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activities. No rookeries, mating grounds,
areas of concentrated feeding, or other
areas of special significance for marine
mammals occur within or near the
relocation route.
The principal measures undertaken to
ensure that the barging operation will
not have an adverse impact on
subsistence activities are a CAA
between FEX, the AEWC and the
Whaling Captains Association; a Plan of
Cooperation; and an operation schedule
that will not permit barging operations
during the traditional bowhead whaling
season.
Proposed Authorization
NMFS proposes to issue an IHA for
the harassment of marine mammals
incidental to FEX conducting a barging
operation for approximately 20 days
from West Dock, Prudhoe Bay Alaska,
through the U.S. Beaufort Sea to either
Cape Simpson or Point Lonely. This
proposed IHA is contingent upon
incorporation of the previously
mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements. NMFS has
preliminarily determined that the
proposed activity would result in the
harassment of small numbers of
bowhead whales, beluga whales, ringed
seals, bearded seals and spotted seals;
would have no more than a negligible
impact on these marine mammal stocks;
and would not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on the availability of
marine mammal stocks for subsistence
uses once the Plan of Cooperation is
submitted to NMFS and the previously
described CAA is signed.
Information Solicited
NMFS requests interested persons to
submit comments and information
concerning this proposed IHA and the
application for regulations request (see
ADDRESSES).
Dated: May 2, 2005.
P. Michael Payne,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Research Steering Committee in May,
2005. Recommendations from the
committee will be brought to the full
Council for formal consideration and
action, if appropriate.
The meeting will held on
Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at 9:30 a.m.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Colonial, One Audubon
Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; telephone:
(781) 245–9300.
ADDRESSES:
Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council
(978) 465–0492. Requests for special
accommodations should be addressed to
the New England Fishery Management
Council, 50 Water Street, Newburyport,
MA 01950; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
There will
be a committee review of several
cooperative research project final
reports and the development of any
associated advice for use by the Council.
There will be an update on NOAA
Fisheries Service plans to issue a
Request for Proposals for short-term
research projects; and review of the
status of projects affected by the policy
to use ‘‘A’’ days-at-sea to account for
catch and associated fishing mortality
during cooperative research efforts.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting dates.
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Administration
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Dated: May 3, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
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Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. 2005–P–059]
Changes to the Transitional
Procedures for Limited Examination
After Final Rejection in Certain
Applications Filed Before June 8, 1995
United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (URAA) provided for a
transitional procedure for the limited
examination after final rejection in
certain applications filed before June 8,
1995. The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (Office) is changing its
final action practice for the Office action
immediately following a submission
under the URAA transitional limited
examination procedure. The Office is
changing this final action practice to
conform with the intent of the URAA
and to facilitate the completion of
prosecution of applications to which the
URAA transitional limited examination
procedure applies.
DATES: Effective Date: The change in
practice in this notice applies to any
submission under 37 CFR 1.129(a) filed
on or after June 8, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert W. Bahr, Senior Patent Attorney,
Office of the Deputy Commissioner for
Patent Examination Policy, by telephone
at (571) 272–8800, by mail addressed to:
Mail Stop Comments—Patents,
Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box
1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–1450, or by
facsimile to (571) 273–7735, marked to
the attention of Robert W. Bahr.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
URAA provided (among other things)
for the Office to prescribe regulations to
provide further limited (re)examination
after final rejection of applications that
have been pending for two years or
longer as of June 8, 1995, taking into
account any reference made in such
application to any earlier filed
applications under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121,
or 365(c). See Pub. L. 103–465,
§ 532(a)(2)(A), 108 Stat. 4809, 4985
(1994). The Statement of Administration
Action that accompanied the URAA
indicated that the purpose of this
transitional procedure for the limited
examination of certain applications filed
before June 8, 1995, was to facilitate the
completion of the prosecution of
applications pending in the Office as of
June 8, 1995. See Uruguay Round
Agreements Act: Statement of
Administrative Action, H.R. Doc. No.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050305A]
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce
ACTION: Public meeting
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Research Steering Committee in May,
2005. Recommendations from the committee will be brought to the full
Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: The meeting will held on Wednesday, May 25, 2005, at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Colonial, One
Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; telephone: (781) 245-9300.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council (978) 465-0492. Requests for
special accommodations should be addressed to the New England Fishery
Management Council, 50 Water Street, Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone:
(978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There will be a committee review of several
cooperative research project final reports and the development of any
associated advice for use by the Council. There will be an update on
NOAA Fisheries Service plans to issue a Request for Proposals for
short-term research projects; and review of the status of projects
affected by the policy to use ``A'' days-at-sea to account for catch
and associated fishing mortality during cooperative research efforts.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Paul J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days
prior to the meeting dates.
Dated: May 3, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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