Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and the Gulf of Alaska; King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands; Scallop and Salmon Fisheries Off the Coast of Alaska, 21600-21601 [2010-9569]
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• Meetings with CS Saudi Arabia’s
energy and infrastructure industry
specialists in Riyadh and Dhahran; and
• Networking receptions in two cities
of the trade mission.
Proposed Mission Timetable
Mission participants will be
encouraged to arrive December 5, 2010
and the mission program will proceed
from December 6 through December 8,
2010.
December 6
December 7
December 8
Riyadh
Market briefings by U.S. Embassy Riyadh officials.
One-on-one business matchmaking appointments.
Networking reception.
Dhahran
Travel to Dhahran.
Market briefing by U.S. Consulate Dhahran officials.
Networking reception.
Dhahran
Meeting at Saudi Aramco.
One-on-one business matchmaking appointments.
Participation Requirements
All parties interested in participating
in the Energy and Infrastructure Trade
Mission to Saudi Arabia must complete
and submit an application for
consideration by the Department of
Commerce. All applicants will be
evaluated on their ability to meet certain
conditions and best satisfy the selection
criteria as outlined below. A minimum
of 10 and a maximum of 15 companies
will be selected to participate in the
mission from the applicant pool. U.S.
companies already doing business in
Saudi Arabia as well as U.S. companies
seeking to enter the market for the first
time are encouraged to apply.
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Fees and Expenses
After a company has been selected to
participate on the mission, a payment to
the Department of Commerce in the
form of a participation fee is required.
The participation fee will be $3,680 for
large firms and $2,925 for a small or
medium-sized enterprise (SME) 1 or
small organization, which will cover
one representative. The fee for each
additional firm representative (large
firm or SME) is $500. Expenses for
travel, lodging, most meals, and
1 An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer
employees or that otherwise qualifies as a small
business under SBA regulations (see https://
www.sba.gov/services/contracting opportunities/
sizestandardstopics/). Parent companies,
affiliates, and subsidiaries will be considered when
determining business size. The dual pricing reflects
the Commercial Service’s user fee schedule that
became effective May 1, 2008 (see https://
www.export.gov/newsletter/march2008/
initiatives.html for additional information).
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incidentals will be the responsibility of
each mission participant.
Conditions for Participation
• An applicant must submit a
completed and signed mission
application and supplemental
application materials, including
adequate information on the company’s
products and/or services, primary
market objectives, and goals for
participation. If the U.S. Department of
Commerce receives an incomplete
application, the Department may reject
the application, request additional
information, or take the lack of
information into account when
evaluating the applications.
• Each applicant must also certify
that the products and services it seeks
to export through the mission are either
produced in the United States, or, if not,
marketed under the name of a U.S. firm
and have at least fifty-one percent U.S.
content.
Selection Criteria for Participation
Selection will be based on the
following criteria:
• Suitability of a company’s products
or services to the mission’s goals.
• Applicant’s potential for business
in Saudi Arabia, including likelihood of
exports resulting from the trade mission.
• Consistency of the applicant’s goals
and objectives with the stated scope of
the trade mission (as an example—be in
the energy and/or infrastructure sectors
indicated in the mission description).
Referrals from political organizations
and any documents containing
references to partisan political activities
(including political contributions) will
be removed from an applicant’s
submission and not considered during
the selection process.
Timeframe for Recruitment and
Applications
Mission recruitment will be
conducted in an open and public
manner, including publication in the
Federal Register, posting on the
Commerce Department trade mission
calendar (https://www.ita.doc.gov/
doctm/tmcal.html) and other Internet
Web sites, press releases to general and
trade media, direct mail, notices by
industry trade associations and other
multiplier groups, and publicity at
industry meetings, symposia,
conferences, and trade shows.
Recruitment for the mission will
begin immediately and conclude no
later than September 15, 2010. The U.S.
Department of Commerce will review all
applications immediately after the
deadline. We will inform applicants of
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selection decisions as soon as possible
after September 15, 2010.
Applications received after that date
will be considered only if space and
scheduling constraints permit.
Contacts
U.S. Commercial Service Domestic
Contact
Sean Timmins, 202–482–1841,
Sean.Timmins@trade.gov.
U.S. Commercial Service Saudi Arabia
Contacts
Mr. Habeeb Saeed, U.S. Commercial
Service Riyadh, Tel: 966–1–488–3800,
Habeeb.Saeed@mail.doc.gov.
Mr. Ishtiaq Hussain, U.S. Commercial
Service Dhahran, Tel: 966–3–330–
3200, Ishtiaq.Hussain@mail.doc.gov.
Sean Timmins,
Global Trade Programs, Commercial Service
Trade Missions Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XW07
Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Area and the Gulf
of Alaska; King and Tanner Crab
Fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian
Islands; Scallop and Salmon Fisheries
Off the Coast of Alaska
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of a call for
proposals for Habitat Areas of Particular
Concern (HAPCs) and associated fishery
management measures.
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) and
NMFS are soliciting proposals for
candidate sites that could be identified
as HAPCs and managed within Essential
Fish Habitat (EFH) pursuant to the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Council
has identified skate nurseries as a
priority for consideration during this
call for proposals, and proposals must
meet the identified priority.
DATES: Proposals must be submitted by
August 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Proposals should be
submitted to the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 605 W. 4th Ave.,
Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501–2252.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Evans or Sarah Melton, (907)
271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HAPC
designations provide an opportunity for
Councils to highlight especially
valuable and/or vulnerable areas within
EFH that warrant priority consideration
for conservation and management. The
regulatory guidelines for implementing
the EFH provisions of the MagnusonStevens Act encourage Fishery
Management Councils to identify
specific types or areas of habitat within
EFH as HAPCs based on the following
considerations: (1) the importance of the
ecological function provided by the
habitat, (2) the extent to which the
habitat is sensitive to human-induced
environmental degradation, (3) whether,
and to what extent, development
activities are, or will be, stressing the
habitat type, and (4) the rarity of the
habitat type (50 CFR 600.815(a)(8)). In
the North Pacific, specific sites will be
considered for HAPC if they (a) meet the
rarity consideration above, and (b) meet
at least one other of the HAPC
considerations.
The Council and NMFS are soliciting
proposals for specific candidate sites to
be considered as HAPCs. Proposals
must meet the Council’s identified
priority for this proposal cycle, which is
skate nurseries. Proposal applications
are available on the Council website,
www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc.
The review process for proposals is
identified in the proposal package,
available on the website, and will
involve screening to determine how
responsive proposals are to the
Council’s priority and HAPC
consideration. Following review, the
Council will decide whether to proceed
with a fishery management plan
amendment to identify HAPCs and any
associated management measures.
NMFS will promulgate any resulting
regulations, supported by appropriate
analyses.
Proposals should include the
following information:
1. Proposer information (name,
address, affiliation)
2. Title of proposal
3. Summary of proposal (single, brief
paragraph describing the proposed
action)
4. Identification of what habitat and
FMP species the proposed area is
intended to protect
5. Geographic delineation of the
proposed HAPC (including latitude and
longitude reference points and
delineation on an appropriately-scaled
NOAA chart)
6. Responsiveness to HAPC
considerations and Council priorities
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(identify how the proposed HAPC
addresses the four considerations set out
in the EFH guidelines, and the Council’s
priority habitat type for the 2010
proposal process)
7. Purpose and need for proposal
8. Specific objectives for proposal,
and methods to measure progress
toward those objectives
9. Proposed management measures, if
appropriate, to meet objectives
10. Expected benefits of the proposed
HAPC to FMP species
11. Identification of fisheries, sectors,
stakeholders, and communities who
would be affected by the establishment
of the proposed HAPC
12. Supporting information (please
provide the best available information
and/or sources of information to support
the objectives of the proposed HAPC
and discussion of the expected effects of
implementing the proposal, including
socioeconomic costs if possible.)
Dated: April 21, 2010.
Tracey Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Harold Brundage, Environmental
Research and Consulting, Inc, 126
Bancroft Road, Kennett Square, PA
19348, has been issued a permit to take
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser
brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific
research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following office(s):
• Permits, Conservation and
Education Division, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring,
MD 20910; phone (301) 713–2289; fax
(301) 713–0376; and
• Northeast Region, NMFS, Protected
Resources Division, 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930; phone
(978) 281–9328; fax (978) 281–9394.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Malcolm Mohead or Kate Swails, (301)
713–2289.
On
November 19, 2009, notice was
published in the Federal Register (74
FR 59961) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take shortnose
sturgeon had been submitted by the
above-named organization. The
requested permit has been issued under
the authority of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR parts 222–226).
The applicant is authorized to
conduct a five-year scientific study of
shortnose sturgeon in the Delaware
River where primary study objectives
are to characterize habitat use, relative
abundance, reproduction, juvenile
recruitment, temporal and spatial
distributions, and reproductive health of
the shortnose sturgeon population in the
Delaware River and Estuary. The permit
authorizes non-lethal sampling methods
on up to 1,000 adult and juvenile
shortnose sturgeon annually. Research
activities will include: capturing via gill
net, trammel net, and trawl net;
measuring and weighing; tagging with
external identifier PIT and Floy T-bar
tags; and sampling tissue for genetic
analysis. A subset of 30 adults and 30
juveniles per year will be tagged with
acoustic transmitters and tracked.
Another subset of 24 adults will be
annually examined internally using
laparoscopic techniques, with each
potentially having gonad biopsy and
blood samples taken for analyses.
Another subset of 20 adults per year
will be included in hydroacoustic gear
testing. Additionally, lethal takes of up
to 300 eggs or larvae each year will be
collected during seasonal spawning
activity with gear such as artificial
substrate, D-frame ichthyoplankton net,
and/or epibenthic sled. Finally, up to
one unintentional mortality or serious
injury is permitted annually, with no
more than three mortalities over the five
year permit. Issuance of this permit, as
required by the ESA, was based on a
finding that such permit (1) was applied
for in good faith, (2) will not operate to
the disadvantage of such endangered or
threatened species, and (3) is consistent
with the purposes and policies set forth
in section 2 of the ESA.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XW07
Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area
and the Gulf of Alaska; King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering
Sea/Aleutian Islands; Scallop and Salmon Fisheries Off the Coast of
Alaska
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of a call for proposals for Habitat Areas of
Particular Concern (HAPCs) and associated fishery management measures.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and
NMFS are soliciting proposals for candidate sites that could be
identified as HAPCs and managed within Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Council has identified skate nurseries
as a priority for consideration during this call for proposals, and
proposals must meet the identified priority.
DATES: Proposals must be submitted by August 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Proposals should be submitted to the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 605 W. 4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-
2252.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Evans or Sarah Melton, (907)
271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HAPC designations provide an opportunity for
Councils to highlight especially valuable and/or vulnerable areas
within EFH that warrant priority consideration for conservation and
management. The regulatory guidelines for implementing the EFH
provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act encourage Fishery Management
Councils to identify specific types or areas of habitat within EFH as
HAPCs based on the following considerations: (1) the importance of the
ecological function provided by the habitat, (2) the extent to which
the habitat is sensitive to human-induced environmental degradation,
(3) whether, and to what extent, development activities are, or will
be, stressing the habitat type, and (4) the rarity of the habitat type
(50 CFR 600.815(a)(8)). In the North Pacific, specific sites will be
considered for HAPC if they (a) meet the rarity consideration above,
and (b) meet at least one other of the HAPC considerations.
The Council and NMFS are soliciting proposals for specific
candidate sites to be considered as HAPCs. Proposals must meet the
Council's identified priority for this proposal cycle, which is skate
nurseries. Proposal applications are available on the Council website,
www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc. The review process for proposals is
identified in the proposal package, available on the website, and will
involve screening to determine how responsive proposals are to the
Council's priority and HAPC consideration. Following review, the
Council will decide whether to proceed with a fishery management plan
amendment to identify HAPCs and any associated management measures.
NMFS will promulgate any resulting regulations, supported by
appropriate analyses.
Proposals should include the following information:
1. Proposer information (name, address, affiliation)
2. Title of proposal
3. Summary of proposal (single, brief paragraph describing the
proposed action)
4. Identification of what habitat and FMP species the proposed area
is intended to protect
5. Geographic delineation of the proposed HAPC (including latitude
and longitude reference points and delineation on an appropriately-
scaled NOAA chart)
6. Responsiveness to HAPC considerations and Council priorities
(identify how the proposed HAPC addresses the four considerations set
out in the EFH guidelines, and the Council's priority habitat type for
the 2010 proposal process)
7. Purpose and need for proposal
8. Specific objectives for proposal, and methods to measure
progress toward those objectives
9. Proposed management measures, if appropriate, to meet objectives
10. Expected benefits of the proposed HAPC to FMP species
11. Identification of fisheries, sectors, stakeholders, and
communities who would be affected by the establishment of the proposed
HAPC
12. Supporting information (please provide the best available
information and/or sources of information to support the objectives of
the proposed HAPC and discussion of the expected effects of
implementing the proposal, including socioeconomic costs if possible.)
Dated: April 21, 2010.
Tracey Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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