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continue using them for proposed IHAs 

that include minor changes from 

previously issued IHAs, but which do 

not satisfy the renewal requirements. 

However, we believe our method for 

issuing renewals meets statutory 

requirements and maximizes efficiency. 

Importantly, such renewals would be 

limited to circumstances where: The 

activities are identical or nearly 

identical to those analyzed in the 

proposed IHA; monitoring does not 

indicate impacts that were not 

previously analyzed and authorized; 

and, the mitigation and monitoring 

requirements remain the same, all of 

which allow the public to comment on 

the appropriateness and effects of a 

renewal at the same time the public 

provides comments on the initial IHA. 

NMFS has, however, modified the 

language for future proposed IHAs to 

clarify that all IHAs, including renewal 

IHAs, are valid for no more than one 

year and that the agency would consider 

only one renewal for a project at this 

time. In addition, notice of issuance or 

denial of a renewal IHA would be 

published in the Federal Register, as 

they are for all IHAs. The option for 

issuing renewal IHAs has been in 

NMFS’s incidental take regulations 

since 1996. We will provide any 

additional information to the 

Commission and consider posting a 

description of the renewal process on 

our website before any renewal is issued 

utilizing this process. 

Negligible Impact Analysis and 

Determination 

WSDOT proposes to conduct a subset 

of activities identical to those covered in 

the previous 2017 IHA. We have 

included take for three new species 

noting these are precautionary as these 

species are not common in the action 

area and these species were not 

observed during previous construction. 

We also believe the potential behavioral 

reactions and effects on the cetacean 

species previously analyzed is 

applicable to these species, if not to 

some lesser extent due to lower 

probability of occurrence. 

When issuing the 2017 IHA, NMFS 

found Phase 2 of the Mukilteo 

Multimodal Project, in its entirety, 

would have a negligible impact to 

species or stocks’ rates of recruitment 

and survival and the amount of taking 

would be small relative to the 

population size of such species or stock 

(less than 15 percent). As described 

above, the number of estimated takes of 

the same stocks are less than takes 

authorized in the 2017 IHA and the 

anticipated impacts from the project are 

similar to those previously analyzed. 

The amount of take for the additional 

three species is also small (less than 11 

percent of each stock). In conclusion, 

there is no new information suggesting 

that our analysis or findings should 

change. 

In this year’s IHA, we have also 

included more mitigation with respect 

to operating the bubble curtains (to 

ensure effectiveness; thereby, 

potentially reducing impact pile driving 

received levels), and required WSDOT 

to report more details pertaining to 

monitoring (see Mitigation, Monitoring, 

and Reporting section). WSDOT will 

also conduct vibratory pile driving 

acoustic monitoring which will allow 

for verification of estimated source 

levels. 

Based on the information contained 

here and in the referenced documents, 

NMFS has determined the following: (1) 

The required mitigation measures will 

effect the least practicable impact on 

marine mammal species or stocks and 

their habitat; (2) the authorized takes 

will have a negligible impact on the 

affected marine mammal species or 

stocks; (3) the authorized takes 

represent small numbers of marine 

mammals relative to the affected stock 

abundances; and (4) WSDOT’s activities 

will not have an unmitigable adverse 

impact on taking for subsistence 

purposes as no relevant subsistence uses 

of marine mammals are implicated by 

this action. 

Endangered Species Act 

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. To ensure 

ESA compliance for the issuance of 

IHAs, NMFS consults internally, in this 

case with the West Coast Region 

Protected Resources Division Office, 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species. 

The only species listed under the ESA 

with the potential to be present in the 

action area is the Mexico Distinct 

Population Segment (DPS) of humpback 

whales. The effects of this proposed 

Federal action were adequately 

analyzed in NMFS’ Biological Opinion 

for the Mukilteo Multimodal Project, 

Snohomish, Washington, dated August 

1, 2017, which concluded that issuance 

of an IHA would not jeopardize the 

continued existence of any endangered 

or threatened species or destroy or 

adversely modify any designated critical 

habitat. NMFS West Coast Region has 

confirmed the Incidental Take 

Statement (ITS) issued in 2017 is 

applicable for the IHA. That ITS 

authorizes the take of six humpback 

whales from the Mexico DPS. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must review our 

proposed action (i.e., the issuance of an 

incidental harassment authorization) 

with respect to potential impacts on the 

human environment. 

This action is consistent with 

categories of activities identified in 

Categorical Exclusion B4 (incidental 

harassment authorizations with no 

anticipated serious injury or mortality) 

of the Companion Manual for NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6A, which do 

not individually or cumulatively have 

the potential for significant impacts on 

the quality of the human environment 

and for which we have not identified 

any extraordinary circumstances that 

would preclude this categorical 

exclusion. Accordingly, NMFS has 

determined that issuance of the IHA 

qualifies to be categorically excluded 

from further NEPA review. We have 

reviewed all comments submitted in 

response to the proposed IHA Federal 

Register notice (83 FR 30421, June 28, 

2018) prior to concluding our NEPA 

process and making a final decision on 

the IHA request. 

Authorization 

As a result of these determinations, 

NMFS has issued an IHA to WSDOT for 

the harassment of small numbers of 

marine mammals incidental to 

construction activities related to the 

Mukilteo Multimodal Project, Puget 

Sound, Washington, provided the 

previously mentioned mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

are incorporated. 

Dated: August 23, 2018. 

Cathryn E. Tortorici, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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1 17 CFR 145.9. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(‘‘PRA’’), this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request (‘‘ICR’’) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) for review and comment. The 

ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

costs and burden. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 27, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the 

burden estimate or any other aspect of 

the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, 

may be submitted directly to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(‘‘OIRA’’) in OMB, within 30 days of the 

notice’s publication by either of the 

following methods. Please identify the 

comments by ‘‘OMB Control No. 3038– 

0093.’’ 

• By email addressed to: 

OIRAsubmissions@omb.eop.gov or 

• By mail addressed to: The Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention Desk Officer for the 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

A copy of all comments submitted to 

OIRA should be sent to the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission (the 

‘‘Commission’’) by any of the following 

methods. The copies should refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 3038–0093.’’ 

• By mail addressed to: Christopher 

Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the 

Commission, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 

Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20581; 

• By Hand Delivery/Courier to the 

same address; or 

• Through the Commission’s website 

at http://comments.cftc.gov. Please 

follow the instructions for submitting 

comments through the website. 

A copy of the supporting statement for 

the collection of information discussed 

herein may be obtained by visiting 

http://RegInfo.gov. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments will be 

posted as received to http://

www.cftc.gov. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. If you wish the 

Commission to consider information 

that you believe is exempt from 

disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, a petition for 

confidential treatment of the exempt 

information may be submitted according 

to the procedures established in § 145.9 

of the Commission’s regulations.1 The 

Commission reserves the right, but shall 

have no obligation, to review, prescreen, filter, redact, refuse or remove 

any or all of your submission from 

http://www.cftc.gov that it may deem to 

be inappropriate for publication, such as 

obscene language. All submissions that 

have been redacted or removed that 

contain comments on the merits of the 

ICR will be retained in the public 

comment file and will be considered as 

required under the Administrative 

Procedure Act and other applicable 

laws, and may be accessible under the 

Freedom of Information Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lois 

Gregory, Associate Director, Division of 

Market Oversight, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, (202) 418–5569, 

email: lgregory@cftc.gov, and refer to 

OMB Control No. 3038–0093. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Part 40—Provisions Common to 

Registered Entities (OMB Control No. 

3038–0093). This is a request for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: This collection of 

information involves the collection and 

submission to the Commission of 

information from registered entities 

concerning new products, rules, and 

rule amendments pursuant to the 

procedures outlined in §§ 40.2, 40.3, 

40.5, 40.6, and 40.10 found in 17 CFR 

part 40. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. On June 7, 2018, the 

Commission published in the Federal 

Register notice of the proposed 

extension of this information collection 

and provided 60 days for public 

comment on the proposed extension, 83 

FR 26436 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’). The 

Commission received public comments 

regarding its burden estimates on the 

60-Day Notice, and accordingly, has 

adjusted the burden. 

Burden Statement: Registered entities 

must comply with certification and 

approval requirements which include 

an explanation and analysis when 

seeking to implement new products, 

rules, and rule amendments, including 

changes to product terms and 

conditions. The Commission’s 

regulations §§ 40.2, 40.3, 40.5, 40.6 and 

40.10 provide procedures for the 

submission of rules and rule 

amendments by designated contract 

markets, swap execution facilities, 

derivatives clearing organizations, and 

swap data repositories. They establish 

the procedures for submitting the 

‘‘written certification’’ required by 

Section 5c of the Act. In connection 

with a product or rule certification, the 

registered entity must provide a concise 

explanation and analysis of the 

submission and its compliance with 

statutory provisions of the Act. 

Accordingly, new rules or rule 

amendments must be accompanied by 

concise explanations and analyses of the 

purposes, operations, and effects of the 

submissions. This information may be 

submitted as part of the same 

submission containing the required 

‘‘written certification.’’ 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Designated Contract Markets, Swap 

Execution Facilities, Derivatives 

Clearing Organizations, and Swap Data 

Repositories. 

• Rules 40.2 and 40.3 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

70. 

Annual Responses by each 

Respondent: 50. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 21. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 

73,500. 

• Rules 40.5 and 40.6 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

70. 

Annual Responses by each 

Respondent: 50. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 2. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 

7,000. 

• Rule 40.10 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2. 

Annual Responses by each 

Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 50. 

Estimated Total Hours per Year: 200. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

Dated: August 22, 2018. 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

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