[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 79403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31201]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC893


Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; 
Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Surveys 
Along the Oregon and California Coasts: Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: NMFS incorrectly published a second notice in the Federal 
Register on December 23, 2013, requesting comments on the proposed 
issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) pursuant to 
the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). NMFS had published the first 
notice in the Federal Register on October 30, 2013, requesting comments 
from the public for 30 days. The comment period closed on November 29, 
2013. The notice that should have published in the Federal Register on 
December 23, 2013, was the notice of issuance of an IHA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Candace Nachman, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Need for Correction

    The public comment period for the proposal to issue an IHA to the 
Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) at 
the University of California Santa Cruz published in the Federal 
Register on October 30, 2013 (78 FR 64918), requesting comments from 
the public for 30 days on that proposal. NMFS issued an IHA to PISCO 
for the proposed action on December 17, 2013, which took into 
consideration the public comments received at that time. The Federal 
Register notice that NMFS incorrectly published on December 23, 2013 
(78 FR 77433), is a duplicate of the original notice from October 2013. 
The notice that should have published in the Federal Register on 
December 23, 2013, was the notice of issuance of an IHA. NMFS has 
submitted the notice of issuance to the Federal Register for 
publication. Therefore, NMFS is withdrawing the Notice of Proposed IHA 
notice of December 23, 2013 (78 FR 77433), as the public was already 
afforded an opportunity to comment on the proposal, and the final 
action has already been taken.

    Dated: December 23, 2013.
Perry Gayaldo,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-31201 Filed 12-27-13; 8:45 am]
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