82 FR 12348 - Sunshine Act Meetings

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 40 (March 2, 2017)

Page Range		12348-12348
FR Document		2017-04113

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 40 (Thursday, March 2, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 40 (Thursday, March 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 12348]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04113]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

Time and Date: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 9, 2017.

Place: Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC, 
9th Floor Commission Conference Room.

Status: Closed.

Matters to be Considered: Surveillance, enforcement, and examinations 
matters. In the event that the time, date, or location of this meeting 
changes, an announcement of the change, along with the new time, date, 
and/or place of the meeting will be posted on the Commission's Web site 
at http://www.cftc.gov.

Contact Person for More Information: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 202-418-
5964.

Natise Allen,
Executive Assistant.
[FR Doc. 2017-04113 Filed 2-28-17; 11:15 am]
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April through November, outside of the Impact on Availability of Affected posted on the Commission’s Web site at
pupping season) for hauled out Species or Stock for Taking for http://www.cftc.gov.
pinnipeds in the Complex. Thus, pups Subsistence Uses CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
or breeding adults will not be present There are no relevant subsistence uses Christopher Kirkpatrick, 202–418–5964.
during the planned activity days. If of marine mammals implicated by this
mothers and pups are observed, USFWS Natise Allen,
action. Therefore, NMFS has Executive Assistant.
staff will avoid disturbing them by
determined that the total taking of
rescheduling surveys, if possible, or by [FR Doc. 2017–04113 Filed 2–28–17; 11:15 am]
affected species or stocks would not
refraining from activities that may cause BILLING CODE 6351–01–P
have an unmitigable adverse impact on
disturbance (e.g., large movements or
the availability of such species or stocks
flushing).
Moreover, the USFWS’s mitigation for taking for subsistence purposes.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
measures regarding vessel approaches Endangered Species Act (ESA)
and procedures that attempt to Department of the Army
NMFS does not expect that the
minimize the potential to harass the
USFWS’s planned research activities Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive
seals will minimize the potential for
will affect any species listed under the Patent License to Diamond B
flushing and large-scale movements.
ESA. Therefore, NMFS has determined Technology Solutions, LLC; Billings,
Thus, the potential for large-scale
that a section 7 consultation under the MT
movements and flushing leading to
injury, serious injury, or mortality is ESA is not required.
AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
low. National Environmental Policy Act
In summary, NMFS anticipates that (NEPA) ACTION: Notice of intent.
impacts to hauled-out pinnipeds during
the USFWS’s planned research activities NMFS prepared an EA and analyzed SUMMARY: The Department of the Army
would be behavioral harassment of the potential impacts to marine hereby gives notice of its intent to grant
limited intensity (i.e., temporary mammals that may result from the to Diamond B Technology Solutions,
flushing at most). NMFS does not expect USFWS’s monitoring and research LLC; a corporation having its principle
stampeding, and therefore does not activities. A FONSI was signed in place of business at 3529 Gabel Rd.,
expect injury or mortality to occur (see February 2017. A copy of the EA and Billings, MT 59102, an exclusive
Mitigation Measures for more details). FONSI is available on our Web site at license.
Based on the analysis contained herein http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ DATES: Written objections must be filed
of the likely effects of the specified incidental/research.htm. not later than 15 days following
activity on marine mammals and their Authorization publication of this announcement.
habitat, and taking into consideration ADDRESSES: Send written objections to
the implementation of the monitoring NMFS has issued an IHA to the
USFWS for the potential harassment of U.S. Army Research Laboratory
and mitigation measures, NMFS finds Technology Transfer and Outreach
that the total marine mammal take from small numbers of two marine mammal
species incidental to the seabird and Office, RDRL–DPT/Thomas Mulkern,
the USFWS’s survey activities will have Building 321 Room 110, Aberdeen
a negligible impact on the affected shorebird monitoring and other research
activities in the Complex, provided the Proving Ground, MD 21005–5425.
marine mammal species or stocks.
previously mentioned mitigation, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Small Numbers monitoring and reporting. Thomas Mulkern, (410) 278–0889, E-
As mentioned previously, NMFS Dated: February 24, 2017.
Mail: ORTA@arl.army.mil
estimates that the USFWS’s planned Donna S. Wieting, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
activities could potentially affect, by Director, Office of Protected Resources,
Department of the Army plans to grant
Level B harassment only, two species of National Marine Fisheries Service. an exclusive license to Diamond B
marine mammal under our jurisdiction. [FR Doc. 2017–04002 Filed 3–1–17; 8:45 am]
Technology Solutions, LLC in all fields
For each species, these estimates are of use relative to the following: ‘‘System
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small numbers (less than three percent to Evaluate Airborne Hazards’’, US
of the affected stock of harbor seals and Patent Application No.: 13/452,047,
less than eight percent of the stock of Filing Date April 20, 2012.
gray seals) relative to the population COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING The prospective exclusive license
size (Table 4). As stated before, the COMMISSION may be granted unless within fifteen
number of individual seals taken is also (15) days from the date of this published
Sunshine Act Meetings notice, the U.S. Army Research
assumed to be less than the take
estimate (number of exposures) since we TIME AND DATE: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, Laboratory receives written objections
assume that the same seals may be March 9, 2017. including evidence and argument that
behaviorally harassed over multiple establish that the grant of the license
PLACE: Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st
days. would not be consistent with the
Based on the analysis contained in Street NW., Washington, DC, 9th Floor requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37
this notice of the likely effects of the Commission Conference Room. CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i). Competing
specified activity on marine mammals STATUS: Closed. applications completed and received by
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and their habitat, and taking into MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: the U.S. Army Research Laboratory
consideration the implementation of the Surveillance, enforcement, and within fifteen (15) days from the date of
mitigation and monitoring measures, examinations matters. In the event that this published notice will also be
NMFS finds that the USFWS’s activities the time, date, or location of this treated as objections to the grant of the
will take small numbers of marine meeting changes, an announcement of contemplated exclusive license.
mammals relative to the populations of the change, along with the new time, Objections submitted in response to
the affected species or stocks. date, and/or place of the meeting will be this notice will not be made available to

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Section		Notices
Dates		11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 9, 2017.
FR Citation		82 FR 12348