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examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and
Board’s regulations are satisfied, and
that approval of the application is in the
public interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
grants to the Grantee the privilege of
establishing a foreign-trade zone,
designated on the records of the Board
as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 276, at the
sites described in the application, and
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this January 19,
2010.
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Gary Locke,
Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and
Executive Officer.
ATTEST:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Grant of Authority for Subzone Status;
Brightpoint North America L.P. (Cell
Phone Kitting and Distribution)
Indianapolis, IN
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Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
following Order:
Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act
provides for ‘‘* * * the establishment
* * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of
entry of the United States, to expedite
and encourage foreign commerce, and
for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the
Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant to
qualified corporations the privilege of
establishing foreign-trade zones in or
adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board’s regulations (15
CFR part 400) provide for the
establishment of special-purpose
subzones when existing zone facilities
cannot serve the specific use involved,
and when the activity results in a
significant public benefit and is in the
public interest;
Whereas, the Indianapolis Airport
Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone 72, has made application to the
Board for authority to establish a
special-purpose subzone at the cell
phone kitting and distribution facilities
of Brightpoint North America L.P.,
located in Plainfield, Indiana, (FTZ
Docket 30–2009, filed July 21, 2009);
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Whereas, notice inviting public
comment has been given in the Federal
Register (74 FR 37689–37690, July 29,
2009) and the application has been
processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and
the Board’s regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and
Board’s regulations are satisfied, and
that the proposal is in the public
interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
grants authority for subzone status for
activity related to the kitting and
distribution of cell phones at the
facilities of Brightpoint North America
L.P., located in Plainfield, Indiana
(Subzone 72S), as described in the
application and Federal Register notice,
subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations, including Section 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, February 5,
2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.
ATTEST:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals;
Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental
to the Explosive Removal of Offshore
Structures in the Gulf of Mexico
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of letters of
authorization.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) and implementing regulations,
notification is hereby given that NMFS
has issued one-year Letters of
Authorization (LOAs) to take marine
mammals incidental to the explosive
removal of offshore oil and gas
structures (EROS) in the Gulf of Mexico.
DATES: These authorizations are
effective from February 27, 2010
through February 26, 2011 and May 15,
2010 through May 14, 2011.
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ADDRESSES: The application and LOAs
are available for review 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
20910–3235 or by telephoning the
contact listed here (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT), or online at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm. Documents cited in this
notice may be viewed, by appointment,
during regular business hours, at the
aforementioned address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Howard Goldstein or Jolie Harrison,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
301–713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) directs The Secretary of
Commerce (who has delegated the
authority to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by United States
citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing)
within a specified geographical region,
if certain findings are made and
regulations are issued. Under the
MMPA, the term ‘‘taking’’ means to
harass, hunt, capture, or kill or to
attempt to harass, hunt capture, or kill
marine mammals.
Authorization for incidental taking, in
the form of annual LOAs, may be
granted by NMFS for periods up to five
years if NMFS finds, after notification
and opportunity for public comment,
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s) of
marine mammals, and will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
subsistence uses (where relevant). In
addition, NMFS must prescribe
regulations that include permissible
methods of taking and other means
effecting the least practicable adverse
impact on the species and its habitat
(i.e., mitigation), and on the availability
of the species for subsistence uses,
paying particular attention to rookeries,
mating rounds, and areas of similar
significance. The regulations also must
include requirements pertaining to the
monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Regulations governing the taking of
marine mammals incidental to EROS
were published on June 19, 2008 (73 FR
34889), and remain in effect through
July 19, 2013. For detailed information
on this action, please refer to that
Federal Register notice. The species
that applicants may take in small
numbers during EROS activities are
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bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus), Atlantic spotted dolphins
(Stenella frontalis), pantropical spotted
dolphins (Stenella attenuata), Clymene
dolphins (Stenella clymene), striped
dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba),
spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris),
rough-toothed dolphins (Steno
bredanensis), Risso’s dolphins
(Grampus griseus), melon-headed
whales (Peponocephala electra), shortfinned pilot whales (Globicephala
macrorhynchus), and sperm whales
(Physeter macrocephalus).
Pursuant to these regulations, NMFS
has issued an LOA to Energy Resource
Technology GOM, Inc., Noble Energy,
Inc, and Demex International, Inc.
Issuance of the LOAs are based on a
finding made in the preamble to the
final rule that the total taking by these
activities (with monitoring, mitigation,
and reporting measures) will result in
no more than a negligible impact on the
affected species or stock(s) of marine
mammals and will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on
subsistence uses. NMFS also finds that
the applicants will meet the
requirements contained in the
implementing regulations and LOAs,
including monitoring, mitigation, and
reporting requirements.
Dated: February 22, 2010.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
The meeting will take place
at the Bureau of Economic Analysis at
1441 L St., NW., Washington DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Newman, Media and Outreach
Lead, Bureau of Economic Analysis,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone
number: (202) 606–9265.
Public Participation: This meeting is
open to the public. Because of security
procedures, anyone planning to attend
the meeting must contact Jeffrey
Newman of BEA at (202) 606–9265 in
advance. The meeting is physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for foreign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Jeffrey Newman at
(202) 606–9265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee was established September
2, 1999. The Committee advises the
Director of BEA on matters related to the
development and improvement of BEA’s
national, regional, industry, and
international economic accounts,
especially in areas of new and rapidly
growing economic activities arising
from innovative and advancing
technologies, and provides
recommendations from the perspectives
of the economics profession, business,
and government. This will be the
Committee’s twenty-first meeting.
ADDRESSES:
Dated: February 5, 2010.
Brian C. Moyer,
Acting Deputy Director, Bureau of Economic
Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory
Committee
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463 as amended by Pub. L. 94–409, Pub.
L. 96–523, Pub. L. 97–375 and Pub. L.
105–153), we are announcing a meeting
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis
Advisory Committee. The meeting will
address ways in which the national
economic accounts can be presented
more effectively for current economic
analysis and recent statistical
developments in national accounting.
DATES: Friday, May 7, 2010, the meeting
will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn at 3:30
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International Trade Administration
Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory
Committee Public Meeting
AGENCY: International Trade
Administration, DOC.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee Meeting.
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of the
first meeting of the Civil Nuclear Trade
Advisory Committee (CINTAC). The
members will discuss issues outlined in
the following agenda.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, March 23, 2010, from 9 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
Room 1414, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Herbert Clark Hoover
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Building, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sarah Lopp, Office of Energy &
Environmental Industries, International
Trade Administration, Room 4053, 1401
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20230. (Phone: 202–482–3851; Fax:
202–482–5665; e-mail:
Sarah.Lopp@trade.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The CINTAC was
established under the discretionary
authority of the Secretary of Commerce
and in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.), in response to an identified need
for consensus advice from U.S. industry
to the U.S. Government regarding the
development and administration of
programs to expand United States
exports of civil nuclear goods and
services in accordance with applicable
United States regulations, including
advice on how U.S. civil nuclear goods
and services export policies, programs,
and activities will affect the U.S. civil
nuclear industry’s competitiveness and
ability to participate in the international
market.
Topics to be considered: The agenda
for the March 23, 2010, CINTAC
meeting is as follows:
1. Welcome & introduction of new
members
2. Ethics Briefing
3. Public comment period
4. Discussion of civil nuclear trade
priority issues
Public Participation: The meeting will
be open to the public and the room is
disabled-accessible. Public seating is
limited and available on a first-come,
first-served basis. Members of the public
wishing to attend the meeting must
notify Ms. Sarah Lopp at the contact
information below by 5 p.m. EST on
Friday, February 26, 2010, in order to
pre-register for clearance into the
building. Please specify any requests for
reasonable accommodation at least five
business days in advance of the
meeting. Last minute requests will be
accepted, but may be impossible to fill.
A limited amount of time will be
available for pertinent brief oral
comments from members of the public
attending the meeting. To accommodate
as many speakers as possible, the time
for public comments will be limited to
two (2) minutes per person, with a total
public comment period of 30 minutes.
Individuals wishing to reserve speaking
time during the meeting must contact
Ms. Lopp and submit a brief statement
of the general nature of the comments
and the name and address of the
proposed participant by 5 p.m. EST on
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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XU55
Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals
Incidental to the Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures in the Gulf
of Mexico
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of letters of authorization.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
and implementing regulations, notification is hereby given that NMFS
has issued one-year Letters of Authorization (LOAs) to take marine
mammals incidental to the explosive removal of offshore oil and gas
structures (EROS) in the Gulf of Mexico.
DATES: These authorizations are effective from February 27, 2010
through February 26, 2011 and May 15, 2010 through May 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The application and LOAs are available for review by
writing to P. Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, Conservation, and
Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3235
or by telephoning the contact listed here (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT), or online at: https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/incidental.htm. Documents cited in this notice may be viewed, by
appointment, during regular business hours, at the aforementioned
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Goldstein or Jolie Harrison,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 301-713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.
1361 et seq.) directs The Secretary of Commerce (who has delegated the
authority to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals by United States
citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial
fishing) within a specified geographical region, if certain findings
are made and regulations are issued. Under the MMPA, the term
``taking'' means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill or to attempt to
harass, hunt capture, or kill marine mammals.
Authorization for incidental taking, in the form of annual LOAs,
may be granted by NMFS for periods up to five years if NMFS finds,
after notification and opportunity for public comment, that the taking
will have a negligible impact on the species or stock(s) of marine
mammals, and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant). In addition, NMFS must prescribe regulations that include
permissible methods of taking and other means effecting the least
practicable adverse impact on the species and its habitat (i.e.,
mitigation), and on the availability of the species for subsistence
uses, paying particular attention to rookeries, mating rounds, and
areas of similar significance. The regulations also must include
requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.
Regulations governing the taking of marine mammals incidental to EROS
were published on June 19, 2008 (73 FR 34889), and remain in effect
through July 19, 2013. For detailed information on this action, please
refer to that Federal Register notice. The species that applicants may
take in small numbers during EROS activities are
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bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Atlantic spotted dolphins
(Stenella frontalis), pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella
attenuata), Clymene dolphins (Stenella clymene), striped dolphins
(Stenella coeruleoalba), spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris),
rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis), Risso's dolphins (Grampus
griseus), melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra), short-finned
pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), and sperm whales (Physeter
macrocephalus).
Pursuant to these regulations, NMFS has issued an LOA to Energy
Resource Technology GOM, Inc., Noble Energy, Inc, and Demex
International, Inc. Issuance of the LOAs are based on a finding made in
the preamble to the final rule that the total taking by these
activities (with monitoring, mitigation, and reporting measures) will
result in no more than a negligible impact on the affected species or
stock(s) of marine mammals and will not have an unmitigable adverse
impact on subsistence uses. NMFS also finds that the applicants will
meet the requirements contained in the implementing regulations and
LOAs, including monitoring, mitigation, and reporting requirements.
Dated: February 22, 2010.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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