42306 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 172 / Thursday, September 7, 2017 / Notices 

Dated: August 11, 2017. 

John Armor, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries. 

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1. MBNMS Guidelines for Desalination 

Plants in the MBNMS; May 2010, online: 

http://montereybay.noaa.gov/ 

resourcepro/resmanissues/pdf/ 

050610desal.pdf. 

2. ONMS Fair Market Value Analysis for a 

Fiber Optic Cable Permit in National 

Marine Sanctuaries, Aug 2002. 

3. NOAA Final Notice of Applicability of 

Special Use Permit Requirements to 

Certain Categories of Activities 

Conducted Within the National Marine 

Sanctuary System; May 2013, online: 

http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ 

management/fr/78fr25957.pdf. 

4. NOAA Notice of Applicability of Special 

Use Permit Requirements to Certain 

Categories of Activities Conducted 

Within the National Marine Sanctuary 

System; January 2013, online: https://

sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/fr/

78fr2957.pdf. 

5. NOAA Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries Final Policy and Permit 

Guidance for Submarine Cable Projects; 

September 2011, online: http://

sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/fr/ 

submarinecablespolicy.pdf. 

6. Moss Landing Marine Lab, Ecological 

Effects of the Moss Landing Powerplant 

Thermal Discharge; June 2006. 

7. Ballard Marine Construction report 

prepared for Monterey Regional Water 

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8. Chambers Group Memo: Pretreatment and 

Design Considerations for Large-Scale 

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Information Web site; Table 1; online: 

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etopo1_ocean_volumes.html. 

10. Final Notice of Fee Calculations for 

Special Use Permits; 80 FR 72415 

(November 19, 2015); online: https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/

2015/11/19/2015-29524/final-notice-offee-calculations-for-special-use-permits. 

11. Final Notice of Applicability of Special 

Use Permit Requirements to Certain 

Categories of Activities Conducted 

Within the National Marine Sanctuary 

System; 71 FR 4898 (January 30, 2006); 

online: https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2006/01/30/06-808/finalnotice-of-applicability-of-special-usepermit-requirements-to-certaincategories-of-activities. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF640 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Alaska Groundfish 

and Halibut Seabird Working Group; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS Alaska Groundfish and 

Halibut Seabird Working Group will 

meet to discuss emerging seabird 

mitigation technologies and additional 

seabird species that could warrant more 

attention as bycatch in fisheries off 

Alaska. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

September 21, 2017, from 1 p.m. to 5 

p.m., and on September 22, 2017, from 

8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Alaska Daylight 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the NMFS Alaska Regional Office 

located at 709 W. 9th St., Room 445C, 

Juneau, AK. Photo identification is 

required to enter this facility. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Marie Eich, 907–586–7172. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird 

Working Group formed as a result of the 

2015 biological opinion on effects of the 

Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian 

Islands groundfish fisheries on shorttailed albatross. The working group is 

tasked with reviewing information for 

mitigating effects of the groundfish 

fisheries on short-tailed albatross and 

other seabirds. The working group will 

hold its first in-person meeting in 

Juneau, AK, on September 21 and 22, 

2017. Meeting topics include emerging 

seabird mitigation technologies and 

additional seabird species that could 

warrant more attention as bycatch in 

fisheries off Alaska. NMFS will keep the 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council (Council) apprised of the 

working group’s activities and any 

resulting recommendations for methods 

to reduce seabird bycatch. Any changes 

to seabird avoidance regulations are 

expected to follow the standard Council 

process. 

Special Accommodations 

This workshop will be physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Anne Marie Eich, 

907–586–7172, at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: September 1, 2017. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF603 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Casitas Pier 

Fender Pile Replacement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental 

harassment authorization; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request 

from Venoco, LLC (Venoco) for 

authorization to take marine mammals 

incidental to fender pile replacement at 

Casitas Pier in Carpinteria, CA. Pursuant 

to the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments 

on its proposal to issue an incidental 

harassment authorization (IHA) to 

incidentally take marine mammals 

during the specified activities. NMFS 

will consider public comments prior to 

making any final decision on the 

issuance of the requested MMPA 

authorizations and agency responses 

will be summarized in the final notice 

of our decision. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than October 10, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. Physical 

comments should be sent to 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 

and electronic comments should be sent 

to ITP.Young@noaa.gov. 

Instructions: NMFS is not responsible 

for comments sent by any other method, 

to any other address or individual, or 

received after the end of the comment 

period. Comments received 

electronically, including all 

attachments, must not exceed a 25- 

megabyte file size. Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

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