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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 181 / Wednesday, September 22, 2021 / Notices
specified performance requirements outlined in 648.87b4, including required coverage levels, in order to maintain eligibility. We must notify service providers, in writing, if NMFS
withdraws approval for any reason.
Approved Monitoring Service Providers On February 4, 2021, NMFS approved 6 companies to provide monitoring services to the Northeast multispecies sectors in fishing years 2021 and 2022.
Four of the six companies are approved to provide both at-sea and electronic monitoring services: A.I.S., Inc.; East West Technical Services, LLC; Fathom Research, LLC; and Saltwater, Inc.
NMFS approved the other two
companies to provide electronic monitoring services: Flywire Cameras and Teem Fish.
Two additional companies also applied to provide electronic monitoring services, but we required additional information to complete their applications prior to making a determination. One company, New England Marine Monitoring, has since submitted a revised and complete application for our consideration. We approved New England Marine Monitoring to provide electronic monitoring services in fishing years 2021 and 2022 because the applicant has met the application requirements
and documented its ability to comply with service provider standards. The revised list of approved monitoring providers for fishing years 2021 and 2022 is provided in Table 1.
There will be an opportunity in the fall of 2021 for additional monitoring companies to apply for approval to provide at-sea and electronic monitoring services in fishing year 2022. We will closely monitor the performance of approved providers, and we will withdraw approval during the current approval term, or disapprove a provider in future fishing years, if we determine performance standards are not being met.

TABLE 1APPROVED PROVIDERS FOR FISHING YEARS 2021 AND 2022
Provider
Services

A.I.S., Inc

ASM/EM

East West Technical Services, LLC.
Fathom Resources, LLC.
Flywire Cameras ..

ASM/EM

Saltwater, Inc

ASM/EM

Teem Fish

EM

New England Marine Monitoring.

EM

ASM/EM
EM

Address
Phone
Fax
Website
540 Hawthorn St, Dartmouth, MA 02747.
91 Point Judith Rd., Suite 26
Unit 347, Narragansett, RI
02882.
855 Aquidneck Ave., Unit 9, Middletown, RI 02842.
P.O. BOX 55048, Lexington, KY 40511.
733 N St., Anchorage, AK
99501.
90425 Carrall St., Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3, Canada.
350 Commercial St., Portland, ME 04101.

5089909054

5089909055

https aisobservers.com/.

8609104957

8602236005

https www.ewts.com/.

5089900997

5089917372

https fathomresources.com/.

8883157796

5028616568

https www.flywirecameras.com/.

9072763241

9072585999

https www.saltwaterinc.com/.

7788842598

https teem.fish/.

5082698138

https www.nemarinemonitoring.com/.

ASM/EM = At-sea and electronic monitoring; EM = Electronic monitoring only.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RTID 0648XB406

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.

AGENCY:

Notice of issuance of Letter of Authorization.

ACTION:

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In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act MMPA, as amended, its implementing regulations, and NMFS MMPA
Regulations for Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the Gulf of Mexico, notification is hereby given that a Letter of Authorization LOA has been issued to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Anadarko for the take of marine mammals incidental to geophysical survey activity in the Gulf of Mexico.
DATES: The LOA is effective from September 18, 2021 through March 17, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The LOA, LOA request, and supporting documentation are available online at: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
action/incidental-take-authorization-oiland-gas-industry-geophysical-surveyactivity-gulf-mexico. In case of problems accessing these documents, please call the contact listed below see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Corcoran, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 301 4278401.
SUMMARY:

Dated: September 16, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background Sections 101a5A and D of the MMPA 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. direct 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 or, if the taking is limited to harassment, a notice of a proposed authorization is provided to the public for review.
An authorization for incidental takings shall be granted if NMFS finds that the taking will have a negligible impact on the species or stocks, will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or stocks 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. NMFS has defined negligible
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