North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 76997-76998 [E6-21918]
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requirements under an IHA in order to
conclude that this activity will result in
no more than a negligible impacts on
species and stocks of marine mammals:
(1) Eglin is working with NMFS to
develop and implement a marine
species observer-training program. This
program will provide expertise to
Eglin’s testing and training community
in the identification of protected marine
species during surface and aerial
mission activities in the GOM.
Additionally, personnel involved in the
surf zone and amphibious vehicle and
weapon testing/training would
participate in the proposed species
observation training. Observers would
receive training in protected species
survey and identification techniques
through a NMFS-approved training
program.
(2) Eglin will track their use of the
surf zone and amphibious vehicle and
weapon testing/training for test firing
missions and protected resources
(marine mammal/sea turtle)
observations, through the use of an
observer training sheet.
(3) A summary annual report of
marine mammal/sea turtle observations
and surf zone and amphibious vehicle
and weapon testing/training activities
would be submitted to the NMFS
Southeast Regional Office and the Office
of Protected Resources within 90 days of
the expiration of this IHA.
(4) If any marine mammal or sea turtle
is observed or detected to be deceased
prior to testing, or injured or killed
during live fire, a report must be made
to the NMFS by the following business
day.
(5) Any unauthorized takes of marine
mammals (i.e., serious injury or
mortality) must be reported immediately
to the NMFS representative and to the
respective stranding network
representative.
ESA
On March 18, 2005, NMFS Southeast
Regional Office received a letter from
the U.S. Air Force (USAF), Eglin AFB,
requesting initiation of formal
consultation on all potential
environmental impacts to ESA-listed
species from all Eglin AFB mission
activities on SRI and within the surf
zone near SRI. These missions include
the surf zone detonation and
amphibious vehicle and weapon testing/
training. On October 12, 2005, NMFS
issued a Biological Opinion, concluding
that the surf zone and amphibious
vehicle and weapon testing/training are
unlikely to jeopardize the continued
existence of species listed under the
ESA that are within the jurisdiction of
NMFS or destroy or adversely modify
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critical habitat. In addition, on March
18, 2005, Eglin AFB provided the FWS
with a request for formal section 7
consultation for the SRI programmatic
program regarding ESA-listed species
and critical habitat under FWS
jurisdiction. On December 1, 2005, FWS
issued a Biological Opinion and
concluded that the proposed mission
activities are not likely to adversely
affect these ESA-listed species based on
Eglin’s commitment to incorporate
measures to avoid and minimize
impacts to these species.
NEPA
In March, 2005, the USAF prepared
the Santa Rosa Island Mission
Utilization Plan Programmatic
Environmental Assessment (SRI Mission
PEA). NMFS reviewed this PEA and
determined that it satisfies, in large part,
the standards for an adequate statement
under the NMFS regulations and is
consistent with the Council on
Environmental Quality’s regulations and
NOAA’s Administrators Order 216–6 for
implementing the procedural provisions
of the NEPA (40 CFR 1508.3). NMFS
supplemented the PEA with our own
cumulative impacts analysis to better
ascertain the cumulative effects of past,
present, and reasonably foreseeable
activities conducted within and around
Santa Rosa Island. Therefore, NMFS
decided to adopt this PEA with the
supplemental cumulative impacts
analysis for the issuance of the IHA and
has issued a Finding of No Significant
Impact statement.
Determinations
NMFS has determined that the surf
zone and amphibious vehicle and
weapon testing/training that are
proposed by Eglin AFB off the coast of
SRI, is unlikely to result in the mortality
or serious injury of marine mammals
(see Tables 2 and 3) and, would result
in, at worst, a temporary modification in
behavior by marine mammals. While
behavioral modifications may be made
by these species as a result of the surf
zone detonation and amphibious
vehicle training activities, any
behavioral change is expected to have a
negligible impact on the affected species
or stocks. Also, given the infrequency of
the testing/training missions (maximum
of once per year for surf zone detonation
and maximum of twice per year for
amphibious assault training involving
live fire), there is no potential for longterm displacement or long-lasting
behavioral impacts of marine mammals
within the proposed action area. In
addition, the potential for temporary
hearing impairment is very low and
would be mitigated to the lowest level
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practicable through the incorporation of
the mitigation measures mentioned in
this document. There is no subsistence
use of these marine mammal species in
the action area.
Authorization
NMFS has issued an IHA, pursuant to
MMPA section 101(a)(5)(D), to Eglin
AFB for conducting surf zone and
amphibious vehicle and weapon testing/
training off the coast of SRI in the
northern GOM provided the previously
mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements are
implemented.
Dated: December 18, 2006.
Donna Wieting
Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 121806D]
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a team workshop.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Aleutian Islands Ecosystem Team will
meet in Seattle, WA, Room to be posted
on web.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
January 10, 2007 though January 12,
2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m, each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Alaska Fishery Science Center, 760
Sand Point Way, NE, (Room to be
posted in the web), Seattle, WA.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Evans, North Pacific Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (907)
271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Aleutian Islands Ecosystem Team will
be drafting the Council’s Fishery
Ecosystem Plan for the Aleutian Islands.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
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auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail
Bendixen, (907) 271–2809, at least 5
working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: December 19, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Establishment of Import Limits for
Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made
Fiber Textiles and Textile Products
Produced or Manufactured in the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam and
Suspension of Textile Visa
Requirements for Ukraine
December 19, 2006.
Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Issuing a directive to the
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection establishing limits for
Vietnam and suspending all previous
directives concerning visa requirements
for Ukraine.
AGENCY:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
January 1, 2007.
Ross
Arnold, International Trade Specialist,
Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.
Department of Commerce (202) 482–
4212. For information on the quota
status of these limits, refer to the Bureau
of Customs and Border Protection
website (https://www.cbp.gov), or call
(202) 344-2650. For information on
embargoes and quota re-openings, refer
to the Office of Textiles and Apparel
website at https://otexa.ita.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);
Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as
amended.
The Bilateral Textile Agreement of
July 17, 2003, as amended on July 22,
2004, between the Governments of the
United States and the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam, establishes limits, until the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s entry
into the World Trade Organization
(WTO), for certain cotton, wool and
man-made fiber textiles and textile
products, produced or manufactured in
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and
exported during the period January 1,
2007 through December 31, 2007.
In the letter published below, the
Chairman of CITA directs the
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and
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Border Protection to establish the 2007
limits.
Exports of textile and apparel
products from Vietnam subject to the
directive below remain subject to visa
and ELVIS requirements.
Due to the expiration on December 31,
2006 of the bilateral textile agreement
with Ukraine, the United States is
suspending visa requirements for textile
products from Ukraine exported after
that date. It is not yet certain whether
there will be negotiations on extension
of the bilateral agreement with Ukraine.
Visa requirements may be reinstated
upon extension of the bilateral
agreement. In the letter below, CITA is
directing the Bureau of Customs and
Border Protection to temporarily
suspend all textile visa requirements for
goods exported from Ukraine on and
after January 1, 2007.
A description of the textile and
apparel categories in terms of HTS
numbers is available in the
CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel
Categories with the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (refer to
the Office of Textiles and Apparel
website at https://otexa.ita.doc.gov).
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements
December 19, 2006.
Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection,
Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to section
204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); and Executive
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended,
and the bilateral textile agreement of July 17,
2003, as amended on July 22, 2004, between
the Governments of the United States and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, you are
directed to prohibit, effective on January 1,
2007, entry into the United States for
consumption and withdrawal from
warehouse for consumption of cotton, wool
and man-made fiber textiles and textile
products in the following categories,
produced or manufactured in Vietnam and
exported during the twelve-month period
beginning on January 1, 2007 and extending
through December 31, 2007 in excess of the
following levels of restraint:
Category
Restraint limit
200 ...........................
301 ...........................
332 ...........................
333 ...........................
334/335 ....................
338/339 ....................
340/640 ....................
341/641 ....................
342/642 ....................
345 ...........................
393,239 kilograms.
891,341 kilograms.
1,310,796 dozen pairs.
47,188 dozen.
845,701 dozen.
17,551,008 dozen.
2,603,525 dozen.
998,277 dozen.
708,094 dozen.
373,397 dozen.
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Category
Restraint limit
347/348 ....................
351/651 ....................
352/652 ....................
359–C/659–C 1 ........
359-S/659-S 2 ..........
434 ...........................
435 ...........................
440 ...........................
447 ...........................
448 ...........................
620 ...........................
8,908,353 dozen.
625,878 dozen.
2,384,474 dozen.
425,783 kilograms.
688,168 kilograms.
17,535 dozen.
43,264 dozen.
2,706 dozen.
56,287 dozen.
34,638 dozen.
8,341,906 square meters.
655,399 dozen pairs.
1,564,628 dozen.
252,988 dozen.
2,544,275 dozen.
632 ...........................
638/639 ....................
645/646 ....................
647/648 ....................
1 Category
359-C: only HTS numbers
6103.42.2025, 6103.49.8034, 6104.62.1020,
6104.69.8010, 6114.20.0048, 6114.20.0052,
6203.42.2010, 6203.42.2090, 6204.62.2010,
6211.32.0010,
6211.32.0025
and
6211.42.0010; Category 659-C: only HTS
numbers
6103.23.0055,
6103.43.2020,
6103.43.2025, 6103.49.2000, 6103.49.8038,
6104.63.1020, 6104.63.1030, 6104.69.1000,
6104.69.8014, 6114.30.3044, 6114.30.3054,
6203.43.2010, 6203.43.2090, 6203.49.1010,
6203.49.1090, 6204.63.1510, 6204.69.1010,
6210.10.9010, 6211.33.0010, 6211.33.0017
and 6211.43.0010.
2 Category
359-S: only HTS numbers
6112.39.0010, 6112.49.0010, 6211.11.8010,
6211.11.8020,
6211.12.8010
and
6211.12.8020; Category 659-S: only HTS
numbers
6112.31.0010,
6112.31.0020,
6112.41.0010, 6112.41.0020, 6112.41.0030,
6112.41.0040, 6211.11.1010, 6211.11.1020,
6211.12.1010 and 6211.12.1020.
The limits set forth above are subject to
adjustment pursuant to the current bilateral
agreement between the Governments of the
United States and the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam.
Products in the above categories exported
during 2006 shall be charged to the
applicable category limits for that year (see
directive dated December 13, 2005) to the
extent of any unfilled balances. In the event
the limits established for that period have
been exhausted by previous entries, such
products shall be charged to the limits set
forth in this directive.
In carrying out the above directions, the
Commissioner of Customs and Border
Protection should construe entry into the
United States for consumption to include
entry for consumption into the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
In addition to the above, this directive
suspends all previous directives issued to
you by the Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
concerning textile visa requirements for
goods produced or manufactured in Ukraine,
covering wool textile products subject to the
quota limits under the United States Ukraine bilateral textile agreement. Effective
for such goods exported from Ukraine on and
after January 1, 2007, you are directed not to
require a textile visa for entry into the
Customs territory of the United States.
The Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements has determined that
these actions fall within the foreign affairs
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 121806D]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a team workshop.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council)
Aleutian Islands Ecosystem Team will meet in Seattle, WA, Room to be
posted on web.
DATES: The meeting will be held on January 10, 2007 though January 12,
2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m, each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Alaska Fishery Science
Center, 760 Sand Point Way, NE, (Room to be posted in the web),
Seattle, WA.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Evans, North Pacific Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (907) 271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Aleutian Islands Ecosystem Team will be
drafting the Council's Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Aleutian Islands.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other
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auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail Bendixen, (907) 271-2809, at
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: December 19, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-21918 Filed 12-21-06; 8:45 am]
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