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SARs, NMFS will record the level of 

injury determined after the mitigation 

effort to reflect the fact that the animal 

likely survived its injuries postintervention and was not removed from 

the population. 

Injury Categories and Criteria for Large 

Cetaceans, Small Cetaceans and 

Pinnipeds 

The draft Procedural Directive 

describes the injury categories and 

criteria for distinguishing between 

serious and non-serious injuries of 

marine mammals. The criteria were 

developed separately for large 

cetaceans, small cetaceans, and 

pinnipeds because the types and 

impacts of injuries differ between these 

groups. For this reason, the draft 

Procedural Directive includes three 

separate sections that describe criteria 

for determining injury status specific to 

each species group, including three 

tables summarizing the injury categories 

and criteria with an associated injury 

determination. The process and criteria 

for determining injury status for large 

cetaceans differ from the process and 

criteria for small cetaceans and 

pinnipeds. The injury criteria and 

determinations for large cetaceans are 

largely based on an analysis of NMFS 

data on injury events with known 

outcomes (i.e., survival or death of the 

animal), with the exception of a few 

criteria that are based on expert opinion 

or research presented at the 2007 NMFS 

Serious Injury Technical Workshop. In 

contrast, injury criteria and 

determinations for small cetaceans and 

pinnipeds are based almost entirely on 

expert opinion or research presented at 

the 2007 NMFS Serious Injury 

Technical Workshop because, unlike 

large cetaceans, data on injury events 

with known outcomes are not available 

for most small cetacean and pinniped 

species. 

References 

Andersen, M. S., K. A. Forney, T. V. N. Cole, 

T. Eagle, R. Angliss, K. Long, L. Barre, L. 

Van Atta, D. Borggaard, T. Rowles, B. 

Norberg, J. Whaley, and L. Engleby. 

2008. Differentiating Serious and NonSerious Injury of Marine Mammals: 

Report of the Serious Injury Technical 

Workshop, 10–13 September 2007, 

Seattle, Washington. U.S. Dep. Commer., 

NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS–OPR–39. 94 

p. 

Angliss, R.P. and D.P. DeMaster. 1998. 

Differentiating Serious and Non-Serious 

Injury of Marine Mammals Taken 

Incidental to Commercial Fishing 

Operations. NOAA Tech Memo. NMFS– 

OPR–13, 48 p. 

Dated: July 12, 2011. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA566 

Marine Mammals; File No. 15511 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

permit has been issued to SeaWorld, 

LLC., 9205 South Center Loop, Suite 

400 Orlando, FL 32819, to import one 

short-finned pilot whale for public 

display. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

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) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376; and 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562) 980–4001; 

fax (562) 980–4018; 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristy Beard or Jennifer Skidmore, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 2, 

2010, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (75 FR 38457) that a 

request for a permit to import one shortfinned pilot whale (Globicephala 

macrorhynchus) for public display had 

been submitted by the above-named 

applicant. The requested permit has 

been issued 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). The permit is valid through 

July 31, 2012. 

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 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: July 11, 2011. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Friday August 

5, 2011. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance 

and Enforcement Matters. In the event 

that the times or dates of these or any 

future meetings change, an 

announcement of the change, along with 

the new time and place of the meeting 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.cftc.gov. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–5084. 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 

Assistant Secretary of the Commission. 

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COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: 11 a.m., Tuesday August 

9, 2011. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Rule 

Enforcement Review Meeting. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–5084. 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 

Assistant Secretary of the Commission. 

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