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the Central Regional Office and TTY/ 

TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on 

November 16, 2010. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by December 8, 2010. 

The address is U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 

908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. 

Comments may be e-mailed to 

frobinson@usccr.gov. Records generated 

by this meeting may be inspected and 

reproduced at the Central Regional 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s Web site, http:// 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Central 

Regional Office at the above e-mail or 

street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC on November 4, 

2010. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28219 Filed 11–8–10; 8:45 am] 

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Kansas Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a State Advisory 

Committee (SAC) orientation and 

planning meeting of the Kansas 

Advisory Committee to the Commission 

will convene by conference call at 11 

a.m. and adjourn at approximately 12 

p.m. (CST) on Thursday, December 16, 

2010. The purpose of this meeting is to 

provide SAC orientation and continue 

planning a civil rights project. 

This meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: (866) 364–7584, conference call 

access code number 21264785. Any 

interested member of the public may 

call this number and listen to the 

meeting. Callers can expect to incur 

charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and contact 

name Farella E. Robinson. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 

register by contacting Corrine Sanders of 

the Central Regional Office and TTY/ 

TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on 

December 9, 2010. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by December 30, 2010. 

The address is U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 

908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. 

Comments may be e-mailed to 

frobinson@usccr.gov. Records generated 

by this meeting may be inspected and 

reproduced at the Central Regional 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s Web site, http:// 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Central 

Regional Office at the above e-mail or 

street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, on November 4, 

2010. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28221 Filed 11–8–10; 8:45 am] 

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Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Oklahoma Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

Oklahoma Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene by conference 

call at 10 a.m. and adjourn at 

approximately 11 a.m. on Monday, 

December 13, 2010. The purpose of this 

meeting is to continue planning a civil 

rights project. 

This meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: (866) 364–7584, conference call 

access code number 20995485. Any 

interested member of the public may 

call this number and listen to the 

meeting. Callers can expect to incur 

charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and contact 

name Farella E. Robinson. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 

register by contacting Corrine Sanders of 

the Central Regional Office and TTY/ 

TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on 

December 6, 2010. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by December 30, 2010. 

The address is U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 

908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. 

Comments may be e-mailed to 

frobinson@usccr.gov. Records generated 

by this meeting may be inspected and 

reproduced at the Central Regional 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s Web site, http:// 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Central Regional Office at the above email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, on November 4, 

2010. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28220 Filed 11–8–10; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting cancellation. 

SUMMARY: On October 12, 2010 (75 FR 

63144–63145), the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights announced a business 

meeting to be held on Friday, November 

5, 2010 at the Commission’s 

headquarters. On Wednesday, 

November 3, 2010, the meeting was 

cancelled. The decision to cancel the 

meeting was too close in time to the 

date and time of the meeting for the 


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publication of a cancellation notice to 

appear in advance of the scheduled 

meeting date. The details of the 

cancelled meeting are: 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, November 5, 

2010; 8:30 a.m. EDT 

PLACE: 624 Ninth Street, NW., Room 

540, Washington, DC 20425. 

Meeting Agenda 

This meeting is open to the public. 

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Program Planning 

• Approval of Project Outline and 

Discovery Plan for FY 2011 Enforcement 

Report. 

• Discussion of Possible Briefing 

Topics for FY 2011. 

• Update on Status of Briefing on 

Disparate Impact in School Discipline 

Policies. 

III. Management & Operations 

• Expiration of Commissioner Terms. 

IV. State Advisory Committee Issues 

• Wisconsin SAC. 

V. Approval of Minutes of October 29 

Meeting 

VI. Adjourn 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting 

Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376– 

8591. TDD: (202) 376–8116. 

Persons with a disability requiring 

special services, such as an interpreter 

for the hearing impaired, should contact 

Pamela Dunston at least seven days 

prior to the meeting at 202–376–8105. 

TDD: (202) 376–8116. 

Dated: November 5, 2010. 

David Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28354 Filed 11–5–10; 11:15 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA018 

Eastern North Pacific Gray Whale; 

Notice of Petition Availability 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS). 

ACTION: Notification of availability; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has received a petition 

to designate the Eastern North Pacific 

population of gray whales (Eschrichtius 

robustus) as a depleted stock under the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA). In accordance with the 

MMPA, NMFS is announcing the 

receipt of the petition and its 

availability for public review and is 

soliciting comments on the petition. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

close of business on November 24, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the petition may 

be requested from Chief, Marine 

Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by 0648–XA018, by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Fax: 301–713–0376, Attn: Chief, 

Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle 

Conservation Division. 

• Mail: Chief, Marine Mammal and 

Sea Turtle Conservation Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Instructions: No comments will be 

posted for public viewing until after the 

comment period has closed. All 

comments received are a part of the 

public record and will generally be 

posted to http://www.regulations.gov 

without change. All Personal Identifying 

Information (for example, name, 

address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by 

the commenter may be publicly 

accessible. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter N/A in the required 

fields, if you wish to remain 

anonymous). You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or 

Adobe PDF file formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Shannon Bettridge or Dr. Gregory Silber, 

Office of Protected Resources, Silver 

Spring, MD (301) 713–2322. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

Interested persons may obtain the 

petition for review on the Internet at the 

following address: http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/ or by 

contacting Dr. Shannon Bettridge or Dr. 

Gregory Silber [see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT]. 

The 2008 stock assessment report for 

Eastern North Pacific gray whales is 

available on the Internet at the following 

address: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/ 

pdfs/sars/ak2008whgr-en.pdf. 

Background 

Section 3(1)(A) of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) (16 

U.S.C. 1362(1)(A)) defined the term, 

‘‘depletion’’ or ‘‘depleted’’, to include any 

case in which ‘‘ * * * the Secretary, 

after consultation with the Marine 

Mammal Commission and the 

Committee of Scientific Advisors on 

Marine Mammals * * * determines that 

a species or a population stock is below 

its optimum sustainable population.’’ 

Section 3(9) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 

1362(9)) defines ‘‘optimum sustainable 

population [(OSP)] * * * with respect 

to any population stock, [as] the number 

of animals which will result in the 

maximum productivity of the 

population or the species, keeping in 

mind the carrying capacity [(K)] of the 

habitat and the health of the ecosystem 

of which they form a constituent 

element.’’ NMFS’ regulations at 50 CFR 

216.3 clarify the definition of OSP as a 

population size that falls within a range 

from the population level of a given 

species or stock that is the largest 

supportable within the ecosystem (i.e., 

K) to its maximum net productivity 

level (MNPL). MNPL is the population 

abundance that results in the greatest 

net annual increment in population 

numbers resulting from additions to the 

population from reproduction, less 

losses due to natural mortality. 

The MMPA provides for interested 

parties to submit a petition to designate 

a population stock of marine mammals 

as depleted. Section 115(a)(3) of the 

MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1383b(a)(3)) requires 

NMFS to publish a notice in the Federal 

Register that such a petition has been 

received and is available for public 

review. Within 60 days of receiving a 

petition, NMFS must publish a finding 

in the Federal Register as to whether 

the petition presents substantial 

information indicating that the 

petitioned action may be warranted. 

If NMFS makes a positive 60-day 

finding, NMFS must promptly initiate a 

review of the status of the affected 

population stock of marine mammals. 

No later than 210 days after receipt of 

the petition, NMFS must publish a 

proposed rule as to the status of the 

species or stock, along with the reasons 

underlying the proposed status 

determination. Following a 60-day 

minimum comment period on the 

proposed rule, NMFS must publish a 

final rule within 90 days of the close of 

the comment period on the proposed 

rule. 


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