew their
lawsuit.
On August 18, 2011, the States
submitted a new request for lethal
removal of California sea lions at
Bonneville Dam under substantially the
same conditions as the prior
authorizations. On March 15, 2012,
NMFS issued a LOA to the States. In
renewed litigation by HSUS this LOA
was upheld in district court on February
15, 2013, and later affirmed by the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
(Humane Society of the US v. Bryson,
924 F.Supp.2d 1228 (D. Or., 2013);
HSUS v. Pritzker, No. 13–35195 (9th
Cir., 9/27/13)). The 2012 LOA expires
on June 30, 2016.
On January 27, 2016, NMFS received
an application from the States to extend
the 2012 LOA through June 30, 2021.
The States are not requesting any
changes or modifications to the terms
and conditions of the 2012 LOA.
Pursuant to the MMPA, NMFS
determined that the application
contains sufficient information to
warrant convening the Task Force. On
March 28, 2016, NMFS published a
notice in the Federal Register (81 FR
17141), announcing receipt of the
States’ application, and soliciting public
comments on the application and any
additional information that NMFS
should consider in making its decision.
On May 31, 2016, NMFS reconvened the
Task Force at a meeting that was open
to the public, during which it reviewed
the States’ application, public
comments on the application, and other
information related to sea lion predation
on salmonids at Bonneville Dam. The
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Task Force completed and submitted its
report to NMFS on June 22, 2016.
Thirteen of the fourteen members
recommended that NMFS approve the
States’ extension request, with one
member dissenting. All decision
documents, including a copy of the new
LOA, are available on NMFS’s West
Coast Region Web page (see ADDRESSES).
Findings
As required under section 7(a)(2)
under the ESA, NMFS completed formal
consultation, and in accordance with
NEPA, NMFS completed a
supplemental environmental assessment
(EA) to the 2008 EA with a finding of
no significant impact. In considering a
state’s application to lethally remove
pinnipeds, NMFS is also required,
pursuant to section 120(b)(1) of the
MMPA, to determine that individually
identifiable pinnipeds are having a
significant negative impact on the
decline or recovery of at-risk salmonid
fishery stocks. Based on these
requirements, considerations, and
analyses, NMFS has determined that the
requirements of section 120 of the
MMPA have been met and it is therefore
reasonable to issue a new LOA to the
States for the lethal removal of
individually identifiable predatory
California sea lions through 2021.
Dated: June 30, 2016.
Nicole R. LeBoeuf,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by August
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Licari, 571-372-0493.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Exchange Form 6450-005 ``Exchange
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Credit Program''; OMB Control Number 0702-XXXX.
Type of Request: Existing collection in use without an OMB Control
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Number of Respondents: 200,455.
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Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary
to process, monitor, and post audit accounts receivables to the Army
and Air Force Exchange Service; to administer the Federal Claims
Collection act and to answer inquiries pertaining thereto as well as
collection of indebtedness and determination of customer's eligibility
to cash checks at Exchange facilities.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection
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DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick Licari.
Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal
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Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
Dated: July 1, 2016.
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Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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