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Regional Office, 55 Great Republic 

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the 

outside of the envelope, ‘‘Comments on 

twine–top EFP.’’ Comments may also be 

sent via facsimile (fax) to (978) 281– 

9135. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl McGarrity, Fishery Management 

Specialist, phone: 978–281–9174, fax: 

978–281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

response to the 2008 Atlantic Sea 

Scallop Research Set Aside (RSA) 

Program request for proposals, NMFS 

received a proposal from GMRI entitled, 

‘‘An evaluation of hanging ratio and 

mesh orientation of twine–tops on 

selectivity and bycatch in the general 

category scallop dredge fishery in 

scallop limited access areas.’’ The grant 

was approved by NOAA Grants on July 

27, 2008, as NOAA Award No. 

NA08NMF4540667. GMRI proposes to 

determine if changes to the dredge 

twine–top configuration on a 10.5–ft 

(3.2 m) general category scallop dredge 

will affect species selectivity and reduce 

finfish bycatch. 

Comparisons of catches will be made 

between panels with twine–top 

configurations of 2:1 hanging ratio, 3:1 

hanging ratio with meshes elongated in 

the fore/aft direction, and 3:1 hanging 

ratio with meshes elongated laterally 

(perpendicular to the fore/aft direction). 

Research is to be conducted within the 

Elephant Trunk Access Areas (March/ 

April 2009) and the Great South 

Channel Scallop Dredge Exemption 

Area (GSCDEA) (May/June 2009). Three 

general category scallop vessels using 

New Bedford style scallop dredges will 

be given a set of the three twine–top 

configurations, and will use one 

configuration per day for 12 days. It is 

expected that three tows per day will be 

completed, and vessels will spend 12 

days in each of the two scallop access 

areas. The grant authorizes GMRI to 

land 14,400 lb (6,531.73 kg) of scallops 

each from the Elephant Trunk Access 

Area and GSCDEA (total of 28,800 lb 

(13,063.46 kg)), with the proceeds from 

landed scallops compensating 

participating vessel owners and 

defraying research costs. Vessels will 

stay within the daily landing limit of 

400 lb (181.4 kg). 

This EFP would exempt participating 

vessels from Scallop gear restrictions 

specified at 50 CFR 648.51(b)(2), 

possession restrictions found 

throughout part 648, Great South 

Channel (GSC) Southern New England 

(SNE)/Georges Bank (GB) Yellowtail 

Flounder Peak Spawning Closure 

restrictions at § 648.80(a)(18)(ii)(C), and 

GSC Cape Cod (CC)/Gulf of Maine 

(GOM) Yellowtail Flounder Peak 

Spawning Closure restrictions at 

§ 648.80(a)(18)(ii)(D). 

Regulations under the Magnuson– 

Stevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act require publication of 

this notification to provide interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

applications for proposed EFPs. The 

applicant may place requests for minor 

modifications and extensions to the EFP 

throughout the year. EFP modifications 

and extensions may be granted without 

further notice if they are deemed 

essential to facilitate completion of the 

proposed research and minimal so as 

not to change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP request. 

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

Dated: January 26, 2009. 

Emily H. Menashes 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XM97 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting of the 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council’s Scallop Plan Team. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) Scallop 

Plan Team will meet February 20–21, 

2009, in Anchorage, AK. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 20, 2009, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. and February 21, 2009, from 9 a.m. 

to 12 noon. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West 

3rd Avenue, Fireweed Room, 

Anchorage, AK. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Stram, Council staff, telephone: 

(907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda: 

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) description 

plan for revisions; Final Rule on Annual 

Catch Limits (ACLs) discussion of plans 

to revise Scallop FMP for ACL 

compliance; Review current regulations 

on VMS requirements; Review update 

on Scallop Observer Program; Review 

any pending BOF actions or regulatory 

changes; Status of Statewide Scallop 

Stocks and preparation of the SAFE 

report; Review ageing techniques and 

protocol issues and update; Review and 

revise research priorities. 

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 sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Gail Bendixen, at 

(907) 271–2809, at least 7 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: February 27, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Docket No. 0812021556–9052–02 

Public Telecommunications Facilities 

Program: Closing Date 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration (NTIA), 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Amended Solicitation 

of Applications. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) announces that 

it is extending the solicitation period for 

applications for the Public 

Telecommunications Facilities Program 

(PTFP) replacement digital television 

translator projects. NTIA will accept 

applications for these projects until 

Monday, May 18, 2009. 

DATES: Applications for replacement 

digital television translator projects 

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1See Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the 

Commission’s Rules to Establish Rules for 

Replacement Digital Low Power Television 

Translator Stations, MB Docket No. 08-253, Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 08-278 (rel., Dec. 23, 

2008). 

2 ‘‘Media Bureau Announces Application and 

STA Filing Procedures for New Digital Television 

Translators,’’ Public Notice, Federal 

Communications Commission, DA 08-2818 (rel., 

Dec. 30, 2008), available at http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ 

edocslpublic/attachmatch/DA-08-2818A1.pdf. 

3Announcement of Federal Funding 

Opportunity, National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration, FY 2009, U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Oct. 20, 2008), available 

at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/ptfp/ 

attachments/FFOlNoticel09.html. 

4 ‘‘Public Telecommunications Facilities Program: 

Closing Date,’’ 73 Fed. Reg. 74,709 (NTIA Dec. 9, 

2008)(notice of amended closing date), available at 

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/ptfp/pdfForms/ 

NOA-PTFP-AMEND-FY09.pdf. 

5 Digital Television Distributed Transmission 

System Technologies, Report and Order, MB Docket 

No. 05-312, 2008 FCC LEXIS 7698, FCC 08-256 (rel., 

Nov. 7, 2008) (DTS Report and Order). 

6 ‘‘Public Telecommunications Facilities Program: 

Closing Date,’’ 73 Fed. Reg. 62,258 (NTIA Oct. 20, 

2008)(notice), available at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ 

otiahome/ptfp/pdfForms/PTFPlClosingDtelFY09.pdf. 

must be received prior to 5 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time (Closing Time), Monday, 

May 18, 2009 (Closing Date). 

Applications submitted by facsimile 

will not be accepted. If an application 

is received after the Closing Date due to 

(1) carrier error, when the carrier 

accepted the package with a guarantee 

for delivery by the Closing Date and 

Closing Time, (2) significant weather 

delays or natural disasters, or (3) delays 

due to national security issues, NTIA 

will, upon receipt of proper 

documentation, consider the application 

as having been received by the deadline. 

NTIA will not accept applications postmarked on May 18, 2009 or later and 

received after this deadline. 

ADDRESSES: To obtain a printed 

application package, submit completed 

applications, or send any other 

correspondence, write to PTFP at the 

following address (please note the new 

room number): NTIA/PTFP, Room H– 

4812, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20230. Application 

materials may be obtained electronically 

via the Internet at http:// 

www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp or http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Cooperman, Director, 

Broadcasting Division, telephone: (202) 

482–5802; fax: (202) 482–2156. 

Information about the PTFP can also be 

obtained electronically via the Internet 

at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NTIA 

publishes this notice to announce that it 

is extending the solicitation period for 

applications for the Public 

Telecommunications Facilities Program 

(PTFP) replacement digital television 

translator projects. NTIA will accept 

applications for such projects until 

Monday, May 18, 2009. Any 

applications received between 

December 18, 2008 and May 18, 2009 

will be considered timely and will be 

given full consideration. 

On December 23, 2008, the FCC 

issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

for the creation of a new ‘‘replacement’’ 

digital television translator service to 

permit full-service television stations to 

continue to provide service to viewers 

within their coverage area who have lost 

service as a result of those stations’ 

digital transition.1 On December 30, 

2008, the FCC announced that it would 

begin accepting applications for 

replacement digital television facilities 

on January 5, 2009. The FCC further 

announced that stations could apply for 

Special Temporary Authority to 

immediately operate replacement digital 

television translator facilities during the 

pendency of the rulemaking 

proceedings.2

Consistent with PTFP’s purposes, 

NTIA is extending the solicitation 

period for applications for replacement 

digital television translators until May 

18, 2009 so stations may apply for the 

financial assistance necessary to build 

facilities as permitted by these new FCC 

policies. Such applications will be 

placed in Subpriority A. While 

applicants may file requests for FCC 

authorizations with the FCC after the 

expiration of NTIA’s closing date for 

applications for replacement digital 

television translator projects, applicants 

are reminded that no grant will be 

awarded until confirmation has been 

received from the FCC that any 

necessary authorization will be issued. 

As noted in the Federal Funding 

Opportunity Notice of October 20, 2008, 

‘‘[t]ransmission equipment required by 

public television stations to complete 

their digital broadcast facilities will be 

considered in Broadcast Other, 

Subpriority A’’ and that facilities 

‘‘should replicate the station’s 

comparable analog Grade B coverage.’’3

The new closing date of May 18, 2009 

is consistent with the closing date for 

certain digital television Distributed 

Transmission System (DTS) projects for 

the FY 2009 PTFP grant round, which 

was announced on December 9, 2008.4

DTS projects were authorized by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

(FCC) on November 3, 2008.5

Applications for replacement digital 

television translator projects will utilize 

the same forms, and undergo the same 

review and evaluation process 

contained in the PTFP Closing Date 

Notice of October 20, 2008.6

Dated: January 26, 2009. 

Dr. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, 

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Telecommunications and Information 

Applications. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: 11 a.m., Friday, February 

27, 2009. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance 

matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–5084. 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 

Staff Assistant. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: 11 a.m., Friday, February 

6, 2009. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Surveillance 

matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–5084. 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 

Staff Assistant. 

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