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alternatives to establish new
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements.
In accordance with NOAA’s
Administrative Order NAO 216–6,
Section 5.02(c), the Council and NMFS
have identified this preliminary range of
alternatives as a means to initiate
discussion for scoping purposes only.
This may not represent the full range of
alternatives that eventually will be
evaluated by the Council and NMFS.
Once the Council and NMFS
complete the DEIS associated with the
Amendments to the FMP for the Queen
Conch Fishery of Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands and the FMP for the
Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico and the
U.S. Virgin Islands, it must be approved
by a majority of the voting members,
present and voting, of the Council. After
the Council approves this document, the
DEIS and associated amendments will
be submitted to NMFS for filing with
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA). The EPA will publish a notice of
availability of the DEIS for public
comment in the Federal Register. The
DEIS will have a 45-day comment
period. This procedure is pursuant to
regulations issued by the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) for
implementing the procedural provisions
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA; 40 CFR parts 1500–1508)
and to NOAA’s Administrative Order
216–6 regarding NOAA’s compliance
with NEPA and the CEQ regulations.
The Council and NMFS will consider
public comments received on the DEIS
in developing the final environmental
impact statement (FEIS) and before
adopting final management measures for
the amendment. The Council will
submit both the final joint amendment
and the supporting FEIS to NMFS for
review by the Secretary under the MSA.
NMFS will announce, through a
notice published in the Federal
Register, the availability of the final
joint amendment for public review
during the Secretarial review period.
During Secretarial review, NMFS will
also file the FEIS with the EPA for a
final 30-day public comment period.
This comment period will be concurrent
with the Secretarial review period and
will end prior to final agency action to
approve, disapprove, or partially
approve the final joint amendment.
NMFS will announce, through a
notice published in the Federal
Register, all public comment periods on
the final joint amendment, its proposed
implementing regulations, and its
associated FEIS. NMFS will consider all
public comments received during the
Secretarial review period, whether they
are on the final amendment, the
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proposed regulations, or the FEIS, prior
to final agency action.
Scoping Meeting Dates, Times, and
Locations
All scoping meetings are scheduled to
be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The
meetings will be physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Request for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council (see ADDRESSES).
April 27–Doubletree by Hilton San
Juan, De Diego Avenue, San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
April 28–Holiday Inn and Tropical
Casino Ponce, 3315 Ponce By Pass,
Ponce, Puerto Rico.
April 29–Salon B, Centro de Usos
Multiples, Doctor Lopez and Celis
Aguilera Street, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
May 4–Mayaguez Resort and Casino,
Road 104, Km. 0.3, Mayaguez, Puerto
Rico.
May 6–Community Center,
Frenchtown, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin
Islands.
May 7–The Florence Williams Public
Library, 1122 King Street, Christiansted,
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 10, 2009
Kristen C. Koch,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Notice of Inventions Available for
Licensing
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inventions available
for licensing.
SUMMARY: The inventions listed below
are owned in whole or in part by the
U.S. Government, as represented by the
Secretary of Commerce. The U.S.
Government’s interest in these
inventions is available for licensing in
accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37
CFR part 404 to achieve expeditious
commercialization of results of federally
funded research and development.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Technical and licensing information on
these inventions may be obtained by
writing to: National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Office of
Technology Partnerships, Attn: Mary
Clague, Building 222, Room A240,
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Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is
also available via telephone: 301–975–
4188, fax 301–975–3482, or e-mail:
mary.clague@nist.gov. Any request for
information should include the NIST
Docket number and title for the
invention as indicated below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may
enter into a Cooperative Research and
Development Agreement (‘‘CRADA’’)
with the licensee to perform further
research on the invention for purposes
of commercialization. The inventions
available for licensing are:
[NIST Docket Number: 06–003]
Title: Zeroeth Order Imaging.
Abstract: The invention provides a
method of imaging critical dimensions
by measuring the zeroeth order of
diffracted light. The method involves
providing a target, directing light onto
the target so as to cause the target to
diffract the light. The zeroeth order of
the diffracted light is collected and
analyzed to determine structural
features of the target. The target can be
an article of manufacture, such as a
semiconductor device, or a separate
target that is provided or fabricated on
an article of manufacture. One of at least
the wavelength and the angle at which
the light is directed onto the target can
be scanned. The target can fill all or
only a portion of the field of view.
[NIST Docket Number: 08–013]
Title: The Microfluidic Palette:
Generation of Multiple Chemical
Gradients Within a Microfluidic
Chamber.
Abstract: This invention is jointly
owned with KT Consulting, Inc. The
invention is a microfluidic device,
capable of generating multiple spatial
chemical gradients simultaneously
inside a microfluidic chamber. The
chemical gradients are generated by
diffusion, without convection, and can
either be maintained constant over long
time periods, or modified dynamically.
A representative device is described
with a circular chamber in which
diffusion occurs, with three access ports
for the delivery and removal of solutes.
A gradient typically forms in minutes,
and can be maintained constant
indefinitely. The device can also be
used to evaluate chemotactic responses
of bacteria or other microorganisms in
the absence of convective flow.
[NIST Docket Number: 08–033]
Title: A New Technique for
Combinational Circuit Optimization and
a New Circuit for the S-box of AES.
Abstract: This invention is jointly
owned with the University of Southern
Denmark. The invention provides a new
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technique for combinational circuit
optimization. The technique is a twostep process. In the first step, the nonlinearity of the circuit—as measured by
the number of nonlinear gates it
contains—is reduced. The second step
reduces the number of gates in the
linear components of the circuit. The
technique can be applied to arbitrary
circuits, and seems to yield
improvements even on circuits that
have already been optimized by
standard methods. The technique is
applied to the S-box of the Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES). The result
is, as far as we know, the smallest
circuit yet constructed for this function.
Dated: April 7, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director.
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Magnuson–Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant
Regional Administrator), has made a
preliminary determination that an
Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP)
application contains all of the required
information and warrants further
consideration. The Assistant Regional
Administrator has made a preliminary
determination that the activities
authorized under this EFP would be
consistent with the goals and objectives
of the Monkfish Fishery Management
Plan (FMP). However, further review
and consultation may be necessary
before a final determination is made to
issue an EFP. Therefore, NMFS
announces that the Assistant Regional
Administrator proposes to recommend
that an EFP be issued that would allow
eight commercial fishing vessels to
conduct research and compensation
fishing operations that are otherwise
restricted by the regulations governing
the fisheries of the Northeastern United
States. This EFP, which would enable
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vessels to harvest monkfish granted
through the Monkfish Research Set–
Aside (RSA) Program, would grant
exemptions from restrictions of the Gulf
of Maine (GOM) Rolling Closure Areas
(RCA) I and II and from the monkfish
days–at–sea (DAS) possession limits in
the Southern and Northern Fishery
Management Areas.
Regulations under the Magnuson–
Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act require publication of
this notification to provide interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
applications for proposed EFPs.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 4, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Email: DA8–057@noaa.gov. Include
in the subject line ‘‘Comments on UMES
Monkfish RSA EFP.’’
• Mail: Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, NE Regional
Office, 1 Blackburn Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930. Mark the outside of the
envelope ‘‘Comments on UMES
monkfish RSA EFP, DA8–057.’’
• Fax: (978) 281–9135.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Emily Bryant, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9244.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An
application for an EFP was submitted by
the University of Maryland Eastern
Shore (UMES) on March 11, 2009, for a
project selected under the New England
and Mid–Atlantic Fishery Management
Councils’ Monkfish RSA Program. The
purpose of the project is to investigate
the influence of temperature on
monkfish distribution and abundance.
This EFP would grant an exemption
from monkfish possession limits to eight
vessels for the purpose of research and
RSA harvest to fund this research
project (i.e., compensation fishing).
While conducting RSA compensation
trips, the vessels would use gillnets that
are 12–inch (30–cm) stretch mesh with
a 3.5–inch (9–cm) diameter gauge web
that is 12 meshes deep. The nets do not
exceed 300 ft (91 m) in length. Average
soak times differ between vessels, with
a range of 36 to 120 hours. Each vessel
would receive two temperature and
depth loggers to attach to gillnets during
RSA fishing trips. The loggers would
collect temperature and depth at
intervals of 1 hour, and will be
downloaded approximately every two
months. Catch data (number and size of
monkfish) from panels with probes
would be recorded by collaborating
fishermen, along with information on
location, depth fished, water currents,
and lunar cycle. UMES plans to collect
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histological samples on board the
fishing vessels from a subset of trips for
analysis of reproductive condition.
Length measurements would be taken
each trip from a minimum of 25
randomly selected monkfish from the
nets with attached temperature probes
to gain information about fish
distribution. The smallest samples
would measure 17 inches (43 cm) in
length. Additional catch, within
applicable size and possession limits,
would be sold to help offset the costs of
the research.
Compensation fishing for this
research would occur from May 2009
through April 2010. The eight fishing
industry collaborators would have
access to 105 monkfish DAS that will be
awarded to the project through the
Monkfish RSA Program. In order to
achieve the target catch to fund the
project, these fishing activities would
require an exemption from monkfish
DAS possession limits at 50 CFR
648.94(b)(2). This exemption would
provide these eight vessels with the
flexibility they need to generate
sufficient income to meet projected
costs of the research activity, while
minimizing operating expenses. Based
on the preliminary award of 105 DAS,
this would require a total catch of
340,046 lb (154,242 kg) of whole
monkfish (102,424 lb (46,459 kg) tail
weight). Operating under this total
landings cap, compensation fishing
would continue until the required goal
of 340,046 lb (154,242 kg) of whole
monkfish is met, or until the awarded
DAS have been fully utilized, whichever
occurs first. Aside from this exemption,
fishing activity would be conducted
under normal commercial practices.
In addition, this EFP would also allow
five of the eight vessels to fish for
monkfish using gillnets inside the GOM
and would require exemption from the
restrictions of RCAs I and II that will be
in effect during April 2009 and March
2010. It is expected that these locations,
within the rolling closure areas, would
provide access to large monkfish and
would avoid gear interactions between
the research gillnet gear and trawl gear.
These locations also coordinate with the
locations from previous years’ research.
The applicant may request minor
modifications and extensions to the EFP
throughout the year. EFP modifications
and extensions may be granted without
further notice if they are deemed
essential to facilitate completion of the
proposed research and have minimal
impacts that do not change the scope or
impact of the initially approved EFP
request. Any fishing activity conducted
outside the scope of the exempted
fishing activity would be prohibited. If
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Notice of Inventions Available for Licensing
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inventions available for licensing.
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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below are owned in whole or in part by
the U.S. Government, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce. The
U.S. Government's interest in these inventions is available for
licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to
achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded
research and development.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical and licensing information on
these inventions may be obtained by writing to: National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Office of Technology Partnerships, Attn: Mary
Clague, Building 222, Room A240, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Information is
also available via telephone: 301-975-4188, fax 301-975-3482, or e-
mail: mary.clague@nist.gov. Any request for information should include
the NIST Docket number and title for the invention as indicated below.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research
and Development Agreement (``CRADA'') with the licensee to perform
further research on the invention for purposes of commercialization.
The inventions available for licensing are:
[NIST Docket Number: 06-003]
Title: Zeroeth Order Imaging.
Abstract: The invention provides a method of imaging critical
dimensions by measuring the zeroeth order of diffracted light. The
method involves providing a target, directing light onto the target so
as to cause the target to diffract the light. The zeroeth order of the
diffracted light is collected and analyzed to determine structural
features of the target. The target can be an article of manufacture,
such as a semiconductor device, or a separate target that is provided
or fabricated on an article of manufacture. One of at least the
wavelength and the angle at which the light is directed onto the target
can be scanned. The target can fill all or only a portion of the field
of view.
[NIST Docket Number: 08-013]
Title: The Microfluidic Palette: Generation of Multiple Chemical
Gradients Within a Microfluidic Chamber.
Abstract: This invention is jointly owned with KT Consulting, Inc.
The invention is a microfluidic device, capable of generating multiple
spatial chemical gradients simultaneously inside a microfluidic
chamber. The chemical gradients are generated by diffusion, without
convection, and can either be maintained constant over long time
periods, or modified dynamically. A representative device is described
with a circular chamber in which diffusion occurs, with three access
ports for the delivery and removal of solutes. A gradient typically
forms in minutes, and can be maintained constant indefinitely. The
device can also be used to evaluate chemotactic responses of bacteria
or other microorganisms in the absence of convective flow.
[NIST Docket Number: 08-033]
Title: A New Technique for Combinational Circuit Optimization and a
New Circuit for the S-box of AES.
Abstract: This invention is jointly owned with the University of
Southern Denmark. The invention provides a new
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technique for combinational circuit optimization. The technique is a
two-step process. In the first step, the non-linearity of the circuit--
as measured by the number of nonlinear gates it contains--is reduced.
The second step reduces the number of gates in the linear components of
the circuit. The technique can be applied to arbitrary circuits, and
seems to yield improvements even on circuits that have already been
optimized by standard methods. The technique is applied to the S-box of
the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The result is, as far as we
know, the smallest circuit yet constructed for this function.
Dated: April 7, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. E9-8873 Filed 4-16-09; 8:45 am]
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