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Office by November 19, 2010 to provide 

sufficient time for SAB review. Written 

comments received by the SAB 

Executive Director after November 19, 

2010, will be distributed to the SAB, but 

may not be reviewed prior to the 

meeting date. Seats will be available on 

a first-come, first-served basis. 

Matters to be Considered: The 

meeting will include the following 

topics: (1) NOAA Overview, 

Background and Introduction to the 

Climate Service, including Responses to 

the Reviews and Reports from the SAB 

Climate Working Group; (2) Strategic 

Framework for the Climate Service; 

(3) Report on the Climate Service Study 

by the National Academy of Public 

Administration; (4) The Plan for NOAA 

Reorganization to Form the Climate 

Service and Strengthen Science; (5) The 

Future of NOAA Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research; (6) NOAA 

Response to the Ecosystem Science and 

Management Working Group 

Recommendations on the Ocean Color 

Satellite Continuity Mitigation Study; 

(8) NOAA Response to the Ecosystem 

Sciences and Management Working 

Group Recommendations on the NOAA 

Coastal Strategy Initiative; (9) Report on 

the Review of the Cooperative Institute 

for Limnology and Ecosystems Research 

(CILER); (10) NOAA Cooperative 

Institutes: New CIs and New Models for 

CIs; (11) NOAA Education Programs: 

Results of the National Academy of 

Sciences Report; (12) NOAA 

Educational Partnership Program 

Cooperative Science Centers; (13) 

Update of the SAB Working Group 

Subcommittee and (14) Updates from 

SAB Working Groups. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 

11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. Phone: 301– 

734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459, E-mail: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov; or visit the 

NOAA SAB Web site at http:// 

www.sab.noaa.gov. 

Dated: November 9, 2010. 

Leon M. Cammen, 

Acting Chief Financial Officer, Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28594 Filed 11–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA027 

Gulf of Mexico 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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will convene a 

public meeting of the Texas Habitat 

Protection Advisory Panel (AP). 

DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 

a.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 

and conclude no later than 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

the Hampton Inn & Suites HoustonClear Lake-NASA, 506 West Bay Area 

Blvd., Webster, TX 77598; telephone: 

(281) 332–7952. 

Council Address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 

North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, 

FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Rester, Habitat Support Specialist, Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commission; 

telephone: (228) 875–5912. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this 

meeting, the Advisory Panel will 

tentatively discuss the Long Term 

Recovery Plan After the Deepwater 

Horizon Oil Spill, the National Ocean 

Policy Task Force, West Galveston Bay 

wetland restoration projects, the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the 

National Resource Damage Assessment 

process, the Gulf of Mexico Alliance 

Regional Sediment Management Plan, 

and the Essential Fish Habitat 5-Year 

Review Report. 

The Texas group is part of a three unit 

Habitat Protection Advisory Panel (AP) 

of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council. The principal role 

of the advisory panels is to assist the 

Council in attempting to maintain 

optimum conditions within the habitat 

and ecosystems supporting the marine 

resources of the Gulf of Mexico. 

Advisory panels serve as a first alert 

system to call to the Council’s attention 

proposed projects being developed and 

other activities that may adversely 

impact the Gulf marine fisheries and 

their supporting ecosystems. The panels 

may also provide advice to the Council 

on its policies and procedures for 

addressing environmental affairs. 

Although other issues not on the 

agenda may come before the panel for 

discussion, in accordance with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal panel action during this meeting. 

Panel action will be restricted to those 

issues specifically identified in the 

agenda listed as available by this notice. 

A copy of the agenda can be obtained 

by calling (813) 348–1630. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Tina 

O’Hern at the Council (see ADDRESSES) 

at least 5 working days prior to the 

meeting. 

Dated: November 9, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28703 Filed 11–15–10; 8:45 am] 

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Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–T–2010–0085] 

Trademark Manual of Examining 

Procedure, Seventh Edition 

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Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (‘‘USPTO’’) issued the 

seventh edition of the Trademark 

Manual of Examining Procedure 

(‘‘TMEP’’), and made available archived 

copies of the fourth, fifth, and sixth 

editions, on October 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The USPTO prefers that any 

suggestions for improving the form and 

content of the TMEP be submitted via 

electronic mail message to 

tmtmep@uspto.gov. Written comments 

may also be submitted by mail 

addressed to: Commissioner for 

Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, 

VA 22313–1451, marked to the attention 

of Editor, Trademark Manual of 

Examining Procedure, or by hand 

delivery to the Trademark Assistance 

Center, Concourse Level, James Madison 

Building-East Wing, 600 Dulany Street, 

Alexandria, Virginia, marked to the 

attention of Editor, Trademark Manual 

of Examining Procedure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine P. Cain, Office of the Deputy 

Commissioner for Trademark 

Examination Policy, by electronic mail 

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