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fax: (727) 824–5308; email: 

rich.malinowski@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 12, 2007, Congress amended the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(MSA) with passage of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Reauthorization Act 

-(MSRA). While maintaining the 

requirement that ‘‘conservation and 

management measures shall prevent 

overfishing while achieving, on a 

continuing basis, the optimum yield 

from each fishery for the United States 

fishing industry,’’ the MSRA added new 

requirements to end and prevent 

overfishing. The new requirements 

include the use of ACLs, and ‘‘measures 

to ensure accountability’’ (AMs). 

Specifically, the MSRA requires that 

FMPs ‘‘establish a mechanism for 

specifying annual catch limits in the 

plan (including a multi-year plan), 

implementing regulations, or annual 

specifications, at a level such that 

overfishing does not occur in the 

fishery, including measures to ensure 

accountability’’ (Section 303(a)(15)). 

Further, the MSRA requires such 

measures be implemented by 2010 for 

fisheries determined by the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary) to be subject to 

overfishing and by 2011 for all other 

fisheries. The AMs are management 

controls that ensure the ACLs are not 

exceeded. Examples of AMs include 

corrective measures if overages occur 

and implementation of an in-season 

monitoring program. 

The generic amendment is intended 

to modify five of the Council’s FMPs. 

These include FMPs for: Reef Fish 

Resources, Shrimp, Stone Crab, Coral 

and Coral Reef Resources, and Red 

Drum. NMFS and the Council will 

develop these ACLs in co-operation 

with the Scientific and Statistical 

Committee. NMFS, in collaboration 

with the Council, will develop a DEIS 

to evaluate alternatives and actions for 

the ACLs. Some examples of these 

actions include: establishing sector 

specific ACLs, selecting levels of risk 

associated with species yields, 

considering removal or withdrawal of 

species from FMPs, and delegating 

species or species assemblages to state 

regulators. 

In accordance with NOAA’s 

Administrative Order NAO 216–6, 

Section 5.02(c), the Council has 

identified this preliminary range of 

alternatives as a means to initiate 

discussion for scoping purposes only. 

This may not represent the full range of 

alternatives that eventually will be 

evaluated by the Council. 

Locations, Dates and Times of Scoping 

Meetings 

Scoping meetings will begin at 6 p.m. 

at the following locations: 

Monday, September 21, 2009— 

Monroe County Government Center, 

1200 Truman Avenue, Key West, FL 

33040. 

Monday, September 21, 2009— 

Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries, 195 

Ludwig Annex, Grand Isle, LA 70358. 

Tuesday, September 22, 2009— 

Banana Bay, 4590 Overseas Highway, 

Marathon, FL 33050. 

Tuesday, September 22, 2009—Best 

Western, 7921 Lamar Poole Road, 

Biloxi, MS 39532. 

Tuesday, September 22, 2009— 

Holiday Inn- Emerald Beach, 1102 

South Shoreline Boulevard, Corpus 

Christi, TX 78401. 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009— 

City of Madeira Beach,300 Municipal 

Drive, Madeira Beach, FL 33708. 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009— 

Springhill Suites, 7922 Moley Road, 

Houston, TX 77061. 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009— 

City of Orange Beach, 27235 Canal 

Road, Orange Beach, AL 36561. 

Wednesday, September 24, 2009— 

NMFS Lab, 3500 Dellwood Beach Drive, 

Panama City, FL 32408. 

Copies of the scoping document are 

available from the Council (see 

ADDRESSES) or may be downloaded from 

the Council Web site, 

www.gulfcouncil.org. 

Special Accommodations 

The meetings will be physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council (see 

ADDRESSES). 

After the DEIS associated with the 

regulatory action is completed, it will be 

filed with the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). The EPA will publish a 

notice of availability of the DEIS for 

public comment in the Federal Register. 

The DEIS will have a 45–day comment 

period. This procedure is pursuant to 

regulations issued by the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA; 40 CFR parts 1500–1508) 

and to NOAA’s Administrative Order 

216–6 regarding NOAA’s compliance 

with NEPA and the CEQ regulations. 

The Council and NMFS will consider 

public comments received on the DEIS 

in developing the final environmental 

impact statement (FEIS) and before 

adopting final management measures for 

the action. NMFS will submit both the 

final measures and the supporting FEIS 

to the Secretary for review, approval, 

and implementation. NMFS will 

announce in the Federal Register the 

availability of the final amendment and 

FEIS for public review during the 

secretarial review period, and will 

consider all public comments prior to 

final agency action to approve, 

disapprove, or partially approve the 

final amendment. 

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

Dated: September 9, 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–XR61 

Marine Mammals; File No. 14535 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Colleen Reichmuth, Ph.D., University of 

California at Santa Cruz, Long Marine 

Laboratory, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa 

Cruz, CA, has applied in due form for 

a permit to conduct research on captive 

pinnipeds. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

October 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the Features box on the 

Applications and Permits for Protected 

Species (APPS) home page, https:// 

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 14535 from the list of available 

applications. 

These documents are also 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 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–4001; 

fax (562)980–4018. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits, Conservation and Education 


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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.) and the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The proposed five-year permit 

comprises a continuation of 

psychological and physiological studies 

at Long Marine Laboratory with captive 

pinnipeds, including California sea 

lions (Zalophus californianus); harbor 

seals (Phoca vitulina); and northern 

elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), 

designed to evaluate their perceptual 

and cognitive capabilities. 

Measurements obtained using 

behavioral and physiological methods 

will be used to improve knowledge of 

pinniped sensory adaptations, examine 

cognitive mechanisms for acquiring and 

processing sensory information, and 

develop procedures for rapidly and 

humanely studying marine mammal 

hearing and the effects of anthropogenic 

noise. The captive animals are trained to 

voluntarily participate in behavioral 

stimulus detection and discrimination 

paradigms that may be conducted in air 

or under water. The applicant currently 

holds one California sea lion, one harbor 

seal, and one northern elephant seal, 

and requests permission to obtain 

additional animals for the research 

program over the duration of the permit, 

not to exceed a total of two of each 

species listed above. Additional animals 

would be obtained from captive and 

rehabilitation facilities, including 

permanently captive and non-releasable 

rehabilitated animals. If those sources 

are not available, releasable 

rehabilitated animals from West Coast 

rehabilitation facilities are requested. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: September 9, 2009. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

The Manufacturing Council: Meeting of 

The Manufacturing Council 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Manufacturing Council 

will hold a meeting to deliberate a letter 

of recommendation regarding the U.S. 

manufacturing industry. The Board was 

re-chartered on April 10, 2008, to advise 

the Secretary of Commerce on matters 

relating to the U.S. manufacturing 

industry. 

DATES: October 1, 2009. 

Time: 2:30 p.m. (ET). 

ADDRESSES: Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 

4830, Washington, DC, 20230. Because 

of building security, all non-government 

attendees must pre-register. This 

program will be physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Seating is 

limited and will be on a first come, first 

served basis. Requests for sign language 

interpretation, other auxiliary aids, or 

pre-registration, should be submitted no 

later than September 25, 2009, to J. Marc 

Chittum, The Manufacturing Council, 

Room 4043, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone 

202–482–4501, 

Marc.Chittum@mail.doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Marc Chittum, The Manufacturing 

Council, Room 4043, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230, 

telephone: 202–482–4501, e-mail: 

Marc.Chittum@mail.doc.gov. 

Dated: September 10, 2009. 

J. Marc Chittum, 

Executive Secretary, U.S. Travel and Tourism 

Advisory Board. 

[FR Doc. E9–22242 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Announcement of NIST Partnership 

Opportunities for Technology Transfer 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Announcement of NIST 

Partnership Opportunities for 

Technology Transfer. 

SUMMARY: The National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST) is 

interested in working with regional, 

state and local economic development 

organizations, technology incubation 

centers, technology-oriented publicprivate business development initiatives 

and other organizations and 

partnerships to facilitate the transfer of 

technologies developed within the NIST 

Labs to the private sector through 

potential licensing and/or collaboration. 

A sampling of commercially viable 

technologies developed at the NIST 

Labs may be viewed at: http:// 

www.nist.gov/patents. This is not an 

opportunity to apply for government 

funding and NIST will not make any 

funds available to any party pursuant to 

this announcement. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Office of Technology 

Partnerships, Attn: Clara Asmail, 

Building 222, Room A242, Gaithersburg, 

MD 20899. Information is also available 

via telephone: 301–975–2239, fax 301– 

975–3482, or e-mail: 

clara.asmail@nist.gov. Please reference 

‘‘Opportunities for Tech Transfer 

Partnerships’’ in any communications. 

Dated: September 10, 2009. 

Patrick Gallagher, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–22205 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of Petitions by Firms for 

Determination of Eligibility To Apply 

for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and opportunity for 

public comment. 

Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade 

Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.), the 

Economic Development Administration 

(EDA) has received petitions for 


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