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TABLE 1—REQUESTED EXEMPTIONS

Citation Regulation Need for exemption 

50 CFR 697.21(c) and 

§ 697.21(d).

Gear specification requirements ....... To allow for the use a modified trap with no escape vents or ghost panels. 

§ 697.19 ................................. Trap limit requirements ..................... To allow for one additional trap. 

§ 697.19(j) .............................. Trap tag requirements ...................... To allow for the use of an untagged trap. 

§§ 697.20(a)(7), 697.20(a)(8), 

697.20(b)(5), 697.20(b)(6), 

697.20(d), and 697.20(g).

Possession restrictions ..................... To allow for onboard biological sampling of undersized, oversized, vnotched, and egg-bearing lobsters. 

§ 697.21(a) ............................. Gear identification and marking requirements.To allow for the use of an unmarked trap. 

This project would use one federally 

permitted lobster vessel to pilot test the 

use of an EBP lobster trap in Lobster 

Management Area 3 (Statistical Areas 

561, 562, and 522) between May 1, 

2022, and November 1, 2022. The EBP 

trap is an 80-centimeter square trap 

based on a modified crawfish trap. It has 

four square openings, measuring less 

than two inches, which lead to ramps 

that drop the lobsters into a baited 

kitchen. Inside the trap, there are 

additional ramps that lead the lobsters 

to four cylindrical parlors with vertical 

openings. The trap is attached to cement 

runners that provide weight and 

maintain proper orientation. 

The participants would place the EBP 

trap on one of their existing trawls and 

haul it every 7–14 days during the 

course of the vessel’s normal fishing 

activity. At each haul, the participants 

would record and immediately release 

all bycatch and measure, sex, and 

release all lobsters from the EBP trap. 

The project would include no more than 

26 experimental hauls. In addition to 

the EBP trap, the vessel would fish with 

its full allotted number of standard 

traps, but the total number of traps 

would remain less than the Area 3 trap 

cap. Participants would land and sell 

the legal catch from the standard traps. 

The goal of this project is to test the 

selectivity of the EBP trap (versus 

ventless traps that often catch eel and 

crab) and the scalability of its use. If 

successful, EBP traps could be used in 

lobster surveys to provide information 

about larval settlement patterns and 

juvenile nursery grounds. 

If approved, the applicant may 

request minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

year. EFP modifications and extensions 

may be granted without further notice if 

they are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP request. Any 

fishing activity conducted outside the 

scope of the exempted fishing activity 

would be prohibited. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: March 7, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05118 Filed 3–10–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB874] 

Marine Mammals and Endangered 

Species 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

permits have been issued to the 

following entities under the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and 

the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as 

applicable. 

ADDRESSES: The permits and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Markin (Permit No. 25870) and Amy 

Hapeman (Permit No. 26024); at (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notices 

were published in the Federal Register 

on the dates listed below that requests 

for a permit had been submitted by the 

below-named applicants. To locate the 

Federal Register notice that announced 

our receipt of the application and a 

complete description of the activities, go 

to www.federalregister.gov and search 

on the permit number provided in Table 

1 below. 

TABLE 1—ISSUED PERMITS

Permit No. RTID Applicant Previous Federal Register 

notice Issuance date 

25870 ................ 0648–XB500 Harold Brundage, Environmental Research and Consulting, 

Inc., 325 Market Street, Lewes, DE 19958.

86 FR 56692; October 12, 

2021.

2/8/2022 

26024 ................ 0648–XB623 Ocean Futures Society, 513 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (Responsible Party: Jean-Michel 

Cousteau).

86 FR 69632; December 8, 

2021.

2/28/2022 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activities proposed are categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

As required by the ESA, as applicable, 

issuance of these permit was based on 

a finding that such permits: (1) Were 

applied for in good faith; (2) will not 

operate to the disadvantage of such 

endangered species; and (3) are 

consistent with the purposes and 


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policies set forth in Section 2 of the 

ESA. 

Authority: The requested permits 

have been issued under the MMPA of 

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.), the regulations governing the 

taking and importing of marine 

mammals (50 CFR part 216), the ESA of 

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.), and the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226), as applicable. 

Dated: March 7, 2022. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05165 Filed 3–10–22; 8:45 am] 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions and 

Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to and deletions from 

the Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds service(s) to 

the Procurement List that will be 

furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and 

deletes product(s) from the Procurement 

List previously furnished by such 

agencies. 

DATES: Date added to and deleted from 

the Procurement List: April 10, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S Clark Street, Suite 715, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael R. Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 

785–6404, or email CMTEFedReg@

AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additions 

On 7/9/2021 and 12/17/2021, the 

Committee for Purchase From People 

Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

published notice of proposed additions 

to the Procurement List. This notice is 

published pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 8503 

(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. 

After consideration of the material 

presented to it concerning capability of 

qualified nonprofit agencies to provide 

the product(s) and service(s) and impact 

of the additions on the current or most 

recent contractors, the Committee has 

determined that the product(s) and 

service(s) listed below are suitable for 

procurement by the Federal Government 

under 41 U.S.C. 8501–8506 and 41 CFR 

51–2.4. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. The action will not result in any 

additional reporting, recordkeeping or 

other compliance requirements for small 

entities other than the small 

organizations that will furnish the 

product(s) and service(s) to the 

Government. 

2. The action will result in 

authorizing small entities to furnish the 

product(s) and service(s) to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in 

connection with the product(s) and 

service(s) proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

Accordingly, the following service(s) 

are added to the Procurement List: 

Service(s) 

Service Type: Logistics Support Service 

Mandatory for: U.S. Coast Guard, Surface 

Forces Logistics Center, Baltimore, MD 

Designated Source of Supply: Chimes District 

of Columbia, Baltimore, MD 

Contracting Activity: U.S. COAST GUARD, 

SFLC PROCUREMENT BRANCH 

3(00040) 

The Committee finds good cause to 

dispense with the 30-day delay in the 

effective date normally required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act. See 5 

U.S.C. 553(d). This addition to the 

Committee’s Procurement List is 

effectuated because of the expiration of 

the U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces 

Logistics Center Integrated Logistics 

Support Services contract. The Federal 

customer contacted and has worked 

diligently with the AbilityOne Program 

to fulfill this service need under the 

AbilityOne Program. To avoid 

performance disruption, and the 

possibility that the U.S. Coast Guard 

Surface Forces Logistics Center will 

refer its business elsewhere, this 

addition must be effective on March 27, 

2022, ensuring timely execution for a 

March 28, 2022, start date while still 

allowing 16 days for comment. Pursuant 

to its own regulation 41 CFR 51–2.4, the 

Committee has been in contact with one 

of the affected parties, the incumbent of 

the expiring contract, since June 2021 

and determined that no severe adverse 

impact exists. The Committee also 

published a notice of proposed 

Procurement List addition in the 

Federal Register on December 17, 2021 

and did not receive any comments from 

any interested persons, including from 

the incumbent contractor. This addition 

will not create a public hardship and 

has limited effect on the public at large, 

but, rather, will create new jobs for 

other affected parties—people with 

significant disabilities in the AbilityOne 

program who otherwise face challenges 

locating employment. Moreover, this 

addition will enable Federal customer 

operations to continue without 

interruption. 

Service Type: Storage, Management and 

Fulfillment of PPE 

Mandatory for: Department of Homeland 

Security, Departmental Operations 

Acquisitions Division, Washington, DC 

Designated Source of Supply: LC Industries, 

Inc., Durham, NC 

Contracting Activity: OFFICE OF 

PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS, DEPT 

OPS ACQ DIV 

The Committee finds good cause to 

dispense with the 30-day delay in the 

effective date normally required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act. See 5 

U.S.C. 553(d). This addition to the 

Committee’s Procurement List is 

effectuated because of the need for the 

Department of Homeland Security to 

award a contract. The Federal customer 

contacted and has worked diligently 

with the AbilityOne Program to fulfill 

this service need under the AbilityOne 

Program. To avoid performance 

disruption, and the possibility that the 

Department of Homeland Security will 

refer its business elsewhere, this 

addition must be effective on March 27, 

2022, ensuring timely execution for a 

March 31, start date while still allowing 

16 days for comment. The Committee 

also published a notice of proposed 

Procurement List addition in the 

Federal Register on July 9, 2021 and did 

not receive any comments from any 

interested persons, including from the 

incumbent contractor. This addition 

will not create a public hardship and 

has limited effect on the public at large, 

but, rather, will create new jobs for 

other affected parties—people with 

significant disabilities in the AbilityOne 

program who otherwise face challenges 

locating employment. Moreover, this 

addition will enable Federal customer 

operations to continue without 

interruption. 

Deletions 

On 9/17/2021, 10/1/2021, and 10/8/ 

20212 (83 FR), the Committee for 


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