39066 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 125 / Thursday, June 30, 2022 / Notices 

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: June 27, 2022. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14029 Filed 6–29–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC125] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Salmon Technical Team (STT) and 

Model Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) 

will hold a joint meeting in preparation 

for the September 2022 Pacific Council 

meeting. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The online meeting will be held 

on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, from 9 

a.m. until 3 p.m., Pacific Time, or until 

business in completed. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join the 

meeting 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– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Robin Ehlke, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

preparation for the September 2022 

Pacific Council meeting, the STT will 

continue to investigate the accuracy of 

and consider potential improvements to 

recent preseason effort projections 

produced by the Klamath Ocean Harvest 

Model during the preseason 

management process. The STT and 

MEW will continue the discussion on 

the work required and timeline 

necessary to investigate the potential for 

improvements to forecasts of ocean 

exploitation rates for Southern Oregon/ 

Northern California Coast coho salmon. 

Discussions may include additional 

topics as time allows, including but not 

limited to administrative and ecosystem 

matters on the Pacific Council’s 

September 2022 meeting, and various 

salmon related topics of pertinence. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the STT meeting agendas 

may come before the STT for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal STT action during 

these meetings. STT action will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this document and to any 

issues arising after publication of this 

document requiring emergency action 

under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the STT’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

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: June 24, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13966 Filed 6–29–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC127] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 21476 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

permit amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Lars Bejder, Ph.D., University of Hawaii 

at Manoa, 46–007 Lilipuna Road, 

Kaneohe, HI 96744, has applied for an 

amendment to scientific research Permit 

No. 21476–01. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

August 1, 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. 21476 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. 21476 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: 

Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D., or Carrie 

Hubard, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject amendment to Permit No. 

21476–01 is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (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 (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). 

Permit No. 21476, issued on August 

27, 2019 (84 FR 48600) and amendment 

No. 21476–01 issued on November 6, 

2020 (85 FR 79169), authorizes the 

permit holder to conduct research on 32 

species of marine mammals including 

the following ESA-listed species: blue 

(Balaenoptera musculus), bowhead 

(Balaena mysticetus), fin (B. physalus), 

Hawaiian insular false killer (Pseudorca 

crassidens), humpback (Megaptera 

novaeangliae), sei (B. borealis), sperm 

(Physeter macrocephalus), and Western 

North Pacific gray (Eschrichtius 

robustus) whales. Authorized research 

may occur in U.S. and international 

waters of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, 

Alaska, and U.S. territories. Permitted 

research activities during unmanned 

aerial surveys and vessel surveys 

include photography and video 

recording (above water and underwater), 

photogrammetry, counts, passive 

acoustic recording, biological sampling 

(skin and blubber biopsy, sloughed skin, 


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