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discharge (discharging bait and fish 

offal) when seabirds are present, or 

blue-dyed bait, both of which are 

normally required north of 23° N. 

On December 8, 2020, NMFS 

published a notice of HLA’s EFP 

application and request for public 

comments (85 FR 78997); we did not 

receive any comments. More 

information about the EFP may be found 

in that notice, and in HLA’s application 

(see ADDRESSES). 

The EFP is effective for one year, 

unless revoked, suspended, or modified 

earlier. 

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

Dated: February 2, 2021. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02424 Filed 2–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA847] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; availability of draft 

Environmental Assessment for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

draft Environmental Assessment (EA) is 

available for public comment on a 

summer steelhead hatchery program 

and trap and haul program in the 

Skykomish River Basin, Washington. A 

Hatchery and Genetics Management 

Plan (HGMP) was submitted to NMFS 

for review and determination under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 4(d) 

Rule. The trap and haul program would 

be permitted under section 10 of the 

ESA. 

DATES: Comments must be received at 

the appropriate address (see ADDRESSES) 

no later than 5 p.m. Pacific time on 

March 8, 2021. Comments received after 

this date may not be considered. 

ADDRESSES: Written responses should be 

addressed to the NMFS Sustainable 

Fisheries Division, 1201 NE Lloyd 

Blvd., Portland, OR 97232. Comments 

may be submitted by email. The 

mailbox address for providing email 

comments is: 

Hatcheries.Public.Comment@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line of the email 

comment the following identifier: 

Comments on the EA for the Skykomish 

River summer steelhead hatchery and/or 

Sunset Falls trap and haul program. The 

documents are available on the internet 

at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

action/skykomish-summer-steelheadhatchery-program-and-sunset-falls-trapand-haul-program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emi 

Melton at (503) 736–4739 or by email at 

emi.melton@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

ESA-Listed Species Covered in This 

Notice 

• Puget Sound Chinook Salmon 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): 

Threatened, naturally and artificially 

propagated 

• Puget Sound Steelhead 

(Oncorhynchus mykiss): Threatened, 

naturally and artificially propagated 

Background 

The Tulalip Tribes and Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(collectively the co-managers) have 

submitted an HGMP to NMFS pursuant 

to limit six of the ESA 4(d) Rule for a 

summer steelhead hatchery program in 

the Skykomish River Basin, 

Washington. 

The hatchery program is intended to 

contribute to fulfilling federal tribal 

trust responsibilities and treaty rights 

guaranteed through treaties and 

affirmed in U.S. v. Washington (1974). 

It is also designed to contribute to the 

survival and recovery of Puget Sound 

steelhead and produce summer 

steelhead for sustainable fisheries. 

The Washington Department of Fish 

and Wildlife also submitted an ESA 

section 10(a)(1)(A) permit application 

for operation of a trap and haul program 

in the Skykomish River Basin. This 

program collects various species of 

salmon, steelhead, and trout from the 

fish ladder at Sunset Falls and 

transports the fish upstream for release 

into high quality habitat above the falls. 

Authority 

16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 742a 

et seq.; Section 222.303 also issued 

under 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. 

Dated: February 1, 2021. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02380 Filed 2–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA851] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 25462 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

America Films, Ltd., Embassy House, 

Queens Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1SB, 

United Kingdom, (Responsible Party: 

Tom Stephens), has applied in due form 

for a permit to conduct commercial or 

educational photography on gray whales 

(Eschrichtius robustus). 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

March 8, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: These documents are 

available upon written request via email 

to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include File No. 25462 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Hapeman or Jordan Rutland, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The applicant proposes to film 

migrating gray whales in California 

waters for an episode of a television 

series celebrating the wildlife of North 

America. Filmmakers may target up to 

204 whales in April 2021 for filming 

topside from the vessel and from an 

unmanned aircraft system. Up to 68 

California sea lions (Zalophus 

californianus), 68 harbor seals (Phoca 

vitulina richardii), 210 short-beaked 

common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), 

210 bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops 

truncatus), and 210 Pacific white-side 

dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) 

could be incidentally harassed during 

filming. The project is scheduled for 

broadcast globally in 2022 on the 


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