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provided by the awardees, are asked to 

voluntarily complete online survey 

forms to provide data for the evaluation 

system. Information collected from 

awardees includes program elements 

such as program duration, format, 

audience, location, support and/or 

materials offered, and topics covered. 

Information collected from teacher 

professional development participants 

includes teaching methodologies, 

program satisfaction, program coverage, 

suggestions for improvement, and 

teaching confidence. Information 

collected from teachers at the end of the 

school year following their participation 

in a professional development program 

includes program elements such as time 

spent teaching topics covered in the 

professional development program, 

types of activities used with their 

students, teachers’ perceptions of 

student learning, and teaching practices 

utilized. One individual from each 

awardee organization is asked to 

complete a survey once per year of the 

award, and the teacher participants are 

asked to complete one survey at the end 

of their professional development 

program and another survey at the end 

of the following school year. Responses 

to the survey questions are aggregated 

and analyzed as part of ongoing 

evaluation efforts. 

Based on a review of evaluation 

system results, B–WET has made 

program improvements by adjusting its 

Federal Notice of Funding 

Opportunities and program guidelines. 

On-going data collection enables NOAA 

to monitor program implementation and 

outcomes on a regular basis and 

supports adaptive management of the 

program. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents submit their information 

electronically using a survey collection 

platform. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0658. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business and other 

for-profit organizations; not-for-profit 

institutions; state, local or tribal 

government; individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Given historical funding levels, NOAA 

B–WET estimates that approximately 

165 awardees and 3,374 teachers will be 

invited to respond each year. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Awardee-respondents will complete an 

online survey in 60 minutes and 

teacher-respondents will complete two 

online surveys in 30 minutes each. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,539. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 33 U.S.C. 893a(a), the 

America COMPETES Act. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE523] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public online meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Ad-Hoc Klamath River Fall Chinook 

Workgroup (KRWG) will hold a two-day 

online meeting. 

DATES: The online meeting will be held 

Monday, January 13, 2025, from 10 a.m. 

until 4 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time and 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, from 9 a.m. 

until 4 p.m., Pacific Time, or until 

business for the day concludes. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join and 

system requirements will be provided in 

the meeting announcement on the 

Pacific Council’s website (see 

www.pcouncil.org). You may send an 

email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt 

(kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov) or contact 

him at (503) 820–2280, extension 412 

for technical assistance. 

Council Address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Forristall, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2419. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

address guidance received from the 

Pacific Council at their November 2024 

meeting. The KRWG may discuss and 

further develop interim management 

measures, or a management framework, 

intended to address the response of 

Klamath River fall Chinook to the 

dynamic nature of the Klamath River 

environment and the available habitat 

immediately following dam removal, 

and post-dam removal until the natural 

environment is stabilized and the 

salmon population is more predictable. 

Additional discussions may include, but 

are not limited to, future meetings, 

workload planning, and upcoming items 

on the upcoming Pacific Council 

meeting agenda. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document that 

require emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 


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should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 17, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE184] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to U.S. Coast 

Guard Fast Response Cutter 

Homeporting in Seward and Sitka, 

Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of incidental 

harassment authorizations. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

regulations implementing the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as 

amended, notification is hereby given 

that NMFS has issued two incidental 

harassment authorizations (IHAs) to the 

United States Coast Guard (USCG) to 

incidentally harass marine mammals 

during construction activities associated 

with fast response cutter (FRC) 

homeporting in Seward and Sitka, 

Alaska. 

DATES: These authorizations are 

effective from September 1, 2026, 

through August 31, 2027, and from 

March 1, 2027, through February 29, 

2028. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

application and supporting documents, 

as well as a list of the references cited 

in this document, may be obtained 

online at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-constructionactivities. In case of problems accessing 

these documents, please call the contact 

listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alyssa Clevenstine, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of 

marine mammals, with certain 

exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and 

(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce 

(as delegated to NMFS) 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 

proposed or, if the taking is limited to 

harassment, a notice of a proposed IHA 

is provided to the public for review. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

shall be granted if NMFS finds that the 

taking will have a negligible impact on 

the species or stock(s) and will not have 

an unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

taking for subsistence uses (where 

relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe 

the permissible methods of taking and 

other ‘‘means of effecting the least 

practicable adverse impact’’ on the 

affected species or stocks and their 

habitat, paying particular attention to 

rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of 

similar significance, and on the 

availability of the species or stocks for 

taking for certain subsistence uses 

(referred to in shorthand as 

‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements 

pertaining to the monitoring and 

reporting of the takings. The definitions 

of all applicable MMPA statutory terms 

cited above are included in the relevant 

sections below. 

Summary of Request 

On January 19, 2024, NMFS received 

a request from the USCG for two IHAs 

to take marine mammals incidental to 

pile driving (installation and removal) 

associated with construction of two FRC 

homeporting docks in Seward and Sitka, 

Alaska. Following NMFS’ review of the 

application, the USCG submitted 

revised versions on April 3, 2024, June 

6, 2024, and June 11, 2024. The 

application was deemed adequate and 

complete on June 11, 2024. The USCG’s 

request is for take of 11 species (18 

stocks) of marine mammals by Level B 

harassment and, for a subset of 5 of 

these species, Level A harassment. 

Neither the USCG nor NMFS expect 

serious injury or mortality to result from 

this activity and, therefore, IHAs are 

appropriate. 

Description of the Specified Activity 

Overview 

The USCG plans to construct shoreside facilities and associated 

infrastructure at Moorings Seward to 

homeport one FRC located in the 

Seward Marine Industrial Center (SMIC) 

boat basin, and demolishing and 

constructing shore-side facilities at 

Moorings Sitka in Sitka Harbor to 

support a second FRC. The shore-side 

facilities and associated infrastructure 

for Moorings Seward will be 

constructed parallel to the existing 

SMIC dock. Construction of a new 

floating dock at Moorings Sitka will be 

attached to the existing pier. The 

projects are needed to provide adequate 

vessel berthing capability to support 

modern USCG cutters and ultimately, 

readiness as part of the USCG’s overall 

mission. The USCG plans to use a 

variety of methods, including impact, 

down-the-hole (DTH), and vibratory pile 

driving, to install and remove piles, 

including concrete, steel, plastic, and 

timber piles. These methods of pile 

driving will introduce underwater 

sounds that may result in take, by Level 

A and Level B harassment, of marine 

mammals. Pile removal may occur by 

vibratory, cutting, or clipping methods. 

Cutting and clipping are not anticipated 

to have the potential to result in 

incidental take of marine mammals 

because they are either above water, do 

not last for sufficient duration to present 

the reasonable potential for disruption 

of behavioral patterns, do not produce 

sound levels with likely potential to 

result in marine mammal harassment, or 

some combination of the above. 

Each IHA will be effective for 1 year 

from the date of issuance. Pile 

extraction and installation activities at 

Moorings Seward will occur for a total 

of 22 non-consecutive days, of which 

pile removal is anticipated to take 2 

days and pile installation is anticipated 

to take a maximum of 20 days (15 days 

to complete installation plus 5 

additional days to account for potential 

weather-related delays). Pile removal 

and installation activities at Moorings 

Sitka will occur for a total of 117 nonconsecutive days, of which pile removal 

is anticipated to take 3 days and pile 

installation is anticipated to take a 

maximum of 114 days (89 days to 

complete installation plus 25 additional 

days to account for potential weatherrelated delays). 

A detailed description of the planned 

construction project is provided in the 

Federal Register notice for the proposed 

IHA (89 FR 60359, July 25, 2024). Since 

that time, no changes have been made 

to the planned activities. Therefore, a 

detailed description is not provided 

here. Please refer to that Federal 

Register notice for the description of the 

specific activity. 


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