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Public Scoping: Amendment 26 to the 

Coastal Migratory Pelagic FMP 

The amendment addresses measures 

for king mackerel, including options to 

revise Annual Catch Limits and the 

stock boundary for king mackerel, allow 

the sale of king mackerel bycatch in the 

shark gillnet fishery, and establish a 

sub-quota specific to the new mixing 

zone. 

Written comments may be directed to 

Bob Mahood, Executive Director, 

SAFMC (see ADDRESSES) or via email to: 

Mike.Collins@safmc.net. Note that email 

comments should specify the name of 

the amendment in the Subject Line of 

the email for which comments are being 

submitted. Public hearing comments for 

Snapper Grouper Amendment 35 will 

be accepted until 5 p.m. on February 4, 

2015. Scoping comments for Coastal 

Migratory Pelagic Amendment 26 will 

be accepted until 5 p.m. on February 11, 

2015. Copies of the public hearing and 

scoping documents are available from 

the Council’s Web site at 

www.safmc.net. 

Council staff will present an overview 

of the amendments and will be available 

for informal discussions and to answer 

questions. Members of the public will 

have an opportunity to go on record to 

record their comments on the public 

hearing and scoping topics for 

consideration by the Council. Local 

Council representatives will attend the 

meetings and listen to public comment. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to any issues arising after 

publication of this notice that require 

emergency action under section 305(c) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management 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 auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: January 5, 2015. 

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–XZ51 

Marine Mammals; File No. 15543 

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 

Randall S. Wells, Ph.D. (Principal 

Investigator), Sarasota Dolphin Research 

Program, c/o Mote Marine Laboratory, 

1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, 

FL 34236, has applied for an 

amendment to Scientific Research 

Permit No.15543–03. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

February 9, 2015. 

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 home page, https://

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No.15543 from the list of available 

applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, at 

the address listed above. Comments may 

also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 

713–0376, or by email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include the File No. in the subject line 

of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division at the address listed above. The 

request should set forth the specific 

reasons why a hearing on this 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Courtney Smith or Brendan Hurley, 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject amendment to Permit No. 

15543–03 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). 

Permit No. 15543, issued on May 26, 

2011 (76 FR 32144), authorizes the 

permit holder to conduct photoidentification and behavioral studies, 

remote biopsy sampling, and temporary 

capture and release activities for health 

assessments of bottlenose dolphins. 

Research may occur in shallow, inshore 

and coastal waters of west Florida out 

to 50 miles offshore. The permit was 

modified with several minor 

amendments that further authorized the 

development of cell lines from blubber 

tissue (Permit No. 15543–01, issued 

September 21, 2011); the application of 

zinc oxide to mark animals to aid in 

their identification during post-tagging 

behavioral observations (Permit No. 

15543–02, issued January 22, 2014); and 

the use of an unmanned aerial system 

(UAS) to aid in health assessment 

captures and field surveys (Permit No. 

15543–03; issued May 1, 2014). 

The applicant has requested to amend 

the permit by expanding the study area 

to include the bay, sound, estuary and 

associated coastal waters of Mobile Bay, 

Alabama, and Terrebonne Bay, 

Louisiana, and 160 annual takes in each 

location by remote biopsy sampling of 

bottlenose dolphins. Additionally, 160 

annual biopsy takes will be added to the 

currently authorized allotment of 

Florida biopsy activities to include a 

focused study in Pensacola Bay, FL. 

These research activities aim to 

understand dolphin population 

dynamics, abundance, movement 

patterns, feeding ecology, and specific 

metrics of biological and physiological 

condition to understand acute and 

chronic effects of the Deepwater 

Horizon oil spill. Biopsy samples will 

be distributed to authorized recipients 

for processing. 

The applicant has also requested to 

capture, satellite-tag, and release up to 

25 Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella 

frontalis) for health assessments by 

hoop-netting bow-riding individuals 

during surveys on the West Florida 

Shelf. Up to 2 takes by unintentional 

mortality are requested annually. These 

activities will help to determine ranging 

patterns, dive behavior and habitat use 

of this understudied species. These 

same activities are already authorized 

for bottlenose dolphins under the 

current permit (No. 15543–03). 

Finally, the applicant has requested a 

minor procedural modification to allow 

the administration of doubly-labeled 

water (deuterium oxide and oxygen-18) 

to bottlenose dolphins that are 

temporarily captured during health 

assessments. This procedure is part of a 

larger study to determine the metabolic 

rates of females with and without 

calves, and of 2–3 year old calves. The 


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doubly-labeled water will be 

administered via a stomach tube 

(procedural variants of this, lavage and 

gastric sampling, is already authorized 

under the current permit). Additional 

personnel with germane experience to 

this project are requested to be Coinvestigators. 

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: December 24, 2014. 

Julia Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00142 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP15–29–000] 

Notice of Application: Transcontinental 

Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC 

Take notice that on December 15, 

2014, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC (Transco), PO Box 1396, 

Houston, Texas 77251, filed in Docket 

No. CP15–29–000 an application 

pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) for authorization to 

construct: (i) An approximately sevenmile, 36-inch diameter pipeline; (ii) a 

new 32,000 horsepower (HP) 

compressor station; (iii) an additional 

32,000 HP at its Compressor Station 44; 

(iv) piping and valve modifications at 

three existing compressor stations to 

allow for bi-directional flow; (v) two 

meter stations; (vi) various piping, valve 

modifications, and pig launchers and 

receivers; and (vii) appurtenances (Gulf 

Trace Expansion Project). The proposed 

facilities are located in Cameron, 

Beauregard, Evangeline, and East 

Feliciana Parishes, Louisiana. Transco 

states that the Gulf Trace Expansion 

Project will provide 1,200,000 

dekatherms per day of firm 

transportation service to Sabine Pass 

Liquefaction, LLC’s (Sabine Pass) 

liquefied natural gas terminal for Sabine 

Pass’s liquefaction trains 3 and 4. 

Transco estimates the cost of the Gulf 

Trace Expansion Project to be 

approximately $278 million, all as more 

fully set forth in the application which 

is on file with the Commission and open 

to public inspection. The filing is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site 

Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions concerning these 

applications may be directed to Marg 

Camardello, Rates & Regulatory, 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC, PO Box 1396, Houston, 

Texas 77251–1396, by telephone at 

(713) 215–3380. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice, the 

Commission staff will either: complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the EA 

for this proposal. The filing of the EA 

in the Commission’s public record for 

this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

seven copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically should submit an original 

and 7 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on January 21, 2015. 

Dated: December 31, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00088 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Application 


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