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with the regulations and the terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended. 

Dated: February 27, 2012. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5188 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA986 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for NOAA 

Restoration Center Programmatic 

Coastal Habitat Restoration Activities 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Announcement of public 

scoping; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 and in compliance with the 

implementing regulations issued by the 

Council on Environmental Quality and 

procedures issued by NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6, NOAA is 

providing notice of its intent to develop 

a Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (PEIS) to evaluate the 

potential environmental impacts of 

different ranges of coastal and marine 

habitat restoration project types 

conducted and supported by the NOAA 

Restoration Center. 

DATES: Interested parties should provide 

written comments by May 31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties that wish 

to send questions, comments or requests 

for information may send an email to 

the following address: 

rc.compliance@noaa.gov. 

Interested parties that wish to send 

questions, comments or requests for 

information through regular mail may 

use the following mailing address: 

NOAA Restoration Center (F/HC3), 

ATTN: Restoration PEIS Scoping, 1315 

East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

The NOAA Restoration Center Web 

site that contains information and 

updates relevant to this PEIS can be 

found at: http:// 

www.restoration.noaa.gov/ 

environmentalcompliance 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Barry at 301–427–8653 or via the 

following email address: 

rc.compliance@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NOAA Restoration Center is the only 

office within NOAA solely devoted to 

restoring the nation’s coastal, marine, 

and migratory fish habitat. Recognizing 

that the most successful environmental 

restoration projects are supported and 

implemented at the community-level, 

the Restoration Center creates and 

builds partnerships on local, regional 

and national scales to carry out habitat 

restoration projects within the coastal 

United States, Great Lakes region, and 

territories. Restoration projects use a 

number of priority habitat restoration 

approaches to positively impact fishery 

production. Most notably these 

approaches include, but are not limited 

to, opening rivers, reconnecting coastal 

wetlands, restoring corals, rebuilding 

shellfish populations, land and 

easement acquisition, erosion reduction, 

public outreach, restoration research, or 

a combination of these project types. 

The Restoration Center provides 

financial and technical assistance for 

implementing habitat restoration 

projects to partners primarily on a 

competitive basis through a number of 

programs and funding opportunities 

administered by the Restoration Center. 

These include the Community-based 

Restoration Program (CRP), the Damage 

Assessment, Remediation and 

Restoration Program (DARRP), the 

Coastal Wetland Planning, Protection 

and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) 

Program, and the Great Lakes Habitat 

Restoration Program (GLHRP). 

In 2002 the NOAA Restoration Center 

released the ‘‘NOAA Fisheries’ 

Implementation Plan for the 

Community-based Restoration Program’’ 

to document environmental compliance 

processes and procedures for the CRP. 

In 2006, the NOAA Restoration Center 

released a Supplemental Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment (SPEA) to 

update and further refine the 

environmental impact evaluation 

process for the CRP. Since that time, the 

Restoration Center has increased the 

scope and scale of the individual 

projects implemented by the CRP, as 

well as other Restoration Center 

programs. Therefore, the environmental 

impact analysis process under NEPA 

that uses the 2002 implementation plan 

and 2006 SPEA needs to be revised. 

Accordingly, NOAA is providing 

notice of its intent to develop a PEIS to 

evaluate the potential environmental 

impacts of proposed coastal and marine 

habitat restoration activities that the 

NOAA Restoration Center may conduct 

and support through its funding 

programs and restoration partners. 

These activities include: (1) Technical 

Assistance (includes planning, 

permitting, monitoring, research and 

outreach); (2) Riverine/Riparian/ 

Associated Uplands Restoration 

(includes channel, bank and floodplain, 

buffer area and watershed revegetation); 

(3) Inter-tidal Restoration (includes 

saltmarsh and oyster restoration); (4) 

Sub-tidal Restoration (includes 

submerged aquatic vegetation and coral 

restoration); and (5) Land and Water 

Acquisition. Possible alternatives 

NOAA will explore during the scoping 

process include the following: 

• Alternative 1 (preferred): NOAA 

proposes to support a comprehensive 

range of restoration activities through a 

wide variety of project types. Under this 

alternative, the Restoration Center 

would carry out Activities 1–5 

(Technical Assistance, Riverine/ 

Riparian/Associated Uplands 

Restoration, Sub-tidal Restoration, Intertidal Restoration, and Land and Water 

Acquisition). This alternative enables 

the Restoration Center to implement its 

programs and work toward its mission 

with the greatest efficiency and impact. 

• Alternative 2: Under this alternative 

NOAA would support a more limited 

range of project types, limited to 

Activities 1–4 (Technical Assistance, 

Riverine/Riparian/Associated Uplands 

Restoration, Sub-tidal Restoration, and 

Inter-tidal Restoration). This alternative, 

while not preferred, enables the 

Restoration Center to maintain a high 

level of efficiency and impact in 

implementing its programs. However, 

the exclusion of land and easement 

acquisition would steer program 

priorities toward on-the-ground 

restoration activities and technical 

support. 

• Alternative 3: Under this alternative 

NOAA would support a very limited 

range of project types, limited to 

Activity 1 (Technical Assistance). This 

alternative, while not preferred, enables 

the Restoration Center to support 

restoration activities conducted by 

partners. 

The publication date of this notice 

constitutes the start of the public 

scoping process under NEPA for the 

PEIS. Through public comment, the 

scoping process will help identify and 

determine the environmental issues that 

the PEIS will address. This notice 

provides information on how the public 

may participate. NOAA encourages all 

parties with an interest in or who are 

affected by habitat restoration activities 

to provide suggestions, comments and 

input on the alternatives, scope of 


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analysis and issues relevant to the 

activities presented in this notice. All 

interested parties who wish to provide 

comment may submit written comments 

to the NOAA Restoration Center 

electronically or by original hard copy 

to the address provided above. For more 

detailed background information, 

including program descriptions, 

restoration project types, and the 

aforementioned environmental 

assessment documents, please visit the 

NOAA Restoration Center Web site. 

NOAA will update the information on 

the Web site periodically throughout the 

public scoping process as needed. 

Authority 

The authority for these actions 

include the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1891a), and the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661). 

Dated: February 28, 2012. 

Brian Pawlak, 

Acting Director, Office of Habitat 

Conservation, National Marine Fisheries 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5310 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB057 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

convene Scoping Meetings on a 

proposed generic amendment 

addressing dealer permits and electronic 

logbook reporting, as well as two 

amendments to the Coastal Migratory 

Pelagics Fishery Management Plan 

(CMP FMP): one that addresses sale of 

bag limit caught fish and permit 

requirements and the other that 

addresses boundaries and transit 

provisions. 

DATES: The scoping meetings will be 

held from March 19, 2012 through April 

3, 2012 at nine locations throughout the 

Gulf of Mexico. The scoping meetings 

will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude 

no later than 9 p.m. For specific dates, 

see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The scoping meetings will 

be held in the following locations: 

Destin, Key West and Fort Myers, FL; 

Kenner and Grand Isle, LA; Biloxi, MS; 

Mobile, AL; Galveston and Port Aransas, 

TX. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 

Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 

33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Richard Leard, Deputy Executive 

Director/Senior Fishery Biologist; Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council 

has scheduled Scoping Meetings on a 

proposed generic amendment that 

would consider changes to the current 

requirements for dealer permits and the 

potential for electronic reporting 

requirements. A potential Amendment 

19 to the CMP FMP would consider 

limits or prohibition on sale of bag limit 

caught king and Spanish mackerel, as 

well as cobia. It also considers potential 

changes to regulations regarding 

maintaining and renewing commercial 

fishing permits and adding a 

commercial permit requirement to sell 

cobia. A potential Amendment 20 to the 

CMP FMP would consider potential 

changes to the existing commercial 

boundaries and zones along with their 

associated quotas and trip limits along 

with possible allowance for transit 

through closed fishing zones. 

The nine scoping meetings will begin 

at 6 p.m. and conclude at the end of 

public testimony or no later than 9 p.m. 

at the following locations: 

Monday, March 19, 2012, Hilton 

Galveston, 5400 Seawall Boulevard, 

Galveston Island, TX 77551; telephone: 

(409) 744–5000. 

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, Four Points 

by Sheraton, 940 Beach Boulevard, 

Biloxi, MS 39530–4138; telephone: 

(228) 546–3100. 

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 

Plantation Suites & Conference Center, 

1909 Highway 361, Port Aransas, TX 

78373; telephone: (361) 749–3866; and 

Courtyard Marriott, 1000 West I–65 

Service Road South, Mobile, AL 36609; 

telephone: (251) 344–5200. 

Thursday, March 22, 2012, Courtyard 

Marriott, 100 Grand Boulevard, Destin, 

FL 32550; telephone: (850) 650–7411. 

Monday, March 26, 2012, Harvey 

Government Center, 1200 Truman 

Avenue, Key West, FL 33040; telephone: 

(305) 295–5000. 

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, Hyatt 

Place, 2600 Champion Ring Road, Fort 

Myers, Florida 33905; telephone: (239) 

418–1844. 

Monday, April 2, 2012, Crowne Plaza 

New Orleans Airport—2829 Williams 

Boulevard, Kenner, LA 70062; 

telephone: (504) 467–5611. 

Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Wildlife & 

Fisheries Department Lab, 195 Ludwig 

Lane, Grand Isle, LA 70358; telephone: 

(985) 787–2163. 

Copies of the scoping documents can 

be obtained by calling (813) 348–1630 or 

by visiting the Council’s Web site at 

www.gulfcouncil.org. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kathy Pereira at 

the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: February 28, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5182 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB054 

Endangered Species; File No. 16598 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Inwater Research Group, Inc. 

(Responsible Party and Principal 

Investigator: Michael Bresette), 4160 NE 

Hyline Drive, Jensen Beach, FL 34957, 

has applied in due form for a permit to 

take green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead 

(Caretta caretta), hawksbill 

(Eretmochelys imbricata), and Kemp’s 

ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles 

for scientific research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

April 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the Features box on the 

Applications and Permits for Protected 

Species (APPS) home page, https:// 

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 16598 from the list of available 

applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 


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