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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 72 / Monday, April 16, 2007 / Notices
Dated: April 9, 2007.
Joe O. Neuhoff,
Director, Office of Energy and Environmental
Industries.
[FR Doc. E7–7122 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Environmental Technologies Trade
Advisory Committee (ETTAC)
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International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Notice of Open Meeting.
DATE:
May 11, 2007.
[I.D. 040307C]
TIME:
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Taking and Importing of Marine
Mammals
Department of Commerce, 14th
and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington DC 20230, Room 4830.
SUMMARY: The Environmental
Technologies Trade Advisory
Committee (ETTAC) will hold a plenary
meeting on May 11, 2007, at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street
and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, in Room 4830.
The ETTAC will discuss Committee
priorities and goals for the year and
other international topics related to
trade and the environmental
technologies industry. (e.g. the Asia
Pacific Partnership on Clean
Development and Climate; update on
the latest round of negotiations in the
World Trade Organization’s
environmental goods and services trade
liberalization; intellectual property
rights; etc.). The meeting is open to the
public and time will be permitted for
public comment.
Written comments concerning ETTAC
affairs are welcome anytime before or
after the meeting. Minutes will be
available within 30 days of this meeting.
The ETTAC is mandated by Public
Law 103–392. It was created to advise
the U.S. government on environmental
trade policies and programs, and to help
it to focus its resources on increasing
the exports of the U.S. environmental
industry. ETTAC operates as an
advisory committee to the Secretary of
Commerce and the Trade Promotion
Coordinating Committee (TPCC).
ETTAC was originally chartered in May
of 1994. It was most recently rechartered
until September 3, 2008.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Bohon, Office of Energy and
Environmental Technologies Industries
(OEEI), International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce at (202) 482–0359. This
meeting is physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
OEEI at (202) 482–5225.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; affirmative finding
renewal.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator
for Fisheries, NMFS, (Assistant
Administrator) has renewed the
affirmative finding for the Government
of Spain under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA). This
affirmative finding will allow yellowfin
tuna harvested in the eastern tropical
Pacific Ocean (ETP) in compliance with
the International Dolphin Conservation
Program (IDCP) by Spanish-flag purse
seine vessels or purse seine vessels
operating under Spanish jurisdiction to
be imported into the United States. The
affirmative finding was based on review
of documentary evidence submitted by
the Government of Spain and obtained
from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC) and the U.S.
Department of State.
DATES: The renewal is effective from
April 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Regional Administrator, Southwest
Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean
Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA
90802–4213; phone 562–980–4000; fax
562–980–4018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., allows
the entry into the United States of
yellowfin tuna harvested by purse seine
vessels in the ETP under certain
conditions. If requested by the
harvesting nation, the Assistant
Administrator will determine whether
to make an affirmative finding based
upon documentary evidence provided
by the government of the harvesting
nation, the IATTC, or the Department of
State.
The affirmative finding process
requires that the harvesting nation is
meeting its obligations under the IDCP
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and obligations of membership in the
IATTC. Every 5 years, the government of
the harvesting nation must request an
affirmative finding and submit the
required documentary evidence directly
to the Assistant Administrator. On an
annual basis, NMFS will review the
affirmative finding and determine
whether the harvesting nation continues
to meet the requirements. A nation may
provide information related to
compliance with IDCP and IATTC
measures directly to NMFS on an
annual basis or may authorize the
IATTC to release the information to
NMFS to annually renew an affirmative
finding determination without an
application from the harvesting nation.
An affirmative finding will be
terminated, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, if the Assistant
Administrator determines that the
requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f) are no
longer being met or that a nation is
consistently failing to take enforcement
actions on violations, thereby
diminishing the effectiveness of the
IDCP.
As a part of the affirmative finding
process set forth in 50 CFR 216.24(f), the
Assistant Administrator considered
documentary evidence submitted by the
Government of Spain or obtained from
the IATTC and the Department of State
and has determined that Spain has met
the MMPA’s requirements to receive an
annual affirmative finding renewal.
After consultation with the
Department of State, the Assistant
Administrator issued the Government of
Spain’s annual affirmative finding
renewal, allowing the continued
importation into the United States of
yellowfin tuna and products derived
from yellowfin tuna harvested in the
ETP by Spanish-flag purse seine vessels
or purse seine vessels operating under
Spanish jurisdiction. Spain’s affirmative
finding will remain valid through March
31, 2010, subject to subsequent annual
reviews by NMFS.
Dated: April 11, 2007.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service
[FR Doc. E7–7196 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040307C]
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; affirmative finding renewal.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS, (Assistant
Administrator) has renewed the affirmative finding for the Government
of Spain under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This
affirmative finding will allow yellowfin tuna harvested in the eastern
tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) in compliance with the International
Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP) by Spanish-flag purse seine vessels
or purse seine vessels operating under Spanish jurisdiction to be
imported into the United States. The affirmative finding was based on
review of documentary evidence submitted by the Government of Spain and
obtained from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and
the U.S. Department of State.
DATES: The renewal is effective from April 1, 2007, through March 31,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regional Administrator, Southwest
Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA
90802-4213; phone 562-980-4000; fax 562-980-4018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., allows the
entry into the United States of yellowfin tuna harvested by purse seine
vessels in the ETP under certain conditions. If requested by the
harvesting nation, the Assistant Administrator will determine whether
to make an affirmative finding based upon documentary evidence provided
by the government of the harvesting nation, the IATTC, or the
Department of State.
The affirmative finding process requires that the harvesting nation
is meeting its obligations under the IDCP and obligations of membership
in the IATTC. Every 5 years, the government of the harvesting nation
must request an affirmative finding and submit the required documentary
evidence directly to the Assistant Administrator. On an annual basis,
NMFS will review the affirmative finding and determine whether the
harvesting nation continues to meet the requirements. A nation may
provide information related to compliance with IDCP and IATTC measures
directly to NMFS on an annual basis or may authorize the IATTC to
release the information to NMFS to annually renew an affirmative
finding determination without an application from the harvesting
nation.
An affirmative finding will be terminated, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, if the Assistant Administrator determines that the
requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f) are no longer being met or that a
nation is consistently failing to take enforcement actions on
violations, thereby diminishing the effectiveness of the IDCP.
As a part of the affirmative finding process set forth in 50 CFR
216.24(f), the Assistant Administrator considered documentary evidence
submitted by the Government of Spain or obtained from the IATTC and the
Department of State and has determined that Spain has met the MMPA's
requirements to receive an annual affirmative finding renewal.
After consultation with the Department of State, the Assistant
Administrator issued the Government of Spain's annual affirmative
finding renewal, allowing the continued importation into the United
States of yellowfin tuna and products derived from yellowfin tuna
harvested in the ETP by Spanish-flag purse seine vessels or purse seine
vessels operating under Spanish jurisdiction. Spain's affirmative
finding will remain valid through March 31, 2010, subject to subsequent
annual reviews by NMFS.
Dated: April 11, 2007.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service
[FR Doc. E7-7196 Filed 4-13-07; 8:45 am]
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