67956 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 213 / Thursday, November 4, 2010 / Notices 

operations during the pupping and 

molting season; therefore, no pups will 

be affected by the proposed action and 

no impacts to any seals will occur as a 

result of the specified activity during 

these sensitive time periods. Mitigation 

measures (e.g. beginning work at the 

farthest distance to the haulout as 

possible, use of a muffler pack, etc.) will 

minimize onset of sudden, acute 

reactions and overall disturbance during 

project activities. In addition, it is not 

likely that seals at multiple haulouts 

will be disturbed simultaneously as 

work, for example, may affect the 

southern haulout but not the northern 

haulout based on location of the crew 

and barge. Although seals may initially 

flush into the water, based on previous 

disturbance studies and maintenance 

activity at the haulouts, the DNR 

expects seals will quickly habituate to 

piling and structure removal operations. 

For these reasons no long term or 

permanent abandonment of the haulout 

is anticipated. 

The seals at Woodard Bay are 

considered resident and make small 

daily movements to forage; however, 

exactly how far they transit is unknown. 

The mean count of the localized seal 

population from 1977–2008 was 315 

animals during the pupping season with 

a maximum of 400 individuals counted 

in 2008 during this time. However, as 

described above, these numbers drop 

over the late fall and winter. The DNR 

has scheduled the project to occur from 

November–February, a time outside of 

sensitive reproductive periods and 

during a time seal numbers are lowest. 

The DNR is authorized to take 

approximately 171 seals multiple times. 

The number of individual seals harassed 

may be considered small (10.5%) when 

compared to the Inland Washington 

stock size (n=14,612). The fact that only 

temporary Level B, or behavioral, 

harassment would occur, and that the 

activity has been scheduled outside of 

sensitive reproduction periods, ensures 

that the least practicable adverse impact 

will occur. 

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 

mitigation and monitoring measures, 

NMFS finds that piling and structure 

removal associated with the WA DNR’s 

habitat restoration project will result in 

the incidental take of small numbers of 

marine mammals by Level B harassment 

only, and that the total taking from the 

specified activity will have a negligible 

impact on the affected species or stocks. 

Impact on Availability of Affected 

Species for Taking for Subsistence Uses 

There are no relevant subsistence uses 

of marine mammals implicated by this 

action. Endangered Species Act (ESA); 

thus, there will not be an unmitigable 

adverse impact on the availability for 

taking marine mammals for subsistence 

uses. 

No marine mammals listed under the 

ESA have the potential to be taken 

incidental to the proposed action as 

none occur within the action area. 

Therefore, Section 7 consultation under 

the ESA is not required. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as implemented by 

the regulations published by the 

Council on Environmental Quality (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), and NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6, NMFS has 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) to consider the direct, indirect and 

cumulative effects to pinnipeds and 

other applicable environmental 

resources resulting from issuance of the 

IHA. On October 27, 2010, NMFS issued 

a Finding of No Significant Impact on 

the EA. 

Dated: October 29, 2010. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27883 Filed 11–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

Extension of Time To Supplement 

Hearing Record 

AGENCY: Defense Nuclear Facilities 

Safety Board. 

ACTION: Extension of time to supplement 

hearing record. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board (Board) 

published a document in the Federal 

Register of July 26, 2010, (75 FR 43495), 

as amended, (75 FR 56080), concerning 

notice of a public hearing and meeting 

on October 7 and 8, 2010, with regard 

to the safety-related aspects of the 

design and construction of the 

Department of Energy’s Waste 

Treatment and Immobilization Plant at 

the Hanford Site. The Board stated in 

that notice that the Board would hold 

the hearing record open until November 

7, 2010, for the receipt of additional 

materials. The Board made the same 

representation at the conclusion of the 

hearing on October 8, 2010. 

Extension of Time: The Board now 

extends the period of time for which the 

hearing record will remain open an 

additional sixty (60) days until January 

6, 2011. The Board has become aware of 

information which indicates that the 

public interest will be best served by 

extending the deadline for submission 

of materials into the hearing record. The 

Board will consider any such additional 

material in the course of evaluating its 

response to information collected at the 

hearing. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Brian Grosner, General Manager, 

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 

625 Indiana Avenue, NW., Suite 700, 

Washington, DC 20004–2901, (800) 788– 

4016. This is a toll-free number. 

Dated: November 1, 2010. 

Peter S. Winokur, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27900 Filed 11–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3670–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the Chief of Naval 

Operations Executive Panel 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Chief of Naval Operations 

(CNO) Executive Panel will report on 

the findings and recommendations of 

the Latin America and the Caribbean, 

2010 Subcommittee study. The meeting 

will consist of open and closed 

discussions. Closed discussions will 

include national and naval intelligence 

analysis, as well as consider major 

challenges which the United States will 

face over the next five years and 

implications of the regional security 

environment on the prospective role of 

U.S. naval forces. Open discussions will 

include the political, social and 

economic environment of Latin America 

and the Caribbean, focusing on crime 

(particularly narcotics trafficking), 

regional ethnic conflicts, and analysis of 

regional democratic processes. The 

discussion will concentrate on Central 

and South America and the Caribbean; 

considering issues also effecting Mexico 

as appropriate. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

December 14, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 

a.m. The session from 9 a.m.–10 a.m. 

will be open to the public; the session 

from 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. will be closed 

to the public. 


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