[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30434-30435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11910]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB131]


Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; 
Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Site Characterization Surveys Off 
the Coast of Massachusetts; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice; modified proposal of an incidental harassment 
authorization; request for comments on modified proposed authorization 
and possible renewal; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the DATES section of the 
notice of modified proposed incidental harassment authorization (IHA) 
for take of marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization 
surveys in coastal waters of Massachusetts published in the Federal 
Register on May 20, 2021. This action is necessary to notify the public 
of the end date of the public comment period, which was inadvertently 
omitted from the notice. This document corrects that omission; all 
other information is unchanged.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief, 
Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service. Written comments should be submitted 
via email to [email protected].
    Instructions: NMFS is not responsible for comments sent by any 
other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the 
end of the comment period. Comments, including all attachments, must 
not exceed a 25-megabyte file size. All comments received are a part of 
the public record and will generally be posted online at 
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/incidental-take-authorizations-under-marine-mammal-protection-act without change. All personal identifying 
information (e.g., name, address) voluntarily submitted by the 
commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit confidential 
business information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NMFS published a notice of a modified proposed IHA in the Federal 
Register on May 20, 2021 (86 FR 27393), based on a request from 
Mayflower Wind Energy LLC (Mayflower) for authorization to take marine 
mammals incidental to site characterization surveys off the coast of 
Massachusetts in the area of the Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands 
for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS-A 
0521) and along potential submarine cable routes to landfall locations 
at Falmouth, Massachusetts and near Narragansett Bay. The information 
in the notice of modified proposed IHA is not repeated here. As 
published, the notice of modified proposed IHA (86 FR 27393; May 20,

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2021) omitted the DATES section including the closing date of the 
comment period.

Correction

    In the Federal Register of May 20, 2021, in FR Doc. 2021-10551, on 
page 27394, in the first column, correct the DATES section to read as 
follows:

DATES: Comments and information must be received no later than June 21, 
2021.

    The closing date for public comments regarding the notice of 
modified proposed IHA published on May 20, 2021 (86 FR 27393) in the 
Federal Register is June 21, 2021.

    Dated: June 2, 2021.
Catherine Marzin,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-11910 Filed 6-7-21; 8:45 am]
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