81 FR 85267 - Sunshine Act Meeting

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 227 (November 25, 2016)

Page Range		85267-85267
FR Document		2016-28540

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 227 (Friday, November 25, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 227 (Friday, November 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 85267]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28540]


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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD


Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 6, 2016.

PLACE: NTSB Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 
20594.

STATUS: The one item is open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
    8620A Railroad Accident Report: Collision of Two Union Pacific 
Railroad Freight Trains in Hoxie, Arkansas, August 17, 2014.

NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Telephone: (202) 314-6100.
    The press and public may enter the NTSB Conference Center one hour 
prior to the meeting for set up and seating.
    Individuals requesting specific accommodations should contact 
Rochelle Hall at (202) 314-6305 or by email at [email protected] 
by Wednesday, November 30, 2016.
    The public may view the meeting via a live or archived webcast by 
accessing a link under ``News & Events'' on the NTSB home page at 
www.ntsb.gov.
    Schedule updates, including weather-related cancellations, are also 
available at www.ntsb.gov.
    For More Information Contact: Candi Bing at (202) 314-6403 or by 
email at [email protected].
    For Media Information Contact: Terry Williams at (202) 314-6100 or 
by email at [email protected].

    Dated: Tuesday, November 22, 2016.
Candi R. Bing,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-28540 Filed 11-22-16; 4:15 pm]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION the use of aerial photogrammetry to Dates
collect data on whale morphometrics January 1, 2017–May 31, 2021.
Notice of Permit Applications Received and condition. The applicant proposes
Under the Antarctic Conservation Act to use unmanned aircraft systems Nadene G. Kennedy,
of 1978 (UAS), particularly small, radio- Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of
controlled hexacopters, for aerial Polar Programs.
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
photogrammetry, and to use handheld [FR Doc. 2016–28283 Filed 11–23–16; 8:45 am]
ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications
cameras for photo-identification. The BILLING CODE 7555–01–P
Received under the Antarctic
hexacopters will be flown greater than
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law
100 ft above the whales for
95–541.
identification and assessment purposes. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SUMMARY: The National Science The applicant also proposes to sample SAFETY BOARD
Foundation (NSF) is required to publish the exhaled blow (breath) of commonly
a notice of permit applications received encountered larger whales by briefly Sunshine Act Meeting
to conduct activities regulated under the descending the hexacopter to as low as
TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday,
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. 6 ft above the whale and flying through December 6, 2016.
NSF has published regulations under the blow plume. The breath samples
PLACE: NTSB Conference Center, 429
the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title will be analyzed for microorganisms as
L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC
45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal an indicator of the whales’ respiratory
20594.
Regulations. This is the required notice health. In previous studies, the
of permit applications received. applicant has noted no behavioral STATUS: The one item is open to the
disturbances from the overflight of public.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to
submit written data, comments, or whales by hexacopters for photo- or MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
views with respect to this permit breath-sampling. In addition to the 8620A Railroad Accident Report:
application by December 27, 2016. This photogrammetry and sampling via UAS, Collision of Two Union Pacific Railroad
application may be inspected by the study entails collecting tissue Freight Trains in Hoxie, Arkansas,
interested parties at the Permit Office, samples the size of a pencil eraser to be August 17, 2014.
address below. used for genetic investigations, for NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Telephone: (202)
ADDRESSES: Comments should be stable isotope analyses to describe diet 314–6100.
addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, and nutritional status, and for a The press and public may enter the
Division of Polar Programs, National comparison of the skin microbiome to NTSB Conference Center one hour prior
Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson respiratory samples. The tissue samples to the meeting for set up and seating.
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. will also be used for steroid hormone Individuals requesting specific
analysis to infer pregnancy, as well as accommodations should contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rochelle Hall at (202) 314–6305 or by
Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer, at physiological and nutritional stress. The
applicant’s study includes the following email at Rochelle.Hall@ntsb.gov by
the above address or ACApermits@ Wednesday, November 30, 2016.
nsf.gov. whale species (both sexes) and number
of takes per annum: Killer whales The public may view the meeting via
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The (photogrammetry, n = 5000; biopsy, n = a live or archived webcast by accessing
National Science Foundation, as 475); humpback whales a link under ‘‘News & Events’’ on the
directed by the Antarctic Conservation (photogrammetry, n = 2000; breath NTSB home page at www.ntsb.gov.
Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–541), as sample, n = 100; biopsy, n = 235); Schedule updates, including weather-
amended by the Antarctic Science, Antarctic minke whales related cancellations, are also available
Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, (photogrammetry, n = 1000; breath at www.ntsb.gov.
has developed regulations for the sample, n = 500; biopsy, n = 170); For More Information Contact: Candi
establishment of a permit system for common minke whales Bing at (202) 314–6403 or by email at
various activities in Antarctica and (photogrammetry, n = 1000; breath bingc@ntsb.gov.
designation of certain animals and sample, n = 500; biopsy, n = 170); For Media Information Contact: Terry
certain geographic areas a requiring Arnoux’s beaked whales Williams at (202) 314–6100 or by email
special protection. The regulations at terry.williams@ntsb.gov.
(photogrammetry, n = 500; biopsy, n =
establish such a permit system to 55); southern bottlenose whales Dated: Tuesday, November 22, 2016.
designate Antarctic Specially Protected (photogrammetry, n = 200; biopsy, n = Candi R. Bing,
Areas. 85); and sperm whales Federal Register Liaison Officer.
Application Details: (photogrammetry, n = 2000; biopsy, n = [FR Doc. 2016–28540 Filed 11–22–16; 4:15 pm]
Permit Application: 2017–029 90). Additionally, samples of dead BILLING CODE 7533–01–P
marine mammals encountered by the
1. Applicant
applicant may be salvaged for chemical
John Durban, Ph.D., Marine Mammal
analysis or genetic determination of NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
and Turtle Division, NOAA NMFS
species (whales, n = 500 per annum; SAFETY BOARD
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

Southwest Fisheries Science Center,
seals, n = 500). All samples will be
8901 La Jolla Shores Dr. La Jolla, CA Investigative Hearing
92037. imported into the USA for analysis and
ultimate disposition at the Southwest On July 30, 2016 at 7:42 a.m. central
Activity for Which Permit Is Requested Fisheries Science Center. daylight time, a Kubicek BB85Z hot air
Take; Import into USA. The Location balloon, operated by Heart of Texas
applicant’s study of the health of Balloons, registration N2469L, impacted
whales, as a means to assess the health Antarctic Peninsula region; southern electrical transmission lines and
of Antarctic marine ecosystems, calls for Ross Sea; crashed into a pasture near Lockhart,

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Dates		9:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 6, 2016.
FR Citation		81 FR 85267