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effective date of the continuation of the 

orders will be the date of publication in 

the Federal Register of this notice of 

continuation. Pursuant to section 

751(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(c)(2), Commerce intends to 

initiate the next sunset review of the 

Orders not later than 30 days prior to 

the fifth anniversary of the effective date 

of continuation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This five-year sunset review and this 

notice are in accordance with sections 

751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and this 

notice is published pursuant to section 

777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: May 17, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC036] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 25754 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries 

Science Center, 1845 Wasp Boulevard, 

Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818 

(Responsible Party: Erin Oleson, Ph.D.), 

has applied in due form for a permit to 

conduct research on cetaceans. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

June 22, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on 

the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species (APPS) home page, 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then 

selecting File No. 25754 from the list of 

available applications. These documents 

are also available upon written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include File No. 25754 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hubard or Sara Young, (301) 427– 

8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), and the regulations governing 

the taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). 

The applicant proposes to conduct 

research on 34 cetacean species in U.S. 

and international waters of the Pacific 

Islands region, including the Hawaiian 

archipelago, American Samoa, Guam, 

the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands, Kingman Reef, Palmyra 

Atoll, Johnston Atoll, Wake Atoll, 

Howland Island, Baker Island, and 

Jarvis Island. The following endangered 

or threatened species may be taken 

during research activities: Blue whale 

(Balaenoptera musculus), false killer 

whale (Pseudorca crassidens), fin whale 

(B. physalus), humpback whale 

(Megaptera novaeangliae), North Pacific 

right whale (Eubalaena japonica), sei 

whale (B. borealis), and sperm whale 

(Physeter macrocephalus). The 

objectives of the research are to 

determine the abundance, stock 

structure, distribution, movement 

patterns, and ecological relationships of 

cetaceans in the study area. Research 

activities include aerial surveys using 

manned and unmanned aircraft systems, 

vessel surveys, behavioral observations, 

photo-identification, passive acoustic 

recordings, underwater photography, 

biological sample collection (skin and 

blubber biopsies, exhaled air, feces, and 

sloughed skin), and tagging (suction-cup 

and dart/barb). Marine mammal parts 

would also be imported, exported, 

salvaged, or received for analysis and 

curation. See the application for 

complete numbers of animals requested 

by species, life stage, and procedure. 

The permit is requested for five years. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: May 18, 2022. 

Amy Sloan, 

Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB875] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for Identification of One or 

More Aquaculture Opportunity Area(s) 

in Southern California 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement; notice of public scoping. 

SUMMARY: The NMFS West Coast Region 

is publishing this Notice of Intent (NOI) 

to prepare a Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) for the proposed 

identification of one or more 

Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) 

to be located in Federal waters off the 

coast of Southern California. An AOA is 

considered to be a defined geographic 

area that has been evaluated to 

determine its potential suitability for 

commercial aquaculture. The proposed 

action is a planning initiative only and 

does not propose any aquaculture 

facilities or permits. The United States 

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Los 

Angeles District, the United States Coast 

Guard (USCG) District Eleven, and the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

Region 9 will act as cooperating 

agencies for the purposes of the PEIS. 

DATES: NMFS requests comments 

concerning the scope of the proposed 

action, its potential impacts to the 

natural and human environment, means 

for avoiding, minimizing, or mitigating 

potential impacts, the range of 

preliminary alternatives proposed in 

this notification, and any additional 

reasonable alternatives that should be 

considered within the Southern 


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California Bight. All comments must be 

received by 8:59 p.m. Pacific Standard 

Time (PST) July 22, 2022. NMFS 

expects the Draft PEIS is to be available 

in 2023 and the Final PEIS to be 

available April of 2024 with a Record of 

Decision May of 2024. NMFS will host 

two webinar-based public scoping 

meetings and will allow for oral 

comments in English during allotted 

times in the webinar. The webinar 

meetings will occur at the following 

dates and times: 

(1) June 27, 2022, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. PST 

(2) July 11, 2022, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. PST 

ADDRESSES: Due to remaining COVID 

uncertainties, all public comment 

opportunities will be electronic, either 

through written comments or through 

oral comment stated during allotted 

times in the webinar-based public 

listening sessions. Please do not send 

any written comments by hard-copy 

mail or facsimile to a NMFS office 

address or fax number. You may submit 

comments on the NOI by any of the 

following methods. 

Electronic Submission: Submit all 

written public comments via https://

www.regulations.gov. Enter NOAA– 

NMFS–2022–0051 in the Search box. 

Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, complete 

the required fields, and enter or attach 

your comments. 

Webinar links: Provide oral comments 

during designated times during virtual 

public scoping meetings, as described 

under the DATES section of this 

document. To hear audio and provide 

comments during the public scoping 

meetings, dial 888–673–9785 and use 

participant access code 5831012. To 

view presentations during the public 

scoping meetings, click on the webinar 

link. The webinar link for June 27, 2022, 

is: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/ 

join.php?i=PWXW2725139&

p=5831012&t=c. The webinar link for 

July 11, 2022, is: https://

www.mymeetings.com/nc/ 

join.php?i=PWXW272

5143&p=5831012&t=c. Links and tollfree phone numbers for each webinar 

can also be found at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/southerncalifornia-aquaculture-opportunityarea-scoping-meeting. Please see the 

‘Public Scoping Process’ section of this 

document for more accessibility 

options. 

Instructions: It is important that 

reviewers provide their comments at 

such times and in such a manner that 

they are useful to the agency’s 

preparation of the PEIS. Therefore, 

comments must be provided prior to the 

close of the comment period and should 

clearly articulate the reviewer’s 

concerns and contentions. Comments 

must be submitted by one of the above 

methods to ensure they are received, 

documented, and considered by NMFS. 

Comments sent by any other method, to 

any other address or individual, or 

received after the end of the comment 

period, may not be considered. All 

comments received are a part of the 

public record. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.) 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. Do not submit 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Windham, NOAA–NMFS West 

Coast Region Aquaculture Coordinator, 

socalaoa.wcr@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for the Proposed 

Action 

The Federal action proposed in the 

PEIS is to identify one or more locations 

(referred to as AOAs) that may be 

suitable for multiple future offshore 

aquaculture projects in Federal waters 

of the Southern California Bight, and to 

evaluate the impacts of siting 

aquaculture in those locations. AOAs 

identified through this process would be 

considered potentially suitable for 

finfish, shellfish, macroalgae, or multispecies aquaculture. The proposed 

action is a long-term planning effort. It 

is not a regulatory or permitting action. 

The analysis may be used to inform 

such processes for individual projects 

proposed later in time. 

On May 7, 2020, the White House 

issued an Executive Order on Promoting 

American Seafood Competitiveness and 

Economic Growth (E.O. 13921), which 

requires the Secretary of Commerce to 

identify geographic areas containing 

locations suitable for commercial 

aquaculture. The purpose of the 

proposed action is to apply a sciencebased approach to identify AOAs in 

Federal waters. The goal of identifying 

AOAs is to promote American seafood 

competitiveness, food security, 

economic growth, and to support the 

facilitation of the development of 

domestic commercial aquaculture, 

consistent with sustaining and 

conserving marine resources and 

applicable laws, regulations and 

policies. 

The proposed action is needed to 

meet the directives of E.O. 13921 to 

address the increasing demand for 

seafood, facilitate long-term planning 

for marine aquaculture development, 

and address interests and concerns 

regarding offshore marine aquaculture 

siting. 

Background 

The National Centers for Coastal 

Ocean Science (NCCOS) initiated a 

marine spatial planning process to assist 

agency decision makers in identifying 

areas that may be suitable for locating 

AOAs as mandated by E.O. 13921. This 

process was based on spatial suitability 

modeling that included data layers 

relevant to administrative boundaries, 

national security (i.e., military), 

navigation and transportation, energy 

and industry infrastructure, commercial 

and recreational fishing, natural and 

cultural resources, and oceanography 

(i.e., non-living resources). This spatial 

modeling approach was specific to the 

planning goal of identifying discrete 

areas between 500 and 2,000 acres that 

met the industry and engineering 

requirements of depth and distance 

from shore and are the most suitable for 

all types of aquaculture development 

including the cultivation of finfish, 

macroalgae, shellfish, or a combination 

of species. This work resulted in an 

Aquaculture Opportunity Area Atlas for 

the Southern California Bight (Morris, 

J.A. Jr, MacKay, J.K., Jossart, J.A., 

Wickliffe, L.C., Randall, A.L., Bath, G.E., 

Balling, M.B., Jensen, B.M., and Riley, 

K.L. 2021. An Aquaculture Opportunity 

Area Atlas for the Southern California 

Bight. NOAA Technical Memorandum 

NOS NCCOS 298. Beaufort, NC. 485 pp. 

https://doi.org/10.25923/tmx9-ex26. 

Available online at https://

coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/ 

an-aquaculture-opportunity-area-atlasfor-the-southern-california-bight/) 

(referred to hereafter as the Atlas). 

The Atlas includes peer-reviewed 

technical information that may be used 

to assist agency decision makers in 

identifying areas that may be suitable 

for locating AOAs in Federal waters of 

the Southern California Bight. The 

Southern California Bight is considered 

as the marine space within the United 

States Exclusive Economic Zone (U.S. 

EEZ) associated with the coastline 

between Point Conception and the U.S./ 

Mexico border, and encompassing the 

Channel Islands. The Atlas does not 

reflect a decision by any agency to 

identify specific AOAs or foreclose the 

agency’s ability to evaluate other 

reasonable locations for consideration in 

the Southern California Bight. The Atlas 

is a technical document providing 

geospatial planning information that 

will be used as one source of 

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identifying AOAs through the NEPA 

process. 

Preliminary Proposed Action and 

Alternatives 

The NMFS West Coast Region 

proposes to identify geographically 

discrete areas within Federal waters 

(outside of State waters within the U.S. 

EEZ) off the coast of Southern California 

that would be suitable to site future 

aquaculture development. The 

identified area(s) would be known as 

the Southern California AOA. The 

information within the Atlas was used 

as the basis for the locations described 

in the preliminary alternatives. 

Alternative 1 is the No Action 

Alternative, in which no AOA would be 

identified in Federal waters offshore of 

Southern California. In Alternative 2, 

NMFS would identify at least one and 

up to eight AOAs from within the 

boundaries of the North Study Areas 

Selected Site Options (SSOs), depicted 

as polygons in Figure 3.45 and Figure 

3.62 of the Atlas. The North Study Areas 

SSOs are located between 10.02 and 

19.72 kilometers (5.41 and 10.65 

nautical miles) offshore of Santa Barbara 

and Ventura Counties in the Santa 

Barbara Channel. In Alternative 3, 

NMFS would identify at least one and 

up to two AOAs from within the 

boundaries of the Central North Study 

Area SSOs, as depicted as polygons in 

Figure 3.82 of the Atlas. The Central 

North Study Area SSOs are located 

between 8.06 and 8.82 kilometers (4.35 

and 4.76 nautical miles) offshore of Los 

Angeles County in Santa Monica Bay. In 

Alternative 4, NMFS would identify the 

AOA(s) from within the boundaries of 

either study area, up to a maximum area 

to be determined by NMFS with input 

from the public. The total 10 SSOs are 

depicted as red dots in Figure 3.44 of 

the Atlas. The alternative descriptions 

are preliminary. Based on input 

received during public scoping, NMFS 

may analyze more or fewer alternatives 

in the Draft PEIS or may revise the 

above preliminary alternatives. 

Summary of Expected Impacts 

The PEIS will analyze potential 

impacts to the human environment that 

may occur should projects be proposed 

in one or more AOAs, if identified. 

Potential stressors associated with preconstruction, construction, operations 

and maintenance, and decommissioning 

of aquaculture activities that would be 

analyzed in the PEIS include, but are 

not limited to, bottom disturbance, 

vessel traffic, introduction of structures 

in the water column, introduction of 

cultivated aquatic organisms into the 

marine environment, and the 

introduction of commercial aquaculture 

products into economic markets and 

socioeconomic connections (e.g., job 

opportunities, infrastructure demands, 

or consumer perspectives). 

Based on preliminary evaluation of 

the potential stressors described above, 

potential environmental impacts could 

include modifications to marine habitat, 

changes in water quality, underwater 

noise, risk of marine debris, novel 

interactions of native and/or protected 

living marine resources with 

infrastructure and vessels (e.g., injury or 

mortality due to entanglement, vessel 

collision, as well as behavioral changes 

such as aggregating, avoidance, or other 

disturbance), novel interactions of 

cultivated aquatic organisms with 

disease, invasive and/or nuisance 

species found in the marine 

environment, and novel interactions 

among naturally occurring organisms 

and cultivated species such as food-web 

dynamics or genetic interactions. 

Environmental resources that may be 

analyzed in the PEIS include, but are 

not limited to, unique geographic areas 

such as marine managed areas and 

bathymetric features, water quality, 

hydrology and chemistry, air quality, 

ecosystem functions, wild fish stocks 

targeted for commercial and recreational 

fishing, highly migratory species, and 

protected species and their habitats and 

movement patterns. 

The PEIS may also evaluate the 

connection between the marine 

environment and human landscape 

through the analysis of available socioeconomic data. Topics may include, but 

are not limited to, interactions of 

offshore aquaculture with historic and 

cultural resources, working waterfronts, 

environmental justice, public health and 

safety, and with other ocean user groups 

in geographic space and in economic 

markets. Socio-economic indicators that 

may be used to analyze potential 

impacts of the expected interactions 

include, but are not limited to, 

employment opportunities and other 

financial considerations of a commercial 

aquaculture business, biosecurity, 

seafood safety and compliance 

programs, economic patterns of the 

existing seafood sector, fisheries, 

shipping, tourism, or other ocean 

activities within the region, supply 

chains, planned coastal development 

and existing coastal infrastructure, 

demographic data of coastal 

communities such as income and 

education, community access to 

resources, social vulnerability, and 

social values. 

Potentially affected user groups may 

include commercial and recreational 

fishers, other recreational and tourismbased offshore ocean activities, the 

commercial shipping industry, the 

existing aquaculture industry within 

State waters, protected resource 

management and other research cruises, 

regional port districts, employees and 

consumers within the regional seafood 

sector, coastal communities, and Native 

American tribes and Indigenous 

communities with cultural traditions, 

identities, and experiences associated 

with the ocean. 

NMFS encourages comment on the 

proposed alternatives and the identified 

stressors, impacts, resources, and other 

public concerns that should be 

considered in the PEIS. 

Anticipated Permits and Authorizations 

The proposed action, identification of 

one or more AOAs, is a planning action 

and does not include any activity that 

would require a permit or authorization 

as part of planning. The proposed action 

does not create any new regulatory 

framework or change any existing 

statutory authority related to offshore 

marine aquaculture. Neither the Final 

PEIS nor the resulting Record of 

Decision (ROD) would authorize any 

activities or approve any individual 

projects. Future proposals for 

aquaculture projects proposed for siting 

within an AOA would undergo project 

level environmental review and 

permitting. A proposed project would 

undergo project-specific NEPA review 

that could tier from the PEIS. In 

addition, project-specific permits and 

approvals from the permitting agencies 

would be required. Additional NEPA 

analysis may be required as part of 

permitting and authorization processes. 

Cooperating agencies may adopt the 

PEIS and utilize the information in their 

permitting actions. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

This NOI initiates the NEPA 

compliance process associated with 

writing a PEIS. During the 60-day 

comment period, interested parties are 

invited to provide comments on the 

proposed action, the preliminary range 

of alternatives, any additional 

reasonable alternatives in the Southern 

California Bight, and potential stressors, 

impacts, and resources. NMFS expects 

the Draft PEIS to be available to the 

public on or around Fall of 2023 and the 

Final PEIS to be available to the public 

on or around April of 2024. 

Public Scoping Process 

This NOI continues the scoping 

process, which guides the development 

of the PEIS. NMFS will use the public 

scoping process to gather input from 


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individuals, organizations, Native 

American tribes, and Federal, State, and 

local agencies on the proposed action. 

The scoping process will inform the 

scope and significant issues to be 

analyzed in the PEIS. Interested parties 

may submit public comments according 

to the instructions described in the 

DATES and ADDRESSES sections above. 

Additional information may be found 

online at https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/west-coast/aquaculture/westcoast-region-southern-californiaaquaculture-opportunity-area. 

Accessible options for the visually or 

hearing impaired include full recordings 

and written transcripts of the webinarbased listening sessions. All 

presentation materials, recordings, and 

transcripts will be posted to the website 

within five business days of the 

webinar. Persons needing reasonable 

accommodations to attend and 

participate in the public meetings 

should contact Diane Windham at 

socalaoa.wcr@noaa.gov. To allow 

sufficient time to process requests, 

please notify at least five business days 

prior to the relevant meeting. 

Request for Identification of Potential 

Alternatives, Information, and 

Analyses Relevant to the Proposed 

Action 

NMFS requests data, comments, 

views, information, analysis, 

alternatives, or suggestions from the 

public; affected federal, state, tribal, and 

local governments, agencies, and offices; 

the scientific community; industry; or 

any other interested party on the 

Proposed Action that would help the 

agency consider both beneficial and 

adverse impacts. Specifically, for 

offshore regions in the Southern 

California Bight, NMFS requests public 

input on the following: 

(1) The scope of the NEPA analysis, 

including the range of reasonable 

alternatives described above. 

(2) Suitable species and gear for 

aquaculture. 

(3) Suitable reporting requirements for 

owners and operators of aquaculture 

facilities. 

(4) Types of aquaculture (e.g., finfish, 

shellfish, seaweed, integrated multitrophic aquaculture) that could be 

supported and/or analyzed. 

(5) Potential impacts to biological, 

physical, social, cultural, and economic 

resources. 

(6) Information related to social 

barriers and/or economic constraints for 

aquaculture development. 

(7) Information related to technologies 

and strategies that could increase 

opportunity or mitigate risks of 

aquaculture development. 

(8) Information related to diversity, 

equity, and inclusion in aquaculture 

and the seafood sector. 

(9) Information related to climate 

change and climate equity. 

(10) Potential interactions with 

protected species, essential fish habitat, 

and other sensitive habitats. 

(11) Potential interactions with 

commercial and recreational fishing 

industries, tourism and recreation, and 

other offshore ocean users. 

(12) Information on other current or 

planned activities in, or in the vicinity 

of, the areas described in this NOI and 

their possible impacts on aquaculture 

development, or the impact of 

aquaculture developments on those 

activities. 

(13) Input on the size parameters of a 

single AOA that would be suitable to 

support aquaculture development in the 

Southern California Bight. 

(14) Input related to the risks and/or 

benefits of whether an AOA should be 

a single, continuous geographic space, 

or a collection of discrete areas 

separated from one another. 

(15) Input related to how an AOA 

could simultaneously support 

aquaculture development along with 

environmental, economic, and social 

sustainability—including ways to 

incorporate mitigation and cost-benefit 

analyses. 

(16) Other information relevant to the 

Proposed Action and its impacts on the 

human environment. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

Consistent with E.O. 13921, NOAA is 

designated as the lead agency for the 

proposed action. The NMFS West Coast 

Region invited the EPA Region 9, the 

USCG District Eleven, and the USACE 

Los Angeles District to act as 

cooperating agencies for the purposes of 

the PEIS. EPA, USCG, and USACE have 

agreed to act as cooperating agencies. 

Decision Maker 

Scott M. Rumsey, Acting Regional 

Administrator of NOAA Fisheries’ West 

Coast Region. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

If an action alternative is selected, the 

decision maker would select an 

alternative that identifies one or more 

AOAs as part of a planning exercise for 

offshore marine aquaculture in Southern 

California. No specific aquaculture 

projects are being proposed or will be 

permitted through the PEIS. The 

analysis presented in the Draft and Final 

PEIS and the identification of any AOAs 

in the ROD will serve to guide and 

inform future decision-making (e.g., 

environmental review and permitting 

processes) if and when specific 

proposals to conduct aquaculture 

operations are proposed within these 

areas. 

Authority: Executive Order on 

Promoting American Seafood 

Competitiveness and Economic Growth 

(E.O. 13921). 

Dated: May 13, 2022. 

Danielle Blacklock, 

Director, Office of Aquaculture, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC040] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 26394 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Pangolin Pictures, 1650 Broadway, Suite 

1208, New York, NY 10019 (Responsible 

Party: Kevin Bachar), has applied in due 

form for a permit to conduct commercial 

and educational photography on 

humpback whales (Megaptera 

novaeangliae) and other cetaceans. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

June 22, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: These documents are 

available upon written request via email 

to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include File No. 26394 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hubard or Amy Hapeman, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The applicant proposes to film up to 

75 humpback whales in the Au1au 


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