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production in the commodities of the
respective sector, drawing upon the
technical competence and experience of
the members. There will be six ATACs,
one for each of the following sectors:
• Animals and Animal Products;
• Fruits and Vegetables;
• Grains, Feed, and Oilseeds;
• Processed Foods;
• Sweeteners and Sweetener
Products; and
• Tobacco, Cotton, Peanuts, and
Planting Seeds.
Nominations and Appointment of
Members
Nominations for APAC and ATAC
membership are open to all individuals
without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, national origin, age, mental or
physical handicap, marital status, or
sexual orientation. To ensure that the
recommendations of the committees
take into account the needs of the
diverse groups served by the USDA,
membership shall include, to the extent
practicable, individuals with
demonstrated ability to represent
minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities.
Members must have expertise and
knowledge of agricultural trade as it
relates to policy and commodity specific
products. No person, company,
producer, farm organization, trade
association, or other entity has a right to
membership on a committee. In making
appointments, every effort will be made
to maintain balanced representation on
the committees: representation from
producers, farm and commodity
organizations, processors, traders, and
consumers. Geographical balance on
each committee will also be sought.
Nominations: Nominating a person to
serve on any of the committees requires
submission of a current resume for the
nominee and the following form:
• AD–755 (Advisory Committee
Membership Background Information),
available on the Internet at https://
www.fas.usda.gov/admin/ad755.pdf.
In addition, FAS encourages the
submission of the optional form AD–
1086 (Applicant for Advisory
Committees Supplemental Sheet),
available on the Internet at https://
www.fas.usda.gov/admin/ad1086.pdf.
Forms may also be requested by sending
an e-mail to LegAffairs@fas.usda.gov, or
by phone at (202) 720–7645.
Foreign Firms: Persons who are
employed by firms that are 50 percent
plus one share foreign-owned must state
the extent to which the organization or
interest to be represented by the
nominee is owned by non-U.S. citizens,
organizations, or interests. If the
nominee is to represent an entity or
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corporation with 10 percent or greater
non-U.S. ownership, the nominee must
demonstrate at the time of nomination
that this ownership interest does not
constitute control and will not adversely
affect his or her ability to serve as an
advisor on the U.S. agriculture advisory
committee for trade.
Issued at Washington, DC, this 11th day of
February, 2005.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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Forest Service
10073
ARCHITECTURAL AND
TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS
COMPLIANCE BOARD
Notice of Meeting
Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board (Access Board) has scheduled its
committee and board meetings to take
place in Washington, DC from Monday
through Wednesday, March 7–9, 2005 as
noted below.
DATES: The schedule of events is as
follows:
Monday, March 7, 2005
Ketchikan Resource Advisory
Committee
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The Ketchikan Resource
Advisory Committee will meet in
Ketchikan, Alaska, April 14, 2005. The
purpose of this meeting is to discuss
potential projects under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000.
The meeting will be held April
14, 2005 at 6 p.m.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center
Learning Room (back entrance), 50 Main
Street, Ketchikan, Alaska. Send written
comments to Ketchikan Resource
Advisory Committee, c/o District
Ranger, USDA Forest Service, 3031
Tongass Ave., Ketchikan, AK 99901, or
electronically to lkolund@fs.fed.us.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn Kolund, District Ranger,
Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District,
Tongass National Forest, (907) 228–
4100.
The
meeting is open to the public.
Committee discussion is limited to
Forest Service staff and Committee
members. However, public input
opportunity will be provided and
individuals will have the opportunity to
address the Committee at that time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: February 22, 2005.
Olleke Rappe-Daniels,
Deputy Forest Supervisor.
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11 a.m.–Noon Ad Hoc Committee on
Courthouse Access
1:30–4 p.m. Committee of the Whole—
Strategic Plan—Closed
4–5 Ad Hoc Committee on Board
Election Process
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
1:30–5 p.m. Ad Hoc Committee on
Public Rights-of-Way—Closed
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
9–10 a.m. Planning and Budget
Committee
10–11 Technical Programs Committee
11–Noon Executive Committee
1:30–3 p.m. Board Meeting
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hilton Garden Inn, Franklin Square
Hotel, 815 14th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information regarding this
meeting, please contact Lawrence W.
Roffee, Executive Director, (202) 272–
0001 (voice) and (202) 272–0082 (TTY).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the
Board meeting, the Access Board will
consider the following agenda items:
(a) Approval of the January 12, 2005
draft meeting minutes;
(b) Committee reports: Ad Hoc
Committee on Courthouse Access; Ad
Hoc Committee on Board Election
Process; Planning and Budget
Committee; Technical Programs
Committee; Executive Committee;
Committee of the Whole (Strategic
Plan);
(c) Public rights-of-way guidelines
(closed); and
(d) Election of officers.
This meeting is accessible to persons
with disabilities. If you plan to attend
and require a sign language interpreter
or similar accommodation, please make
your request with the Board by March
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1, 2005. Persons attending Board
meetings are requested to refrain from
using perfume, cologne, and other
fragrances for the comfort of other
participants.
Lawrence W. Roffee,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 05–4022 Filed 3–1–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits (EFPs)
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of a proposal for
EFPs to conduct experimental fishing;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the
Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region,
NMFS (Assistant Regional
Administrator), has determined that an
application for EFPs contains all of the
required information and warrants
further consideration. The Assistant
Regional Administrator is considering
the impacts of the activities to be
authorized under the EFPs with respect
to the Northeast (NE) Multispecies
Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
However, further review and
consultation may be necessary before a
final determination is made to issue
EFPs. Therefore, NMFS announces that
the Assistant Regional Administrator
proposes to issue EFPs in response to an
application submitted by the Cape Cod
Commercial Hook Fisherman’s
Association (CCCHFA), in collaboration
with Maine Division of Marine
Resources (MEDMR), and Research,
Environmental and Management
Support (REMSA). These EFPs would
allow up to 20 commercial vessels to
conduct an experimental demersal
longline fishery for haddock in Georges
Bank (GB) Closed Area (CA) II and
portions of the Eastern U.S./ Canada
Area. This fishery would take place at
various times from May 2005 through
February 2006. The purpose of the
proposed study is to determine if hookand-line gear could be used to target
haddock with minimal bycatch of cod in
order to establish potential future
Special Access Programs (SAPs) in these
areas as allowed under Amendment 13
to the FMP. The EFPs would also
contain a provision authorizing the RA
to discontinue the experimental fishery
once a specified amount of cod and
haddock are caught or at her discretion.
DATES: Comments on this action must be
received at the appropriate address or
fax number (see ADDRESSES) on or before
March 17, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, NE Regional
Office, 1 Blackburn Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930. Mark the outside of the
envelope ‘‘Comments on Haddock CA II
SAP EFP Proposal.’’ Comments may
also be sent via fax to (978) 281–9135,
or submitted via e-mail to the following
address: da735@noaa.gov. Copies of the
Environmental Assessment (EA) are
available from the NE Regional Office at
the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Sagar, Fishery Management
Specialist, phone: 978–281–9341, fax:
978–281–9135, email:
heather.sagar@noaa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The CCCHFA, in collaboration with
MEDMR and REMSA, submitted a
request on November 16, 2004, to
conduct an experimental fishery for GB
haddock within GB CA II and a portion
of the Eastern U.S./Canada Area. The
purpose of the proposed study is to
determine if demersal longline gear
could be used to target haddock with
minimal bycatch of cod in order to
establish potential future SAP. This
proposal builds on an ongoing study
that began on June 10, 2004, and which
ended on January 31, 2005. Preliminary
results from this ongoing study
demonstrate the viability of utilizing
demersal longline gear to reduce
bycatch of cod in a portion of Cashes
Ledge Closure Area, Western Gulf of
Maine Closure Area, GB CA I, and
Rolling Closure Area III.
The CCCHFA’s most recent proposal
requests authorizing a total of 160 trips
by 20 commercial longline vessels to
fish for and possess haddock in the
Eastern U.S./Canada Area, including CA
II, during the period May 1, 2005,
through February 28, 2006. Similar to
their initial experiment, days-at-sea
(DAS) would be used. Throughout this
study, CCCHFA hopes to determine the
appropriate season, bait, and location
for a directed haddock fishery in the
above identified areas that would have
minimal impact on other groundfish
stocks, particularly GB cod, for the
purpose of developing a SAP.
Participating vessels would be
prohibited from fishing in areas outside
of the identified areas during an
experimental fishing trip. Participating
vessels would also be prohibited from
fishing in the Eastern U.S./Canada Area,
should it be closed due to the
attainment of either the cod, yellowtail
flounder, or haddock TACs. Finally,
participating vessels would be
prevented from fishing in CA II during
peak spawning for cod and haddock,
unless otherwise notified. This study
would follow normal fishing practices.
PROPOSED STUDY AREAS AND SEASONS
Area
Closure Type
GB CA II
Year-Round .......
Eastern U.S./Canada Area
TAC Based ........
Vessels used in this study would
include both GB Cod Hook Sector
(Sector) and non-Sector vessels. All cod
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Duration
May 2005
through
February
2006.
May 2005
through
February
2006.
caught by Sector vessels would count
against the Sector’s cod allocation. The
applicant estimates that each vessel
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# Vessels
# Trips
Georges Bank
CA II.
10
80 (8 per month)
Eastern U.S./
Canada Area.
10
80 (8 per month)
would average 19,900 lb (9.0 mt) of
haddock and less than 1 percent bycatch
of GB cod per trip, for a total of
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ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
Notice of Meeting
AGENCY: Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
(Access Board) has scheduled its committee and board meetings to take
place in Washington, DC from Monday through Wednesday, March 7-9, 2005
as noted below.
DATES: The schedule of events is as follows:
Monday, March 7, 2005
11 a.m.-Noon Ad Hoc Committee on Courthouse Access
1:30-4 p.m. Committee of the Whole--Strategic Plan--Closed
4-5 Ad Hoc Committee on Board Election Process
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
1:30-5 p.m. Ad Hoc Committee on Public Rights-of-Way--Closed
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
9-10 a.m. Planning and Budget Committee
10-11 Technical Programs Committee
11-Noon Executive Committee
1:30-3 p.m. Board Meeting
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Franklin
Square Hotel, 815 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding this
meeting, please contact Lawrence W. Roffee, Executive Director, (202)
272-0001 (voice) and (202) 272-0082 (TTY).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the Board meeting, the Access Board will
consider the following agenda items:
(a) Approval of the January 12, 2005 draft meeting minutes;
(b) Committee reports: Ad Hoc Committee on Courthouse Access; Ad
Hoc Committee on Board Election Process; Planning and Budget Committee;
Technical Programs Committee; Executive Committee; Committee of the
Whole (Strategic Plan);
(c) Public rights-of-way guidelines (closed); and
(d) Election of officers.
This meeting is accessible to persons with disabilities. If you
plan to attend and require a sign language interpreter or similar
accommodation, please make your request with the Board by March
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1, 2005. Persons attending Board meetings are requested to refrain from
using perfume, cologne, and other fragrances for the comfort of other
participants.
Lawrence W. Roffee,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 05-4022 Filed 3-1-05; 8:45 am]
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