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Small Numbers
As noted above, only small numbers
of incidental take may be authorized
under Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of
the MMPA for specified activities other
than military readiness activities. The
MMPA does not define small numbers
and so, in practice, where estimated
numbers are available, NMFS compares
the number of individuals taken to the
most appropriate estimation of
abundance of the relevant species or
stock in our determination of whether
an authorization is limited to small
numbers of marine mammals.
Additionally, other qualitative factors
may be considered in the analysis, such
as the temporal or spatial scale of the
activities.
For all stocks, the amount of
authorized take is small (less than 3
percent; Table 12). Although the
number of exposures of harbor seals is
high, as described above, takes would
likely occur to the small (approximately
300 to 400 animals), resident population
of harbor seals within Coos Bay.
Based on the analysis contained
herein of the proposed activity
(including the proposed mitigation and
monitoring measures) and the
anticipated take of marine mammals,
NMFS preliminarily finds that small
numbers of marine mammals will be
taken relative to the population size of
the affected species or stocks.
Unmitigable Adverse Impact Analysis
and Determination
There are no relevant subsistence uses
of the affected marine mammal stocks or
species implicated by this action.
Therefore, NMFS has preliminarily
determined that the total taking of
affected species or stocks would not
have an unmitigable adverse impact on
the availability of such species or stocks
for taking for subsistence purposes.
Based on the description of the
specified activity, the measures
described to minimize adverse effects
on the availability of marine mammals
for subsistence purposes, and the
proposed mitigation and monitoring
measures, NMFS has preliminarily
determined that there will not be an
unmitigable adverse impact on
subsistence uses from JCEP’s proposed
activities.
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal
agency insure that any action it
authorizes, funds, or carries out is not
likely to jeopardize the continued
existence of any endangered or
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threatened species or result in the
destruction or adverse modification of
designated critical habitat. To ensure
ESA compliance for the issuance of
IHAs, NMFS consults internally, in this
case with the West Coast Region
Protected Resources Division, whenever
we propose to authorize take for
endangered or threatened species.
No incidental take of ESA-listed
marine mammal species is proposed for
authorization or expected to result from
this activity. Therefore, NMFS has
determined that formal consultation
under section 7 of the ESA is not
required for this action.
Proposed Authorization
As a result of these preliminary
determinations, NMFS proposes to issue
an IHA to JCEP for constructing the
proposed Jordan Cove LNG Terminal
and associated ancillary activities in
Coos Bay, Oregon from October 1, 2020
through September 30, 2021, provided
the previously mentioned mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements
are incorporated. A draft of the
proposed IHA can be found at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act.
Request for Public Comments
We request comment on our analyses,
the proposed authorization, and any
other aspect of this Notice of Proposed
IHA for construction of the proposed
Jordan Cove LNG Terminal and
ancillary activities. We also request at
this time comment on the potential
renewal of this proposed IHA as
described in the paragraph below.
Please include with your comments any
supporting data or literature citations to
help inform decisions on the request for
this IHA or a subsequent renewal.
On a case-by-case basis, NMFS may
issue a one-year IHA renewal with an
additional 15 days for public comments
when (1) another year of identical or
nearly identical activities as described
in the Specified Activities section of
this notice is planned or (2) the
activities as described in the Specified
Activities section of this notice would
not be completed by the time the IHA
expires and a second IHA would allow
for completion of the activities beyond
that described in the Dates and Duration
section of this notice, provided all of the
following conditions are met:
• A request for renewal is received no
later than 60 days prior to expiration of
the current IHA.
• The request for renewal must
include the following:
(1) An explanation that the activities
to be conducted under the requested
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renewal are identical to the activities
analyzed under the initial IHA, are a
subset of the activities, or include
changes so minor (e.g., reduction in pile
size) that the changes do not affect the
previous analyses, mitigation and
monitoring requirements, or take
estimates (with the exception of
reducing the type or amount of take
because only a subset of the initially
analyzed activities remain to be
completed under the renewal).
(2) A preliminary monitoring report
showing the results of the required
monitoring to date and an explanation
showing that the monitoring results do
not indicate impacts of a scale or nature
not previously analyzed or authorized.
Upon review of the request for
renewal, the status of the affected
species or stocks, and any other
pertinent information, NMFS
determines that there are no more than
minor changes in the activities, the
mitigation and monitoring measures
will remain the same and appropriate,
and the findings in the initial IHA
remain valid.
Dated: November 7, 2019.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review Workshops Advisory Panel
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; nominations for shark
stock assessment Advisory Panel.
AGENCY:
NMFS solicits nominations
for the ‘‘SEDAR Pool,’’ also known as
the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
(HMS) Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR) Workshops Advisory
Panel. The SEDAR Pool is comprised of
a group of individuals who may be
selected to consider data and advise
NMFS regarding the scientific
information, including but not limited
to data and models, used in stock
assessments for oceanic sharks in the
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and
Caribbean Sea. Nominations are being
sought for a 5-year appointment (2020–
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2025). Individuals with definable
interests in the recreational and
commercial fishing and related
industries, environmental community,
academia, and non-governmental
organizations will be considered for
membership on the SEDAR Pool.
DATES: Nominations must be received
on or before December 18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
nominations and request the SEDAR
Pool Statement of Organization,
Practices, and Procedures by any of the
following methods:
• Email: SEDAR.pool@noaa.gov.
• Mail: Karyl Brewster-Geisz, Highly
Migratory Species Management
Division, NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Include on the envelope the following
identifier: ‘‘SEDAR Pool Nomination.’’
• Fax: 301–713–1917.
Additional information on SEDAR
and the SEDAR guidelines can be found
at https://sedarweb.org/. The terms of
reference for the SEDAR Pool, along
with a list of current members, can be
found at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/southeast-dataassessment-and-review-and-atlantichighly.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karyl Brewster-Geisz, (301) 425–8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 302(g)(2) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., states that
each Council shall establish such
advisory panels as are necessary or
appropriate to assist it in carrying out its
functions under the Act. For the
purposes of this section, NMFS applies
the above Council provision to Atlantic
HMS management (See section 304(g)(1)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which
provides that the Secretary will prepare
fishery management plans for HMS and
consult with Advisory Panels under
section 302(g) for such FMPs). As such,
NMFS has established the SEDAR Pool
under this section. The SEDAR Pool
currently consists of 30 individuals,
each of whom may be selected to review
data and advise NMFS regarding the
scientific information, including but not
limited to data and models, used in
stock assessments for oceanic sharks in
the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and
Caribbean Sea. While the SEDAR Pool
was created specifically for Atlantic
oceanic sharks, it may be expanded to
include other HMS, as needed.
The primary purpose of the
individuals in the SEDAR Pool is to
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review, at SEDAR workshops, the
scientific information (including but not
limited to data and models) used in
stock assessments that are used to
advise NMFS, as a delegate to the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary),
about the conservation and management
of Atlantic HMS, specifically but not
limited to, Atlantic sharks. Individuals
in the SEDAR Pool, if selected, may
participate in the various data,
assessment, and review workshops
during the SEDAR process of any HMS
stock assessment. In order to ensure that
the peer review is unbiased, individuals
who participated in a data and/or
assessment workshop for a particular
stock assessment will not be allowed to
serve as reviewers for the same stock
assessment. However, these individuals
may be asked to attend the review
workshop to answer specific questions
from the reviewers concerning the data
and/or assessment workshops. Members
of the SEDAR Pool may serve as
members of other Advisory Panels
concurrent with, or following, their
service on the SEDAR Pool.
Procedures and Guidelines
A. Participants
The SEDAR Pool is comprised of
individuals representing the commercial
and recreational fishing communities
for Atlantic sharks, the environmental
community active in the conservation
and management of Atlantic sharks, and
the academic community that have
relevant expertise either with sharks
and/or stock assessment methodologies
for marine fish species. In addition,
individuals who may not necessarily
work directly with sharks, but who are
involved in fisheries with similar life
history, biology, and fishery issues may
be part of the SEDAR Pool. Members of
the SEDAR Pool must have
demonstrated experience in the
fisheries, related industries, research,
teaching, writing, conservation, or
management of marine organisms. The
distribution of representation among the
interested parties is not defined or
limited.
Additional members of the SEDAR
Pool may also include representatives
from each of the five Atlantic Regional
Fishery Management Councils, each of
the 18 Atlantic states, both the U.S.
Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and
each of the interstate commissions: The
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission and the Gulf States Marine
Fisheries Commission.
If NMFS requires additional members
to ensure a diverse pool of individuals
for data or assessment workshops,
NMFS may request individuals to
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become members of the SEDAR Pool
outside of the annual nomination
period.
SEDAR Pool members serve at the
discretion of the Secretary. Not all
members will attend each SEDAR
workshop. Rather, NMFS will invite
certain members to participate at
specific stock assessment workshops
dependent on their ability to participate,
discuss, and recommend scientific
decisions regarding the species being
assessed.
NMFS is not obligated to fulfill any
requests (e.g., requests for an assessment
of a certain species) that may be made
by the SEDAR Pool or its individual
members. Members of the SEDAR Pool
who are invited to attend stock
assessment workshops will not be
compensated for their services but may
be reimbursed for their travel-related
expenses to attend such workshops.
B. Nomination Procedures for
Appointments to the SEDAR Pool
Member tenure will be for 5 years.
Nominations are sought for terms
beginning early in 2020 and expiring in
2025. Nomination packages should
include:
1. The name, address, phone number,
and email of the applicant or nominee;
2. A description of the applicant’s or
nominee’s interest in Atlantic shark
stock assessments or the Atlantic shark
fishery;
3. A statement of the applicant’s or
nominee’s background and/or
qualifications; and
4. A written commitment that the
applicant or nominee shall participate
actively and in good faith in the tasks
of the SEDAR Pool, as requested.
C. Meeting Schedule
Individual members of the SEDAR
Pool meet to participate in stock
assessments at the discretion of the
Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS.
Stock assessment timing, frequency, and
relevant species will vary depending on
the needs determined by NMFS and
SEDAR staff. In 2020, NMFS intends to
finish the currently ongoing Atlantic
blacktip shark assessment. Once that
assessment is complete, NMFS intends
to begin a research track assessment for
the hammerhead shark species in the
hammerhead shark management group.
During an assessment year, meetings
and meeting logistics will be
determined according to the SEDAR
Guidelines. All meetings are open for
observation by the public.
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Dated: November 12, 2019.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review Workshops Advisory Panel
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; nominations for shark stock assessment Advisory Panel.
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SUMMARY: NMFS solicits nominations for the ``SEDAR Pool,'' also known
as the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Southeast Data,
Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) Workshops Advisory Panel. The SEDAR Pool
is comprised of a group of individuals who may be selected to consider
data and advise NMFS regarding the scientific information, including
but not limited to data and models, used in stock assessments for
oceanic sharks in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean
Sea. Nominations are being sought for a 5-year appointment (2020-
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2025). Individuals with definable interests in the recreational and
commercial fishing and related industries, environmental community,
academia, and non-governmental organizations will be considered for
membership on the SEDAR Pool.
DATES: Nominations must be received on or before December 18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations and request the SEDAR Pool
Statement of Organization, Practices, and Procedures by any of the
following methods:
Email: [email protected].
Mail: Karyl Brewster-Geisz, Highly Migratory Species
Management Division, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910. Include on the envelope the following identifier: ``SEDAR Pool
Nomination.''
Fax: 301-713-1917.
Additional information on SEDAR and the SEDAR guidelines can be
found at https://sedarweb.org/. The terms of reference for the SEDAR
Pool, along with a list of current members, can be found at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highly-migratory-species/southeast-data-assessment-and-review-and-atlantic-highly.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karyl Brewster-Geisz, (301) 425-8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 302(g)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., states
that each Council shall establish such advisory panels as are necessary
or appropriate to assist it in carrying out its functions under the
Act. For the purposes of this section, NMFS applies the above Council
provision to Atlantic HMS management (See section 304(g)(1) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, which provides that the Secretary will prepare
fishery management plans for HMS and consult with Advisory Panels under
section 302(g) for such FMPs). As such, NMFS has established the SEDAR
Pool under this section. The SEDAR Pool currently consists of 30
individuals, each of whom may be selected to review data and advise
NMFS regarding the scientific information, including but not limited to
data and models, used in stock assessments for oceanic sharks in the
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. While the SEDAR Pool
was created specifically for Atlantic oceanic sharks, it may be
expanded to include other HMS, as needed.
The primary purpose of the individuals in the SEDAR Pool is to
review, at SEDAR workshops, the scientific information (including but
not limited to data and models) used in stock assessments that are used
to advise NMFS, as a delegate to the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary),
about the conservation and management of Atlantic HMS, specifically but
not limited to, Atlantic sharks. Individuals in the SEDAR Pool, if
selected, may participate in the various data, assessment, and review
workshops during the SEDAR process of any HMS stock assessment. In
order to ensure that the peer review is unbiased, individuals who
participated in a data and/or assessment workshop for a particular
stock assessment will not be allowed to serve as reviewers for the same
stock assessment. However, these individuals may be asked to attend the
review workshop to answer specific questions from the reviewers
concerning the data and/or assessment workshops. Members of the SEDAR
Pool may serve as members of other Advisory Panels concurrent with, or
following, their service on the SEDAR Pool.
Procedures and Guidelines
A. Participants
The SEDAR Pool is comprised of individuals representing the
commercial and recreational fishing communities for Atlantic sharks,
the environmental community active in the conservation and management
of Atlantic sharks, and the academic community that have relevant
expertise either with sharks and/or stock assessment methodologies for
marine fish species. In addition, individuals who may not necessarily
work directly with sharks, but who are involved in fisheries with
similar life history, biology, and fishery issues may be part of the
SEDAR Pool. Members of the SEDAR Pool must have demonstrated experience
in the fisheries, related industries, research, teaching, writing,
conservation, or management of marine organisms. The distribution of
representation among the interested parties is not defined or limited.
Additional members of the SEDAR Pool may also include
representatives from each of the five Atlantic Regional Fishery
Management Councils, each of the 18 Atlantic states, both the U.S.
Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and each of the interstate commissions:
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Gulf States
Marine Fisheries Commission.
If NMFS requires additional members to ensure a diverse pool of
individuals for data or assessment workshops, NMFS may request
individuals to become members of the SEDAR Pool outside of the annual
nomination period.
SEDAR Pool members serve at the discretion of the Secretary. Not
all members will attend each SEDAR workshop. Rather, NMFS will invite
certain members to participate at specific stock assessment workshops
dependent on their ability to participate, discuss, and recommend
scientific decisions regarding the species being assessed.
NMFS is not obligated to fulfill any requests (e.g., requests for
an assessment of a certain species) that may be made by the SEDAR Pool
or its individual members. Members of the SEDAR Pool who are invited to
attend stock assessment workshops will not be compensated for their
services but may be reimbursed for their travel-related expenses to
attend such workshops.
B. Nomination Procedures for Appointments to the SEDAR Pool
Member tenure will be for 5 years. Nominations are sought for terms
beginning early in 2020 and expiring in 2025. Nomination packages
should include:
1. The name, address, phone number, and email of the applicant or
nominee;
2. A description of the applicant's or nominee's interest in
Atlantic shark stock assessments or the Atlantic shark fishery;
3. A statement of the applicant's or nominee's background and/or
qualifications; and
4. A written commitment that the applicant or nominee shall
participate actively and in good faith in the tasks of the SEDAR Pool,
as requested.
C. Meeting Schedule
Individual members of the SEDAR Pool meet to participate in stock
assessments at the discretion of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS. Stock assessment timing, frequency, and relevant species will
vary depending on the needs determined by NMFS and SEDAR staff. In
2020, NMFS intends to finish the currently ongoing Atlantic blacktip
shark assessment. Once that assessment is complete, NMFS intends to
begin a research track assessment for the hammerhead shark species in
the hammerhead shark management group. During an assessment year,
meetings and meeting logistics will be determined according to the
SEDAR Guidelines. All meetings are open for observation by the public.
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Dated: November 12, 2019.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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