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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 2023 / Notices
Laboratory, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive,
Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–
8930, Telephone: (301) 975–2489, Email
address: jeffrey.brewer@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is
hereby given that the ISPAB will meet
Wednesday, March 1, 2023, from 10
a.m. until 4 p.m., Eastern Time, and
Thursday, March 2, 2023, from 10 a.m.
until 4 p.m., Eastern Time. All sessions
will be open to the public. The ISPAB
is authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278g–4, as
amended, and advises the National
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(NIST), the Secretary of Homeland
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of Management and Budget (OMB) on
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thorough review of proposed standards
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Details regarding the ISPAB’s activities
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The agenda is expected to include the
following items:
—Board Introductions and Member
Activities,
—Update from NIST’s Information
Technology Laboratory (ITL) Director,
—A Discussion of Risk Framework Uses
by U.S. Federal Agencies,
—A Discussion of OMB Memo M–22–18
Enhancing the Security of the
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—A Presentation of the DHS CISA Cross
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—A Presentation of Inspector General
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—A Presentation and Discussion on
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—Public comments,
—Board Discussions and
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Note that agenda items may change
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for the public and media. Preregistration is not required to attend this
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the contact information indicated in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice by 5 p.m. on
Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
The ISPAB agenda will include a
period, not to exceed thirty minutes, for
submitted questions or comments from
the public between 3:00 p.m. and 3:30
p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
Submitted questions or comments from
the public will be selected on a firstcome, first-served basis and limited to
five minutes per person.
Members of the public who wish to
expand upon their submitted
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submit a question or comment but could
not be accommodated on the agenda,
and those who were unable to attend the
meeting in person are invited to submit
written statements. In addition, written
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submitted to the ISPAB at any time. All
written statements should be directed to
the ISPAB Secretariat, Information
Technology Laboratory by email to:
jeffrey.brewer@nist.gov.
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only event.
Alicia Chambers,
NIST Executive Secretariat.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XC664]
Marine Mammals and Endangered
Species
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice; issuance of permits.
Notice is hereby given that
permits 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:
Jennifer Skidmore (Permit Nos. 26973
and 27033), Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D.,
(Permit No. 24359), and Courtney
Smith, Ph.D. (Permit Nos. 26170 and
26599); at (301) 427–8401.
Notices
were published in the Federal Register
on the dates listed below that requests
for a permit 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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TABLE 1—ISSUED PERMITS
Previous Federal
Register notice
Permit No.
RTID
Applicant
24359 ..........
0648–XC245 ..........
26170 ..........
0648–XC213 ..........
26599 ..........
0648–XC426 ..........
26973 ..........
0648–XC507 ..........
27033 ..........
0648–XC519 ..........
NMFS Office of Protected Resources, Marine Mammal
Health and Stranding Response Program, 1315 East West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (Responsible Party:
Sarah Wilkin).
Keith Ellenbogen, Blue Reef, 189 Schermerhorn Street, 8E;
Brooklyn, NY 11201.
Florian Graner, Ph.D., Sea-Life Productions, 4021 Beach
Drive, Freeland, WA 98249.
Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois
60605 (Responsible Party: Kevin Feldheim, Ph.D.).
Underdogs Films, Ltd., 4th Floor Embassy House, Queen’s
Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1SB, United Kingdom (Responsible
Party: Tom Stephens).
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Issuance date
87 FR 48159, August 8, 2022.
December 20, 2022.
87 FR 45764, July
29, 2022.
87 FR 65040, November 4, 2022.
87 FR 66656, October 27, 2022.
87 FR 67451, November 8, 2022.
December 16, 2022.
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December 15, 2022.
December 21, 2022.
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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 for Permit Nos.
26170, 26599, 26973, and 27033 are
categorically excluded from the
requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XC660]
Marine Mammals; File No. 22156
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), NMFS has
determined that the activities proposed
for Permit No. 24359 are consistent with
the Preferred Alternative in the Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for the Marine Mammal
Health and Stranding Response Program
(MMHSRP; NMFS 2022). In a Record of
Decision (ROD), signed on December 20,
2022, NMFS stated they had selected
the Preferred Alternative, and the
actions to be conducted under this
alternative effectively meet the
MMHSRP’s mandates under title IV of
the MMPA and PR1’s permitting
program, while minimizing the
potential environmental impacts from
the proposed actions.
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.
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Dated: January 6, 2023.
Amy Sloan,
Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
permit amendment.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Douglas Nowacek, Ph.D., Nicholas
School of the Environment, Duke
University Marine Laboratory, 135 Duke
Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516, has
applied for an amendment to Scientific
Research Permit No. 22156–02.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
February 13, 2023.
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. 22156 mod No. 8 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. 22156 mod 9 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:
Amy Hapeman or Shasta McClenahan,
Ph.D., (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject amendment to Permit No.
22156–02 is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the regulations
governing the taking and importing of
marine mammals (50 CFR part 216).
Permit No. 22156, issued on May 8,
2020, (85 FR 35637), authorizes the
permit holder to conduct research on 31
cetacean species in U.S. and
international waters of the North
Atlantic Ocean. Species include
endangered blue (Balaenoptera
musculus), fin (B. physalus), sei (B.
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borealis), and sperm (Physeter
macrocephalus) whales. The purpose of
the research is to study variation in
cetacean behavior, foraging ecology,
body condition, health status,
population structure, and use of and
response to sounds. The permit
authorizes surveys by vessel and an
unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to
approach, count, observe, photograph,
remotely measure, and track cetaceans.
During surveys, researchers may
conduct acoustic playback trials, collect
biological samples, and tag animals,
with some species receiving two tags at
a time. Non-target cetaceans in the
vicinity of research may be
unintentionally harassed. Biological
samples collected in international
waters may be imported into the United
States and cell lines may be developed
from tissue samples. Two minor
amendments to the permit were issued
to update biopsy sampling mitigation
measures (Permit No. 22156–01; January
29, 2021) and expand the use of UAS to
all authorized species (Permit No.
22156–02; May 23, 2022). The permit
holder is requesting the permit be
amended to include authorization to
temporarily mark adult and juvenile
short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala
macrorhynchus) and bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with
paintballs to investigate how social
marine mammals coordinate dive
patterns. Take numbers for these species
would not increase. The amendment
would be valid for the duration of the
permit, until May 31, 2025.
A draft environmental assessment
(EA) has been prepared in compliance
with the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), to
examine whether significant
environmental impacts could result
from issuance of the proposed
amendment to the scientific research
permit. The draft EA is available for
review and comment simultaneous with
the scientific research permit
amendment application.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of this
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: January 6, 2023.
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-XC664]
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that permits 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: Jennifer Skidmore (Permit Nos. 26973
and 27033), Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D., (Permit No. 24359), and Courtney
Smith, Ph.D. (Permit Nos. 26170 and 26599); at (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices were published in the Federal
Register on the dates listed below that requests for a permit 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.
Table 1--Issued Permits
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Previous Federal
Permit No. RTID Applicant Register notice Issuance date
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24359............ 0648-XC245........ NMFS Office of Protected 87 FR 48159, December 20, 2022.
Resources, Marine Mammal Health August 8, 2022.
and Stranding Response Program,
1315 East West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910 (Responsible
Party: Sarah Wilkin).
26170............ 0648-XC213........ Keith Ellenbogen, Blue Reef, 189 87 FR 45764, July December 16, 2022.
Schermerhorn Street, 8E; 29, 2022.
Brooklyn, NY 11201.
26599............ 0648-XC426........ Florian Graner, Ph.D., Sea-Life 87 FR 65040, December 15, 2022.
Productions, 4021 Beach Drive, November 4, 2022.
Freeland, WA 98249.
26973............ 0648-XC507........ Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore 87 FR 66656, December 15, 2022.
Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 October 27, 2022.
(Responsible Party: Kevin
Feldheim, Ph.D.).
27033............ 0648-XC519........ Underdogs Films, Ltd., 4th Floor 87 FR 67451, December 21, 2022.
Embassy House, Queen's Avenue, November 8, 2022.
Bristol, BS8 1SB, United Kingdom
(Responsible Party: Tom
Stephens).
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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 for Permit Nos. 26170, 26599, 26973, and 27033 are
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental
assessment or environmental impact statement.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), NMFS has determined that the activities
proposed for Permit No. 24359 are consistent with the Preferred
Alternative in the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (MMHSRP;
NMFS 2022). In a Record of Decision (ROD), signed on December 20, 2022,
NMFS stated they had selected the Preferred Alternative, and the
actions to be conducted under this alternative effectively meet the
MMHSRP's mandates under title IV of the MMPA and PR1's permitting
program, while minimizing the potential environmental impacts from the
proposed actions.
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: January 6, 2023.
Amy Sloan,
Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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