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• The MOS must submit a draft report 

detailing all monitoring within 90 

calendar days of the completion of 

marine mammal monitoring or 60 days 

prior to the issuance of any subsequent 

IHA for this project, whichever comes 

first; 

• The MOS must prepare and submit 

final report within 30 days following 

resolution of comments on the draft 

report from NMFS; 

• The MOS must submit all PSO 

datasheets and/or raw sighting data (in 

a separate file from the Final Report 

referenced immediately above); and 

• The MOS must report injured or 

dead marine mammals. 

Comments and Responses 

As noted previously, NMFS published 

a notice of a proposed IHA and 

proposed modified IHA (88 FR 23627, 

April 18, 2023; 89 FR 22684, April 2, 

2024) and solicited public comments on 

both our proposal to issue the initial 

IHA for Skagway Ore Terminal 

Redevelopment project and on the 

potential for a renewal IHA, should 

certain requirements be met. During the 

30-day public comment period, NMFS 

received no substantive comments on 

either the proposal to issue the initial 

IHA for MOS’s construction activities or 

on the potential for a renewal IHA. 

Preliminary Determinations 

The proposed renewal request 

consists of a subset of activities 

analyzed through the initial 

authorization described above. In 

analyzing the effects of the activities for 

the initial IHA, NMFS determined that 

MOS’s activities would have a 

negligible impact on the affected species 

or stocks and that authorized take 

numbers of each species or stock were 

small relative to the relevant stocks (e.g., 

less than one-third the abundance of all 

stocks). The mitigation measures and 

monitoring and reporting requirements 

as described above are substantially 

similar to those required through initial 

IHA; hydroacoustic monitoring is 

excluded because it was completed 

under the initial IHA, and the shutdown 

zones have been revised to reflect the 

piles to be driven in the proposed subset 

of work.the minor changes described 

above do not affect the least practicable 

adverse impact determinations. 

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 preliminarily determined the 

following: (1) the required mitigation 

measures will effect 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) MOS’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 

The NMFS Alaska Regional Office 

issued a Biological Opinion under 

section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 

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

issuance of an IHA and potential 

renewal IHA to MOS under section 

101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA by the NMFS 

OPR. The Biological Opinion concluded 

that the action is not likely to jeopardize 

the continued existence of ESA-listed 

humpback whales or Steller sea lions. 

Proposed Renewal IHA and Request for 

Public Comment 

As a result of these preliminary 

determinations, NMFS proposes to issue 

a renewal IHA to MOS for conducting 

the terminal redevelopment 

construction in Skagway, Alaska, from 

the date of issuance through September 

30, 2025, provided the previously 

described mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements are incorporated. 

A draft of the proposed and final initial 

IHA and modified IHA can be found at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/ 

incidental-take-authorizationmunicipality-skagways-skagway-oreterminal-redevelopment. 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: October 17, 2024. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Request for Nominations for Members 

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b. Provide advice on the means, 

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c. Assess progress in evolving NTIS 

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f. Assess organizational capabilities 

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Reasonable efforts will be made 

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that vacancy appointments shall be for 

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4. Any person who has completed two 

consecutive full terms of service on the 

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5. Members shall serve as Special 

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2. The Board shall meet at the call of 

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3. NTIS may establish such 

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These records shall be available for 

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5. The Department of Commerce is 

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workplace and seeks a broad-based and 

diverse NTIS Advisory Board 

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Rosio Harris, 

Chief of Staff, National Technical Information 

Service. 

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