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investigation. The scope and format of 

the report will be determined in 

accordance with Board procedures. 

(2) The probable cause and facts, 

conditions, and circumstances of other 

events will be reported in a manner and 

form prescribed by the Board. The 

NTSB allows the appropriate office 

director, under his or her delegated 

authority as described in § 800.25 of this 

chapter, to issue a ‘‘brief,’’ which 

includes the probable cause and 

relevant facts, conditions, and 

circumstances concerning the event. In 

particular circumstances, the Board in 

its discretion may choose to approve a 

brief. Such briefs do not include 

recommendations. 

(b) NTSB studies and reports. (1) The 

NTSB may issue reports describing 

investigations of more than one event 

that share commonalities. Such reports 

are similar to event investigation 

reports, as described in paragraph (a)(1) 

of this section. Such reports often 

include safety recommendations and/or 

safety alerts, which the Board adopts. 

(2) Safety studies and reports. The 

NTSB issues safety studies and reports, 

which usually examine safety concerns 

that require the investigation of a 

number of related events to determine 

the extent and severity of the safety 

issues. Such studies and reports often 

include safety recommendations and/or 

safety alerts, which the Board adopts. 

(c) Safety recommendations. The 

Board may adopt and issue safety 

recommendations, either as part of a 

Board report or as a stand-alone Board 

product. 

§ 845.31 Public docket. 

(a) Investigations. (1) As described in 

§ 801.3 of this chapter, the public docket 

shall include factual information 

concerning the event. Proposed findings 

submitted pursuant to §§ 831.14 or 

845.13 and petitions for reconsideration 

and modification submitted pursuant to 

§ 845.32, comments thereon by other 

parties, and the Board’s rulings on 

proposed findings and petitions shall 

also be placed in the public docket. 

(2) The NTSB shall establish the 

public docket following the event, and 

material shall be added thereto as it 

becomes available. Where an 

investigative hearing is held, the 

exhibits will be introduced into the 

record at the hearing and will be 

included in the public docket. 

(b) Other Board reports and 

documents. The NTSB may elect to 

open and place materials in a public 

docket concerning a safety study or 

report, special investigation report, or 

other agency product. The NTSB will 

establish the public docket following its 

issuance of the study or report. 

(c) Availability. The public docket 

shall be made available to any person 

for review, as described in § 801.30 of 

this chapter. Records within the public 

docket are available at www.ntsb.gov. 

§ 845.32 Petitions for reconsideration or 

modification of report. 

(a) Requirements. (1) The Board will 

only consider petitions for 

reconsideration or modification of 

findings and determination of probable 

cause from a party or other person 

having a direct interest in an 

investigation. 

(2) Petitions must be in writing and 

addressed to the NTSB Chairman. 

Please send your petition via email to 

correspondence@ntsb.gov. In the 

alternative, you may send your petition 

via postal mail to: NTSB Headquarters 

at 490 L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, 

DC 20594. 

(3) Petitions must be based on the 

discovery of new evidence or on a 

showing that the Board’s findings are 

erroneous. 

(i) Petitions based on the discovery of 

new matter shall: identify the new 

matter; contain affidavits of prospective 

witnesses, authenticated documents, or 

both, or an explanation of why such 

substantiation is unavailable; and state 

why the new matter was not available 

prior to Board’s adoption of its findings. 

(ii) Petitions based on a claim of 

erroneous findings shall set forth in 

detail the grounds upon which the 

claim is based. 

(b) Acceptance of petitions. The Board 

will not consider petitions that are 

repetitious of proposed findings 

submitted pursuant to § 845.13, or of 

positions previously advanced. 

(c) Proof of service. (1) When a 

petition for reconsideration or 

modification is filed with the Board, 

copies of the petition and any 

supporting documentation shall be 

served on all other parties to the 

investigation or investigative hearing 

and proof of service shall be attached to 

the petition. (2) Any party served with 

a copy of the petition may file 

comments no later than 90 days after 

service of the petition. 

(d) Oral presentation. Oral 

presentation normally will not form a 

part of proceedings under this section. 

However, oral presentation may be 

permitted where a party or interested 

person specifically shows the written 

petition for reconsideration or 

modification is an insufficient means by 

which to present the party’s or person’s 

position. 

§ 845.33 Investigation to remain open. 

The Board never officially closes, but 

provides for the submission of new and 

pertinent evidence by any interested 

person. If the Board finds such evidence 

is relevant and probative, the evidence 

shall be made a part of the public docket 

and, where appropriate, the Board will 

provide parties an opportunity to 

examine such evidence and to comment 

thereon. 

Christopher A. Hart, 

Acting Chairman. 

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BILLING CODE 7533–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2014–0065; 

4500030114] 

RIN 1018–BA03 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Designation of Critical 

Habitat for the Black Pinesnake; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), published a 

proposed rule in the Federal Register on 

March 11, 2015, to designate critical 

habitat for the black pinesnake 

(Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi) under 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). In that proposed rule, 

we provided the wrong address for the 

submission of hard-copy comments. 

With this document, we correct our 

error. 

DATES: We will accept comments on the 

March 11, 2015 (80 FR 12846), proposed 

rule that are received or postmarked on 

or before May 11, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the March 11, 2015, proposed rule by 

one of the following methods: 

(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter FWS–R4–ES–2014–0065, which is 

the docket number for this rulemaking. 

You may submit a comment by clicking 

on ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

(2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail 

or hand-delivery to: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: FWS–R4–ES–2014– 

0065; Division of Policy, Performance, 

and Management Programs; U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC; 5275 


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Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803. 

We request that you send comments 

only by one of the methods described 

above. We will post all comments on 

http://www.regulations.gov. This 

generally means that we will post any 

personal information you provide us 

(for more information, see the 

Information Requested section of the 

March 11, 2015, proposed rule at 80 FR 

12846). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Ricks, Field Supervisor, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Mississippi 

Field Office, 6578 Dogwood View 

Parkway, Jackson, MS 39213; telephone: 

601–321–1122; facsimile: 601–965– 

4340. If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a 

proposed rule that published in the 

Federal Register on March 11, 2015, at 

80 FR 12846, the ADDRESSES section 

provided the wrong address for the 

submission of hard-copy comments. The 

corrected ADDRESSES section appears 

above. 

Dated: March 16, 2015. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and 

Management Programs, U.S Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06302 Filed 3–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 217 

RIN 0648–BE53 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Seismic Surveys in Cook 

Inlet, Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On February 23, 2015, the 

NMFS published its proposed 

rulemaking to govern the take of marine 

mammals, by harassment, incidental to 

conducting a marine geophysical 

(seismic) survey in Cook Inlet, Alaska 

from March 1, 2015 to February 29, 

2020. The Federal Register document 

indicated that written comments are due 

by March 25, 2015. However, in 

response to a request to extend the 

public comment period, NMFS has 

decided to extend the public comment 

period by an additional 15 calendar 

days. 

DATES: NMFS has extended the public 

comment period published on February 

23, 2015 (80 FR 9509) to April 9, 2015. 

NMFS must receive written comments 

and information on or before April 9, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

application to Jolie Harrison, 

Supervisor, Incidental Take Program, 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. The mailbox address for 

providing email comments is 

ITP.Young@noaa.gov. Please include 

0648–BE53 in the subject line. 

Comments sent via email to ITP.Young@

noaa.gov, including all attachments, 

must not exceed a 25-megabyte file size. 

NMFS is not responsible for email 

comments sent to addresses other than 

the one provided here. 

Instructions: All submitted comments 

are a part of the public record and 

NMFS will post them to http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/

incidental.htm#applications without 

change. All Personal Identifying 

Information (for example, name, 

address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by 

the commenter may be publicly 

accessible. Do not submit confidential 

business information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Young, NMFS, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS (301) 427–8484. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 

101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the MMPA (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct the Secretary 

of Commerce 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 issued or, if the taking is 

limited to harassment, a notice of a 

proposed authorization is provided to 

the public for review. 

On February 23, 2015, NMFS 

published a Federal Register notice (80 

FR 9509, February 23, 2015) announcing 

proposed issuance of regulations to 

Apache Alaska Corporation (Apache) to 

take marine mammals, by harassment 

incidental to conducting a seismic 

survey in Cook Inlet, Alaska March 1, 

2015 through February 29, 2020. The 

30-day public comment period for the 

Federal Register notice (80 FR 9509, 

February 23, 2015) ends on March 25, 

2015. 

This is the first time that NMFS has 

proposed to issue regulations for 

harassment incidental to a seismic 

survey in Cook Inlet, Alaska. 

On March 2, 2015, the Natural 

Resource Defense Council requested an 

extension of the public comment period 

to aid in their review of the proposed 

rulemaking. NMFS has considered the 

request and will extend the comment 

period to April 9, 2015. This extension 

provides a total of 45 days for public 

input and continuing Federal agency 

reviews to inform NMFS’ final decision 

to issue or deny the regulations. 

NMFS refers the reader to the 

February 23, 2015, notice of proposed 

regulations (80 FR 9509, February 23, 

2015) for background information 

concerning the proposed rulemaking as 

this notice does not repeat the 

information here. For additional 

information about Apache’s request and 

the environmental analyses, please visit 

the Web site at: http://

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/

incidental.htm#applications. 

Dated: March 11, 2015. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06342 Filed 3–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 229 

[Docket No. 150122067–5229–01] 

RIN 0648–BE83 

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental 

to Commercial Fishing Operations; 

Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction 

Plan Regulations 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to amend the 

regulations implementing the Atlantic 

Large Whale Take Reduction Plan. This 

action proposes to change the minimum 

number of traps per trawl to allow 

fishing with a single trap in certain 

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