83 FR 55353 - Inland Waterways Users Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 214 (November 5, 2018)

Page Range		55353-55353
FR Document		2018-24147

The notice of an open meeting scheduled for November 28, 2018 published in the Federal Register on October 26, 2018 has a new date. The meeting will be held on November 29, 2018.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 214 (Monday, November 5, 2018)

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Inland Waterways Users Board; Notice of Federal Advisory 
Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The notice of an open meeting scheduled for November 28, 2018 
published in the Federal Register on October 26, 2018 has a new date. 
The meeting will be held on November 29, 2018.

DATES: The Inland Waterways Users Board will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 
12:00 p.m. on November 29, 2018. Public registration will begin at 7:15 
a.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark R. Pointon, the Designated 
Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee, in writing at the Institute 
for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GM, 7701 
Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone 
at 703-428-6438; and by email at [email protected]. 
Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E. Lichtman, the Alternate 
Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the Institute for 
Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GW, 7701 
Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone 
at 703-428-8083; and by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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provisional abundance estimates of 810 In order to comply with the ESA, Dated: October 26, 2018.
and 1,003 minke whales in the central- NMFS Alaska Regional Office (AKR) Catherine Marzin,
eastern and southeastern Bering Sea, Protected Resources Division issued a Deputy Director, Office of Protected
respectively (Moore et al., 2002). Biological Opinion on March 21, 2017 Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Additionally, line-transect surveys were under section 7 of the ESA, on the [FR Doc. 2018–24064 Filed 11–2–18; 8:45 am]
conducted in shelf and nearshore waters issuance of an IHA to ADOT&PF under BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
in 2001–2003 from the Kenai Fjords in section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA. This
the Gulf of Alaska to the central consultation concluded that the project
Aleutian Islands. Minke whale was likely to adversely affect but
abundance was estimated to be 1,233 for unlikely to jeopardize the continued DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
this area (Zerbini et al., 2006). However, existence of the threatened Mexico DPS
these estimates cannot be used as an of humpback whale (Megaptera Department of the Army, Corps of
estimate of the entire Alaska stock of Engineers
novaeangliae) or the endangered
minke whales because only a portion of
western DPS of Steller sea lion
the stock’s range was surveyed. (Allen Inland Waterways Users Board; Notice
and Anglis 2012). Clearly, 42 authorized (Eumatopias jubatus), or adversely
modify designated critical habitat for of Federal Advisory Committee
takes should be considered a small Meeting
number, as it constitutes only 5.2 Steller sea lions. In a memo dated June
percent of the smallest abundance 13, 2018, NMFS AKR concluded that re-
AGENCY:Department of the Army, U.S.
estimate generated during the surveys initiation of section 7 consultation is not
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
just described and each of these surveys necessary for the issuance of the 2018–
represented only a portion of the minke 2019 IHA. The only modification to the ACTION: Notice; correction.
whale range. project is a time shift of one year. No
Therefore, the number of individual additional take has been requested by SUMMARY: The notice of an open meeting
animals authorized to be taken for all ADOT&PF or has been authorized by scheduled for November 28, 2018
species are considered small relative to NMFS. All mitigation measures published in the Federal Register on
the relevant stocks or populations. described in the Biological Opinion October 26, 2018 has a new date. The
The 2018–2019 IHA includes would be implemented to reduce meeting will be held on November 29,
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting harassment of marine mammals and 2018.
requirements that are identical to those document take of marine mammals. For
DATES: The Inland Waterways Users
depicted in the 2017–2018 IHA, and these reasons, we anticipate no new or
Board will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00
there is no new information suggesting changed effects of the action beyond
that our analysis or findings should p.m. on November 29, 2018. Public
what was considered in the 2017
change. registration will begin at 7:15 a.m.
Biological Opinion.
Based on the information contained FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
here and in the referenced documents, National Environmental Policy Act
Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal
NMFS has determined the following: (1) In compliance with NOAA policy, the Officer (DFO) for the committee, in
The required mitigation measures will National Environmental Policy Act of writing at the Institute for Water
effect the least practicable impact on 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), Resources, U.S. Army Corps of
marine mammal species or stocks and Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GM, 7701
and the Council on Environmental
their habitat; (2) the authorized takes Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–
will have a negligible impact on the Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by
affected marine mammal species or 1508), NMFS determined the issuance
of the IHA qualifies to be categorically telephone at 703–428–6438; and by
stocks; (3) the authorized takes email at Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil.
represent small numbers of marine excluded from further NEPA review.
This action is consistent with categories Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E.
mammals relative to the affected stock
of activities identified in CE B4 of the Lichtman, the Alternate Designated
abundances; and (4) ADOT&PF’s
activities will not have an unmitigable Companion Manual for NOAA Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the
adverse impact on taking for subsistence Administrative Order 216–6A, which do Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army
purposes as no relevant subsistence uses not individually or cumulatively have Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GW,
of marine mammals are implicated by the potential for significant impacts on 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
this action. the quality of the human environment Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by
and for which we have not identified telephone at 703–428–8083; and by
Endangered Species Act (ESA) email at Kenneth.E.Lichtman@
any extraordinary circumstances that
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered would preclude this categorical usace.army.mil.
Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C. exclusion.
1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.
agency insure that any action it Authorization
Brenda S. Bowen,
authorizes, funds, or carries out is not As a result of these determinations, Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
likely to jeopardize the continued
we have issued an IHA to ADOT&PF for [FR Doc. 2018–24147 Filed 11–2–18; 8:45 am]
existence of any endangered or
conducting the described construction BILLING CODE 3720–58–P
threatened species or result in the
activities related to city dock and ferry
destruction or adverse modification of
designated critical habitat. To ensure terminal improvements from December
ESA compliance for the issuance of 15, 2018 through December 14, 2019,
IHAs, NMFS consults internally provided the previously described
whenever we propose to authorize take mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
for endangered or threatened species. requirements are incorporated.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice; correction.
Dates		The Inland Waterways Users Board will meet from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on November 29, 2018. Public registration will begin at 7:15 a.m.
Contact		Mr. Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee, in writing at the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GM, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone at 703-428-6438; and by email at [email protected] Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E. Lichtman, the Alternate Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GW, 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone at 703-428-8083; and by email at Kenne[email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 55353

83 FR 55353 - Inland Waterways Users Board; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEDepartment of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 214 (November 5, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers