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Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Gail Bendixen at 

(907) 271–2809 at least 7 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: January 10, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–534 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA932 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a public meeting in the form of a 

workshop. The workshop topic is 

volunteer angler data collection. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, February 2, 2012, from 8:30 

a.m. until 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Four Points Sheraton BWI Airport, 

7032 Elm Road, Baltimore, MD 21240; 

telephone: (410) 859–3300. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

workshop will include briefings on 

established volunteer data collection 

programs, statistical consultant 

presentations, and discussions of 

various options for volunteer angler data 

collections and their uses. This 

workshop is a product of the Marine 

Recreational Information Program 

(MRIP—http:// 

www.countmyfish.noaa.gov) and was 

organized by the Council in cooperation 

with the National Marine Fisheries 

Service and the Atlantic States Marines 

Fisheries Commission. Workshop 

outcomes may include 

recommendations, limitations, uses, and 

best practices that could inform state 

efforts and/or feed into a pilot project 

proposal to be submitted to the Marine 

Recreational Information Program for 

funding in 2013. The workshop will be 

available via GoToMeeting and 

registration can be made at the 

following link: https:// 

www1.gotomeeting.com/register/ 

409337168. A public comment period 

will take comments from those at the 

meeting and also via webinar if feasible. 

Special Accommodations: 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office, (302) 526–5251, at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: January 10, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–589 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XT82 

Marine Mammals; File No. 14676 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

major amendment to Permit No. 14676 

has been issued to Paul Ponganis, Ph.D., 

University of California at San Diego, La 

Jolla, CA for research on California sea 

lions (Zalophus californianus). 

ADDRESSES: The permit amendment and 

related documents are available for 

review upon written request or by 

appointment in the following offices: 

Permits and Conservation 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: 

Tammy Adams or Amy Sloan, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 7, 2011, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (76 FR 68719) 

that a request for an amendment Permit 

No. 14676 to conduct research on 

California sea lions had been submitted 

by the above-named applicant. The 

requested permit amendment 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 amendment includes 

authorization for capture of up to 30 

animals over two field seasons and an 

additional procedure, deployment of a 

heart rate/stroke rate recorder on half of 

the animals. The amendment is valid 

through the original permit expiration 

date, February 1, 2015. 

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: January 9, 2012. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–502 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA627 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals: Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Navy Training Exercises 

in Three East Coast Range Complexes 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of three 

modified Letters of Authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, and 

implementing regulations, notification 

is hereby given that NMFS has made 

modifications to three Letters of 

Authorization (LOAs) to take marine 

mammals by harassment incidental to 

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