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All of the potential takes are expected 

to be Level B behavioral harassment 

only. Because of the mitigation 

measures that will be required and the 

likelihood that some pinnipeds will 

avoid the area, no injury or mortality to 

pinnipeds is expected or requested. 

Negligible Impact Determination 

NMFS has preliminarily determined, 

provided that the aforementioned 

mitigation and monitoring measures are 

implemented, that the impact of 

conducting aircraft operations, 

restoration, and maintenance activities 

on St. George Reef Light Station on 

NWSR may result, at worst, in a 

temporary modification in behavior 

and/or low-level physiological effects 

(Level B Harassment) of small numbers 

of certain species of marine mammals. 

While behavioral and avoidance 

reactions may be made by these species 

in response to the resultant noise from 

the airguns, these behavioral changes 

are expected to have a negligible impact 

on the affected species and stocks of 

marine mammals. While the number of 

potential incidental harassment takes 

will depend on the distribution and 

abundance of marine mammals on 

NWSR, the number of potential 

harassment takings is estimated to be 

relatively small in light of the 

population size. In addition, no take by 

death and/or serious injury is 

anticipated. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

Under section 7 of the ESA, the USCG 

has begun consultation on the proposed 

restoration, maintenance activities. 

NMFS will also consult internally on 

the issuance of an IHA under section 

101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA for this 

activity. Consultation will be concluded 

prior to a determination on the issuance 

of an IHA. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

NMFS is currently preparing an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

proposed activity. Before making a 

determination on the issuance of an 

IHA, NMFS will ensure compliance 

with NEPA and its implementing 

regulations. The EA will be available on 

the NMFS website upon completion. 

Preliminary Conclusions 

Based on the preceding information, 

and provided that the proposed 

mitigation and monitoring are 

incorporated, NMFS has preliminarily 

concluded that the impact of the 

proposed helicopter operations, Station 

restoration and maintenance activities 

on NWSR in Del Norte County, 

California would incidentally take, by 

level B behavioral harassment only, 

small numbers of Steller sea lions and 

California sea lions in the vicinity of the 

proposed activities. 

While behavioral modifications, 

including temporarily vacating the area 

during the lighthouse restoration and 

maintenance period, may be made by 

these species to avoid the resultant 

helicopter landing/takeoff and visual 

disturbance from human presence, the 

availability of alternate areas within 

these areas and haul-out sites, and the 

short and sporadic duration of the 

restoration and maintenance activities, 

have led NMFS to preliminarily 

determine that this action will have a 

negligible impact on Steller sea lions, 

California sea lions, Pacific harbor seals, 

and northern fur seals. 

There is no subsistence harvest of 

marine mammals on or near NWSR; 

therefore, there will be no impact of the 

activity on the availability of the species 

or stocks of marine mammals for 

subsistence uses. No take by Level A 

harassment (injury) or death is 

anticipated and harassment takes 

should be at the lowest level practicable 

due to incorporation of the mitigation 

measures proposed in this document. 

Proposed Authorization 

NMFS proposes to issue an IHA to the 

SGRLPS to conduct aircraft operations 

and restoration and maintenance work 

on the St. George Reef Light Station on 

Northwest Seal Rock in the northeast 

Pacific Ocean during November 1, 2009, 

through April 30, 2010, provided the 

previously mentioned mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

are incorporated. 

Dated: September 23, 2009. 

Helen M. Golde, 

Deputy Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XR87 

Marine Mammals; File No. 1100–1849 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Shane Moore, Moore & Moore Films, 

Box 2980, 1203 Melody Creek Lane, 

Jackson, Wyoming 83001, has applied 

for an amendment to Commercial 

Photography Permit No. 1100–1849. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

October 29, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available upon written 

request or by appointment in the 

following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; and 

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907)586–7221; fax (907)586–7249. 

Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on this request should be 

submitted to the Chief, Permits, 

Conservation and Education Division, 

F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those 

individuals requesting a hearing should 

set forth the specific reasons why a 

hearing on this particular amendment 

request would be appropriate. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile at (301)713–0376, provided 

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy 

submitted by mail and postmarked no 

later than the closing date of the 

comment period. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

e-mail. The mailbox address for 

providing e-mail comments is 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include 

in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: File No. 1100–1849. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hubard or Amy Hapeman, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject amendment to Permit No. 1100– 

1849 is requested under the authority of 

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.) and the regulations governing the 

taking and importing of marine 

mammals (50 CFR part 216). 

Permit No. 1100–1849, issued on 

March 22, 2007 (72 FR 14525), 

authorizes the permit holder to take 10 

killer whales (Orcinus orca) of the 

Eastern North Pacific Transient stock, 

10 gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus), 

and 10 minke whales (Balaenoptera 

acutorostrata) annually by close 

approach for filming in the Gulf of 

Alaska and Bering Sea. The purpose of 

the project is to document the behavior 

of marine animals in the presence of the 

carcass of a gray or minke whale that 

was killed by killer whales. The holder 


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is authorized to fix a remotely operated 

video camera in an underwater housing 

to the sea floor approximately 15 feet 

from the carcass. The camera is 

deployed after the killer whales have 

left the carcass and is controlled from a 

boat approximately 100 yards away. In 

addition, if killer whales, gray whales, 

or minke whales pass near the boat, the 

holder may submerge a small camera on 

a pole to take photographs of passing 

animals. Filming activities may occur 

between April 1 and August 31 of each 

year. The permit expires March 31, 

2010. 

The permit holder is requesting to 

extend the permit until March 31, 2012. 

Since the original permit was issued for 

three years, the proposed amendment 

would make the permit effective for five 

years. Funding constraints have 

prevented the permit holder from using 

the permit thus far and the extension 

would allow the project to be 

completed. No changes to the objectives, 

species, location, or methodologies 

would occur. The amended permit 

would authorize the same level of take 

for the two additional years as is 

currently authorized. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: September 23, 2009. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Electroshock Weapons Measurement 

Methods and Issues Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), United States 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NIST invites manufacturers of 

electroshock weapons that deploy skin 

penetrating barbs for operation to attend 

a public meeting. The purpose of the 

meeting is for manufacturers to present 

to NIST nonproprietary information on 

their methods of measurement and test 

of the output of these weapons and 

associated lessons learned. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 from 

9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, MD. Information on 

accommodations, location, and travel 

can be found at: http://www.nist.gov/

public_affairs/visitor/visitor.htm. Please 

note admittance instructions under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cindy Stanley at 301–975–2756 or by 

e-mail at cindy.stanley@nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To 

support the development of rigorous 

performance requirements for 

electroshock weapons, the Office of Law 

Enforcement Standards (OLES) at NIST, 

is developing methods to measure the 

current and high-voltage output of these 

weapons, to calibrate these 

measurement methods, and to compute 

measurement uncertainties. NIST is 

holding this public meeting to obtain 

individual input from workshop 

participants on their non-proprietary 

efforts in these areas. 

All visitors to the NIST site are 

required to pre-register to be admitted. 

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 

must register by close of business 

Monday, October 19, 2009 in order to 

attend. Please submit your name, time 

of arrival, e-mail address and phone 

number to Cindy Stanley and she will 

provide you with instructions for 

admittance. Non-U.S. citizens must also 

submit their country of citizenship, title, 

employer/sponsor, and address. Cindy 

Stanley’s e-mail address is 

cindy.stanley@nist.gov and phone 

number is 301–975–2756. 

Dated: September 23, 2009. 

Patrick Gallagher, 

Deputy Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Notice of Scope Rulings 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 29, 

2009. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) hereby publishes a list 

of scope rulings completed between 

April 1, 2009, and June 30, 2009. In 

conjunction with this list, the 

Department is also publishing a list of 

requests for scope rulings and 

anticircumvention determinations 

pending as of June 30, 2009. We intend 

to publish future lists after the close of 

the next calendar quarter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Moats or Julia Hancock, AD/ 

CVD Operations, China/NME Group, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: 202–482–5047 or 

202–482–1394, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department’s regulations provide 

that the Secretary will publish in the 

Federal Register a list of scope rulings 

on a quarterly basis. See 19 CFR 

351.225(o). Our most recent notification 

of scope rulings was published on 

August 27, 2009. See Notice of Scope 

Rulings, 74 FR 43680 (August 27, 2009). 

This current notice covers all scope 

rulings and anticircumvention 

determinations completed by Import 

Administration between April 1, 2009, 

and June 30, 2009, inclusive, and it also 

lists any scope or anticircumvention 

inquiries pending as of June 30, 2009. 

As described below, subsequent lists 

will follow after the close of each 

calendar quarter. 

Scope Rulings Completed Between 

April 1, 2009, and June 30, 2009 

Japan 

A–588–804: Ball Bearings and Parts 

Thereof from Japan: 

Requestor: NMB (USA), Inc. (‘‘NMB’’); 

tape guide assemblies imported and 

purchased for sale by NMB are 

outside the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; June 1, 2009. 

A–588–602: Certain Carbon Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings from Japan: 

Requestor: Benex Corporation 

(‘‘Benex’’); Benex’s tee blanks are 

within the scope of the antidumping 

duty order; June 25, 2009. 

People’s Republic of China 

A–570–504: Petroleum Wax Candles 

from the People’s Republic of China: 

Requestor: America’s Gardening 

Resource; its citronella rope candles 

are outside the scope of the 

antidumping duty order; April 29, 

2009. 


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