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Upper Barataria Component Restoration
project.
The RP/EA #3.3 evaluated three
design alternatives and the No Action
alternative in accordance with the OPA
and the NEPA. Prior to finalizing the
Draft RP/EA #3.3, public review was
solicited. A Notice of Availability was
published in the Federal Register at 85
FR 16081 on March 20, 2020. The
Louisiana TIG hosted a public webinar
on April 2, 2020, and the public
comment period for the Draft RP/EA
#3.3 closed on April 20, 2020.
The Louisiana TIG considered the
public comments received on the Draft
RP/EA #3.3 which informed the
analyses and selection of the preferred
design alternative for implementation in
the Final RP/EA #3.3. A summary of the
public comments received and the
Trustees’ responses to those comments
are included in Chapter 6 of the Final
RP/EA #3.3 and all correspondence
received are provided in the DWH
Administrative Record.
Overview of the Final RP/EA #3.3
The Final RP/EA #3.3 is being
released in accordance with the OPA,
NRDA implementing regulations, and
the NEPA. The analysis focuses on an
area (‘‘the Project Area’’) in the upper
Barataria Basin, 15 miles (24 km) south
of New Orleans, in Jefferson and
Plaquemines Parishes, Louisiana, from
approximately 5.4 miles (8.7 km) west
of the Mississippi River to the
Mississippi River between river miles
(RM) 64 and 67. In the Final RP/EA
#3.3, the Louisiana TIG proposes a
preferred design alternative to be
funded under the DWH Louisiana
Restoration Area Wetlands, Coastal and
Nearshore Habitats restoration type
allocation. The preferred design
alternative would include filling of a
combination of marsh creation areas
(MCAs) for the creation of
approximately 1,207 acres (12.1 km2) of
intertidal marsh platform with a design
life of 20 years. A total of approximately
10.6 million cubic yards (MCY) of fill
(sediment), comprising 8.4 MCY of
currently available material to be
dredged from the borrow areas and an
additional 2.2 MCY expected to
accumulate at the borrow areas during
the construction time frame. This
alternative would require a single
construction mobilization and has an
estimated time frame of 26 months for
an estimated total project cost of
approximately $172 million, inclusive
of Phase I design, construction,
contingency, project management, and
monitoring & adaptive management.
The Louisiana TIG has examined the
injuries assessed by the DWH Trustees
and evaluated restoration alternatives to
address the injuries. In Final RP/EA
#3.3, the Louisiana TIG presents to the
public its plan for providing partial
compensation to the public for injured
natural resources and ecological
services in the Louisiana Restoration
Area. The proposed alternative is
intended to continue the process of
using DWH restoration funding to
restore natural resources injured or lost
as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill. Additional restoration planning
for the Louisiana Restoration Area will
continue.
Administrative Record
The documents comprising the
Administrative Record for the Final RP/
EA #3.3 can be viewed electronically at
https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/
adminrecord.
Authority
The authority of this action is the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et
seq.) and its implementing Oil Pollution
Act Natural Resource Damage
Assessment regulations found at 15 CFR
part 990 and the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Dated: July 14, 2020.
Carrie Selberg,
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA295]
Marine Mammals and Endangered
Species
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits and
permit amendments/modifications.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
permits and permit amendments/
modifications have been issued to the
following entities under the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and
the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as
applicable.
SUMMARY:
The permits and related
documents are available for review
upon written request via email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara
Young (Permit Nos. 19108–04 and
23283) and Malcolm Mohead (Permit
Nos. 19641–02 and 20314–01); at (301)
427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices
were published in the Federal Register
on the dates listed below that requests
for a permit or permit amendment/
modification had been submitted by the
below-named applicants. To locate the
Federal Register notice that announced
our receipt of the application and a
complete description of the research, go
to www.federalregister.gov and search
on the permit number provided in Table
1 below.
ADDRESSES:
TABLE 1—ISSUED PERMITS, PERMIT AMENDMENTS, AND PERMIT MODIFICATIONS
Previous Federal Register
Notice
Permit No.
RTID
Applicant
19108–04 .......
0648–XD953 .....
19641–02 .......
0648–XA109 ......
20314–01 .......
0648–XA143 ......
Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D., University of California at Santa
Cruz, Long Marine Laboratory, 100 Shaffer Road,
Santa Cruz, CA 95064.
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection, P.O. Box 719, Old Lyme, CT 06371 (Responsible Party: Tom Savoy).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Virginia Fisheries Field
Office, 11110, Kimages Road, Charles City, VA 23030
(Responsible Party: Albert Spells).
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84 FR 27767; June 14,
2019.
June 15, 2019.
85 FR 21833; April 20, 2020
June 16, 2020.
85 FR 23813; April 29, 2020
June 16, 2020.
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Permit No.
RTID
23283 .............
0648–XR098 .....
NMFS Marine Mammal Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point
Way NE, Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115 (Responsible
Party: John Bengtson, Ph.D.).
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activities proposed are categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
As required by the ESA, as applicable,
issuance of these permit was based on
a finding that such permits: (1) Were
applied for in good faith; (2) will not
operate to the disadvantage of such
endangered species; and (3) are
consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in Section 2 of the
ESA.
Authority: The requested permits have
been issued under the MMPA of 1972, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part
216), the ESA of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.), and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR
parts 222–226), as applicable.
Dated: July 14, 2020.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Intent To Extend
Collection 3038–0079: Swap Dealer
and Major Swap Participant Conflicts
of Interest and Business Conduct
Standards With Counterparties
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC or
Commission) is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed renewal of a collection of
certain information by the agency.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA), Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
SUMMARY:
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information, including proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, and to allow 60 days for
public comment. This notice solicits
comments on the information
collections included in Subpart H of
Part 23 of the Commission’s regulations
and Commission regulation 23.605,
requiring swap dealers (SDs) and major
swap participants (MSPs) to follow
specified procedures and provide
specified disclosures in their dealings
with counterparties, to adopt and
implement conflicts of interest
procedures and disclosures, and to
maintain specified records related to
those requirements.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038–
0079,’’ by any of the following methods:
• The Agency’s website, at https://
comments.cftc.gov/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the website.
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
Mail above.
Please submit your comments using
only one method. All comments must be
submitted in English, or if not,
accompanied by an English translation.
Comments will be posted as received to
https://www.cftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacob Chachkin, Special Counsel,
Division of Swap Dealer and
Intermediary Oversight, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, (202)
418–5496; email: jchachkin@cftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., Federal
agencies must obtain approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of Information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3
and includes agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
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85 FR 11966; February 28,
2020.
Issuance date
June 5, 2020.
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), requires Federal agencies
to provide a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information,
before submitting the collection to OMB
for approval. To comply with this
requirement, the CFTC is publishing
notice of the proposed collection of
information listed below. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Title: Swap Dealer and Major Swap
Participant Conflicts of Interest and
Business Conduct Standards with
Counterparties (OMB Control No. 3038–
0079). This is a request for an extension
of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Section 731 of Title VII of
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank
Act, Pub L. No. 111–203, 124 Stat. 1376
(2010)) amended the Commodity
Exchange Act (CEA) to add sections
4s(h) and 4s(j)(5) (7 U.S.C. 6s(h) and
(j)(5)) which provide the Commission
with both mandatory and discretionary
rulemaking authority to impose
business conduct requirements on SDs
and MSPs in their dealings with
counterparties, including ‘‘Special
Entities,’’ 1 and require that each SD and
MSP implement conflicts of interest
systems and procedures. Congress
granted the Commission broad
discretionary authority to promulgate
business conduct requirements, as
appropriate in the public interest, for
the protection of investors, or otherwise
in furtherance of the purposes of the
CEA.2
1 Such entities are generally defined to include
Federal agencies, States and political subdivisions,
employee benefit plans as defined under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA), governmental plans as defined under
ERISA, and endowments.
2 See CEA Section 4s(h)(3)(D) (Business conduct
requirements adopted by the Commission shall
establish such other standards and requirements as
the Commission may determine are appropriate in
the public interest, for the protection of investors,
or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XA295]
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits and permit amendments/
modifications.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that permits and permit amendments/
modifications have been issued to the following entities under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act
(ESA), as applicable.
ADDRESSES: The permits and related documents are available for review
upon written request via email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Young (Permit Nos. 19108-04 and
23283) and Malcolm Mohead (Permit Nos. 19641-02 and 20314-01); at (301)
427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices were published in the Federal
Register on the dates listed below that requests for a permit or permit
amendment/modification had been submitted by the below-named
applicants. To locate the Federal Register notice that announced our
receipt of the application and a complete description of the research,
go to www.federalregister.gov and search on the permit number provided
in Table 1 below.
Table 1--Issued Permits, Permit Amendments, and Permit Modifications
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Previous Federal
Permit No. RTID Applicant Register Notice Issuance date
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19108-04...................... 0648-XD953...... Daniel P. Costa, 84 FR 27767; June 15, 2019.
Ph.D., University of June 14, 2019.
California at Santa
Cruz, Long Marine
Laboratory, 100
Shaffer Road, Santa
Cruz, CA 95064.
19641-02...................... 0648-XA109...... Connecticut 85 FR 21833; June 16, 2020.
Department of Energy April 20, 2020.
and Environmental
Protection, P.O. Box
719, Old Lyme, CT
06371 (Responsible
Party: Tom Savoy).
20314-01...................... 0648-XA143...... U.S. Fish and 85 FR 23813; June 16, 2020.
Wildlife Service, April 29, 2020.
Virginia Fisheries
Field Office, 11110,
Kimages Road,
Charles City, VA
23030 (Responsible
Party: Albert
Spells).
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23283......................... 0648-XR098...... NMFS Marine Mammal 85 FR 11966; June 5, 2020.
Laboratory, 7600 February 28,
Sand Point Way NE, 2020.
Building 4, Seattle,
WA 98115
(Responsible Party:
John Bengtson,
Ph.D.).
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In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final determination has been made that the
activities proposed are categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
As required by the ESA, as applicable, issuance of these permit was
based on a finding that such permits: (1) Were applied for in good
faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered
species; and (3) are consistent with the purposes and policies set
forth in Section 2 of the ESA.
Authority: The requested permits have been issued under the MMPA
of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations
governing the taking and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part
216), the ESA of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226), as
applicable.
Dated: July 14, 2020.
Julia Marie Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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