34618 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 126 / Friday, June 29, 2001 / Notices

functions including providing or

arranging for the provision of Export

Trade Facilitation Services.

Dated: June 26, 2001.

Vanessa M. Bachman,

Acting Director, Office of Export Trading,

Company Affairs.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Public Hearings on the Draft

Environment Impact Statement and

Draft Management Plan for the

Proposed San Francisco Bay National

Estuarine Research Reserve in

California

AGENCY: The Estuarine Reserves

Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management, National Ocean

Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce

ACTION: Public hearing notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Estuarine Reserves Division, of the

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management (OCRM), National Ocean

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

U.S. Department of Commerce, will

hold public hearings for the purpose of

receiving comments on the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement and

Draft Management Plan (DEIS/DMP)

prepared on the proposed designation of

the San Francisco Bay National

Estuarine Research Reserve in

California. The DEIS/DMP addresses

research, monitoring, education and

resource protection needs for the

proposed reserve.

The Estuarine Reserves Division will

hold public hearings at 7:00 p.m. on

July 9th, at Suisun City Hall, City

Council Chambers, 701 Civic Center

Blvd., Suisun, CA 94585, and 7:00 p.m.

On July 11 2001 at the Romberg Tiburon

Center, Bay Conference Center, San

Francisco Bay Room, 3152 Paradise

Drive, Tiburon, CA 94920.

The views of interested persons and

organizations on the adequacy of the

DEIS/DMP are solicited, and may be

expressed orally and/or in written

statements. Presentations will be

scheduled on a first-come, first-heard

basis, and may be limited to a maximum

of five (5) minutes. The time allotment

may be extended before the hearing

when the number of speakers can be

determined. All comments received at

the hearing will be considered in the

preparation of the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS) and Final

Management Plan.

The comment period for the DEIS/

DMP will end on August 17, 2001. All

written comments received by this

deadline will be considered in the

preparation of the FEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Laurie McGilvray (301) 713–3155

extension 158, Estuarine Reserves

Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management, National Ocean

Service, NOAA, 1305 East West

Highway, N/ORM2, Silver Spring, MD

20910. Copies of the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement/Draft

Management Plan are available upon

request to the Estuarine Reserves

Division.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone Management)

Research Reserves)

Dated: June 8, 2001.

Ted I. Lillestolen,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management.

[FR Doc. 01–16005 Filed 6–28–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Small Takes of Marine Mammals

Incidental to Specified Activities;

Building Demolition Activities at Mugu

Lagoon, California

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application

and proposed authorization for a small

take exemption; request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request

from the Department of the Navy, Naval

Base Ventura County (NBVC) for an

authorization to take small numbers of

marine mammals by harassment

incidental to the demolition and

removal of buildings located at the

entrance of Mugu Lagoon in Point

Mugu, CA. Under the Marine Mammal

Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is

requesting comments on its proposal to

authorize NBVC to incidentally take, by

harassment, small numbers of harbor

seals and other marine mammals in the

above mentioned area during a 7-8 week

period beginning in August 2001.

DATES: Comments and information must

be received no later than July 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the

application should be addressed to

Donna Wieting, Chief, Marine Mammal

Conservation Division, Office of

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD

20910–3225. A copy of the application

and a list of references used in this

document may be obtained by writing to

this address or by telephoning one of

the contacts listed here.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Simona P. Roberts, (301) 713–2322, ext

106 or Christina Fahy, (562) 980–4023.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

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, notice of a proposed

authorization is provided to the public

for review.

Permission may be granted if NMFS

finds that the taking will have no more

than 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

subsistence uses and that the

permissible methods of taking and

requirements pertaining to the

monitoring and reporting of such taking

are set forth.

On April 10, 1996 (61 FR 15884),

NMFS published an interim rule

establishing, among other things,

procedures for issuing incidental

harassment authorizations (IHAs) under

section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA for

activities in Arctic waters. For

additional information on the

procedures to be followed for this

authorization, please refer to that

document.

Summary of Request

On May 23, 2001, NMFS received an

application from NBVC requesting an

authorization for the harassment of

small numbers of marine mammals

incidental to the demolition and

removal of approximately 12 buildings

and associated infrastructures. The

demolition site encompasses a total area

of approximately 8 acres (3.2 hectares

(ha)) at the entrance of Mugu Lagoon in

Point Mugu, CA.