76818 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 182 / Thursday, September 19, 2024 / Notices 

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 

monitoring and mitigation measures, 

NMFS determined that the total marine 

mammal take from the activity will have 

a negligible impact on all affected 

marine mammal species or stocks. 

Small Numbers 

As noted previously, only take of 

small numbers of marine mammals may 

be authorized under sections 

101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the MMPA for 

specified activities other than military 

readiness activities. The MMPA does 

not define small numbers and so, in 

practice, where estimated numbers are 

available, NMFS compares the number 

of individuals taken to the most 

appropriate estimation of abundance of 

the relevant species or stock in our 

determination of whether an 

authorization is limited to small 

numbers of marine mammals. When the 

predicted number of individuals to be 

taken is fewer than one-third of the 

species or stock abundance, the take is 

considered to be of small numbers. 

Additionally, other qualitative factors 

may be considered in the analysis, such 

as the temporal or spatial scale of the 

activities. 

For all species and stocks other than 

killer whales from the West Coast 

Transient stock, the authorized take is 

below one-third of the stock abundance. 

The authorized take of Transient killer 

whales as a proportion of the stock 

abundance is greater than one-third, if 

all takes are assumed to occur for 

different individuals. The project area 

represents a small portion of the stock’s 

range from Alaska to California (Muto et 

al., 2019). Sighting reports from the 

Orca Network support that it is 

reasonable to suspect that the same 

individual Transient Killer whales 

would be present within the ensonified 

project area during the relatively short 

duration (19 days) of construction 

activities. Since the construction area 

represents a small portion of Transient 

killer whales range and construction 

would occur over a short period, it is 

more likely that there will be multiple 

takes of the same individuals. 

Based on the analysis contained 

herein of the construction activities 

(including the mitigation and 

monitoring measures) and the 

anticipated take of marine mammals, 

NMFS determined that small numbers 

of marine mammals would be taken 

relative to the population size of the 

affected species or stocks. 

Unmitigable Adverse Impact Analysis 

and Determination 

There are no relevant subsistence uses 

of the affected marine mammal stocks or 

species implicated by this action. 

Therefore, NMFS has determined that 

the total taking of affected species or 

stocks would not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on the availability of 

such species or stocks for taking for 

subsistence purposes. 

Endangered Species Act 

Section 7(a)(2) of the ESA of 1973 

(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires 

that each Federal agency insure that any 

action it authorizes, funds, or carries out 

is not likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. To ensure 

ESA compliance for the issuance of 

IHAs, NMFS consults internally 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species. 

No incidental take of ESA-listed 

species is expected or authorized for 

this activity. Therefore, NMFS has 

determined that formal consultation 

under section 7 of the ESA is not 

required for this action. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must evaluate our 

proposed action (i.e., the issuance of an 

IHA) and alternatives with respect to 

potential impacts on the human 

environment. 

This action is consistent with 

categories of activities identified in 

Categorical Exclusion B4 (IHAs with no 

anticipated serious injury or mortality) 

of the Companion Manual for NAO 216– 

6A, which do not individually or 

cumulatively have the potential for 

significant impacts on the quality of the 

human environment and for which we 

have not identified any extraordinary 

circumstances that would preclude this 

categorical exclusion. Accordingly, 

NMFS has determined that the issuance 

of this IHA qualifies to be categorically 

excluded from further NEPA review. 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued an IHA to WSDOT 

for the potential harassment of small 

numbers of 12 marine mammal species 

incidental to the Seattle Slip 3 VTS 

Replacement project in Seattle, 

Washington, that includes the 

previously explained mitigation, 

monitoring and reporting requirements. 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER 

SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

Publication of Fiscal Year 2023 Service 

Contract Inventory 

AGENCY: Court Services and Offender 

Supervision Agency for the District of 

Columbia (CSOSA). 

ACTION: Notice of public availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

743 of Division C of the FY2010 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, the 

Court Services and Offender 

Supervision Agency hereby advises the 

public of the availability of the FY 2020 

Service Contract Inventory. This 

analysis provides information on service 

contract actions over $25,000 that were 

made in FY2022. The information is 

organized by function to show how 

contracted resources are distributed 

throughout the agency. This inventory 

analysis and plan have been developed 

in accordance with guidance issued on 

November 5, 2010, and December 19, 

2011, by the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Office of Federal Procurement 

Policy (OFPP). CSOSA’s FY2022 Service 

Contract Inventory Analysis, and the 

FY2023 Service Contract Inventory Plan 

is available on CSOSA’s website at: 

CSOSA-SCI-2022-2023-AnalysisReport.pdf. CSOSA’s FY 2022 service 

contract inventory data is included in 

the government-wide inventory posted 

on www.acquisition.gov and the 

government-wide inventory can be 

filtered to display the inventory data for 

CSOSA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reggie James, Senior Procurement 

Executive, Associate Director, Office of 

Administration, 800 N Capitol St. NW, 

Washington, DC 20002, at (202) 220– 

5707 or Reggie.James@csosa.gov. 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

Willis Stamps, 

Supervisory Attorney-Advisor. 

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