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Endangered Species Act
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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 Alaska Region, Protected
Resources Division Office, whenever we
propose to authorize take for
endangered or threatened species.
Two marine mammal species, Mexico
DPS humpback whales and Western
DPS Steller sea lions, occur in the
project area and are listed as threatened
and endangered, respectively, under the
ESA. The NMFS Alaska Regional OPR
Division issued a Biological Opinion
under section 7 of the ESA, on the
issuance of an IHA to HPMS under
section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA by the
NMFS Permits and Conservation
Division. The Biological Opinion
concluded that the action is not likely
to jeopardize the continued existence of
either species, and is not likely to
destroy or adversely modify western
DPS Steller sea lion critical habitat. On
February 23, 2021, the NMFS Alaska
Regional Office Protected Resources
Division notified us that they would
issue a memo to the file, noting that the
changes to allow work year round and
to the down-the-hole drilling source
levels do not alter the conclusions of the
original Biological Opinion as long as
the revised shutdown zones are
implemented as additional mitigation
and monitoring requirements, and no reinitiation of the consultation is
necessary.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Authorization
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NMFS has issued an IHA to HPMS for
the potential harassment of small
numbers of seven marine mammal
species incidental to the Old Sitka Dock
North Dolphins Expansion Project in
Sitka, Alaska, provided the previously
mentioned mitigation, monitoring and
reporting requirements are followed.
Dated: April 22, 2021.
Catherine Marzin,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of its Citizen Science
Operations Committee via webinar May
19, 2021.
DATES: The Citizen Science Operations
Committee meeting will be held via
webinar on Wednesday, May 19, 2021,
from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held via webinar. The webinar is open
to members of the public. Those
interested in participating should
contact Julia Byrd (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT below) to request
an invitation providing webinar access
information. Please request webinar
invitations at least 24 hours in advance
of each webinar. There will be an
opportunity for public comment at the
beginning of the meeting.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Byrd, Citizen Science Program Manager,
SAFMC; phone: (843) 302–8439 or toll
free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–
4520; email: julia.byrd@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Citizen Science Operations Committee
serves as advisors to the Council’s
Citizen Science Program. Committee
members include representatives from
the Council’s Citizen Science Advisory
Panel, NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast
Regional Office, NOAA Fisheries’
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, and
the Council’s Science and Statistical
Committee. Their responsibilities
include developing programmatic
recommendations, reviewing policies,
providing program direction/multipartner support, identifying citizen
science research needs, and providing
general advice.
Agenda items include:
1. Discuss the Council’s Citizen
Science Program initial evaluation plan,
including review of a draft interview
script;
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2. Citizen Science Program Update;
and
3. Other Business
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) 3 days
prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence
specified in this agenda are subject to
change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 23, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico;
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 72 Assessment
Webinar II for Gulf of Mexico gag
grouper.
AGENCY:
The SEDAR 72 stock
assessment process for Gulf of Mexico
gag grouper will consist of a series of
data and assessment webinars. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 72 Assessment
Webinar II will be held May 17, 2021,
from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. The webinar is open to
members of the public. Those interested
in participating should contact Julie A.
Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT below) to request
an invitation providing webinar access
information. Please request webinar
invitations at least 24 hours in advance
of each webinar.
SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571–
4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
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Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commissions
have implemented the Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks in
the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data
Workshop, (2) a series of assessment
webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop.
The product of the Data Workshop is a
report that compiles and evaluates
potential datasets and recommends
which datasets are appropriate for
assessment analyses. The assessment
webinars produce a report that describes
the fisheries, evaluates the status of the
stock, estimates biological benchmarks,
projects future population conditions,
and recommends research and
monitoring needs. The product of the
Review Workshop is an Assessment
Summary documenting panel opinions
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
of the stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,
HMS Management Division, and
Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
Participants include data collectors and
database managers; stock assessment
scientists, biologists, and researchers;
constituency representatives including
fishermen, environmentalists, and
NGO’s; International experts; and staff
of Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
The items of discussion during the
Assessment Webinar II are as follows:
1. Using datasets and initial
assessment analysis recommended from
the data webinars, panelists will employ
assessment models to evaluate stock
status, estimate population benchmarks
and management criteria, and project
future conditions.
2. Participants will recommend the
most appropriate methods and
configurations for determining stock
status and estimating population
parameters.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
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Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the Council office
(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 business days
prior to each workshop.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 23, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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CEMVN–OD–SE, MVN–2012–2806–
EOO, 7400 Leake Avenue, New Orleans,
LA 70118. Please note that mailed
comments must be postmarked on or
before the comment deadline of June 3,
2021;
• By email: Submit electronic
comments to CEMVN-Midbarataria@
usace.army.mil; or
• By phone: Submit oral comments
via the toll-free phone number: 1–866–
211–9205.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration—Mel Landry, NOAA
Restoration Center, (310) 427–8711,
gulfspill.restoration@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Notice of Availability of the Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee
Implementation Group Draft Phase II
Restoration Plan #3.2: Mid-Barataria
Sediment Diversion; Extension of
Public Comment Period
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments; extension of comment
period.
AGENCY:
We are extending the public
comment period on our Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee
Implementation Group Draft Phase II
Restoration Plan #3.2: Mid-Barataria
Sediment Diversion (Draft Phase II RP
#3.2). We opened the original comment
period via a March 5, 2021, Federal
Register notice. This notice extends that
comment period through June 3, 2021.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
electronically or postmarked by June 3,
2021.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: You may
download the Draft Phase II RP #3.2 at:
https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/louisiana.
Submitting Comments: You may
submit comments on the Draft Phase II
RP #3.2 by one of the following
methods:
• Via the Web: https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/MBSD;
• Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New Orleans District, Attn:
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On March 20, 2018, the Louisiana TIG
completed its Strategic Restoration Plan
and Environmental Assessment #3:
Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal, and
Nearshore Habitats in the Barataria
Basin, Louisiana (SRP/EA #3). In
addition to identifying a restoration
strategy for the Barataria Basin and
confirming its 2018 decision to move
forward with the Spanish Pass
Increment of the Barataria Basin Ridge
and Marsh Creation project, the SRP/EA
also advanced a large-scale sediment
diversion for further evaluation and
planning in a future Phase II restoration
plan. Since approval of the SRP/EA #3,
the Louisiana TIG has been evaluating a
variety of potential alternatives for this
large-scale sediment diversion to meet
its purpose: Deliver freshwater
sediment, and nutrients to the Barataria
Basin through a large-scale sediment
diversion from the Mississippi River;
reconnect and re-establish sustainable
deltaic processes between the
Mississippi River and the Barataria
Basin; and create, restore, and sustain
wetlands and other deltaic habitats and
associated ecosystem services. Tiering
from the SRP/EA #3, the Louisiana TIG
is proposing in this Phase II RP #3.2
implementation of the Mid-Barataria
Sediment Diversion project. In
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) the
environmental consequences of the
restoration alternatives are evaluated in
the associated U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New Orleans District
(USACE CEMVN) Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Proposed Mid
Barataria Sediment Diversion Project,
Plaquemines and Jefferson Parishes
(MBSD DEIS) to which the Louisiana
TIG Federal Trustees are cooperating
agencies. The concurrent public
comment period for the MBSD DEIS is
also being extended 30 days and will
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 72 Assessment Webinar II for Gulf of Mexico gag
grouper.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR 72 stock assessment process for Gulf of Mexico gag
grouper will consist of a series of data and assessment webinars. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 72 Assessment Webinar II will be held May 17, 2021,
from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar is open to
members of the public. Those interested in participating should contact
Julie A. Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT below) to
request an invitation providing webinar access information. Please
request webinar invitations at least 24 hours in advance of each
webinar.
SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston,
SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator;
(843) 571-4366; email: [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
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Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions
have implemented the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for determining the status of fish stocks
in the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multi-step process including: (1)
Data Workshop, (2) a series of assessment webinars, and (3) A Review
Workshop. The product of the Data Workshop is a report that compiles
and evaluates potential datasets and recommends which datasets are
appropriate for assessment analyses. The assessment webinars produce a
report that describes the fisheries, evaluates the status of the stock,
estimates biological benchmarks, projects future population conditions,
and recommends research and monitoring needs. The product of the Review
Workshop is an Assessment Summary documenting panel opinions regarding
the strengths and weaknesses of the stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico,
South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, HMS Management Division, and
Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Participants include data
collectors and database managers; stock assessment scientists,
biologists, and researchers; constituency representatives including
fishermen, environmentalists, and NGO's; International experts; and
staff of Councils, Commissions, and state and federal agencies.
The items of discussion during the Assessment Webinar II are as
follows:
1. Using datasets and initial assessment analysis recommended from
the data webinars, panelists will employ assessment models to evaluate
stock status, estimate population benchmarks and management criteria,
and project future conditions.
2. Participants will recommend the most appropriate methods and
configurations for determining stock status and estimating population
parameters.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent to
take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES)
at least 5 business days prior to each workshop.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 23, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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