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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 22, 2006 / Notices
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that
issuance of the proposed permits is
categorically excluded from the
requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Dated: March 16, 2006.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 022806F]
Endangered Species; File No. 1518–01
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit
modification.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Carlos Diez, Departamento de Recursos
Naturales y Abmientales de Puerto Rico,
P.O. Box 9066600, San Juan, Puerto Rico
00906–6600 has been issued a
modification to scientific research
Permit No.1518.
ADDRESSES: The modification 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; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
phone (727)824–5312; fax (727)824–
5309.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Opay or Kate Swails, (301)713–
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 27, 2005, notice was published
in the Federal Register (70 FR 61940)
that a modification of Permit No. 1518,
issued August 8, 2005 (70 FR 47813),
had been requested by the above-named
individual. The requested modification
has been granted 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
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endangered and threatened species (50
CFR 222–226).
Permit No. 1518 currently authorizes
the permit holder to study green and
hawksbill sea turtles. The purpose of the
research is to identify marine habitat,
determine distribution and abundance,
determine sex ratios, evaluate the extent
of ingestion of marine debris, determine
growth rates and sexual maturity, and
quantify threats. Mr. Diez is currently
authorized to annually capture up to
320 hawksbill and 250 green sea turtles
by hand or entanglement net. All turtles
are measured, weighed, tagged, and
blood sampled. A subset of animals are
lavaged and have transmitters attached
to them. One leatherback sea turtle
could be incidentally captured during
the course of the studies but would be
released alive. The permit modification
allows the permit holder to skin biopsy
190 green and hawksbill sea turtles.
Under this modification a subset of 10
green turtles will undergo
fibropapillomatosis tumor removal
surgery and subsequent rehabilitation.
Turtles that have severe tumors and are
in extremely poor health would be
euthanized. The applicant does not
expect that more than two turtles would
require euthanasia. The goal of the
additional research will be to create
baseline parameters of health
assessments, determine groups’
heterogenity and dispersal, and provide
insight into the pathogenesis of the
disease in the wild through the use of
long-term capture and release surveys.
Issuance of this modification, as
required by the ESA was based on a
finding that such permit (1) was applied
for in good faith, (2) will not operate to
the disadvantage of any endangered or
threatened species, and (3) is consistent
with the purposes and policies set forth
in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: March 16, 2006.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 031606C]
Endangered Species; File No. 1571
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice; receipt of application.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Southeast Fisheries Science Center
(SEFSC), NMFS, 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), hawsbill
(Eretmochelys imbricata), olive ridley
(Lepidochelys olivacea), and leatherback
(Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles for
purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments must be received on or before
April 21, 2006.
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; and
Southeast 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. 1571.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Opay or Amy Hapeman,
(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 research would use resource
assessment cruises as a platform to fill
in data gaps in the basic biology of sea
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turtles, provide information on
population dynamics to improve stock
assessments, and to better understand
the distribution of turtles in time and
space. Turtles that are incidentally
captured during resource assessment
cruises would be used by the SEFSC in
their assessments of distribution and
abundance of turtles, as well as the
cumulative impact of the relevant
fishery on the stocks. The incidental
capture would accrue to and be
authorized by the fisheries being
researched. The SEFSC would annually
handle, identify, examine, measure,
weigh, photograph, flipper tag, passive
integrated transponder (PIT) tag, skin
biopsy, and release or salvage the
carcass, tissue, and parts of up to 6
green, 17 loggerhead, 8 Kemp’s ridley, 6
hawksbill, 6 olive ridley, 6 unidentified
hardshell, and 17 leatherback sea
turtles. Research would occur in the
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico,
Caribbean Sea, and their tributaries. The
permit would be issued for five years.
Dated: March 16, 2006.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0026]
Federal Acquisition Regulation;
Submission for OMB Review; Change
Order Accounting
Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance (9000–0026).
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AGENCIES:
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Secretariat has submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) a
request to review and approve an
extension of a currently approved
information collection requirement
concerning change order accounting. A
request for public comments was
published in the Federal Register at 71
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FR 2914, January 18, 2006. No
comments were received.
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the FAR,
and whether it will have practical
utility; whether our estimate of the
public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on
valid assumptions and methodology;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways in which we can
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, through the use of appropriate
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
April 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this
burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB,
Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC
20503, and a copy to the General
Services Administration, FAR
Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW.,
Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeritta Parnell, Contract Policy Division,
GSA (202) 501–4082.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
FAR clause 52.243–6, Change Order
Accounting, requires that, whenever the
estimated cost of a change or series of
related changes exceed $100,000, the
contracting officer may require the
contractor to maintain separate accounts
for each change or series of related
changes. The account shall record all
incurred segregable, direct costs (less
allocable credits) of work, both changed
and unchanged, allocable to the change.
These accounts are to be maintained
until the parties agree to an equitable
adjustment for the changes or until the
matter is conclusively disposed of under
the Disputes clause. This requirement is
necessary in order to be able to account
properly for costs associated with
changes in supply and research and
development contracts that are
technically complex and incur
numerous changes.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 8,750.
Responses Per Respondent: 18.
Annual Responses: 157,500.
Hours Per Response: .084.
Total Burden Hours: 13,230.
C. Annual Recordkeeping Burden
Recordkeepers: 8,750.
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Hours Per Recordkeeper: 1.5.
Total Recordkeeping Burden Hours:
13,125.
Total Burden Hours: 26,355.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
FAR Secretariat (VIR), Room 4035,
Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202)
501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No.
9000–0026, Change Order Accounting,
in all correspondence.
Dated: March 14, 2006.
Gerald Zaffos,
Director, Contract Policy Division.
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Advance Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
Technology Demonstration Program
Department of Energy.
Advance notice of intent.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is providing this Advance
Notice of Intent (ANOI) to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) for the Global
Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP)
Technology Demonstration Program.
The GNEP Technology Demonstration
Program would demonstrate certain
technologies that could change the way
spent nuclear fuel from commercial
light-water nuclear power reactors is
managed. This EIS will inform DOE
officials and the public of the potential
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action, which is to
demonstrate U.S. capability to safely
recycle spent nuclear fuel using
proliferation-resistant separation
processes and the conversion of
transuranics into shorter-lived
radioisotopes.
The proposed action includes three
key elements that would comprise a
proliferation-resistant closed fuel cycle:
(1) The demonstration of separation
processes in which usable and waste
materials that are found in spent nuclear
fuel are separated; (2) the demonstration
of the conversion of transuranics; and
(3) the demonstration of an advanced
fuel fabrication process.
The EIS will evaluate all reasonable
alternative technologies and locations
for the key elements of the proposed
GNEP Technology Demonstration
Program. New facilities and
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 031606C]
Endangered Species; File No. 1571
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 Southeast Fisheries Science
Center (SEFSC), NMFS, 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),
hawsbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), olive ridley (Lepidochelys
olivacea), and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles for
purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or
before April 21, 2006.
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; and
Southeast 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. 1571.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Opay or Amy Hapeman, (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 research would use resource assessment cruises as a platform to
fill in data gaps in the basic biology of sea
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turtles, provide information on population dynamics to improve stock
assessments, and to better understand the distribution of turtles in
time and space. Turtles that are incidentally captured during resource
assessment cruises would be used by the SEFSC in their assessments of
distribution and abundance of turtles, as well as the cumulative impact
of the relevant fishery on the stocks. The incidental capture would
accrue to and be authorized by the fisheries being researched. The
SEFSC would annually handle, identify, examine, measure, weigh,
photograph, flipper tag, passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag, skin
biopsy, and release or salvage the carcass, tissue, and parts of up to
6 green, 17 loggerhead, 8 Kemp's ridley, 6 hawksbill, 6 olive ridley, 6
unidentified hardshell, and 17 leatherback sea turtles. Research would
occur in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and their
tributaries. The permit would be issued for five years.
Dated: March 16, 2006.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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