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carpet sets, safety glass, glass lenses, 

mirrors, car covers, heat deflectors, 

tube/pipe fittings, pins, hangers, body 

parts, trim parts, articles of base metals, 

doors, fasteners, cotter pins, helical 

springs, clamps, articles of aluminum, 

hand tools, catalytic converters, locks 

and keys, spark–ignition and diesel 

engines, engine parts, pumps, 

compressors, air conditioner 

components, turbochargers, cooling 

boxes, filters, valves, parts of steering 

systems, steering wheels, hubs and 

flanges, chain, universal joints, clutches, 

half/drive shafts, transmissions and 

parts thereof, torque converters, 

differentials, bearings and parts thereof, 

compasses, thermostats, motors, 

batteries, ignition parts, electrical parts, 

lighting equipment, horns, windshield 

wipers, electric heaters, cameras, audio/ 

video components, speakers, antennas, 

wiring harnesses, seats, seat belts, airbag 

modules/inflators, brake components, 

wheels, wheel locks, lug nuts, lug 

wrenches, suspension components, 

radiators, heater cores, exhaust systems, 

hinges, pneumatic dampeners, 

speedometers, tachometers, voltmeters, 

flow meters, anti–theft systems, 

regulators/controllers, sensors, resistors, 

relays, starters, electrical components, 

cigarette lighters, clocks, spark plugs, 

and switches (duty rate range: free 

20%). The application also requests 

authority to include a broad range of 

inputs and finished motor vehicles that 

VGACO may produce under FTZ 

procedures in the future. New major 

activity involving these inputs/products 

would require review by the FTZ Board. 

FTZ procedures could exempt 

VGACO from customs duty payments 

on foreign components used in export 

production (estimated to be 20% of 

plant shipments). On its domestic sales, 

VGACO would be able to choose the 

duty rate that applies to finished 

passenger vehicles (2.5%) for the foreign 

inputs noted above that have higher 

rates. Certain logistical/supply chain 

management savings would also be 

realized through FTZ procedures. 

Customs duties also could possibly be 

deferred or reduced on foreign status 

production equipment. The application 

indicates that the savings from FTZ 

procedures would help improve the 

facility’s international competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ Staff 

is designated examiner to evaluate and 

analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

following address: Office of the 

Executive Secretary, Room 2111, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230–0002. The closing period for 

receipt of comments is October 26, 

2009. Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period to November 

10, 2009. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Foreign–Trade Zones 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address listed above and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s 

website, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 

information, contact Pierre Duy at 

PierrelDuy@ita.doc.gov or (202) 482– 

1378. 

Dated: August 20, 2009. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) 

[Docket No. 0908101223–91223–01; I.D. 

GF001] 

Applications for the FY 2010 Ocean 

Exploration (OE) Program 

AGENCY: Office of Ocean Exploration 

and Research (OER), Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability. 

SUMMARY: OER is seeking pre-proposals 

and full proposals to support its 

mission, consistent with NOAA’s 

Strategic Plan to search, investigate, and 

document poorly-known and unknown 

areas of the ocean and Great Lakes 

through interdisciplinary exploration, 

and to advance and disseminate 

knowledge of the ocean environment 

and its physical, chemical, and 

biological resources. 

Competitive OE proposals will be 

bold, innovative and interdisciplinary 

in their approach. OER anticipates a 

total of approximately $3,000,000 

including costs for ship and submersible 

assets will be available through this 

announcement. Only exploratory 

proposals will be funded; any other 

types of projects will not be reviewed. 

The office priorities for this opportunity 

support NOAA’s mission support goal 

of: Ecosystems—Protect, Restore, and 

Manage Use of Coastal and Ocean 

Resources through Ecosystem-Based 

Management. 

DATES: Completed pre-proposals are 

required for all categories and must be 

received by 5 p.m. (EDT) on October 8, 

2009. Full proposal submissions must 

be received by 5 p.m. (EDT) on 

December 7, 2009. A complete preproposal is a prerequisite for submission 

of a full proposal. Applications received 

after the above deadlines will not be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: Pre-proposal submissions 

from Federal and non-Federal 

applicants can be either by e-mail 

(preferred, send to 

OAR.OE.FAQ@noaa.gov) or by hardcopy. If by e-mail, please put your last 

name in the subject heading along with 

the words OE Pre-proposal, e.g., Smith 

OE Pre-proposal. Adobe PDF format is 

preferred. No facsimile pre-proposals 

will be accepted. Non-Federal 

applicants are strongly encouraged to 

submit full proposals through 

Grants.gov. Non-Federal applicants 

without Internet access may submit 

hard-copies to: ATTN: Dr. Nicolas 

Alvarado, NOAA Office of Ocean 

Exploration and Research, SSMC III, 

10th Floor, 1315 East West Highway, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. No email or facsimile full proposal 

submissions will be accepted from nonFederal applicants. Federal applicants 

may submit full proposals either by email (preferred, send to 

OAR.OE.FAQ@noaa.gov) or by hardcopy. No facsimile full proposal 

submissions will be accepted from 

Federal applicants. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact the NOAA 

Office of Ocean Exploration and 

Research at (301)734–1015 or submit 

inquiries via e-mail to the Frequently 

Asked Questions address: 

OAR.OE.FAQ@noaa.gov. E-mail 

inquiries should include the Principal 

Investigator’s name in the subject 

heading. Inquiries can be mailed to: 

ATTN: Dr. Nicolas Alvarado NOAA 

Office of Ocean Exploration and 

Research, 1315 East-West Highway 

SSMC3, 10th Floor, R/OER, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Ocean 

exploration was defined by the 2000 

President’s Panel on Ocean Exploration, 

as ‘‘discovery through disciplined 

diverse observations and the recording 

of the finding.’’ NOAA’s Office of Ocean 

Exploration and Research seeks to 

catalyze ocean discovery and 

understanding at our ocean and Great 

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Lakes frontiers through bold and 

innovative explorations. These 

explorations should revolutionize our 

knowledge baselines by exploring, 

characterizing and mapping, at new 

and/or higher scales, the oceans living 

and nonliving resources and its 

physical, chemical and biological 

characteristics. Data and observations 

resulting from OE expeditions will 

result in new discoveries, new insight, 

new knowledge and new frontiers and 

will likely lead to the revision of 

existing paradigms or the formulation of 

new paradigms in the oceans poorly 

known and unknown regions. The 

purpose of this announcement is to 

invite the submission of pre-proposals 

and full proposals that address ocean 

exploration and advanced technology 

development. 

Through discovery and the systematic 

exploration of unknown ocean areas and 

phenomena, OER serves to ensure 

NOAA can meet its goal to, ‘‘Protect, 

Restore, and Manage the Use of Coastal 

and Ocean Resources Through an 

Ecosystem Approach to Management’’ 

(New Priorities for the 21st Century, 

NOAA’s Strategic Vision). The results of 

OER activities are cornerstones upon 

which ecosystems will be discovered, 

defined and understood thus enabling 

them to be protected, restored, and 

managed. The interdisciplinary and 

multidisciplinary nature of OER 

activities also serves NOAA’s current 

strategic plan (New Priorities for the 

21st Century—NOAA’s Strategic Plan) 

goal to ‘‘Understand Climate Variability 

and Change to Enhance Society’s Ability 

to Plan and Respond.’’ The discovery 

and characterization of new ocean 

phenomena and dynamic processes 

provide essential information for 

understanding ocean—atmosphere 

connections and their influence on 

climate. The discovery of new habitats 

and species also provides essential 

information for understanding the 

effects of a changing climate on the 

marine resources upon which we 

depend. 

The need for interdisciplinary ocean 

exploration is echoed as a priority in 

NOAA’s 20-year research vision, 

Understanding Global Ecosystems to 

Support Informed Decision-Making, 

because they provide a foundation for 

understanding complex relationships 

between ocean and terrestrial 

ecosystems. This need is also elaborated 

in NOAA’s current 5-year research plan, 

Research in NOAA: Toward 

Understanding and Predicting Earth’s 

Environment, and both the vision and 

the plan acknowledge the need for new 

ocean technologies, including new 

sensors and platforms as well as 

enhanced information and 

telecommunications technologies. OERS 

core activities also directly address the 

Ocean Research Priorities Plan and 

Implementation Strategy challenge of 

‘‘Expanding the Scientific Frontier: The 

Need for Fundamental Science,’’ which 

states, ‘‘It is essential that the nation 

cultivate and investigate new ideas 

about the ocean and new approaches for 

exploring the marine environment that 

may challenge existing interpretations. 

In doing so, society should recognize 

and even encourage risk-taking in 

supporting the most exciting and 

promising ideas for making progress in 

understanding the ocean.’’ 

Charting The Course For Ocean 

Science, NSTC Joint Subcommittee On 

Ocean Science And Technology, Jan. 26, 

2007, p. 6. 

OER provides a foundation for all six 

themes in the Ocean Research Priorities 

Plan through its exploration and 

discovery mission. Further, as 

envisioned in the Report of the 

President’s Panel on Ocean Exploration, 

Discovering the Earth’s Final Frontier: A 

U.S. Strategy for Ocean Exploration, 

OER also engages in partnerships with 

other agencies and programs, e.g., the 

National Science Foundation, the 

Department of Interior Minerals 

Management Service, the Office of 

Naval Research, the Census of Marine 

Life, and the National Oceanographic 

Partnership Program, to leverage its 

pursuit and achievement of NOAA 

goals. In furtherance of the program 

objectives stated above, OER encourages 

proposals that explore the unknown or 

poorly known, test new ideas, utilize 

new approaches, and develop new 

technologies in ocean exploration. 

Because interdisciplinary expeditions 

are a keystone of NOAA’s Office of 

Ocean Exploration and Research, 

scientists are strongly encouraged to 

collaborate by submitting a single 

proposal for a multi-disciplinary 

expedition. 

Collaborations that include 

international representation are also 

encouraged. Only exploratory proposals 

will be funded; any other types of 

projects will not be reviewed. 

Electronic Access: 

The full text of the full Federal 

Funding Opportunity announcement 

(FFO) for this program can be accessed 

via the Grants.gov Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov. The announcement 

will also be available by contacting the 

program officials identified under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Applicants must comply with all 

requirements contained in the full 

Federal Funding Opportunity 

announcement. 

Statutory Authority: 33 U.S.C. 

3403(a)(4). 

CFDA: 11.460, Special Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Projects. 

Funding Availability: In anticipation 

of the FY 2010 President’s Budget, OER 

anticipates a total of approximately 

$3,000,000 will be available through 

this announcement. Depending on the 

quality and quantity of proposals 

received, OER anticipates supporting 

approximately 6 awards through this 

solicitation, resulting in an average 

award level of approximately $500,000. 

At the discretion of the program, FY 

2011 funds may be used to sponsor 

proposals submitted as part of this 

competition. The amount of funding 

available through this announcement is 

subject to the final FY 2010 

appropriation for the Office of Ocean 

Exploration and Research. Publication 

of this announcement does not obligate 

NOAA to fund any specific project or to 

obligate all or any part of available 

funds. There is no guarantee that 

sufficient funds will be available to 

initiate or continue research activities 

where funding has been recommended 

by OER. The exact amount of funds that 

OER may recommend be granted will be 

determined in pre-award negotiations 

between the applicant and NOAA 

representatives. Future opportunities for 

submitting proposals may be available 

and will depend on OER funding levels. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are 

institutions of higher education; other 

nonprofits; commercial organizations; 

foreign governments; organizations 

under the jurisdiction of foreign 

governments; international 

organizations; State, local and Indian 

tribal governments; and Federal 

agencies. 

Please Note: Before non-NOAA Federal 

applicants may be funded, they must 

demonstrate that they have legal authority to 

receive funds from another Federal agency in 

excess of their appropriation. Because this 

announcement is not proposing to procure 

goods or services from applicants, the 

Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535) is not an 

appropriate legal basis. 

Cost Sharing Requirements: Costsharing is not required. 

Application Package Forms: Preproposals: Applicants must submit a 

two-page pre-proposal narrative (See 

section IV.B.1. of the FFO), in addition 

to a cover sheet that may be obtained 

through the OER Office Web site at: 

http://explore.noaa.gov/cover-sheet. For 

applicants without Internet access, hard 

copies of the cover sheet can be 

obtained via mail at NOAA Office of 

Ocean Exploration and Research, 1315 

East West Highway, SSMC 3, 10th Floor, 

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Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or 

requested by phone at (301) 734–1015. 

Full Proposals: Application forms for 

full proposals are available through 

Grants.gov. In addition to the 

application forms, applicants must 

submit a proposal cover sheet, which is 

found at OER Web site http:// 

explore.noaa.gov/cover-sheet. 

For applicants without Internet 

access, hard copies of the cover sheet 

and the application package can be 

obtained via mail at NOAA Office of 

Ocean Exploration and Research, 1315 

East West Highway, SSMC 3, 10th Floor, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, or 

requested by phone at (301) 734–1015 as 

well. Supplemental information 

regarding the standard NOAA grants 

documentation can be obtained at: 

http://www.ofa.noaa.gov/%7Egrants/ 

appkit.html. All applicants are 

encouraged to visit the Ocean Explorer 

Web site (http:// 

www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov) to 

familiarize themselves with past and 

present OER-funded activities. 

Background information on how to 

apply for the program is found on the 

OER Office Web site at http:// 

www.explore.noaa.gov. 

Evaluation Criteria and Selection 

Procedures: The general evaluation 

criteria and selection factors that apply 

to full applications to this funding 

opportunity are summarized below. 

Further information about the 

evaluation criteria and selection factors 

can be found in the full funding 

opportunity announcement. 

Evaluation Criteria for Projects: PreProposal Evaluation Criteria: The OER 

Director, in consultation with the office 

staff, will make the decision to 

encourage or discourage full proposal 

submissions based on one or more of the 

following factors, which are amplified 

in the section on review of full 

proposals: (1) Importance, Relevance 

and Applicability of Proposal to the 

OER Goals and thematic priorities (see 

section I.A. Office and Notice Objectives 

and section I.B. Office Priorities and 

Guidance of the FFO); (2) Scientific and 

Technical Merit; (3) Overall 

qualifications of applicants; (4) Project 

Costs; (5) Logistical feasibility (e.g., ship 

or equipment availability); and (6) 

Consistency with the priorities of this 

announcement. 

Full Proposal Evaluation Criteria: Full 

proposals will be evaluated and rated 

individually by three or more 

independent peer reviewers and/or a 

peer-review panel. The following 

criteria will be used to review proposals 

using the corresponding weight value: 

1. Importance/Relevance and 

Applicability of Proposal to OER goals 

(40%): This criterion ascertains whether 

there is intrinsic value in the proposed 

work and relevance to appropriate 

NOAA, international, Federal, regional, 

State, or local activities. For the OER 

review process this includes the degree 

to which the proposal addresses and 

supports OER’s mission, objectives, 

themes and priorities (see section I.A. 

Office and Notice Objectives and section 

I.B. Office Priorities and Guidance of the 

FFO). A central aspect of this criteria is 

whether the proposed effort is 

exploratory in nature (expanding the 

breadth of knowledge) as opposed to a 

research focus (expanding the depth of 

knowledge on any particular topic). 

2. Scientific and Technical Merit 

(40%): This criterion ascertains whether 

the approach is technically sound and/ 

or innovative, if the methods are 

appropriate, and whether there are clear 

project goals and objectives. For the 

OER review process, in addition to the 

scientific, and/or technical merit of the 

effort, review criteria include whether: 

(a) The effort is interdisciplinary with 

suitable plans and methods, (b) the 

anticipated results (as appropriate, 

scientific, technical, historical, cultural, 

societal or economic) will have high 

downstream impact, e.g., leading to the 

revision of existing paradigms, the 

formulation of new paradigms or new 

frontiers of knowledge or activity and 

(c) plans for preservation, 

documentation, and sharing of data, 

multimedia, specimen collections are 

adequately and clearly outlined. 

3. Overall qualifications of applicants 

(10%): This ascertains whether the 

applicant(s) possesses the necessary 

education, experience, training, 

facilities and administrative resources to 

accomplish the project. For the OER 

review process this includes (a) The 

qualifications of the applicant(s), (b) the 

strength, diversity and depth of any 

partnership to accomplish the work 

proposed, and (c) the applicant’s prior 

OER award performance, including 

timely publication of results, if 

applicable. 

4. Project Costs (10%): This criterion 

evaluates the budget to determine if it 

is realistic and commensurate with the 

project needs and time-frame. For the 

OER review process this includes the 

reasonableness of project costs, relative 

to the scope and impact of work 

proposed and the available funds. 

5. Outreach and education (no 

points): This criterion assesses whether 

the project provides a focused and 

effective education and outreach 

strategy regarding NOAA’s mission to 

protect the Nation’s natural resources. 

This criterion is not used in this 

competition. 

Review and Selection Process: The 

OER Director, in consultation with the 

program staff, will make the decision to 

encourage or discourage full proposal 

submissions based on one or more of the 

evaluation criteria stated under 

Evaluation Criteria for Projects. A 

complete pre-proposal is a prerequisite 

for submission of a full proposal. The 

final decision to submit a full proposal 

is up to the applicant. Once a full 

proposal is received by NOAA, an 

initial administrative review is 

conducted to determine compliance 

with requirements and completeness of 

the application. If proposals are 

determined to be in compliance and 

complete, a proposal will be subjected 

to peer-review. Peer reviewers shall rate 

the individual proposals using the 

evaluation criteria and percentage 

weights provided above and provide 

summary comment. Both Federal and 

non-Federal experts in the field may be 

used in the peer-review process, which 

may include external mail reviews and/ 

or a peer-review panel. Peer-review 

panelists will not be asked to reach 

consensus on individual proposals. 

Based on the individual external mail 

reviewer scores, summary comments 

and, as appropriate, summaries and 

scores by the panelists, the OER Senior 

Scientist, in consultation with 

appropriate OER staff, will make 

funding recommendations to the OER 

Director. In making the final selections, 

the OER Director will award in rank 

order unless the proposal is justified to 

be selected out of rank order based upon 

one or more of the selection factors 

stated in the section entitled Selection 

Factors for Projects and further 

explained in section V.C of the FFO. 

Selection Factors for Projects: The 

Selecting Official shall award in the 

rank order unless the proposal is 

justified to be selected out of rank order 

based on the following factors. 

1. Availability of funding. 

2. Balance/distribution of funds: 

a. Geographically (This includes ship 

availability). 

b. By type of institutions. 

c. By type of partners. 

d. By research areas. 

e. By project types. 

3. Whether this project duplicates 

other projects funded or considered for 

funding by NOAA or other Federal 

agencies. 

4. Program priorities and policy 

factors (as in section I.B of the FFO). 

5. Applicants prior award 

performance. 

6. Partnerships and/or participation of 

targeted groups. 

7. Adequacy of information necessary 

for NOAA staff to make a NEPA 

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determination and draft necessary 

documentation before recommendations 

for funding are made to the Grants 

Officer. 

Intergovernmental Review: 

Applications under this office are 

subject to Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs.’’ Applicants must contact 

their State’s Single Point of Contact 

(SPOC) to find out about and comply 

with the State’s process under EO 

12372. The names and addresses of the 

SPOC’s are listed in the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Web site: 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. 

Limitation of Liability: In no event 

will NOAA or the Department of 

Commerce be responsible for proposal 

preparation costs if these programs fail 

to receive funding or are cancelled 

because of other agency priorities. 

Publication of this announcement does 

not oblige NOAA to award any specific 

project or to obligate any available 

funds. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA): NOAA must analyze the 

potential environmental impacts, as 

required by the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA), for applicant 

projects or proposals which are seeking 

NOAA Federal funding opportunities. 

Detailed information on NOAA 

compliance with NEPA can be found at 

the following NOAA NEPA Web site: 

http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/, including 

our NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 

for NEPA, http://www.nepa.noaa.gov/ 

NAO216_6_TOC.pdf, and the Council 

on Environmental Quality 

implementation regulations, http:// 

ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ceq/ 

toc_ceq.htm. Consequently, as part of an 

applicant’s package, and under their 

description of their program activities, 

applicants are required to provide 

detailed information on the activities to 

be conducted, locations, sites, species 

and habitat to be affected, possible 

construction activities, and any 

environmental concerns that may exist 

(e.g., the use and disposal of hazardous 

or toxic chemicals, introduction of nonindigenous species, impacts to 

endangered and threatened species, 

aquaculture projects, and impacts to 

coral reef systems). In addition to 

providing specific information that will 

serve as the basis for any required 

impact analyses, applicants may also be 

requested to assist NOAA in drafting of 

an environmental assessment, if NOAA 

determines an assessment is required. 

Applicants will also be required to 

cooperate with NOAA in identifying 

feasible measures to reduce or avoid any 

identified adverse environmental 

impacts of their proposal. 

The failure to do so shall be grounds 

for not selecting an application. In some 

cases if additional information is 

required after an application is selected, 

funds can be withheld by the Grants 

Officer under a special award condition 

requiring the recipient to submit 

additional environmental compliance 

information sufficient to enable NOAA 

to make an assessment on any impacts 

that a project may have on the 

environment. 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements: 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the Federal Register notice 

of February 11, 2008 (73 FR 7696), are 

applicable to this solicitation. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: This 

document contains collection-ofinformation requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The 

use of Standard Forms 424, 424A, 424B, 

and SF–LLL and CD–346 has been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the respective 

control numbers 0348–0043, 0348–0044, 

0348–0040, 0348–0046, and 0605–0001. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, no person is required to, nor shall 

a person be subject to a penalty for 

failure to comply with, a collection of 

information subject to the requirements 

of the PRA unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

has been determined to be not 

significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism): 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Prior notice 

and an opportunity for public comment 

are not required by the Administrative 

Procedure Act or any other law for rules 

concerning public property, loans, 

grants, benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2)). Because notice and 

opportunity for comment are not 

required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any 

other law, the analytical requirements 

for the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are inapplicable. 

Therefore, a regulatory flexibility 

analysis has not been prepared. 

Dated: August 24, 2009. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XR03 

Pacific 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 Pacific Council and its 

advisory entities will hold public 

meetings. September 11–17, 2009 

Pacific Council meeting, which includes 

advisory body meetings during this time 

period as listed in this notice, as well as 

a September 8, 2009 Pacific Council 

Enforcement Consultants Telephone 

Conference. 

DATES: The Pacific Council and its 

advisory entities will meet September 

11–17, 2009. The Council meeting will 

begin on Saturday, September 12, 2009 

at 10:30 a.m., reconvening each day 

through Thursday, September 17, 2009. 

All meetings are open to the public, 

except a closed session will be held 

from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on 

Saturday, September 12 to address 

litigation and personnel matters. The 

Council will meet as late as necessary 

each day to complete its scheduled 

business. In addition to the September 

11–17 time frame, the Pacific Council 

Enforcement Consultants will meet via 

telephone on Tuesday, September 8, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: The Pacific Council 

Enforcement Consultants September 8 

telephone conference will have a 

listening station for public access at the 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

office, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 

101, Portland, OR 97220. The 

September 11–17 Pacific Council and 

advisory body meetings will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1221 Chess 

Drive, Foster City, CA 94404; telephone: 

(650) 570–5700. The Pacific Council 

address is Pacific Fishery Management 

Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, 

Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Donald O. McIsaac, Executive Director, 

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