19180 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 73 / Tuesday, April 17, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Marine Mammal 

Stranding Report/Marine Mammal 

Rehabilitation Disposition Report 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before June 18, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Patricia Lawson, 301–713–

2322 or patricia.lawson@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The marine mammal stranding report 

provides information on strandings so 

that the National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS) can compile and 

analyze by region the species, numbers, 

conditions, and causes of illnesses and 

deaths in stranded marine mammals. 

The Agency requires this information to 

fulfill its management responsibilities 

under the Marine Mammal Protection 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1421a). The Agency is 

also responsible for the welfare of 

marine mammals while in rehabilitation 

status. The data from the marine 

mammal rehabilitation disposition 

report are required for monitoring and 

tracking of marine mammals held at 

various NMFS-authorized facilities. 

This information is submitted primarily 

by volunteer members of the marine 

mammal stranding networks who are 

authorized by the Agency. 

II. Method of Collection 

Paper applications, electronic reports, 

and telephone calls are required from 

participants, and methods of submittal 

include Internet through the NMFS 

National Marine Mammal Stranding 

Database and facsimile transmission of 

paper forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0648–0178. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; and business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

400. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,400. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $78.44. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: April 11, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice of Intent To Prepare and 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Proposed Approval of a Coastal 

Management Program for the State of 

Illinois Under the Coastal Zone 

Management Act (CZMA) of 1972, As 

Amended 

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management (OCRM), 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

EIS; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4231, et 

seq,), the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for implementing 

the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 

Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) parts 

1500–1508), and NOAA policy and 

procedures (NOAA Administrative 

Orders (NAO) 216–6), the NOS Office of 

Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management (OCRM) is issuing this 

notice to advise the public of its intent 

to prepare an EIS evaluating potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

approving and providing annual 

funding for the State of Illinois’ Coastal 

Management Program under the CZMA. 

Interested parties who wish to submit 

suggestions, comments on substantive 

information regarding the scope of 

content of the proposed DEIS, extent of 

the action, range of alternatives, and 

types of impacts, are invited to provide 

written comments to the designated 

officials below. Currently there are no 

scoping meetings planned, as many 

meetings and workshops have already 

been held for Federal, State and local 

agencies as well as the public in Illinois. 

The meetings and written comments 

will be documented and summarized in 

a scoping report included in the DEIS 

for public comment. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Coastal Zone Management 

(CZM) Program is a voluntary 

partnership between the Federal 

Government and U.S. coastal States and 

territories authorized by the CZMA. 

OCRM administers program at the 

Federal level and works with State 

coastal zone management partners to: 

• Preserve, protect, develop and, 

where possible, restore and enhance the 

resources of the nation’s coastal zone for 

this and succeeding generations; 

• Encourage and assist the states to 

exercise effectively their responsibilities 

in the coastal zone to achieve wise use 

of land and water resources, giving full 

consideration to ecological, cultural, 

historic, and aesthetic values, as well as 

the need for compatible economic 

development; 

• Encourage the preparation of 

special area management plans to 

provide increased specificity in 

protecting significant natural resources, 

reasonable coastal-dependent economic 

growth, improved protection of life and 

property in hazardous areas and 

improved predictability in government 

decisionmaking; and 

• Encourage the participation, 

cooperation, and coordination of the 


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public, Federal, State, local, interstate 

and regional agencies, and governments 

affecting the coastal zone. 

Of the 35 coastal States and island 

territories eligible to participate in the 

CMP, only Illinois has not joined. A 

total of 34 coastal States and five island 

territories and commonwealths have 

developed CZM programs representing 

more than 99.9 percent of the nation’s 

95,331 miles of oceanic and Great lakes 

coastline. Illinois has 63 miles of 

shoreline. 

On November 4, 2004, Governor 

Blagojevich announced that Illinois 

would be seeking application into the 

National Coastal Zone Management 

Program. It is a voluntary program 

under which Illinois will be applying to 

NOAA for Federal program approval 

and Federal funding. The Illinois 

Department of Natural Resources has 

been designated as the lead State agency 

for developing the Lake Michigan 

Coastal Management Program for 

Illinois. The purpose of the Illinois 

Coastal Management Program (ICMP) 

will be to enhance the State’s role in 

planning for and managing its natural 

and cultural resources in the coastal 

region. Many Federal, State, and local 

agencies manage resources in the coastal 

region of Illinois. This will not change, 

as the fundamental roles of the agencies 

will remain the same. The ICMP will 

encourage coordination of agency efforts 

in the coastal region and will provide 

opportunities for Federal, State, and 

local stakeholders to cooperatively 

identify priorities for the coastal region 

and to implement projects which 

address those priorities. 

Upon ICMP approval, Illinois will be 

eligible to receive approximately $2 

million/year in Federal CZMA funds, 

which will fund a grants program to 

assist in implementing projects and 

studies designed to protect and enhance 

the natural and cultural resources 

within Illinois’ coastal zone. The ICMP 

will create ecological, recreational and 

economic opportunities for Illinois and 

may provide assistance in addressing 

the following issues: Water quality; 

protection of wetlands and other natural 

resources; planning for erosion control, 

utility access and energy development; 

improving public access for recreational 

purposes; redevelopment of 

deteriorating and underutilized urban 

waterfronts and ports; educational, 

interpretive, and research measures; 

documentation, monitoring and analysis 

of coastal land uses changes; and 

preservation and/or restoration of areas 

for their conservation, recreational, 

ecological, historical and aesthetic 

values. 

The EIS will analyze the 

environmental impacts of two 

alternatives that are available to OCRM: 

(1) Approve the program and (2) do not 

approve the program, or the No Action 

alternative. Public participation is 

invited by providing written comments 

to NOS, and attending public meetings 

conducted by the State. OCRM reserves 

the right to hold additional scoping 

meetings should they prove necessary, 

and they will be noticed in the Federal 

Register and local newspapers 30 days 

in advance of their being held. 

Oral and written comments presented 

at the public scoping meetings, as well 

as written comments received by OCRM 

during this scoping period and 

throughout the EIS process, will be 

considered in the preparation of the EIS. 

To ensure that OCRM has sufficient 

time to consider public input in 

preparation of the Draft EIS, written 

comments should be submitted to the 

address below by 29 June 2007. Letters 

and other written or oral comments 

received may be published in the EIS 

along with the names of the individuals 

making the comments (personal home 

addresses and phone numbers will not 

be published). As required by law, 

comments will be addressed in the EIS 

and made available to the public. 

Private addresses will only be used to 

develop a mailing list of those 

individuals requesting copies of the EIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please direct any written comments or 

requests for information to: Diana 

Olinger, Coastal Programs Division, 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 1305 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910, E-mail: Diana.Olinger@noaa.gov, 

telephone number: (301) 563–1149. 

William Corso, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Ocean 

Services and Coastal Zone Management, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 

Coastal Zone Management Program 

Assistance) 

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BILLING CODE 3510–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 041107A] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 1079–1828 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and 

Technology (Principal Investigator: Dr. 

Brandon Southall), Silver Spring, MD, 

has applied in due form for a permit to 

conduct scientific research on marine 

mammals. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

May 17, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

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)427–2521; 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

review.htm; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 

33701; phone (727)824–5312; fax 

(727)824–5309. 

Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on this application 

should be mailed 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 request would 

be appropriate. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile at (301)427–2521, 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. 1079–1828. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tammy Adams or Jolie Harrison, 

(301)713–2289. 

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 Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), and the regulations governing 

the taking, importing, and exporting of 


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