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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 108 / Tuesday, June 8, 2021 / Notices NMFS requested comments on both the proposed IHA and the potential for renewing the initial authorization if certain requirements were satisfied. The Correction Renewal requirements have been In the Federal Register of May 20, satisfied, and NMFS is now providing 2021, in FR Doc. 202110551, on page an additional 15-day comment period to 27394, in the first column, correct the allow for any additional comments on DATES section to read as follows:
the proposed Renewal not previously DATES: Comments and information must provided during the initial 30-day comment period.
be received no later than June 21, 2021.
DATES: Comments and information must The closing date for public comments be received no later than June 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be regarding the notice of modified addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, proposed IHA published on May 20, Permits and Conservation Division, 2021 86 FR 27393 in the Federal Office of Protected Resources, National Register is June 21, 2021.
Marine Fisheries Service. Written Dated: June 2, 2021.
comments should be submitted via Catherine Marzin, email to ITP.tyson.moore@noaa.gov.
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, Instructions: NMFS is not responsible National Marine Fisheries Service.
for comments sent by any other method, FR Doc. 202111910 Filed 6721; 8:45 am to any other address or individual, or BILLING CODE 351022P
received after the end of the comment period. Comments, including all attachments, must not exceed a 25DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
megabyte file size. All comments received are a part of the public record National Oceanic and Atmospheric and will generally be posted online at Administration https www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Reny Tyson Moore, Office of Protected Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Resources, NMFS, 301 4278401.
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments on Electronic copies of the original proposed renewal incidental harassment application, Renewal request, and supporting documents including NMFS
authorization.
Federal Register notices of the original SUMMARY: NMFS received a request from proposed and final authorizations, and Vineyard Wind, LLC Vineyard Wind the previous IHA, as well as a list of the for the Renewal of their currently active references cited in this document, may incidental harassment authorization be obtained online at: https
IHA to take marine mammals www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental to marine site incidental-take-authorizations-undercharacterization survey activities off the marine-mammal-protection-act. In case coast of Massachusetts in the areas of of problems accessing these documents, the Commercial Lease of Submerged please call the contact listed above.
Lands for Renewable Energy SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Development on the Outer Continental Background Shelf OCSA 0501 and OCSA 0522
and along potential submarine cable The Marine Mammal Protection Act routes to landfall locations in MMPA prohibits the take of marine Massachusetts, Rhode Island, mammals, with certain exceptions.
Connecticut, and New York. These Sections 101a5A and D of the activities consist of activities that are MMPA 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. direct covered by the current authorization but the Secretary of Commerce as delegated will not be completed prior to its to NMFS to allow, upon request, the expiration. Pursuant to the Marine incidental, but not intentional, taking of Mammal Protection Act MMPA, prior small numbers of marine mammals by to issuing the currently active IHA, U.S. citizens who engage in a specified
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activity other than commercial fishing within a specified geographical region if certain findings are made and either regulations are proposed or, if the taking is limited to harassment, a notice of a proposed incidental take authorization is 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 such species or stocks for taking for certain subsistence uses referred to here as mitigation measures. Monitoring and reporting of such takings are also required. The meaning of key terms such as take, harassment, and negligible impact can be found in section 3 of the MMPA
16 U.S.C. 1362 and the agencys regulations at 50 CFR 216.103.
NMFS regulations implementing the MMPA at 50 CFR 216.107e indicate that IHAs may be renewed for additional periods of time not to exceed one year for each reauthorization. In the notice of proposed IHA for the initial authorization, NMFS described the circumstances under which we would consider issuing a Renewal for this activity and requested public comment on a potential Renewal under those circumstances. Specifically, on a caseby-case basis, NMFS may issue a onetime, one-year Renewal IHA following notice to the public providing an additional 15 days for public comments when 1 up to another year of identical or nearly identical, or nearly identical, activities as described in the Detailed Description of Specified Activities section of the initial IHA issuance notice is planned or 2 the activities as described in the Detailed Description of Specified Activities section of the initial IHA issuance notice would not be completed by the time the initial IHA
expires and a Renewal would allow for completion of the activities beyond that described in the DATES section of the notice of issuance of the initial IHA, provided all of the following conditions are met:
1 A request for Renewal is received no later than 60 days prior to the needed Renewal IHA effective date recognizing that the Renewal IHA expiration date
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