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Notices Federal Register

32081 

Vol. 77, No. 105 

Thursday, May 31, 2012 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, June 8, 2012; 

9:30 a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: 624 Ninth Street NW., Room 540, 

Washington, DC 20425. 

Meeting Agenda 

This meeting is open to the public. 

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Program Planning Update and 

Discussion of Projects: 

• Discussion on Strategic Plan 

• Discussion on 2012 Statutory 

Report 

• Vote on 2013 Statutory Report 

Topic 

III. Management and Operations 

• Discussion on 2012 Budget and 

2013 Budget Request 

• Discussion on Agency Staffing 

IV. Adjourn Meeting 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting 

Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376– 

8591. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact Pamela Dunston at (202) 

376–8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov 

at least seven business days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Dated: May 29, 2012. 

Kimberly Tolhurst, 

Senior Attorney-Advisor. 

[FR Doc. 2012–13284 Filed 5–29–12; 11:15 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XC050 

Marine Mammals; File No. 17236 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Robert A. Garrott, Ecology Department, 

Montana State University, 310 Lewis 

Hall, Bozeman, MT, 59717, has applied 

in due form for a permit to conduct 

research on Weddell seals 

(Leptonychotes weddellii). 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

July 2, 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. 17236 from the list of available 

applications. 

These documents are also available 

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. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, at 

the address listed above. Comments may 

also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 

713–0376, or by email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include the File No. in the subject line 

of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division at the address listed above. The 

request should set forth the specific 

reasons why a hearing on this 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Cairns or Tammy Adams, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The purpose of the research is to 

evaluate how environmental variability 

and individual heterogeneity affects the 

population dynamics of Weddell seals 

in the Antarctic. The applicant proposes 

to continue long-term studies of the 

Weddell seal population in the Erebus 

Bay, McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea and 

White Island areas of Antarctica. Up to 

425 adults and 700 pups would be 

captured annually. Animals would be 

weighed, tissued sampled, flipper 

tagged, and released. A subset of 200 

pups annually would have a small 

temperature logging tag attached. The 

applicant requests authorization to 

opportunistically collect, import, and 

export Weddell seal parts and carcasses. 

Annually up to 2,000 Weddell, 50 

crabeater (Lobodon carcinophagus), and 

50 leopard (Hydrurga leptonyx) seals 

may be incidentally disturbed as a result 

of the research activities. The applicant 

requests authorization for up to 4 (2 

adults and 2 pups) Weddell seal 

research-related mortalities annually. 

The permit would be valid for five years 

from the date of issuance. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: May 23, 2012. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–13113 Filed 5–30–12; 8:45 am] 

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