Appendix A — Commission Recommendations 



for the Short Range Air Drop Target System Program; commending the Department 

 of Defense for exploring target missile launch systems that would not require land- 

 based launch platforms and for identifying the need to carry out site-specific analyses 

 regarding their possible biological impacts; and recommending that the Department 

 initiate consultations with the National Marine Fisheries Service pursuant to Section 7 

 of the Endangered Species Act to identify such measures as may be needed to avoid 

 significant adverse impacts on endangered or threatened populations of marine 

 mammals and habitat essential for their survival. 



24 September 



8 October 



Commerce, providing general and specific comments to the National Marine Fisher- 

 ies Service on a draft 1997 Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 Annual Report to 

 Congress. 



Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit. Southwest Fisheries Science 

 Center. 



8 October 



Commerce, amendment of scientific research permit, Louis M. Herman, University 

 of Hawaii. 



8 October 



8 October 

 13 October 



19 October 

 19 October 

 19 October 

 21 October 



Commerce, commenting to the National Marine Fisheries Service on an application 

 from the North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation requesting a five-year authoriza- 

 tion to take small numbers of seals incidental to routine operations of the Seabrook 

 Station nuclear power plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire; recommending that the 

 final rule require that appropriate mitigation measures be implemented as soon as 

 possible following submission of the report on possible mitigation measures. 



Commerce, scientific research permit, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. 



Commerce, providing comments to the National Marine Fisheries Service on the 

 proposed rule and the accompanying Environmental Assessment prepared by the 

 Service on actions to implement a Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan for gillnet 

 fisheries off New England and Mid- Atlantic coastal states; recommending that the 

 Service (1) use a more conservative estimate of the effectiveness of acoustic deterrent 

 devices to keep porpoises away from nets given the experience to date, (2) reexamine 

 the accuracy of harbor porpoise bycatch estimates for the mid-Atlantic region in light 

 of questionable assumptions and more recent data, (3) consider additional fishery 

 closure areas for the mid-Atlantic and New England areas given what are likely low 

 estimates of past porpoise bycatch levels and overly optimistic expectations regarding 

 the effectiveness of acoustic deterrents, (4) consider the need to modify the gillnet 

 fishery observer program given new management measures, (5) reexamine research 

 plans to detect possible effects of sound from acoustic deterrents on harbor porpoises 

 and other marine species. 

 Commerce, scientific research permit. University of South Mississippi. 



Interior, public display permit, Oregon Coast Aquarium. 



Interior, public display permit. Northeastern Nevada Historical Society and Museum. 



Commerce, providing general and specific comments to the National Marine 



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