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berth and the immediate surrounding 

area. The location, timing, and nature of 

the activities, including the types of 

equipment planned for use, are identical 

to those described in the initial IHA. 

The mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting measures are also identical to 

those prescribed in the initial IHA. 

Species that are expected to be taken 

by the specified activity include shortbeaked common dolphin (Delphinus 

delphis), long-beaked common dolphin 

(Delphinus capensis), bottlenose 

dolphin (Tursiops truncates), California 

sea lion (Zalophus californianus) and 

harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). A 

description of the methods and inputs 

used to estimate take anticipated to 

occur and, ultimately, the take that was 

authorized is found in the previous 

documents referenced above. The data 

inputs and methods of estimating take 

are identical to those used in the initial 

IHA. NMFS has reviewed recent Stock 

Assessment Reports, information on 

relevant Unusual Mortality Events, and 

recent scientific literature, and 

determined that no new information 

affects our original analysis of impacts 

or take estimate under the initial IHA. 

Determinations 

Carnival will conduct activities as 

analyzed in the initial 2019 IHA. As 

described above, the number of 

authorized takes of the same species and 

stocks of marine mammals are identical 

to the numbers that were found to meet 

the negligible impact and small 

numbers standards and authorized 

under the initial IHA and no new 

information has emerged that would 

change those findings. The re-issued 

2020 IHA includes identical required 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

measures as the initial IHA, and there is 

no new information suggesting that our 

analysis or findings should change. 

Based on the information contained 

here and in the referenced documents, 

NMFS has determined the following: (1) 

The required mitigation measures will 

effect the least practicable impact on 

marine mammal species or stocks and 

their habitat; (2) the authorized takes 

will have a negligible impact on the 

affected marine mammal species or 

stocks; (3) the authorized takes 

represent small numbers of marine 

mammals relative to the affected stock 

abundances; and (4) Carnival’s activities 

will not have an unmitigable adverse 

impact on taking for subsistence 

purposes as no relevant subsistence uses 

of marine mammals are implicated by 

this action. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must review our 

proposed action with respect to 

environmental consequences on the 

human environment. 

Accordingly, NMFS has determined 

that the issuance of the IHA qualifies to 

be categorically excluded from further 

NEPA review. This action is consistent 

with categories of activities identified in 

CE B4 of the Companion Manual for 

NOAA Administrative Order 216–6A, 

which do not individually or 

cumulatively have the potential for 

significant impacts on the quality of the 

human environment and for which we 

have not identified any extraordinary 

circumstances that would preclude this 

categorical exclusion. Because the only 

change to the IHA are effective dates, 

the CE on record for issuance of the 

initial IHA applies to this action. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal 

agency insure that any action it 

authorizes, funds, or carries out is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. To ensure 

ESA compliance for the issuance of 

IHAs, NMFS consults internally 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species. 

However, no incidental take of ESAlisted species is authorized or expected 

to result from this activity. Therefore, 

NMFS has determined that formal 

consultation under section 7 of the ESA 

is not required for this action. 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued an IHA to Carnival 

for in-water construction activities 

associated with the specified activity 

from December 10, 2020 through 

December 9, 2021. All previously 

described mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements from the initial 

2019 IHA are incorporated. 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Donna S. Wieting, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA689] 

Interagency Working Group on Illegal, 

Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing; 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is seeking public 

comments on the Work Plan of the 

Interagency Working Group on Illegal, 

Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing. 

This Interagency Working Group was 

established under the Maritime Security 

and Fisheries Enforcement Act. 

DATES: Information should be received 

on or before January 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Information may be 

submitted electronically to iuu.fishing@

noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi 

Ae Kim, phone 301–427–8365 or email 

mi.ae.kim@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Maritime Security and Fisheries 

Enforcement Act (Maritime SAFE Act) 

became law on December 20, 2019. The 

overarching purpose of the Maritime 

SAFE Act is to support a whole-ofgovernment approach across the Federal 

government to counter illegal, 

unreported, and unregulated (IUU) 

fishing and related threats to maritime 

security. It seeks to achieve this through 

a number of means, including: Improve 

data sharing that enhances surveillance, 

enforcement, and prosecution against 

IUU fishing and related activities; 

support coordination and collaboration 

to counter IUU fishing within priority 

regions; and increase and improve 

global transparency and traceability 

across the seafood supply chain to deter 

IUU fishing and strengthen fisheries 

management and food security; improve 

global enforcement operations against 

IUU fishing; and prevent the use of IUU 

fishing as a financing source for 

transnational organized crime groups. 

Part II of the Maritime SAFE Act calls 

for the establishment of the Interagency 

Working Group on IUU Fishing 

(Working Group), specifying the chair 

and agency membership in the Working 

Group, as well as the Working Group’s 

responsibilities. This Working Group 

met for the first time in June 2020. 

NOAA is chair of this Working Group 

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U.S. Department of State and U.S. Coast 

Guard as deputy chairs. 

The Working Group has developed its 

Work Plan, a living document that will 

serve as the basis for a 5-year strategic 

plan that is due to Congress by the end 

of calendar year 2021. In this Work 

Plan, the Working Group identified 

ongoing existing activities, as well as 

new lines of effort, that comprise the 

initial focus of Federal government 

actions under the purview of the 

Working Group. Many of the new 

activities proposed in the Work Plan 

emphasize the use of maritime 

intelligence and the involvement of 

military departments to support efforts 

to combat IUU fishing. The Work Plan 

can be found here: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

maritime-safe-act-interagency-workinggroup-iuu-fishing. 

The Working Group is exploring 

potential ways in which the government 

and private sector stakeholders can 

work together to combat IUU fishing 

and enhance maritime security. We are 

interested to hear from the seafood 

industry, non-governmental 

organizations, and other stakeholders 

that are engaged in efforts to combat 

IUU fishing. We welcome comments in 

relation to the Work Plan, particularly 

any responses to the following 

questions: 

• Which activities in the Work Plan 

are connected to the expertise or 

interests of your organization related to 

combating IUU fishing? 

• What kinds of distinctive 

capabilities or capacities could your 

organization bring to the activities in the 

Work Plan? 

• Which specific activities could 

serve as the basis for a partnership 

between your organization and 

particular Federal agencies? 

• Are there specific geographic 

regions or seafood industry sectors (e.g., 

harvesting, processing, or trade) where 

your organization focuses efforts to 

build capacity in combating IUU fishing 

that could be tied to activities in the 

Work Plan? 

• Which elements in the Work Plan 

do you see as priorities to include in the 

5-year Strategic Plan of the Working 

Group? 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Alexa Cole, 

Director, Office of International Affairs and 

Seafood Inspection, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Final Management Plan for the North 

Carolina National Estuarine Research 

Reserve 

AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, 

National Ocean Service, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of approval of the revised 

management plan for the North Carolina 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Office for Coastal Management, 

National Ocean Service, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce approves the revised 

management plan for the North Carolina 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. In 

accordance with applicable Federal 

regulations, the North Carolina 

Department of Environmental Quality’s 

Division of Coastal Management revised 

the reserve’s management plan, which 

replaces the plan previously approved 

in 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The approved management 

plan can be downloaded or viewed at 

https://coast.noaa.gov/data/docs/nerrs/ 

Reserves_NOC_MgmtPlan.pdf. The 

document is also available by sending a 

written request to the point of contact 

identified below (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Robinson of NOAA’s Office 

for Coastal Management, by email at 

steph.robinson@noaa.gov, phone at 

843–740–1174, or mail at 2234 South 

Hobson Ave., Charleston, SC 29405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must revise 

the management plan for a research 

reserve at least every five years. Changes 

to a reserve’s management plan may be 

made only after receiving written 

approval from NOAA. NOAA approves 

changes to management plans via notice 

in the Federal Register. On October 28, 

2019, NOAA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register announcing a 30-day 

public comment period for the proposed 

revision of the management plan for the 

North Carolina National Estuarine 

Research Reserve (Federal Register, 

Volume 84, No. 208, pg. 57701). No 

comments were received; however, a 

summary of the public input process is 

available in Appendix U of the plan. 

The management plan outlines the 

reserve’s strategic goals and objectives; 

administrative structure; programs for 

conducting research and monitoring, 

education, and training; resource 

protection, restoration, and 

manipulation plans; public access and 

visitor use plans; consideration for 

future land acquisition; and facility 

development to support reserve 

operations. Since 2009, the reserve has 

completed its habitat map and added 

marsh vegetation and surface elevation 

monitoring; conducted a habitat 

vulnerability assessment to understand 

marsh vulnerability; led a number of 

research and training initiatives related 

to living shorelines; increased education 

programming at the Masonboro Island 

component of the reserve; begun 

implementing Teachers on the Estuary 

(TOTE) training; expanded use of 

volunteers to conduct citizen science 

regarding sensitive species and site 

conditions; and implemented training 

focused on informing real estate 

professionals about coastal issues. The 

revised management plan will serve as 

the guiding document for the 10,568- 

acre research reserve for the next five 

years. 

NOAA reviewed the environmental 

impacts of the revised management plan 

and determined that this action is 

categorically excluded from further 

analysis under the National 

Environmental Policy Act, consistent 

with NOAA Administrative Order 216– 

6.] 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 CFR 

921.33. 

Keelin S. Kuipers, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

The National Strategy To Secure 5G 

Industry Listening 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) will convene 

two virtual industry roundtable 

listening sessions on aspects of the 

implementation plan of the Secure 5G 

Strategy. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

January 28 and February 25, 2021, from 


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