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HSTT, following those effective from 

January 5, 2009, through January 5, 

2014, (74 FR 1456; January 12, 2009) 

and from December 24, 2013, through 

December 24, 2018 (78 FR 78106; 

December 24, 2013). 

Description of the Specified Activity 

The HSTT Study Area includes areas 

in the north-central Pacific Ocean, from 

Southern California west to Hawaii and 

the International Date Line, and 

including the Hawaii and Southern 

California (SOCAL) Range Complexes, 

as well as the Silver Strand Training 

Complex and overlaps a portion of the 

Point Mugu Sea Range. The Hawaii 

Range Complex encompasses ocean 

areas around the Hawaiian Islands, 

extending from 16 degrees north 

latitude to 43 degrees north latitude and 

from 150 degrees west longitude to the 

International Date Line. The SOCAL 

Range Complex is located 

approximately between Dana Point and 

San Diego, California, and extends 

southwest into the Pacific Ocean and 

also includes a small portion of the 

Point Mugu Sea Range. The Silver 

Strand Training Complex is an 

integrated set of training areas located 

on and adjacent to the Silver Strand, a 

narrow, sandy isthmus separating the 

San Diego Bay from the Pacific Ocean. 

Please refer to Figure 1–1 of the 

application for a map of the HSTT 

Study Area, Figures 2–1 to 2–4 for the 

Hawaii Operating Area (where the 

majority of training and testing activities 

occur within the Hawaii Range 

Complex), Figures 2–5 to 2–7 for the 

SOCAL Range Complex, and Figure 2– 

8 for the Silver Strand Training 

Complex. The following types of 

training and testing, which are classified 

as military readiness activities pursuant 

to section 315(f) of Public Law 101–314 

(16 U.S.C. 703), are included in the 

specified activity described in the 

Navy’s application: amphibious warfare 

(in-water detonations), anti-submarine 

warfare (sonar and other transducers, inwater detonations), surface warfare (inwater detonations), mine warfare (sonar 

and other transducers, in-water 

detonations), and other (sonar and other 

transducers, pile driving, air guns). 

The Navy’s application includes 

proposed mitigation measures for 

marine mammals that would be 

implemented during training and testing 

activities in the HSTT Study Area. 

Proposed procedural mitigation 

measures generally include: (1) The use 

of one or more trained lookouts to 

diligently observe for specific biological 

resources within a mitigation zone, (2) 

requirements for lookouts to 

immediately communicate sightings of 

specific biological resources to the 

appropriate watch station for 

information dissemination, and (3) 

requirements for the watch station to 

implement mitigation (e.g., halt an 

activity) until certain recommencement 

conditions have been met. Mitigation 

measures are also proposed for specific 

mitigation areas and consist of a variety 

of measures in those areas including, 

but not limited to: Conducting a limited 

number of major training exercises per 

year, not planning or avoiding planning 

major training exercises, minimizing or 

not conducting active sonar, conducting 

a limited amount of hull-mounted midfrequency active sonar per year, and not 

expending explosive or non-explosive 

ordnance. 

The Navy also proposes to undertake 

monitoring and reporting efforts to track 

compliance with incidental take 

authorizations and to help investigate 

the effectiveness of implemented 

mitigation measures in the HSTT Study 

Area. This can include Adaptive 

Management, the Integrated 

Comprehensive Monitoring Program, 

the Strategic Planning Process, and 

Annual Monitoring and Exercise and 

Testing Reports. As an example, under 

the Integrated Comprehensive 

Monitoring Program, the monitoring 

relating to the effects of Navy training 

and testing activities on protected 

marine species are designed to increase 

the understanding of the likely 

occurrence of marine mammals in the 

vicinity of the action (i.e., presence, 

abundance, distribution, and density of 

species) and to increase the 

understanding of the nature, scope, or 

context of the likely exposure of marine 

mammals to any of the potential 

stressors associated with the action. 

Information Solicited 

Interested persons may submit 

information, suggestions, and comments 

concerning the Navy’s request (see 

ADDRESSES). NMFS will consider all 

information, suggestions, and comments 

related to the request during the 

development of proposed regulations 

governing the incidental taking of 

marine mammals by the Navy, if 

appropriate. 

Dated: October 16, 2017. 

Cathryn E. Tortorici, 

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF690 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Seabird Cable Strike 

Mitigation Workshop; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Emerging seabird mitigation 

technologies will be discussed at the 

Seabird Cable Strike Mitigation 

Workshop. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

November 7, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., and November 8, 2017, from 

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Pacific Standard 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the NOAA Western Regional Center, 

Building 9 (Kelly C. Sandy III 

Auditorium), 7600 Sand Point Way NE., 

Seattle, WA 98115. For information on 

building access, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Marie Eich, 907–586–7172, or 

Vanessa Tuttle, 206–860–3479. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Seabirds 

congregate around trawlers to feed on 

offal putting them at risk of colliding 

with cables (trawl warps and data 

cables) that run aft of trawlers. Cable 

strikes are a known source of seabird 

mortality, particularly on at-sea factory 

trawlers (referred to as catcher/ 

processors). Research projects observing 

seabird cable strikes have been 

conducted in the Alaska catcher/ 

processor fleet targeting pollock in the 

Bering Sea and in the West Coast at-sea 

hake fishery. Data from both studies 

indicate that estimated mortalities for 

cable strikes are greater than observed 

mortalities collected as part of typical 

observer duties. To address this issue, 

NMFS will host a 1.5-day workshop on 

gear modification strategies for reducing 

seabird cable strike mortality in West 

Coast trawl (hake) fisheries. The goal is 

to develop mitigation strategies that 

reduce cable strikes and could be used 

by both West Coast hake and Alaska 

pollock trawlers. This collaborative 

workshop will bring together the at-sea 

processing industry, engineers, 

biologists and fisheries managers to 

develop innovative, practical gearmodifications for reducing seabird cable 

strike mortality. 


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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 Vanessa Tuttle, 

206–860–3479, at least 10 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Building Access 

All visitors to the NOAA Western 

Regional Center’s facility should bring 

one of the following forms of 

identification: 

• Enhanced Driver’s License from the 

states of Washington, Minnesota, and 

New York 

• U.S. Passport 

• U.S. Passport Card 

• U.S. Department of Defense CAC 

• U.S. Federal agency HSPD–12 

compliant ID cards 

• U.S. Veterans ID 

• U.S. Military Dependent’s ID Card 

• U.S. Trusted Traveler Card—Global 

Entry, SENTRI, or NEXUS 

• U.S. Transportation Workers 

Identification Credential (TWIC) 

• State issued Real ID Compliant 

Driver’s Licenses and Identification 

Cards. 

Visitors who are foreign nationals 

(defined as a person who is not a citizen 

or national of the United States) will 

require additional security clearance to 

access the NMFS Northwest Fisheries 

Science Center. Foreign national visitors 

should contact Vanessa Tuttle, 206– 

860–3479, at least 10 working days prior 

to the meeting date to initiate the 

security clearance process. 

Dated: October 17, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22822 Filed 10–19–17; 8:45 am] 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Procurement List; 

Proposed Addition and Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed addition to and 

deletions from the Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add a service to the Procurement List 

that will be provided by a nonprofit 

agency employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities, 

and deletes a product and service 

previously furnished by such agencies. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 19, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

715, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to submit 

comments contact Amy B. Jensen, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or email CMTEFedReg@

AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 

U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its 

purpose is to provide interested persons 

an opportunity to submit comments on 

the proposed actions. 

Addition 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed addition, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to procure the 

service listed below from the nonprofit 

agency employing persons who are 

blind or have other severe disabilities. 

The following service is proposed for 

addition to the Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agency 

listed: 

Service 

Service Type: Custodial Service 

Mandatory for: U.S. Army Reserve, Melvin Y 

Mora USARC, Bldgs. 30, 40, 41 & 44, 191 

Soldiers Drive, St. Charles, MO 

Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: MGI Services 

Corporation, St. Louis, MO 

Contracting Activity: Dept of the Army, 

W6QM MICC Ft McCoy (RC) 

Deletions 

The following product and service are 

proposed for deletion from the 

Procurement List: 

Product 

NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 8470–00–NSH– 

0031—Center Mounted Weapon Harness 

Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Employment 

Source, Inc., Fayetteville, NC 

Contracting Activity: Army Contracting 

Command—Aberdeen Proving Ground, 

Natick Contracting Division 

Service 

Service Type: Janitorial/Custodial Service 

Mandatory for: GSA, Parking Facilities: 

Spring and Pearl Streets, Columbus, OH 

Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: VGS, Inc., 

Cleveland, OH 

Contracting Activity: GSA, Public Buildings 

Service, Acquisition Management 

Division 

Amy B. Jensen, 

Director, Business Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22823 Filed 10–19–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Advisory Committee on Arlington 

National Cemetery Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Arlington National 

Cemetery (ACANC). The meeting is 

open to the public. For more 

information about the Committee, 

please visit: http://www.arlington

cemetery.mil/About/AdvisoryCommittee-on-Arlington-NationalCemetery/ACANC-Meetings. 

DATES: The Committee will meet on 

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 from 

1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Arlington National 

Cemetery Welcome Center, Arlington 

National Cemetery, Arlington, VA 

22211. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Timothy Keating; Alternate Designated 

Federal Officer for the Committee, in 

writing at Arlington National Cemetery, 

Arlington, VA 22211, or by email at 

timothy.p.keating.civ@mail.mil, or by 

phone at 1–877–907–8585. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine 

in the Government Act of 1976 (U.S.C. 

552b, as amended) and 41 Code of the 

Federal Regulations (CFR 102–3.150). 

Purpose of the Meeting: The Advisory 

Committee on Arlington National 

Cemetery is an independent Federal 

advisory committee chartered to provide 

the Secretary of the Army independent 

advice and recommendations on 

Arlington National Cemetery, including, 

but not limited to, cemetery 

administration, the erection of 

memorials at the cemetery, and master 

planning for the cemetery. The 

Secretary of the Army may act on the 

Committee’s advice and 

recommendations. 

Agenda: The Committee will receive 

an engineering update on the status of 

the Millennium Project and the Tomb of 

Remembrance; results of a survey to 

measure family satisfaction with ANC; a 

presentation interagency cooperation 

concerning cemetery standards and 

measures and Contracting Officer 

Representative training; and an update 


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