30474 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 102 / Wednesday, May 28, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Part 252 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Technical 

Amendment 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is making technical 

amendments to the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) to provide needed editorial 

changes. 

DATES: Effective May 28, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Manuel Quinones, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, OUSD (AT&L) 

DPAP (DARS), Room 3B855, 3060 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3060. Telephone 571–372–6088; 

facsimile 571–372–6094. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final 

rule amends DFARS 252.211–7003(a) to 

correct the hyperlink in the definition of 

‘‘issuing agency.’’ 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 252 

Government procurement. 

Manuel Quinones, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

Therefore, 48 CFR part 252 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 252—SOLICITATION 

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 252 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1303 and 48 CFR 

chapter 1. 

252.211–7003 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 252.211–7003 paragraph (a) 

is amended by removing ‘‘http://

www.nen.nl/web/Normen-ontwikkelen/

ISOIEC-15459-Issuing-AgencyCodes.htm’’ from the definition of 

‘‘issuing agency’’ and adding ‘‘http://

www.nen.nl/Normontwikkeling/

Certificatieschemas-en-keurmerken/

Schemabeheer/ISOIEC-15459.htm’’ in 

its place. 

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BILLING CODE 6820–ep–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 21 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2013–0135; 

FF09M21200–145–FXMB1232099BPP0] 

RIN 1018–AX82 

Migratory Bird Permits; Extension of 

Expiration Dates for Double-Crested 

Cormorant Depredation Orders 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule; availability of 

environmental assessment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS), revise the two 

depredation orders for double-crested 

cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus, 

DCCOs). We extend the expiration dates 

for the orders for 5 years to allow State 

and Tribal resource management 

agencies to continue to manage DCCO 

problems and gather data on the effects 

of DCCO control actions. We have 

prepared a final environmental 

assessment (FEA) to analyze the 

environmental impacts associated with 

this extension. We change the annual 

reporting date for the depredation order 

to protect public resources, remove 

requirements for DCCO control 

activities around bald eagles and bald 

eagle nests for both orders, and require 

use of the National Bald Eagle 

Management Guidelines for both orders. 

We also add a requirement for the use 

of nontoxic rifle bullets for anyone 

using centerfire rifles to control DCCOs 

under the orders, beginning on January 

1, 2017. 

DATES: This rule will be effective on 

June 27, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Document availability: The 

FEA and public comments that we 

received on the proposed rule are 

available at http://www.regulations.gov 

under Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2013– 

0135, and on our Service Web site at 

http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Allen at 703–358–1825. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the authority of the Migratory 

Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) (16 U.S.C. 703 

et seq.), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service has primary Federal 

responsibility for managing migratory 

birds. We carry out this responsibility 

through regulations in title 50 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Part 

of this process includes issuing permits 

for certain actions dealing with 

migratory birds. In part 21 of title 50 of 

the CFR, we have established 

depredation orders for the control of 

certain depredating birds. A 

depredation order is a regulation that 

allows the take of specific species of 

migratory birds, at specific locations, 

and for specific purposes, without a 

depredation permit. 

The Aquaculture Depredation Order 

at 50 CFR 21.47 allows take of doublecrested cormorants (DCCOs) to protect 

stock at aquaculture facilities, and the 

Public Resource Depredation Order at 

50 CFR 21.48 allows take of DCCOs to 

protect public resources, as set forth in 

the regulations. On March 5, 2014, we 

published a proposed rule to revise 

these depredation orders by, among 

other things, extending the expiration 

dates of the orders by 5 years (79 FR 

12458). See the proposed rule for an 

explanation of the proposed changes. 

Expiration Dates 

We extend the regulations until June 

30, 2019. Doing so will not pose a 

significant, detrimental effect on the 

long-term viability of DCCO 

populations. It will allow State and 

Tribal resource management agencies to 

continue to manage DCCO problems 

related to impacts on public resources 

and allow aquaculture producers to 

address DCCO depredation impacts on 

aquaculture stock under the terms and 

conditions of the depredation orders 

and gather data on the effects of DCCO 

control actions. 

Entities acting under the depredation 

orders must follow applicable 

regulations. Depredation control efforts 

under the orders may take place only 

where cormorants are found committing 

or about to commit depredations under 

specified conditions, 50 CFR 21.47(c)(1) 

and 21.48(c)(1). The regulations include 

a requirement to initially use nonlethal 

control methods where practicable and 

effective and not harmful to other 

nesting birds, 50 CFR 21.47(d)(1) and 

21.48(d)(1); provide notice to FWS 

indicating their intent to act under the 

depredation order, 50 CFR 21.48(d)(9); 

and notify the FWS in writing 30 days 

in advance if any single control action 

would individually, or a succession of 

such actions would cumulatively, kill 

more than 10 percent of the DCCOs in 

a breeding colony, 50 CFR 21.48(d)(9)(i). 

We can prohibit cormorant take under 

the depredation orders if we deem it a 

threat to the long-term sustainability of 

DCCOs or any other migratory bird 

species, 50 CFR 21.48(d)(9)(ii). 

Similarly, we can suspend or revoke the 

authority of any person or agency acting 

pursuant to the depredation orders who 

does not adhere to the orders’ purposes, 

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