North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 22624 [2018-10449]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 16, 2018 / Notices
Dated: May 11, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[FR Doc. 2018–10449 Filed 5–15–18; 8:45 am]
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North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Legislative Committee will meet on June
5, 2018 in Kodiak, AK.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, June 5, 2018, from 8 a.m. to 12
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Katurwik Room at the Kodiak
Harbor Convention Center, 236 Rezanof
Drive, Kodiak, AK 99615.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Witherell, Council staff;
telephone: (907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Agenda
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
The meeting agenda includes: (a)
Update on MSA legislation and related
bills, including CCC comments, (b)
public comment, and (c)
recommendations to the Council. The
Agenda is subject to change, and the
latest version will be posted at https://
www.npfmc.org/.
Public Comment
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Public comment letters will be
accepted and should be submitted either
electronically to David Witherell,
Council staff: David.witherell@noaa.gov,
or through the mail: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252. In-person oral public
testimony will be accepted at the
scheduled place on the agenda.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Shannon Gleason at (907) 271–2809 at
least 7 working days prior to the
meeting date.
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to the Annapolis
Passenger Ferry Dock Project, Puget
Sound, Washington
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental
harassment authorization; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received a request
from Kitsap Transit for authorization to
take marine mammals incidental to the
Annapolis Passenger Ferry Dock Project
in Puget Sound, Washington. Pursuant
to the Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments
on its proposal to issue an incidental
harassment authorization (IHA) to
incidentally take marine mammals
during the specified activities. NMFS
will consider public comments prior to
making any final decision on the
issuance of the requested MMPA
authorizations and agency responses
will be summarized in the final notice
of our decision.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than June 15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service. Physical
comments should be sent to 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
and electronic comments should be sent
to ITP.Daly@noaa.gov.
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
for comments sent by any other method,
to any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period. Comments received
electronically, including all
attachments, must not exceed a 25megabyte file size. Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
file formats only. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted online at
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23111 without change. All personal
identifying information (e.g., name,
address) voluntarily submitted by the
commenter may be publicly accessible.
Do not submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jaclyn Daly, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
Electronic copies of the application and
supporting documents, as well as a list
of the references cited in this document,
may be obtained online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/node/23111. In
case of problems accessing these
documents, please call the contact listed
above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated
to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the
incidental, but not intentional, taking of
small numbers of marine mammals by
U.S. citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing)
within a specified geographical region if
certain findings are made and either
regulations are issued or, if the taking is
limited to harassment, a notice of a
proposed authorization is provided to
the public for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s), will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant), and if the permissible
methods of taking and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth.
NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
resulting from the specified activity that
cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
not reasonably likely to, adversely affect
the species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.
The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or
attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill
any marine mammal.
Except with respect to certain
activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: any act of
pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
has the potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
the potential to disturb a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG207
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council)
Legislative Committee will meet on June 5, 2018 in Kodiak, AK.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, from 8 a.m.
to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Katurwik Room at the Kodiak
Harbor Convention Center, 236 Rezanof Drive, Kodiak, AK 99615.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-
2809.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Witherell, Council staff;
telephone: (907) 271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
The meeting agenda includes: (a) Update on MSA legislation and
related bills, including CCC comments, (b) public comment, and (c)
recommendations to the Council. The Agenda is subject to change, and
the latest version will be posted at https://www.npfmc.org/.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted
either electronically to David Witherell, Council staff:
[email protected], or through the mail: North Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 605 W 4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-
2252. In-person oral public testimony will be accepted at the scheduled
place on the agenda.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Shannon Gleason at (907) 271-2809 at least 7
working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 11, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-10449 Filed 5-15-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
