14912 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 54 / Friday, March 20, 2015 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 150114039–5245–02] 

RIN 0648–XD719 

Higher Initial Maximum Uniform 

Allowance Rate; Uniform Allowances 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: The NMFS Office of Law 

Enforcement (OLE) publishes this notice 

to announce that it is establishing a 

higher initial maximum uniform 

allowance to procure and issue uniform 

items for its uniformed enforcement 

officers (EOs). Current OPM regulations 

allow an agency to establish one or more 

initial maximum uniform allowance 

rates greater than the government-wide 

maximum uniform allowance rate. OLE 

increases the current annual limit for 

NMFS EOs in order to maintain the 

uniform standards and professional 

image expected of its EOs under its new 

uniform standards. 

DATES: The new uniform allowance is 

implemented as of April 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Everett Baxter, 301–427–8272. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is 

implementing a higher initial maximum 

uniform allowance to procure and 

furnish uniform items for its 

enforcement officers (EOs). The current 

$800.00 annual limit is inadequate to 

maintain the uniform standards and 

professional image expected of NMFS 

EOs under its new uniform standards. In 

addition, OLE now has a new uniform 

policy requiring five classes of 

uniforms. In the past, EOs only had two 

classes of uniforms. As a result of these 

two factors, OLE increases the initial 

maximum uniform allowance for EOs 

from $800 to $2,000. 

OLE published a notice with a request 

for comments in the Federal Register on 

January 30, 2015 (80 FR 5091) inviting 

public comments on this planned 

action. The comment period ended on 

March 2, 2015. No comments were 

received. Therefore, NMFS is 

proceeding with establishing the higher 

initial maximum uniform allowance rate 

for its EOs. The effective date of this 

new uniform allowance is April 1, 2015. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5903; E.O. 12748, 56 

FR 4521, 3 CFR 1991 Comp., p. 316. 

Dated: March 17, 2015. 

Logan Gregory, 

Acting Director, Office of Law Enforcement, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XC021 

Public Meetings and Request for 

Comments on a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement Regarding the 

Makah Tribe’s Request To Hunt 

Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We are issuing this notice to 

advise the public that NMFS has 

prepared a new Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) in response to 

the Makah Tribe’s request that NMFS 

waive the take moratorium of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) to allow for treaty right 

hunting of eastern North Pacific (ENP) 

gray whales in usual and accustomed 

grounds off the coast of Washington 

State. We are requesting written 

comments on the DEIS and announcing 

the dates and locations of two public 

meetings regarding the DEIS. 

DATES: Two public meetings will be 

held as follows: 

(1) April 27, 2015, Seattle, 

Washington; and 

(2) April 29, 2015, Port Angeles, 

Washington. 

Specific times and locations for each 

of these meetings are included in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Written or electronic comments on 

the DEIS from all interested parties are 

encouraged and must be received no 

later than 5 p.m. PDT on June 11, 2015. 

All comments and material received, 

including names and addresses, will 

become part of the administrative record 

and may be released to the public. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by NOAA–NMFS–2012–0104, 

by any of the following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal http://

www.regulations.gov. 

—OR— 

Email: Submit electronic public 

comments via the following NMFS 

email site: makah2015deis.wcr@

noaa.gov. 

—OR— 

Mail: Submit written comments to: 

Steve Stone, NMFS West Coast Region, 

1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232. 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to http://

www.regulations.gov 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. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter N/A in the required 

fields, if you wish to remain 

anonymous). You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or 

Adobe PDF file formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Stone, NMFS Northwest Region, 

(503) 231–2317 or Shannon Bettridge, 

NMFS Office of Protected Resources, 

(301) 427–8402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS 

is available in electronic form on the 

Internet at the following address: 

http://www.westcoast.fisheries 

.noaa.gov/protected_species/marine_

mammals/cetaceans/whale_hunt.html. 

The DEIS also may be viewed at various 

libraries identified at this Internet 

address or at the following NMFS 

offices: 

(1) NMFS Protected Resources 

Division, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 

1100, Portland, OR 97232. Contact Steve 

Stone at 503–231–2317; and 

(2) NMFS, Protected Resources 

Division, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., 

Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115–6349. 

Contact Leah Mattox at 206–526– 6150. 

In addition, copies of the DEIS are 

available on CD by contacting Steve 

Stone (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

Meeting Information 

The public will have the opportunity 

to provide written and oral comments 

on the DEIS at two public meetings. 

Dates, times, and addresses for the 

public meetings are as follows: 

(1) April 27, 2015, 6:30 p.m.–9:30 

p.m., NOAA Western Regional Center, 

Building 9 (Kelly C. Sandy III 

Auditorium), 7600 Sand Point Way NE., 

Seattle, WA 98115; and 

(2) April 29, 2015, 6:30 p.m.–9:30 

p.m., Vern Burton Memorial 

Community Center, 308 East 4th Street, 

Port Angeles, WA. 

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Background 

On March 13, 2015, the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

announced the availability of NMFS’ 

DEIS concerning the Makah Indian 

Tribe’s February 2005 request to resume 

limited hunting of ENP gray whales in 

the coastal portion of the Tribe’s usual 

and accustomed fishing grounds, off the 

coast of Washington State, for 

ceremonial and subsistence purposes. 

Informed by information received 

during public scoping, this DEIS 

contains updates and a new set of 

alternatives compared to a previous 

DEIS released on May 9, 2008 (73 FR 

26394) and later terminated on May 21, 

2012 (77 FR 29967). The Tribe’s 

proposed action stems from the 1855 

Treaty of Neah Bay, which expressly 

secures the Makah Tribe’s right to hunt 

whales. To exercise that right, the Tribe 

is seeking authorization from NMFS 

under the MMPA and the Whaling 

Convention Act. The release of this new 

DEIS is one of several steps NMFS will 

undertake to evaluate the Tribe’s 

request. 

The DEIS, prepared pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act, 

considers various alternatives to the 

Tribe’s proposed action. To develop the 

full range of action alternatives—five in 

total—we considered the principal 

components associated with a hunt, 

including: The time when whale 

hunting would occur; the area where 

whale hunting would occur; the annual 

and six-year limits on the number of 

whales harvested, struck, and struck 

and lost; cessation of whale hunting if 

a predetermined number of identified 

whales (i.e., included in a photographic 

catalog of whales from the Pacific Coast 

Feeding Group area) were harvested; 

and the method of hunting. This DEIS 

addresses a number of resources 

identified for review during both 

internal and public scoping, including: 

Water quality, marine habitat and 

species, eastern and western North 

Pacific gray whales, other wildlife 

species, economics, environmental 

justice, social environment, cultural 

resources, ceremonial and subsistence 

resources, noise, aesthetics, 

transportation, public services, public 

safety, and human health. 

The DEIS provides an important 

opportunity for the public to formally 

comment on the Tribe’s proposal and 

the various alternatives. These 

comments, in conjunction with 

considerations described in the DEIS, 

will provide key information to assist 

NMFS with its final decision on the 

Tribe’s request. 

Access to Government Building 

For access to the Federal government 

building in Seattle, Washington, the 

Department of Commerce Western 

Region Security Office has advised that 

all attendees must have valid 

government-issued identification (e.g., 

driver’s license, tribal identification 

card, or passport). Prospective attendees 

for the public meeting in the NOAA 

Auditorium in Seattle, Washington 

should submit their first and last names 

and affiliation, if appropriate, via the 

NMFS email site (See ADDRESSES) by 4 

p.m. PDT on April 26, 2015. 

Reasonable Accommodation 

Persons needing reasonable 

accommodations to attend and 

participate in the public meetings 

should contact Steve Stone (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). To 

allow sufficient time to process 

requests, please call at least 5 business 

days prior to the relevant meeting(s). 

Dated: March 17, 2015. 

Perry F. Gayaldo, 

Deputy Director, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1966] 

Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 

186 Under Alternative Site Framework; 

Waterville, Maine 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

Whereas, the Board adopted the 

alternative site framework (ASF) (15 

CFR Sec. 400.2(c)) as an option for the 

establishment or reorganization of 

zones; 

Whereas, the City of Waterville, 

grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 186, 

submitted an application to the Board 

(FTZ Docket B–65–2014, docketed 09– 

11–2014) for authority to reorganize 

under the ASF with a service area of the 

Counties of Lincoln, Cumberland, 

Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Kennebec, 

Waldo, Knox and Somerset (partial), 

Maine, within and adjacent to the 

Belfast Customs and Border Protection 

port of entry, and FTZ 186’s existing 

Site 1 would be categorized as a magnet 

site; 

Whereas, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 56057, 09–18–2014) and 

the application has been processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; and, 

Whereas, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations are satisfied; 

Now, therefore, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to reorganize FTZ 186 

under the ASF is approved, subject to 

the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.13, and to the 

Board’s standard 2,000-acre activation 

limit for the zone. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this March 12, 

2015. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate 

Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD830 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; 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: Notice; proposed incidental 

harassment authorization; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from SAExploration Inc. (SAE) for 

authorization to take marine mammals 

incidental to a proposed oil and gas 

exploration seismic survey program in 

Cook Inlet, Alaska between April 1, 

2015 and December 31, 2015. Pursuant 

to the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments 

on its proposal to issue an incidental 

harassment authorization (IHA) to SAE 

to incidentally take marine mammals, 

by Level B harassment only, during the 

specified activity. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than April 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 

application should be addressed to Jolie 

Harrison, Supervisor, Incidental Take 

Program, Permits and Conservation 

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