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Hz, and one expressed in psi. The
estimated numbers of Atlantic
bottlenose dolphins and Atlantic
spotted dolphins potentially exposed to
182 dB and 23 psi, during one year, if
mitigation measures were not effectively
implemented within the 230–m (754 ft)
ZOI, are 4 and 3 individuals.
Possible Effects of Activities on Marine
Mammal Habitat
The Air Force anticipates no loss or
modification to the habitat used by
Atlantic bottlenose dolphins or Atlantic
spotted dolphins in the EGTTR. The
primary source of marine mammal
habitat impact resulting from the
NEODS missions is noise, which is
intermittent (maximum 30 times per
year) and of limited duration. NMFS
does not anticipate that either debris
(which will be recovered following test
activities) or the minimal chemical
residue from the detonated charges will
affect marine mammal habitat.
Possible Effects of Activities on
Subsistence Needs
There are no subsistence uses for
Atlantic bottlenose dolphins Atlantic
spotted dolphins in Florida waters, and
thus, there are no anticipated effects on
subsistence needs.
Endangered Species Act
In a Biological Opinion issued on
October 25, 2004, NMFS concluded that
the NEODS training missions and their
associated actions are not likely to
jeopardize the continued existence of
threatened or endangered species under
the jurisdiction of NMFS or destroy or
adversely modify critical habitat that
has been designated for those species.
NMFS has issued an incidental take
statement (ITS) for 4 species of sea
turtles (leatherback sea turtle
(Dermochelys coriacea), green sea turtle
(Chelonia mydas), Kemp’s ridley sea
turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), and
loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta))
pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act. The ITS contains
reasonable and prudent measures with
implementing terms and conditions to
minimize the effects of this take. This
IHA action is within the scope of the
previously analyzed action and does not
change the action in a manner that was
not considered previously.
National Environmental Policy Act
NMFS prepared an Environmental
Assessment (EA) and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) on the
Issuance of Authorizations to Take
Marine Mammals, by Harassment,
Incidental to Naval Explosive Ordnance
Disposal School Training Operations at
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Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Therefore,
preparation of an EIS on this action is
not required by section 102(2) of the
NEPA or its implementing regulations.
A copy of the EA and FONSI are
available upon request (see ADDRESSES).
Conclusions
NMFS has determined that the
NEODS training operations, as
described in this document and in the
application for an IHA, will result in no
more than Level B harassment of
Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and
Atlantic spotted dolphins and will have
no more than a negligible impact on
these stocks. The effects of the NEODS
training are expected to be limited to
short-term and localized TTS-related
behavioral changes, and these takes will
be at the lowest level practicable due to
incorporation of the mitigation
measures mentioned previously in this
document. With the application of the
mitigation measures, as well as the
potential density of dolphins in the area
of the NEODS training operations,
NMFS believes it highly unlikely that
the proposed action will result in any
injury or mortality of marine mammals.
Additionally, the NEODS training
operations will not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on the availability of
marine mammal stocks for subsistence
use, as there are no subsistence uses for
Atlantic bottlenose dolphins or Atlantic
spotted dolphins in Florida waters.
Authorization
NMFS has issued a 1–year IHA to
EAFB for the take of Atlantic bottlenose
dolphins and Atlantic spotted dolphins,
by harassment, incidental to NEODS
training operations, which include up to
30 detonations of small C–4 charges per
year, provided the previously
mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements are incorporated.
Dated: August 23, 2005.
Donna Wieting,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Notice of public meetings.
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held
September 12 16, 2005.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held
at the Wyndham Bourbon Orleans, 717
Orleans Street, New Orleans, LA 70116.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Council
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
1:30 p.m. Convene.
1:45 p.m. – 5 p.m. – Receive public
testimony on (a) Final Reef Fish
Amendment 18A/Environmental
Assessment (EA), (b) Final Red Grouper
Regulatory Amendment, and (c)
Exempted fishing permits (if any).
5 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. – Receive the Budget/
Personnel Committee Report.
5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – Receive the
Mackerel Management Committee
Report.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Receive the
joint Reef Fish/Shrimp Management
Committees Report.
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Receive the Reef Fish
Management Committee Report.
3 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Receive the
Migratory Species Management
Committee Report.
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Receive the joint
Reef Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum
Committees Report.
4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. – Receive the
Administrative Policy Committee
Report.
Friday, September 16, 2005
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. – Receive the
Enforcement Reports.
8:45 a.m. – 9 a.m. – Receive the
Regional Administrator’s Report.
9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Receive the State
Director’s Reports.
9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. – Other Business.
10 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. – Election of Chair
and Vice-Chair.
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
Committee
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
8:30 a.m. – 12 noon – The Reef Fish
Management Committee will review
public hearing summaries, public
letters, Advisory Panel (AP)
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recommendations, Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC)
recommendations, Federal
recommendations and committee
recommendations on Final Reef Fish
Amendment 18A/EA, which addresses
the grouper fishery and make
recommendations to Council. The
Committee will review Public Hearing
Draft Reef Fish Amendment 26 for a red
snapper individual fishing quota (IFQ)
program and may modify their preferred
alternatives for management measures
for public hearings. The Committee will
then review the Final Red Grouper
Regulatory Amendment and make
recommendations to Council.
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – The joint Reef
Fish/Shrimp Management Committees
will review Red Snapper Management
Scenarios based on the data provided by
the new red snapper stock assessment
conducted under the Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, which yields a peer-reviewed
assessment. The Committees will review
a scoping document for a Regulatory
Amendment on bycatch reduction
device (BRD) certification criterion and
certification of new BRDs. The
Committees will then review a scoping
document for a joint Reef Fish/Shrimp
amendment targeted at reducing shrimp
trawl by-catch; bycatch in the directed
reef fish fishery; and effort limitation
alternatives for the shrimp fishery.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
8 a.m. – 9 a.m. – The joint Reef Fish/
Shrimp Committees will reconvene to
complete their work.
9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – The Mackerel
Management Committee will meet to
discuss setting a control date for the
Spanish mackerel fisheries.
9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. – The Budget/
Personnel Committee will meet to
review the Council’s CY 2006 Operating
Budget.
10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – The Migratory
Species Management Committee will
hear a presentation on a proposed
highly migratory species (HMS)
amendment.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. – The
Administrative Policy Committee will
meet to review current SSC Operations.
They will also discuss the possibility of
holding a Joint SSC/Council meeting
and a Joint AP/Council Meeting. The
Committee will then consider a 2-year
term for Council Chair and Vice-Chair,
and discuss the pros and cons of
limiting Council meetings to 4 or 5 per
year.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agendas may come before the
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Council and Committees for discussion,
in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act), those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings.
Actions of the Council and Committees
will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified in the agendas
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 action to address the
emergency. The established times for
addressing items on the agenda may be
adjusted as necessary to accommodate
the timely completion of discussion
relevant to the agenda items. In order to
further allow for such adjustments and
completion of all items on the agenda,
the meeting may be extended from, or
completed prior to the date established
in this notice.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Dawn Aring at the
Council (see ADDRESSES) by September
1, 2005.
Dated: August 24, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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audience moves towards retirement and
is faced with an increase in free time.
The intent of the marketing campaign
will be to recruit baby boomers to
various Corporation programs, as well
as to volunteer service in general. In
holding meetings to discuss the
Corporation’s draft campaign concepts
for baby boomers, we are interested in
receiving comments from individuals
born between the years of 1946 and
1964.
DATES: Discussions will be tentatively
scheduled on the following dates, in the
following locations: Boston,
Massachusetts on September 9, 2005;
Seattle, Washington on September 12,
2005; and Detroit, Michigan on
September 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: For information on meeting
times and locations, please contact
Shannon Maynard, Office of Public
Affairs, Corporation for National and
Community Service, by email at
smaynard@cns.gov or by phone at (202)
606–6713.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shannon Maynard, Office of Public
Affairs, Corporation for National and
Community Service, by e-mail at
smaynard@cns.gov or by phone at (202)
606–6713.
Dated: August 23, 2005.
Sandy Scott,
Acting Director, Office of Public Affairs.
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Meeting With Interested Individuals for
Comment on Communications and
Marketing Campaign Concepts for
Baby Boomers
Corporation for National and
Community Service.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Corporation for National
and Community Service will hold a
meeting to discuss the development of
its proposed communications and
marketing campaign concepts targeted
at baby boomers. The mission of the
Corporation for National and
Community Service is to provide
opportunities for Americans to engage
in service that addresses our nation’s
educational, public safety,
environmental and other human needs.
As part of this mission, the Corporation
is developing a marketing campaign
targeted at baby boomers, as this
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Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Program and Analytic Studies,
Policy and Program Studies Service,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a New System of
Records.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), 5 United States Code
(U.S.C.) 552a, the Department of
Education (Department) publishes this
notice of a new system of records
entitled ‘‘The Graduate Fellowship
Programs Participants Study (18–17–
01).’’ This system will contain
information about graduate students
who received financial support between
the years 1997–1999 through one or
more of the following fellowship
programs sponsored by the Office of
Postsecondary Education (OPE): the
Foreign Language and Area Studies
Fellowship Program (FLAS), the
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082305D]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will
convene public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held September 12 16, 2005.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Wyndham Bourbon Orleans,
717 Orleans Street, New Orleans, LA 70116.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Council
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
1:30 p.m. Convene.
1:45 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Receive public testimony on (a) Final Reef Fish
Amendment 18A/Environmental Assessment (EA), (b) Final Red Grouper
Regulatory Amendment, and (c) Exempted fishing permits (if any).
5 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Receive the Budget/Personnel Committee Report.
5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Receive the Mackerel Management Committee
Report.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive the joint Reef Fish/Shrimp Management
Committees Report.
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. - Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee Report.
3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Receive the Migratory Species Management Committee
Report.
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Receive the joint Reef Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum
Committees Report.
4:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Receive the Administrative Policy Committee
Report.
Friday, September 16, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. - Receive the Enforcement Reports.
8:45 a.m. - 9 a.m. - Receive the Regional Administrator's Report.
9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Receive the State Director's Reports.
9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Other Business.
10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - Election of Chair and Vice-Chair.
Committee
Monday, September 12, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 12 noon - The Reef Fish Management Committee will review
public hearing summaries, public letters, Advisory Panel (AP)
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recommendations, Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC)
recommendations, Federal recommendations and committee recommendations
on Final Reef Fish Amendment 18A/EA, which addresses the grouper
fishery and make recommendations to Council. The Committee will review
Public Hearing Draft Reef Fish Amendment 26 for a red snapper
individual fishing quota (IFQ) program and may modify their preferred
alternatives for management measures for public hearings. The Committee
will then review the Final Red Grouper Regulatory Amendment and make
recommendations to Council.
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The joint Reef Fish/Shrimp Management
Committees will review Red Snapper Management Scenarios based on the
data provided by the new red snapper stock assessment conducted under
the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, which yields
a peer-reviewed assessment. The Committees will review a scoping
document for a Regulatory Amendment on bycatch reduction device (BRD)
certification criterion and certification of new BRDs. The Committees
will then review a scoping document for a joint Reef Fish/Shrimp
amendment targeted at reducing shrimp trawl by-catch; bycatch in the
directed reef fish fishery; and effort limitation alternatives for the
shrimp fishery.
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
8 a.m. - 9 a.m. - The joint Reef Fish/Shrimp Committees will reconvene
to complete their work.
9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - The Mackerel Management Committee will meet to
discuss setting a control date for the Spanish mackerel fisheries.
9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. - The Budget/Personnel Committee will meet to
review the Council's CY 2006 Operating Budget.
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Migratory Species Management Committee will
hear a presentation on a proposed highly migratory species (HMS)
amendment.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. - The Administrative Policy Committee will meet to
review current SSC Operations. They will also discuss the possibility
of holding a Joint SSC/Council meeting and a Joint AP/Council Meeting.
The Committee will then consider a 2-year term for Council Chair and
Vice-Chair, and discuss the pros and cons of limiting Council meetings
to 4 or 5 per year.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come
before the Council and Committees for discussion, in accordance with
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act), those issues may not be the subject of formal action
during these meetings. Actions of the Council and Committees will be
restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agendas 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
action to address the emergency. The established times for addressing
items on the agenda may be adjusted as necessary to accommodate the
timely completion of discussion relevant to the agenda items. In order
to further allow for such adjustments and completion of all items on
the agenda, the meeting may be extended from, or completed prior to the
date established in this notice.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Dawn Aring at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) by September 1, 2005.
Dated: August 24, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-4719 Filed 8-29-05; 8:45 am]
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