64908 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 216 / Tuesday, November 9, 2004 / Notices 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8560, or via email to Patrick.Gallagher@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NIST 

Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), 

which is located at the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

in Gaithersburg, MD, intends to form 

partnerships, called ‘‘Participating 

Research Teams’’ (PRT’s), to develop 

and apply advanced cold and thermal 

neutron beam measurement capabilities 

at the NCNR to assist crucial and timely 

U.S. R&D directed toward the 

production of next-generation fuel cells, 

hydrogen storage systems, and related 

materials and components. The 

partnership agreements will be based 

upon the statutory technology transfer 

authorities available to NIST, including 

the Federal Technology Transfer Act. 

Under these partnerships, new or 

existing NCNR neutron-imaging and 

neutron-scattering instrumentation, 

which are uniquely sensitive to the 

transport, behavior, and nanoscale 

properties of hydrogen and hydrogenous 

materials, would be developed or 

upgraded and modified to permit the 

study of critical materials and devices 

under conditions that are directly 

relevant to their use and performance in 

technological applications. 

Organizations participating in a PRT 

would share the costs of developing and 

constructing neutron instrumentation 

and their subsequent operation. In 

return, PRT members would share 

access to a portion of the total time 

available on the capabilities developed 

under the partnership. At the same time, 

at least 25% of the total time would be 

made available to non-PRT U.S. 

organizations on a competitive, meritbased basis. 

The modes of PRT access could be 

tailored for either individual or joint 

research, and the subsequent data 

would be made available to the U.S. 

science and technology community 

through open publication in archived 

and peer-reviewed journals, or in 

publicly available reports. Proprietary 

research would require separate 

approval and the payment of suitable 

charges by the partnership organizations 

to assure full cost recovery to the 

Government, including a commensurate 

share of the operating expenses of the 

NCNR. 

PRT’s will be open to one or more 

U.S. companies, universities, or 

government agencies. It is anticipated 

that PRT agreements will be established 

for a three-year period, with renewal 

subject to the requirements and interests 

of the partnership and the NIST/NCNR. 

Proposals for PRT’s will be evaluated by 

an internal panel of NCNR/NIST staff on 

the basis of technical merit, level of 

effort, and the statutory mission of NIST 

and final approval of PRT agreements 

will be made by the Director, NCNR.

Dated: November 3, 2004. 

Hratch G. Semerjian, 

Acting Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

National Sea Grant Review Panel

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

published a document in the Federal 

Register of November 3, 2004, 

concerning the National Sea Grant 

Review Panel’s notice of public meeting. 

The document contained an incorrect 

meeting location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Francis M. Schuler, 301–713–2445. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of November 

3, 2004, in FR Doc. 04–24538, on page 

64033, in the first column, correct the 

ADDRESSES caption to read: On 

November 17th, The Churchill Hotel, 

1914 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest, 

Washington, DC 20009. On November 

18th, Sea Grant Association Office, 1201 

New York Avenue, Northwest, 4th Floor 

Conference Room, Washington, DC 

20005.

Louisa Koch, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 110204A]

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

convene public hearings regarding a 

change to the preferred management 

alternative for consideration under 

Action 5 in Amendment 6 to the Shrimp 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP). 

Action 5 in Amendment 6 proposes the 

requirement for a Federal penaeid 

(white, pink, and brown) shrimp permit 

in order to fish for or possess penaeid 

shrimp in the South Atlantic Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ). Public hearings 

regarding other proposed management 

actions in Amendment 6 to the Shrimp 

FMP have been completed.

DATES: The hearing dates are:

1. Monday, November 22, 2004, 

beginning at 6 p.m. in Charleston, SC.

2. Monday, December 6, 2004, 

beginning at 6 p.m. in Atlantic Beach, 

NC.

Written comments, including e-mail 

comments, will be accepted until 5 p.m. 

on December 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The hearing locations are:

1. Hampton Inn and Suites, 678 

Citadel Haven Drive, Charleston, SC 

29414; telephone: 843–573–1200; and

2. Sheraton Atlantic Beach Hotel, 

2717 W. Fort Macon Road, Atlantic 

Beach, NC 28512; telephone: 800–624–

8875 or 252–240–1155.

Written comments should be sent to 

Bob Mahood, Executive Director, South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 

One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, 

Charleston, SC 29407–4699. Comments 

may also be submitted via e-mail to 

shrimpcomments@safmc.net.

Copies of the public hearing 

document are available by contacting 

Kim Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, One Southpark 

Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407–

4699; telephone: 843–571–4366 or toll 

free 866–SAFMC–10.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, One Southpark 

Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407–

4699; telephone: 843–571–4366 or toll 

free 866–SAFMC–10; fax: 843–769–

4520; e-mail: kim.iverson@safmc.net.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional hearings are being scheduled 

because the Council, at its October 2004 

meeting, chose a new preferred 

alternative relevant to Federal penaeid 

shrimp permits that is more restrictive 

than earlier alternatives included in the 

initial round of public hearings. The 

new preferred alternative removes an 

earlier exception to the permit that 

stated:

a valid commercial vessel permit for South 

Atlantic penaeid shrimp is not required if the 

shrimp trawler (1) is in transit in the South 

Atlantic EEZ and (2) no trawl net or try net 

aboard the vessel is rigged for fishing.