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berth and the immediate surrounding
area. The location, timing, and nature of
the activities, including the types of
equipment planned for use, are identical
to those described in the initial IHA.
The mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting measures are also identical to
those prescribed in the initial IHA.
Species that are expected to be taken
by the specified activity include shortbeaked common dolphin (Delphinus
delphis), long-beaked common dolphin
(Delphinus capensis), bottlenose
dolphin (Tursiops truncates), California
sea lion (Zalophus californianus) and
harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). A
description of the methods and inputs
used to estimate take anticipated to
occur and, ultimately, the take that was
authorized is found in the previous
documents referenced above. The data
inputs and methods of estimating take
are identical to those used in the initial
IHA. NMFS has reviewed recent Stock
Assessment Reports, information on
relevant Unusual Mortality Events, and
recent scientific literature, and
determined that no new information
affects our original analysis of impacts
or take estimate under the initial IHA.
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Carnival will conduct activities as
analyzed in the initial 2019 IHA. As
described above, the number of
authorized takes of the same species and
stocks of marine mammals are identical
to the numbers that were found to meet
the negligible impact and small
numbers standards and authorized
under the initial IHA and no new
information has emerged that would
change those findings. The re-issued
2020 IHA includes identical required
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
measures as the initial IHA, and there is
no new information suggesting that our
analysis or findings should change.
Based on the information contained
here and in the referenced documents,
NMFS has determined the following: (1)
The required mitigation measures will
effect the least practicable impact on
marine mammal species or stocks and
their habitat; (2) the authorized takes
will have a negligible impact on the
affected marine mammal species or
stocks; (3) the authorized takes
represent small numbers of marine
mammals relative to the affected stock
abundances; and (4) Carnival’s activities
will not have an unmitigable adverse
impact on taking for subsistence
purposes as no relevant subsistence uses
of marine mammals are implicated by
this action.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
To comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
NOAA Administrative Order (NAO)
216–6A, NMFS must review our
proposed action with respect to
environmental consequences on the
human environment.
Accordingly, NMFS has determined
that the issuance of the IHA qualifies to
be categorically excluded from further
NEPA review. This action is consistent
with categories of activities identified in
CE B4 of the Companion Manual for
NOAA Administrative Order 216–6A,
which do not individually or
cumulatively have the potential for
significant impacts on the quality of the
human environment and for which we
have not identified any extraordinary
circumstances that would preclude this
categorical exclusion. Because the only
change to the IHA are effective dates,
the CE on record for issuance of the
initial IHA applies to this action.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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
whenever we propose to authorize take
for endangered or threatened species.
However, no incidental take of ESAlisted species is authorized 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.
Authorization
NMFS has issued an IHA to Carnival
for in-water construction activities
associated with the specified activity
from December 10, 2020 through
December 9, 2021. All previously
described mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements from the initial
2019 IHA are incorporated.
Dated: December 11, 2020.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Interagency Working Group on Illegal,
Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing;
Request for Comments
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS is seeking public
comments on the Work Plan of the
Interagency Working Group on Illegal,
Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing.
This Interagency Working Group was
established under the Maritime Security
and Fisheries Enforcement Act.
DATES: Information should be received
on or before January 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Information may be
submitted electronically to iuu.fishing@
noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi
Ae Kim, phone 301–427–8365 or email
mi.ae.kim@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Maritime Security and Fisheries
Enforcement Act (Maritime SAFE Act)
became law on December 20, 2019. The
overarching purpose of the Maritime
SAFE Act is to support a whole-ofgovernment approach across the Federal
government to counter illegal,
unreported, and unregulated (IUU)
fishing and related threats to maritime
security. It seeks to achieve this through
a number of means, including: Improve
data sharing that enhances surveillance,
enforcement, and prosecution against
IUU fishing and related activities;
support coordination and collaboration
to counter IUU fishing within priority
regions; and increase and improve
global transparency and traceability
across the seafood supply chain to deter
IUU fishing and strengthen fisheries
management and food security; improve
global enforcement operations against
IUU fishing; and prevent the use of IUU
fishing as a financing source for
transnational organized crime groups.
Part II of the Maritime SAFE Act calls
for the establishment of the Interagency
Working Group on IUU Fishing
(Working Group), specifying the chair
and agency membership in the Working
Group, as well as the Working Group’s
responsibilities. This Working Group
met for the first time in June 2020.
NOAA is chair of this Working Group
for its first three years, joined by the
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U.S. Department of State and U.S. Coast
Guard as deputy chairs.
The Working Group has developed its
Work Plan, a living document that will
serve as the basis for a 5-year strategic
plan that is due to Congress by the end
of calendar year 2021. In this Work
Plan, the Working Group identified
ongoing existing activities, as well as
new lines of effort, that comprise the
initial focus of Federal government
actions under the purview of the
Working Group. Many of the new
activities proposed in the Work Plan
emphasize the use of maritime
intelligence and the involvement of
military departments to support efforts
to combat IUU fishing. The Work Plan
can be found here: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
maritime-safe-act-interagency-workinggroup-iuu-fishing.
The Working Group is exploring
potential ways in which the government
and private sector stakeholders can
work together to combat IUU fishing
and enhance maritime security. We are
interested to hear from the seafood
industry, non-governmental
organizations, and other stakeholders
that are engaged in efforts to combat
IUU fishing. We welcome comments in
relation to the Work Plan, particularly
any responses to the following
questions:
• Which activities in the Work Plan
are connected to the expertise or
interests of your organization related to
combating IUU fishing?
• What kinds of distinctive
capabilities or capacities could your
organization bring to the activities in the
Work Plan?
• Which specific activities could
serve as the basis for a partnership
between your organization and
particular Federal agencies?
• Are there specific geographic
regions or seafood industry sectors (e.g.,
harvesting, processing, or trade) where
your organization focuses efforts to
build capacity in combating IUU fishing
that could be tied to activities in the
Work Plan?
• Which elements in the Work Plan
do you see as priorities to include in the
5-year Strategic Plan of the Working
Group?
Dated: December 11, 2020.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs and
Seafood Inspection, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Final Management Plan for the North
Carolina National Estuarine Research
Reserve
Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of approval of the revised
management plan for the North Carolina
National Estuarine Research Reserve.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce approves the revised
management plan for the North Carolina
National Estuarine Research Reserve. In
accordance with applicable Federal
regulations, the North Carolina
Department of Environmental Quality’s
Division of Coastal Management revised
the reserve’s management plan, which
replaces the plan previously approved
in 2009.
ADDRESSES: The approved management
plan can be downloaded or viewed at
https://coast.noaa.gov/data/docs/nerrs/
Reserves_NOC_MgmtPlan.pdf. The
document is also available by sending a
written request to the point of contact
identified below (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie Robinson of NOAA’s Office
for Coastal Management, by email at
steph.robinson@noaa.gov, phone at
843–740–1174, or mail at 2234 South
Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC 29405.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must revise
the management plan for a research
reserve at least every five years. Changes
to a reserve’s management plan may be
made only after receiving written
approval from NOAA. NOAA approves
changes to management plans via notice
in the Federal Register. On October 28,
2019, NOAA issued a notice in the
Federal Register announcing a 30-day
public comment period for the proposed
revision of the management plan for the
North Carolina National Estuarine
Research Reserve (Federal Register,
Volume 84, No. 208, pg. 57701). No
comments were received; however, a
summary of the public input process is
available in Appendix U of the plan.
The management plan outlines the
reserve’s strategic goals and objectives;
administrative structure; programs for
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conducting research and monitoring,
education, and training; resource
protection, restoration, and
manipulation plans; public access and
visitor use plans; consideration for
future land acquisition; and facility
development to support reserve
operations. Since 2009, the reserve has
completed its habitat map and added
marsh vegetation and surface elevation
monitoring; conducted a habitat
vulnerability assessment to understand
marsh vulnerability; led a number of
research and training initiatives related
to living shorelines; increased education
programming at the Masonboro Island
component of the reserve; begun
implementing Teachers on the Estuary
(TOTE) training; expanded use of
volunteers to conduct citizen science
regarding sensitive species and site
conditions; and implemented training
focused on informing real estate
professionals about coastal issues. The
revised management plan will serve as
the guiding document for the 10,568acre research reserve for the next five
years.
NOAA reviewed the environmental
impacts of the revised management plan
and determined that this action is
categorically excluded from further
analysis under the National
Environmental Policy Act, consistent
with NOAA Administrative Order 216–
6.]
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 CFR
921.33.
Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
The National Strategy To Secure 5G
Industry Listening
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
The National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) will convene
two virtual industry roundtable
listening sessions on aspects of the
implementation plan of the Secure 5G
Strategy.
DATES: The meetings will be held on
January 28 and February 25, 2021, from
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XA689]
Interagency Working Group on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated
Fishing; Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is seeking public comments on the Work Plan of the
Interagency Working Group on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated
Fishing. This Interagency Working Group was established under the
Maritime Security and Fisheries Enforcement Act.
DATES: Information should be received on or before January 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Information may be submitted electronically to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi Ae Kim, phone 301-427-8365 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Maritime Security and Fisheries
Enforcement Act (Maritime SAFE Act) became law on December 20, 2019.
The overarching purpose of the Maritime SAFE Act is to support a whole-
of-government approach across the Federal government to counter
illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and related threats
to maritime security. It seeks to achieve this through a number of
means, including: Improve data sharing that enhances surveillance,
enforcement, and prosecution against IUU fishing and related
activities; support coordination and collaboration to counter IUU
fishing within priority regions; and increase and improve global
transparency and traceability across the seafood supply chain to deter
IUU fishing and strengthen fisheries management and food security;
improve global enforcement operations against IUU fishing; and prevent
the use of IUU fishing as a financing source for transnational
organized crime groups.
Part II of the Maritime SAFE Act calls for the establishment of the
Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing (Working Group), specifying
the chair and agency membership in the Working Group, as well as the
Working Group's responsibilities. This Working Group met for the first
time in June 2020. NOAA is chair of this Working Group for its first
three years, joined by the
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U.S. Department of State and U.S. Coast Guard as deputy chairs.
The Working Group has developed its Work Plan, a living document
that will serve as the basis for a 5-year strategic plan that is due to
Congress by the end of calendar year 2021. In this Work Plan, the
Working Group identified ongoing existing activities, as well as new
lines of effort, that comprise the initial focus of Federal government
actions under the purview of the Working Group. Many of the new
activities proposed in the Work Plan emphasize the use of maritime
intelligence and the involvement of military departments to support
efforts to combat IUU fishing. The Work Plan can be found here: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/maritime-safe-act-interagency-working-group-iuu-fishing.
The Working Group is exploring potential ways in which the
government and private sector stakeholders can work together to combat
IUU fishing and enhance maritime security. We are interested to hear
from the seafood industry, non-governmental organizations, and other
stakeholders that are engaged in efforts to combat IUU fishing. We
welcome comments in relation to the Work Plan, particularly any
responses to the following questions:
Which activities in the Work Plan are connected to the
expertise or interests of your organization related to combating IUU
fishing?
What kinds of distinctive capabilities or capacities could
your organization bring to the activities in the Work Plan?
Which specific activities could serve as the basis for a
partnership between your organization and particular Federal agencies?
Are there specific geographic regions or seafood industry
sectors (e.g., harvesting, processing, or trade) where your
organization focuses efforts to build capacity in combating IUU fishing
that could be tied to activities in the Work Plan?
Which elements in the Work Plan do you see as priorities
to include in the 5-year Strategic Plan of the Working Group?
Dated: December 11, 2020.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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