82 FR 40141 - Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Testing and Training Activities Conducted in the Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 163 (August 24, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 40141-40143] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-17938] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XE467 Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Testing and Training Activities Conducted in the Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for Letter of Authorization; request for comments and information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request from the United States Air Force (USAF), Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) 96th Test Wing (AFMC) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to conducting testing and training activities in the Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range (EGTTR) in the Gulf of Mexico over the course of five years, from February 4, 2018 through February 3, 2023. Pursuant to regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is announcing receipt of Eglin AFB's request for the development and implementation of regulations governing the incidental taking of marine mammals and inviting information, suggestions, and comments on Eglin AFB's application and request. DATES: Comments and information must be received no later than September 25, 2017. ADDRESSES: Comments on the application should be addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3225 and electronic comments should be sent [email protected]. Instructions: NMFS is not responsible for comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period. Comments sent via email, including all attachments, must not exceed a 25-megabyte file size. Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF file formats only. All comments received are a part of the public record and will generally be posted to www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/military.htm without change. All personal identifying information (for example, name, address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit confidential business information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Pauline, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 427-8401. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Availability An electronic copy of Eglin AFB's application may be obtained online at: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/incidental/military.htm. In case of problems accessing the document, please call the contact listed above. Background Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce to allow, upon request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals of a species or population stock, by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographical region if certain findings are made and either regulations are issued or, if the taking is limited to harassment, a notice of a proposed authorization is provided to the public for review. An authorization for incidental takings for marine mammals shall be granted if NMFS finds that the taking will have a negligible impact on the species or stock(s), will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or stock(s) for subsistence uses (where relevant), and if the permissible methods of taking and requirements pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring, and reporting of such taking are set forth. NMFS has defined ``negligible impact'' in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact resulting from the specified activity that cannot be reasonably expected to, and is not reasonably likely to, adversely affect the species or stock through effects on annual rates of recruitment or survival. The NDAA of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-136) removed the ``small numbers'' and ``specified geographical region'' limitations indicated earlier and amended the definition of harassment as it applies to a ``military readiness activity'' to read as follows (Section 3(18)(B) of the MMPA): (i) Any act that injures or has the significant potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild (Level A Harassment); or (ii) any act that disturbs or is likely to disturb a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild by causing disruption of natural behavioral patterns, including, but not limited to, migration, surfacing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering, to a point where such behavioral patterns are abandoned or significantly altered (Level B Harassment). Eglin AFB has identified these testing and training activities as military readiness activities. On April 23, 2012, NMFS promulgated a rulemaking and issued a Letter of Authorization (LOA) for takes of marine mammals incidental to Eglin AFB's Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal School (NEODS) training operations at Eglin AFB. This rule expired on April 24, 2017 (77 FR 16718, March 22, 2012). On March 5, 2014, NMFS promulgated rulemaking and issued a LOA for takes of marine mammals incidental to Eglin AFB's Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) precision strike weapons (PSW) and air-to-surface (AS) gunnery activities in the EGTTR, which is valid through March 4, 2019 (79 FR 13568, March 11, 2014). In addition to these rules and LOAs, NMFS has issued Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHA) for take of marine mammals incidental to Eglin AFB's Maritime Strike Operations (78 FR 52135, August 22, 2013; valid August 19, 2013 through August 18, 2014) and Maritime Weapons Systems Evaluations Program (WSEP) annually in 2015 (81 FR 7307) and 2016 (82 FR 10747). Eglin AFB complied with all conditions of the LOAs and IHAs issued, including submission of final reports. Based on these reports, NMFS has determined that impacts to marine mammals were not beyond those anticipated. On November 10, 2015, Eglin Natural Resources submitted an LOA request to consolidate all EGTTR activities into one authorization for five years. NMFS Office of Protected Resources planned to issue the EGTTR LOA by January 2017. However, it became apparent that the LOA would not be issued in time to cover February 2017 Maritime WSEP missions based on concerns associated with the acoustic model methodology and mission-day scenario versus per- detonation approach. Eglin Natural Resources requested and received a separate IHA (82 FR 10747, February 15, 2017) valid from February 4, 2017 through February 3, 2018 for those [[Page 40142]] WSEP missions that incorporated such methodology revisions, which has also served as interim coverage for a small number of other 2017 missions while the EGTTR LOA was being revised. Eglin AFB's current rulemaking/LOA application would also supersede the existing PSW and AS gunnery rule that is in effect until March 4, 2019, and would include all of Eglin AFB's testing and training activities, including WSEP activities, into one new rule with the exception of NEODS training activities. Eglin AFB has never conducted any NEODS training activities and is not including these activities as part of the new rulemaking. Summary of Request On May 3, 2017, NMFS received an adequate and complete application from Eglin AFB requesting authorization for the take of marine mammals incidental to testing and training activities in the EGTTR (defined as the area and airspace over the Gulf of Mexico controlled by Eglin AFB, beginning at a point three nautical miles (nmi) off the coast of Florida) for a period of five years. These testing and training activities have the potential to result in take of marine mammals in the waters of the EGTTR. Therefore, Eglin AFB requests authorization to take two species of marine mammals that may occur in this area, Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis). Specified Activities Eglin AFB proposes the following actions in the EGTTR: (1) 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron (FWS) Maritime WSEP test missions that involve the use of multiple types of live and inert munitions (bombs and missiles) detonated above, at, or slightly below the water surface; (2) Advanced Systems Employment Project actions that involve deployment of a variety of pods, air-to-air missiles, bombs, and other munitions (all inert ordnances in relation to EGTTR); (3) AFSOC training, including air-to-surface gunnery missions involving firing live gunnery rounds at targets on the water surface in EGTTR, small diameter bomb (SDB) and Griffin/Hellfire missile training involving the use of live missiles and SDBs in the EGTTR against small towed boats, and CV-22 training involving the firing of 0.50 caliber (cal.)/7.62 mm ammunition at flares floating on the EGTTR water surface; (4) 413th Flight Test Squadron (FLTS) Precision Strike Program (PSP) activities involving firing munitions at flare targets on the EGTTR water surface and Stand- Off Precision Guided Munitions (SOPGM) testing involving captive-carry, store separation, and weapon employment tests; (5) 780th Test Squadron (TS) activities involving PSW test missions (launch of munitions against targets in the EGTTR) and Longbow Littoral Testing (data collection on tracking and impact ability of the Longbow missile on small boats); (6) 96th Test Wing Inert Missions (developmental testing and evaluation for wide variety of air-delivered weapons and other systems using inert bombs); and (7) 96 Operations Group (OG) missions, which involve the support of air-to-surface missions for several user groups within EGTTR. During these activities, ordnances may be delivered by multiple types of aircraft, including bombers and fighter aircraft. The actions include air-to-ground missiles (AGM); air intercept missiles (AIM); bomb dummy units (BDU); guided bomb units (GBU); projectile gun units (PGU); cluster bomb units (CBU); wind-corrected munitions dispensers (WCMD); (SDB) and laser small diameter bombs (LSDB); high explosive incendiary units (HEI); joint direct attack munitions (JDAM) and laser joint direct attack munitions (LJDAM); research department explosives (RDX); joint air-to-surface stand-off missiles (JASSM); high altitude anti-submarine warfare weapons (inert); high-speed maneuverable surface targets; and gunnery rounds. Net explosive weight (NEW) of the live munitions ranges from 0.1 to 945 pounds (lb). Eglin AFB testing and training activities involving live munitions are summarized in Table 1. Table 1--Live Munitions Planned for Testing and Training Activities in the EGTTR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mission category Mission days/ Mission Groups day Munition NEW (lb) Detonation type Munitions/day yr Munitions/yr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 86 FWS Maritime WSEP............ A................ GBU-10/-24/-31..... 945 Subsurface *....... 1 2 2 GBU-49............. 300 Surface............ 2 .............. 4 AGM-158 (JASSM).... 240 Surface............ 2 .............. 4 GBU-12/-54 (LJDAM/- 192 Subsurface *....... 5 .............. 10 38/-32 (JDAM). B................ AGM-65 (Maverick).. 86 Surface............ 2 4 8 GBU-39 (SDB)....... 37 Surface............ 1 .............. 4 AGM-114 (Hellfire). 20 Subsurface *....... 5 .............. 20 C................ AGM-176 (Griffin).. 13 Surface............ 5 2 10 2.75 rocket........ 12 Surface............ 50 .............. 100 AIM-9X............. 7.9 Surface............ 1 .............. 2 PGU-12 HEI 30 mm... 0.1 Surface............ 500 .............. 1,000 AFSOC AS gunnery................ D................ 105 mm HE (FU)..... 4.7 Surface............ 30 25 750 40 mm HE........... 0.87 Surface............ 64 .............. 1,600 30 mm HE........... 0.1 Surface............ 500 .............. 12,500 25 mm HE........... 0.067 Surface............ 560 .............. 14,000 E................ 105 mm HE (TR)..... 0.35 Surface............ 30 45 1,350 40 mm HE........... 0.87 Surface............ 64 .............. 2,880 30 mm HE........... 0.1 Surface............ 500 .............. 22,500 25 mm HE........... 0.067 Surface............ 560 .............. 25,200 413 FLTS PSP gunnery............ F................ 30 mm HE........... 0.1 Surface............ 33 3 99 G................ 105 mm FU.......... 4.7 Surface............ 15 4 60 H................ 105 mm TR.......... 0.35 Surface............ 15 4 60 413 FLTS SOPGM.................. I................ AGM-176 (Griffin).. 4.58 Surface............ 5 2 10 [[Page 40143]] J................ AGM-114 (Hellfire). 20 Surface............ 5 2 10 K................ GBU-39 (SDB I)..... 36 Surface............ 3 2 6 L................ GBU-39 (LSDB)...... 36 Surface............ 5 2 10 780 TS PSW...................... M................ AGM-158 (JASSM).... 240 Surface............ 2 1 2 N................ GBU-39 (SDB I)..... 37 Surface............ 2 1 2 GBU-39 (SDB I) 74 Surface............ 2 .............. 2 Double shot *. O................ GBU-53 (SDB II).... 22.84 Surface............ 2 1 2 780 TS other tests.............. P................ Joint air-ground 27.41 Surface............ 1 1 1 missile. Q................ LSDB and SDB II 0.4 Surface............ 2 4 8 (live fuse only). 96 OG Future Missions........... R................ GBU-10/-24......... 945 Subsurface *....... 1 1 1 AGM-158 (JASSM).... 240 Surface............ 1 .............. 1 GBU-12 or -54...... 192 Subsurface *....... 1 .............. 1 S................ AGM-65 (Maverick).. 86 Surface............ 1 2 2 GBU-39 (SDB I or 37 Subsurface *....... 2 .............. 4 LSDB). AGM-114 (Hellfire). 29 Subsurface *....... 10 .............. 20 T................ 105 mm HE (FU)..... 4.7 Surface............ 13 10 130 40 mm HE........... 0.9 Surface............ 60 .............. 60 Live fuse.......... 0.4 Surface............ 20 .............. 200 30 mm HE........... 0.1 Surface............ 500 .............. 5,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FU = Full Up; TR = Training Round (lessened NEW). * Subsurface detonations occur at 10 feet water depth. Information Solicited Interested persons may submit information, suggestions, and comments concerning Eglin AFB's request (see ADDRESSES). Comments should be supported by data or literature citations as appropriate. We will consider all relevant information, suggestions, and comments related to the request during the development of proposed regulations governing the incidental taking of marine mammals by Eglin AFB, if appropriate. Dated: August 21, 2017. Cathryn E. Tortorici, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2017-17938 Filed 8-23-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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they also will become a matter of public Attachments to electronic comments activity’’ to read as follows (Section
record. will be accepted in Microsoft Word or 3(18)(B) of the MMPA): (i) Any act that
Excel or Adobe PDF file formats only. injures or has the significant potential to
Sheleen Dumas,
All comments received are a part of the injure a marine mammal or marine
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief public record and will generally be mammal stock in the wild (Level A
Information Officer.
posted to www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/ Harassment); or (ii) any act that disturbs
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permits/military.htm without change. or is likely to disturb a marine mammal
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example, name, address, etc.) causing disruption of natural behavioral
voluntarily submitted by the commenter patterns, including, but not limited to,
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may be publicly accessible. Do not migration, surfacing, nursing, breeding,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric submit confidential business feeding, or sheltering, to a point where
Administration information or otherwise sensitive or such behavioral patterns are abandoned
protected information. or significantly altered (Level B
RIN 0648–XE467 Harassment). Eglin AFB has identified
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob
Pauline, Office of Protected Resources, these testing and training activities as
Taking and Importing Marine military readiness activities.
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
Incidental to Testing and Training SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 23, 2012, NMFS
Activities Conducted in the Eglin Gulf promulgated a rulemaking and issued a
Availability Letter of Authorization (LOA) for takes
Test and Training Range
An electronic copy of Eglin AFB’s of marine mammals incidental to Eglin
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries application may be obtained online at: AFB’s Naval Explosive Ordnance
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ Disposal School (NEODS) training
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), incidental/military.htm. In case of operations at Eglin AFB. This rule
Commerce. problems accessing the document, expired on April 24, 2017 (77 FR 16718,
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for please call the contact listed above. March 22, 2012). On March 5, 2014,
Letter of Authorization; request for NMFS promulgated rulemaking and
Background issued a LOA for takes of marine
comments and information.
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the mammals incidental to Eglin AFB’s Air
SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct Force Special Operations Command
from the United States Air Force the Secretary of Commerce to allow, (AFSOC) precision strike weapons
(USAF), Eglin Air Force Base (AFB) upon request, the incidental, but not (PSW) and air-to-surface (AS) gunnery
96th Test Wing (AFMC) for intentional, taking of small numbers of activities in the EGTTR, which is valid
authorization to take marine mammals marine mammals of a species or through March 4, 2019 (79 FR 13568,
incidental to conducting testing and population stock, by U.S. citizens who March 11, 2014). In addition to these
training activities in the Eglin Gulf Test engage in a specified activity (other than rules and LOAs, NMFS has issued
and Training Range (EGTTR) in the Gulf commercial fishing) within a specified Incidental Harassment Authorizations
of Mexico over the course of five years, geographical region if certain findings (IHA) for take of marine mammals
from February 4, 2018 through February are made and either regulations are incidental to Eglin AFB’s Maritime
3, 2023. Pursuant to regulations issued or, if the taking is limited to Strike Operations (78 FR 52135, August
implementing the Marine Mammal harassment, a notice of a proposed 22, 2013; valid August 19, 2013 through
Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is authorization is provided to the public August 18, 2014) and Maritime
announcing receipt of Eglin AFB’s for review. Weapons Systems Evaluations Program
request for the development and An authorization for incidental (WSEP) annually in 2015 (81 FR 7307)
implementation of regulations takings for marine mammals shall be and 2016 (82 FR 10747). Eglin AFB
governing the incidental taking of granted if NMFS finds that the taking complied with all conditions of the
marine mammals and inviting will have a negligible impact on the LOAs and IHAs issued, including
information, suggestions, and comments species or stock(s), will not have an submission of final reports. Based on
on Eglin AFB’s application and request. unmitigable adverse impact on the these reports, NMFS has determined
DATES: Comments and information must availability of the species or stock(s) for that impacts to marine mammals were
be received no later than September 25, subsistence uses (where relevant), and if not beyond those anticipated. On
2017. the permissible methods of taking and November 10, 2015, Eglin Natural
ADDRESSES: Comments on the requirements pertaining to the Resources submitted an LOA request to
application should be addressed to Jolie mitigation, monitoring, and reporting of consolidate all EGTTR activities into
Harrison, Chief, Permits and such taking are set forth. NMFS has one authorization for five years. NMFS
Conservation Division, Office of defined ‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR Office of Protected Resources planned to
Protected Resources, National Marine 216.103 as an impact resulting from the issue the EGTTR LOA by January 2017.
Fisheries Service. 1315 East-West specified activity that cannot be However, it became apparent that the
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910– reasonably expected to, and is not LOA would not be issued in time to
3225 and electronic comments should reasonably likely to, adversely affect the cover February 2017 Maritime WSEP
be sent ITP.Pauline@noaa.gov. species or stock through effects on missions based on concerns associated
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Instructions: NMFS is not responsible annual rates of recruitment or survival. with the acoustic model methodology
for comments sent by any other method, The NDAA of 2004 (Pub. L. 108–136) and mission-day scenario versus per-
to any other address or individual, or removed the ‘‘small numbers’’ and detonation approach. Eglin Natural
received after the end of the comment ‘‘specified geographical region’’ Resources requested and received a
period. Comments sent via email, limitations indicated earlier and separate IHA (82 FR 10747, February 15,
including all attachments, must not amended the definition of harassment as 2017) valid from February 4, 2017
exceed a 25-megabyte file size. it applies to a ‘‘military readiness through February 3, 2018 for those
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TABLE 1—LIVE MUNITIONS PLANNED FOR TESTING AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES IN THE EGTTR—Continued
Mission NEW Mission
Mission Groups category Munition Detonation type Munitions/day Munitions/yr
(lb) days/yr
day
J ............... AGM–114 (Hellfire) ... 20 Surface ............... 5 2 10
K .............. GBU–39 (SDB I) ....... 36 Surface ............... 3 2 6
L ............... GBU–39 (LSDB) ....... 36 Surface ............... 5 2 10
780 TS PSW .............. M .............. AGM–158 (JASSM) .. 240 Surface ............... 2 1 2
N .............. GBU–39 (SDB I) ....... 37 Surface ............... 2 1 2
GBU–39 (SDB I) 74 Surface ............... 2 ........................ 2
Double shot *.
O .............. GBU–53 (SDB II) ...... 22.84 Surface ............... 2 1 2
780 TS other tests ..... P .............. Joint air-ground mis- 27.41 Surface ............... 1 1 1
sile.
Q .............. LSDB and SDB II 0.4 Surface ............... 2 4 8
(live fuse only).
96 OG Future Mis- R .............. GBU–10/–24 ............. 945 Subsurface * ....... 1 1 1
sions.
AGM–158 (JASSM) .. 240 Surface ............... 1 ........................ 1
GBU–12 or –54 ......... 192 Subsurface * ....... 1 ........................ 1
S .............. AGM–65 (Maverick) .. 86 Surface ............... 1 2 2
GBU–39 (SDB I or 37 Subsurface * ....... 2 ........................ 4
LSDB).
AGM–114 (Hellfire) ... 29 Subsurface * ....... 10 ........................ 20
T .............. 105 mm HE (FU) ...... 4.7 Surface ............... 13 10 130
40 mm HE ................. 0.9 Surface ............... 60 ........................ 60
Live fuse ................... 0.4 Surface ............... 20 ........................ 200
30 mm HE ................. 0.1 Surface ............... 500 ........................ 5,000
FU = Full Up; TR = Training Round (lessened NEW).
* Subsurface detonations occur at 10 feet water depth.
Information Solicited ACTION: Notice of public meeting Terms of Reference for coastal pelagic
(conference call). species stocks; and (2) the Ecosystem
Interested persons may submit Workgroup Report on Fishery Ecosystem
information, suggestions, and comments SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Plan Initiatives: Scoping and Selection.
concerning Eglin AFB’s request (see Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Both topics are to be considered at the
ADDRESSES). Comments should be Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory September Council meeting, and the
supported by data or literature citations Subpanel (CPSAS) will hold a meeting CPSAS may develop supplemental
as appropriate. We will consider all via conference call that is open to the reports on these topics. The CPSAS may
relevant information, suggestions, and public. also address one or more of the Pacific
comments related to the request during DATES: The conference call will be held Council’s scheduled Administrative
the development of proposed Wednesday, September 6, 2017, from 2 Matters including future meeting
regulations governing the incidental p.m. to 4 p.m. or until business for the planning. Public comment may be taken
taking of marine mammals by Eglin day has been completed. at the discretion of the CPSAS Co-
AFB, if appropriate. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held Chairs.
Dated: August 21, 2017. via conference call. To attend the Although non-emergency issues not
Cathryn E. Tortorici, conference call, dial this toll free contained in the meeting agenda may be
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected number: (866) 692–4538; enter discussed, those issues may not be the
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. participant code 2366028. A public subject of formal action during this
[FR Doc. 2017–17938 Filed 8–23–17; 8:45 am] listening station is available at the meeting. Action will be restricted to
Pacific Council office (address below). those issues specifically listed in this
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Council Address: Pacific Fishery document and any issues arising after
Management Council, 7700 NE publication of this document that
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conservation and Management Act,
Administration Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council; provided the public has been notified of
telephone: (503) 820–2409. the intent to take final action to address
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The the emergency.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council; items on the Pacific Council’s
Public Meeting September 2017 meeting agenda. Major This meeting is physically accessible
topics include, but are not limited to, (1) to people with disabilities. Requests for
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries a draft Terms of Reference for the 2018 sign language interpretation or other
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and review of the National Oceanic and auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr.
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Atmospheric Administration’s Acoustic- Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2411 at
Commerce. Trawl Survey Methodology Review least 10 days prior to the meeting date.
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