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Impact on Availability of Affected 

Species or Stock for Taking for 

Subsistence Uses 

There are no relevant subsistence uses 

of marine mammals in the survey area. 

Thus, the provision requiring that the 

activity not have an unmitigable impact 

on the availability of the affected 

species or stock of marine mammals for 

subsistence uses is not implicated for 

this specified activity. 

Endangered Species Act 

Of the species of marine mammals 

that may occur in the proposed survey 

area, five are listed as endangered under 

the ESA, including the humpback, sei, 

fin, blue, and sperm whales. Under 

section 7 of the ESA, NSF had initiated 

formal consultation with the NMFS, 

Office of Protected Resources, 

Endangered Species Division, on this 

seismic survey. NMFS’ Office of 

Protected Resources, Permits, 

Conservation and Education Division, 

also initiated formal consultation under 

section 7 of the ESA with NMFS’ Office 

of Protected Resources, Endangered 

Species Division, to obtain a Biological 

Opinion (BiOp) evaluating the effects of 

issuing the IHA on threatened and 

endangered marine mammals and, if 

appropriate, authorizing incidental take. 

April, 2011, NMFS issued a BiOp and 

concluded that the action and issuance 

of the IHA are not likely to jeopardize 

the continued existence of the 

humpback, sei, fin, blue, and sperm 

whales and leatherback (Dermochelys 

coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas), 

loggerhead (Caretta caretta), hawksbill 

(Eretmochelys imbricata), and olive 

ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea 

turtles. The BiOp also concluded that 

designated critical habitat for these 

species does not occur in the action area 

and would not be affected by the survey. 

L–DEO must comply with the Relevant 

Terms and Conditions of the Incidental 

Take Statement corresponding to NMFS’ 

BiOp issued to both NSF and NMFS’ 

Office of Protected Resources. L–DEO 

must also comply with the mitigation 

and monitoring requirements included 

in the IHA in order to be exempt under 

the Incidental Take Statement (ITS) in 

the BiOp from the prohibition on take 

of listed endangered marine mammals 

species otherwise prohibited by Section 

9 of the ESA. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

To meet NMFS’ NEPA requirements 

for the issuance of an IHA to L–DEO, 

NMFS has prepared an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) titled ‘‘Issuance of an 

Incidental Harassment Authorization to 

the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 

to Take Marine Mammals by 

Harassment Incidental to a Marine 

Geophysical Survey on the Shatsky Rise 

in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, JulySeptember 2010.’’ This EA incorporates 

the NSF’s Environmental Analysis 

Pursuant To Executive Order 12114 

(NSF, 2010) and an associated report 

(Report) prepared by LGL Limited 

Environmental Research Associates 

(LGL) for NSF, titled, ‘‘Environmental 

Assessment of a Marine Geophysical 

Survey by the R/V Marcus G. Langseth 

on the Shatsky Rise in the Northwest 

Pacific Ocean, July—September, 2010, 

(LGL, 2010)’’ by reference pursuant to 40 

CFR 1502.21 and NOAA Administrative 

Order (NAO) 216–6 § 5.09(d). NMFS 

provided relevant environmental 

information to the public through the 

notice published on February 4, 2011, 

and has considered public comments 

received in response prior to finalizing 

its EA and deciding whether or not to 

issue a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI). NMFS’ EA evaluated the 

impacts on the human environment of 

NMFS’ authorization of incidental Level 

B harassment resulting from the 

specified activity in the specified 

geographic region. NMFS has concluded 

that issuance of an IHA would not 

significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment and has issued a 

FONSI. Because the NMFS has made a 

FONSI, it is not necessary to prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

issuance of an IHA to L–DEO for this 

activity. The EA and FONSI for this 

activity are available upon request (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued an IHA to L–DEO 

for the take by Level B harassment of 

small numbers of marine incidental to 

conducting a marine geophysical survey 

in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) 

Ocean off Costa Rica, April through 

June, 2011, provided the previously 

mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements are incorporated. 

Dated: April 6, 2011. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Cancellation Notice for the Advisory 

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Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Defense 

Education Activity (DoDEA), DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The meeting of the 

Department of Defense Advisory 

Council on Dependents’ Education 

announced on March 1, 2011 (76 FR 

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Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

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and scheduled to occur on Friday, April 

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Dated: April 6, 2011. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the Strategic Environmental 

Research and Development Program, 

Scientific Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice is published in 

accordance with Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463). The topic of the meeting on 

June 16, 2011 is to review continuing 

research and development projects 

requesting Strategic Environmental 

Research and Development Program 

funds in excess of $1M. This meeting is 

open to the public. Any interested 

person may attend, appear before, or file 

statements with the Scientific Advisory 

Board at the time and in the manner 

permitted by the Board. 

DATES: Thursday, June 16, 2011 from 8 

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