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the planned mitigation and monitoring 

measures are expected to reduce the 

likelihood of injury and behavior 

exposures. Additionally, no important 

feeding and/or reproductive areas for 

marine mammals are known to be 

within the ensonified area during the 

construction time frame. 

The project also is not expected to 

have significant adverse effects on 

affected marine mammals’ habitat. The 

project activities will not modify 

existing marine mammal habitat for a 

significant amount of time. The 

activities may cause some fish to leave 

the area of disturbance, thus temporarily 

impacting marine mammals’ foraging 

opportunities in a limited portion of the 

foraging range; but, because of the short 

duration of the activities and the 

relatively small area of the habitat that 

may be affected, the impacts to marine 

mammal habitat are not expected to 

cause significant or long-term negative 

consequences. 

Effects on individuals that are taken 

by Level B harassment, on the basis of 

reports in the literature as well as 

monitoring from other similar activities, 

will likely be limited to reactions such 

as increased swimming speeds, 

increased surfacing time, or decreased 

foraging (if such activity were occurring) 

(e.g., Thorson and Reyff 2006; Lerma 

2014). Most likely, individuals will 

simply move away from the sound 

source and be temporarily displaced 

from the areas of pile driving, although 

even this reaction has been observed 

primarily only in association with 

impact pile driving. Thus, even repeated 

Level B harassment of some small 

subset of the overall stock is unlikely to 

result in any significant realized 

decrease in fitness for the affected 

individuals, and thus will not result in 

any adverse impact to the stock as a 

whole. 

In summary and as described above, 

the following factors primarily support 

our determination that the impacts 

resulting from this activity are not 

expected to adversely affect the species 

or stock through effects on annual rates 

of recruitment or survival: 

• No mortality is anticipated or 

authorized 

• Injurious takes are not expected due 

to the presumed efficacy of the planned 

mitigation measures in reducing the 

effects of the specified activity to the 

level of least practicable impact; 

• Level B harassment may consist of, 

at worst, temporary modifications in 

behavior (e.g., temporary avoidance of 

habitat or changes in behavior); 

• The lack of important feeding, 

pupping, or other areas in the action 

area; 

• The high level of ambient noise 

already in the ferry terminal area; and 

• The small percentage of the stock 

that may be affected by project activities 

(less than seven percent for all species). 

Based on the analysis contained 

herein of the likely effects of the 

specified activity on marine mammals 

and their habitat, and taking into 

consideration the implementation of the 

monitoring and mitigation measures, 

NMFS finds that the total marine 

mammal take from the activity will have 

a negligible impact on all affected 

marine mammal species or stocks. 

Small Numbers 

As noted above, only small numbers 

of incidental take may be authorized 

under Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA 

for specified activities other than 

military readiness activities. The MMPA 

does not define small numbers and so, 

in practice, where estimated numbers 

are available, NMFS compares the 

number of individuals taken to the most 

appropriate estimation of abundance of 

the relevant species or stock in our 

determination of whether an 

authorization is limited to small 

numbers of marine mammals. 

Additionally, other qualitative factors 

may be considered in the analysis, such 

as the temporal or spatial scale of the 

activities. 

Table 11 details the number of 

instances that animals could be exposed 

to received noise levels that could cause 

Level A and Level B harassment for the 

planned work at the ferry terminal 

project site relative to the total stock 

abundance. The instances of take 

authorized to be taken for all stocks are 

considered small relative to the relevant 

stocks or populations even if each 

estimated instance of take occurred to a 

new individual—an unlikely scenario. 

The total percent of the population (if 

each instance was a separate individual) 

for which take is requested is 

approximately seven percent for 

bottlenose dolphins, two percent for 

harbor seals, and less than one percent 

for all other species (Table 13). For 

pinnipeds occurring in the vicinity of 

the ferry terminal, there will almost 

certainly be some overlap in individuals 

present day-to-day, and the number of 

individuals taken is expected to be 

notably lower. Similarly, the number of 

bottlenose dolphins that could be 

subject to Level B harassment is 

expected to be a single pod of five 

individuals exposed up to six times over 

the course of the project. 

Based on the analysis contained 

herein of the activity (including the 

mitigation and monitoring measures) 

and the anticipated take of marine 

mammals, NMFS finds that small 

numbers of marine mammals will be 

taken relative to the population size of 

the affected species or stocks. 

Unmitigable Adverse Impact Analysis 

and Determination 

There are no relevant subsistence uses 

of the affected marine mammal stocks or 

species implicated by this action. 

Therefore, NMFS has determined that 

the total taking of affected species or 

stocks would not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on the availability of 

such species or stocks for taking for 

subsistence purposes. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal 

agency insure that any action it 

authorizes, funds, or carries out is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. 

No incidental take of ESA-listed 

species is authorized or expected to 

result from this activity. Therefore, 

NMFS has determined that formal 

consultation under section 7 of the ESA 

is not required for this action. 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued an IHA to WETA for 

the potential harassment of small 

numbers of seven marine mammal 

species incidental to the Downtown San 

Francisco Ferry Terminal Expansion 

Project, South Basin Improvements 

Project, including the previously 

mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting measures. 

Dated: June 15, 2018. 

Donna S. Wieting, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

RIN 0648–XG242 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Bluefish Fishery; Scoping 

Process; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

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of initiation of scoping process; notice 

of public scoping meetings; requests for 

comments; correction. 

SUMMARY: This action corrects the 

DATES, ADDRESSES, and SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION sections of a notice 

published on June 6, 2018, which 

contained some incorrect information 

that could leave the public 

misinformed. This notice extends the 

end date of the comment period, 

changes the location of a scoping 

hearing, and adds a sentence to clarify 

which scoping hearings will be joint 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council and the Atlantic States Marine 

Fisheries Commission hearings. 

DATES: The deadline for receipt of 

comments on the notice of intent 

published on June 6, 2018 (83 FR 

26267), is extended to July 30, 2018. 

Written comments must be received on 

or before 11:59 p.m., EDT, on July 30, 

2018. Twelve public scoping meetings 

will be held during this comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

referenced notice may be sent by any of 

the following methods: 

• Email to the following address: 

nmfs.garBluefishAmend@noaa.gov. 

Include ‘‘Bluefish Allocation 

Amendment Scoping Comments’’ in the 

subject line; 

• Mail or hand deliver to Dr. 

Christopher M. Moore, Executive 

Director; Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 North State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware 

19901. Mark the outside of the envelope 

‘‘Bluefish Allocation Amendment 

Scoping Comments’’; or 

• Fax to (302) 674–5399. 

The scoping document may be 

obtained from the Council office at the 

previously provided address, by request 

to the Council by telephone (302) 674– 

2331, or via the internet at http://

www.mafmc.org. 

Comments may also be provided 

verbally at any of the 12 public scoping 

meetings. Hearings will be held June 

20–July 16 in nine coastal states from 

Massachusetts to Florida. The last four 

hearings will be joint hearings of the 

Council and Commission. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of the 

original notice (83 FR 26267), and the 

corrections made below, for dates, 

times, and locations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Christopher M. Moore, Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 800 North 

State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: 302–674–2331. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 6, 2018, NMFS published a 

notice of intent (NOI) and scoping 

announcement (83 FR 26267) to provide 

background information and to request 

public comment on potential 

adjustments to the Bluefish Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) through an 

allocation amendment. The NOI 

provides the public with a formal 

opportunity to comment on the specific 

ideas mentioned in the scoping 

document, as well as any additional 

ideas and solutions that could improve 

Bluefish FMP. 

Need for Correction 

In the original notice, the established 

comment period ended on July 6, 2018, 

before the last four scoping hearings 

were scheduled to take place, and 

without adequate time to receive public 

comment following the hearings. This 

correction extends the comment period 

to July 30, 2018, to appropriately 

encompass all of the scoping hearings, 

and to provide the Commission more 

time to accept final comments. In 

addition to the extension of the 

comment period, the location of the 

scoping hearing in Dover, Delaware, 

needed to be changed due to building 

availability. The date and time of this 

meeting (Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 

6:00 p.m.) will remain the same. 

Correction 

In FR Doc. 2018–12105, in the 

Federal Register of Wednesday, June 6, 

2018, on page 26268, in the second 

column of the table, in the fifth line, the 

address for the Delaware scoping 

hearing is corrected to read as follows: 

‘‘Dover Public Library, 35 E. 

Loockerman St, Dover, Delaware 

19901.’’ 

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

Dated: June 15, 2018. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DOD–2017–HA–0065] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, 

DoD. 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by July 23, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be 

emailed to Ms. Cortney Higgins, DoD 

Desk Officer, at oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and 

title of the information collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Licari, 571–372–0493, or whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: TRICARE Select Enrollment, 

Disenrollment, and Change Form; DD 

Form 3043; OMB Control Number 0720– 

0061. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 99,300. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 99,300. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 24,825. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

obtain each non-active duty TRICARE 

beneficiary’s personal information 

needed to: (1) Complete his/her 

enrollment into the TRICARE Select 

health plan option, (2) dis-enroll a 

beneficiary, or (3) change a beneficiary’s 

enrollment information (e.g., address, 

add a dependent, report other health 

insurance). This information is required 

to ensure the beneficiary’s TRICARE 

benefits and claims are administered 

based on their TRICARE plan of choice. 

Without this new enrollment form, each 

non-active duty TRICARE beneficiary is 

automatically defaulted into direct care, 

limiting their health care options to 

military hospitals and clinics. These 

beneficiaries would have no TRICARE 

coverage when using the TRICARE 

network of providers for services not 

available at their local military hospital 

or clinic. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Cortney 

Higgins. 

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