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information about the MPA Center, 

develop findings and make 

recommendations. The program is 

seeking input on the questions listed 

below. Please note that you do not need 

to address all questions, and the MPA 

Center welcomes additional input on 

topics not covered in the questions 

listed. 

Although the MPA Center is most 

interested in obtaining feedback based 

on the public’s interaction and 

experience with the Center, background 

information concerning the MPA Center 

and its activities is available from the 

MPA Center Web site at http://mpa.gov. 

The MPA Center is seeking input on 

the following questions: 

• Is the MPA Center focusing on the 

most important activities to fulfill its 

goals and objectives (Build and 

maintain the national system of MPAs; 

Improve MPA stewardship and 

effectiveness; Facilitate international, 

national and regional coordination of 

MPAs activities)? 

• How successfully has the MPA 

Center addressed the requirements of 

Executive Order 13158? 

• Is the MPA Center providing the 

necessary leadership to strengthen and 

expand the national system of MPAs? 

• Are resources (human and 

financial) allocated appropriately to 

effectively address the goals and 

objectives of the MPA Center? 

• How effective has the MPA Center 

been in solidifying public/private 

partnerships and engaging stakeholders 

to support efficient management of 

MPAs and MPA networks? 

• Should the MPA Center change its 

priorities or activities to more 

effectively meet the requirements of 

Executive Order 13158? If so, how? 

An electronic version of these 

questions is available at: http:// 

www.mpa.gov/aboutmpas/mpacenter/. 

(Optional) When you submit your 

comments, you are welcome to provide 

background information about yourself, 

such as your organization(s), area(s) of 

expertise, and experience with the MPA 

Center. This information will be 

compiled and summarized with the 

comments. 

Dated: November 18, 2011. 

Donna Wieting, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Ocean 

Service, National Oceanic Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30700 Filed 11–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA850 

[File No. 16439] 

Endangered Species 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the New York State Department of 

Environmental Conservation, 21 South 

Putt Corners Rd., New Paltz, NY 12561 

[Responsible Party: Kathryn Hattala], 

has been issued a permit to take 

shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser 

brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific 

research. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

• Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910; phone (301) 427–8401; fax 

(301) 713–0376; and 

• Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930; 

phone (978) 281–9328; fax (978) 281– 

9394. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Malcolm Mohead or Colette Cairns, 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 9, 

2011, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 33703) that a 

request for a scientific research permit 

to take shortnose sturgeon had been 

submitted by the above-named 

applicant. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). 

The Permit Holder is issued a fiveyear permit to study shortnose sturgeon 

in the Hudson River Estuary from New 

York Harbor (RKM 0) to Troy Dam 

(RKM 245). Gill nets, trammel nets and 

trawls will be used to capture up to 240 

and 2,340 shortnose sturgeon in years 

one through three and years four and 

five, respectively. Research activities 

include: capture; measure, weigh; tag 

with passive integrated transponder 

(PIT) tags and Floy tags, if untagged; and 

sample genetic fin clips. Subsets of fish 

will also be anesthetized and tagged 

with acoustic transmitters; have fin rays 

sampled for age and growth analysis; 

have gastric contents lavaged for diet 

analysis; as well as blood samples taken 

for contaminants. A total of four (4) 

unintended mortalities are authorized 

over the life of the permit. 

Issuance of this permit, as required by 

the ESA, was based on a finding that 

such permit (1) was applied for in good 

faith, (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered or 

threatened species, and (3) is consistent 

with the purposes and policies set forth 

in section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: November 28, 2011. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30959 Filed 11–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

The following notice of scheduled 

meetings is published pursuant to the 

provisions of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, Public Law 94–409, 5 

U.S.C. 552b. 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

TIMES AND DATES: The Commission has 

scheduled meetings for the following 

dates: 

December 5, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

December 20, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. 

January 5, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. 

PLACE: Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st 

St. NW., Washington, DC, Conference 

Center (Room 1300). 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Commission has scheduled these 

meetings to consider various rulemaking 

matters, including the issuance of 

proposed rules and the approval of final 

rules. The Commission may also 

consider and vote on dates and times for 

future meetings. The agenda for the 

December 5, 2011 meeting was posted 

on the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.cftc.gov seven (7) days prior to the 

meeting. The agenda for the December 

20, 2011 meeting will be made available 

to the public and posted on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.cftc.gov at least seven (7) days 

prior to the meeting. In the event that 

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change, an announcement of the change, 

along with the new time and place of 

the meeting will be posted on the 

Commission’s Web site. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

David A. Stawick, Secretary of the 

Commission, (202) 418–5071. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31004 Filed 11–29–11; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

List of Correspondence 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: List of Correspondence from 

April 1, 2011, through June 30, 2011. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary is publishing 

the following list pursuant to section 

607(f) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). 

Under section 607(f) of the IDEA, the 

Secretary is required, on a quarterly 

basis, to publish in the Federal Register 

a list of correspondence from the U.S. 

Department of Education (Department) 

received by individuals during the 

previous quarter that describes the 

interpretations of the Department of the 

IDEA or the regulations that implement 

the IDEA. This list and the letters or 

other Departmental documents 

described in this list, with personally 

identifiable information redacted, as 

appropriate, can be found at: http:// 

www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/ 

index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Spataro or Mary Louise Dirrigl. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7468. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you can call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll 

free, at 1–(800) 877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of this list and the letters 

or other Departmental documents 

described in this list in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting Jessica Spataro or Mary 

Louise Dirrigl at (202) 245–7468. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following list identifies correspondence 

from the Department issued from April 

1, 2011, through June 30, 2011. The list 

includes those letters that contain 

interpretations of the requirements of 

the IDEA and its implementing 

regulations, and may also include letters 

and other documents that the 

Department believes will assist the 

public in understanding the 

requirements of the law and its 

regulations. The date of and topic 

addressed by each letter are identified, 

and summary information is also 

provided, as appropriate. To protect the 

privacy interests of the individual or 

individuals involved, personally 

identifiable information has been 

redacted, as appropriate. 

Part B—Assistance for Education of All 

Children With Disabilities 

Section 612—State Eligibility 

Topic Addressed: Children in Private 

Schools 

Æ Letter dated May 26, 2011, to East 

End Special Education Parents 

President Kathleen Chamberlain, 

responding to an inquiry as to whether 

a child with a disability should be 

considered publicly-placed or 

parentally-placed at a private school 

under Part B of the IDEA and the effect 

of a settlement agreement. 

Section 613—Local Educational Agency 

Eligibility 

Topic Addressed: Use of Federal Funds 

Æ Letter dated June 16, 2011, to 

National Association of State Directors 

of Special Education Executive Director 

Bill East, regarding the local educational 

agency maintenance-of-effort 

requirement in Part B of the IDEA. 

Section 614—Evaluations, Eligibility 

Determinations, Individualized 

Education Programs, and Educational 

Placements 

Topic Addressed: Individualized 

Education Program Team 

Æ Letter dated April 25, 2011, to 

Center for Education Advocacy, Inc. 

Director Lilly Rangel-Diaz, regarding the 

participation of related services 

providers, including those invited by 

parents, in Individualized Education 

Program (IEP) Team meetings and 

resolution sessions. 

Part C—Infants and Toddlers With 

Disabilities 

Section 637—State Application and 

Assurances 

Topic Addressed: Nonsupplanting 

Æ Letter dated May 4, 2011, to Kansas 

Department of Health and Environment 

Secretary Robert Moser and Chief Fiscal 

Officer Pat Kuester, and letter dated 

May 5, 2011, to Nevada Department of 

Health and Human Services Director 

Michael Willden, regarding the 

nonsupplanting/maintenance-of-effort 

requirement in Part C of the IDEA. The 

requirement addressed in these letters is 

now codified in 34 CFR 303.225(b) 

without substantive change. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this 

site you can view this document, as well 

as all other documents of this 

Department published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF). To use PDF 

you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: http:// 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.027, Assistance to States for 

Education of Children with Disabilities) 

Dated: November 28, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30931 Filed 11–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 14298–000; 14299–000; 14301– 

000; 14302–000] 

SV Hydro LLC; Coffeeville LLC; FFP 

Project 99 LLC; Lock Hydro Friends 

Fund XIV; Notice of Competing 

Preliminary Permit Applications 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

On October 3, 2011, SV Hydro LLC 

(SV Hydro), Coffeeville LLC 

(Coffeeville), FFP Project 99 LLC (FFP 

99), and Lock Hydro Friends Fund XIV 

(Lock Hydro) filed preliminary permit 

applications, pursuant to section 4(f) of 

the Federal Power Act, proposing to 

study the feasibility of a hydropower 

project at the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ (Corps) Coffeeville Lock & 

Dam, located on the Tombigbee River in 

Choctaw and Clarke Counties, Alabama. 

The sole purpose of a preliminary 

permit, if issued, is to grant the permit 

holder priority to file a license 

application during the permit term. A 


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