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2. Overview of the Council and its 

Fisheries 

A. Authority and Responsibilities 

B. Council Structure, Programs, and 

Fisheries 

C. Five Year Program Plan 

i. Integrating Ecosystem Information 

ii. Supporting Monitoring, Data 

Collection, and Research 

iii. Building Capacity 

iv. Highly Migratory Species, Trade, 

and Compliance 

v. Reviewing Fishery Ecosystem Plans 

3. Review of Council’s Fishery 

Ecosystem Plans 

A. Background 

B. Purpose 

C. Intended Outcomes 

D. Major missing elements 

i. Climate change 

ii. Protected Species 

iii. Social Science 

iv. Connecting the dots 

4. Facilitated Evaluation of Council 

Programs and Focus Areas 

A. Pelagic Fisheries Program 

B. Island Fisheries Program 

C. Ecosystems Program 

i. Protected Species 

ii. Human Dimensions 

D. Fishing Community Program 

E. Education and Outreach Program 

5. Other Relevant Topics 

6. Discussion and Recommendations 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Action 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, 

(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522– 

8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: October 22, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD568 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to the Elliott Bay Seawall 

Project in Seattle, Washington 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of a Letter of 

Authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, and 

implementing regulations, notification 

is hereby given that a Letter of 

Authorization (LOA) has been issued to 

the City of Seattle’s Department of 

Transportation (SDOT) for the take of 

eight species of marine mammals 

incidental to pile driving activities 

associated with the Elliott Bay Seawall 

Project (EBSP). 

DATES: Effective from October 22, 2014, 

through October 21, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The LOA and supporting 

documentation are available for review 

on the Internet at: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ 

pr/permits/incidental/construction.htm. 

Documents cited in this notice may also 

be viewed, by appointment, during 

regular business hours at the Office of 

Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910– 

3225, by telephoning the contact listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben 

Laws, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 301–427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Sections 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA 

(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs the 

Secretary of Commerce 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. Under the MMPA, the term 

‘‘take’’ means to harass, hunt, capture, 

or kill, or attempt to harass, hunt, 

capture, or kill marine mammals. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

shall be granted if NMFS finds that the 

taking will have a negligible impact on 

the identified species or stock(s), will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on the availability of the species or 

stock(s) for subsistence uses (where 

relevant), and if the permissible 

methods of taking and requirements 

pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring 

and reporting of such takings are set 

forth in the regulations. NMFS has 

defined ‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR 

216.103 as ‘‘ . . . an impact resulting 

from the specified activity that cannot 

be reasonably expected to, and is not 

reasonably likely to, adversely affect the 

species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’ 

Regulations governing the taking of 

harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii), 

California sea lions (Zalophus 

californianus), Steller sea lions 

(Eumetopias jubatus monteriensis), 

harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena 

vomerina), Dall’s porpoise 

(Phocoenoides dalli dalli), southern 

resident and transient killer whales 

(Orcinus orca), gray whales 

(Eschrichtius robustus), and humpback 

whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), by 

harassment, incidental to pile driving 

activities in Elliott Bay, were issued on 

October 21, 2013 (78 FR 63396, October 

24, 2013), and remain in effect until 

October 21, 2018. For detailed 

information on this action, please refer 

to that document. The regulations 

include mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements for the 

incidental take of marine mammals 

during pile driving activities associated 

with the Elliott Bay Seawall. 

Pursuant to those regulations, NMFS 

first issued an LOA, effective from 

October 22, 2013, through October 21, 

2014. SDOT conducted activities as 

described, implemented the required 

mitigation measures, and conducted the 

required monitoring. The total number 

of potentially harassed marine mammals 

was well below the authorized limits, 

with the exception of the California sea 

lion. The reported take for California sea 

lion, by Level B harassment only, 

exceeded the annually authorized level 

by a small amount (186 versus 175). 

This overage does not affect the 

negligible impact, small numbers, and 

subsistence findings. In examining the 

proposed and final rules, we determined 

that an error was made in estimating 

take of California sea lions. We plan to 

correct that error through notification 

and opportunity for public comment in 

the Federal Register. Once corrected, 

the amount of take will not likely 

exceed authorized levels and we expect 

the correction will be made before 

SDOT approaches the amount 

authorized in the current subject LOA. 


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1Commission regulations referred to herein are 

found at 17 CFR Ch. 1 (2014). 

Authorization 

NMFS has issued an LOA to SDOT 

authorizing the Level B harassment of 

marine mammals incidental to pile 

driving activities associated with the 

Elliott Bay Seawall Project at Seattle, 

Washington. Take of marine mammals 

will be minimized through 

implementation of the following 

mitigation measures: (1) Limited impact 

pile driving; (2) containment of impact 

pile driving; (3) additional sound 

attenuation measures; (4) ramp-up of 

pile-related activities; (5) marine 

mammal exclusion zones; and (6) 

shutdown and delay procedures. SDOT 

will also conduct visual monitoring and 

underwater acoustic monitoring for 

mitigation and research purposes. 

Reports will be submitted to NMFS at 

the time of request for a renewal of the 

LOA, and a final comprehensive report, 

which will summarize all previous 

reports and assess cumulative impacts, 

will be submitted before the rule 

expires. 

Issuance of this LOA is based on the 

results of the monitoring report, which 

verifies that the total number of 

potentially harassed marine mammals 

was below the authorized limits, with 

the exception of the California sea lion 

(as discussed above). Based on these 

findings and the information discussed 

in the preamble to the final rule, the 

activities described under this LOA will 

have a negligible impact on marine 

mammal stocks and will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the affected marine 

mammal stock for subsistence uses. No 

injury, serious injury, or mortality of 

affected species is anticipated. 

Dated: October 21, 2014. 

Donna S. Wieting, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25405 Filed 10–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

costs and burden. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 26, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted to OMB within 30 days of the 

notice’s publication. Comments, 

identified by ‘‘Copies of Crop and 

Market Information Reports’’ (OMB 

Control No. 3038–0015), should be 

mailed to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Attention: 

Desk Officer for the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, 725 17th Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20503, and to 

Gary Martinaitis, Division of Market 

Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20581. 

Comments may also be submitted, 

regarding the burden estimated or any 

other aspect of the information 

collection, including suggestions for 

reducing the burden, identified by 

‘‘Copies of Crop and Market Information 

Reports’’ (OMB Control No. 3038–0015), 

by any of the following methods: 

• Agency Web site, via its Comments 

Online process: http://

comments.cftc.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

through the Web site. 

• Mail: Send to Christopher 

Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the 

Commission, Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20581. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

Mail, above. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

All comments must be submitted in 

English, or if not, accompanied by an 

English translation. Comments will be 

posted as received to http://

www.cftc.gov. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. If you wish the 

Commission to consider information 

that is exempt from disclosure under the 

Freedom of Information Act, a petition 

for confidential treatment of the exempt 

information may be submitted according 

to the procedures set forth in § 145.9 of 

the Commission’s regulations.1

The Commission reserves the right, 

but shall have no obligation, to review, 

pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or 

remove any or all of your submission 

from www.cftc.gov that it may deem to 

be inappropriate for publication, such as 

obscene language. All submissions that 

have been redacted or removed that 

contain comments on the merits of this 

matter will be retained in the public 

comment file and will be considered as 

required under the Administrative 

Procedure Act and other applicable 

laws, and may be accessible under the 

Freedom of Information Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Martinaitis, Division of Market 

Oversight, U.S. Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418– 

5209; FAX: (202) 418–5527; email: 

gmartinaitis@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0015. This contact 

can also provide a copy of the ICR. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: ‘‘Copies of Crop and Market 

Information Reports,’’ OMB Control No. 

3038–0015—Extension. This is a request 

for extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The information collected 

pursuant to this rule, 17 CFR 1.40, is in 

the public interest and is necessary for 

market surveillance. These rules are 

promulgated pursuant to the 

Commission’s rulemaking authority 

contained in Sections 4a(a), 4i, and 

8a(5) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 

7 U.S.C. 6a(1), 6i, and 12a(5). 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for the CFTC’s regulations 

were published on December 30, 1981. 

See 46 FR 63035, Dec. 30, 1981. The 

Federal Register notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

this collection of information was 

published on August 25, 2014. See 79 

FR 50631, Aug. 25, 2014. 

No comments have been received. 

Burden statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

average 0.17 hours per response. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 15. 

Estimated number of responses: 15. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 2.5 hours. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: October 22, 2014 

Natise Allen, 

Executive Assistant. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25461 Filed 10–24–14; 8:45 am] 

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