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The initial sequence library will
be compiled on March 17, 2006.
Contributions received later than this
date will be considered for inclusion in
the library, but may not be included in
the first round of testing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marc Salit, Advanced Chemical Science
Laboratory, Stop 8310, National
Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8310.
Telephone: (301) 975–3646; FAX: 301
975–5449; or by e-mail: salit@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST is
collecting nucleic acid sequences to
form a library of sequences suitable for
the preparation of RNA reference
materials. These reference materials are
intended to act as external RNA controls
in gene expression assays.
Development of these reference
materials is being done in conjunction
with the External RNA Control
Consortium, an ad hoc international
consortium of approximately 70
organizations from the public, private,
and academic sectors. This group has
described the materials to be developed
(see https://www.cstl.nist.gov/biotech/
Cell&TissueMeasurements/
GeneExpression/ERCC.htm) has
published a plan to qualify the
performance of the candidate sequence
library (see Consortium, E.R.C.,
Proposed methods for testing and
selecting the ERCC external RNA
controls. BMC Genomics, 2005. 6(1): p.
150) and is developing guidance for
using external RNA controls to validate
a gene expression assay (see https://
www.clsi.org description of provisional
guidance MM–16).
The External RNA Reference Material
sequences are intended to mimic
endogenous mRNA transcripts, in
particular for mammalian species. These
sequences should:
1. Be from 500 to 2000 nucleotides in
length;
2. Have not more than marginal
expected cross reactivity with assay
probes for popular research organisms
(including H. sapiens, M. muscularis, S.
cereviciae, A. thaliana, E. coli, C.
elegans, D. melanogoster, D. rerio).
Marginal cross reactivity will be defined
as having no more than 20 contiguous
bases of identity and overall homology
less than 70% with any section of the
genomes of interest; and,
3. Have GC content of 40–60% and be
void of significant repetitive elements,
palindromes or regions of low
complexity (Human, mouse and rat
genomes are an average of 40–42% GC).
To be included in the library, RNA
sequences must:
1. Be entered in the National Center
for Biotechnology Information’s
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index.html).
2. Be dedicated to the Public Domain
for broad dissemination and
unrestricted use by any interested party.
Sequences provided to NIST for
inclusion in the library must be
physically embodied in a suitable
vector, in a suitable organism, and
should be provided as such to NIST.
Dated: February 11, 2006.
William Jeffrey,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Notice of Public Meeting
SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on
Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES)
will meet March 10, 2006.
DATE AND TIME: The meeting is
scheduled as follows: March 10, 2006, 9
a.m.–4 p.m. The first part of this
meeting will be closed to the public.
The public portion of the meeting will
begin at 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Horizon room of the Ronald Reagan
Building and International Trade Center
Washington, DC. The Reagan Building is
located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20004. While
open to the public, seating capacity may
be limited.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
required by section 10(a) (2)of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. (1982), notice is hereby
given of the meeting of ACCRES.
ACCRES was established by the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) on
May 21, 2002, to advise the Secretary
through the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
on long- and short-range strategies for
the licensing of commercial remote
sensing satellite systems.
Matters To Be Considered
The first part of the meeting will be
closed to the public pursuant to Section
10(d) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, as
amended by section 5(c) of the
Government in Sunshine Act, P.L. 94–
409 and in accordance with section
552b(c)(1) of Title 5, United States Code.
Accordingly, portions of this meeting
which involve the ongoing review and
implementation of the April 2003 U.S.
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Commercial Remote Sensing Space
Policy and related national security and
foreign policy considerations for
NOAA’s licensing decisions may be
closed to the public. These briefings are
likely to disclose matters that are
specifically authorized under criteria
established by Executive Order 12958 to
be kept secret in the interest of national
defense or foreign policy and are in fact
properly classified pursuant to such
Executive Order.
All other portions of the meeting will
be open to the public. During the open
portion of the meeting, the Committee
will have updates of the Landsat
Mission, data archive issues, and new
licensed remote sensing space systems,
The committee will also receive public
comments on its activities.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for special accommodations
may be directed to ACCRES, NOAA/
NESDIS International and Interagency
Affairs Office, 1335 East-West Highway,
Room 7311, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910.
Additional Information and Public
Comments
Any member of the public wishing
further information concerning the
meeting or who wishes to submit oral or
written comments should contact Kay
Weston, Designated Federal Officer for
ACCRES, NOAA/NESDIS International
and Interagency Affairs Office, 1335
East-West Highway, Room 7311, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910. Copies of the
draft meeting agenda can be obtained
from Tahara Moreno at (301) 713–2024
ext. 202, fax (301) 713–2032, or e-mail
Tahara.Moreno@noaa.gov.
The ACCRES expects that public
statements presented at its meetings will
not be repetitive of previouslysubmitted oral or written statements. In
general, each individual or group
making an oral presentation may be
limited to a total time of five minutes.
Written comments (please provide at
least 13 copies) received in the NOAA/
NESDIS International and Interagency
Affairs Office on or before march 6,
2006, will be provided to Committee
members in advance of the meeting.
Comments received too close to the
meeting date will normally be provided
to Committee members at the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay
Weston, NOAA/NESDIS International
and Interagency Affairs, 1335 East West
Highway, Room 7313, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20910; telephone (301) 713–
2024 x205, fax (301) 713–2032, e-mail
Kay.Weston@noaa.gov, or Tahara
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Moreno at telephone (301) 713–2024
x202, e-mail Tahara.Moreno@noaa.gov.
Gregory W. Withee,
Assistant Administrator for Satellite and
Information Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 022206A]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene its Law Enforcement Advisory
Panel (LEAP).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Monday, March 13, 2006, from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn Downtown/Market
Square, 318 W. Durango Boulevard, San
Antonio, TX.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Richard Leard, Deputy Executive
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (813)
348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Council will convene the LEAP to
review an Options Paper for Joint
Amendment 27 to the Reef Fish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP)/Amendment
14 to the Shrimp FMP. This amendment
contains alternatives to regulate the
harvest and bycatch of red snapper by
both the directed commercial and
recreational fisheries and the shrimp
fishery in the Gulf of Mexico. The need
for this amendment arose from the
Southeast Data, Assessment and Review
(SEDAR) process through which a
recent stock assessment showed that the
red snapper stock in the Gulf was
overfished and overfishing was
continuing.
In addition, the LEAP will discuss the
Automated Identification System that
will soon be required of many fishing
vessels in the Gulf. The LEAP will
review a discussion paper that may
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developing Individual Fishing Quota
(IFQ) programs for the grouper and
potentially other commercial reef fish
fishing operations in the Gulf. Finally,
the LEAP will review the status of
various FMP amendments and other
regulatory actions and report on the
various activities of participating
organizations.
The LEAP consists of principal law
enforcement officers in each of the Gulf
States, as well as the NMFS, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (FWS), the U.S.
Coast Guard, and the NOAA General
Counsel. A copy of the agenda and
related materials can be obtained by
calling the Council office at (813) 348–
1630.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agendas may come before the
LEAP 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 this meeting. Actions of the
LEAP 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.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is 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) at least 5 working days prior
to the meeting.
Dated: February 22, 2006.
Helen Troupos,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 021706D]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council), its
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Ecosystems Committee, Surfclam/Ocean
Quahog/Tilefish Committee, its Squid,
Mackerel, Butterfish Committee, and its
Executive Committee will hold public
meetings.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 through
Thursday, March 16, 2006. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for meeting
agenda.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
Congress Hall Hotel, 251 Beach Avenue,
Cape May, NJ; telephone: (608) 884–
8421
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 300 S. New
Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone:
(302) 674–2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (302) 674–2331, ext.
19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
The Ecosystems Committee will meet
from 10 a.m. – 12 noon. The Committee
will review final draft of Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council’s
Ecosystem Report regarding ecosystem
based fishery management and address
strategy regarding introduction of circle
hooks as the hook of choice in
recreational sector.
The Surfclam/Ocean Quahog/Tilefish
Committee will meet from 1 p.m.–1:30
p.m. The Committee will review 2006
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
reimbursement program / conditions,
and address timing of tilefish
specifications adjustments.
The Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish
Committee will meet from 1:30 p.m.–4
p.m. This Committee will review status
of Amendment 10 and discuss and
adopt rebuilding schedules developed
by Fishery Management Action Team
(FMAT) for the butterfish stock.
The Executive Committee will meet
from 4 p.m.–4:30 p.m. The Committee
will review status of 2006 and 2007
budgets, and review criteria for Ricks E
Savage Award.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
The Council will convene at 9 a.m.
The Council will conduct its regular
business session from 9 a.m. to 11:30
a.m., to approve December and January
Council meeting minutes, approve
actions from January meeting and
receive various reports. From 12:30
p.m.–5:30 p.m., the Council will discuss
Amendment 9 to Squid, Mackerel,
Butterfish Fishery Management Plan
(FMP), review and adopt the public
hearing document (PHD) for
Amendment 9 and associated draft
environmental impact statement (DEIS).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice of Public Meeting
SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES)
will meet March 10, 2006.
Date And Time: The meeting is scheduled as follows: March 10, 2006, 9
a.m.-4 p.m. The first part of this meeting will be closed to the
public. The public portion of the meeting will begin at 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Horizon room of the Ronald
Reagan Building and International Trade Center Washington, DC. The
Reagan Building is located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20004. While open to the public, seating capacity may be
limited.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by section 10(a) (2)of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1982), notice is hereby
given of the meeting of ACCRES. ACCRES was established by the Secretary
of Commerce (Secretary) on May 21, 2002, to advise the Secretary
through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on
long- and short-range strategies for the licensing of commercial remote
sensing satellite systems.
Matters To Be Considered
The first part of the meeting will be closed to the public pursuant
to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
2, as amended by section 5(c) of the Government in Sunshine Act, P.L.
94-409 and in accordance with section 552b(c)(1) of Title 5, United
States Code. Accordingly, portions of this meeting which involve the
ongoing review and implementation of the April 2003 U.S. Commercial
Remote Sensing Space Policy and related national security and foreign
policy considerations for NOAA's licensing decisions may be closed to
the public. These briefings are likely to disclose matters that are
specifically authorized under criteria established by Executive Order
12958 to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign
policy and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive
Order.
All other portions of the meeting will be open to the public.
During the open portion of the meeting, the Committee will have updates
of the Landsat Mission, data archive issues, and new licensed remote
sensing space systems, The committee will also receive public comments
on its activities.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for special accommodations may be directed to
ACCRES, NOAA/NESDIS International and Interagency Affairs Office, 1335
East-West Highway, Room 7311, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
Additional Information and Public Comments
Any member of the public wishing further information concerning the
meeting or who wishes to submit oral or written comments should contact
Kay Weston, Designated Federal Officer for ACCRES, NOAA/NESDIS
International and Interagency Affairs Office, 1335 East-West Highway,
Room 7311, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. Copies of the draft meeting
agenda can be obtained from Tahara Moreno at (301) 713-2024 ext. 202,
fax (301) 713-2032, or e-mail Tahara.Moreno@noaa.gov.
The ACCRES expects that public statements presented at its meetings
will not be repetitive of previously-submitted oral or written
statements. In general, each individual or group making an oral
presentation may be limited to a total time of five minutes. Written
comments (please provide at least 13 copies) received in the NOAA/
NESDIS International and Interagency Affairs Office on or before march
6, 2006, will be provided to Committee members in advance of the
meeting. Comments received too close to the meeting date will normally
be provided to Committee members at the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay Weston, NOAA/NESDIS International
and Interagency Affairs, 1335 East West Highway, Room 7313, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910; telephone (301) 713-2024 x205, fax (301) 713-
2032, e-mail Kay.Weston@noaa.gov, or Tahara
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Moreno at telephone (301) 713-2024 x202, e-mail Tahara.Moreno@noaa.gov.
Gregory W. Withee,
Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services.
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