80 FR 54554 - Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Confined Blasting Activities by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers During the Port of Miami Construction Project in Miami, Florida

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 175 (September 10, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-22775

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) has withdrawn its application for an IHA, for the take of small numbers of marine mammals, by Level B harassment only, incidental to conducting confined blasting activities in the Port of Miami in Miami, Florida. Accordingly, NMFS has withdrawn its related proposed IHA.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD001

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities;
Confined Blasting Activities by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers During
the Port of Miami Construction Project in Miami, Florida

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice, withdrawal of an Incidental Harassment Authorization
(IHA) application.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(ACOE) has withdrawn its application

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for an IHA, for the take of small numbers of marine mammals, by Level B
harassment only, incidental to conducting confined blasting activities
in the Port of Miami in Miami, Florida. Accordingly, NMFS has withdrawn
its related proposed IHA.

ADDRESSES: The documents and the application related to this action are
available by writing to Jolie Harrison, Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or by
telephoning the contact listed here.
A copy of the IHA application may be obtained by writing to the
address specified above, telephoning the contact listed below (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), or visiting the Internet at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/incidental/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Goldstein or Jolie Harrison,
NMFS, 301-427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 15, 2013, NMFS received an
application from the ACOE requesting an IHA. The requested IHA would
authorize the take, by Level B harassment, small numbers of Atlantic
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) incidental to confined
blasting activities in Miami Harbor, Port of Miami, in Miami-Dade
County, Florida. NMFS published a notice of the proposed IHA in the
Federal Register (79 FR 6545) on February 4, 2014. On August 3, 2015,
NMFS accepted notice from the ACOE withdrawing their IHA application
for the proposed action. The ACOE was able to complete the construction
project using dredging methods and without needing to conduct confined
blasting. Therefore, NMFS has withdrawn its proposed IHA for the
action.

Dated: September 3, 2015.
Perry F. Gayaldo,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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Type of Review: Regular submission Number of Respondents: 1,602. fish to Southwest Alaska processors.
(revision of current information Average Hours per Response: 45 Key informant interviews will be
collection). minutes. conducted to gather additional
Affected Public: Business or other for- Burden Hours: 600. information from 30 seafood processors,
profit organizations. Needs and Uses: This request is for a including catcher-processor and floating
Estimated Number of Respondents: new information collection. processor vessels, and 20 local
13,909. Regional or community economic businesses that supply inputs to
Estimated Time per Response: 30 analysis of proposed fishery regional fish harvesters and seafood
minutes. management policies is required by the processors. The interviews will be used
Estimated Total Annual Burden Magnuson-Stevens Fishery to determine relative expenditures for
Hours: 6,086 hours. Conservation and Management Act, inputs made in nine geographical
Estimated Total Annual Cost to National Environmental Policy Act, and areas—(1) each of the six BCAs within
Public: $457,378 in recordkeeping/ Executive Order 12866, among others. the Southwest region, (2) non-
reporting costs. To satisfy these mandates and inform Southwest Alaska region, (3) West
IV. Request for Comments policymakers and the public of the Coast, and (4) the rest of US and
likely regional economic impacts elsewhere. Personal interviews with
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether associated with fishery management
the proposed collection of information input suppliers will gather additional
policies, appropriate economic models information on (i) the level of supplier
is necessary for the proper performance and the data to implement them are
of the functions of the agency, including sales to regional seafood industry
needed. Much of the data required for
whether the information shall have businesses, and (ii) the portion of
regional economic analysis of
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the business expenditures for labor and
Southwest Alaska fisheries are either
agency’s estimate of the burden non-labor inputs that were made in each
unavailable or unreliable. Accurate
(including hours and cost) of the of the above nine geographical areas.
fishery-level data on employment, labor
proposed collection of information; (c) Affected Public: Business or other for-
income, and expenditures in the
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and profit organizations.
Southwest Alaska fishery and related
clarity of the information to be Frequency: One time.
industries are not generally available
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
but are needed to estimate the role of
burden of the collection of information fisheries and effects of fishery policies This information collection request
on respondents, including through the on local, regional and national may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
use of automated collection techniques economies. The Southwest region for the instructions to view Department of
or other forms of information this survey includes six boroughs and Commerce collections currently under
technology. census areas (BCAs)—Aleutians East review by OMB.
Comments submitted in response to Borough, Aleutians West Census Area, Written comments and
this notice will be summarized and/or Bristol Bay Borough, Dillingham Census recommendations for the proposed
included in the request for OMB Area, Lake and Peninsula Borough, and information collection should be sent
approval of this information collection; Kodiak Island Borough. within 30 days of publication of this
they also will become a matter of public In 2007–2008, a similar data notice to OIRA_Submission@
record. collection project was administered for omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: September 3, 2015. the Southwest Alaska region by Dated: September 3, 2015.
Sarah Brabson, obtaining 2006 annual data. However, Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. that data is now outdated and NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015–22720 Filed 9–9–15; 8:45 am]
incomplete. In the proposed survey, [FR Doc. 2015–22708 Filed 9–9–15; 8:45 am]
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2013 or 2014 annual data for important BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
regional economic variables will be
collected from fish harvesting and
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE seafood processing businesses operating DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
in the region (2012 data on these
National Oceanic and Atmospheric variables will be collected if more recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration vessel landings and processed products Administration
data are not available at the time the
Submission for OMB Review; RIN 0648–XD001
data collection begins). The data will be
Comment Request used to develop Southwest regional and Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
The Department of Commerce will BCA-level models that will provide Specified Activities; Confined Blasting
submit to the Office of Management and more reliable impact estimates and Activities by the U.S. Army Corps of
Budget (OMB) for clearance the significantly improve policymakers’ Engineers During the Port of Miami
following proposal for collection of ability to assess effects on fishery- Construction Project in Miami, Florida
information under the provisions of the dependent communities in Southwest
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Alaska. A departure from the prior AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Chapter 35). survey effort is that more information Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Agency: National Oceanic and will be collected this time on the source Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). locations of business expenditures by Commerce.
Title: Regional Economic Data catcher vessels and seafood processors. ACTION: Notice, withdrawal of an
Collection Program for Southwest The survey will be conducted one time Incidental Harassment Authorization
Alaska. only. (IHA) application.
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. A mail survey will be used to collect
Form Number(s): None. data on employment, labor income, and SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Type of Request: Regular (request for expenditures from owners of 2,731 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
a new information collection). catcher vessels whose boats delivered (ACOE) has withdrawn its application

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for an IHA, for the take of small SUMMARY: In conformance with the Civil DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
numbers of marine mammals, by Level Service Reform Act of 1978, the United
B harassment only, incidental to States Patent and Trademark Office Department of the Army
conducting confined blasting activities announces the appointment of persons [Docket ID: USA–2015–0008]
in the Port of Miami in Miami, Florida. to serve as members of its Performance
Accordingly, NMFS has withdrawn its Review Board. Submission for OMB Review;
related proposed IHA. Comment Request
ADDRESSES: The documents and the
ADDRESSES: Director, Human Capital
application related to this action are Management, Office of Human ACTION: Notice.
available by writing to Jolie Harrison, Resources, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, SUMMARY: The Department of Defense
Chief, Permits and Conservation
Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. has submitted to OMB for clearance, the
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
following proposal for collection of
National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: information under the provisions of the
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD Karen Karlinchak at (571) 272–8717. Paperwork Reduction Act.
20910, or by telephoning the contact
listed here. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DATES: Consideration will be given to all
A copy of the IHA application may be membership of the United States Patent comments received by October 13, 2015.
obtained by writing to the address and Trademark Office Performance FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred
specified above, telephoning the contact Review Board is as follows: Licari, 571–372–0493.
listed below (see FOR FURTHER Russell D. Slifer, Chair, Deputy Under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title,
INFORMATION CONTACT), or visiting the Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Associated Form and OMB Number:
Internet at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ Property and Deputy Director of the Department of Defense (DoD) Passport
pr/permits/incidental/. United States Patent and Trademark and Passport Agent Services,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office. Authorization to apply for ‘‘No-Fee’’
Howard Goldstein or Jolie Harrison, Passport and/or request for Visa, DD
NMFS, 301–427–8401. Frederick W. Steckler, Vice Chair, Form 1056, 0702–XXXX.
Chief Administrative Officer, United Type of Request: New.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
States Patent and Trademark Office. Number of Respondents: 175,000.
November 15, 2013, NMFS received an
application from the ACOE requesting Andrew H. Hirshfeld, Commissioner Responses per Respondent: 1.
an IHA. The requested IHA would for Patents, United States Patent and Annual Responses: 175,000.
authorize the take, by Level B Trademark Office. Average Burden per Response: 60
harassment, small numbers of Atlantic minutes.
Mary Boney Denison, Commissioner
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops Annual Burden Hours: 175,000.
for Trademarks, United States Patent
truncatus) incidental to confined Needs And Uses: The information
and Trademark Office. collection requirement is necessary to
blasting activities in Miami Harbor, Port
of Miami, in Miami-Dade County, Anthony P. Scardino, Chief Financial obtain and record the personally
Florida. NMFS published a notice of the Officer, United States Patent and identifiable information of official
proposed IHA in the Federal Register Trademark Office. passport and/or visa applicants. This
(79 FR 6545) on February 4, 2014. On John B. Owens II, Chief Information information is used to process, track,
August 3, 2015, NMFS accepted notice Officer, United States Patent and and verify no-fee passport and visa
from the ACOE withdrawing their IHA Trademark Office. applications and requests for additional
application for the proposed action. The visa pages and Status of Forces
Sarah T. Harris, General Counsel, Agreement (SOFA) endorsements.
ACOE was able to complete the
United States Patent and Trademark Affected Public: Individuals or
construction project using dredging
Office. households.
methods and without needing to
conduct confined blasting. Therefore, Shira Perlmutter, Chief Policy Officer Frequency: On occasion.
NMFS has withdrawn its proposed IHA and Director for International Affairs, Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
for the action. United States Patent and Trademark obtain or retain benefits.
Office. OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet
Dated: September 3, 2015.
Seehra.
Perry F. Gayaldo, Alternates Comments and recommendations on
Deputy Director, Office of Protected the proposed information collection
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. Sharon R. Marsh, Deputy
should be emailed to Ms. Jasmeet
[FR Doc. 2015–22775 Filed 9–9–15; 8:45 am] Commissioner for Trademark Seehra, DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Examination Policy, United States submission@omb.eop.gov. Please
Patent and Trademark Office. identify the proposed information
Andrew I. Faile, Deputy collection by DoD Desk Officer and the
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Commissioner for Patent Operations, Docket ID number and title of the
United States Patent and Trademark information collection.
United States Patent and Trademark
Office. You may also submit comments and
Office
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Dated: September 1, 2015.
recommendations, identified by Docket
[Docket No. PTO–C–2015–0058] ID number and title, by the following
Michelle K. Lee, method:
Performance Review Board (PRB) Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
Property and Director of the United States www.regulations.gov. Follow the
AGENCY: United States Patent and Patent and Trademark Office.
Trademark Office, Commerce. instructions for submitting comments.
[FR Doc. 2015–22728 Filed 9–9–15; 8:45 am] Instructions: All submissions received
ACTION: Notice.
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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice, withdrawal of an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) application.
Contact		Howard Goldstein or Jolie Harrison, NMFS, 301-427-8401.
FR Citation		80 FR 54554
RIN Number		0648-XD00

80 FR 54554 - Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Confined Blasting Activities by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers During the Port of Miami Construction Project in Miami, Florida

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