[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01807]
[[Page 3136]]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 217
[Docket No. 180816767-9069-01]
RIN 0648-BI44
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to U.S. Air Force Launches and Operations at Vandenberg Air
Force Base, California
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to U.S. Air Force Launches and Operations at Vandenberg Air
Force Base (VADB), California. On January 24, 2019, we published a
proposed rule to establish a framework under the authority of the MMPA
to allow for the authorization of take of marine mammals incidental to
operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB). We published this
proposed rule during the government shut-down, and incorrectly stated
who made a certification under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
The proposed rule omitted a Department of Commerce (DOC) docket number
and has been added after the part heading. Also, an incorrect FDMS
docket number was inserted. This notification corrects these errors.
DATES: Comments and information must be received no later than February
22, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2019-0004,
by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal, Go to www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2019-0004, click the ``Comment Now!'' icon,
complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments.
Alternately, electronic comments may be emailed to [email protected].
Mail: Submit comments to Jolie Harrison, Chief, Permits
and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910-3225.
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered by NMFS. All comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on
www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential business
information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily
by the sender 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). Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file
formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jordan Carduner, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS; phone: (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 24, 2019, we published a proposed rule (84 FR 321) to
establish a framework under the authority of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361
et seq.) to allow for the authorization of take of marine mammals
incidental to launching space launch vehicles, intercontinental
ballistic and small missiles, and aircraft and helicopter operations at
VAFB. We published this proposed rule during the government shut-down,
and incorrectly stated that the Chief Counsel for Regulation at the
Department of Commerce certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of
the Small Business Administration that this proposed rule, if adopted,
would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities. Instead, it was the Office of General Counsel for the
U.S. Department of Commerce that made such a certification when the
rule published on January 24, 2019. The proposed rule (84 FR 321;
January 24, 2019) omitted a Department of Commerce (DOC) docket number
and has been added after the part heading. The proposed rule (84 FR
321; January 24, 2019) also listed an incorrect FDMS docket number; the
FDMS docket number has been corrected in this notice (see ADDRESSES
above).
Correction
In FR Doc 2019-00090; appearing on page 344 in the Federal Register
of Thursday, January 23, 2019, in the first column under the heading
Classification; in the second paragraph, the first line is corrected to
read as follows:
``Pursuant to section 605(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(RFA), the Office of General Counsel for the U.S. Department of
Commerce has certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration that this proposed rule, if adopted, would not
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.''
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.
Dated: February 5, 2019.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-01807 Filed 2-8-19; 8:45 am]
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