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NMFS issues permits based on findings
that such permits: (1) are applied for in
good faith; (2) if granted and exercised,
would not operate to the disadvantage
of the listed species that are the subject
of the permit; and (3) are consistent
with the purposes and policy of section
2 of the ESA. The authority to take
listed species is subject to conditions set
forth in the permits. Anyone requesting
a hearing on an application listed in this
notice should set out the specific
reasons why a hearing on that
application would be appropriate (see
ADDRESSES). Such hearings are held at
the discretion of the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS.
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Applications Received
Permit 1124
The Idaho Department of Fish and
Game (IDFG) is requesting a 5–year
permit for seven study tasks that, among
them, would annually take adult and
juvenile threatened SR fall chinook
salmon; adult and juvenile threatened
spring/summer SR chinook salmon; and
adult and juvenile endangered SR
sockeye salmon in the Salmon and
Clearwater Rivers in Idaho. The original
Permit 1124 was in place for 5 years (63
FR 30199) with one amendment (67 FR
34909); it expired on December 31,
2002. The permit was renewed for
another five years and is due to expire
on December 31, 2007. Throughout its
existence, the permit has comprised the
same seven tasks (with the addition of
rescuing and salvaging listed fish): Task
1 - General fish population inventory;
Task 2 - Spring/summer chinook salmon
natural production monitoring and
evaluation; Task 3 - Spring/summer
chinook salmon supplementation
research; Task 4 - Redfish Lake, Pettit
Lake, Alturas Lake kokanee/sockeye
research; Task 5 - Salmon and steelhead
fish health monitoring; Task 6 Steelhead natural production
monitoring and evaluation; and Task 7
- Steelhead supplementation research.
Under these tasks, listed adult and
juvenile salmon would be (a) Observed/
harassed during fish population and
production monitoring surveys; (b)
captured (using seines, traps, hook-andline angling equipment, and
electrofishing equipment) and
anesthetized; (c) sampled for biological
information and tissue samples, (d) PITtagged or tagged with radio transmitters
or other identifiers, (e) and released.
Some fish would die as a result of the
research activities though the permit
would include salvage and rescue
operations as part of the allotted take
(i.e., during some of the activities, listed
fish would be collected and transported
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to improve their survival). In addition,
the IDFG is asking to lethally take a
small number of juvenile SR sockeye
and spring/summer chinook salmon
during some of the research.
The research has many purposes and
would benefit listed SR salmon in
different ways. In general, the purpose
of the research is to determine the
distribution, abundance, and
productivity of anadromous and
resident fish stocks; measure the
efficacy of harvest management
strategies; gauge the impact of proposed
or existing habitat alteration projects;
and monitor natural production levels,
salmonid health, and the effectiveness
of supplementation efforts. The research
would benefit listed salmon by helping
resource managers tailor land-altering
activities (e.g., timber harvest, road
building) to the needs of the fish; set
harvest regimes so that they have
minimal impacts on listed populations;
prioritize projects in a way that gives
maximum benefit to listed species; and
design strategies and activities to help
recover them.
Permit 10021
The Lower Willamette Group (LWG)
is seeking a 2–year permit to annually
capture UWR Chinook salmon, UWR
steelhead, LCR Chinook salmon, LCR
steelhead, and LCR coho salmon during
the course of research directed at nonlisted fish species in the lower
Willamette River, Oregon. The
information gained from this action
would be used to fill data gaps in food
web models and determine tissue
contaminant concentrations as part of
the ongoing Remedial Investigation/
Feasibility Study of the lower
Willamette River superfund site. The
research would benefit listed salmonids
by helping guide the superfund site
cleanup effort and thereby improve
habitat conditions for listed anadromous
salmonids that migrate through the
harbor. The LWG proposes to use boat
electrofishing to capture non-listed fish.
If a salmonid is observed, the LWG
would not attempt to net it; instead,
they would cease electrofishing and
move to another area before resuming
sampling. The LWG does not intend to
kill any of the salmonids being captured
but a small number may die as an
unintended result of the activities.
This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will
evaluate the applications, associated
documents, and comments submitted to
determine whether the applications
meet the requirements of section 10(a)
of the ESA and Federal regulations. The
final permit decisions will not be made
until after the end of the 30–day
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comment period. NMFS will publish
notice of its final action in the Federal
Register.
Dated: August 1, 2007.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics & Statistics Administration
Measuring Innovation in the 21st
Century Economy Advisory
Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
Economics & Statistics
Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(DOC) is announcing the second
meeting of the Measuring Innovation in
the 21st Century Economy Advisory
Committee. The meeting is open to the
public. Seating at the meeting will be on
a first-come, first-served basis.
Interested parties may register on the
Advisory Committee Web site: https://
www.innovationmetrics.gov. Preregistration is encouraged but not
required.
The meeting will be held on
September 12, 2007, from
approximately 9 a.m. to noon. On-site
sign-in begins at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the Auditorium of the U.S. Department
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
Attendees should arrive at the main
building entrance on 14th Street, NW.,
between Pennsylvania and Constitution
Avenues. Attendees must present a
government-issued picture ID and pass
through metal detection equipment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth ‘‘E.R.’’ Anderson, Deputy
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230, telephone: 202–482–3727,
facsimile: 202–482–0432; or Sabrina
Montes, Room 4858, telephone: 202–
482–6495, facsimile: 202–482–0325.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. 2, and the General Services
Administration rule on Federal
Advisory Committee Management, 41
CFR part 101–6, the Secretary of
Commerce determined that the
establishment of the Measuring
DATES:
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Innovation in the 21st Century Economy
Advisory Committee (the ‘‘Committee’’)
was in the public interest in connection
with the performance of duties imposed
on the Department by law.
The Committee will advise the
Secretary on new or improved measures
of innovation to help explain how
innovation occurs in different sectors of
the economy, how it is diffuses, and
how it impacts economic growth and
productivity. The Committee consists of
fifteen members from business and
academia appointed by the Secretary of
Commerce. The Committee functions
solely as an advisory body, in
compliance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. The
Charter was filed under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. Additional
information on the Advisory Committee
on Measuring Innovation in the 21st
Century Economy can be found online
at: https://www.innovationmetrics.gov.
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Individuals
requiring special accommodations at
this meeting including sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should contact Sabrina Montes at the
address listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT at least 5 business
days prior to the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
The meeting will be transcribed and the
transcription will be made public on the
Committee Web site within one month
of the meeting date.
Elizabeth ‘‘E.R.’’ Anderson,
Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Technical Assistance and
Dissemination to Improve Services and
Results for Children with Disabilities—
Building State Capacity to Improve the
Achievement of Students With
Disabilities Under the No Child Left
Behind Act (NCLB) and the Individuals
With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA);
Notice Inviting Applications for new
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.326K.
Dates:
Applications Available: August 6,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: September 5, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 10, 2007.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
this program is to promote academic
achievement and improve results for
children with disabilities by supporting
technical assistance (TA), model
demonstration projects, dissemination
of useful information, and
implementation activities that are
supported by scientifically based
research.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from
allowable activities specified in sections
663 and 681(d) of the IDEA, 20 U.S.C.
1400 et seq.
Absolute Priority: For FY 2007, this is
an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is: Building State
Capacity to Improve the Achievement of
Students With Disabilities under NCLB
and IDEA
Background:
One of the primary goals of Title I of
the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended by
the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
(NCLB), is for all students to reach
proficiency in reading and math by
2014. Available data indicate that there
is still much work to be done to reach
this goal, particularly for students with
disabilities. In 2004, 37 percent of
schools missed AYP for the students
with disabilities subgroup (Department
of Education, 2006). Furthermore, while
the achievement gaps between various
groups of students have decreased, the
gap between students with disabilities
and students without disabilities
remains significant and a cause for
concern (Center on Education Policy,
2007a). For example, O’Reilly and
colleagues (2006) note that achievement
data from standardized reading and
mathematics tests collected in two
nationally representative longitudinal
studies (Special Education Elementary
Longitudinal Study and the National
Longitudinal Transition Study 2)
indicate that almost two-thirds of
students with disabilities scored at or
below the 25th percentile.
In order to raise the achievement of
students with disabilities, State
educational agencies (SEAs) must have
the capacity to provide support and TA
to their districts and schools. While
most SEAs agree that they should play
a key role in supporting their districts’
and schools’ efforts to improve the
achievement of students, many SEAs do
not have the capacity to do so (Center
on Education Policy, 2007b). The Center
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on Education Policy (2007a) found that
providing TA to districts with schools
in need of improvement continues to be
very challenging for SEAs.
SEA officials report that one reason
for their inability to provide support to
their districts and schools is a lack of inhouse expertise in providing TA. In fact,
many of the SEAs surveyed by the
Center on Education Policy (2007a)
stated that they were ‘‘experimenting’’
with providing TA and did not know
the best way to provide support to their
districts and schools. This has resulted
in delivery of TA that is fragmented and
episodic, rather than ongoing and
systematic (Department of Education,
2006).
For TA to be effective, SEAs must take
the following steps: (1) Identify available
TA that addresses the unique needs of
their districts; (2) create an
infrastructure that coordinates TA
between regular and special education;
(3) support districts in sustaining the
implementation of evidence-based
practices; and (4) support the scaling-up
of evidence-based practices Statewide
(see Learning Point Associates, 2007).
Each of these steps is detailed below.
Identify available TA that addresses
the unique needs of districts. States
should consider using the significant
TA resources that are currently available
to support their districts and schools.
For example, the Department’s Office of
Special Education Programs (OSEP)
funds over 50 TA centers, including six
Regional Resource Centers (RRCs), to
support the effective implementation of
the IDEA. The Department’s Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education
(OESE) funds 21 comprehensive TA
centers to support the implementation
of NCLB. Regional educational
laboratories, funded by the
Department’s Institute of Education
Sciences (IES), provide information on
scientifically based research and focus
on topics such as distributed leadership,
effective instructional strategies, and
standards-based curricula. These
providers of research and TA provide a
rich source of information and support;
yet SEAs may not effectively utilize
these resources to meet their needs due
to insufficient staff (Center on Education
Policy, 2007a) or a lack of awareness
about available resources.
Create an infrastructure that
coordinates TA between regular and
special education. The challenge of
coordinating TA for special education
and regular education makes it difficult
for most SEAs to create an infrastructure
that provides ongoing and systematic
TA to improve the achievement of
students with disabilities. To provide
TA that focuses on improving the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics & Statistics Administration
Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy Advisory
Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Economics & Statistics Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (DOC) is announcing the second
meeting of the Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy
Advisory Committee. The meeting is open to the public. Seating at the
meeting will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested parties
may register on the Advisory Committee Web site: https://
www.innovationmetrics.gov. Pre-registration is encouraged but not
required.
DATES: The meeting will be held on September 12, 2007, from
approximately 9 a.m. to noon. On-site sign-in begins at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Auditorium of the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230. Attendees should arrive at the main building entrance on 14th
Street, NW., between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues. Attendees
must present a government-issued picture ID and pass through metal
detection equipment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth ``E.R.'' Anderson, Deputy
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 202-482-
3727, facsimile: 202-482-0432; or Sabrina Montes, Room 4858, telephone:
202-482-6495, facsimile: 202-482-0325.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and the General
Services Administration rule on Federal Advisory Committee Management,
41 CFR part 101-6, the Secretary of Commerce determined that the
establishment of the Measuring
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Innovation in the 21st Century Economy Advisory Committee (the
``Committee'') was in the public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the Department by law.
The Committee will advise the Secretary on new or improved measures
of innovation to help explain how innovation occurs in different
sectors of the economy, how it is diffuses, and how it impacts economic
growth and productivity. The Committee consists of fifteen members from
business and academia appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. The
Committee functions solely as an advisory body, in compliance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Charter was filed
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Additional information on the
Advisory Committee on Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy
can be found online at: https://www.innovationmetrics.gov.
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Individuals requiring special accommodations at this meeting including
sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should contact
Sabrina Montes at the address listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT at least 5 business days prior to the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made. The meeting will be transcribed
and the transcription will be made public on the Committee Web site
within one month of the meeting date.
Elizabeth ``E.R.'' Anderson,
Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-15167 Filed 8-3-07; 8:45 am]
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