Return Link Service Authorization in the United States Search and Rescue Region, 14595-14596 [2021-05450]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 17, 2021 / Notices as the temporal or spatial scale of the activities. The amount of take NMFS proposes to authorize of all species or stocks is below one third of the estimated stock abundance. These are all likely conservative estimates because they assume all takes are of different individual animals which is likely not the case as most stocks do not move in or out of the area frequently. Some individuals may return multiple times in a day, but PSOs would count them as separate takes if they cannot be individually identified. 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. jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES 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 West Coast Region Protected Resources Division Office, whenever we propose to authorize take for endangered or threatened species. No incidental take of ESA-listed 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 the ACOE to conduct the Port San Luis Breakwater Repair project in Avila Beach, California from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023, provided the previously mentioned mitigation, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:47 Mar 16, 2021 Jkt 253001 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 the proposed Port San Luis Breakwater Repair project. 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 IHA. On a case-by-case basis, NMFS may issue a one-time one-year Renewal IHA following notice to the public providing an additional 15 days for public comments when (1) up to 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 Renewal 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 the needed Renewal IHA effective date (recognizing that Renewal IHA expiration date cannot extend beyond one year from expiration of the initial IHA); • The request for renewal must include the following: (1) An explanation that the activities to be conducted under the requested Renewal IHA 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); and (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; and • 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 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14595 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: March 12, 2021. Donna S. Wieting, Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2021–05512 Filed 3–16–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Return Link Service Authorization in the United States Search and Rescue Region National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice and request for public comment. AGENCY: The U.S. Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) Program, which is managed by NOAA and assisted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard, requests input from all interested persons on the U.S. authorization of Return Link Service (RLS) acknowledgment Type 1 capable Cospas-Sarsat 406 MHz distress beacons. Through this Request for Information (RFI), the SARSAT Program seeks the public’s views on the inclusion of this optional feature on U.S. country-coded beacons. DATES: Comments must be received by June 1, 2021. ADDRESSES: Responses should be submitted via email to sarsat.rlsrfi@ noaa.gov. Include ‘‘Public Comment on type approval of RLS beacons’’ in the subject line of the message. All personal identifying information (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential business information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily by the sender will be publicly accessible. NOAA will accept anonymous comments. Clearly indicate which question or subject, if applicable, submitted comments pertain to. All submissions must be in English. Please note that the U.S. Government will not pay for response preparation, or for the use of any information contained in the response. Instructions: Respondents need not reply to any or all of the questions SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\17MRN1.SGM 17MRN1 14596 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 17, 2021 / Notices listed. Email attachments will be accepted in plain text, Microsoft Word, or Adobe PDF formats only. Each individual or institution is requested to submit only one response. The SARSAT Program may post responses to this RFI, without change, on a Federal website. NOAA, therefore, requests that no business proprietary information, copyrighted information, or personally identifiable information be submitted in response to this RFI. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SARSAT Program Analyst, Mr. Allan Knox, NOAA, allan.knox@noaa.gov, 301–817–4144. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES Background The RLS is being provided via the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System and is designed to provide the beacon user in distress an acknowledgment message informing them that the alert has been detected and located by the Cospas-Sarsat System. The SARSAT Program has commenced an effort to understand the benefits and associated risks of RLS Type 1 equipped beacons and is soliciting the public through this RFI to obtain input from a wider range of stakeholders, including academia, private industry, beacon users and other relevant organizations and institutions. The public input provided in response to this RFI will help inform the SARSAT Program as it evaluates the authorization of RLS Type 1 equipped beacons within the United States. In depth information on RLS Type 1 equipped beacons can be found at: https://www.gsc-europa.eu/sites/ default/files/sites/all/files/Galileo-SARSDD.pdf. Additional information on RLSenabled beacons may be viewed at: https://cospas-sarsat.int/en/beaconownership/rls-enabled-beaconpurchase. Questions To Inform U.S. SARSAT Program Regarding Authorization of Type 1 RLS Cospas-Sarsat Distress Beacons Please consider the following questions of interest to the SARSAT Program when responding: 1. Under nominal conditions, the RLS has an inherent period of time between beacon activation and the acknowledgement being received and displayed to the person in distress. This period of time should be within 30 minutes. Is this acceptable? If not, what is an acceptable time? 2. What is the best method to ensure the user understands that there is a VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:47 Mar 16, 2021 Jkt 253001 period of time before the acknowledgement message is received? Please consider that the user’s first interaction with an RLS capable beacon could be an emergency situation where only the beacon is available (no user manual). 3. RLS only indicates that the distress signal has been received, not that rescue forces have been deployed. Therefore, the acknowledgement message is not an indication of when rescue forces may arrive on scene. How should the beacon user be provided this information so that they understand what the RLS signal means? Please consider that the user’s first interaction with an RLS capable beacon could be an emergency situation where only the beacon is available (no user manual). 4. There are several RLS related message indications that can be displayed to the beacon user; RLS signal sent from beacon, awaiting RLS signal return, RLS response received, RLS signal not received, etc. Which signals should be displayed to the user and how should they be displayed? Please consider the user’s first interaction with an RLS capable beacon could be an emergency situation where only the beacon is available (no user manual). 5. Are there any other features you believe would be advantageous to add to 406 MHz emergency beacons? 6. Are there any other comments you would like the U.S. SARSAT Program to consider? Authority: 33 U.S.C. 883(d) and (e). Dated: March 11, 2021. Mark W. Turner, SARSAT Program Manager. [FR Doc. 2021–05450 Filed 3–16–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–HR–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XA906] Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. AGENCY: The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 an Exempted Fishing Permit renewal application from the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation contains all of the required information and warrants further consideration. This permit would facilitate research on the abundance and distribution of juvenile American lobster and Jonah crab along the northwest Atlantic coast. Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act require publication of this notice to provide interested parties the opportunity to comment on applications for proposed Exempted Fishing Permits. DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 1, 2021. ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by the following method: • Email: NMFS.GAR.EFP@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments on CFRF Lobster Study Fleet EFP.’’ If you are unable to submit your comments via the comments email address, please contact Laura Hansen at (978) 281–9225 or email at Laura.Hansen@noaa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Hansen, Fishery Management Specialist, 978–281–9225, Laura.Hansen@noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF) submitted a complete application to renew an existing Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) on December 9, 2020, to conduct fishing activities that the regulations would otherwise restrict. The EFP would authorize 19 vessels to continue a study using ventless lobster traps to survey the abundance and distribution of juvenile American lobster and Jonah crab in regions and times of year not covered by traditional surveys. This EFP proposes to use 69 ventless lobster traps throughout Lobster Conservation Management Areas (LCMA) 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Maps of these areas are available at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ resource/map/lobster-managementareas. The study would inform management by addressing questions of changing reproduction and recruitment dynamics of lobster, and developing a foundation of knowledge for the data poor Jonah crab fishery. Funding for this study is through the Campbell Foundation and the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program (Grant # NA17NMF4270208). For this project, CFRF is requesting exemptions from the following Federal lobster regulations: E:\FR\FM\17MRN1.SGM 17MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14595-14596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05450]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Return Link Service Authorization in the United States Search and 
Rescue Region

AGENCY: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service 
(NESDIS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) 
Program, which is managed by NOAA and assisted by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. 
Coast Guard, requests input from all interested persons on the U.S. 
authorization of Return Link Service (RLS) acknowledgment Type 1 
capable Cospas-Sarsat 406 MHz distress beacons. Through this Request 
for Information (RFI), the SARSAT Program seeks the public's views on 
the inclusion of this optional feature on U.S. country-coded beacons.

DATES: Comments must be received by June 1, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Responses should be submitted via email to 
[email protected]. Include ``Public Comment on type approval of 
RLS beacons'' in the subject line of the message. All personal 
identifying information (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential 
business information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted 
voluntarily by the sender will be publicly accessible. NOAA will accept 
anonymous comments. Clearly indicate which question or subject, if 
applicable, submitted comments pertain to. All submissions must be in 
English. Please note that the U.S. Government will not pay for response 
preparation, or for the use of any information contained in the 
response.
    Instructions: Respondents need not reply to any or all of the 
questions

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listed. Email attachments will be accepted in plain text, Microsoft 
Word, or Adobe PDF formats only. Each individual or institution is 
requested to submit only one response. The SARSAT Program may post 
responses to this RFI, without change, on a Federal website. NOAA, 
therefore, requests that no business proprietary information, 
copyrighted information, or personally identifiable information be 
submitted in response to this RFI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SARSAT Program Analyst, Mr. Allan 
Knox, NOAA, [email protected], 301-817-4144.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The RLS is being provided via the Galileo Global Navigation 
Satellite System and is designed to provide the beacon user in distress 
an acknowledgment message informing them that the alert has been 
detected and located by the Cospas-Sarsat System.
    The SARSAT Program has commenced an effort to understand the 
benefits and associated risks of RLS Type 1 equipped beacons and is 
soliciting the public through this RFI to obtain input from a wider 
range of stakeholders, including academia, private industry, beacon 
users and other relevant organizations and institutions. The public 
input provided in response to this RFI will help inform the SARSAT 
Program as it evaluates the authorization of RLS Type 1 equipped 
beacons within the United States.
    In depth information on RLS Type 1 equipped beacons can be found 
at: https://www.gsc-europa.eu/sites/default/files/sites/all/files/Galileo-SAR-SDD.pdf.
    Additional information on RLS-enabled beacons may be viewed at: 
https://cospas-sarsat.int/en/beacon-ownership/rls-enabled-beacon-purchase.

Questions To Inform U.S. SARSAT Program Regarding Authorization of Type 
1 RLS Cospas-Sarsat Distress Beacons

    Please consider the following questions of interest to the SARSAT 
Program when responding:
    1. Under nominal conditions, the RLS has an inherent period of time 
between beacon activation and the acknowledgement being received and 
displayed to the person in distress. This period of time should be 
within 30 minutes. Is this acceptable? If not, what is an acceptable 
time?
    2. What is the best method to ensure the user understands that 
there is a period of time before the acknowledgement message is 
received? Please consider that the user's first interaction with an RLS 
capable beacon could be an emergency situation where only the beacon is 
available (no user manual).
    3. RLS only indicates that the distress signal has been received, 
not that rescue forces have been deployed. Therefore, the 
acknowledgement message is not an indication of when rescue forces may 
arrive on scene. How should the beacon user be provided this 
information so that they understand what the RLS signal means? Please 
consider that the user's first interaction with an RLS capable beacon 
could be an emergency situation where only the beacon is available (no 
user manual).
    4. There are several RLS related message indications that can be 
displayed to the beacon user; RLS signal sent from beacon, awaiting RLS 
signal return, RLS response received, RLS signal not received, etc. 
Which signals should be displayed to the user and how should they be 
displayed? Please consider the user's first interaction with an RLS 
capable beacon could be an emergency situation where only the beacon is 
available (no user manual).
    5. Are there any other features you believe would be advantageous 
to add to 406 MHz emergency beacons?
    6. Are there any other comments you would like the U.S. SARSAT 
Program to consider?

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 883(d) and (e).

    Dated: March 11, 2021.
Mark W. Turner,
SARSAT Program Manager.
[FR Doc. 2021-05450 Filed 3-16-21; 8:45 am]
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