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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 100404E]

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a joint public meeting.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a joint meeting of its Habitat 

Advisory Panel (AP) and Coral AP to 

further the Council’s integrated process 

to update Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) 

information and consider ecosytembased management through the 

development of a Fishery Ecosystem 

Plan for the South Atlantic Region.

DATES: The joint meeting will take place 

October 25–29, 2004. On October 25, 

2004, sessions will begin at 1 p.m. and 

conclude at 5 p.m. Sessions will be held 

from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on October 

26–28, 2004, and from 8:30 a.m. until 1 

p.m. on October 29, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Francis Marion Hotel, 387 King 

Street, Charleston, SC, 29401; 

telephone: (877) 756–2121 or (843) 722–

0600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, One Southpark Circle, Suite 

306, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: 

(843) 571–4366 or (866) SAFMC–10; fax: 

(843) 769–4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items for 

discussion at the joint meeting include: 

(1) review and approval of the Draft 

Research and Monitoring Plan for the 

Oculina Closed Area; (2) discussion of 

preliminary Draft Research and 

Monitoring Plan for Deepwater Coral 

Ecosystems in the South Atlantic; (3) 

discussion of potential deepwater coral 

sites for Coral-Habitat Areas of 

Particular Concern C-HAPC designation; 

(4) review and update of policies 

protecting EFH from the impacts of nonfishing activities in the South Atlantic 

region, and (5) discussion of Council’s 

Action Plan to adopt an ecosystembased approach to management 

including timeframe of development for 

the Council’s Fishery Ecosystem 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 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) by October 22, 2004.

Dated: October 5, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 092004E]

Endangered Species; File No. 1501 and 

File No. 1506

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS),National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of applications for 

permits.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the followingindividuals have applied 

in due form for permits to conduct 

scientificresearch on endangered and 

threatened sea turtles: Dr. Allen M. 

Foley,Florida Fish and Wildlife 

Conservation Commission, Fish and 

WildlifeResearch Institute, Jacksonville 

Field Laboratory, 6134 Authority 

Avenue,Building 200, Jacksonville, 

Florida 32221 (File No. 1501); and Dr. 

Blair E.Witherington, Florida Fish and 

Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish 

andWildlife Research Institute, 

Melbourne Beach Field Laboratory, 

9700 SouthA1A, Melbourne Beach, 

Florida 32951 (File No. 1506).

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments 

must be receivedon or before November 

8, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The applications and 

related documents areavailable for 

review upon written request or by 

appointment in thefollowing office(s):

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of ProtectedResources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; and

Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 

Executive Center Drive North, 

St.Petersburg, FL 33702–2432; phone 

(727)570–5301; fax(727)570–5320.

Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on these 

applicationsshould be mailed to the 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

EducationDivision, F/PR1, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWestHighway, Room 13705, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals 

requestinga hearing should set forth the 

specific reasons why a hearing on 

theparticular request would be 

appropriate.

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile at (301)713–0376,provided the 

facsimile is confirmed by hard copy 

submitted by mail andpostmarked no 

later than the closing date of the 

comment period.

Comments may also be submitted by 

e-mail. The mailbox address 

forproviding email comments is 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.Include 

in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following 

documentidentifier: either File No. 1501 

or File No. 1506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Jefferiesor Patrick Opay, 

(301)713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permits arerequested under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, asamended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) and the 

regulationsgoverning the taking, 

importing, and exporting of endangered 

and threatenedspecies (50 CFR 222–

226).

File No. 1501: Dr. Foley seeks 

authorization to capture and 

trackloggerhead (Caretta caretta), green 

(Cheloniamydas), Kemp’s ridley 

(Lepidochelys kempii), andhawksbill 

(Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles for 

twoseparate projects in Florida Bay. The 

first project would continue anon-going 

long-term study of all four species in 

which, annually, up to 175adult and 

juvenile loggerheads, 20 adult and 

juvenile greens, 20 adult andjuvenile 

Kemp’s ridley, and 10 adult and 

juvenile hawksbill sea turtleswould be 

captured by hand, measured, weighed, 

examined for tumors,photographed, 

Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) 

and flipper tagged,blood sampled, 

marked on the carapace with a white 

laminating gel andsubsequently 

released. The loggerhead sea turtles 

would also have a skinsample taken. 

This work would be conducted for five 

years from permitissuance during the 

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months of June and July. A second 

study would beconducted on loggerhead 

sea turtles in Florida Bay and in a 

nearbylaboratory: annually, up to 50 

adult loggerhead sea turtles would 

becaptured by hand, measured, 

weighed, examined for tumors, 

photographed, PITand flipper tagged, 

skin and blood sampled, and marked on 

the carapace witha white laminating gel 

in the field. The turtles would then be 

transportedby boat to the Keys Marine 

Lab and held for a maximum of 24 

hours. Duringthis time, the researchers 

would perform ultrasounds, testicular 

biopsies,and laparoscopy. The turtles 

would then be transported back to the 

capturesite and released. A subset of 15 

sea turtles would also be tagged with 

acombination of a satellite, sonic and 

temperature-depth recorder. 

Thisresearch would be conducted for 

five years from issuance of the 

permitduring the months of February 

and March.

File No. 1506: Dr. Witherington seeks 

authorization to study neonateand 

juvenile sea turtles in the waters of the 

Gulf of Mexico and theAtlantic Ocean 

off the coast of Florida. Annually, up to 

250 neonate andjuvenile loggerheads, 10 

neonate and juvenile greens, five 

neonate andjuvenile hawksbill, two 

neonate and juvenile Kemp’s ridley, and 

two neonateand juvenile leatherback 

(Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtleswould 

be captured via long-handled dip nets, 

handled, measured, andreleased. A 

subset of up to 50 neonate and juvenile 

loggerhead sea turtleswould be 

transported less than five hours to a 

nearby port, held for 12hours, and then 

transported less than four hours to an 

imaging center wherethey would be 

held for no more than four days and 

examined for plastic andtar loads with 

either a veterinary high-resolution 

magnetic resonanceinterferometry 

instrument or a computerized 

tomography. The turtles wouldthen be 

returned to the point of capture and 

released. Feces samples wouldalso be 

collected during the holding period. 

These activities would beauthorized for 

five years from permit issuance.

Dated: October 1, 2004.

Carrie W. Hubard,

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

EducationDivision, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine FisheriesService.

[FR Doc. 04–22730 Filed 10–7–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. 2004–P–047] 

Grant of Interim Extension of the Term 

of U.S. Patent No. 4,567,264; 

Ranolazine

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office.

ACTION: Notice of interim patent term 

extension. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office has issued a 

certificate under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for 

a second one-year interim extension of 

the term of U.S. Patent No. 4,567,264.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karin Ferriter by telephone at (571) 

272–7744; by mail marked to her 

attention and addressed to Mail Stop 

Patent Ext., Commissioner for Patents, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313–

1450; by fax marked to her attention at 

(571) 273–7744, or by e-mail to 

Karin.Ferriter@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

156 of Title 35, United States Code, 

generally provides that the term of a 

patent may be extended for a period of 

up to five years if the patent claims a 

product, or a method of making or using 

a product, that has been subject to 

certain defined regulatory review, and 

that the patent may be extended for 

interim periods of up to a year if the 

regulatory review is anticipated to 

extend beyond the expiration date of the 

patent. 

On March 29, 2004, patent owner 

Roche Palo Alto LLC, timely filed an 

application under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) 

for a second interim extension of the 

term of U.S. Patent No. 4,567,264. The 

patent claims the active ingredient 

ranolazine (RanexaTM). The application 

indicates, and the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) has confirmed, 

that a New Drug Application for the 

human drug product ranolazine has 

been filed and is currently undergoing 

regulatory review before the FDA for 

permission to market or use the product 

commercially. 

Review of the application indicates 

that, except for permission to market or 

use the product commercially, the 

subject patent would be eligible for an 

extension of the patent term under 35 

U.S.C. 156. Since it is apparent that the 

regulatory review period will continue 

beyond the extended expiration date of 

the patent (May 18, 2004), the term of 

the patent will be extended under 35 

U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for an additional year. 

An interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 

156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No. 

4,567,264 is granted for an additional 

period of one year from the extended 

expiration date of the patent, i.e., until 

May 18, 2005.

Dated: September 17, 2004. 

Jon W. Dudas, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office.

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 05–C0001] 

Johnson Health Tech Co., Ltd. and 

Horizon Fitness, Inc., a Corporation, 

Provisional Acceptance of a 

Settlement Agreement and Order

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: It is the policy of the 

Commission to publish settlements 

which it provisionally accepts under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act in the 

Federal Register in accordance with the 

terms of 16 CFR 1118.20. Published 

below is a provisionally-accepted 

Settlement Agreement with Johnson 

Health Tech Co., Ltd. and Horizon 

Fitness, Inc., containing a civil penalty 

of $500,00.

DATES: Any interested person may ask 

the Commission not to accept this 

agreement or otherwise comment on its 

contents by filing a written request with 

the Office of the Secretary by October 

25, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to 

comment on this Settlement Agreement 

should send written comments to the 

Comment 05–C0001, Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, Washington, DC 20207.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michelle F. Gillice, Trial Attorney, 

Office of Compliance, Consumer 

Product Safety Commission, 

Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301) 

504–7667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the Agreement and Order appears 

below.

Dated: October 4, 2004. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary.

In the Matter of Johnson Health Tech Co., 

Ltd. and Horizon Fitness, Inc.; Settlement 

Agreement and Order

[CPSC Docket No. 05–C001]

1. Johnson Health Tech Co., Ltd. and 

Horizon Fitness, Inc. and (hereinafter,