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should expect to serve until February 

2011. 

DATES: Applications are due by 

September 11, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be 

obtained from 299 Foam Street, 

Monterey, CA 93940. Completed 

applications should be sent to the same 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Capps, 299 Foam Street, 

Monterey, CA 93940, (831) 647–4206, 

nicole.capps@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

20, 2009, ONMS published a request for 

application to fill a vacancy on the 

MBNMS Advisory Council (74 FR 

35160). The original deadline for 

submitting applications was August 21, 

2009. ONMS is extending that deadline 

until September 11, 2009. 

The MBNMS Advisory Council was 

established in March 1994 to assure 

continued public participation in the 

management of the Sanctuary. Since its 

establishment, the Advisory Council has 

played a vital role in decisions affecting 

the Sanctuary along the central 

California coast. 

The Advisory Council’s twenty voting 

members represent a variety of local 

user groups, as well as the general 

public, plus seven local, State and 

Federal governmental jurisdictions. In 

addition, the respective managers or 

superintendents for the four California 

National Marine Sanctuaries (Channel 

Islands National Marine Sanctuary, 

Cordell Bank National Marine 

Sanctuary, Gulf of the Farallones 

National Marine Sanctuary and the 

Monterey Bay National Marine 

Sanctuary) and the Elkhorn Slough 

National Estuarine Research Reserve sit 

as non-voting members. 

Four working groups support the 

Advisory Council: The Research Activity 

Panel (‘‘RTP’’) chaired by the Research 

Representative, the Sanctuary Education 

Panel (‘‘SEP’’) chaired by the Education 

Representative, the Conservation 

Working Group (‘‘CWG’’) chaired by the 

Conservation Representative, and the 

Business and Tourism Activity Panel 

(‘‘BTAP’’) chaired by the Business/ 

Industry Representative, each dealing 

with matters concerning research, 

education, conservation and human use. 

The working groups are composed of 

experts from the appropriate fields of 

interest and meet monthly, or bimonthly, serving as invaluable advisors 

to the Advisory Council and the 

Sanctuary Superintendent. 

The Advisory Council represents the 

coordination link between the 

Sanctuary and the State and Federal 

management agencies, user groups, 

researchers, educators, policy makers, 

and other various groups that help to 

focus efforts and attention on the central 

California coastal and marine 

ecosystems. 

The Advisory Council functions in an 

advisory capacity to the Sanctuary 

Superintendent and is instrumental in 

helping develop policies, program goals, 

and identify education, outreach, 

research, long-term monitoring, resource 

protection, and revenue enhancement 

priorities. The Advisory Council works 

in concert with the Sanctuary 

Superintendent by keeping him or her 

informed about issues of concern 

throughout the Sanctuary, offering 

recommendations on specific issues, 

and aiding the Superintendent in 

achieving the goals of the Sanctuary 

program within the context of 

California’s marine programs and 

policies. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program) 

Dated: August 4, 2009. 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Materials Technical Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Partially Closed 

Meeting; Postponed 

The Materials Technical Advisory 

Committee scheduled for on August 13, 

2009, 10 a.m., Herbert C. Hoover 

Building, Room 3884, 14th Street 

between Constitution & Pennsylvania 

Avenues, NW., Washington, DC has 

been postponed. The new meeting date 

is forthcoming. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Dated: August 10, 2009. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–19436 Filed 8–12–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XQ94 

New England 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 New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scallop Committee in September, 2009 

to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 9 

a.m.and Wednesday, September 2, 2009 

at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

the Hotel Providence, 139 Mathewson 

Street, Providence, RI 02903; telephone: 

(401) 861–8000; fax: (401) 861–8002. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

committee will clarify any outstanding 

issues related to alternatives under 

consideration in Amendment 15. 

Specifically, the committee will review 

recommendations from the PDT related 

to updated fishing power adjustment 

alternatives for stacking and leasing 

alternatives, recommendations from the 

SSC related to setting ABC control rule, 

and other outstanding issues. The 

committee will also review some 

preliminary impact analyses of 

measures under consideration. The 

committee will begin developing 

measures for Framework 21. 

Specifically, the committee will review 

input from the PDT about projections 

for fishing year 2010 and possible 

fishery specifications. Other measures 

under discussion are possible 

consideration of a new scallop access 

area closure in the Great South Channel 

with high scallop recruitment, minor 

modifications to the observer set-aside 

program, and compliance with the 

recent turtle biological opinion. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

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before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Actions will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: August 7, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) 

Marine Protected Areas Federal 

Advisory Committee; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

NOAA, Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

meeting of the Marine Protected Areas 

Federal Advisory Committee 

(Committee) in Anchorage. Alaska. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, September 9, 2009, from 9 

a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday, September 

10, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, 

September 11, from 8:30 am. to 4:30 

p.m. These times and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

Refer to the Web page listed below for 

the most up-to-date meeting agenda. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Anchorage, 500 West Third 

Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lauren Wenzel, Designated Federal 

Officer, MPA FAC, National Marine 

Protected Areas Center, 1305 East West 

Highway. Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910. (Phone: 301–713–3100 x136. 

Fax: 301–713–3110); e-mail: 

lauren.wenzel@noaa.gov; or visit the 

National MPA Center Web site at 

http://www.mpa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee, composed of external, 

knowledgeable representatives of 

stakeholder groups, was established by 

the Department of Commerce (DOC) to 

provide advice to the Secretaries of 

Commerce and the Interior on 

implementation of section 4 of 

Executive Order 13158 on MPAs. The 

meeting will be open to public 

participation from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

on Wednesday, September 9, 2009. and 

from 8:35 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, 

September 11, 2009. In general, each 

individual or group will be limited to a 

total time of five (5) minutes. If 

members of the public wish to submit 

written statements, they should be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Official by September 4, 2009. 

Matters To Be Considered: The 

Committee meeting will include two 

expert panel presentations, one on how 

the national system can contribute to 

ecological resilience in the face of 

climate change, and one, including 

invited management agencies and 

stakeholders, on marine protected areas 

in Alaska. The Scientific and Technical 

Subcommittee and the Review and 

Evaluation Subcommittee will meet to 

finalize recommendations, and will 

report back to the full MPA FAC for 

deliberations and action. The meeting 

also will include elections of a new 

MPA FAC Chair and Vice Chair. The 

agenda is subject to change. The latest 

version will be posted at http:// 

www.mpa.gov. 

Dated: August 3, 2009. 

David M. Kennedy, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

System 

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment 

Period for the Revised Management Plan 

for the Jacques Cousteau National 

Estuarine Research Reserve. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office 

of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce is announcing 

a thirty day public comment period on 

the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine 

Research Reserve Management Plan 

Revision. 

The Jacques Cousteau National 

Estuarine Research Reserve consists of 

public lands within the Mullica RiverGreat Bay watershed of New Jersey and 

managed by a variety of local, state, and 

federal agencies. The site was 

designated as the Jacques Cousteau 

National Estuarine Research Reserve in 

1998 pursuant to Section 315 of the 

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, 

as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461. The reserve 

has been operating in partnership with 

The Institute of Marine and Coastal 

Sciences of Rutgers, the State University 

of New Jersey under a management plan 

approved in 1997. Pursuant to 15 CFR 

921.33(c), a state must revise their 

management plan every five years. The 

submission of this plan fulfills this 

requirement and sets a course for 

successful implementation of the goals 

and objectives of the reserve. A 

boundary expansion and land 

conservation initiative, new facilities, 

and updated programmatic objectives 

are notable revisions to the 1997 

approved management plan. 

The revised management plan 

outlines the administrative structure; 

the research, coastal training, education 

and outreach, and stewardship goals of 

the reserve; and the plans for future 

land acquisition and facility 

development to support reserve 

operations. This management plan 

describes how the reserve will focus on 

three key coastal management issues: 

Nutrient inputs into coastal waters; 

human alteration of habitat and water 

quality; and effects of climate change on 

coastal and estuarine systems. 

Since 1997, the reserve has completed 

a site profile that characterizes the 

reserve; they have also expanded the 

coastal training, research and 

monitoring, stewardship and education 

programs significantly. A new 

administrative building, the Jacques 

Cousteau Coastal Center, and a new 

interpretive exhibit, ‘‘Life on the Edge’’ 

at the Tuckerton Seaport, have been 

built to support the growth of reserve 

programs. 

With the approval of this management 

plan, the Jacques Cousteau National 

Estuarine Research Reserve will expand 

their total acreage from 114,665 acres to 

114,873 acres. This change is 


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