Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 208 / Thursday, October 28, 2004 / Notices 62873

hereby given that National Band and 

Tag Company of Newport, Kentucky, is 

the authorized vendor of cage tags 

required for the year 2005 Federal 

surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries. 

Detailed instructions for purchasing 

these cage tags will be provided in a 

letter to allocation owners in these 

fisheries within the next several 

weeks.Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et. seq.

Dated: October 22, 2004.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 04–24106 Filed 10–27–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Public Comment for Enhancement of 

the Initial Integrated Ocean Observing 

System (IOOS)

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for 

written public comment; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is 

extending to November 15, 2004, the 

comment period for the First Annual 

Integrated Ocean Observing System 

(IOOS) Development Plan that appeared 

in the Federal Register of October 15, 

2004 (69 FR 199), page 61207. The plan 

is available at http://www.ocean.us.

NOAA in response to requests is 

extending the comment period to allow 

interested persons additional time to 

submit comments. Comments should be 

submitted via e-mail to 

k.stump@ocean.us or in writing to Ms. 

Kristine Stump; Ocean.US; 2300 

Clarendon Blvd., Suite 1350; Arlington, 

VA 22201.

DATES: Comments are due no later than 

the close of business on Monday, 

November 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Ms. Kristine Stump, 

Ocean.US at (703) 588–0855 or e-mail at 

k.stump@ocean.us.

Dated: October 22, 2004. 

Alan Neuschatz, 

Acting, Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 

Management, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–24090 Filed 10–27–04; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON REVIEW OF 

OVERSEAS MILITARY FACILITY 

STRUCTURE OF THE UNITED STATES

Public Meeting

AGENCIES: Commission on Review of 

Overseas Military Facility Structure of 

the United States (Overseas Basing 

Commission (OSBC)).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

section 552 of title 5 U.S.C., this serves 

as public notice of a meeting of the 

Commission on the Review of Overseas 

Military Facility Structure of the United 

States. The Commission will meet to 

receive testimony from former military 

experts and members of Congress 

concerning matters relating to the 

overseas military facility structure of the 

United States. The OSBC Commission 

will convene to receive testimony from 

three panels. The first panel will be the 

former Deputy Secretary of Defense and 

Under Secretary of Defense 

(Comptroller), Dr. John J. Hamre; and 

the former U.S. Ambassador to NATO 

and U.S. Representative to Western 

European Union, Ambassador Robert E. 

Hunter. The second panel will be 

military experts that include General 

Charles A. Horner, former Combatant 

Commander of North American 

Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. 

Space Command as well as the 

Commander of 9th Air Force and U.S. 

Central Command Air Force during 

operations Desert Shield and Desert 

Storm; General Montgomery C. Meigs, 

former Commanding General, U.S. 

Army, Europe and 7th Army, and 

Commander of Multinational 

Stabilization Force in BosniaHerzegovina; General Charles T. ‘‘Tony’’

Robertson, Jr. former Combatant 

Commander for U.S. Transportation 

Command and Air Mobility Command; 

and General John H. Tilelli, Jr. former 

Combatant Commander of the United 

Nations Command, Republic of Korea/

United States Combined Forces Korea 

and President of USO Worldwide 

Operations, as well as, Vice Chief of 

Staff of the Army and Deputy Chief of 

Army Operations. The OSBC will 

continue their discovery session with a 

third panel of defense policy experts: 

Prof. Thomas P.M. Barnett, Senior 

Strategic Researcher, U.S. Naval War 

College; Marcus Corbin, Senior Analyst 

at the Center for Defense Information; 

and Michael Noonan, research fellow 

(defense policy) and the National 

Security program director for the 

Foreign Policy Research Institute.

DATE: The meeting will be held on Nov 

9, 2004, at 9:00 a.m., local time.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at 

the United States Senate, Dirksen Senate 

Office Building, Room SD138, 1st and C 

Streets, NE, Washington, DC. Security 

procedures at the Dirksen Senate Office 

Building may require inspection of 

purses, packages, screening of 

individuals, and presentation of a valid 

individual identification document. The 

building is physically accessible to 

people with disabilities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Wade Nelson, Public Affairs, at (708) 

204–0711.

Public Participation: Members of the 

general public wishing to address the 

Commission may submit their 

comments in writing to the Commission 

at the time of the meeting. 

Supplementary Information: The 

Commission is established by Public 

Law 108–132 to provide Congress and 

the President with a thorough study and 

review of matters relating to the military 

facility structure overseas. The law 

requires the report to include a proposal 

for an overseas basing strategy to meet 

current and future DoD missions.

Dated: October 22, 2004.

Patricia J. Walker,

Executive Director, Commission on Review 

of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the 

United States

[FR Doc. 04–24070 Filed 10–27–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP05–31–000] 

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Tariff Filing 

October 22, 2004. 

Take notice that on October 18, 2004, 

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Algonquin) tendered for filing its 

annual Fuel Reimbursement Quantity 

(FRQ) filing in accordance with section 

32 of the General Terms and Conditions 

(GT&C) of its FERC Gas Tariff. 

Algonquin states that it is making this 

Annual FRQ Filing prior to the October 

31 due date specified by the tariff to 

provide advance rate information to 

customers preparing for the upcoming 

winter. Algonquin further states that 

because of the proven accuracy of the 

projection that is currently in effect 

from its 2003 FRQ filing, Algonquin 

proposes to retain the existing Fuel 

Reimbursement Percentages for the