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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.
Up to 26.0 percent of the individuals
in the harbor seal stock may be taken.
When the number of takes of Steller sea
lion and California sea lion are
compared to the stock abundance, they
represent 13.7 and 10.2 percent,
respectively—however, the number of
takes requested is based on the number
of estimated exposures, not necessarily
the number of individuals exposed,
which could be fewer given that
pinnipeds may remain in the general
area of the project sites and the same
individuals may be harassed multiple
times over multiple days, rather than
numerous individuals harassed once.
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 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.
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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
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 NMFS West Coast Region
Protected Resources Division Office,
whenever we propose to authorize take
for endangered or threatened species.
No incidental take of ESA-listed
marine mammals is authorized or
expected to result from issuance of this
IHA. Therefore, NMFS has determined
that formal consultation under Section 7
of the ESA is not required for this
action.
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Authorization
NMFS has issued an IHA to the City
of Astoria for the incidental take of
marine mammal due to in-water and
above-water construction work
associated with Phase Two of the
Astoria Waterfront Bridge Replacement
project in in Astoria, OR from December
9, 2019 to December 8, 2020, provided
the previously mentioned mitigation,
monitoring and reporting requirements
are incorporated.
Dated: December 9, 2019.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Antarctic Marine
Living Resources Conservation and
Management Measures
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
or on-line comments must be submitted
on or before February 11, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at PRAcomments@doc.gov). All
comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and 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:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to MiAe Kim, Office of
International Affairs and Seafood
SUMMARY:
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Inspection, 1315 East-West Hwy, Silver
Spring, MD 20910; (301) 427–8365,
mi.ae.kim@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for revision of an
existing information collection.
The 1982 Convention on the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources established the Commission
for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine
Living Resources (CCAMLR) for the
purpose of protecting and conserving
the marine living resources in the
waters surrounding Antarctica. The
Convention is based upon an ecosystem
approach to the conservation of marine
living resources and incorporates
standards designed to ensure the
conservation of individual populations
and species and the Antarctic marine
ecosystem as a whole.
The United States (U.S.) is a
contracting party to the Convention and
a member of CCAMLR and the Scientific
Committee established by the
Convention.
On November 8, 1984, the President
signed Public Law 98–623, the Antarctic
Marine Living Resources Convention
Act (the Act). The Act directs and
authorizes the United States to take
actions necessary to meet its treaty
obligations as a contracting party to the
Convention. The regulations
implementing the Act are at 50 CFR part
300, subpart G. The record keeping and
reporting requirements at 50 CFR part
300 form the basis for this collection of
information. The reporting requirements
included in this collection concern
CCAMLR Ecosystem Monitoring
Program (CEMP) activities, scientific
research in the CAMLR Convention
Area, U.S. vessel permit applicants and/
or harvesting vessel operators, and U.S.
importers, exporters, and re-exporters of
AMLR.
U.S. regulations require U.S.
individuals engaged in AMLR
harvesting, transshipping, and
importing or entering and/or conducting
activities in a CEMP site to apply for
and hold a permit for such activities.
Individuals involved in certain
scientific research in the CAMLR
Convention Area are required to report
information.
Members of the Commission are
required to provide, in the manner and
at such intervals as may be prescribed,
information about harvesting activities,
including fishing areas and vessels, so
as to enable reliable catch and effort
statistics to be compiled.
As part of U.S. obligations to monitor
and control the import, export, and reexport of Antarctic marine living
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resources, NOAA requires dealers to
submit applications for pre-approval
certifications of imports of frozen
Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish (also
referred to as Chilean sea bass) and
applications for re-exports of these
species. These applications are
currently available as fillable PDF
forms. NOAA is proposing to revise this
collection to allow the Application for
Pre-Approval Certificate to Import
Frozen Toothfish and Application for
Re-Export of Toothfish forms be made
available in an on-line format. No other
part of this collection will be revised.
This revision will not affect the number
of respondents, responses, burden costs,
or burden hours.
II. Method of Collection
On-line applications would be made
available, in addition to the current
applications and fillable PDF forms, for
use by participants. Methods of
transmittal would include the internet
and mail or email transmission of forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0194.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (Revision of
a currently approved collection).
Affected Public: Individuals; business
or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 80
dealers.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes to apply for a Pre-Approval
Certificate to Import Frozen Toothfish,
whether using on-line applications or
fillable PDF forms; 15 minutes to
complete and submit Application for
Re-Export of Toothfish, whether using
on-line applications or fillable PDF
forms.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 260 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $128,000.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
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Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Marine Mammal
Health and Stranding Response
Program, Level A Stranding Report,
Rehabilitation Disposition Data Sheet,
and Human Interaction Form
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
or on-line comments must be submitted
on or before February 11, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at PRAcomments@doc.gov). All
comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Stephen Manley, Office of
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West
Highway, #13604, Silver Spring, MD
20910, (301) 427–8476 or
stephen.manley@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
This request is for revision and
extension of this previously approved
data collection.
Under the Marine Mammal Protection
Act (MMPA), the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary), who has
delegated responsibility under this Act
to the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, is
charged with the protection and
management of marine mammals and is
responsible for collecting information
on marine mammal strandings, which
will be compiled and analyzed, by
region, to monitor species, numbers,
conditions, and causes of illnesses and
deaths of stranded animals. The
Secretary is also responsible for
collection of information on other life
history and reference level data,
including marine mammal tissue
analyses, that would allow comparison
of the causes of illness and deaths in
stranded marine mammals by physical,
chemical, and biological environmental
parameters.
In addition, determinations must be
made on the sustainability of population
stocks, on the impact of fisheries and
other human activities on marine
mammals and endangered species, and
on the health of marine mammals and
related environmental considerations.
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) has the responsibility to
carry out these mandates. Section 402(b)
of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1421a) requires
the Secretary to collect and update
information on strandings. It further
provides that the Secretary shall
compile and analyze, by region, the
species, numbers, conditions, and
causes of illnesses and deaths in
stranded marine mammals. Section
404(a) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1421c)
mandates that the Secretary respond to
unusual marine mammal mortality
events. Without a historical baseline
provided by marine mammal
information collected from strandings,
detection of such events could be
difficult and the investigation could be
impeded. Section 401(b) of the MMPA
(16 U.S.C. 1421) requires NMFS to
facilitate the collection and
dissemination of reference data on the
health of marine mammal populations
in the wild and to correlate health with
physical, chemical, and biological
environmental parameters. In order to
perform this function, NMFS must
standardize data collection protocols for
health and correlations. Data and
samples collected from stranded
animals are a critical part of the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Antarctic
Marine Living Resources Conservation and Management Measures
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written or on-line comments must be
submitted on or before February 11, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159, Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the
internet at [email protected]). All comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and 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: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to MiAe Kim, Office of International Affairs and Seafood
Inspection, 1315 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910; (301) 427-
8365, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for revision of an existing information
collection.
The 1982 Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources established the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic
Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) for the purpose of protecting and
conserving the marine living resources in the waters surrounding
Antarctica. The Convention is based upon an ecosystem approach to the
conservation of marine living resources and incorporates standards
designed to ensure the conservation of individual populations and
species and the Antarctic marine ecosystem as a whole.
The United States (U.S.) is a contracting party to the Convention
and a member of CCAMLR and the Scientific Committee established by the
Convention.
On November 8, 1984, the President signed Public Law 98-623, the
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act (the Act). The Act
directs and authorizes the United States to take actions necessary to
meet its treaty obligations as a contracting party to the Convention.
The regulations implementing the Act are at 50 CFR part 300, subpart G.
The record keeping and reporting requirements at 50 CFR part 300 form
the basis for this collection of information. The reporting
requirements included in this collection concern CCAMLR Ecosystem
Monitoring Program (CEMP) activities, scientific research in the CAMLR
Convention Area, U.S. vessel permit applicants and/or harvesting vessel
operators, and U.S. importers, exporters, and re-exporters of AMLR.
U.S. regulations require U.S. individuals engaged in AMLR
harvesting, transshipping, and importing or entering and/or conducting
activities in a CEMP site to apply for and hold a permit for such
activities. Individuals involved in certain scientific research in the
CAMLR Convention Area are required to report information.
Members of the Commission are required to provide, in the manner
and at such intervals as may be prescribed, information about
harvesting activities, including fishing areas and vessels, so as to
enable reliable catch and effort statistics to be compiled.
As part of U.S. obligations to monitor and control the import,
export, and re-export of Antarctic marine living
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resources, NOAA requires dealers to submit applications for pre-
approval certifications of imports of frozen Patagonian and Antarctic
toothfish (also referred to as Chilean sea bass) and applications for
re-exports of these species. These applications are currently available
as fillable PDF forms. NOAA is proposing to revise this collection to
allow the Application for Pre-Approval Certificate to Import Frozen
Toothfish and Application for Re-Export of Toothfish forms be made
available in an on-line format. No other part of this collection will
be revised. This revision will not affect the number of respondents,
responses, burden costs, or burden hours.
II. Method of Collection
On-line applications would be made available, in addition to the
current applications and fillable PDF forms, for use by participants.
Methods of transmittal would include the internet and mail or email
transmission of forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0194.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (Revision of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 80 dealers.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes to apply for a Pre-Approval
Certificate to Import Frozen Toothfish, whether using on-line
applications or fillable PDF forms; 15 minutes to complete and submit
Application for Re-Export of Toothfish, whether using on-line
applications or fillable PDF forms.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 260 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $128,000.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-26827 Filed 12-12-19; 8:45 am]
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