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The first day’s agenda will include an 

update on NIST, including 

presentations on operational and 

management issues covering changes to 

the Congressional landscape and their 

likely priorities and impact to NIST, the 

final report of the Blue Ribbon 

Commission on Management and Safety 

II, and policy changes for Foreign 

National Guest Researchers, as well as 

updates on new NIST activities and 

programs related to the National 

Strategy for Trusted Identities in 

Cyberspace, Cloud Computing, Public 

Safety Communications and the 700 

Megahertz Testbed, and the National 

Advisory Council on Innovation and 

Entrepreneurship. The first day will 

conclude with a discussion of the VCAT 

focus for 2011 and a session for the 

VCAT to begin to draft its initial 

observations, findings, and 

recommendations for its 2010 Annual 

Report. During a closed session on 

February 2 from 8:30 a.m. until 10:45 

a.m., the VCAT will discuss sensitive 

internal planning information about 

NIST programs. During the open session 

on February 2, the VCAT will continue 

its preparation of the 2010 Annual 

Report followed by a presentation of the 

initial observations, findings and 

recommendations. The agenda may 

change to accommodate Committee 

business. The final agenda will be 

posted on the NIST Web site at http:// 

www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.htm. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the General Counsel, formally 

determined on January 6, 2011, that 

portions of the meeting of the VCAT 

that involve discussions regarding 

information the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to significantly 

frustrate implementation of a proposed 

agency action may be closed in 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B). 

The closed portion of the meeting is 

scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and to 

end at 10:45 a.m. on February 2, 2011. 

All other portions of the meeting will be 

open to the public. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request a place on the agenda. On 

February 1, 2011, approximately onehalf hour will be reserved in the 

afternoon for public comments, and 

speaking times will be assigned on a 

first-come, first-serve basis. The amount 

of time per speaker will be determined 

by the number of requests received, but 

is likely to be about 3 minutes each. The 

exact time for public comments will be 

included in the final agenda that will be 

posted on the NIST Web site at http:// 

www.nist.gov/director/vcat/agenda.htm. 

Questions from the public will not be 

considered during this period. Speakers 

who wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, those who had wished to 

speak but could not be accommodated 

on the agenda, and those who were 

unable to attend in person are invited to 

submit written statements to the VCAT, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 

1060, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, via 

fax at 301–216–0529 or electronically by 

e-mail to gail.ehrlich@nist.gov. 

All visitors to the NIST site will have 

to pre-register to be admitted. Please 

submit your name, time of arrival, email address and phone number to 

Stephanie Shaw no later than Friday, 

January 28, 2011, and she will provide 

you with instructions for admittance. 

Ms. Shaw’s e-mail address is 

stephanie.shaw@nist.gov and her phone 

number is (301) 975–2667. 

Dated: January 7, 2011. 

Charles H. Romine, 

Acting Associate Director for Laboratory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–817 Filed 1–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA135 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has issued permit 

13675 to Fishery Foundation of 

California [Responsible Party: Karen L. 

Burr], 8698 Elk Grove Blvd., Suite #3, 

Elk Grove, CA 95624; and permits 14685 

and 14688 to Natural Resource 

Scientists, Incorporated [Responsible 

Party: Dave A. Vogel], P.O. Box 1210, 

Red Bluff, CA 96080; for purposes of 

scientific research. 

ADDRESSES: Permits 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, 

13415 East-West Highway, Room 13705, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 

713–2289; fax (301) 427–2521; and 

NMFS, Protected Resources Division, 

650 Capitol Mall, Suite 5–100, 

Sacramento, CA 958914–4706; phone 

(916) 930–3600; fax (916) 930–3629. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shirley Witalis at phone number (916) 

930–3606, or e-mail 

shirley.witalis@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is relevant to federally 

endangered Sacramento River winterrun Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley 

spring-run Chinook salmon (O. 

tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley 

steelhead (O. mykiss), and threatened 

Southern Distinct Population Segment 

of North American green sturgeon 

(Acipenser medirostris). Permits 13675, 

14685, and 14688 have 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). 

Permits 

Permit 13675 was issued to Fishery 

Foundation of California on December 

28, 2010, authorizing the capture (by 

fyke net and beach seine), handling 

(species identification and enumeration, 

taking of length measurements), and 

release of ESA-listed natural and 

hatchery juvenile Chinook salmon and 

steelhead, and natural juvenile green 

sturgeon while carrying out a study 

measuring fish response to restoration 

actions, and initial and successional 

habitat conditions at the Fremont 

Landing Conservation Bank on the 

Sacramento River in the Central Valley, 

California. Permit 13675 authorizes 

indirect mortality associated with 

research activities not to exceed 2 

percent of captured ESA-listed Chinook 

salmon and steelhead species annually. 

No indirect mortality has been 

authorized for green sturgeon. Permit 

13675 expires on October 31, 2015. 

Permit 14685 was issued to Natural 

Resource Scientists, Incorporated on 

August 24, 2010, authorizing the 

observation (snorkel surveys), capture 

(by rotary screw trap and beach seine), 

handling (application of anesthesia, 

species identification and enumeration, 

taking of weight and length 

measurements), and release of adult and 

juvenile steelhead associated with 

monitoring and research on anadromous 

salmonid spawning and rearing habitats, 

migration timing and survival in the 

lower Merced River. Permit 14685 

authorizes indirect mortality associated 

with research activities not to exceed 2 

adult and 5 juvenile ESA-listed 

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steelhead annually. Permit 14685 

expires on December 31, 2015. 

Permit 14688 was issued to Natural 

Resource Scientists, Incorporated on 

September 21, 2010, authorizing the 

capture (by fyke net), handling 

(identification and enumeration of 

species, taking of length measurements), 

tissue sampling, release of moribund 

fish or fish carcasses back into irrigation 

diversion canals, and release of live fish 

on the riverside of the canals of ESAlisted juvenile salmonids and sturgeon. 

Permit 14688 authorizes non-lethal take 

during the collection of physical, 

hydraulic, and habitat data at five 

irrigation diversion canals; the research 

of fish entrainiment in relation to 

diverted river flows; and the 

development of prioritization criteria for 

fish screening projects. Permit 14688 

expires on December 31, 2011. 

NMFS has determined that take levels 

authorized in the described permits will 

not jeopardize listed Chinook salmon, 

steelhead, and green sturgeon nor result 

in the destruction or adverse 

modification of critical habitat where 

described. NMFS’ conditions in the 

permits will ensure that the take of ESAlisted anadromous fish will not 

jeopardize the continued existence of 

the listed species. Issuance of each 

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 any 

endangered or threatened species, and 

(3) is consistent with the purposes and 

policies set forth in section 2 of the 

ESA. 

Dated: January 10, 2011. 

Therese Conant, 

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–795 Filed 1–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA134 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Correction notice. 

SUMMARY: On June 3, 2009, NMFS 

published a 30-day public comment 

period notice in the Federal Register for 

the receipt of applications for scientific 

research permits 13791 (applicant: 

Fishery Foundation of California) and 

14092 (applicant: California Department 

of Fish and Game). In that notice, the 

permit application numbers were 

misidentified. This document corrects 

the June 3, 2009, document by 

providing the correct permit numbers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shirley Witalis at phone number (916) 

930–3606, or e-mail 

shirley.witalis@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Federal Register document of June 3, 

2009 (74 FR 26651; Fr Doc. E9–12946) 

under the heading Applications 

Received (page 26651, column 3), 

permit 13675 was misidentified as 

permit 13791, and permit 14240 was 

misidentified as permit 14092. The first 

paragraph under the heading 

Applications Received (page 26651, 

column 3, sentence 1) should read as 

follows: ‘‘FFC requests a 5-year permit 

(13675) for take of juvenile Sacramento 

River winter-run Chinook salmon, 

Central Valley spring-run Chinook 

salmon, Central Valley steelhead, and 

juvenile North American green sturgeon 

associated with conducting surveys 

measuring fish response to initial and 

successional habitat conditions at a 

restored conservation bank site on the 

Sacramento River in the Central Valley, 

California.’’ 

The second paragraph under the 

heading Applications Received (page 

26651, column 3, sentence 1) should 

read as follows: ‘‘CDFG requests a 5-year 

permit (14240) for take of threatened 

Central Valley spring-run Chinook 

salmon, threatened Central Valley 

steelhead, and threatened Southern DPS 

of North American green sturgeon in the 

lower Feather River, associated with 

monitoring and research activities 

conducted in the Feather River basin, 

Central Valley, California.’’ 

There are no changes to the remainder 

of the document. 

Dated: January 10, 2011. 

Therese Conant, 

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–796 Filed 1–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA132 

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; 

American Samoa Pelagic Longline 

Limited Entry Program 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; availability of permits. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is soliciting 

applications for American Samoa 

pelagic longline limited entry permits. 

At least seven permits of various class 

sizes will be available for 2011. This 

notice announces the availability of 

permits and solicits applications for the 

permits. 

DATES: Completed permit applications 

must be received by NMFS by May 16, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Request blank application 

forms from NMFS Pacific Islands Region 

(PIR), 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1110, 

Honolulu, HI 96814–4733, or the PIR 

Web site http://www.fpir.noaa.gov. 

Mail completed applications and 

payment to NMFS PIR, ATTN: ASLE 

Permits, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 

1110, Honolulu, HI 96814–4733. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Walter Ikehara, Sustainable Fisheries, 

NMFS PIR, tel 808–944–2275, fax 808– 

973–2940, or e-mail PIROpermits@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal 

regulations at 50 CFR 665.816 allow 

NMFS to issue new permits for the 

American Samoa pelagic longline 

limited entry program if the number of 

permits in a size class falls below the 

maximum allowed. At least seven 

permits are available for issuance (note 

that the number of available permits 

may change before the application 

period closes): four in Class A (vessels 

less than or equal to 40 ft (12.2 m)), and 

three in Class B (over 40 ft (12.2 m) 

through 50 ft (15.2 m)). 

Persons with the earliest documented 

participation in the fishery on a Class A 

sized vessel will receive the highest 

priority for obtaining permits in any size 

class, followed by persons with the 

earliest documented participation in 

Classes B, C, and D, in that order. If 

there is a tie in priority, the person with 

the second earliest documented 

participation will be ranked higher in 

priority. 

Complete applications must include 

the completed and signed application 

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