81182 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 15, 2020 / Notices 

www.nist.gov/mep/about/advisoryboard.cfm. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

App., notice is hereby given that the 

MEP Advisory Board will hold an open 

meeting on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time. The meeting agenda will include 

an update on the MEP programmatic 

operations, as well as provide guidance 

and advice on current activities related 

to the MEP National NetworkTM 2017– 

2022 Strategic Plan. The agenda may 

change to accommodate Committee 

business. The final agenda will be 

posted on the MEP Advisory Board 

website at http://www.nist.gov/mep/ 

about/advisory-board.cfm. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

MEP Advisory Board’s business are 

invited to request a place on the agenda. 

Approximately 15 minutes will be 

reserved for public comments at the end 

of the meeting. Speaking times will be 

assigned on a first-come, first-served 

basis. The amount of time per speaker 

will be determined by the number of 

requests received, but is likely to be no 

more than three to five minutes each. 

Requests must be submitted by email to 

cheryl.gendron@nist.gov and must be 

received by February 16, 2021 to be 

considered. The exact time for public 

comments will be included in the final 

agenda that will be posted on the MEP 

Advisory Board website at http://

www.nist.gov/mep/about/advisoryboard.cfm. Questions from the public 

will not be considered during this 

period. Speakers who wish to expand 

upon their oral statements, those who 

wished to speak but could not be 

accommodated on the agenda or those 

who are/were unable to attend the 

meeting are invited to submit written 

statements electronically by email to 

cheryl.gendron@nist.gov. 

Admittance Instructions: All 

participants will be attending via 

webinar. Please contact Ms. Gendron at 

301–975–2785 or cheryl.gendron@

nist.gov for detailed instructions on how 

to join the webinar. All requests must be 

received by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time, Friday, February 19, 2021. 

Kevin A. Kimball, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27471 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA719] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of scientific 

research permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has issued a scientific research 

permit (Permit 18761–2R) to the 

University of California, Santa Cruz, 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA). The research is intended to 

increase knowledge of black abalone 

listed under the ESA and to help guide 

management and conservation efforts. 

ADDRESSES: Because all West Coast 

NMFS offices are currently closed, the 

permit and related documents are only 

available for review upon written 

request via email to nmfs.wcr-apps@

noaa.gov (please include the permit 

number in the subject line of the email). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob 

Clapp, Portland, OR (phone: 503–231– 

2314, fax: 503–230–5441, email: 

Robert.Clapp@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice 

was published in the Federal Register 

on July 17, 2020, that a request for a 

permit renewal had been submitted by 

the University of California, Santa Cruz 

(UCSC). To locate the Federal Register 

notice that announced our receipt of the 

application and a complete description 

of the research, go to 

www.federalregister.gov and search on 

the permit number and Federal Register 

notice information provided in the table 

below. 

TABLE 1—ISSUED PERMITS

Permit No. RTID Applicant Previous Federal Register 

notice Issuance date 

18761–2R .. 0648–XA286 University of California, Santa Cruz—Long Marine Laboratory, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 

(Responsible Party: Peter Raimondi).

85 FR 43540; July 17, 2020 .. November 12, 2020. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activities proposed are categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Authority 

Scientific research permits are issued 

in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

NMFS issues permits based on finding 

that such permits: (1) Are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; and (3) are consistent 

with the purposes and policy of section 

2 of the ESA. The authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits. 

Dated: December 10, 2020. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27577 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA682] 

Schedules for Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshops and 

Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshops 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public workshops; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

date for the Atlantic Shark Identification 

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 15, 2020 / Notices 81183 

workshop originally scheduled for 

November 12, 2020, in Largo, FL, has 

been changed. The new date is January 

7, 2021. The workshop time and 

location remain unchanged: 12 p.m. to 

4 p.m. on January 7, 2021, in Largo, FL. 

Atlantic Shark Identification workshops 

are mandatory for Atlantic shark 

dealers. Additional free workshops will 

be conducted during 2021. 

DATES: The date for the Atlantic Shark 

Identification workshop originally 

scheduled for Largo, FL, on November 

12, 2020, is changed to January 7, 2021. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

further details. 

ADDRESSES: The address of the Atlantic 

Shark Identification workshop to be 

held in Largo, FL, remains unchanged. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

further details. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Pearson by phone: (727) 824–5399, or by 

email at rick.a.pearson@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

workshop schedules, registration 

information, and a list of frequently 

asked questions regarding the Atlantic 

Shark Identification workshops are 

posted online at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/atlantic-sharkidentification-workshops. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of August 24, 

2020, in FR Doc. 2020–18520, on page 

52094, in the third column, correct the 

date of the second Atlantic Shark 

Identification workshop listed under the 

heading ‘‘Workshop Dates, Times, and 

Locations’’ to read: 

‘‘2. January 7, 2021, 12 p.m.–4 p.m., 

Hampton Inn, 100 East Bay Drive, Largo, 

FL 33770.’’ 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 9, 2020. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27501 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA690] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to the South Quay 

Wall Recapitalization Project, Mayport, 

Florida 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of incidental 

harassment authorization. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from the United States Navy (Navy) for 

the re-issuance of a previously issued 

incidental harassment authorization 

(IHA) with the change being a 

modification to the effective dates. The 

initial IHA authorizes take of one 

species of marine mammal, by Level B 

harassment only, incidental to pile 

driving associated with the South Quay 

Wall Recapitalization Project, Naval 

Station Mayport, Florida. The project 

has been delayed and none of the work 

covered in the current IHA has been 

conducted. The Navy has requested the 

IHA be re-issued with the following 

effective dates: January 1, 2021, through 

December 31, 2021. The scope of the 

activities and anticipated effects remain 

the same, authorized take numbers are 

not changed, and the required 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

remains the same as included in the 

initial IHA. Therefore, NMFS re-issued 

the IHA. 

DATES: The authorization is effective 

from January 1, 2021, through December 

31, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the 

original and re-issued IHAs, the Navy’s 

application, and the Federal Register 

notices proposing and issuing the 

previous and new IHAs may be obtained 

by visiting https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/ 

incidental-take-authorization-southquay-wall-recapitalization-projectnaval-station-mayport. In case of 

problems accessing these documents, 

please call the contact listed below (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaclyn Daly, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA; 

16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct the 

Secretary of Commerce (as delegated to 

NMFS) to allow, upon request, the 

incidental, but not intentional, taking of 

small numbers of marine mammals 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 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 takings 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 MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’ 

means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or 

attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill 

any marine mammal. 

Except with respect to certain 

activities not pertinent here, the MMPA 

defines ‘‘harassment’’ as any act of 

pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i) 

has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has 

the potential to disturb a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild by causing disruption of behavioral 

patterns, including, but not limited to, 

migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, 

feeding, or sheltering (Level B 

harassment). 

Summary of Request 

On July 26, 2019, NMFS issued an 

IHA authorizing take of marine 

mammals incidental to the Navy’s South 

Quay Wall Recapitalization Project, 

Mayport, Florida (84 FR 37841; August 

2, 2019). The effective dates of that IHA 

were February 15, 2020 through 

February 14, 2021. On December 2, 

2019, the Navy notified us that the 

project was delayed and requested we 

reissue the IHA with effective dates of 

July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, 

which we did on February 18, 2020 (85 

FR 10153, February 21, 2020). However, 

on September 25, 2020, the Navy 

indicated the project was further 

delayed and none of the work 

considered under the original IHA has 

occurred; thus, they requested the IHA 

be re-issued again with new effective 

dates. The effective dates of this third 

IHA do not extend beyond one year 

from the effective dates of the initial 

IHA. The new effective dates are 

January 1, 2021 through December 31, 

2021. NMFS has issued a new IHA with 

modified effective dates.