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likelihood of encountering this species 

during the cruise. Under section 7 of the 

ESA, NSF has initiated formal 

consultation with the NMFS, Office of 

Protected Resources, Endangered 

Species Act Interagency Cooperation 

Division, on this proposed seismic 

survey. NMFS’s Office of Protected 

Resources, Permits and Conservation 

Division, has initiated formal 

consultation under section 7 of the ESA 

with NMFS’s Office of Protected 

Resources, Endangered Species Act 

Interagency Cooperation Division, to 

obtain a Biological Opinion evaluating 

the effects of issuing the IHA on 

threatened and endangered marine 

mammals and, if appropriate, 

authorizing incidental take. NMFS will 

conclude formal section 7 consultation 

prior to making a determination on 

whether or not to issue the IHA. If the 

IHA is issued, NSF and L–DEO, in 

addition to the mitigation and 

monitoring requirements included in 

the IHA, will be required to comply 

with the Terms and Conditions of the 

Incidental Take Statement 

corresponding to NMFS’s Biological 

Opinion issued to both NSF and 

NMFS’s Office of Protected Resources. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

With L–DEO’s complete application, 

NSF and L–DEO provided NMFS a draft 

‘‘Environmental Analysis of a Marine 

Geophysical Survey by the R/V Marcus 

G. Langseth in the Northeast Atlantic 

Ocean, June-July 2013,’’ prepared by 

LGL Ltd., Environmental Research 

Associates, on behalf of NSF and 

L–DEO. The EA analyzes the direct, 

indirect, and cumulative environmental 

impacts of the proposed specified 

activities on marine mammals including 

those listed as threatened or endangered 

under the ESA. Prior to making a final 

decision on the IHA application, NMFS, 

after review and evaluation of the NSF 

EA for consistency with the regulations 

published by the Council of 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) and 

NOAA Administrative Order 216–6, 

Environmental Review Procedures for 

Implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act, will prepare 

an independent EA and make a decision 

of whether or not to issue a Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI). 

Proposed Authorization 

NMFS proposes to issue an IHA to 

L–DEO for conducting a marine seismic 

survey in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, 

provided the previously mentioned 

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting 

requirements are incorporated. The 

duration of the IHA would not exceed 

one year from the date of its issuance. 

Information Solicited 

NMFS requests interested persons to 

submit comments and information 

concerning this proposed project and 

NMFS’s preliminary determination of 

issuing an IHA (see ADDRESSES). 

Concurrent with the publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register, NMFS is 

forwarding copies of this application to 

the Marine Mammal Commission and 

its Committee of Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: March 18, 2013. 

Helen M. Golde, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–06504 Filed 3–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2013–OS–0055] 

Notice of Availability of Environmental 

Assessment and Draft Finding of No 

Significant Impact Regarding DLA 

Energy’s Mobility Fuel Purchasing 

Programs 

AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency 

Energy (DLA Energy), DoD. 

ACTION: Finding of no significant 

impact. 

SUMMARY: As required under the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an 

environmental assessment (EA) has 

been prepared to assess the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action to continue DLA 

Energy’s current domestic mobility fuel 

purchase programs. DLA Energy 

currently operates two programs for 

mobility fuel contracts, Direct Delivery 

Fuels (DDF) and Bulk Petroleum, which 

were considered as part of the EA. The 

EA also analyzed the no-action 

alternative. Based on the analysis in the 

EA, DLA Energy has determined that the 

proposed action is not a major federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment within the 

context of NEPA. Therefore, the 

preparation of an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) is not required. 

DATES: Comments on the Draft Finding 

of No Significant Impact must be 

postmarked or emailed by April 22, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the docket ID and title, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: NEPA@dla.mil. Include the 

docket ID in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Project Manager for NEPA, 

DLA Installation Support for Energy, 

8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2828, 

Fort Belvoir, VA 22060. 

Note: Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your comment, be 

advised that your entire comment, including 

your personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask in your comment to 

withhold from public review your personal 

identifying information, we cannot guarantee 

that we will be able to do so. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of this FONSI, the accompanying 

EA, and further information concerning 

the proposed action are available from: 

Project Manager for NEPA, DLA 

Installation Support for Energy, 8725 

John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2828, Fort 

Belvoir, VA 22060, (703) 767–8312, 

NEPA@dla.mil. Additional information 

about the NEPA process can be obtained 

from the Council on Environmental 

Quality at http://ceq.hss.doe.gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Need for 

the Proposed Action: DLA Energy is 

proposing to continue purchases of 

mobility fuels on behalf of the U.S. 

Department of Defense (DOD) and other 

government agencies. The purpose of 

the proposed action is to fulfill DLA 

Energy’s mission to provide DOD and 

other government agencies with energy 

solutions in the most effective and 

efficient manner possible. The program 

is needed to fulfill the mobility fuel 

requirements of the military services 

and the federal civilian agencies. 

Proposed Action: As authorized by 

federal regulation (10 U.S.C. chapter 

137, and DOD Directives 4140.25, 

5101.8, and 4140.26–M), DLA Energy 

acquires and distributes nearly all of the 

refined petroleum, oil, and lubricants 

used by the U.S. military through 

contracting programs that follow the 

policies defined in the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation and the Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement. DLA Energy currently 

operates two programs for mobility fuel 

contracts, DDF and Bulk Petroleum, 

which were considered as part of the 

EA. 

Alternatives Considered: The EA for 

DLA Energy’s Mobility Fuel Purchase 

Programs, November 2012, evaluates the 

proposed action and the no-action 

alternative. Other alternatives were 

reviewed during the EA development 

process under the requirements of 

NEPA but were eliminated from further 

detailed analysis in the EA because they 


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did not meet the stated purpose and 

need for the action or were not 

practicable, for the reasons stated in the 

EA. The only practicable alternative is 

described in the ‘‘Proposed Action’’ 

section. The no-action alternative is the 

same as the proposed action; 

discontinuing DLA Energy’s mobility 

fuel purchase programs is not 

reasonable. 

Potential Environmental Impacts: The 

attached EA presents assessments of 

potential impacts to human health and 

the human environment. DLA Energy 

evaluated the following resources for 

potential impacts associated with the 

proposed action, as described below: 

Energy; transportation and 

infrastructure; air quality, including 

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; safety 

and human health; aquatic and 

terrestrial resources; and cultural 

resources. 

Energy—With DLA Energy mobility 

fuel procurements representing 2 

percent of the domestic mobility fuels 

market, and DLA Energy’s continued 

efforts to procure, certify, and approve 

alternative fuels, the proposed action 

would have a negligible effect on the 

national energy market. The proposed 

action would have a negligible effect on 

the acquisition, handling, and 

processing of any crude oil feedstock 

including heavy crudes. 

Transportation and Infrastructure— 

Under the proposed action, DLA would 

continue using existing transport 

systems and does not propose any 

specific structural changes to the 

national transportation infrastructure; 

any future structural modifications 

would undergo NEPA review on a caseby-case basis. In compliance with 

established regulations, the proposed 

action would have a negligible effect on 

transportation and infrastructure. 

Air Quality—Unlike emissions from 

specific DOD services, emissions 

associated with the proposed action 

would not be attributable to a particular 

installation; emissions associated with 

the distribution of fuel to DLA Energy 

customers would be transient and 

distributed nationally. Forty-nine 

percent of DLA domestic fuel transport, 

by volume, occurs through pipelines, 

which have negligible GHG emissions in 

comparison to other transportation 

modes. The other 51 percent of DLA 

domestic fuel, by volume, is transported 

using mobile sources (truck, rail, and 

marine). DLA Energy’s implementation 

of a systemic change to the use of 

commercial standard Jet A aviation fuel 

in most aircraft could significantly 

reduce fuel transport distances and 

associated emissions. Within the project 

scope and in compliance with federal, 

state, and local regulations, criteria air 

pollutant and GHG emissions would be 

negligible. 

Safety and Human Health—Risks to 

health and safety are minimal if the 

operations comply with applicable 

regulations, release detection is properly 

planned, and response actions are 

undertaken swiftly. Under the proposed 

action, DLA would continue to use 

existing and highly regulated methods 

of fuel transportation and storage, 

including the current safety policies. 

The proposed action would have a 

negligible impact on human health and 

safety. 

Aquatic, Terrestrial, and Cultural 

Resources—Transport and storage of 

fuel products is highly regulated. DLA 

Energy’s customers are military 

installations and federal agencies that 

comply separately with biological and 

cultural resource protection 

requirements. Under the proposed 

action, DLA would continue using 

existing commercial methods for fuel 

distribution; any future structural 

modifications would undergo NEPA 

review on a case-by-case basis. Within 

the project scope and in compliance 

with established regulations, the 

proposed action would have no effects 

on aquatic and terrestrial resources, 

including threatened and endangered 

species. The proposed action would 

have no effects on cultural resources, 

including historic properties. Based on 

the analysis of the potential impacts to 

the human environment, the EA 

concludes that the proposed action 

would produce no significant adverse 

impacts. 

Determination: Based on the results of 

the analyses performed during the 

preparation of the EA, I conclude that 

the proposed action does not constitute 

a major federal action significantly 

affecting the quality of the human 

environment within the context of 

NEPA. Therefore, an EIS for the 

proposed action is not required. 

Dated: March 18, 2013. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2013–06535 Filed 3–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID DoD–2013–OS–0049] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to alter a System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Logistics Agency 

proposes to alter a system of records in 

its inventory of record systems subject 

to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 

552a), as amended. 

DATES: This proposed action will be 

effective on April 22, 2013 unless 

comments are received which result in 

a contrary determination. Comments 

will be accepted on or before April 22, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

* Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

* Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 4800 Mark Center Drive, 

East Tower, 2nd Floor, Suite 02G09, 

Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jody Sinkler, DLA/FOIA/Privacy Act 

Office, Headquarters, Defense Logistics 

Agency, ATTN: DGA, 8725 John J. 

Kingman Road, Suite 1644, Fort Belvoir, 

VA 22060–6221, or by phone at (703) 

767–5045. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of the Secretary of Defense notices for 

systems of records subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, 

have been published in the Federal 

Register and are available from the 

address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. The proposed system report, 

as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was 

submitted on March 5, 2013, to the 

House Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, the Senate 

Committee on Governmental Affairs, 

and the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) pursuant to paragraph 4c 

of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A– 

130, ‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities 

for Maintaining Records About 

Individuals,’’ dated February 8, 1996 

(February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427). 


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