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decision is not appealed or if it is
affirmed on appeal.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with section 516A(c)(1) of
the Act.
Dated: May 26, 2010.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[Application No. 84–21A12]
Export Trade Certificate of Review
ACTION: Notice of Application
(#84–21A12) To Amend an Export
Trade Certificate of Review Previously
Issued to Northwest Fruit Exporters
(‘‘NFE’’).
SUMMARY: The Office of Competition
and Economic Analysis (‘‘OCEA’’) of the
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, has received
an application to amend an Export
Trade Certificate of Review
(‘‘Certificate’’). This notice summarizes
the proposed amendment and requests
comments relevant to whether the
amended Certificate should be issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Flynn, Director, Office of
Competition and Economic Analysis,
International Trade Administration,
(202) 482–5131 (this is not a toll-free
number) or by e-mail at
oetca@ita.doc.gov.
Title III of
the Export Trading Company Act of
1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the
Secretary of Commerce to issue
Certificates. A Certificate protects the
holder and the members identified in
the Certificate from State and Federal
government antitrust actions and from
private treble damage antitrust actions
for the export conduct specified in the
Certificate and carried out in
compliance with its terms and
conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the
Export Trading Company Act of 1982
and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the
Secretary to publish a notice in the
Federal Register identifying the
applicant and summarizing its proposed
export conduct.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Public Comments
Interested parties may submit written
comments relevant to the determination
whether an amended Certificate should
be issued. If the comments include any
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privileged or confidential business
information, it must be clearly marked
and a nonconfidential version of the
comments (identified as such) should be
included. Any comments not marked as
privileged or confidential business
information will be deemed to be
nonconfidential. An original and five (5)
copies, plus two (2) copies of the
nonconfidential version, should be
submitted no later than 20 days after the
date of this notice to: Office of
Competition and Economic Analysis,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room
7021–X, Washington, DC 20230.
Information submitted by any person is
exempt from disclosure under the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552). However, nonconfidential versions
of the comments will be made available
to the applicant if necessary for
determining whether or not to issue the
Certificate. Comments should refer to
this application as ‘‘Export Trade
Certificate of Review, application
number 84–21A12.’’ The original NFE
Certificate (No. 84–00012) was issued
on June 11, 1984 (49 FR 24581, June 14,
1984), and last amended on September
16, 2009 (74 FR 48520, September 23,
2009). A summary of the current
application for an amendment follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: Northwest Fruit Exporters
(‘‘NFE’’), 105 South 18th Street, Suite
227, Yakima, Washington 98901.
Contact: James R. Archer, Manager to
NFE, Telephone: (509) 576–8004.
Application No.: 84–21A12.
Date Deemed Submitted: May 20,
2009.
Proposed Amendment: NFE seeks to
amend its Certificate to:
1. Add the following companies as a
new ‘‘Member’’ of the Certificate within
the meaning of section 325.2(l) of the
Regulations (15 CFR 325.2(l)): Hood
River Cherry Company, Hood River, OR;
Ice Lakes LLC, E. Wenatchee, WA; and
JackAss Mt. Ranch, Pasco, WA.
2. Delete the following companies as
Members of NFE’s Certificate: Poirier
Warehouse, Pateros, WA; and Witte
Orchards, E. Wenatchee, WA.
Dated: May 26, 2010.
Joseph Flynn,
Director, Office of Competition and Economic
Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XW70
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 a letter of
authorization.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) and implementing regulations,
notification is hereby given that NMFS
has issued a one-year Letters of
Authorization (LOA) 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 June 1, 2010 through May
31, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The application and LOA
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 ‘‘take’’ means to harass,
hunt, capture, or kill or to attempt to
harass, hunt, capture, or kill any marine
mammal.
Authorization for incidental taking, in
the form of annual LOAs, may be
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granted by NMFS for periods up to five
years if NMFS finds, after notice 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 of
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
34875), 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
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 Ridgelake Energy,
Inc. Issuance of the LOA is 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 applicant will meet the
requirements contained in the
implementing regulations and LOA,
including monitoring, mitigation, and
reporting requirements.
Dated: May 27, 2010
Helen M. Golde,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XW78
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Scientific and Statistical Committee on
June 21–22, 2010 to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
Monday, June 21 at 10 a.m. and
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The
meeting will be held at the Eastland
Park Hotel, 157 High Street, Portland,
ME 04101; telephone: (207) 775–5411;
fax: (207) 775–2872.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Monday, June 21, 2010
The Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) will consider rules
currently used to set Acceptable
Biological Catch (ABC) for all/most
NEFMC-managed stocks, discuss
coordination with the Council relative
to the development of the control rules
and review the annually compiled list of
five-year Council research
recommendations.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The SSC will review the EcosystemBased Fishery Management draft policy
paper; review and revise the Red Crab
ABC to account for estimates of discards
in the fishery and develop a
recommendation for an Atlantic Salmon
ABC.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
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that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, at 978–
465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 28, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XW77
Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of
Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeast
Data, Assessment, and Review
(SEDAR) Steering Committee Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Steering
Committee Meeting.
SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering
Committee will meet via conference call
to discuss assessment projects for 2011.
SEE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee
will meet on Monday, June 21, 2010
from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., EDT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via conference call. Listening stations
are available at the following locations:
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive #201,
North Charleston, SC 29405; Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council,
2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100,
Tampa, FL 33607; and Caribbean
Fishery Management Council, 268
˜
Munoz Rivera Ave., Suite 1108, San
Juan, Puerto Rico 00918.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Carmichael, Science and Statistics
Program Manager, SAFMC, 4055 Faber
Place, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405; phone (843) 571–4366 or toll free
(866) SAFMC–10; FAX (843) 769–4520.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South
Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XW70
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 a letter 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 a one-year Letters of Authorization (LOA) 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 June 1, 2010 through May
31, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The application and LOA 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 ``take''
means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill or to attempt to harass, hunt,
capture, or kill any marine mammal.
Authorization for incidental taking, in the form of annual LOAs,
may be
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granted by NMFS for periods up to five years if NMFS finds, after
notice 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 of 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 34875), 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 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 Ridgelake
Energy, Inc. Issuance of the LOA is 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 applicant will meet the
requirements contained in the implementing regulations and LOA,
including monitoring, mitigation, and reporting requirements.
Dated: May 27, 2010
Helen M. Golde,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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