76690 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 245 / Wednesday, December 22, 2004 / Notices 

emergency. The established times for 

addressing items on the agenda may be 

adjusted as necessary to accommodate 

the untimely completion of discussion 

relevant to other agenda items. In order 

to further allow for such adjustments 

and completion of all items on the 

agenda, the meeting may be extended 

from, or completed prior to the date 

established in this notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Dawn Aring at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) by December 

29, 2004.

Dated: December 17, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. E4–3763 Filed 12–21–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel 

Meeting

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel. 

SUMMARY: This notice responds to the 

Hydrographic Services Improvement 

Act Amendments of 2002, Public Law 

107–372, which requires the Under 

Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 

Atmosphere to solicit nominations for 

membership on the Hydrographic 

Services Review Panel. This advisory 

committee will advise the Under 

Secretary on matters related to the 

responsibilities and authorities set forth 

in section 303 of the Hydrographic 

Services Improvement Act of 1998, (the 

Act) and such other appropriate matters 

as the Under Secretary refers to the 

Panel for review and advice.

DATES: Resumes should be sent to the 

address, e-mail, or fax specified and 

must be received by February 1, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Director, Office of Coast 

Survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA 

(N/CS), 1315 East West Highway, Silver 

Spring, MD, 20910, FAX: 301–713–

4019, e-mail: 

Hydroservices.panel@noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Captain Roger Parsons, Director, Office 

of Coast Survey, NOS/NOAA, 301–713–

2770 x 134, fax 301–713–4019, e-mail: 

Roger.L.Parsons@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 33 

U.S.C. 883a, et seq., NOAA’s National 

Ocean Service (NOS) is responsible for 

providing nautical charts and related 

information for safe navigation. NOS 

collects and compiles hydrographic, 

tidal and current, geodetic, and a variety 

of other data in order to fulfill this 

responsibility. The Hydrographic 

Services Review Panel provides advice 

on topics such as NOAA’s Hydrographic 

Survey Priorities, technologies relating 

to operations, research and 

development, and dissemination of data 

pertaining to: 

(a) Hydrographic surveying and data; 

(b) Nautical charting; 

(c) Water level measurements; 

(d) Current measurements; 

(e) Geodetic measurements; and 

(f) Geospatial measurements. 

The Panel comprises fifteen voting 

members appointed by the Under 

Secretary in accordance with Section 

105 of the Act. Members are selected on 

a standardized basis, in accordance with 

applicable Department of Commerce 

guidance. The Directors of the Joint 

Hydrographic Center and no more than 

two employees of the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration serve 

as nonvoting members of the panel. This 

solicitation is to obtain candidates to 

replace five of the original voting 

members whose original two-year 

appointments expire in late 2005 or 

early 2006.

The voting members of the Panel are 

individuals who, by reason of 

knowledge, experience, or training, are 

especially qualified in one or more 

disciplines relating to hydrographic 

surveying, tides, current, geodetic and 

geo-spatial measurements, marine 

transportation, port administration, 

vessel pilotage, and coastal and fishery 

management. An individual may not be 

appointed as a voting member of the 

Panel if the individual is a full-time 

officer or employee of the United States. 

Any voting member of the Panel who is 

an applicant for, or beneficiary of, (as 

determined by the Under Secretary) any 

assistance under the Act shall disclose 

to the Panel that relationship, and may 

not vote on any matter pertaining to that 

assistance. 

Voting members of the Panel serve for 

a term of four years. Members serve at 

the discretion of the Under Secretary 

and are subject to government ethics 

standards. Any individual appointed to 

a partial or full term may be reappointed 

for one additional full term. A voting 

member may serve until his or her 

successor has taken office. The Panel 

selected one voting member to serve as 

the Chair and another to serve as the 

Vice Chair. The Vice Chair acts as Chair 

in the absence or incapacity of the 

Chair. 

At a minimum, meetings occur 

biannually, and at the call of the Chair 

or upon the request of a majority of the 

voting members or of the Under 

Secretary. Voting members receive 

compensation at a rate established by 

the Under Secretary, not to exceed the 

maximum daily rate payable under 

section 5376 of title 5, United States 

Code, when actually engaged in the 

performance of duties for such Panel 

and shall be reimbursed for actual and 

reasonable expenses incurred in the 

performance of such duties.

Dated: December 13, 2004. 

Captain Roger L. Parsons, NOAA, 

Director, Office of Coast Survey, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–27949 Filed 12–21–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 121504F]

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Groundfish and Scallop Oversight 

Committees in January, 2005. 

Recommendations from these 

committees will be brought to the full 

Council for formal consideration and 

action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meetings will held on 

Thursday, January 13, 2005 and 

Wednesday, January 26, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

in Mansfield and Revere, MA.

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: