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Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2017–0062;
FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000]
Foreign Endangered Species and
Marine Mammals Issuance of Permits
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), have issued
the following permits to conduct certain
activities with endangered species,
marine mammals, or both. We issue
these permits under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) and the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
SUMMARY:
Permit number
Documents and other
information submitted with these
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents to
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Division of Management Authority,
Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041;
fax (703) 358–2281. To locate the
Federal Register notice that announced
our receipt of the application for each
permit listed in this document, go to
www.regulations.gov and search on the
permit number provided in the tables in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joyce Russell, (703) 358–2023
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Applicant
(telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax); or
DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
On the
dates below, as authorized by the
provisions of the ESA, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and/or the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), we
issued requested permits subject to
certain conditions set forth therein. For
each permit for an endangered species,
we found that (1) the application was
filed in good faith, (2) the granted
permit would not operate to the
disadvantage of the endangered species,
and (3) the granted permit would be
consistent with the purposes and policy
set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Receipt of application Federal Register notice
Permit issuance
date
Endangered Species
22685C .............
Feld Entertainment, Inc .............................................
82 FR 28349; June 21, 2017 ....................................
24212C .............
14503C .............
15849C .............
University of Alaska Fairbanks ..................................
The University of Alabama at Birmingham ...............
The University of Alabama at Birmingham ...............
82 FR 25616; June 2, 2017 ......................................
82 FR 31347; July 6, 2017 .......................................
82 FR 31347; July 6, 2017 .......................................
August 14,
2017.
August 3, 2017.
August 8, 2017.
August 8, 2017.
Marine Mammals
29633C .............
Off Spring Films ........................................................
82 FR 31347; July 6, 2017 .......................................
Availability of Documents
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Documents and other information
submitted with these applications are
available for review, subject to the
requirements of the Privacy Act and
Freedom of Information Act, by any
party who submits a written request for
a copy of such documents to: U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Division of
Management Authority, Branch of
Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358–
2281.
U.S. Geological Survey
Authority: We issue this notice under the
authority of the ESA, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.), and the MMPA, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).
Joyce Russell,
Government Information Specialist, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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Agency Information Collection;
Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; iCoast—Did the Coast
Change?
United States Geological
Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) are notifying the public that we
have submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) the
information collection request (ICR)
described below. To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we will submit to OMB a new
information collection (IC) for review
and approval. This notice provides the
public an opportunity to comment on
the paperwork burden of this collection.
This collection is scheduled to expire
on September 30, 2017.
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You must submit comment on or
before October 23, 2017.
DATES:
Please submit written
comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior, via email:
(OIRA_SUBMISSION@omb.eop.gov); or
by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your
submission with ‘OMB Control Number
1028–0109 iCoast—Did the Coast
Change? Please also forward a copy of
your comments and suggestions on this
information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, gs-info_
collections@usgs.gov (email). Please
reference ‘OMB Information Collection
1028–0109 iCoast—Did the Coast
Change? in all correspondence.
ADDRESSES:
[GX16MN00F1F1000]
SUMMARY:
August 10,
2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Thompson, National Climate
Change and Wildlife Science Center,
U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive, Mail Stop 400, Reston, VA
20192 (mail); 703–648–4083 (phone); or
lthompson@usgs.gov (email). You may
also find information about this ICR at
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www.reginfo.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
Title: iCoast—Did the coast change?
I. Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
and its collaborators (including the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and university researchers)
conduct sustained investigations of
coastal hazards associated with major
hurricane landfall. USGS hurricane
research and response activities include
collection of storm-surge water levels,
aerial photography, and laser altimetry
(lidar) surveys of pre- and post-storm
beach conditions. These efforts
document the nature, magnitude, and
variability of costal changes such as
beach erosion, overwash deposition,
island breaching, and destruction of
infrastructure. Predictive models and
assessments of severe storm impacts are
developed and evaluated, and
probabilistic assessments are distributed
to the public, local, State, and Federal
agencies. The assessments and
observations provide information
needed to understand, prepare for, and
respond to coastal disasters. These
ongoing analyses are authorized by 42
U.S.C. 5201 et seq., The Disaster Relief
Act of 1974, Section 202(a).
In support of this research, the USGS
has been taking oblique aerial
photographs of the coast before and after
each major storm since 1996 and has
amassed a database of over 190,000
photographs of the Gulf and Atlantic
Coasts. Computers cannot yet
automatically analyze these data
because classifying this photography
requires understanding the diversity of
forms that even this small set of primary
features (shore, beach, dune, marsh,
built environment) can represent.
Human intelligence is needed, and
USGS does not have the personnel or
the capacity for this. These oblique
aerial photographs are currently used
for broad overviews of damage, and
selected photo pairs have been shared
on the Internet with the public after
storms. The intense interest by the
public in the pre- and post-storm USGS
photographic pairs, and the increasing
use of citizen science and
crowdsourcing by Federal Government
agencies suggests that a significant
segment of the public might volunteer to
serve as our ‘‘eyes on the coast.’’ The
iCoast—Did the Coast Change? Web site
(hereafter referred to as iCoast) posts a
suite of pre- and post-storm photographs
from a major storm, and citizen
scientists can compare photographs and
classify the changes they see with
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predefined tags, or by appending
comments. Citizen scientists also
identify coastal landforms, determine
the storm impacts to coastal
infrastructure and landforms, and
indicate other changes, including
response and recovery efforts. These
data can be used by USGS scientists to
ground truth and fine-tune their models
of coastal change. These mathematical
models predict the likely interaction
between coastal features such as
beaches and dunes and storm surge.
They are based on pre-storm dune
height, measured by lidar, and predicted
wave behavior based on data from the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. They are not based on
ground truth observations. A body of
citizen observations will allow for more
accurate predictions of vulnerability.
These model predictions are typically
shared with Federal, State, and local
authorities both before and after storms.
The project will also result in greater
citizen awareness of the probabilities for
coastal change, and will be a resource
for teachers and students pursuing
science, technology, engineering and
math (STEM).
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0109.
Form Number: None.
Title: iCoast—Did the Coast Change?
Type of Request: Renewal of existing
information collection.
Affected Public: Coastal scientists,
coastal managers, marine science
students, emergency managers, citizens/
residents of coastal communities.
Respondent’s Obligation:
Participation is voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Occasional.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 64,211 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
3,211 hours.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this IC.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor and
you are not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and current expiration date.
Comments: On July 6, 2017, we
published a Federal Register notice (82
FR 31347) announcing that we would
submit this ICR to OMB for approval
and soliciting comments. The comment
period closed on September 5, 2017. We
received no comments.
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III. Request for Comments
We again invite comments concerning
this ICR as to: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information is
useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) how to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) how to minimize the
burden on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this notice are a matter
of public record. Before including your
personal mailing address, phone
number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information in
your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment, including
your personally identifiable
information, may be made publicly
available at any time. While you can ask
us and the OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
IV. Authority
The authorities for this action are
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Christopher Reich,
Deputy Center Director, USGS St Petersburg
Coastal and Marine Science Center.
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National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024038:
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Robbins Museum of Archaeology,
Middleborough, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Robbins Museum of
Archaeology has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
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Agency Information Collection; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review and Approval; iCoast--Did the Coast
Change?
AGENCY: United States Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) are notifying the public that
we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the
information collection request (ICR) described below. To comply with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are notifying the public
that we will submit to OMB a new information collection (IC) for review
and approval. This notice provides the public an opportunity to comment
on the paperwork burden of this collection. This collection is
scheduled to expire on September 30, 2017.
DATES: You must submit comment on or before October 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior, via email:
(OIRA_SUBMISSION@omb.eop.gov); or by fax (202) 395-5806; and identify
your submission with `OMB Control Number 1028-0109 iCoast--Did the
Coast Change? Please also forward a copy of your comments and
suggestions on this information collection to the Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email). Please reference `OMB Information
Collection 1028-0109 iCoast--Did the Coast Change? in all
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Thompson, National Climate
Change and Wildlife Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 400, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703-648-
4083 (phone); or lthompson@usgs.gov (email). You may also find
information about this ICR at
[[Page 44440]]
www.reginfo.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: iCoast--Did the coast change?
I. Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and its collaborators (including
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, and university researchers) conduct sustained
investigations of coastal hazards associated with major hurricane
landfall. USGS hurricane research and response activities include
collection of storm-surge water levels, aerial photography, and laser
altimetry (lidar) surveys of pre- and post-storm beach conditions.
These efforts document the nature, magnitude, and variability of costal
changes such as beach erosion, overwash deposition, island breaching,
and destruction of infrastructure. Predictive models and assessments of
severe storm impacts are developed and evaluated, and probabilistic
assessments are distributed to the public, local, State, and Federal
agencies. The assessments and observations provide information needed
to understand, prepare for, and respond to coastal disasters. These
ongoing analyses are authorized by 42 U.S.C. 5201 et seq., The Disaster
Relief Act of 1974, Section 202(a).
In support of this research, the USGS has been taking oblique
aerial photographs of the coast before and after each major storm since
1996 and has amassed a database of over 190,000 photographs of the Gulf
and Atlantic Coasts. Computers cannot yet automatically analyze these
data because classifying this photography requires understanding the
diversity of forms that even this small set of primary features (shore,
beach, dune, marsh, built environment) can represent. Human
intelligence is needed, and USGS does not have the personnel or the
capacity for this. These oblique aerial photographs are currently used
for broad overviews of damage, and selected photo pairs have been
shared on the Internet with the public after storms. The intense
interest by the public in the pre- and post-storm USGS photographic
pairs, and the increasing use of citizen science and crowdsourcing by
Federal Government agencies suggests that a significant segment of the
public might volunteer to serve as our ``eyes on the coast.'' The
iCoast--Did the Coast Change? Web site (hereafter referred to as
iCoast) posts a suite of pre- and post-storm photographs from a major
storm, and citizen scientists can compare photographs and classify the
changes they see with predefined tags, or by appending comments.
Citizen scientists also identify coastal landforms, determine the storm
impacts to coastal infrastructure and landforms, and indicate other
changes, including response and recovery efforts. These data can be
used by USGS scientists to ground truth and fine-tune their models of
coastal change. These mathematical models predict the likely
interaction between coastal features such as beaches and dunes and
storm surge. They are based on pre-storm dune height, measured by
lidar, and predicted wave behavior based on data from the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They are not based on ground
truth observations. A body of citizen observations will allow for more
accurate predictions of vulnerability. These model predictions are
typically shared with Federal, State, and local authorities both before
and after storms. The project will also result in greater citizen
awareness of the probabilities for coastal change, and will be a
resource for teachers and students pursuing science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM).
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028-0109.
Form Number: None.
Title: iCoast--Did the Coast Change?
Type of Request: Renewal of existing information collection.
Affected Public: Coastal scientists, coastal managers, marine
science students, emergency managers, citizens/residents of coastal
communities.
Respondent's Obligation: Participation is voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Occasional.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 64,211 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 3,211 hours.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden:
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this IC.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor and you are not
required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number and current expiration date.
Comments: On July 6, 2017, we published a Federal Register notice
(82 FR 31347) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval and soliciting comments. The comment period closed on
September 5, 2017. We received no comments.
III. Request for Comments
We again invite comments concerning this ICR as to: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to
perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b)
the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) how to enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) how to minimize
the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Please note that comments submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before including your personal mailing
address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personally identifiable information, may be
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us and the OMB
in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from
public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
IV. Authority
The authorities for this action are Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Christopher Reich,
Deputy Center Director, USGS St Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science
Center.
[FR Doc. 2017-20188 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am]
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