45422 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 169 / Wednesday, September 2, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Evaluation of State Coastal 

Management Programs and National 

Estuarine Research Reserves 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Evaluate. 

SUMMARY: The NOAA Office of Ocean 

and Coastal Resource Management 

(OCRM) announces its intent to evaluate 

the performance of the North Carolina 

and Old Woman Creek (Ohio) National 

Estuarine Research Reserves. 

The National Estuarine Research 

Reserve evaluations will be conducted 

pursuant to sections 312 and 315 of the 

CZMA and regulations at 15 CFR Part 

921, Subpart E and Part 923, Subpart L. 

Evaluation of National Estuarine 

Research Reserves requires findings 

concerning the extent to which a state 

has met the national objectives, adhered 

to its Reserve final management plan 

approved by the Secretary of Commerce, 

and adhered to the terms of financial 

assistance awards funded under the 

CZMA. 

Each evaluation will include a site 

visit, consideration of public comments, 

and consultations with interested 

Federal, state, and local agencies and 

members of the public. A public 

meeting will be held as part of the site 

visit. When the evaluation is completed, 

OCRM will place a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

the Final Evaluation Findings. Notice is 

hereby given of the dates of the site 

visits for the listed evaluations, and the 

dates, local times, and locations of the 

public meetings during the site visits. 

Dates and Times: The Old Woman 

Creek (Ohio) National Estuarine 

Research Reserve evaluation site visit 

will be held October 6–9, 2009. One 

public meeting will be held during the 

week. The public meeting will be held 

on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 6 

p.m. at the Old Woman Creek National 

Estuarine Research Reserve, Visitor 

Center, 2514 Cleveland Road East, 

Huron, Ohio. 

The North Carolina National 

Estuarine Research Reserve evaluation 

site visit will be held December 7–11, 

2009. Two public meetings will be held 

during the week. The first public 

meeting will be held on Tuesday, 

December 8, 2009, at 7 p.m., at the 

University of North CarolinaWilmington, Center for Marine Science 

Auditorium, 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, 

Wilmington, North Carolina. The 

second public meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at 7 

p.m., at the Center for Coastal Fisheries 

and Habitat Research, NOAA/NCNERR 

Administration Building Auditorium, 

101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort, North 

Carolina. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of states’ most recent 

performance reports, as well as OCRM’s 

evaluation notification and 

supplemental information request 

letters to the states, are available upon 

request from OCRM. Written comments 

from interested parties regarding these 

Programs are encouraged and will be 

accepted until 15 days after the last 

public meeting held for a Program. 

Please direct written comments to Kate 

Barba, Chief, National Policy and 

Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean 

and Coastal Resource Management, 

NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 

10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Barba, Chief, National Policy and 

Evaluation Division, Office of Ocean 

and Coastal Resource Management, 

NOS/NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, 

10th Floor, N/ORM7, Silver Spring, 

Maryland 20910, (301) 563–1182. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No. 

11.419 Coastal Zone Management Program 

Administration.) 

Dated: August 13, 2009. 

David M. Kennedy, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Ocean 

Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–21128 Filed 9–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XR34 

Marine Mammals; File No. 14301 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the University of Alaska Museum of the 

North, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 

99775–6960 (Dr. Link E. Olson, 

Responsible Party), has applied in due 

form for a permit to collect, acquire, 

import and export various marine 

mammal and endangered species 

specimens, including partial and whole 

carcasses from species of marine 

mammals under the jurisdiction of 

NMFS for the purpose of curating 

samples for future scientific research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

October 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available upon written 

request or by appointment in the 

following office(s): 

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 

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907)586–7221; fax (907)586–7249. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, at the address listed above. 

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 email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division at the address listed 

above. The request should set forth the 

specific reasons why a hearing on this 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Sloan or Kate Swails, (301)713– 

2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR 222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of 

1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et 

seq.). 

The University of Alaska Museum of 

the North functions as an archive for 

scientific specimens of marine 

mammals under the jurisdiction of the 

National Marine Fisheries and is a major 

repository of marine mammal material 

from the Arctic and North Pacific 

oceans. Under the proposed permit, the 

applicant would (1) import/export 

marine mammal parts (bones and organ 

tissue samples) from dead beach-cast 

carcasses, (2) receive/archive and export 

samples of marine mammals taken by 


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