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that right, the Makah Tribe is seeking
authorization from NMFS under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) and Whaling Convention Act.
The MMPA imposes a general
moratorium on the taking of marine
mammals but authorizes the Secretary
of Commerce to waive the moratorium
and issue regulations governing the take
of marine mammals if certain statutory
criteria are met. The decision to waive
the moratorium and issue regulations
must be made on the record after an
opportunity for an agency hearing on
both the waiver and regulations (16
U.S.C. 1373(d)).
On May 9, 2008, NMFS released a
DEIS but later terminated that DEIS in
2012 (77 FR 29967, May 21, 2012)
because of new scientific information.
In that 2012 notice the agency
announced its intent to prepare a new
DEIS and open a scoping process (77 FR
29967, May 21, 2012). On March 13,
2015, NMFS released a new DEIS (80 FR
13373) for public comment that
included a no-action alternative and five
action alternatives. On April 5, 2019,
NMFS published a proposed rule (84 FR
13604) and notice of hearing (84 FR
13639) to issue a waiver under the
MMPA and propose regulations
governing the hunting of ENP gray
whales by the Makah Tribe for a 10-year
period. The hunt proposal as set forth in
the proposed rule represents a
composite alternative that combines
certain elements from the five DEIS
action alternatives.
As required under the MMPA, NMFS
convened a hearing before an
Administrative Law Judge regarding the
proposed waiver and regulations (16
U.S.C. 1373(d)). The hearing took place
from November 14, 2019 through
November 21, 2019 in Seattle,
Washington. In addition to NMFS, five
parties participated at the hearing.
Following the hearing, the
Administrative Law Judge will issue a
recommended decision regarding the
proposed waiver and regulations, NMFS
will provide notice of a 20-day public
comment period, and then the NMFS
Assistant Administrator will make a
final decision on the proposed
regulations and waiver in accordance
with the regulations at 50 CFR part 228.
NEPA regulations at 40 CFR 1502.9
provide for supplementing a DEIS if the
agency determines that there are
significant new circumstances or
information relevant to environmental
concerns and bearing on the proposed
action or its impacts. An agency may
also prepare a supplement when it
determines that the purposes of NEPA
will be furthered by doing so. A new
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of the 2015 DEIS but was addressed at
the agency hearing is the Unusual
Mortality Event (UME) for ENP gray
whales declared by NMFS in May 2019
(see information posted https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
marine-life-distress/2019-gray-whaleunusual-mortality-event-along-westcoast). Because information concerning
the ongoing 2019 UME was presented at
the agency hearing but not expressly
addressed in the 2015 DEIS, NMFS has
determined that it would now benefit
both the public and agency decision
making to prepare a supplement to the
DEIS. NMFS expects that the
supplement will incorporate the
information presented at the hearing
regarding the 2019 UME and any
additional relevant information and will
take into consideration the
Administrative Law Judge’s
recommended decision. NMFS also
intends to expressly identify the hunt
proposal, as described in the proposed
rule and addressed at the agency
hearing, as a separate action alternative
in the supplement. Previously, NMFS
determined that because the hunt
proposal comprises elements and
outcomes within the scope of the DEIS
action alternatives and does not
substantially change the proposed
action in a manner relevant to
environmental concerns, a supplement
to the DEIS was not warranted based on
the consideration of the composite
alternative alone. Given our
determination that NEPA’s purposes
would be furthered through a DSEIS
addressing the 2019 UME, we will also
separately evaluate the composite
alternative/hunt proposal in the DEIS.
Authority
The environmental review of the
Makah Tribe’s request to resume treatybased hunting of ENP gray whales will
be conducted under the authority and in
accordance with the requirements of the
NEPA of 1969 as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), Council on Environmental
Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–
1508), the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361–
1421h), other applicable Federal laws
and regulations, and policies and
procedures of NMFS for compliance
with those regulations.
Dated: February 24, 2020.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Coastal and Marine
Ecological Classification Standard
Solicitation for Revisions
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before April 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at [email protected]). All
comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Becky Allee, Office for
Coastal Management, 1021 Balch Blvd.,
Suite 1003, Stennis Space Center, MS
39529, (228) 688–1701, becky.allee@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
This is a request for review of a new
information collection.
NOAA’s Office of Coastal
Management (OCM) is proposing a new
information collection that will allow
interested parties to submit requests for
revisions to update the Coastal and
Marine Ecological Classification
Standard (CMECS). CMECS was
approved by the Federal Geographic
Data Committee (FGDC) in August 2012
and provides a national standard for
consistent descriptions of coastal and
marine ecological features. The primary
uses of CMECS are in mapping and

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classifying the geological, physical,
biological, and chemical components of
the environment. Among other
applications, the CMECS framework can
be used to integrate data from disparate
sources, facilitate comparisons among
sites, and organize data for regional
assessment. Since its publication in
2012, the CMECS has been used to
characterize habitats ranging from
coastal wetlands and estuaries to the
deep ocean and at local to global scales.
Benefits of CMECS include: Data
collected by different sensors and
methods can be integrated into a single
database; all the physical, biological,
and chemical-forcing functions that
collectively determine a habitat type can
be captured; and the system has the
flexibility to accommodate new units as
additional information becomes
available.
The CMECS was developed as a
dynamic standard to allow periodic
revisions to continue to meet the needs
of the user community and as such, the
CMECS can be updated to accommodate
the requirements of evolving scientific
practices, technology, and coastal and
marine resource management. The
review process allows the CMECS to
retain its consistency, credibility, and
rigor through periodic reviews and an
orderly, authoritative, and transparent
updating process as required by the
Federal Geographic Data Committee.
Anyone can propose changes, which
can include minor edits, such as
grammatical or typographical
corrections, clarifications of definitions
and meaning, or more substantial
changes to the hierarchy within
components. The CMECS
Implementation Group, through the
Office for Coastal Management, has
determined it is necessary to initiate the
dynamic standard process to revise the
CMECS. We are soliciting
recommendations for revisions to the
CMECS through a form to be posted on
the CMECS website. All
recommendations collected will be
reviewed and revisions will be made to
the CMECS to reflect those
recommendations found to be valuable
for implementation of the CMECS and
supportive of the user community
needs.

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II. Method of Collection
Information will primarily be
collected through a form on the CMECS
website; however, we will also accept
paper format for anyone unable to
access the form through the internet.
Some follow up interviews may occur to
better understand recommendations as
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Clearance Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
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COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER
SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Notice of CSOSA and PSA Guidance
Portals
Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of
Columbia.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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Pursuant to Executive Order
13891 and OMB M–20–02:
Memorandum for Regulatory Policy
Officers at Executive Departments and
Agencies and Managing and Executive
Directors of Certain Agencies and
Commissions (OMB Memorandum M–
20–02), Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency for the District of
Columbia (CSOSA) and Pretrial Services
Agency for the District of Columbia
(PSA) are noticing the February 28, 2020
by both CSOSA and PSA of a single,
searchable, indexed database, each
containing all of the respective agency’s
guidance documents currently in effect.
DATES: Applicable February 28, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
CSOSA, Hyun-Ju E. Park, Supervisory
Policy Analyst, Office of Policy
Analysis, Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency, 633 Indiana
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004,
[email protected]
PSA: Victor Valentine Davis, Chief of
Staff, Pretrial Services Agency for the
District of Columbia, 633 Indiana
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004,
[email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Court
Services and Offender Supervision
Agency for the District of Columbia
(CSOSA) was established within the
Executive Branch of the Federal
Government by the National Capital
Revitalization and Self-Government
Improvement Act of 1997, Public Law
105–33, 111 Stat. 251, 712 (D.C. Code
§ 24–133(a)). On August 4, 2000, CSOSA
was certified by the United States
Attorney General as an independent
Federal agency. The Pretrial Services
Agency for the District of Columbia
(PSA) is an independent entity within
CSOSA.
Section 3 of Executive Order 13891
requires federal agencies to ‘‘establish or
maintain on its website a single,
searchable, indexed database that
contains or links to all guidance
documents in effect from such agency or
component.’’ Executive Order 13891, 84
FR 55, 235 (October 9, 2019). OMB
Memorandum M–20–02 further requires
agencies to ‘‘send to the Federal
Register a notice announcing the
existence of the new guidance portal
and explaining that all guidance
documents remaining in effect are
contained on the new guidance portal.’’
OMB Memorandum M–20–02, page 1
(October 31, 2019).
In compliance with the above, CSOSA
and PSA are respectively noticing the
availability of a single, searchable,
indexed database for CSOSA containing
all CSOSA guidance documents
currently in effect, which may be
SUMMARY:

OMB Control Number: 0648–NEW.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission;
request for a new information
collection.
Affected Public: Coastal scientists and
managers throughout the United States
responsible for characterization of
coastal and marine habitats or
ecosystems more broadly. This may
include academia; non-governmental
organizations; State, Local or Tribal
government; Federal government; and
for-profit environmental support
businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 100
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.

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