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scoping process for subsequent
environmental review, such as if NMFS
later issues an NOI to prepare an EIS for
a proposed action related to the
Convention.
In the event of ratification of the
Convention(in which case the United
States would become a member of the
Commission) and legislation the need
for action would be limited to fulfilling
the obligations of the United States with
respect to the Convention provisions
that are ready for decision-making.
Examples of such provisions are in the
articles of the Convention relating to:
flag state duties; compliance and
enforcement; boarding and inspection;
port state measures; the implementation
of a regional vessel observer program;
and regulation and monitoring of
transshipments.
Commission’s Second Annual Session,
December 2005, Pohnpei, Federated
States of Micronesia
The United States has not ratified the
Convention as of this date and thus will
participate in the second session of the
Commission in December 2005 as a
cooperating non-member. Anticipated
items of interest at the December 2005
Commission session include the status
of bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks and
consideration of conservation and
management measures to ensure
sustainable use of those stocks, the
establishment of the Northern
Committee (NC), and the first meeting of
the Technical and Compliance
Committee (TCC).
The first meeting of the Commission’s
Scientific Committee (SC), held in
Noumea, New Caledonia, in August
2005, resulted in updated stock
assessments for the four primary tuna
species in the Convention Area. The
most recent results for bigeye tuna
confirm previous analyses that the
current level of fishing mortality is
likely greater than the level associated
with maximum sustainable yield (MSY).
In addition the most recent yellowfin
tuna assessment is more pessimistic
than previous analyses, and suggests
this stock is also subject to a fishing
mortality rate greater than the level
associated with MSY. As the
Commission previously resolved (2004)
to adopt conservation and management
measures at the 2005 annual session and
the SC’s latest assessments suggest
overfishing is occurring for two
principal tuna stocks in the region, there
will be considerable attention given to
potential conservation and management
measures for these stocks.
The NC is to be established as a
subsidiary body of the Commission with
responsibility to develop
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recommendations for conservation and
management measures for those stocks
primarily located and fished north of
the 20° parallel N. lat. Actions of the
NC, once established, may include, in
addition to establishing institutional
processes for itself, proposing a
Memorandum of Understanding
between the International Scientific
Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like
Species in the North Pacific Ocean and
the Commission, and recommending
that the Commission adopt a resolution
to address the sustainable use of
albacore tuna in the north Pacific.
The first meeting of the Commission’s
TCC is to be held immediately prior to
the Commission session, and will likely
focus on establishing a work plan for
future action by the Committee. Other
matters of priority will be the
development of standards,
specifications and procedures for the
Commission’s vessel monitoring system,
the regional vessel observer program
and the United Nations Food and
Agricultural Organization Port State
Model Scheme.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Rhea Moss,
NMFS, 808–944–2153(voice) or 808–
973–2941 (fax), at least 5 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16
U.S.C. 5501 et seq.
Dated: October 14, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 101305A]
Endangered Species; File No. 1552
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the NMFS, Southeast Fisheries Science
Center (SEFSC), 75 Virginia Beach
Drive, Miami, Florida 33149, has
applied in due form for a permit to take
green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead
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(Caretta caretta), Kemp’s ridley
(Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill
(Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback
(Dermochelys coriacea), and olive ridley
(Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles for
purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments must be received on or before
November 18, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521;
andSoutheast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
phone (727)824–5312; fax (727)824–
5309.
Written comments or requests for a
public hearing on this application
should be mailed to the Chief, Permits,
Conservation and Education Division,
F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those
individuals requesting a hearing should
set forth the specific reasons why a
hearing on this particular request would
be appropriate.
Comments may also be submitted by
facsimile at (301)427–2521, provided
the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy
submitted by mail and postmarked no
later than the closing date of the
comment period.
Comments may also be submitted by
e-mail. The mailbox address for
providing email comments is
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include
in the subject line of the e-mail
comment the following document
identifier: File No. 1552.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Opay or Kate Swails, (301)713–
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR 222–226).
The applicant proposes to handle,
measure, weigh, photograph, flipper tag,
passive integrated transponder tag, skin
biopsy, and release up to 110 green, 550
loggerhead, 195 Kemp’s ridley, 110
hawksbill, 235 leatherback, 110 olive
ridley, and 145 unidentified hardshell
(combination of green, loggerhead,
Kemp’s ridley, hawksbill, olive ridley,
or hybrids that would not be able to be
identified at the time of capture) sea
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turtles annually. The applicant would
sample turtles captured incidentally
during other activities including the
shark gillnet fishery, longline fisheries,
the shrimp trawl fishery, and surveys
during oil/gas platform removal. The
capture would be authorized by the
incidental take statements of the
biological opinions that cover these
activities. The research would provide
data on the turtles that interact with
these activities and provide data useful
to better understanding turtle migration,
habitat use, genetics, and population
dynamics. The information would be
used to develop, implement, and
evaluate conservation recovery efforts
for sea turtles. The research would take
place in Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico,
Caribbean Sea, and tributaries. The
permit would be issued for 5 years.
Dated: October 13, 2005.
Carrie W. Hubard,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and
Education Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Publication of Families First Business
Rules
Department of the Army, DOD.
Final notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Military Surface
Deployment and Distribution Command
(SDDC), as the Department of Defense
(DoD) Traffic Manager for the Personal
Property Program published the Defense
Personal Property System (DPS) Phase II
Business Rules for Industry comment.
These rules were posted to the Families
First Web Site located at https://
www.sddc.army.mil under Families
First.
This announcement is being made to
provide an overview of the comments
received by SDDC from the Federal
Register notice published on April 26,
2005 (70 FR 21401). All stakeholders
were given 30 days to review these draft
business rules and provide SDDC their
comments. Responses were returned in
several ways, including letters,
spreadsheets and the Frequently Asked
Question process.
SDDC received approximately 1300
comments from the industry. Some of
the comments were unique, but there
were many duplicates.
After the initial review of the
comments and identification of
duplicates, the comments were assigned
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to SDDC Subject Matter Experts (SME)
in each of the associated Functional
Areas related to the development of
DPS. These SME’s performed a detailed
review of these comments to determine
if revision to the business rules were
appropriate.
Our review indicated that there were
approximately 800 duplicates and 500
unique comments. Some of industries
major concerns were: the new best value
traffic distribution methodology,
establishment of minimum performance
score, claims metrics, issues with CWA/
invoicing, prompt payment, hard copy
documentation, low response customer
survey response rate, lack of statistically
valid number of Transportation Service
Providers (TSPs), non-availability of
interface with TSP systems, 13% cost
growth limitation on the new program,
access to rate filing instructions, tools
required to perform rate filing,
inadequate time to test the new system,
shipment management, TSP/agent
relationship and access to multiple
SCACs.
Our review indicated that all the
comments required clarification to the
business rules. SDDC is currently in the
process of providing these clarifications
in the business rules and will publish
the Final Business Rule when
incorporation of these changes is
completed. In the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section, SDDC has
identified Industry’s major concerns.
ADDRESSES: Surface Deployment and
Distribution Command, ATTN: SDPP,
Room 10N35–29 (Judith Tarbox),
Hoffman Building II, 200 Stovall Street,
Alexandria, VA 22332–5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Judith Tarbox at (703) 428–3004.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Industry’s
comments ranged from questions,
suggestions, rewording of business rules
and requesting of additional
information. SDDC will continue to
work with Industry to clarify
interpretations of the program and
develop the understanding necessary to
make the implementation of DPS a
success. During the review of these
comments, several consistent themes
emerged, including:
1. Requests for the release of SDDC
proprietary information. As part of
developing rules/logic for DPS; SDDC
has developed several DoD specific
logic, formulas, and additional
information to assist our System
Integrator (SI) to implement our new
Personal Property System. For example,
some of the logic involves computation
of targets per market to keep the
program cost growth under 13% etc.
This is DoD specific proprietary
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information and is therefore acquisition
sensitive thus cannot be released
outside DoD.
2. Questions that SDDC believes have
already been addressed. Many of the
industry’s comments are addressed in
other sections of the business rules or
other business rules documents. For
example, distribution of shipments,
spread and blackout dates, filing and
settlement of claims, new rate filing
process and timeline etc.
3. Recurring questions. Several unique
questions were asked by Industry, but
most of these questions were recurring
questions from the past two years that
have been previously responded to by
SDDC. SDDC believes that these
questions reveal areas where Industry
may need more information, and SDDC
will provide responses as part of the
FAQ section of the Families First Web
site. Additionally, topics of some of
these questions will be considered for
future Families First info-grams.
4. Documentation Edits and Changes.
Industry identified areas in the
documentation where editorial changes
or updates to the documentation are
necessary that are not related to the
content of the Business Rules. Where
applicable, SDDC will make all
appropriate updates to the
documentation to correct these items.
For example: mileage guide reference in
the new domestic 400NG tariff, business
rules and international tender language
changes for clarity and some changes to
footnotes in the business rules and cross
referencing of business rules etc.
5. Industry opinion. In many cases
Industry reiterated opinions and
concerns with regards to the Families
First Program. SDDC continues to
provide a monthly In-Process Review
(IPR) to the Industry to discuss these
concerns and work towards a better
understanding and resolution of issues.
6. Business Rules Changes. In some
cases, Industry identified perceived
gaps in the business rules or divergent
business rule explanations in the
documentation. In such cases SDDC will
work to provide clarification to the
business rule document. For example:
Historical tonnage will be provided to
all DoD qualified TSPs per market.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This action is not considered rule
making within the meaning of
Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–
612.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
U.S.C. 3051 et seq., does not apply
because no information collection or
record keeping requirements are
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101305A]
Endangered Species; File No. 1552
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the NMFS, Southeast Fisheries
Science Center (SEFSC), 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, Florida 33149,
has applied in due form for a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas),
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),
hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea),
and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles for purposes of
scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or
before November 18, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review upon written request or by appointment in the following
office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD
20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)427-2521; andSoutheast Region,
NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; phone (727)824-
5312; fax (727)824-5309.
Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this
application should be mailed to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and
Education Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315
East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those
individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons
why a hearing on this particular request would be appropriate.
Comments may also be submitted by facsimile at (301)427-2521,
provided the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted by mail and
postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment period.
Comments may also be submitted by e-mail. The mailbox address for
providing email comments is NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include in the
subject line of the e-mail comment the following document identifier:
File No. 1552.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Opay or Kate Swails, (301)713-
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR
222-226).
The applicant proposes to handle, measure, weigh, photograph,
flipper tag, passive integrated transponder tag, skin biopsy, and
release up to 110 green, 550 loggerhead, 195 Kemp's ridley, 110
hawksbill, 235 leatherback, 110 olive ridley, and 145 unidentified
hardshell (combination of green, loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, hawksbill,
olive ridley, or hybrids that would not be able to be identified at the
time of capture) sea
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turtles annually. The applicant would sample turtles captured
incidentally during other activities including the shark gillnet
fishery, longline fisheries, the shrimp trawl fishery, and surveys
during oil/gas platform removal. The capture would be authorized by the
incidental take statements of the biological opinions that cover these
activities. The research would provide data on the turtles that
interact with these activities and provide data useful to better
understanding turtle migration, habitat use, genetics, and population
dynamics. The information would be used to develop, implement, and
evaluate conservation recovery efforts for sea turtles. The research
would take place in Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and
tributaries. The permit would be issued for 5 years.
Dated: October 13, 2005.
Carrie W. Hubard,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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