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Quantum Cryptography project, which
will be conducted in a manner
consistent with the most recent version
of the following standards and
guidance: FIPS 200, SP 800–37, SP 800–
52, SP 800–53, SP 800–63, and SP
1800–16. Additional details about the
Migration to Post-Quantum
Cryptography project are available at
https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/
building-blocks/post-quantumcryptography.
NIST cannot guarantee that all of the
products proposed by respondents will
be used in the demonstration. Each
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to work collaboratively with NIST staff
and other project participants under the
terms of the consortium CRADA in the
development of the Migration to PostQuantum Cryptography project.
Prospective participants’ contribution to
the collaborative effort will include
assistance in establishing the necessary
interface functionality, connection and
set-up capabilities and procedures,
demonstration harnesses, environmental
and safety conditions for use, integrated
platform user instructions, and
demonstration plans and scripts
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demonstrations. Following successful
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description of the security platform and
its performance characteristics sufficient
to permit other organizations to develop
and deploy security platforms that meet
the security objectives of the Migration
to Post-Quantum Cryptography project.
These descriptions will be public
information.
Under the terms of the consortium
CRADA, NIST will support
development of interfaces among
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participants’ products by providing IT
infrastructure, laboratory facilities,
office facilities, collaboration facilities,
and staff support to component
composition, security platform
documentation, and demonstration
activities.
The dates of the demonstration of the
Migration to Post-Quantum
Cryptography project capability will be
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least two weeks in advance at https://
nccoe.nist.gov/. The expected outcome
will demonstrate how the components
of the solutions that address Migration
to Post-Quantum Cryptography can
enhance security capabilities that
provide assurance of mitigation of
identified risks while continuing to
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interoperable with other participants’
offerings.
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and NCCoE operational structure, visit
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nccoe.nist.gov/.
Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Notice; issuance of permits and
permit amendments.
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given that
permits and permit amendments 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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D. (Permit Nos.
19592–01 and 25739), Jennifer
Skidmore (Permit No. 24054), Amy
Hapeman (Permit Nos. 24140, 24368,
25691, 25694, and 25696), and Carrie
Hubard (Permit No. 19225); at (301)
427–8401.
Notices
were published in the Federal Register
on the dates listed below that requests
for a permit or permit amendment 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 activities, go
to www.federalregister.gov and search
on the permit number provided in Table
1 below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Species
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
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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: October 6, 2021.
Amy Sloan,
Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XB492]
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to the Parallel
Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project in
Virginia Beach, Virginia
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental
harassment authorization; request for
comments on proposed authorization
and possible renewal.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received a request
from the Chesapeake Tunnel Joint
Venture (CTJV) for authorization to take
marine mammals incidental to the
Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project
(PTST) in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Pursuant to the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is
requesting comments on its proposal to
issue an incidental harassment
authorization (IHA) to incidentally take
marine mammals during the specified
activities. NMFS is also requesting
comments on a possible one-year
renewal that could be issued under
certain circumstances and if all
requirements are met, as described in
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Request for Public Comments at the end
of this document. NMFS will consider
public comments prior to making any
final decision on the issuance of the
requested MMPA authorizations and
agency responses will be summarized in
the final notice of our decision.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than November 12,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service and should be
sent to ITP.Meadows@noaa.gov.
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
for comments sent by any other method,
to any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period. Comments received
electronically, including all
attachments, must not exceed a 25megabyte file size. Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF
file formats only. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted online at
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act without
change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, 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:
Dwayne Meadows, Ph.D., Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–
8401. Electronic copies of the
application and supporting documents,
as well as a list of the references cited
in this document, may be obtained
online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case
of problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
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issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
incidental take authorization may be
provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of the species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses
(referred to in shorthand as
‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of the takings are set forth.
The definitions of all applicable
MMPA statutory terms cited above are
included in the relevant sections below.
National Environmental Policy Act
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 (i.e., the issuance of an
IHA) with respect to potential impacts
on the human environment.
This action is consistent with
categories of activities identified in
Categorical Exclusion B4 (IHAs with no
anticipated serious injury or mortality)
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. Accordingly, NMFS has
preliminarily determined that the
issuance of the proposed IHA qualifies
to be categorically excluded from
further NEPA review.
We will review all comments
submitted in response to this
notification prior to concluding our
NEPA process or making a final
decision on the IHA request.
Summary of Request
On September 21, 2021, NMFS
received an application from CTJV
requesting an IHA to take small
numbers of five species (harbor seal
(Phoca vitulina), gray seal (Halichoerus
grypus), bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops
truncatus), harbor porpoise (Phocoena
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB503]
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.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that permits and permit amendments 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: Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D. (Permit Nos.
19592-01 and 25739), Jennifer Skidmore (Permit No. 24054), Amy Hapeman
(Permit Nos. 24140, 24368, 25691, 25694, and 25696), and Carrie Hubard
(Permit No. 19225); 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 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 activities, go to
www.federalregister.gov and search on the permit number provided in
Table 1 below.
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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
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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: October 6, 2021.
Amy Sloan,
Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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