[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-912]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 216

[Docket No.000801223-0223-01; I.D. 062000A]
RIN 0648-AO24


Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 
Incidental to Operation of a Low Frequency Sound Source by the North 
Pacific Acoustic Laboratory; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to a notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the notice of proposed 
rulemaking that was published on December 22, 2000. These corrections 
are necessary to ensure reviewers provide comments appropriate for the 
proposed action.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Scripps) 
application may be obtained by writing to Donna Wieting, Chief, Marine 
Mammal Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National 
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910-3226.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Hollingshead, Office of 
Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 713-2055, ext 128.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 22, 1999, NMFS published a notice 
(64 FR 57026) that NMFS had received a request from Scripps for a small 
take of certain marine mammal species incidental to the operation of a 
low frequency sound source previously installed off the north shore of 
Kauai, HI, by the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate project.

Need for Correction

    As published, the notice contains an error by requesting comment on 
the impact of explosives on marine mammals. As the Scripps' acoustic 
source is considered an intermittent sound source and does not result 
in effects on marine mammals similar to that which would result if the 
source were an explosive, the sentence may prove to be misleading and, 
therefore, is in need of correction. While NMFS welcomes comment on its 
criterion for explosive effects on marine mammals, it specifically 
requests comment in this document on the effects of intermittent noise 
on marine mammals.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on December 22, 2000, of the notice of 
proposed rulemaking (I.D. 062000A), which was the subject of FR Doc. 
00-32725, is corrected as follows:
    On page 80822, in the first column, under the heading of Response 
to Comment 23, the last sentence beginning on line 10, is corrected to 
read: ``NMFS invites comment on the criterion for assessing impacts 
from intermittent noise sources on marine mammals.''

    Dated: January 5, 2001.
William T. Hogarth,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 01-912 Filed 1-11-01; 8:45 am]
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