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expected to adversely affect any of the 

species or stocks through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival: 

• No serious injury, mortality, or 

Level A harassment is anticipated or 

authorized; 

• Few pups are expected to be 

disturbed, and would not be abandoned 

or otherwise harmed by other seals 

flushing from the area; 

• Effects of the activities would be 

limited to short-term, localized 

behavioral changes; 

• Marine mammals are expected to 

return to normal behavior during gaps 

in construction activity such that any 

behavioral effects of repeated exposures 

are not expected to negatively affect 

survival or reproductive success of any 

individuals or stock; 

• Nominal impacts to pinniped 

habitat are anticipated; 

• No biologically important areas 

have been identified in the project area; 

• There is abundant suitable habitat 

nearby for marine mammals to 

temporarily relocate; and 

• Mitigation measures are anticipated 

to be effective in minimizing the 

number and severity of takes by Level 

B harassment, which are expected to be 

of short duration. 

Based on the analysis contained 

herein of the likely effects of the 

specified activity on marine mammals 

and their habitat, and taking into 

consideration the implementation of the 

required monitoring and mitigation 

measures, NMFS finds that the total 

marine mammal take from the BLM’s 

planned activity will have a negligible 

impact on all affected marine mammal 

species or stocks. 

Small Numbers 

As noted above, only small numbers 

of incidental take may be authorized 

under sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of 

the MMPA for specified activities other 

than military readiness activities. The 

MMPA does not define small numbers 

and so, in practice, where estimated 

numbers are available, NMFS compares 

the number of individuals taken to the 

most appropriate estimation of 

abundance of the relevant species or 

stock in our determination of whether 

an authorization is limited to small 

numbers of marine mammals. When the 

predicted number of individuals to be 

taken is fewer than one-third of the 

species or stock abundance, the take is 

considered to be of small numbers. 

Additionally, other qualitative factors 

may be considered in the analysis, such 

as the temporal or spatial scale of the 

activities. 

The amount of take NMFS has 

authorized is below one-third of the 

estimated stock abundance of all species 

(in fact, take of individuals is less than 

5 percent of the abundance of all of the 

affected stocks except Pacific harbor 

seals, see Table 5). This is likely a 

conservative estimate because it 

assumes all takes are of different 

individual animals, which is likely not 

the case. Using tags and dye stamps, 

researchers from HSU have identified 

individual northern elephant seals 

across several days of monitoring at the 

PGL. Although harbor seals observed at 

the PGL are not typically tagged or 

marked, HSU researchers suggest that 

the harbor seals seen hauled-out at the 

PGL are likely the same individuals that 

move between Punta Gorda and other 

nearby haulouts. Therefore, many 

individuals that may be taken by Level 

B harassment are likely to be the same 

across consecutive days, but PSOs 

would count them as separate takes 

across days. 

Based on the analysis contained 

herein of the planned activity (including 

the required mitigation and monitoring 

measures) and the anticipated take of 

marine mammals, NMFS finds that 

small numbers of marine mammals 

would be taken relative to the 

population size of the affected species 

or stocks. 

Unmitigable Adverse Impact Analysis 

and Determination 

There are no relevant subsistence uses 

of the affected marine mammal stocks or 

species implicated by this action. 

Therefore, NMFS has determined that 

the total taking of affected species or 

stocks would not have an unmitigable 

adverse impact on the availability of 

such species or stocks for taking for 

subsistence purposes. 

Endangered Species Act 

Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal 

agency insure that any action it 

authorizes, funds, or carries out is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of any endangered or 

threatened species or result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

designated critical habitat. To ensure 

ESA compliance for the issuance of 

IHAs, NMFS consults internally 

whenever we propose to authorize take 

for endangered or threatened species, in 

this case with the West Coast Regional 

Office. 

No incidental take of ESA-listed 

species is authorized or expected to 

result from this activity. Therefore, 

NMFS has determined that formal 

consultation under section 7 of the ESA 

is not required for this action. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 

216–6A, NMFS must review our 

proposed action (i.e., the issuance of an 

IHA) with respect to potential impacts 

on the human environment. 

This action is consistent with 

categories of activities identified in 

Categorical Exclusion B4 (IHAs with no 

anticipated serious injury or mortality) 

of the Companion Manual for NOAA 

Administrative Order 216–6A, which do 

not individually or cumulatively have 

the potential for significant impacts on 

the quality of the human environment 

and for which we have not identified 

any extraordinary circumstances that 

would preclude this categorical 

exclusion. Accordingly, NMFS has 

determined that the issuance of the IHA 

qualifies to be categorically excluded 

from further NEPA review. 

Authorization 

As a result of these determinations, 

NMFS has issued an IHA to the BLM for 

conducting the PGL stabilization project 

in Humboldt County, California 

(effective from June 1, 2022 through 

October 1, 2022), with the previously 

discussed mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements incorporated. 

Dated: June 2, 2022. 

Catherine Marzin, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DATES: The SEDAR 74 Post-Data 

Workshop Webinar II will be held July 

5, 2022, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. 

Eastern. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar. The webinar is open 

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determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop; (2) Assessment Process 

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appropriate for assessment analyses. 

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status of the stock, estimates biological 

benchmarks, projects future population 

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and monitoring needs. The assessment 

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Review Workshop. The product of the 

Review Workshop is a Summary 

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the strengths and weaknesses of the 

stock assessment and input data. 

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Participants include data collectors and 

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constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

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follows: Participants will review data 

for use in the assessment of Gulf of 

Mexico red snapper. 

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auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

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Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: June 2, 2022. 

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