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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received a request from the Dominion Virginia Power to modify an existing incidental take permit. This permit, under the Endangered Species Act, is related to the operation of the Dominion Chesterfield Power Station and involves the accidental capture of Atlantic sturgeon eggs. This modification aims to authorize the incidental capture of up to 36,726 sturgeon eggs from the Chesapeake Bay Distinct Population Segment through December 2025. The NMFS is analyzing the environmental impacts of this modification and is inviting public comments by January 21, 2025.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a notice regarding a request to modify a previously granted permit under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. Originally issued to George Watters, the permit allows waste management activities related to oceanographic research by NOAA's Antarctic Marine Living Resources Program, including deploying instruments like moorings and gliders. The recent modification permits up to seven subsurface moorings, with the Environmental Officer confirming it to be a minor change. The updated permit activities are planned between December 29, 2020, and July 30, 2021.

In March 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed modifying an existing permit related to the discharge of seafood processing waste from vessels in federal waters off Alaska. The modification, requested by the Freezer Longline Coalition, would allow vessels to discharge waste closer to the shore during certain months due to changing conditions in the Bering Sea. The EPA determined the change could negatively affect the spectacled eider, a threatened bird species, but will include measures to reduce harm. Feedback on this modification is open to the public until March 31, 2021.