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Of the three marine mammal species
anticipated to occur in the proposed
activity areas, none are listed under the
ESA. Table 1 in this document presents
the abundance of each species or stock,
the proposed take estimates, and the
percentage of the affected populations
or stocks that may be taken by
harassment. Based on these estimates,
PISCO would take less than 2.1% of

each species or stock. Because these are
maximum estimates, actual take
numbers are likely to be lower, as some
animals may select other haulout sites
the day the researchers are present.
Based on the analysis contained
herein of the likely effects of the
specified activity on marine mammals
and their habitat, and taking into
consideration the implementation of the

proposed mitigation and monitoring
measures, NMFS preliminarily finds
that the rocky intertidal monitoring
program will result in the incidental
take of small numbers of marine
mammals, by Level B harassment only,
and that the total taking from the rocky
intertidal monitoring program will have
a negligible impact on the affected
species or stocks.

TABLE 1—POPULATION ABUNDANCE ESTIMATES, TOTAL PROPOSED LEVEL B TAKE, AND PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION
THAT MAY BE TAKEN FOR THE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED SPECIES DURING THE PROPOSED ROCKY INTERTIDAL MONITORING PROGRAM
Species

Total proposed
level B take

Abundance *

Harbor Seal ......................................................................................................................

1 30,196

Percentage of
stock or
population

337

1.1–2.1

60
36

0.02
0.03

2 16,165

California Sea Lion ..........................................................................................................
Northern Elephant Seal ...................................................................................................

296,750
124,000

* Abundance estimates are taken from the 2012 U.S. Pacific Marine Mammal Stock Assessments (Carretta et al., 2013).
1 California stock abundance estimate.
2 Oregon/Washington stock abundance estimate.

Impact on Availability of Affected
Species or Stock for Taking for
Subsistence Uses
There are no relevant subsistence uses
of marine mammals implicated by this
action. Therefore, NMFS has
determined that the total taking of
affected species or stocks would not
have an unmitigable adverse impact on
the availability of such species or stocks
for taking for subsistence purposes.
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
None of the marine mammals for
which incidental take is proposed are
listed as threatened or endangered
under the ESA. NMFS’ Permits and
Conservation Division worked with the
NMFS Southwest Regional Office to
ensure that Steller sea lions would be
avoided and incidental take would not
occur. Therefore, NMFS has determined
that issuance of the proposed IHA to
PISCO under section 101(a)(5)(D) of the
MMPA will have no effect on species
listed as threatened or endangered
under the ESA.

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As a result of these preliminary
determinations, NMFS proposes to
authorize the take of marine mammals
incidental to PISCO’s rocky intertidal
monitoring research activities, provided
the previously mentioned mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting requirements
are incorporated.
Dated: October 25, 2013.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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In 2012, we prepared an EA analyzing
the potential effects to the human
environment from conducting rocky
intertidal surveys along the California
and Oregon coasts and issued a Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the
issuance of an IHA for PISCO’s rocky
intertidal surveys in accordance with
section 6.01 of the NOAA
Administrative Order 216–6
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Implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act, May 20,
1999). PISCO’s proposed activities and
impacts for 2013–2014 are within the
scope of our 2012 EA and FONSI. We
have reviewed the 2012 EA and
determined that there are no new direct,
indirect, or cumulative impacts to the
human and natural environment
associated with the IHA requiring
evaluation in a supplemental EA and
we, therefore, intend to reaffirm the
2012 FONSI.

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request: Part 41, Relating to
Security Futures Products
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

Notice.

The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) is
announcing an opportunity for public
comment on the extension of a proposed
collection of certain information by the
agency. In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), Federal
agencies are required to publish notice
in the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information, and
to allow 60 days for public comment in
response to the notice. This notice
solicits comments, as described below,
on the proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) titled: Part 41, Relating to
Security Futures Products; OMB Control
Number 3038–0059.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to
David Steinberg, Associate Director,
Division of Market Oversight, U.S.
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, 1155 21st Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20581. Comments may
also be submitted, regarding the burden
estimate, or any other aspect of the
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, by
any of the following methods:
Agency Web site, via its Comments
Online process: http://
comments.cftc.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the Web site.
Mail: Send to Melissa D. Jurgens,
Secretary of the Commission,
SUMMARY:

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Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, 1155 21st Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20581.
Hand delivery/Courier: Same as Mail
above.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments.
Please submit your comments using
only one method.
All comments must be submitted in
English, or if not, accompanied by an
English translation. Comments will be
posted as received to http://
www.cftc.gov. You should submit only
information that you wish to make
available publicly. If you wish the
Commission to consider information
that you believe is exempt from
disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act, a petition for
confidential treatment of the exempt
information may be submitted according
to the procedures established in § 145.9
of the Commission’s regulations.1
The Commission reserves the right,
but shall have no obligation, to review,
pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse, or
remove any or all of your submission
from http://www.cftc.gov that it may
deem to be inappropriate for
publication, such as obscene language.
All submissions that have been redacted
or removed that contain comments on
the merits of the ICR will be retained in
the public comment file and will be
considered as required under the
Administrative Procedure Act and other
applicable laws, and may be accessible
under the Freedom of Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Steinberg (202) 418–5102; FAX:
(202) 418–5527; email: dsteinberg@
cftc.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are businesses
and other for-profit institutions.
Title: Part 41, Relating to Security
Futures Products (OMB Control No.
3038–0059). This is a request for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Section 4d(c) of the
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), 7
U.S.C. 6d(c), requires the CFTC to
consult with the SEC and issue such
rules, regulations, or orders as are
necessary to avoid duplicative or
conflicting regulations applicable to
firms that are fully registered with the
SEC as brokers or dealers (brokerdealers) and the CFTC as futures
commission merchants (FCMs)
involving provisions of the CEA that
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pertain to the treatment of customer
funds. The CFTC, jointly with the SEC,
issued regulations requiring such
dually-registered firms to make choices
as to how its customers’ transactions in
security futures products (SFP) will be
treated, either as securities transactions
held in a securities account or as futures
transactions held in a futures account.
How an account is treated is important
in the unlikely event of the insolvency
of the firm. Securities accounts receive
insurance protection under provisions
of the Securities Investor Protection Act.
By contrast, futures accounts are subject
to the protections provided by the
segregation requirements of the CEA.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control
numbers for the CFTC’s regulations
were published on December 30, 1981.
See 46 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981).
The Commission would like to solicit
comments to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Commission, including
whether the information will have a
practical use;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
Commission’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The respondent
burden for this collection is estimated to
average .721 hours per response. This
estimate includes the time needed to
review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, and verifying information,
processing and maintaining information
and disclosing and providing
information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train
personnel to be able to respond to a
collection of information; and transmit
or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: 144.
Estimated number of responses:
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Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 2,146 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
The regulations require no new startup or operations and maintenance costs.
Dated: December 17, 2013.
Melissa D. Jurgens,
Secretary of the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Disposal and Reuse of Naval Air
Station Joint Reserve Base Willow
Grove, Horsham, Pennsylvania, and To
Announce Public Meetings
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, 42 United States
Code [U.S.C.] 4321–4370f), as
implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations (40
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts
1500–1508), the Department of the Navy
(DoN) has prepared and filed the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
to evaluate the potential environmental
consequences associated with the
disposal of Naval Air Station Joint
Reserve Base (NAS JRB) Willow Grove,
Horsham, Pennsylvania, and its
subsequent reuse by the local
redevelopment authority. On September
15, 2011, the installation officially
closed, as required by Public Law 101–
510, the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990, as amended in
2005. Public meetings will be held in an
open house format to provide
information and receive oral and written
comments on the Draft EIS. Federal,
state, and local agencies and interested
individuals are invited to be present or
represented at the meetings.
DATES AND ADDRESSES: The DoN is
initiating a public comment period to
provide the community an opportunity
to comment on the Draft EIS. Federal,
state, and local elected officials and
agencies and the public are encouraged
to provide written or oral comments at
two scheduled open house public
meetings to be held at the Horsham
Township Community Center, located at
1025 Horsham Road in Horsham
Township, Pennsylvania. The public
meetings are scheduled as follows:
Monday, January 13, 2014 (5:00 p.m. to
8:00 p.m.)
SUMMARY:

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