Marine Mammals; File No. 26696, 60126 [2022-21507]
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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 191 / Tuesday, October 4, 2022 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XC418]
Marine Mammals; File No. 26696
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Dennis Clegg, Ph.D., University of
California at Santa Barbara,
Neuroscience Research Institute, Mail
Code 5060, Santa Barbara, CA 93106,
has applied in due form for a permit to
export and conduct research on marine
mammal parts.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
November 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting File No. 26696 from the list of
available applications. These documents
are also available upon written request
via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted via email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please
include File No. 26696 in the subject
line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov. The request should set forth
the specific reasons why a hearing on
this application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D., or Jennifer
Skidmore, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216), the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (ESA; 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).
The applicant requests a 5-year
research permit to conduct scientific
research on marine mammal parts to
create a resource of cetacean pluripotent
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stem cells to aid basic biological
research. The applicant would create
and maintain cell lines from a total of
10 individual cetaceans representing 5
different species. The cell lines may be
sent to Co-Investigators, including
export to foreign countries.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of the
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: September 29, 2022.
Julia M. Harrison,
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–XC424]
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; determination on
hatchery and genetic management plans
and availability of the associated
Findings of No Significant Impact
(FONSIs).
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
NMFS has made determinations on 12
resource management plans in the form
of joint tribal and state Hatchery and
Genetic Management Plans (HGMPs)
that were submitted in three bundles
(Lake Washington HGMPs, Hood Canal
HGMPs, and Hood River HGMPs) and
four state HGMPs (Mid-Columbia
HGMPs). NMFS also announces its
issuance of Final Environmental
Assessments (FEAs) and Findings of No
Significant Impact (FONSIs) for the 11
hatchery programs in Mid-Columbia
River, Hood River, and Lake
Washington.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Allyson Purcell, at phone number: (503)
736–4736, or via email: allyson.purcell@
noaa.gov.
SUMMARY:
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Before
making its final determinations, NMFS
solicited and took into account public
comments for how the plans address the
criteria in § 223.203(b)(5). The
determinations announced in this notice
consist of NMFS’ findings as to whether
the plans submitted to NMFS meet the
regulatory criteria.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Species Covered in This Notice
• Lower Columbia River Chinook
Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha):
threatened, naturally and artificially
propagated
• Middle Columbia River Steelhead (O.
mykiss): threatened, naturally and
artificially propagated
• Lower Columbia River Steelhead (O.
mykiss): threatened, naturally and
artificially propagated
• Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon
(O. kisutch): threatened, naturally and
artificially propagated
• Columbia River Chum Salmon (O.
keta): threatened, naturally and
artificially propagated
• Puget Sound Chinook Salmon (O.
tshawytscha): threatened, naturally
and artificially propagated
• Puget Sound Steelhead (O. mykiss):
threatened, naturally propagated
• Hood Canal Summer Chum Salmon
(O. keta): threatened, naturally
propagated.
Discussion of the Biological Analysis
Underlying the Determinations
Mid-Columbia HGMPs
The United States Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) and the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife
(WDFW) submitted the Touchet River
Endemic Summer Steelhead HGMP. The
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
(ODFW) submitted the Umatilla River
Summer Steelhead HGMP, the Round
Butte Hatchery Spring Chinook Salmon
HGMP, and the Round Butte Hatchery
Summer Steelhead HGMP. The Umatilla
Hatchery program is funded by the
Bonneville Power Administration
(BPA), as well as a small proportion of
the Round Butte Hatchery programs,
with the remainder of these programs
funded by Portland General Electric
(PGE).
Touchet River: The Touchet Endemic
Steelhead Program is intended to
conserve ESA-listed summer steelhead
in the Touchet River, Washington, while
also providing harvest opportunities
and mitigating some of the effects of the
development and operation of the
Federal Columbia River Power System
(FCRPS) in the Snake River Basin on
fish and wildlife under the Lower Snake
River Compensation Plan.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC418]
Marine Mammals; File No. 26696
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dennis Clegg, Ph.D., University of
California at Santa Barbara, Neuroscience Research Institute, Mail Code
5060, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, has applied in due form for a permit to
export and conduct research on marine mammal parts.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or
before November 3, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the
``Features'' box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species
(APPS) home page, https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting File
No. 26696 from the list of available applications. These documents are
also available upon written request via email to
[email protected].
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to [email protected]. Please include File No. 26696 in the
subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request via email to [email protected]. The request
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this application
would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D., or Jennifer
Skidmore, (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations governing the taking
and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 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).
The applicant requests a 5-year research permit to conduct
scientific research on marine mammal parts to create a resource of
cetacean pluripotent stem cells to aid basic biological research. The
applicant would create and maintain cell lines from a total of 10
individual cetaceans representing 5 different species. The cell lines
may be sent to Co-Investigators, including export to foreign countries.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of the application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Dated: September 29, 2022.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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