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agenda item may be held in closed 

session. 

III. State Advisory Committee Issues. 

• North Carolina SAC. 

• Vermont SAC. 

• Wisconsin SAC. 

• Update on Status of Remaining 

SACs to Recharter. 

IV. Approval of Minutes of November 

19 Meeting. 

V. Announcements. 

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 22, 2010. 

David Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29777 Filed 11–22–10; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Office of Innovation and 

Entrepreneurship; the National 

Advisory Council on Innovation and 

Entrepreneurship: Meeting of the 

National Advisory Council on 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Entrepreneurship, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Advisory 

Committee on Innovation and 

Entrepreneurship will hold a meeting 

on Wednesday, December 8, 2010. The 

meeting will be conducted from 9 a.m. 

to 12:45 p.m. and will be opened to the 

public. The Council was chartered on 

November 10, 2009, to advise the 

Secretary of Commerce on matters 

relating to innovation and 

entrepreneurship in the United States. 

DATES: December 8, 2010. 

Time: 9 a.m.–12:45 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: This program will be 

conducted and available to the public 

via a listen in conference number, 888– 

942–9574, and passcode, 6315042. 

Please specify any requests for 

reasonable accommodation of auxiliary 

aids at least five business days in 

advance of the meeting. Last minute 

requests will be accepted, but may be 

impossible to fill. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

topics to be discussed include: Subcommittee summaries and briefings by 

outside experts. No time will be 

available for oral comments from 

members of the public listening to the 

meeting. Any member of the public may 

submit pertinent written comments 

concerning the Council’s affairs at any 

time before and after the meeting. 

Comments may be submitted to Paul 

Corson at the contact information 

indicated below. 

Copies of Board meeting minutes will 

be available within 90 days of the 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Corson, Office of Innovation and 

Entrepreneurship, Room 7019, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC, 20230, telephone: 202–482–2042, 

e-mail: pcorson@eda.doc.gov. Please 

reference, ‘‘NACIE December 8, 2010’’ in 

the subject line of your e-mail. 

Dated: November 19, 2010. 

Paul J. Corson, 

Acting Director, Office of Innovation and 

Entrepreneurship, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29639 Filed 11–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA054 

Endangered Species; File No. 15606 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Andre Landry, Ph.D., Texas A&M 

University at Galveston, Department of 

Marine Biology, 5007 Avenue U, 

Galveston, TX 77553, has applied in due 

form for a permit to take green (Chelonia 

mydas), Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys 

kempii), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), 

and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) 

sea turtles for purposes of scientific 

research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

December 27, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the Features box on the 

Applications and Permits for Protected 

Species (APPS) home page, https:// 

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 15606 from the list of available 

applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910; phone (301) 713–2289; fax 

(301) 713–0376; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 

33701; phone (727) 824–5312; fax 

(727) 824–5309. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, at the above listed address. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Please include the File No. in the 

subject line of the e-mail comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division at the above listed 

address. The request should set forth the 

specific reasons why a hearing on this 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Cairns or Amy Hapeman, (301) 

713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) and the regulations 

governing the taking, importing, and 

exporting of endangered and threatened 

species (50 CFR 222–226). 

Dr. Landry requests a five-year permit 

to take sea turtles for scientific research 

in Gulf of Mexico waters. The purposes 

of these projects are to: (1) Examine 

green sea turtle assemblages in sea grass 

habitats in Texas; (2) determine trends 

in seasonal abundance and movement of 

green, Kemp’s ridley and loggerhead sea 

turtles in Texas and Louisiana estuaries; 

(3) characterize environmental estrogen 

uptake in green and Kemp’s ridley sea 

turtles at a Texas Superfund site; and (4) 

document impacts of the Deepwater 

Horizon oil spill on sea turtle 

assemblages in the western Gulf of 

Mexico. The applicant proposes to 

capture by entanglement or cast net, 

transport, photograph, measure, weigh, 

flipper tag, passive integrated 

transponder (PIT) tag, blood, fecal, 

epiphyte and tissue sample, attach 

satellite transmitters to and release sea 

turtles. 

In project 1, the applicant proposes to 

take up to 150 green, 30 Kemp’s ridley, 

and 20 loggerhead sea turtles annually. 

Sea turtles would be captured via 

entanglement or cast net, measured, 

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