Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 9, 2021 / Proposed Rules 8749 

Subject: 4.9 GHz Band, FCC 20–137, 

published at 85 FR 76469, November 30, 

2020, in WP Docket No. 07–100. This 

document is being published pursuant 

to 47 CFR 1.429(e). See also 47 CFR 

1.4(b)(1) and 1.429(f), (g). 

Number of Petitions Filed: 3. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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RIN 0648–BJ52 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Critical Habitat for the Threatened 

Indo-Pacific Corals, Extension of 

Public Comment Period 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; second extension 

of comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, NMFS, are extending the 

public comment period by 30 days for 

our proposed rule, published in the 

Federal Register on November 27, 2020, 

to designate critical habitat for seven 

threatened corals in U.S. waters in the 

Indo-Pacific (Acropora globiceps, 

Acropora jacquelineae, Acropora retusa, 

Acropora speciosa, Euphyllia 

paradivisa, Isopora crateriformis, and 

Seriatopora aculeata) under the 

Endangered Species Act. On December 

23, 2020 the comment period was 

extended 30 days. The end of the public 

comment period is extended again from 

February 25, 2021, to March 27, 2021. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice of proposed rulemaking 

published at 85 FR 76262, and first 

extended at 85 FR 83899, is extended. 

The public comment period is extended 

by 30 days to March 27, 2021. 

Comments must be received by March 

27, 2021, as specified under ADDRESSES. 

Comments received after this date may 

not be accepted. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit public 

comments in writing by any of the 

following methods. Comments must be 

received by March 27, 2021: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2016- 

0131 click the ‘‘Comment Now’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Lance Smith, Protected 

Resources Division, NMFS, Pacific 

Islands Regional Office, NOAA Inouye 

Regional Center, 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 

176, Honolulu, HI 96818. 

Instructions: You must submit 

comments by one of the previously 

described methods to ensure that we 

receive, document, and consider them. 

Comments sent by any other method, to 

any other address or individual, or 

received after the end of the comment 

period, may not be considered. All 

comments received are a part of the 

public record and will generally be 

posted to http://www.regulations.gov 

without change. All Personal Identifying 

Information (for example, name, 

address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by 

the commenter may be publicly 

accessible. Do not submit confidential 

business information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the required 

fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lance Smith, NMFS Pacific Islands 

Region, lance.smith@noaa.gov or 808– 

725–5131. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 27, 2020, NMFS proposed to 

designate critical habitat for seven IndoPacific corals listed as threatened under 

the Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

within U.S. waters in Guam, the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands (CNMI), American Samoa, and 

the Pacific Remote Island Area (PRIA). 

The seven species are Acropora 

globiceps, A. jacquelineae, A. retusa, A. 

speciosa, Euphyllia paradivisa, Isopora 

crateriformis, and Seriatopora aculeata. 

Proposed coral critical habitat consists 

of substrate and water column habitat 

characteristics essential for the 

reproduction, recruitment, growth, and 

maturation of the listed corals. 

Proposed critical habitat consists of 

17 separate units, each of which 

contains all ESA-listed corals that occur 

there. There are four units in American 

Samoa (Tutuila, Ofu-Olosega, Ta‘u, Rose 

Atoll); seven in CNMI (Rota, Aguijan, 

Tinian, Saipan, Anatahan, Pagan, and 

Maug Islands); five in the PRIA 

(Howland, Palmyra, Kingman, Johnston, 

and Jarvis Islands); and one unit 

encompassing all proposed designations 

in Guam. Between one and six listed 

corals occur in each unit. The following 

areas are either ineligible for proposed 

critical habitat, or excluded because of 

national security impacts: A complex of 

overlapping Navy Surface Danger Zones 

off of Ritidian Point in Guam; other 

parts of Guam; parts of Tinian; a group 

of six Navy anchorage berths on 

Garapan Bank in Saipan; all of Farallon 

de Medinilla; and all of Wake Atoll. 

Critical habitat protections apply only 

to Federal actions under section 7 of the 

ESA. Activities that are not funded, 

authorized, or carried out by a Federal 

agency are not subject to these 

protections. The proposed rule and 

other materials prepared in support of 

this action, including maps showing the 

proposed critical habitat, are available 

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

action/proposed-rule-designate-criticalhabitat-threatened-indo-pacific-corals. 

The original public comment period 

for this proposed rule was scheduled to 

close on January 26, 2021. In response 

to public input, we extended the public 

comment period by 30 days to February 

25, 2021, and held two online public 

hearings on January 19 and January 21, 

2021. At the public hearings, we 

received several requests to again 

extend the public comment period, to 

allow the public to adequately review 

the extensive supporting materials for 

the proposed rule in order to formulate 

public comments. Similarly, on January 

26, 2021, we received a letter from the 

Governors of CNMI, Guam, and 

American Samoa requesting extension 

of the public comment period for the 

same reason. In response, we are 

extending the public comment period 

by another 30 days. We are accepting 

public comments for the proposed rule 

through March 27, 2021. Public 

comments can be submitted as 

described under ADDRESSES. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: February 3, 2021. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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