38586 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 148 / Tuesday, August 4, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XQ65 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a meeting of its Coral Advisory 

Panel in North Charleston, SC. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

September 1–2, 2009. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265 

International Boulevard, North 

Charleston, SC; telephone: (843) 308– 

9330. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the Coral Advisory Panel will meet 

from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on 

September 1, 2009, and from 8:30 a.m. 

until 12 noon on September 2, 2009. 

The Advisory Panel will receive 

updates from Council staff regarding the 

status of Comprehensive Ecosystembased Amendment 1 establishing 

Deepwater Coral Habitat Areas of 

Particular Concern (CHAPCs) and an 

overview of the draft Comprehensive 

Ecosystem-based Amendment 2 

currently under development. The AP 

will develop recommendations to the 

Council for the development of 

Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC), 

Overfishing Level (OFL), Annual Catch 

Limit (ACL), and Accountability 

Measures (AMs) for South Atlantic 

octocorals, as well as recommendations 

for new Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) 

and Habitat Areas of Particular Concern 

(HAPCs) proposed in Comprehensive 

Ecosystem-based Amendment 2, and 

management alternatives that address 

impacts to Acroporids from the spiny 

lobster fishery. 

AP members will receive an update 

on outreach activities associated with 

the Oculina Bank HAPC and 

Experimental Closed Area, and a 

summary of information needs for 

Florida presented at the Atlantic/ 

Caribbean Coral Reef Integrated 

Observing System (CREIOS) Workshop. 

The AP will also be briefed on the 

outcomes of the NOAA Deep Sea Coral 

Priorities Workshop that took place in 

July 2009. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Dated: July 29, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Request for Nominations for Members 

To Serve on National Institute of 

Standards and Technology Federal 

Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) 

invites and requests nomination of 

individuals for appointment to its eight 

existing Federal Advisory Committees: 

Technology Innovation Program 

Advisory Board, Board of Overseers of 

the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality 

Award, Judges Panel of the Malcolm 

Baldrige National Quality Award, 

Information Security and Privacy 

Advisory Board, Manufacturing 

Extension Partnership Advisory Board, 

National Construction Safety Team 

Advisory Committee, Advisory 

Committee on Earthquake Hazards 

Reduction, and Visiting Committee on 

Advanced Technology. NIST will 

consider nominations received in 

response to this notice for appointment 

to the Committees, in addition to 

nominations already received. 

DATES: Nominations for all committees 

will be accepted on an ongoing basis 

and will be considered as and when 

vacancies arise. 

ADDRESSES: See below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Technology Innovation Program (TIP) 

Advisory Board 

Addresses: Please submit nominations 

to Mr. Marc Stanley, National Institute 

of Standards and Technology, 100 

Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 4700, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–4700. 

Nominations may also be submitted via 

FAX to 301–869–1150. Additional 

information regarding the Board, 

including its charter may be found on 

its electronic home page at: http:// 

www.nist.gov/tip. 

For Further Information Contact: Mr. 

Marc Stanley, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Mail Stop 4700, Gaithersburg, 

MD 20899–4700; telephone 301–975– 

2162, fax 301–869–1150; or via e-mail at 

marc.stanley@nist.gov. 

Committee Information: The Board 

will consist of ten members appointed 

by the Director of NIST, at least seven 

of whom shall be from United States 

industry, chosen to reflect the wide 

diversity of technical disciplines and 

industrial sectors represented in TIP 

projects. No member will be an 

employee of the Federal Government. 

The Board will function solely as an 

advisory body, in compliance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C 278n(k), as amended 

by the America COMPETES Act (Pub. L. 110– 

69), Federal Advisory Committee Act: 5 

U.S.C. App. 2. 

Board of Overseers of the Malcolm 

Baldrige National Quality Award 

Addresses: Please submit nominations 

to Harry Hertz, Director, Baldrige 

National Quality Program, NIST, 100 

Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899–1020. 

Nominations may also be submitted via 

FAX to 301–975–4967. Additional 

information regarding the Committee, 

including its charter, current 

membership list, and executive 

summary may be found on its electronic 

home page at: http:// 

www.baldrige.nist.gov. 

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