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the Long Island Sound, Fishers Island
Sound, Connecticut River, and Thames
River as the Connecticut National
Estuarine Research Reserve
(Connecticut Reserve). On January 11,
2022, the Under Secretary of Commerce
for Oceans and Atmosphere, Dr. Richard
W. Spinrad, signed a Record of Decision
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act and the findings of
designation for the Connecticut Reserve
pursuant to Section 315 of the CZMA
and its implementing regulations. A
copy of the Record of Decision and the
findings of designation are available for
public review from NOAA’s Office for
Coastal Management at coast.noaa.gov/
czm/compliance. Additionally, NOAA
hereby provides notice of the results of
the consistency determination for the
designation of the Connecticut Reserve.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Erica Seiden, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, N/
OCM, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910;
Phone: (202) 607–5232; or Email:
erica.seiden@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Estuarine Research Reserve
System (reserve system) is a federalstate partnership administered by
NOAA. The reserve system protects
more than 1.3 million acres of estuarine
habitat for long-term research,
monitoring, education, and stewardship
throughout the coastal United States.
Established by the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.), each reserve is
managed by a lead state agency or
university, with input from local
partners. NOAA provides funding and
national programmatic guidance to the
reserve system.
NOAA received the State of
Connecticut’s nomination of the
proposed Connecticut Reserve site on
January 3, 2019. NOAA evaluated the
nomination package and found that the
proposed site met the reserve system
requirements for designation. (See 16
U.S.C. 1461(b).) Accordingly, NOAA
informed the State of Connecticut on
September 27, 2019, that it was
accepting the nomination and that the
next step would be to prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
Draft Management Plan. (See 15 CFR
921.13.) On June 1, 2020, NOAA issued
a notice of intent to prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
Draft Management Plan for the proposed
Connecticut Reserve (85 FR 33123). On
July 17, 2020, NOAA issued a notice of
a public scoping meeting to solicit input
on the Draft Environmental Impact
statement (85 FR 43543). On September
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3, 2021, NOAA issued notice of public
hearings and a 45-day public comment
period for the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement and Draft
Management Plan for the proposed
designation of the Connecticut Reserve
(86 FR 49519). NOAA has included
responses to the relevant written and
oral comments it received on the
adequacy of the draft environmental
impact statement and draft management
plan in Appendix B of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement. The
Final Environmental Impact Statement
and Final Management Plan for the
proposed Connecticut Reserve were
published on December 3, 2021 (86 FR
68661). For more information about the
Connecticut Reserve, including the
reserve’s Final Management Plan, see
the reserve’s web page: coast.noaa.gov/
nerrs/reserves/connecticut.html.
The implementing regulations (40
CFR parts 1500–1508) for the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),
require agencies to publish a public
Record of Decision identifying
alternatives considered by the agencies
in reaching their decision and
specifying the environmentally
preferable alternative (40 CFR 1505.2).
Furthermore, pursuant to the CZMA’s
implementing regulations for the reserve
system, NOAA is required to provide
notice in the Federal Register of the
results of the consistency determination
for the proposed designation of a
National Estuarine Research Reserve in
states with federally-approved coastal
zone management programs (15 CFR
921.30).
Pursuant to these requirements,
NOAA has published a Record of
Decision in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act,
which can be found at coast.noaa.gov/
czm/compliance. Furthermore, NOAA
hereby provides notice of the results of
the consistency determination for the
Connecticut Reserve: NOAA submitted
the consistency determination to the
State of Connecticut on September 8,
2021, in accordance with the
requirements of Section 307 of the
Coastal Zone Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1456), and the State of
Connecticut concurred on October 27,
2021.
For more detailed information on the
designation process, see the Connecticut
Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection’s Connecticut
National Estuarine Research Reserve
website: portal.ct.gov/DEEP/CoastalResources/NERR/NERR-Home-Page.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
Jeffrey L. Payne,
Director, Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
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Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal
Subsistence Whaling Quotas
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; notification of quota for
bowhead whales.
AGENCY:
NMFS notifies the public of
the aboriginal subsistence whaling
quota for bowhead whales that it has
assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling
Commission (AEWC), and of limitations
on the use of the quota deriving from
regulations of the International Whaling
Commission (IWC). For 2022, the quota
is 93 bowhead whales struck. This quota
and other applicable limitations govern
the harvest of bowhead whales by
members of the AEWC.
DATES: Applicable January 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Office of International
Affairs and Seafood Inspection, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi
Ae Kim, (301) 427–8365.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Aboriginal
subsistence whaling in the United States
is governed by the Whaling Convention
Act (WCA) (16 U.S.C. 916 et seq.).
Under the WCA, IWC regulations shall
generally become effective with respect
to all persons and vessels subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States, within
90 days of notification from the IWC
Secretariat of an amendment to the IWC
Schedule (16 U.S.C. 916k). Regulations
that implement the WCA, found at 50
CFR 230.6, require the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) to publish, at
least annually, aboriginal subsistence
whaling quotas and any other
limitations on aboriginal subsistence
whaling deriving from regulations of the
IWC.
At the 67th Meeting of the IWC, the
Commission set catch limits for
aboriginal subsistence use of bowhead
SUMMARY:
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whales from the Bering-ChukchiBeaufort Seas stock. The bowhead and
other aboriginal subsistence whaling
catch limits were based on a joint
request by Denmark on behalf of
Greenland, the Russian Federation, St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, and the
United States, accompanied by
documentation concerning the needs of
the Native groups.
The IWC set a seven-year block catch
limit of 392 bowhead whales landed.
For each of the years 2019 through 2025,
the number of bowhead whales struck
may not exceed 67, with unused strikes
from the three prior quota blocks carried
forward and added to the annual strike
quota of subsequent years, provided that
no more than 50 percent of the annual
strike limit is added to the strike quota
for any one year. At the end of the 2021
harvest, there were 33 unused strikes
available for carry-forward, so the
combined strike quota set by the IWC
for 2022 is 100 (67 + 33).
An arrangement between the United
States and the Russian Federation
ensures that the total quota of bowhead
whales landed and struck in 2022 will
not exceed the limits set by the IWC.
Under this arrangement, the Russian
natives may use no more than seven
strikes, and the Alaska natives may use
no more than 93 strikes.
Through its cooperative agreement
with the AEWC, NOAA has assigned 93
strikes to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling
Commission. The AEWC will in turn
allocate these strikes among the 11
villages whose cultural and subsistence
needs have been documented, and will
ensure that its hunters use no more than
93 strikes.
At its 67th Meeting, the IWC also
provided for automatic renewal of
aboriginal subsistence whaling catch
limits under certain circumstances.
Commencing in 2026, bowhead whale
catch limits shall be extended every six
years provided: (a) The IWC Scientific
Committee advises in 2024, and every
six years thereafter, that such limits will
not harm the stock; (b) the Commission
does not receive a request from the
United States or the Russian Federation
for a change in the bowhead whale
catch limits based on need; and (c) the
Commission determines that the United
States and the Russian Federation have
complied with the IWC’s approved
timeline and that the information
provided represents a status quo
continuation of the hunts.
Other Limitations
The IWC regulations, as well as the
NOAA regulation at 50 CFR 230.4(c),
forbid the taking of calves or any whale
accompanied by a calf.
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NOAA regulations (at 50 CFR 230.4)
contain a number of other prohibitions
relating to aboriginal subsistence
whaling, some of which are summarized
here:
• Only licensed whaling captains or
crew under the control of those captains
may engage in whaling.
• Captains and crew must follow the
provisions of the relevant cooperative
agreement between NOAA and a Native
American whaling organization.
• The aboriginal hunters must have
adequate crew, supplies, and equipment
to engage in an efficient operation.
• Crew may not receive money for
participating in the hunt.
• No person may sell or offer for sale
whale products from whales taken in
the hunt, except for authentic articles of
Native American handicrafts.
• Captains may not continue to whale
after the relevant quota is taken, after
the season has been closed, or if their
licenses have been suspended. They
may not engage in whaling in a wasteful
manner.
Dated: January 10, 2022.
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
[RTID 0648-XB708]
Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; notification of quota for bowhead whales.
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SUMMARY: NMFS notifies the public of the aboriginal subsistence whaling
quota for bowhead whales that it has assigned to the Alaska Eskimo
Whaling Commission (AEWC), and of limitations on the use of the quota
deriving from regulations of the International Whaling Commission
(IWC). For 2022, the quota is 93 bowhead whales struck. This quota and
other applicable limitations govern the harvest of bowhead whales by
members of the AEWC.
DATES: Applicable January 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi Ae Kim, (301) 427-8365.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Aboriginal subsistence whaling in the United
States is governed by the Whaling Convention Act (WCA) (16 U.S.C. 916
et seq.). Under the WCA, IWC regulations shall generally become
effective with respect to all persons and vessels subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States, within 90 days of notification from
the IWC Secretariat of an amendment to the IWC Schedule (16 U.S.C.
916k). Regulations that implement the WCA, found at 50 CFR 230.6,
require the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to publish, at least
annually, aboriginal subsistence whaling quotas and any other
limitations on aboriginal subsistence whaling deriving from regulations
of the IWC.
At the 67th Meeting of the IWC, the Commission set catch limits for
aboriginal subsistence use of bowhead
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whales from the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas stock. The bowhead and
other aboriginal subsistence whaling catch limits were based on a joint
request by Denmark on behalf of Greenland, the Russian Federation, St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United States, accompanied by
documentation concerning the needs of the Native groups.
The IWC set a seven-year block catch limit of 392 bowhead whales
landed. For each of the years 2019 through 2025, the number of bowhead
whales struck may not exceed 67, with unused strikes from the three
prior quota blocks carried forward and added to the annual strike quota
of subsequent years, provided that no more than 50 percent of the
annual strike limit is added to the strike quota for any one year. At
the end of the 2021 harvest, there were 33 unused strikes available for
carry-forward, so the combined strike quota set by the IWC for 2022 is
100 (67 + 33).
An arrangement between the United States and the Russian Federation
ensures that the total quota of bowhead whales landed and struck in
2022 will not exceed the limits set by the IWC. Under this arrangement,
the Russian natives may use no more than seven strikes, and the Alaska
natives may use no more than 93 strikes.
Through its cooperative agreement with the AEWC, NOAA has assigned
93 strikes to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission. The AEWC will in
turn allocate these strikes among the 11 villages whose cultural and
subsistence needs have been documented, and will ensure that its
hunters use no more than 93 strikes.
At its 67th Meeting, the IWC also provided for automatic renewal of
aboriginal subsistence whaling catch limits under certain
circumstances. Commencing in 2026, bowhead whale catch limits shall be
extended every six years provided: (a) The IWC Scientific Committee
advises in 2024, and every six years thereafter, that such limits will
not harm the stock; (b) the Commission does not receive a request from
the United States or the Russian Federation for a change in the bowhead
whale catch limits based on need; and (c) the Commission determines
that the United States and the Russian Federation have complied with
the IWC's approved timeline and that the information provided
represents a status quo continuation of the hunts.
Other Limitations
The IWC regulations, as well as the NOAA regulation at 50 CFR
230.4(c), forbid the taking of calves or any whale accompanied by a
calf.
NOAA regulations (at 50 CFR 230.4) contain a number of other
prohibitions relating to aboriginal subsistence whaling, some of which
are summarized here:
Only licensed whaling captains or crew under the control
of those captains may engage in whaling.
Captains and crew must follow the provisions of the
relevant cooperative agreement between NOAA and a Native American
whaling organization.
The aboriginal hunters must have adequate crew, supplies,
and equipment to engage in an efficient operation.
Crew may not receive money for participating in the hunt.
No person may sell or offer for sale whale products from
whales taken in the hunt, except for authentic articles of Native
American handicrafts.
Captains may not continue to whale after the relevant
quota is taken, after the season has been closed, or if their licenses
have been suspended. They may not engage in whaling in a wasteful
manner.
Dated: January 10, 2022.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-00641 Filed 1-13-22; 8:45 am]
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