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take for the translocation of ESA-listed 

Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon as a 

research or enhancement activity to 

support sturgeon conservation 

management and recovery objectives. 

NMFS would authorize translocation 

concurrent with additional research or 

enhancement activities, if the research 

or enhancement activity’s objectives are 

(1) stated as a term and condition to 

implement reasonable and prudent 

measures of an active biological 

opinion, (2) an identified objective in a 

NMFS recovery outline or recovery plan 

for the species, or (3) determined 

necessary by NMFS Regional Offices 

and the NMFS OPR to recover the 

species. Programmatic NEPA reviews 

add value and efficiency to the decision 

making process when they inform the 

scope of decisions and subsequent 

tiered NEPA reviews. Therefore, NMFS 

decided that completing a PEA for the 

proposed action was appropriate. 

NMFS published a Notice of 

Availability of the draft PEA in the 

Federal Register on December 27, 2023 

(88 FR 89385) beginning a 30-day public 

comment period. NMFS considered the 

public comments received on the draft 

PEA and has responded to comments in 

appendix 1 of the final PEA. 

After publishing the draft PEA for 

public comment, NMFS identified one 

additional sampling method that was 

inadvertently left out of the draft PEA. 

Epidermal mucus sampling was found 

to be consistent with an existing 

category of activities that normally do 

not have a significant effect on the 

human environment, and therefore do 

not require preparation of an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement (40 

CFR 1501.4). NMFS incorporated this 

additional method into the final PEA 

which resulted in no changes to the 

impact determinations. Additional 

information is located in section 1.2.1 of 

the final PEA. 

The PEA and FONSI have been 

prepared in compliance with NEPA of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et 

seq.), the 2020 Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations (40 

CFR 1500–1508) as modified by the 

Phase 1 2022 revisions, and NOAA 

policy and procedures (NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6A and its 

Companion Manual). The final PEA and 

FONSI may be downloaded or viewed 

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

action/draft-environmental-assessmentpermitting-translocation-sturgeonscientific-research-and. 

Dated: October 25, 2024. 

Amy Sloan, 

Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25214 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE429] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Pile Driving 

Training Exercises at Naval Base 

Ventura County, Port Hueneme; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; proposed issuance of an 

incidental harassment authorization; 

request for comments on proposed 

authorization and possible renewal; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains 

corrections to a notice of the proposed 

issuance an incidental harassment 

authorization (IHA) to the United States 

Navy (Navy). The document being 

corrected is Takes of Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Specified Activities; 

Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Pile Driving Training Exercises at Naval 

Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, 

which was published on October 23, 

2024. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than November 22, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reny Tyson Moore, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

Electronic copies of the application and 

supporting documents, as well as the 

Federal Register notices and IHAs, may 

be obtained online at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-constructionactivities. In case of problems accessing 

these documents, please call the contact 

listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

NMFS published a notice in the 

Federal Register on October 23, 2024 

(89 FR 84534) announcing the proposed 

issuance of an IHA to the Navy 

concerning the authorization of take of 

marine mammals incidental to pile 

driving training exercises at Naval Base 

Ventura County, Port Hueneme. The 

proposed IHA, which would authorize 

the Navy to incidentally take California 

sea lions (Zalophus californius) and 

harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii), 

by Level B harassment only, during the 

described activities and specified 

timeframe, prescribe the methods of 

taking and other means of effecting the 

least practicable adverse impact on 

marine mammal species or stocks and 

their habitat, as well as propose 

requirements pertaining to the 

monitoring and reporting of such taking. 

NMFS refers the reader to the October 

23, 2024, (89 FR 84534) Federal 

Register notice for background 

information concerning the proposed 

issuance of the IHA. The information in 

the notice of proposed issuance is not 

repeated here. 

Correction 

The error to be corrected appears in 

the DATES section. The text incorrectly 

states that Comments and information 

must be received no later than 

November 7, 2024, which suggests the 

comment period for this proposed IHA 

is 15 days. However, proposed IHAs 

require a 30-day public comment 

period. Therefore, the correct public 

comment period should be 30 days, and 

should end on November 22, 2024. 

Dated: October 25, 2024. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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; StormReady, TsunamiReady, 

TsunamiReady Supporter, StormReady 

Supporter, and Weather-Ready 

Ambassador Application Forms 

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 

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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 30, 

2024 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: StormReady, TsunamiReady, 

TsunamiReady Supporter, StormReady 

Supporter & Weather-Ready Nation 

Ambassador Application Forms 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0419. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular [Revision 

and extension of a current information 

collection]. 

Number of Respondents: 700 per year. 

Average Hours per Response: 

StormReady and TsunamiReady 

Application: 1 hour. 

StormReady Supporter Application 

Form: 1 hour. 

TsunamiReady Supporter Application 

Form: 1 hour. 

Weather-Ready Ambassador 

Application Form: 0.25 hours. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 625 

hours. 

Needs and Uses: This is a request for 

extension and revision of an existing 

information collection. The National 

Weather Service (NWS) established the 

StormReady program in 1999 and the 

TsunamiReady program in 2002 to help 

communities, counties, Indian nations, 

universities and colleges, military bases, 

government sites, commercial 

enterprises and other groups reduce the 

potential for weather-related and 

tsunami hazards through advanced 

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program encourages communities to 

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improving local hazardous weather 

operations by providing emergency 

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how to improve their hazardous weather 

operations. By participating in this 

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for their jurisdiction by meeting 

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partnership with federal, state, and local 

emergency management professionals. 

Information and details on the 

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tsunamiready/. 

A Supporter is an organization, 

business, facility, or local government 

entity actively engaged in weather safety 

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all the requirements of the full 

StormReady or TsunamiReady program. 

Sites may be eligible based on the 

bylaws of the local NWS StormReady 

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approval for Supporter designation. 

StormReady/TsunamiReady are 

voluntary programs that provide 

guidance and incentive to officials 

interested in improving their hazardous 

weather operations. The government 

will use the information collected by the 

StormReady/TsunamiReady application 

to determine whether a community has 

met all of the guidelines to receive 

StormReady/TsunamiReady recognition. 

NOAA requests revision to the title of 

the collection to include the WeatherReady Nation AmbassadorTM program 

which is being added as a new 

information collection to this control 

number. The Weather-Ready Nation 

(WRN) AmbassadorTM is a program of 

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), designed to 

strengthen partnerships with external 

organizations toward building 

community resilience in the face of 

increasing vulnerability to extreme 

weather, climate, and water events. 

Organizations can apply for WeatherReady Nation AmbassadorTM

recognition. This program recognizes 

NOAA partners who are improving the 

nation’s readiness, responsiveness, and 

overall resilience against extreme 

weather, water, and climate events. As 

a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador, 

partners commit to working with NOAA 

and other Ambassadors to strengthen 

national resilience against extreme 

weather. 

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institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

government. 

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This information collection request 

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Follow the instructions to view the 

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Written comments and 

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public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

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entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0419. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental 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–XE298] 

Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource 

Damage Assessment Open Ocean 

Trustee Implementation Group Draft 

Restoration Plan 4 and Environmental 

Assessment: Fish and Water Column 

Invertebrates and Sea Turtles 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Deepwater Horizon 

(DWH) natural resource Trustees for the 

Open Ocean Trustee Implementation 

Group (Open Ocean TIG) have prepared 

the Draft Restoration Plan 4 and 

Environmental Assessment: Fish and 

Water Column Invertebrates (FWCI) and 

Sea Turtles (RP4/EA). The Draft RP4/EA 

proposes alternatives to help restore fish 

and water column invertebrates and sea 

turtles impacted by the DWH oil spill. 

The Draft RP4/EA evaluates twelve 

restoration alternatives under the Oil 

Pollution Act (OPA), including criteria 

set forth in the OPA Natural Resource 

Damage Assessment (NRDA) 

regulations, and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

its implementing regulations. A No 

Action Alternative is also evaluated 

pursuant to the NEPA. The total 

estimated cost to implement the Open 

Ocean TIG’s 10 preferred alternatives is 

approximately $210,020,000. The Open 

Ocean TIG invites the public to 

comment on the Draft RP4/EA. 

DATES: 

Submitting Comments: The Open 

Ocean TIG will consider public 

comments on the Draft RP4/EA received 

on or before December 16, 2024. 

Public Webinar: The Open Ocean TIG 

will host two public webinars to 

facilitate public review and comment on 

the Draft RP4/EA. The webinar dates, 

times, and registration links are as 

follows: 

• Thursday, November 14, 2024 from 

1–2 p.m. Eastern Time. Register at: 


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