Notice2022-16277
Marine Mammals; File No. 26170
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Published
July 29, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that Keith Ellenbogen, Blue Reef, 189 Schermerhorn Street, 8E; Brooklyn, NY 11201, in due form for a permit to conduct commercial and educational photography on marine mammals.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 145 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 45764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16277]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC213]
Marine Mammals; File No. 26170
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Keith Ellenbogen, Blue Reef, 189
Schermerhorn Street, 8E; Brooklyn, NY 11201, in due form for a permit
to conduct commercial and educational photography on marine mammals.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or
before August 29, 2022.
ADDRESSES: These documents are available upon written request via email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4d03000b1e631d3f7c0e2220202823393e0d23222c2c632a223b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a04070c19641a387b092527272f243e390a24252b2b642d253c">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bef0f3f8ed90eecc8ffdd1d3d3dbd0cacdfed0d1dfdf90d9d1c8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="652b2823364b351754260a0808000b1116250b0a04044b020a13">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include File No. 26170 in the
subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c48a898297ea94b6f587aba9a9a1aab0b784aaaba5a5eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="400e0d06136e103271032f2d2d252e3433002e2f21216e272f36">[email protected]</span></a>. The request
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this application
would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney Smith, Ph.D., or Amy Hapeman,
(301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the regulations governing the
taking and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216).
The applicant proposes to observe, film, and photograph cetaceans
and seals within the U.S. northeast Atlantic waters of the U.S., from
the Gulf of Maine (including Cape Cod Bay and Stellwagen Bank National
Marine Sanctuary) through the New York Bight (Montauk, NY to Cape May,
NJ), including the Hudson Canyon. Up to 405 humpback (Megaptera
novaeangliae; West Indies Distinct Population Segment) and long-finned
pilot (Globicephala melaena) whales; harbor porpoise (Phocoena
phocoena); and Atlantic white-sided (Lagenorhyncus acutus), bottlenose
(Tursiops truncatus), long-beaked common (Delphinus capensis), Risso's
(Grampus griseus), short-beaked common (Delphinus delphis), and striped
(Stenella coeruleoalba) dolphins; and up to 675 harbor (Phoca vitulina)
and gray (Halichoerus grypus) seals may be harassed annually from close
approaches by marine vessels, experienced swimmers/divers, and during
ground surveys for photography and filming purposes. The permit is
requested for five years.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of the application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Dated: July 26, 2022.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-16277 Filed 7-28-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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