Notice2022-17620
Extension of Public Comment on a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement Regarding the Makah Tribe's Request To Hunt Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales
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Published
August 16, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS announces the extension of the public comment period on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Makah Tribe Request to Hunt Gray Whales. We announced a 45-day comment period to end on August 15, 2022. Today, we extend the public comment period on the recommended decision by 60 days to October 14, 2022. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 50319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17620]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RIN 0648-BI58]
Extension of Public Comment on a Supplemental Draft Environmental
Impact Statement Regarding the Makah Tribe's Request To Hunt Eastern
North Pacific Gray Whales
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces the extension of the public comment period on
the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Makah
Tribe Request to Hunt Gray Whales. We announced a 45-day comment period
to end on August 15, 2022. Today, we extend the public comment period
on the recommended decision by 60 days to October 14, 2022. Comments
previously submitted need not be resubmitted.
DATES: The deadline for the receipt of comments is extended from August
15, 2022 until October 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2012-0104-
0454, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public comments via
the Federal eRulemaking Portal <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Email: Submit electronic public comments via the following NMFS
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3954585258510b090b0b4a5d5c504a174e5a4b7957565858175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="563b373d373e646664642532333f2578213524163839373778313920">[email protected]</span></a>.
Mail: Submit written comments to: Grace Ferrara, NMFS West Coast
Region, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115.
Instructions: All comments received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> without
change. All Personal Identifying Information (for example, name,
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous comments (enter N/A in the required
fields, if you wish to remain anonymous). You may submit attachments to
electronic comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF
file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grace Ferrara, NMFS Northwest Region,
(206) 526-6172, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3855595359500a080a0a4b5c5d514b164f5b4a7856575959165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3855595359500a080a0a4b5c5d514b164f5b4a7856575959165f574e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 1, 2022, NMFS issued a Supplemental
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) regarding the Makah
Tribe's request to resume ceremonial and subsistence harvest of eastern
North Pacific gray whales, and announced a 45-day comment period on the
SDEIS. During the comment period, we received a request to extend the
public comment period. We considered the request and agree to extend
the public comment period by 60 days. We are therefore extending the
close of the public comment period from August 15, 2022, to October 14,
2022.
The SDEIS is available in electronic form on the internet at the
following address: <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/marine-mammal-protection/makah-tribal-whale-hunt">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/marine-mammal-protection/makah-tribal-whale-hunt</a>. In addition, copies of the
SDEIS are available on CD by contacting Grace Ferrara (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
Dated: August 11, 2022.
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-17620 Filed 8-15-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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