Exporters' Textile Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Postponement, 24223 [E8-9723]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 86 / Friday, May 2, 2008 / Notices conduct of Sunset Reviews.1 Please consult the Department’s regulations at 19 CFR Part 351 for definitions of terms and for other general information concerning antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings at the Department. This notice of initiation is being published in accordance with section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(c). Dated: April 25, 2008. Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. E8–9710 Filed 5–1–08; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Exporters’ Textile Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting Postponement The meeting of the Exporters’ Textile Advisory Committee, scheduled for May 8, 2008 in Los Angeles California, has been postponed until further notice For further information contact Larry Brill at (202) 482-1856. Dated: April 28, 2008. R. Matthew Priest, Chairman, Committee for Implementation of Textile Agreements. [FR Doc. E8–9723 Filed 5–1–08; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XH14 Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Marine Geophysical Surveys in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean in 2008 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental take authorization. AGENCY: In accordance with regulations implementing the Marine SUMMARY: mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background BILLING CODE 3510–DR–S 1 In comments made on the interim final sunset regulations, a number of parties stated that the proposed five-day period for rebuttals to substantive responses to a notice of initiation was insufficient. This requirement was retained in the final sunset regulations at 19 CFR 351.218(d)(4). As provided in 19 CFR 351.302(b), however, the Department will consider individual requests for extension of that five-day deadline based upon a showing of good cause. 17:17 May 01, 2008 Copies of the application, IHA, the Environmental Assessment of Two Marine Geophysical Surveys by the R/V Marcus G. Langseth in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, 2008, prepared for the L-DEO and the National Science Foundation (NSF) by the LGL Ltd., and/ or a list of references used in this document may be obtained by writing to P. Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–3225, or by telephoning one of the contacts listed here (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Guan, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 713–2289, ext 137. ADDRESSES: BILLING CODE 3510–DR–S VerDate Aug<31>2005 Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), notification is hereby given that an Incidental Harassment Authorization to take marine mammals, by Level-B harassment, incidental to conducting two marine geophysical surveys by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP), has been issued for a period of one year. DATES: The authorization is effective from April 24, 2008, until April 23, 2009. Jkt 214001 Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce to allow, upon request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographical region if certain findings are made and either regulations are issued or, if the taking is limited to harassment, a notice of a proposed authorization is provided to the public for review. Authorization shall be granted if NMFS finds that the taking will have a negligible impact on the species or stock(s), will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or stock(s) for certain subsistence uses, and if the permissible methods of taking and requirements pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring and reporting of such takings are set forth. NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as ’’...an impact resulting from the specified activity that cannot be reasonably expected to, and is not reasonably likely to, adversely affect the species or stock PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 24223 through effects on annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’ Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA established an expedited process by which citizens of the United States can apply for an authorization to incidentally take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment. Except with respect to certain activities not pertinent here, the MMPA defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i) has the potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild [Level A harassment]; or (ii) has the potential to disturb a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild by causing disruption of behavioral patterns, including, but not limited to, migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering [Level B harassment]. Section 101(a)(5)(D) establishes a 45– day time limit for NMFS review of an application followed by a 30–day public notice and comment period on any proposed authorization for the incidental harassment of marine mammals. Within 45 days of the close of the comment period, NMFS must either issue or deny issuance of the authorization. Summary of Request L-DEO submitted to NMFS an application from L-DEO for the taking, by Level B harassment, of several species of marine mammals incidental to conducting, with research funding from the NSF, two marine seismic surveys in the ETP. This project would be conducted with L-DEO’s new seismic vessel, the R/V Marcus G. Langseth (Langseth), which would deploy different configurations of airguns and a different bottom-mapping sonar than used previously by L-DEO. The first survey was planned to be approximately 39 days between September and October 2007, and the second one approximately 6 days in between November and December 2007. However, due to scheduling issues with the vessel, the 39–day survey is rescheduled to June and August 2008, and the 6–day survey to April and May 2008. Description of the Specified Activity The April-May 6–day survey would examine two important types of seismic behavior of the Quebrada, Discovery, and Gofar fault systems (QDG) to understand better the behavior of earthquakes and faults in general. The June-August 39–day survey would obtain seismic reflection imaging of the internal structure of the magmatic-hydrothermal system at the fast-spreading mid-ocean ridge of the East Pacific Rise (EPR). E:\FR\FM\02MYN1.SGM 02MYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Exporters' Textile Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting 
Postponement

    The meeting of the Exporters' Textile Advisory Committee, scheduled 
for May 8, 2008 in Los Angeles California, has been postponed until 
further notice
    For further information contact Larry Brill at (202) 482-1856.
Dated: April 28, 2008.

R. Matthew Priest,
Chairman, Committee for Implementation of Textile Agreements.
[FR Doc. E8-9723 Filed 5-1-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DR-S
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