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Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) 

specifications for 2011–2013 and to 

determine status; approve the 

calibration of FSV Bigelow catches to 

FSV Albatross equivalents, rather than 

vice versa and approve the use of a 

consistent set of FSV Bigelow strata to 

adjust biological reference points and 

adjust the catch/biomass medians as a 

basis for setting ABC. 

On Wednesday, April 13, 2011, the 

SSC will discuss the Council’s Whiting/ 

Hake Plan Development Team’s 

evaluation of ABC-setting options. 

Specifically it will provide guidance to 

the plan team concerning the 

development of ABC specifications for 

inclusion in Amendment 19 (small 

mesh multispecies component) to the 

Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan. 

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 

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: March 21, 2011. 

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–XA316 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Social and Economic 

Sub-Committee of the Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council’s 

(Council) Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will meet with the 

Council’s Squid, Mackerel, and 

Butterfish (SMB) Advisory Panel (AP). 

DATES: Thursday, April 14 through 

Friday, April 15, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Historic Inns of Annapolis, MD 

21401 telephone: (410) 263–2641. 

Council Address: Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 

State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, PhD, Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is to review 

fishery performance and create an AP 

Fishery Performance Report for Squid, 

Mackerel, and Butterfish. On Friday, 

April 15—The Joint Meeting of the 

Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish AP and 

SSC Socio-Economic Sub-Committee 

meeting will be continued. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office (302) 526–5251 at least 

five days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 21, 2011. 

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 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

System 

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Comment Period for 

Revised Management Plans for the 

following National Estuarine Research 

Reserves: ACE Basin, SC and Old 

Woman Creek, OH. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office 

of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce is announcing 

a thirty-day comment period for the 

revised management plans and 

boundary amendments of the ACE 

Basin, SC National Estuarine Research 

Reserve and Old Woman Creek, OH 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. 

The revised management plan for the 

ACE Basin, SC National Estuarine 

Research Reserve outlines the 

administrative structure; the education, 

training, stewardship, and research 

programs of the reserve; and the plans 

for future land acquisition and facility 

development to support reserve 

operations. The objectives described in 

this plan address the most critical 

coastal issues in ACE Basin related to 

habitat conservation, water quality, 

community resilience, and public 

access. Since the last approved 

management plan in 1992, the reserve 

has become fully staffed; added a 

Coastal Training Program that delivers 

science-based information to key 

decisionmakers; and added significant 

monitoring of emergent marsh 

vegetation, water quality, and invasive 

species. In addition to programmatic 

and staffing advances, the reserve has 

constructed an interpretive center that 

houses educational exhibits, classrooms, 

offices, conference space, trails and 

dock with public access. A field station 

with lab facilities, research dock, and 

accommodations for visiting researchers 

has also been constructed. 

This management plan amends the 

boundary to include 4,687 acres of the 

Botany Bay Plantation located adjacent 

to the northeastern corner of Edisto 

Island in lower Charleston County, SC. 

The undeveloped coastal habitats of the 

plantation include maritime forest, 

coastal shrub, wetlands, tidal marshes 

and sand beaches. The property 

provides important habitat for 

numerous wildlife species, including 

critical nesting habitat for the Federally 

threatened loggerhead sea turtle and the 

State threatened least tern. The lands 

contain significant cultural resources 

and list several sites on the National 

Register of Historic Places. This 

management plan amends the boundary 

by also removing 40,089 acres of private 

lands previously counted in error. In 

total, the ACE Basin Reserve includes 

99,308 acres designated for long term 

research, education and stewardship. 

This plan can be accessed for review at 

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/NERR/ 

index.html. 

The revised management plan for the 

Old Woman Creek, OH National 


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Estuarine Research Reserve contains the 

collective vision, mission, goals, and 

objectives of the reserve; updates the 

reserve boundary; as well as outlines 

plans for facility use and development 

to support reserve operations. The 

objectives described in this plan address 

the most critical coastal issues of the 

reserve related to water quality (nonpoint source pollution), invasive 

species, habitat loss and regional 

ecosystem impacts of climate change. 

Since the last approved management 

plan in 2000, the reserve has become 

fully staffed; added a Coastal Training 

Program that delivers science-based 

information to key decisionmakers; and 

developed partnerships to continue to 

restore and protect land and waters in 

the Old Woman Creek watershed. In 

addition to programmatic and staffing 

advances, the reserve has completed 

construction of a new dormitory, 

boathouse, and administrative spaces. 

This management plan includes a 

boundary expansion of 2.2 acres. This 

land was incorporated with the State 

nature preserve in 2004 and is subject 

to all protection afforded by Ohio laws 

governing State nature preserves. The 

additional parcel is adjacent to the 

reserve’s southwestern boundary and 

consists of early successional habitat 

(e.g., various Cornus sp.) and will 

become an area dominated by mixed 

hardwoods. Incorporating these lands 

increases the size of the reserve to 573 

acres. This plan can be accessed for 

review at: http:// 

www.oldwomancreek.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bree 

Murphy at (301) 563–1124 or Laurie 

McGilvray at (301) 563–1158 of NOAA’s 

National Ocean Service, Estuarine 

Reserves Division, 1305 East-West 

Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. 

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

Donna Wieting, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6901 Filed 3–23–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Critical Materials Strategy Request for 

Information 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of Request 

for Information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) is seeking information 

from stakeholders on rare earth 

elements and other materials used in 

energy technologies to support analyses 

updating its 2010 Critical Materials 

Strategy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to obtain a copy 

of this Request for Information (RFI), 

please contact DOE at 

materialstrategy@hq.doe.gov or call 

202–586–5800. The RFI is also available 

on DOE’s Web site at http:// 

www.pi.energy.gov. 

DATES: Responses to the RFI are due no 

later than 5 p.m. (EDT) on May 24, 2011. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Last year, 

DOE issued its first Critical Materials 

Strategy. This year, DOE will update its 

analysis. The responses to this RFI will 

help DOE develop a more detailed 

picture of technology material content, 

supply chain structure, financing, R&D, 

energy technology transitions and 

recycling. This information will help 

DOE to analyze material criticality and 

determine the best policies to promote 

diverse, sustainable and economical 

supplies, as well as efficient use. 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

David Sandalow, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

International Affairs, Department of Energy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Ultra-Deepwater 

Advisory Committee. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 11 a.m. 

to 1 p.m. (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: IBM, 955 L’Enfant Plaza 

North, SW., Suite 1500, Washington, DC 

20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone: 202– 

586–5600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Committee: The 

purpose of the Ultra-Deepwater 

Advisory Committee is to provide 

advice on development and 

implementation of programs related to 

ultra-deepwater architecture and 

technology to the Secretary of Energy 

and provide comments and 

recommendations and priorities for the 

Department of Energy Annual Plan per 

requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005, Title IX, Subtitle J, Section 999D. 

Tentative Agenda 

10:30 a.m. Registration. 

11 a.m. Welcome and Roll Call; 

Opening Remarks by the Committee 

Chair; Report by the Editing 

Subcommittee; Facilitated 

Discussion by the Members 

regarding Final Report; Approval of 

Committee Final Report. 

12:45 p.m. Public Comments, if any. 

1 p.m. Adjourn. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The Designated 

Federal Officer and the Chairman of the 

Committee will lead the meeting for the 

orderly conduct of business. If you 

would like to file a written statement 

with the Committee, you may do so 

either before or after the meeting. If you 

would like to make oral statements 

regarding any of the items on the 

agenda, you should contact Elena 

Melchert at the address or telephone 

number listed above. You must make 

your request for an oral statement at 

least two business days prior to the 

meeting, and reasonable provisions will 

be made to include the presentation on 

the agenda. Public comment will follow 

the 3 minute rule. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Elena Melchert’s 

office at the address or phone number 

listed above. 

Issued at Washington, DC on March 18, 

2011. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC11–51–000. 

Applicants: Capital Power 

Investments LLC, LS Power Equity 

Partners II, L.P., LS Power Equity 

Partners II Pie A, L.P., LS Power Equity 

Partners II Pie B, L.P., LS Power 

Partners II, L.P., Bridgeport Energy, LLC. 

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