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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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[I.D. 030107E]
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
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subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216), the Endangered Species Act of
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The Whale Center of New England
requests a 5–year scientific research
permit to continue population
monitoring of humpback, fin, and sei
whales in North Atlantic waters of the
northeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S.
Research would help determine baleen
whale population status and trends,
assess prey availability and whale-prey
interactions, and help develop a
technique to age whales from biopsy
samples. The applicant is requesting to
harass 400 humpback, 250 fin, and 100
sei whales by close approach for vessel
surveys and photo-identification
annually. The applicant also requests to
biopsy sample 75 humpback and 75 fin
whales annually, up to 20 of which for
each species may be young calves. The
applicant also requests to suction-cup
tag 40 humpback, 20 fin, and 25 sei
whales greater than six months of age
annually. With this new permit
application, the request for an
amendment to Permit No. 605–1607–02,
published on April 7, 2004 (69 FR
18357), has been withdrawn.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of this
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: February 28, 2007.
Tammy C. Adams,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and
Education Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Marine Fisheries
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ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene public meetings.
DATES: The meeting will be held March
26 - 30, 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for specific dates and
times.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Embassy Suites, 570 Scenic Gulf
Drive, Destin, FL 32550.
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
Thursday, March 29, 2007
8:30 a.m. - The Council meeting will
begin with a review the agenda and
minutes.
8:45 a.m. - 9 a.m. - Public testimony
on exempted fishing permits (EFPs), if
any.
9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Council will
hold an Open Public Comment Period
regarding any fishery issue or concern.
People wishing to speak before the
Council should complete a public
comment card prior to the comment
period.
The Council will then review and
discuss reports from the previous three
day’s committee meetings as follows:
1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Joint Reef Fish/
Shrimp Management;
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Reef Fish
Management;
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - CLOSED
SESSION for Advisory Panel (AP) and
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) Section Committees and Reef Fish
Committee;
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - NMFS Public
Scoping Session on guidance for use of
the annual catch limits.
Friday, March 30, 2007
8:30 a.m. - The Council meeting will
reconvene to continue reviewing and
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discussing reports from the previous
three day’s committee meetings as
follows:
8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. - Mackerel
Management;
9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Joint Reef Fish/
Mackerel/Red Drum;
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. - Budget/
Personnel;
9:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Data Collection;
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Administrative
Policy; and
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Other Business
items.
Committees
Monday, March 26, 2007
1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - CLOSED SESSION
- The AP Selection Committee will meet
to appoint AP members.
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. - CLOSED SESSION
- The SSC Selection Committee will
meet to appoint SSC, Stock Assessment
Panel (SAP) and Socioeconomic Panel
(SEP) members.
5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Budget/
Personnel Committee will meet to
discuss the State Liaison Budget
Increases.
Tuesday March 27, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. - The Joint Reef
Fish/Shrimp Management Committee
will meet to review Southeast Fishery
Science Center (SEFSC) Analyses Runs.
The Committee will also review the
current Public Hearing Draft of Reef
Fish Amendment 27/Shrimp
Amendment 14 and the SSC’s
recommendations; the NMFS’ FEIS and
Interim Rule for Red Snapper; the
SEFSC Report on Release Mortality in
Relation to Depth and Dolphin
Predation, the Framework Action to
Revise the List of Allowable bycatch
reduction devices (BRDs); NMFS
Interim Rule for Red Snapper; and an
Options Paper for Reef Fish Amendment
31/Shrimp Amendment 15.
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Joint Reef
Fish/Shrimp Management Committee
continues.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 12 noon - The Reef Fish
Management Committee will meet to
discuss the updates on Reef Fish
Amendment 29; the Ad Hoc Grouper
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) AP
recommendations for an IFQ program;
the Guidelines for a Referendum for
Grouper/Tilefish IFQ; the Scoping
Document for Amendment 30;
PARTIALLY CLOSED SESSION - the
formation of an Ad Hoc Recreational
Red Snapper AP for developing new
ideas to manage recreational and forhire red snapper fisheries.
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1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - The Joint Reef
Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum Committees
will meet to discuss the Status Report
on a Public Hearing Draft for the
Generic Aquaculture Amendment and
SSC Recommendations on completing a
Red Drum SEDAR Stock Assessment.
2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. - The
Administrative Policy Committee will
meet to discuss the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act)
Requirements for Annual Catch Limits.
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. - The Data Collection
Committee will meet to discuss a paper
for an Amendment to Require Trip
Tickets for Recreational-For-Hire Sector.
5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Mackerel
Management Committee will meet to
reconsider the Joint Mackerel
Management Committee report from its
September 18 & 19, 2006 meeting.
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. - NMFS will provide
an update on the Red Snapper IFQ
program and there will be a Question
and Answer Session.
The committee reports will be
presented to the Council for
consideration on Thursday March 29,
and on Friday, March 30, 2007.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agendas may come before the
Council and Committees for discussion,
in accordance with the MagnusonStevens 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.
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Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Tina Trezza at the
Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
working days prior to the meeting.
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Dated: March 2, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
[Docket No. 0612242656–7046–01]
Public Telecommunications Facilities
Program: Closing Date
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Revised
Continuing Appropriations Resolution,
2007, P. L. 110–5, the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), U.S.
Department of Commerce, announces
the solicitation of applications for
planning and construction grants for
public telecommunications facilities
under the Public Telecommunications
Facilities Program (PTFP). The PTFP
assists, through matching grants, in the
planning and construction of public
telecommunications facilities in order
to: (1) Extend delivery of services to as
many citizens as possible by the most
cost-effective means, including use of
broadcast and non-broadcast
technologies; (2) increase public
telecommunications services and
facilities available to, operated by, and
controlled by minorities and women; (3)
strengthen the capability of existing
public television and radio stations to
provide public telecommunications
services to the public.
DATES: Applications must be received
prior to 5 p.m. Eastern Time (Closing
Time), April 6, 2007, (Closing Date).
Applications submitted by facsimile are
not acceptable. If an application is
received after the Closing Date due to (1)
carrier error, when the carrier accepted
the package with a guarantee for
delivery by the Closing Date and Closing
Time, (2) significant weather delays or
natural disasters, or (3) delays due to
national security issues, NTIA will,
upon receipt of proper documentation,
consider the application as having been
received by the deadline. NTIA will not
accept applications posted on the
Closing Date or later and received after
this deadline.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a printed
application package, submit completed
applications, or send any other
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correspondence, write to PTFP at the
following address (please note the new
room number): NTIA/PTFP, Room H–
4812, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230. Application
materials may be obtained electronically
via the Internet at https://
www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp or
www.Grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Cooperman, Director, Public
Broadcasting Division, telephone: (202)
482–5802; fax: (202) 482–2156.
Information about the PTFP can also be
obtained electronically via the Internet
at https://www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
The full funding opportunity
announcement for the PTFP FY 2007
grant cycle is available through
www.Grants.gov or by contacting the
PTFP office at the address noted above.
Funding Availability
The Congress has appropriated $20
million for FY 2007 PTFP awards. For
FY 2006, NTIA awarded $19.2 million
in PTFP funds to 94 projects, including
49 radio awards, 40 television awards
and 5 nonbroadcast awards. The radio
awards ranged from $8,000 to $902,393.
The television awards ranged from
$48,712 to $1,000,000. The
nonbroadcast awards ranged from
$67,455 to $253,782.
Statutory and Regulatory Authority
The Public Telecommunications
Facilities Program is authorized by the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 390–393, 397–
399(b). The PTFP operates pursuant to
rules (1996 Rules) which were
published on November 8, 1996 (61 FR
57966). Copies of the 1996 Rules (15
CFR part 2301) are posted on the NTIA
Internet site at https://www.ntia.doc.gov/
Rules/currentrules.htm and NTIA will
make printed copies available to
applicants upon request.
Supplemental Policies
The following supplemental policies
will also be in effect:
(A) Applicants may file emergency
applications at any time.
(B) Applicants may file requests for
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) authorizations with the FCC after
the PTFP Closing Date. Grant applicants
for Ku-band satellite uplinks may
submit FCC applications after a PTFP
award is made. NTIA may accept FCC
authorizations that are in the name of an
organization other than the PTFP
applicant.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 030107E]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (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 meeting will be held March 26 - 30, 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites, 570 Scenic
Gulf Drive, Destin, FL 32550.
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
Thursday, March 29, 2007
8:30 a.m. - The Council meeting will begin with a review the agenda
and minutes.
8:45 a.m. - 9 a.m. - Public testimony on exempted fishing permits
(EFPs), if any.
9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Council will hold an Open Public Comment
Period regarding any fishery issue or concern. People wishing to speak
before the Council should complete a public comment card prior to the
comment period.
The Council will then review and discuss reports from the previous
three day's committee meetings as follows:
1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Joint Reef Fish/Shrimp Management;
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Reef Fish Management;
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - CLOSED SESSION for Advisory Panel (AP) and
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Section Committees and Reef
Fish Committee;
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - NMFS Public Scoping Session on guidance for
use of the annual catch limits.
Friday, March 30, 2007
8:30 a.m. - The Council meeting will reconvene to continue
reviewing and discussing reports from the previous three day's
committee meetings as follows:
8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. - Mackerel Management;
9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum;
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. - Budget/Personnel;
9:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Data Collection;
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Administrative Policy; and
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Other Business items.
Committees
Monday, March 26, 2007
1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - CLOSED SESSION - The AP Selection Committee
will meet to appoint AP members.
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. - CLOSED SESSION - The SSC Selection Committee
will meet to appoint SSC, Stock Assessment Panel (SAP) and
Socioeconomic Panel (SEP) members.
5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Budget/Personnel Committee will meet to
discuss the State Liaison Budget Increases.
Tuesday March 27, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. - The Joint Reef Fish/Shrimp Management
Committee will meet to review Southeast Fishery Science Center (SEFSC)
Analyses Runs. The Committee will also review the current Public
Hearing Draft of Reef Fish Amendment 27/Shrimp Amendment 14 and the
SSC's recommendations; the NMFS' FEIS and Interim Rule for Red Snapper;
the SEFSC Report on Release Mortality in Relation to Depth and Dolphin
Predation, the Framework Action to Revise the List of Allowable bycatch
reduction devices (BRDs); NMFS Interim Rule for Red Snapper; and an
Options Paper for Reef Fish Amendment 31/Shrimp Amendment 15.
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Joint Reef Fish/Shrimp Management
Committee continues.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 12 noon - The Reef Fish Management Committee will meet
to discuss the updates on Reef Fish Amendment 29; the Ad Hoc Grouper
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) AP recommendations for an IFQ program;
the Guidelines for a Referendum for Grouper/Tilefish IFQ; the Scoping
Document for Amendment 30; PARTIALLY CLOSED SESSION - the formation of
an Ad Hoc Recreational Red Snapper AP for developing new ideas to
manage recreational and for-hire red snapper fisheries.
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1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - The Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum
Committees will meet to discuss the Status Report on a Public Hearing
Draft for the Generic Aquaculture Amendment and SSC Recommendations on
completing a Red Drum SEDAR Stock Assessment.
2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. - The Administrative Policy Committee will meet
to discuss the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) Requirements for Annual Catch Limits.
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. - The Data Collection Committee will meet to
discuss a paper for an Amendment to Require Trip Tickets for
Recreational-For-Hire Sector.
5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Mackerel Management Committee will meet to
reconsider the Joint Mackerel Management Committee report from its
September 18 & 19, 2006 meeting.
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. - NMFS will provide an update on the Red Snapper
IFQ program and there will be a Question and Answer Session.
The committee reports will be presented to the Council for
consideration on Thursday March 29, and on Friday, March 30, 2007.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come
before the Council and Committees for discussion, in accordance with
the 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 Tina Trezza at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: March 2, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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