30182 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 96 / Wednesday, May 18, 2022 / Notices 

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

2939 prior to the meeting, along with 

meeting materials. 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smart 

phone; or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/2939. For technical support, 

please contact our administrative staff, 

email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted 

electronically to https://meetings.

npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2939. 

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

Dated: May 12, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10596 Filed 5–17–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC034] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of hybrid meeting. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) Fishery 

Monitoring Advisory Committee 

(FMAC) will meet June 1, 2022. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, June 1, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Alaska Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a 

hybrid meeting. Attend in-person at the 

North Pacific Fisheries office, 1007 West 

Third Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 

99501 or join online through the link at 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/2936. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 

3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501–2252; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions 

for attending the meeting are given 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Cleaver, Council staff; telephone: (907) 

271–2809; email: sara.cleaver@

noaa.gov. For technical support, please 

contact Council administrative staff, 

email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Wednesday, June 1, 2022 

The May 2021 FMAC agenda will 

include: (a) Updates since the last 

FMAC meeting; (b) an abbreviated 2021 

Observer Annual report; (c) discussion 

on Trawl EM Initial Review analysis, 

and (d) other business. 

The agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/2936 prior to the meeting, along 

with meeting materials. 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smartphone; 

or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/2936. If you are attending the 

meeting in-person, please note that all 

attendees will be required to wear a 

mask. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted 

electronically to https://meetings.

npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2936. 

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

Dated: May 12, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10595 Filed 5–17–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB975] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Marine Site 

Characterization Surveys Off of 

Delaware 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental 

harassment authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

regulations implementing the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as 

amended, notification is hereby given 

that NMFS has issued an incidental 

harassment authorization (IHA) to 

Orsted Wind Power North America, LLC 

(Orsted), and its designees, Garden State 

Offshore Energy, LLC (Garden State) and 

Skipjack Offshore Energy, LLC 

(Skipjack), to incidentally harass marine 

mammals during marine site 

characterization surveys off the coast of 

Delaware and along potential export 

cable routes to landfall locations in 

Delaware and New Jersey. 

DATES: This Authorization is effective 

from May 10, 2022 through May 9, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Corcoran, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 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/permit/ 

incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case 

of problems accessing these documents, 

please call the contact listed above. 

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 

issued or, if the taking is limited to 

harassment, a notice of a proposed 

incidental harassment authorization 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 mitigation, monitoring 

and reporting of the takings are set forth. 

The definitions of all applicable 

MMPA statutory terms cited above are 

included in the relevant sections below. 


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