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Federal Register/Vol. 84, No. 111/Monday, June 10 26940 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 111 / Monday, June 10, 2019 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE and will generally be posted online at limitations indicated above and https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ amended the definition of ‘‘harassment’’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric incidental-take-authorizations-under- as it applies to a ‘‘military readiness Administration marine-mammal-protection-act without activity.’’ The definitions of all change. All personal identifying applicable MMPA statutory terms cited RIN 0648–XG948 information (e.g., name, address) above are included in the relevant Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to voluntarily submitted by the commenter sections below. may be publicly accessible. Do not Specified Activities; Taking Marine National Environmental Policy Act Mammals Incidental to Marine submit confidential business Geophysical Surveys in the Northeast information or otherwise sensitive or To comply with the National Pacific Ocean protected information. Environmental Policy Act of 1969 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Amy Fowler, Office of Protected NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 216–6A, NMFS must review our Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Electronic copies of the application and proposed action (i.e., the issuance of an Commerce. supporting documents, as well as a list incidental harassment authorization) ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental of the references cited in this document, with respect to potential impacts on the harassment authorization; request for may be obtained online at: https:// human environment. comments on proposed authorization www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ Accordingly, NMFS is preparing an and possible renewal. incidental-take-authorizations-under- Environmental Assessment (EA) to marine-mammal-protection-act. In case consider the environmental impacts SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request of problems accessing these documents, associated with the issuance of the from the Lamont-Doherty Earth please call the contact listed above. proposed IHA. NMFS’ EA will be made Observatory of Columbia University (L– available at https:// SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DEO) for authorization to take marine www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ mammals incidental to a marine Background incidental-take-authorizations-under- geophysical survey in the northeast The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of marine-mammal-protection-act. Pacific Ocean. Pursuant to the Marine marine mammals, with certain We will review all comments Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and submitted in response to this notice is requesting comments on its proposal (D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et prior to concluding our NEPA process to issue an incidental harassment seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce or making a final decision on the IHA authorization (IHA) to incidentally take (as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon request. marine mammals during the specified request, the incidental, but not Summary of Request activities. NMFS is also requesting intentional, taking of small numbers of comments on a possible one-year marine mammals by U.S. citizens who On December 21, 2018, NMFS renewal that could be issued under engage in a specified activity (other than received a request from L–DEO for an certain circumstances and if all commercial fishing) within a specified IHA to take marine mammals incidental requirements are met, as described in geographical region if certain findings to a marine geophysical survey of the Request for Public Comments at the end are made and either regulations are Axial Seamount in the Northeast Pacific of this notice. NMFS will consider issued or, if the taking is limited to Ocean. The application was deemed public comments prior to making any harassment, a notice of a proposed adequate and complete on May 3, 2019. final decision on the issuance of the incidental take authorization may be L–DEO’s request is for take of a small requested MMPA authorizations and provided to the public for review. number of 26 species of marine agency responses will be summarized in Authorization for incidental takings mammals by Level B harassment and the final notice of our decision. shall be granted if NMFS finds that the Level A harassment. Neither L–DEO nor DATES: Comments and information must taking will have a negligible impact on NMFS expects serious injury or be received no later than July 10, 2019. the species or stock(s) and will not have mortality to result from this activity and, therefore, an IHA is appropriate. ADDRESSES: Comments should be an unmitigable adverse impact on the addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, availability of the species or stock(s) for Description of Proposed Activity Permits and Conservation Division, taking for subsistence uses (where Office of Protected Resources, National relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe Overview Marine Fisheries Service. Physical the permissible methods of taking and Researchers from the University of comments should be sent to 1315 East- other ‘‘means of effecting the least Texas at Austin, University of Nevada West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 practicable adverse impact’’ on the Reno, University of California San and electronic comments should be sent affected species or stocks and their Diego, with funding from the U.S. to [email protected]. habitat, paying particular attention to National Science Foundation (NSF), Instructions: NMFS is not responsible rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of propose to conduct high-energy seismic for comments sent by any other method, similar significance, and on the surveys from Research Vessel (R/V) to any other address or individual, or availability of such species or stocks for Marcus G. Langseth (Langseth) in the received after the end of the comment taking for certain subsistence uses Northeast Pacific Ocean during summer period. Comments received (referred to in shorthand as 2019. The NSF-owned Langseth is electronically, including all ‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements operated by Columbia University’s L– attachments, must not exceed a 25- pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring DEO under an existing Cooperative megabyte file size. Attachments to and reporting of such takings are set Agreement. The proposed two- electronic comments will be accepted in forth. dimensional (2–D) and three- Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF The NDAA (Pub. L. 108–136) dimensional (3–D) seismic surveys file formats only. All comments removed the ‘‘small numbers’’ and would occur in International Waters received are a part of the public record ‘‘specified geographical region’’ outside of the U.S. Exclusive Economic VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10JNN2.SGM 10JNN2 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES2 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 111 / Monday, June 10, 2019 / Notices 26941 Zone (EEZ). The 2–D survey would use complex magma chamber structure, Specific Geographic Region a 36-airgun towed array with a total caldera dynamics, fluid pathways, and discharge volume of ∼6,600 cubic inches hydrothermal venting. Seismic data The proposed surveys would occur (in3); the 3–D survey would employ an acquired during the proposed study within ∼45.5–46.5° N, ∼129.5–130.5° W. 18-airgun array with a discharge volume could be used to evaluate earthquake, Representative survey tracklines are of ∼3,300 in3. tsunami, and submarine landslide shown in Figure 1. Some deviation in The primary objectives of the surveys hazards. actual track lines, including the order of proposed by researchers from the survey operations, could be necessary Dates and Duration University of Texas at Austin Institute for reasons such as science drivers, poor for Geophysics (UTIG), the Nevada The proposed surveys would be data quality, inclement weather, or Seismological Laboratory at the expected to last for 33 days, including mechanical issues with the research University of Nevada Reno (UNR) and approximately 19 days of seismic vessel and/or equipment. Thus, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography operations (approximately 16 days for tracklines could occur anywhere within (SIO) at the University of California San the 3–D survey and three days for the 2– the coordinates noted above. The Diego, is to create a detailed 3–D image D survey), seven days of equipment proposed surveys would be conducted of the main and satellite magma deployment/retrieval, three days of in International Waters outside the U.S. reservoirs that set the Axial volcano’s operational contingency time (e.g., EEZ. The surveys would occur in water framework, image the 3–D fracture infill, weather delays, etc.), two days for network and how they influence the turns (no airguns firing) during the 3– depths ranging from 1,400 to 2,800 magma bodies, and to connect the D survey, and roughly two days of meters (m). The proposed survey area is subsurface observations to the surface transit. R/V Langseth would leave out of approximately 423 kilometers (km) (229 features. The main goal of the seismic and return to port in Astoria, OR, during miles (mi)) from shore at its closest program is to explore linkages between summer (July/August) 2019. point. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:22 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\10JNN2.SGM 10JNN2 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES2 EN10JN19.000</GPH> 26942 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 111 / Monday, June 10, 2019 / Notices Detailed Description of Specific Activity are towed along the survey lines, the mammal-stock-assessments) and more The procedures to be used for the hydrophone streamer(s) would transfer general information about these species proposed surveys would be similar to the data to the on-board processing (e.g., physical and behavioral those used during previous seismic system, and the OBSs would receive descriptions) may be found on NMFS’s surveys by L–DEO and would use and store the returning acoustic signals website (https:// conventional seismic methodology.
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