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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (808) 522–8220.
The
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83204). The location of the meeting was
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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Management Council (Council)
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Hilo, HI public meetings and scoping
sessions to discuss fishery management
regulations for the Monument Expanded
Area in the Northwestern Hawaiian
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Dated: November 22, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF029
Taking and Importing of Marine
Mammals
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; affirmative finding
annual renewals for Ecuador, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and
Spain.
AGENCY:
The NMFS Assistant
Administrator (Assistant Administrator)
has issued affirmative finding annual
renewals for the Governments of
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Mexico, and Spain (Hereafter known as
‘‘The Nations’’) under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). These
affirmative finding annual renewals will
allow yellowfin tuna and yellowfin tuna
products harvested in the eastern
tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) in
compliance with the Agreement on the
International Dolphin Conservation
Program (AIDCP) by The Nations’
flagged purse seine vessels or purse
seine vessels operating under The
Nations’ jurisdiction to be imported into
the United States. The affirmative
finding annual renewals were based on
reviews of documentary evidence
submitted by the Governments of The
Nations and by information obtained
from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC).
DATES: These affirmative finding annual
renewals are effective for the one-year
period of April 1, 2016, through March
31, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Greenman, West Coast Region,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 501
W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802.
Phone: 562–980–3264. Email:
justin.greenman@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., allows
for importation into the United States of
yellowfin tuna harvested by purse seine
vessels in the ETP under certain
conditions. If requested by the
harvesting nation, the Assistant
Administrator will determine whether
to make an affirmative finding based
upon documentary evidence provided
by the government of the harvesting
nation, the IATTC, or the Department of
State.
The affirmative finding process
requires that the harvesting nation is
SUMMARY:
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meeting its obligations under the AIDCP
and obligations of membership in the
IATTC. Every five years, the government
of the harvesting nation must request a
new affirmative finding and submit the
required documentary evidence directly
to the Assistant Administrator. On an
annual basis, NMFS reviews the
affirmative finding and determines
whether the harvesting nation continues
to meet the requirements. A nation may
provide information related to
compliance with AIDCP and IATTC
measures directly to NMFS on an
annual basis or may authorize the
IATTC to release the information to
NMFS to annually renew an affirmative
finding determination without an
application from the harvesting nation.
An affirmative finding will be
terminated, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, if the Assistant
Administrator determines that the
requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f) are no
longer being met or that a nation is
consistently failing to take enforcement
actions on violations, thereby
diminishing the effectiveness of the
AIDCP.
As a part of the affirmative finding
process set forth in 50 CFR 216.24(f)(8),
the Assistant Administrator considered
documentary evidence submitted by the
governments of The Nations and
obtained from the IATTC, and has
determined that The Nations have met
the MMPA’s requirements to receive
affirmative finding annual renewals.
After consultation with the
Department of State, the Assistant
Administrator issued affirmative finding
annual renewals to The Nations,
allowing the continued importation into
the United States of yellowfin tuna and
products derived from yellowfin tuna
harvested in the ETP by The Nations’
flagged purse seine vessels or purse
seine vessels operating under The
Nations’ jurisdiction for the one-year
period of April 1, 2016, through March
31, 2017.
El Salvador’s five-year affirmative
finding will remain valid through March
31, 2018 and Ecuador, Guatemala,
Mexico, and Spain’s five-year
affirmative findings will remain valid
through March 31, 2020, subject to
subsequent annual reviews by NMFS.
Dated: November 23, 2016.
Eileen Sobeck,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Assessment for the
Bluefield Holdings, Inc. Site 2
Shoreline Restoration Project Credit
Purchase
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS); National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a Draft
Environmental Assessment; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that a
document entitled, ‘‘Draft
Environmental Assessment for the
Bluefield Holdings, Inc. Site 2 Shoreline
Restoration Project Credits Purchase’’
(Draft EA) is available for public review
and comment. This document has been
prepared by the state, tribal, and Federal
natural resource trustee agencies (the
‘‘Trustees’’)—NOAA, United States Fish
& Wildlife Service (USFWS) acting on
behalf of the U.S. Department of the
Interior (DOI), Washington Department
of Ecology (as lead State trustee),
Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, and
the Suquamish Tribe—to evaluate
potential impacts to the environment
from purchasing 30 credits in the
Bluefield Holdings, Inc. Site 2 Shoreline
Restoration Project (Site 2). The
proposed credits purchase in the Site 2
project is a component of the overall
effort to restore natural resources and
resource services that have been injured
and lost resulting from releases of
hazardous substances into the Lower
Duwamish River (LDR). This draft EA is
tiered from the June 2013 Final LDR
NRDA Restoration Plan and
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (RP/EIS). The EA describes
the Trustees’ proposed plan to purchase
30 credits in the Site 2 project. The
purchase would utilize a portion of the
funds provided to the Trustees from the
Pacific Sound Resources settlement
(United States et al. v. Pacific Sound
Resources et al., Civ. No. C94–687 (W.D.
Wash. Aug. 29, 1994)). The Trustees
may only use these funds for restoration
purposes. The Trustees will consider
comments received during the public
comment period before finalizing this
EA.
SUMMARY:
Comments on the Draft EA must
be submitted in writing on or before
December 27, 2016.
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Requests for copies of the
Draft EA should be sent to Rebecca Hoff
of NOAA at 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,
DARC Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115 or
by email: Rebecca.Hoff@noaa.gov. The
Draft EA is also available for
downloading at https://bit.ly/2fJlE8G.
Comments on this plan are to be sent in
writing to Rebecca Hoff of NOAA. These
written comments may be submitted
either by mail at the address provided
above; by fax to 206–526–6665, or by
email to Rebecca.Hoff@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Hoff, at 206–526–6276, or
email: Rebecca.Hoff@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The LDR
is the estuarine portion of the
Duwamish River, and starts from the
mouth at the East and West Waterways
on both sides of Harbor Island at
Seattle’s Elliott Bay and ends at the
natural rock formation commonly
known as North Winds Weir
(approximately 7 miles), in central
Puget Sound. Historic operations of
various entities resulted in releases of
hazardous substances, such as
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs), heavy metals, and other
hazardous compounds, into the LDR.
The RP/PEIS describes the type of
restoration that the Trustees believe
would be most effective in addressing
the injuries in the LDR resulting from
releases of hazardous substances—
Integrated Habitat Restoration. The Site
2 project will create the full suite of
habitats identified in the Integrated
Habitat Restoration approach, and is
consistent with the description of
projects and project impacts discussed
in the RP/PEIS. The Draft EA released
today identifies the Trustees’ proposed
use of some of the settlement funds to
purchase restoration credits sufficient to
allow Bluefield Holdings to begin
implementing the Site 2 project. The
Site 2 project will create and/or
rehabilitate shallow subtidal habitat,
intertidal mudflat habitat, marsh
habitat, and riparian habitat.
In undertaking this NRDA restoration
effort and in releasing this Draft EA, the
Trustees are acting in accordance with
their designation and authorities under
section 107(f) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(f) of the
Federal Water Pollution and Control Act
(FWPCA), 33 U.S.C. 1321, Subpart G of
the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
(NCP), 40 CFR 300.600 through 300.615,
and regulations at 43 CFR part 11,
which are applicable to natural resource
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF029
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; affirmative finding annual renewals for Ecuador, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain.
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SUMMARY: The NMFS Assistant Administrator (Assistant Administrator) has
issued affirmative finding annual renewals for the Governments of
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain (Hereafter known as
``The Nations'') under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). These
affirmative finding annual renewals will allow yellowfin tuna and
yellowfin tuna products harvested in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
(ETP) in compliance with the Agreement on the International Dolphin
Conservation Program (AIDCP) by The Nations' flagged purse seine
vessels or purse seine vessels operating under The Nations'
jurisdiction to be imported into the United States. The affirmative
finding annual renewals were based on reviews of documentary evidence
submitted by the Governments of The Nations and by information obtained
from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC).
DATES: These affirmative finding annual renewals are effective for the
one-year period of April 1, 2016, through March 31, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Greenman, West Coast Region,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA
90802. Phone: 562-980-3264. Email: justin.greenman@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., allows for
importation into the United States of yellowfin tuna harvested by purse
seine vessels in the ETP under certain conditions. If requested by the
harvesting nation, the Assistant Administrator will determine whether
to make an affirmative finding based upon documentary evidence provided
by the government of the harvesting nation, the IATTC, or the
Department of State.
The affirmative finding process requires that the harvesting nation
is
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meeting its obligations under the AIDCP and obligations of membership
in the IATTC. Every five years, the government of the harvesting nation
must request a new affirmative finding and submit the required
documentary evidence directly to the Assistant Administrator. On an
annual basis, NMFS reviews the affirmative finding and determines
whether the harvesting nation continues to meet the requirements. A
nation may provide information related to compliance with AIDCP and
IATTC measures directly to NMFS on an annual basis or may authorize the
IATTC to release the information to NMFS to annually renew an
affirmative finding determination without an application from the
harvesting nation.
An affirmative finding will be terminated, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, if the Assistant Administrator determines that the
requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f) are no longer being met or that a
nation is consistently failing to take enforcement actions on
violations, thereby diminishing the effectiveness of the AIDCP.
As a part of the affirmative finding process set forth in 50 CFR
216.24(f)(8), the Assistant Administrator considered documentary
evidence submitted by the governments of The Nations and obtained from
the IATTC, and has determined that The Nations have met the MMPA's
requirements to receive affirmative finding annual renewals.
After consultation with the Department of State, the Assistant
Administrator issued affirmative finding annual renewals to The
Nations, allowing the continued importation into the United States of
yellowfin tuna and products derived from yellowfin tuna harvested in
the ETP by The Nations' flagged purse seine vessels or purse seine
vessels operating under The Nations' jurisdiction for the one-year
period of April 1, 2016, through March 31, 2017.
El Salvador's five-year affirmative finding will remain valid
through March 31, 2018 and Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain's
five-year affirmative findings will remain valid through March 31,
2020, subject to subsequent annual reviews by NMFS.
Dated: November 23, 2016.
Eileen Sobeck,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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