Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 132 / Tuesday, July 12, 2022 / Notices 41291 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to 

Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: July 7, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14786 Filed 7–11–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC126] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 20648 

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 

Heidi Pearson, Ph.D., University of 

Alaska—Southeast, 11120 Glacier Hwy, 

AND1, Juneau, Alaska 99801, has 

applied for an amendment to Scientific 

Research Permit No. 20648–01. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

August 11, 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. 20648 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. 20648 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: 

Courtney Smith, Ph.D., or Carrie 

Hubard, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject amendment to Permit No. 20648 

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. 20648, issued on June 14, 

2019 (84 FR 27767), authorizes the 

permit holder to conduct vessel-based 

and unmanned aerial surveys on the 

following species: fin (Balaenoptera 

physalus), humpback (Megaptera 

novaeangliae; range-wide including 

those from the endangered Mexico 

Distinct Population Segment), gray 

(Eschrichtius robustus), killer (Orcinus 

orca); minke (Balaenoptera 

acutorostrata), and sperm (Physeter 

macrocephalus) whales, Dall’s 

(Hocoenoides dalli) and harbor 

porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), and 

Pacific white-sided dolphins 

(Lagenorhynchus obliquidens). 

Researchers may use the following 

methods on all or some of the above 

listed species: observation, 

photographic identification, 

photogrammetry, passive acoustic 

recording, tagging (suction-cup), remote 

biopsy and other biological sampling 

(breath/exhaled air, fecal, swabbed and 

sloughed skin), and sonar for prey 

mapping. A minor amendment to the 

permit, which increased the number of 

takes per animal from two to four, was 

issued on September 18, 2020. The 

permit holder is requesting the permit 

be amended to increase the number of 

annual biopsy takes of humpback 

whales authorized from 50 to 75, with 

a maximum of four biopsy samples per 

year from the same animal. Samples 

would be collected a minimum of 30 

days apart. No changes to the permitted 

objectives, methods, or locations are 

proposed. The permit expires on June 1, 

2024. 

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 this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: July 6, 2022. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC167] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s Spiny Dogfish 

Advisory Panel will hold a public 

meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for agenda details. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, July 28, 2022, from 3 p.m. 

until 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. Connection information 

will be posted to the calendar prior to 

the meeting at www.mafmc.org. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is for the 

Advisory Panel to create a Fishery 

Performance Report that includes 

advisor input on related specifications 

and management measures. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to 

Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: July 7, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14783 Filed 7–11–22; 8:45 am] 

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