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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 18, 2021 / Notices 2021, provided the previously mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and reporting requirements are incorporated.
Dated: August 11, 2021.
Catherine Marzin, Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Authority: Pub. L. 116224, 112, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1072
Scott Lundgren, Director, Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Reopening of Solicitation of Nominations for the Marine Debris Foundation Board of Directors
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Palmer Station Pier Replacement Project, Antarctica
National Ocean Service NOS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Department of Commerce DOC.
ACTION: Reopening of solicitation of nominations.
AGENCY:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a notice in the Federal Register on May 19, 2021 seeking nominations of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment as a member of the Marine Debris Foundation Board of Directors Board. This solicitation of nominations of qualified persons to the Board is hereby reopened.
DATES: Nominations to the Board of Directors for the Marine Debris Foundation must be received in entirety no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on August 27, 2021. Nomination packages received after this time will not be considered.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be emailed recommended to marinedebris.foundation@noaa.gov with the subject line Marine Debris Foundation Nomination, or mailed to Caitlin Wessel, Marine Debris Foundation Nomination, c/o NOAA
Disaster Response Center, 7344 Ziegler Blvd., Mobile, AL 36608.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caitlin Wessel, Ph.D., Phone 251222
0276; Email caitlin.wessel@noaa.gov or visit the NOAA Marine Debris Program website at https
marinedebris.noaa.gov/who-we-are/
marine-debris-foundation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Refer to the Federal Register Notice of May 19, 2021 86 FR 27070 and the NOAA
Marine Debris Program website at https marinedebris.noaa.gov/who-weare/marine-debris-foundation for the items that are required parts of the nomination package and additional information.

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National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental harassment authorization; request for comments on proposed authorization and possible renewal.
AGENCY:

NMFS has received a request from the National Science Foundation NSF for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the Palmer Station Pier Replacement Project in Anvers Island, Antarctica. 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 is also requesting comments on a possible one-time, one-year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice.
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 September 17, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. Written comments should be submitted via email to ITP.Pauline@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 SUMMARY:

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period. Comments, including all attachments, must not exceed a 25megabyte file size. All comments received are a part of the public record and will generally be posted online at www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act without change. All personal identifying information e.g., name, address voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit confidential business information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Pauline, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 301 4278401.
Electronic copies of the application and supporting documents, as well as a list of the references cited in this document, may be obtained online at: https
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case of problems accessing these documents, please call the contact listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background The MMPA prohibits the take of marine mammals, with certain exceptions. sections 101a5A and D
of the MMPA 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.
direct the Secretary of Commerce as delegated to NMFS 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 or, if the taking is limited to harassment, a notice of a proposed incidental take authorization may be provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings shall be granted if NMFS finds that the taking will have a negligible impact on the species or stocks and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or stocks for taking for subsistence uses where relevant. Further, NMFS must prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on the affected species or stocks and their habitat, paying particular attention to rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of similar significance, and on the availability of the species or stocks for taking for certain subsistence uses referred to in shorthand as mitigation; and requirements pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring and reporting of the takings are set forth.

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