82_FR_28600 82 FR 28481 - Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals

82 FR 28481 - Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 119 (June 22, 2017)

Page Range28481-28482
FR Document2017-13045

The NMFS Assistant Administrator (Assistant Administrator) has issued affirmative finding annual renewals for the Governments of Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain (referred to hereafter as ``The Nations'') under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). These affirmative finding annual renewals will continue to allow yellowfin tuna and yellowfin tuna products harvested in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) in compliance with the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP) by The Nations' flagged purse seine vessels or purse seine vessels operating under The Nations' jurisdiction to be imported into the United States. The affirmative finding annual renewals were based on reviews of documentary evidence submitted by the Governments of The Nations and by information obtained from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC).

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Notice; affirmative finding annual renewals for Ecuador, El 
Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain.

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SUMMARY: The NMFS Assistant Administrator (Assistant Administrator) has 
issued affirmative finding annual renewals for the Governments of 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain (referred to 
hereafter as ``The Nations'') under the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
(MMPA). These affirmative finding annual renewals will continue to 
allow yellowfin tuna and yellowfin tuna products harvested in the 
eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) in compliance with the Agreement 
on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP) by The 
Nations' flagged purse seine vessels or purse seine vessels operating 
under The Nations' jurisdiction to be imported into the United States. 
The affirmative finding annual renewals were based on reviews of 
documentary evidence submitted by the Governments of The Nations and by 
information obtained from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission 
(IATTC).

DATES: These affirmative finding annual renewals are effective for the 
one-year period of April 1, 2017, through March 31, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Justin Greenman, West Coast Region, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long 
Beach, CA 90802. Phone: 562-980-3264. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., allows for 
importation into the United States of yellowfin tuna harvested by purse 
seine vessels in the ETP under certain conditions. If requested by the 
harvesting nation, the Assistant Administrator will determine whether 
to make an affirmative finding based upon documentary evidence provided 
by the government of the harvesting nation, the IATTC, or the 
Department of State.
    The affirmative finding process requires that the harvesting nation 
is

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meeting its obligations under the AIDCP and its obligations of 
membership in the IATTC. Every five years, the government of the 
harvesting nation must request a new affirmative finding and submit the 
required documentary evidence directly to the Assistant Administrator. 
On an annual basis, NMFS reviews the affirmative finding and determines 
whether the harvesting nation continues to meet the requirements. A 
nation may provide information related to compliance with AIDCP and 
IATTC measures directly to NMFS on an annual basis or may authorize the 
IATTC to release the information to NMFS to annually renew an 
affirmative finding determination without an application from the 
harvesting nation.
    An affirmative finding will be terminated, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, if the Assistant Administrator determines that the 
requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f) are no longer being met or that a 
nation is consistently failing to take enforcement actions on 
violations, thereby diminishing the effectiveness of the AIDCP.
    As a part of the affirmative finding process set forth in 50 CFR 
216.24(f)(8), the Assistant Administrator considered documentary 
evidence submitted by the governments of The Nations and obtained from 
the IATTC and has determined that The Nations have met the MMPA's 
requirements to receive affirmative finding annual renewals.
    After consultation with the Department of State, the Assistant 
Administrator issued affirmative finding annual renewals to The 
Nations, allowing the continued importation into the United States of 
yellowfin tuna and products derived from yellowfin tuna harvested in 
the ETP by The Nations' flagged purse seine vessels or purse seine 
vessels operating under The Nations' jurisdiction for the one-year 
period of April 1, 2017, through March 31, 2018.
    El Salvador's five-year affirmative finding will remain valid 
through March 31, 2018, and Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain's 
five-year affirmative findings will remain valid through March 31, 
2020, subject to subsequent annual reviews by NMFS.

    Dated: June 19, 2017.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
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                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      This                       The Committee will meet at least once               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                notice responds to the ICOOS Act of                     a year, and at other times at the call of
                                                2009 (Pub. L. 111–11, section 12304),                   the Under Secretary, the Interagency                   National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                which requires the Under Secretary of                   Ocean Observation Committee, or the                    Administration
                                                Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere                      Committee Chairperson. The Committee                   RIN 0648–XF484
                                                to solicit nominations for Committee                    has approximately thirteen voting
                                                membership. The Committee will advise                   members. This solicitation requests                    Taking and Importing of Marine
                                                the NOAA Administrator or Interagency                   candidate applications for up to thirteen              Mammals
                                                Ocean Observation Committee on                          full voting member vacancies. Some
                                                matters related to the responsibilities                 voting members whose terms expire                      AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
                                                and authorities set forth in section                    August 15, 2018 may be reappointed for                 Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                                12302 of the ICOOS Act of 2009 and                      a second term if eligible.                             Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                other appropriate matters as the Under                                                                         Commerce.
                                                                                                           If an applicant submitted a resume
                                                Secretary refers to the Committee for                                                                          ACTION: Notice; affirmative finding
                                                                                                        application for the 2015 Federal
                                                review and advice.                                      Register Notice for IOOS Advisory                      annual renewals for Ecuador, El
                                                   The United States Integrated Ocean                   Committee membership solicitation,                     Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and
                                                Observing System Advisory Committee                     and is still interested in being                       Spain.
                                                will provide advice on:                                 considered for membership on the
                                                   (a) Administration, operation,                                                                              SUMMARY:   The NMFS Assistant
                                                                                                        Committee, the applicant needs to                      Administrator (Assistant Administrator)
                                                management, and maintenance of the                      confirm his or her interest by contacting
                                                System;                                                                                                        has issued affirmative finding annual
                                                                                                        Regina Evans as indicated in the                       renewals for the Governments of
                                                   (b) Expansion and periodic                           ADDRESSES section. An applicant who is                 Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,
                                                modernization and upgrade of                            still interested, may either request that              Mexico, and Spain (referred to hereafter
                                                technology components of the System;                    his or her 2015 resume application be                  as ‘‘The Nations’’) under the Marine
                                                   (c) Identification of end-user                       resubmitted, or he or she may choose to                Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). These
                                                communities, their needs for                            submit a current resume application for                affirmative finding annual renewals will
                                                information provided by the System,                     the 2018 selection process.                            continue to allow yellowfin tuna and
                                                and the System’s effectiveness in
                                                                                                        Individuals Selected for Committee                     yellowfin tuna products harvested in
                                                disseminating information to end-user
                                                                                                        Membership                                             the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP)
                                                communities and to the general public;
                                                                                                                                                               in compliance with the Agreement on
                                                and
                                                                                                           Upon selection and agreement to                     the International Dolphin Conservation
                                                   (d) Any other purpose identified by
                                                                                                        serve on the United States Integrated                  Program (AIDCP) by The Nations’
                                                the Under Secretary of Commerce for
                                                                                                        Ocean Observing System Advisory                        flagged purse seine vessels or purse
                                                Oceans and Atmosphere or the
                                                                                                        Committee, one becomes a Special                       seine vessels operating under The
                                                Interagency Ocean Observation
                                                                                                        Government Employee (SGE) of the                       Nations’ jurisdiction to be imported into
                                                Committee.
                                                                                                        United States Government. An SGE is                    the United States. The affirmative
                                                   The Committee’s voting members will                  an officer or employee of an agency who                finding annual renewals were based on
                                                be appointed by the Under Secretary of                  is retained, designated, appointed, or                 reviews of documentary evidence
                                                Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.                     employed to perform temporary duties,                  submitted by the Governments of The
                                                Members shall be qualified by                           with or without compensation, for not                  Nations and by information obtained
                                                education, training, and experience to                  to exceed 130 days during any period of                from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
                                                evaluate scientific and technical                       365 consecutive days, either on a full-                Commission (IATTC).
                                                information related to the design,                      time or intermittent basis. After the
                                                operation, maintenance, or use of the                                                                          DATES: These affirmative finding annual
                                                                                                        membership selection process is                        renewals are effective for the one-year
                                                System, or the use of data products                     complete, applicants who are selected to
                                                provided through the System. Members                                                                           period of April 1, 2017, through March
                                                                                                        serve on the Committee must complete                   31, 2018.
                                                are selected on a standardized basis, in                the following actions before they can be
                                                accordance with applicable Department                                                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                        appointed as a Committee member:                       Justin Greenman, West Coast Region,
                                                of Commerce guidance. Members will
                                                be appointed for three-year terms,                         (a) Background Check (on-line                       National Marine Fisheries Service, 501
                                                renewable once. One Committee                           Background Check process and                           W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long
                                                member will be designated by the Under                  fingerprinting conducted through                       Beach, CA 90802. Phone: 562–980–
                                                Secretary as chairperson. Full-time                     NOAA Workforce Management); and                        3264. Email: justin.greenman@noaa.gov.
                                                officers or employees of the United                        (b) Confidential Financial Disclosure               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                States may not be appointed as a voting                 Report: As an SGE, a Confidential                      MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., allows
                                                member. Members will be appointed as                    Financial Disclosure Report is required                for importation into the United States of
                                                special Government employees (SGEs)                     to be filed annually to avoid                          yellowfin tuna harvested by purse seine
                                                for purposes of section 202(a) of title 18,             involvement in a real or apparent                      vessels in the ETP under certain
                                                United States Code. Members serve at                    conflict of interest. This form can be                 conditions. If requested by the
                                                the discretion of the Under Secretary                   found at the following Web site: http://               harvesting nation, the Assistant
                                                and are subject to government ethics                                                                           Administrator will determine whether
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                                                                                                        www.usoge.gov/forms/form_450.aspx.
                                                standards. Members of the Committee                                                                            to make an affirmative finding based
                                                                                                          Dated: June 2, 2017.
                                                will not be compensated for service on                                                                         upon documentary evidence provided
                                                the Committee, but they may be allowed                  Carl Gouldman,                                         by the government of the harvesting
                                                travel expenses, including per diem in                  Director, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing              nation, the IATTC, or the Department of
                                                lieu of subsistence, in accordance with                 System.                                                State.
                                                subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5,                  [FR Doc. 2017–13031 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am]               The affirmative finding process
                                                United States Code.                                     BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                 requires that the harvesting nation is


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                                                meeting its obligations under the AIDCP                 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                 ecosystem has led to unprecedented
                                                and its obligations of membership in the                                                                       growth and innovation in the digital
                                                IATTC. Every five years, the government                 National Telecommunications and                        economy. However, it has been
                                                of the harvesting nation must request a                 Information Administration                             accompanied by risks that threaten to
                                                new affirmative finding and submit the                  [170602536–7536–01]                                    undermine that very ecosystem. These
                                                required documentary evidence directly                                                                         risks take many forms online, with
                                                to the Assistant Administrator. On an                   RIN 0660–XC035                                         different combinations of threats,
                                                annual basis, NMFS reviews the                                                                                 vulnerabilities, and affected parties from
                                                                                                        Promoting Stakeholder Action Against                   those in the physical world. The
                                                affirmative finding and determines                      Botnets and Other Automated Threats
                                                whether the harvesting nation continues                                                                        President has directed the Departments
                                                to meet the requirements. A nation may                  AGENCY:  National Telecommunications                   of Commerce and Homeland Security to
                                                provide information related to                          and Information Administration, U.S.                   jointly lead an open and transparent
                                                compliance with AIDCP and IATTC                         Department of Commerce.                                process to identify and promote action
                                                measures directly to NMFS on an                         ACTION: Notice; extension of comment                   by appropriate stakeholders to improve
                                                annual basis or may authorize the                       period.                                                the resilience of the Internet and
                                                IATTC to release the information to                                                                            communications ecosystem and to
                                                                                                        SUMMARY:   In response to requests for                 encourage collaboration with the goal of
                                                NMFS to annually renew an affirmative
                                                                                                        additional time, the Department of                     dramatically reducing threats
                                                finding determination without an
                                                                                                        Commerce is extending the closing                      perpetrated by automated and
                                                application from the harvesting nation.                 deadline for submitting comments to a                  distributed attacks.1 This RFC focuses
                                                   An affirmative finding will be                       request for public comments entitled                   on automated, distributed attacks that
                                                terminated, in consultation with the                    ‘‘Promoting Stakeholder Action Against                 affect large sets of victims, and that put
                                                Secretary of State, if the Assistant                    Botnets and Other Automated Threats.’’                 the broader network and its users at
                                                Administrator determines that the                       In the request for comment, the NTIA                   risk. These types of attacks have been a
                                                requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f) are no                 seeks broad input from all interested                  concern since the early days of the
                                                longer being met or that a nation is                    stakeholders—including private                         Internet,2 and were a regular occurrence
                                                consistently failing to take enforcement                industry, academia, civil society, and                 by the early 2000s.3 Automated and
                                                actions on violations, thereby                          other security experts—on ways to                      distributed attacks, particularly botnets
                                                diminishing the effectiveness of the                    improve industry’s ability to reduce                   due to their ability to facilitate high-
                                                AIDCP.                                                  threats perpetuated by automated                       impact disruption, form a threat that is
                                                                                                        distributed attacks, such as botnets, and              bigger than any one company or sector.
                                                   As a part of the affirmative finding
                                                                                                        what role, if any, the U.S. Government                 Botnets are used for a variety of
                                                process set forth in 50 CFR 216.24(f)(8),
                                                                                                        should play in this area. Through this                 malicious activities, but distributed
                                                the Assistant Administrator considered
                                                                                                        notice, the Department extends the                     denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which
                                                documentary evidence submitted by the                                                                          can overwhelm other networked
                                                                                                        comment period to July 28, 2017.
                                                governments of The Nations and                                                                                 resources, are a critical threat and
                                                obtained from the IATTC and has                         DATES: Comments are due on July 28,
                                                                                                        2017, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time               developing collaborative solutions to
                                                determined that The Nations have met                                                                           prevent and mitigate these attacks is a
                                                the MMPA’s requirements to receive                      (EDT).
                                                                                                        ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
                                                                                                                                                               priority. As new scenarios emerge,
                                                affirmative finding annual renewals.                                                                           including those exploiting a new
                                                                                                        submitted by email to counter_botnet_
                                                   After consultation with the                          RFC@ntia.doc.gov. Written comments                     generation of connected devices (so
                                                Department of State, the Assistant                      also may be submitted by mail to the                   called ‘‘Internet of Things’’ (IoT)
                                                Administrator issued affirmative finding                                                                       devices), there is an urgent need for
                                                                                                        National Telecommunications and
                                                annual renewals to The Nations,                                                                                coordination and collaboration across a
                                                                                                        Information Administration, U.S.
                                                allowing the continued importation into                                                                        diverse set of ecosystem stakeholders.
                                                                                                        Department of Commerce, 1401
                                                the United States of yellowfin tuna and                                                                        Please see the original notice (82 FR
                                                                                                        Constitution Avenue NW., Room 4725,
                                                products derived from yellowfin tuna                                                                           27042 (June 13, 2017)) for more detailed
                                                                                                        Attn: Evelyn L. Remaley, Deputy
                                                harvested in the ETP by The Nations’                                                                           questions to which NTIA is inviting
                                                                                                        Associate Administrator, Washington,
                                                flagged purse seine vessels or purse                                                                           feedback on this subject. The notice is
                                                                                                        DC 20230. For more detailed
                                                seine vessels operating under The                                                                              available on NTIA’s Web site at https://
                                                                                                        instructions about submitting
                                                Nations’ jurisdiction for the one-year                                                                         www.ntia.doc.gov/federal-register-
                                                                                                        comments, see the ‘‘Instructions for
                                                period of April 1, 2017, through March                                                                         notice/2017/rfc-promoting-stakeholder-
                                                                                                        Commenters’’ section of SUPPLEMENTARY                  action-against-botnets-and-other-
                                                31, 2018.                                               INFORMATION.
                                                                                                                                                               automated-threats.
                                                   El Salvador’s five-year affirmative                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                          The original deadline for submission
                                                finding will remain valid through March                 Megan Doscher, tel.: (202) 482–2503,                   of comments was July 13, 2017. With
                                                31, 2018, and Ecuador, Guatemala,                       email: mdoscher@ntia.doc.gov, or Allan                 this notice, NTIA announces that the
                                                Mexico, and Spain’s five-year                           Friedman, tel.: (202) 482–4281, email:                 closing deadline for submission of
                                                affirmative findings will remain valid                  afriedman@ntia.doc.gov, National
                                                through March 31, 2020, subject to                      Telecommunications and Information                       1 Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal

                                                subsequent annual reviews by NMFS.                      Administration, U.S. Department of                     Networks and Critical Infrastructure, Exec. Order
                                                                                                        Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue                     13800, 82 FR 22391 (May 11, 2017).
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                                                  Dated: June 19, 2017.                                                                                          2 See generally United States versus Morris, 928
                                                                                                        NW., Room 4725, Washington, DC                         F.2d 504 (2d Cir. 1991) (discussing one of the first
                                                Samuel D. Rauch III,                                    20230. Please direct media inquiries to                known computer worms to spread across the
                                                Deputy Assistant Administrator for                      NTIA’s Office of Public Affairs, (202)                 Internet).
                                                Regulatory Programs, National Marine                    482–7002, or at press@ntia.doc.gov.                      3 See Nicholas C. Weaver, Warhol Worms: The

                                                Fisheries Service.                                                                                             Potential for Very Fast Internet Plagues, Int’l
                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                             Computer Science Inst. (Aug. 15, 2001), http://
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–13045 Filed 6–21–17; 8:45 am]                Background: The open and                            www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/∼nweaver/papers/warhol/
                                                BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                  distributed nature of the digital                      warhol.html.



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; affirmative finding annual renewals for Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain.
DatesThese affirmative finding annual renewals are effective for the one-year period of April 1, 2017, through March 31, 2018.
ContactJustin Greenman, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802. Phone: 562-980-3264. Email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 28481 
RIN Number0648-XF48

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