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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Pacific Islands Short-Tailed 

Albatross Recovery Data Form 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on July 16, 

2024 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: Pacific Islands Short-tailed 

Albatross Recovery Data Form. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0456. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

[revision with an extension of a current 

information collection]. 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Average Hours per Response: 1.25 Hrs 

(1.0 for report, 0.25 for notification). 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1.25. 

Needs and Uses: To improve the 

information collection, NMFS revised 

the Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Data 

Form to remove the field for hook type 

as only one hook type is currently 

allowed in the fishery, collect 

information on hook size, collect more 

details about bird bands, and request 

more information about transportation 

of an injured bird. We also changed the 

collection’s title from Pacific Islands 

Region Seabird-Fisheries Interaction 

Recovery Reporting to Pacific Islands 

Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Data 

Form to more accurately describe the 

collection and its purpose. 

Federal regulations at https://

www.ecfr.gov/current/title-50/part-665/ 

section-665.815#p-665.815(b) require 

that the operator of a vessel with a 

Hawaii longline limited access permit 

safely handle and release endangered 

short-tailed albatrosses (Phoebastria 

albatrus) incidentally hooked or 

entangled during fishing operations. In 

that event, the vessel operator must also 

immediately notify NMFS, the U.S. 

Coast Guard or the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS); record the 

condition of the bird and other time and 

location information on a Short-tailed 

Albatross Recovery Data Form; attach 

identical information tags to the carcass 

and specimen bag if the albatross is 

dead; and turn over any carcass to 

USFWS within 72 hours after returning 

to port. If the albatross is alive, a 

veterinarian will use the information to 

provide advice to the vessel operator for 

caring for the bird. If the albatross is 

dead, the recorded information will 

assist USFWS biologists in follow-up 

studies on the specimen. This collection 

is one of the terms and conditions 

contained in a Endangered Species Act 

Section 7 biological opinion issued by 

USFWS, and is intended to maximize 

the probability of the long-term survival 

of short-tailed albatross accidentally 

taken by longline gear. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: As needed. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: 50 CFR 665.815(b). 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the collection or the OMB Control 

Number 0648–0456. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE281] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Replacement of 

Pier 302 at Naval Base Point Loma, 

San Diego, California 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments on 

proposed renewal incidental harassment 

authorization. 

SUMMARY: NMFS received a request from 

the U.S. Navy for the renewal of their 

currently active incidental harassment 

authorization (IHA) to take marine 

mammals incidental to Replacement of 

Pier 302 at Naval Base Point Loma in 

San Diego, California. U.S. Navy’s 

activities will not be completed prior to 

the IHA’s expiration. Pursuant to the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act, prior to 

issuing the currently active IHA, NMFS 

requested comments on both the 

proposed IHA and the potential for 

renewing the initial authorization if 

certain requirements were satisfied. The 

renewal requirements have been 

satisfied, and NMFS is now providing 

an additional 15-day comment period to 

allow for any additional comments on 

the proposed renewal not previously 

provided during the initial 30-day 

comment period. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than October 17, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, and should be 

submitted via email to ITP.Owens@

noaa.gov. 

Instructions: NMFS is not responsible 

for comments sent by any other method, 

to any other address or individual, or 

received after the end of the comment 

period. Comments, including all 

attachments, must not exceed a 25- 

megabyte file size. Attachments to 

comments will be accepted in Microsoft 

Word, Excel or Adobe PDF file formats 

only. All comments received are a part 

of the public record and will generally 

be posted online at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ 

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information (e.g., name, address) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

Electronic copies of the original 

application, renewal request, and 

supporting documents (including NMFS 

Federal Register notices of the original 

proposed and final authorizations, and 

the previous IHA), as well as a list of the 

references cited in this document, may 

be obtained online at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ 

incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case 

of problems accessing these documents, 

please call the contact listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Summer Owens, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of marine 

mammals, with certain exceptions. 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct 

the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated 

to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the 

incidental, but not intentional, taking of 

small numbers of marine mammals by 

U.S. citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing) 

within a specified geographical region if 

certain findings are made and either 

regulations are promulgated or, if the 

taking is limited to harassment, an 

incidental harassment authorization is 

issued. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

shall be granted if NMFS finds that the 

taking will have a negligible impact on 

the species or stock(s) and will not have 

an unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

taking for subsistence uses (where 

relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe 

the permissible methods of taking and 

other ‘‘means of effecting the least 

practicable adverse impact’’ on the 

affected species or stocks and their 

habitat, paying particular attention to 

rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of 

similar significance, and on the 

availability of such species or stocks for 

taking for certain subsistence uses 

(referred to here as ‘‘mitigation 

measures’’). NMFS must also prescribe 

requirements pertaining to monitoring 

and reporting of such takings. The 

definition of key terms such as ‘‘take,’’ 

‘‘harassment,’’ and ‘‘negligible impact’’ 

can be found in the MMPA and the 

NMFS’s implementing regulations (see 

16 U.S.C. 1362; 50 CFR 216.103). 

NMFS’ regulations implementing the 

MMPA at 50 CFR 216.107(e) indicate 

that IHAs may be renewed for 

additional periods of time not to exceed 

1 year for each reauthorization. In the 

notice of proposed IHA for the initial 

IHA, NMFS described the circumstances 

under which we would consider issuing 

a renewal for this activity, and 

requested public comment on a 

potential renewal under those 

circumstances. Specifically, on a caseby-case basis, NMFS may issue a onetime 1-year renewal of an IHA following 

notice to the public providing an 

additional 15 days for public comments 

when (1) up to another year of identical, 

or nearly identical, activities as 

described in the Detailed Description of 

Specified Activities section of the initial 

IHA issuance notice is planned or (2) 

the activities as described in the 

Description of the Specified Activities 

and Anticipated Impacts section of the 

initial IHA issuance notice would not be 

completed by the time the initial IHA 

expires and a renewal would allow for 

completion of the activities beyond that 

described in the DATES section of the 

notice of issuance of the initial IHA, 

provided all of the following conditions 

are met: 

1. A request for renewal is received no 

later than 60 days prior to the needed 

renewal IHA effective date (recognizing 

that the renewal IHA expiration date 

cannot extend beyond 1 year from 

expiration of the initial IHA); 

2. The request for renewal must 

include the following: 

• An explanation that the activities to 

be conducted under the requested 

renewal IHA are identical to the 

activities analyzed under the initial 

IHA, are a subset of the activities, or 

include changes so minor (e.g., 

reduction in pile size) that the changes 

do not affect the previous analyses, 

mitigation and monitoring 

requirements, or take estimates (with 

the exception of reducing the type or 

amount of take); and 

• A preliminary monitoring report 

showing the results of the required 

monitoring to date and an explanation 

showing that the monitoring results do 

not indicate impacts of a scale or nature 

not previously analyzed or authorized; 

and 

3. Upon review of the request for 

renewal, the status of the affected 

species or stocks, and any other 

pertinent information, NMFS 

determines that there are no more than 

minor changes in the activities, the 

mitigation and monitoring measures 

will remain the same and appropriate, 

and the findings in the initial IHA 

remain valid. 

An additional public comment period 

of 15 days (for a total of 45 days), with 

direct notice by email, phone, or postal 

service to commenters on the initial 

IHA, is provided to allow for any 

additional comments on the proposed 

renewal. A description of the renewal 

process may be found on our website at: 

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/incidentalharassment-authorization-renewals. 

Any comments received on the potential 

renewal, along with relevant comments 

on the initial IHA, have been considered 

in the development of this proposed 

IHA renewal, and a summary of agency 

responses to applicable comments is 

included in this notice. NMFS will 

consider any additional public 

comments prior to making any final 

decision on the issuance of the 

requested renewal, and agency 

responses will be summarized in the 

final notice of our decision. 

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 216–6A, 

NMFS must review our proposed action 

(i.e., the issuance of an IHA) with 

respect to potential impacts on the 

human environment. 

This action is consistent with 

categories of activities identified in 

Categorical Exclusion B4 (incidental 

take authorizations with no anticipated 

serious injury or mortality) of the 

Companion Manual for NOAA 

Administrative Order 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 

determined that the issuance of the 

initial IHA qualified to be categorically 

excluded from further NEPA review. 

NMFS has preliminarily determined 

that the application of this categorical 

exclusion remains appropriate for this 

renewal IHA. 

History of Request 

On October 1, 2023, NMFS issued an 

IHA to the U.S. Navy to take marine 

mammals incidental to Replacement of 

Pier 302 at Naval Base Point Loma in 

San Diego, California (88 FR 6703, 

February 1, 2023), effective from 

October 1, 2023, through September 30, 

2024. On July 31, 2024, NMFS received 

an application for the renewal of that 

initial IHA. As described in the 

application for renewal IHA, the 

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requested are consist of activities that 

are covered by the initial authorization 

but will not be completed prior to its 

expiration. As required, the applicant 

also provided a preliminary monitoring 

report which confirms that the applicant 

has implemented the required 

mitigation and monitoring, and which 

also shows that no impacts of a scale or 

nature not previously analyzed or 

authorized have occurred as a result of 

the activities conducted. 

Description of the Specified Activities 

and Anticipated Impacts 

The planned activities for this project 

are a subset of previous activities that 

were not completed in the initial IHA. 

There are still 17, 6-inch steel round 

piles to install using a vibratory hammer 

which will be completed over 2 days. 

All other aspects (including mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting), authorized 

take species, and anticipated impacts on 

the affected stocks are the same as those 

analyzed and authorized through the 

previously issued IHA. 

The purpose of the project is to 

replace Pier 302 which provides the 

U.S. Navy’s marine mammal program 

with adequate facilities to house its 

marine mammals and provide a safe 

working environment for personnel to 

support the U.S. Navy’s overall mission 

to maintain, train, and equip combat 

ready Naval forces. The location, timing, 

and nature of the activities, including 

the types of equipment planned for use, 

are identical to those described in the 

initial IHA. 

Species that are proposed to be taken 

incidental to pile driving activity, by 

Level B harassment only, are California 

sea lion (Zalophus californianus), 

northern elephant seal (Mirounga 

angustirostris), harbor seal (Phoca 

vitulina), bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops 

truncatus), Pacific white-sided dolphin 

(Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), and 

common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). 

Take was calculated using the same 

method as the initial IHA, but altered to 

reflect the reduced amount of activity, 

i.e., only installing 17, 6-inch round 

steel piles. 

Detailed Description of the Activity 

A detailed description of the 

demolition and construction activities 

for which take is proposed here may be 

found in the notices of the proposed (87 

FR 68442, November 15, 2022) and final 

(88 FR 6703, February 1, 2023) IHAs for 

the initial authorization. During the 

initial IHA, the U.S. Navy removed 22, 

18-inch octagonal concrete pile and 3, 

18-inch round steel piles and installed 

30, 24-inch octagonal concrete and 2, 

14-inch square concrete piles. As noted 

above, remaining work includes 

installation of 17, 6-inch steel round 

piles using a vibratory hammer, which 

will be completed over 2 days. The 

location, timing, and nature of the 

activities, including the types of 

equipment planned for use, are identical 

to those described in the previous 

notices. The proposed renewal would be 

effective for a period not exceeding 1 

year from the date of expiration of the 

initial IHA. 

Description of Marine Mammals 

A description of the marine mammals 

in the area of the activities for which 

authorization of take is proposed here, 

including information on abundance, 

status, distribution, and hearing, may be 

found in the notices of the proposed and 

final IHAs for the initial authorization. 

NMFS has reviewed the monitoring data 

from the initial IHA, recent draft 2023 

Stock Assessment Reports, information 

on relevant Unusual Mortality Events, 

and other scientific literature, and 

determined there is no new information 

that affects which species or stocks have 

the potential to be affected or the 

pertinent information in the Description 

of the Marine Mammals in the Area of 

Specified Activities contained in the 

supporting documents for the initial 

IHA. 

Potential Effects on Marine Mammals 

and Their Habitat 

A description of the potential effects 

of the specified activity on marine 

mammals and their habitat for the 

activities for which an authorization of 

incidental take is proposed here may be 

found in the notices of the proposed and 

final IHAs for the initial authorization. 

NMFS has reviewed the monitoring data 

from the initial IHA, recent draft Stock 

Assessment Reports, information on 

relevant Unusual Mortality Events, and 

other scientific literature, and 

determined that there is no new 

information that affects our initial 

analysis of impacts on marine mammals 

and their habitat. 

Estimated Take 

A detailed description of the methods 

and inputs used to estimate take for the 

specified activity are found in the 

notices of the proposed and final IHAs 

for the initial authorization. 

Specifically, the source levels, days of 

operation, and marine mammal 

occurrence data applicable to this 

authorization remain unchanged from 

the previously issued IHA. Similarly, 

the stocks taken, methods of take, and 

types of take remain unchanged from 

the previously issued IHA. As noted 

above, the amount of estimated take 

proposed for authorization here is lower 

than that authorized through the initial 

IHA, corresponding with the subset of 

activity remaining for completion. 

To calculate take, the U.S. Navy 

estimated average occurrence of each 

species based on previous nearby 

completed Navy projects and multiplied 

it by the number of total piles driving 

days to get their estimated take 

abundance. Under the initial IHA, 32 

days of pile driving were planned, but 

only 30 days’ worth of pile work were 

completed. There are now 2 days of pile 

work remaining, with the same 

estimated abundance numbers used and 

multiplied by 2 days of pile driving 

work to produce take estimates for the 

renewal (table 1). 

TABLE 1—AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF TAKING BY LEVEL A/B HARASSMENT, BY SPECIES

Species 

Expected 

average 

individuals 

per day 

Initial 

authorized 

take 

Proposed 

authorized 

take 

California sea lion 1 ...................................................................................................................... 15 480 30

Harbor seal 1 ................................................................................................................................ 1 32 2 

Bottlenose dolphin 1 ..................................................................................................................... 1 32 2 

Common dolphin (Long- and Short-beaked) 2 ............................................................................. 9 288 18 

Pacific white-sided dolphin 2 ........................................................................................................ 1 32 2 

Northern elephant seal ................................................................................................................ (3) 7 1 


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TABLE 1—AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF TAKING BY LEVEL A/B HARASSMENT, BY SPECIES—Continued 

Species 

Expected 

average 

individuals 

per day 

Initial 

authorized 

take 

Proposed 

authorized 

take 

Total ...................................................................................................................................... ........................ 871 55 

1Average daily counts based on observations during Year 4 Fuel Pier Replacement Project Monitoring (NAVFAC SW 2017b). 

2Average daily counts based on observations during Year 2 Fuel Pier Replacement Project Monitoring (NAVFAC SW 2015). 

3Expected potential of two northern elephant seals over the duration of project activity with a +5 buffer. 

Description of Proposed Mitigation, 

Monitoring and Reporting Measures 

The proposed mitigation, monitoring, 

and reporting measures included as 

requirements in this authorization are 

identical to those included in the 

Federal Register notice announcing the 

issuance of the initial IHA, and the 

discussion of the least practicable 

adverse impact included in that 

document and the notice of the 

proposed IHA remains accurate. 

Comments and Responses 

As noted previously, NMFS published 

a notice of a proposed IHA (87 FR 

68442, November 15, 2022) and 

solicited public comments on both our 

proposal to issue the initial IHA for 

Replacement of Pier 302 at Naval Base 

Point Loma and on the potential for a 

renewal IHA, should certain 

requirements be met. 

All public comments were addressed 

in the notice announcing the issuance of 

the initial IHA (88 FR 6703, February 1, 

2023) and none of the comments 

specifically pertained to the renewal of 

the IHA. 

Preliminary Determinations 

The U.S. Navy’s action will require 

completing a subset of pile driving 

activities that were not able to be 

finished under the initial IHA. They 

need to install 17, 6-inch round steel 

piles using a vibratory hammer, but all 

other project aspects and anticipated 

impacts remain the same. Marine 

mammal abundance, potential effects, 

mitigation, and monitoring all remain 

the same. Only estimated take numbers 

are changing to reflect 2 days of pile 

driving compared to 32 in the initial 

IHA. 

NMFS has preliminarily concluded 

that there is no new information 

suggesting that our analysis or findings 

should change from those reached for 

the initial IHA. Based on the 

information and analysis contained here 

and in the referenced documents, NMFS 

has determined the following: (1) the 

required mitigation measures will affect 

the least practicable impact on marine 

mammal species or stocks and their 

habitat; (2) the authorized takes will 

have a negligible impact on the affected 

marine mammal species or stocks; (3) 

the authorized takes represent small 

numbers of marine mammals relative to 

the affected stock abundances; (4) the 

U.S. Navy’s activities will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on taking 

for subsistence purposes as no relevant 

subsistence uses of marine mammals are 

implicated by this action, and; (5) 

appropriate monitoring and reporting 

requirements are included. 

Endangered Species Act 

Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.) requires that each Federal agency 

ensure 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 proposed for authorization or 

expected to result from this activity. 

Therefore, NMFS has determined that 

formal consultation under section 7 of 

the ESA is not required for this action. 

Proposed Renewal IHA and Request for 

Public Comment 

As a result of these preliminary 

determinations, NMFS proposes to issue 

a renewal IHA to the U.S. Navy for 

conducting Replacement of Pier 302 at 

Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, 

California through September 30, 2025, 

provided the previously described 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

requirements are incorporated. A draft 

of the proposed and final initial IHA can 

be found at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/ 

incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. We 

request comment on our analyses, the 

proposed renewal IHA, and any other 

aspect of this notice. Please include 

with your comments any supporting 

data or literature citations to help 

inform our final decision on the request 

for MMPA authorization. 

Dated: September 26, 2024. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION 

BUREAU 

[Docket No. CFPB–2024–0050] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (CFPB) requests the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB’s) approval of an information 

collection titled ‘‘Survey Screening 

Questions.’’ 

DATES: Written comments are 

encouraged and must be received on or 

before December 2, 2024 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection, OMB Control Number (see 

below), and docket number (see above), 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: PRA_Comments@cfpb.gov. 

Include Docket No. CFPB–2024–0050 in 

the subject line of the email. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Comment Intake, Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (Attention: PRA 

Office), 1700 G Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20552. Because paper mail in the 

Washington, DC area and at the CFPB is 

subject to delay, commenters are 

encouraged to submit comments 

electronically. 

Please note that comments submitted 

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