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ACTION: Notice of extension of comment 

period; notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: On December 30, 2011, notice 

was published in the Federal Register 

that NMFS had released for public 

comment the ‘‘Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Effects 

of Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic 

Ocean.’’ Based on several written 

requests received by NMFS, the public 

comment period for this DEIS has been 

extended by 15 days. Additionally, on 

December 30, 2011, NMFS announced 

that public meetings would be held in 

January and February 2012. This notice 

provides additional updates on the DEIS 

public meeting schedule. 

DATES: All comments and written 

statements must be postmarked no later 

than Tuesday, February 28, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

statements on the DEIS must be 

postmarked by February 28, 2012. 

Comments on the DEIS may be 

submitted by: 

• Email: arcticeis.comments@

noaa.gov 

• Mail: Office of Protected Resources, 

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 

MD 20190 

• Fax: (301) 713–0376 

• Public Meetings: Oral and written 

comments will be accepted during the 

upcoming public meetings. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, Public 

Meetings (below) for more information. 

Comments sent via email, including 

all attachments, must not exceed a 25- 

megabyte file size. Information on this 

project can also be found on the 

Protected Resources Web page at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/

eis/arctic.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candace Nachman, Jolie Harrison, or 

Michael Payne, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, at (301) 427–8401 or 

via email at arcticeis.comments@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional information on the content 

of the DEIS can be found in the Notice 

of Availability (76 FR 82275, December 

30, 2011). 

Public Meetings 

Comments will be accepted at public 

meetings and during the public 

comment period, and must be 

postmarked by February 28, 2012 (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). We 

request that you include in your 

comments: (1) Your name, address, and 

affiliation (if any); and (2) background 

documents to support your comments as 

appropriate. 

The dates, times, and locations of the 

DEIS public meetings (incorrectly 

described as scoping meetings in the 

Notice of Availability Federal Register 

document (76 FR 82275, December 30, 

2011)) will be announced in local 

media. Public meetings will be held in 

the communities of Barrow, Kaktovik, 

Kivalina, Kotzebue, Nuiqsut, Point 

Hope, Point Lay, and Wainwright 

between January 30 and February 10, 

2012. The exact dates, times, and 

locations will be announced in advance 

through local media. A DEIS public 

meeting will also be held in Anchorage 

at the Loussac Public Library in the 

Wilda Marston Theater located at 3600 

Denali Street, Anchorage, AK on 

Monday, February 13, 2012, from 12–2 

p.m. Comments will be accepted at all 

public meetings, as well as during the 

public comment period and can be 

submitted via the methods described 

earlier in this document (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or auxiliary 

aids should be directed to Erin Green by 

telephone at (907) 562–3366 or by email 

at erin.green@urs.com at least 7 days 

before the scheduled meeting date. 

Dated: January 11, 2012. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–823 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

National Ocean Council—National 

Ocean Policy Draft Implementation 

Plan 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: On July 19, 2010, President 

Obama signed Executive Order 13547 

establishing a National Policy for the 

Stewardship of the Ocean, our Coasts, 

and the Great Lakes (National Ocean 

Policy). As part of the President’s charge 

for Federal agencies to implement the 

National Ocean Policy, the National 

Ocean Council developed actions to 

achieve the Policy’s nine priority 

objectives, and to address some of the 

most pressing challenges facing the 

ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes. 

Collectively, the actions are 

encompassed in a single draft National 

Ocean Policy Implementation Plan 

(Implementation Plan). The draft 

Implementation Plan describes more 

than 50 actions the Federal Government 

will take to improve the health of the 

ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes, which 

support tens of millions of jobs, 

contribute trillions of dollars a year to 

the national economy, and are essential 

to public health and national security. 

The draft Implementation Plan will 

ensure the Federal Government targets 

limited resources more effectively to 

deliver demonstrable results for the 

American people, including 

predictability for users, more efficient 

and coordinated decision-making, and 

improved sharing of data and 

technology. For each action, the 

Implementation Plan outlines key 

milestones, identifies responsible 

agencies, and indicates the expected 

timeframe for completion. 

Experts from the National Ocean 

Council’s member departments, 

agencies, and offices developed the 

actions in the draft Implementation Plan 

with significant input from national, 

regional, and local stakeholders and the 

general public. The development 

process included public comment 

periods from January through April 

2011 and June through July 2011, and 

12 regional listening sessions around 

the country. 

Next, public comments on the draft 

Implementation Plan will inform the 

preparation of the final plan. We 

welcome your general input, and also 

pose the following questions: 

• Does the draft Implementation Plan 

reflect actions you see are needed to 

address the nine priorities for the ocean, 

coasts, and the Great lakes? 

• What is the most effective way to 

measure outcomes and to detect 

whether a particular action in the 

Implementation Plan has achieved its 

intended outcome? Would a report card 

format be useful? 

Comments received will be collated 

and posted on the National Ocean 

Council Web site. The final 

Implementation Plan is expected in the 

spring of 2012. 

DATES: The National Ocean Council 

must receive comments by midnight, 

February 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The draft Implementation 

Plan and additional information can be 

found at http://www.WhiteHouse.gov/ 

oceans. Comments should be submitted 

electronically to http:// 

www.WhiteHouse.gov/oceans. 

Comments may also be sent in writing 

to ‘‘ATTN: National Ocean Council’’ by 

fax to (202) 456–0753, or by mail to 

National Ocean Council, 722 Jackson 

Place NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

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may delay mail delivery; therefore, 

please allow at least two (2) to three (3) 

weeks of additional time for mailed 

comments to arrive. We encourage you 

to also submit comments through the 

National Ocean Council Web site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the content of this 

request may be submitted through the 

National Ocean Council Web site at 

http://www.WhiteHouse.gov/ 

administration/eop/oceans/contact or 

by mail to National Ocean Council, 722 

Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC 

20503. Please note, heightened security 

measures in force may delay mail 

delivery; therefore, we encourage you to 

also submit questions through the 

National Ocean Council Web site. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

19, 2010, President Obama signed 

Executive Order 13547 establishing a 

National Policy for the Stewardship of 

the Ocean, our Coasts, and the Great 

Lakes. That Executive Order adopts the 

Final Recommendations of the 

Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force 

and directs Federal agencies to take the 

appropriate steps to implement them. 

The Executive Order creates an 

interagency National Ocean Council to 

strengthen ocean governance and 

coordination and identifies nine priority 

objectives for the National Ocean 

Council to pursue. 

The National Ocean Policy provides a 

comprehensive approach, based on 

science and technology, to uphold our 

stewardship responsibilities and ensure 

accountability for our actions to present 

and future generations. The Obama 

Administration intends, through the 

National Ocean Policy, to provide a 

model of balanced, productive, efficient, 

sustainable, and informed ocean, 

coastal, and Great Lakes use, 

management, and conservation. 

The National Ocean Policy describes 

a clear set of priority objectives, listed 

below, that our Nation should pursue to 

address some of the most pressing 

challenges facing the ocean, our coasts, 

and the Great Lakes. Additional 

information about each priority may be 

found at http://www.WhiteHouse.gov/ 

oceans. 

Ecosystem-Based Management: Adopt 

ecosystem-based management as a 

foundational principle for the 

comprehensive management of the 

ocean, our coasts, and the Great Lakes; 

Inform Decisions and Improve 

Understanding: Increase knowledge to 

continually inform and improve 

management and policy decisions and 

the capacity to respond to change and 

challenges. Better educate the public 

through formal and informal programs 

about the ocean, our coasts, and the 

Great Lakes; 

Observations, Mapping, and 

Infrastructure: Strengthen and integrate 

Federal and non-Federal ocean 

observing systems, sensors, data 

collection platforms, data management, 

and mapping capabilities into a national 

system and integrate that system into 

international observation efforts; 

Coordinate and Support: Better 

coordinate and support Federal, State, 

Tribal, local, and regional management 

of the ocean, our coasts, and the Great 

Lakes. Improve coordination and 

integration across the Federal 

Government and, as appropriate, engage 

with the international community; 

Regional Ecosystem Protection and 

Restoration: Establish and implement an 

integrated ecosystem protection and 

restoration strategy that is science-based 

and aligns conservation and restoration 

goals at the Federal, State, Tribal, local, 

and regional levels; 

Resiliency and Adaptation to Climate 

Change and Ocean Acidification: 

Strengthen resiliency of coastal 

communities and marine and Great 

Lakes environments, and their abilities 

to adapt to climate change impacts and 

ocean acidification; 

Water Quality and Sustainable 

Practices on Land: Enhance water 

quality in the ocean, along our coasts, 

and in the Great Lakes by promoting 

and implementing sustainable practices 

on land; 

Changing Conditions in the Arctic: 

Address environmental stewardship 

needs in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent 

coastal areas in the face of climateinduced and other environmental 

changes; and 

Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: 

Implement comprehensive, integrated, 

ecosystem-based coastal and marine 

spatial planning and management in the 

United States. 

The draft Implementation Plan 

addresses each of these priority 

objectives through actions and 

milestones Federal agencies will 

undertake to deliver tangible results to 

the American people on the vitality and 

availability of ocean, coastal, and Great 

Lakes resources. The National Ocean 

Council will assess and review the 

Implementation Plan on a regular basis, 

and modify it as needed based on the 

success or failure of the agreed upon 

actions. 

The National Ocean Policy neither 

establishes any new regulations nor 

restricts any ocean uses or activities. 

The National Ocean Policy does not 

supersede or alter any existing Federal, 

State, Tribal, or local authority. 

Accordingly, the Implementation Plan 

will be carried out under existing 

domestic legal authority and in 

accordance with customary 

international law, including as reflected 

in the Law of the Sea Convention, and 

with treaties and other international 

agreements to which the United States 

is a party. 

Dated: January 11, 2012. 

Nancy H. Sutley, 

Chair. 

[FR Doc. 2012–840 Filed 1–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3225–F2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket ID USAF–2012–0001] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to Alter a System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Air 

Force proposes to alter a system of 

records in its inventory of record 

systems subject to the Privacy Act of 

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective on February 17, 2012 unless 

comments are received which result in 

a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

* Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

* Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Charles J. Shedrick, U.S. Air Force 

Privacy Officer, Department of the Air 

Force Privacy Office, Air Force Privacy 

Act Office, Office of Warfighting 

Integration and Chief Information 

officer, Attn: SAF/CIO A6, 1800 Air 

Force Pentagon, Washington DC 20330– 


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