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species-specific dealer-reported 

information. Reducing the number of 

unknown and improperly identified 

sharks will improve quota monitoring 

and the data used in stock assessments. 

These workshops will train shark dealer 

permit holders or their proxies to 

properly identify Atlantic shark 

carcasses. 

Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshops 

Since January 1, 2007, shark limited 

access and swordfish limited access 

permit holders who fish with longline 

or gillnet gear, have been required to 

submit a copy of their Protected Species 

Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshop certificate in 

order to renew either permit (71 FR 

58057; October 2, 2006). These 

certificate(s) are valid for three years. As 

such, vessel owners who have not 

already attended a workshop and 

received a NMFS certificate, or vessel 

owners whose certificate(s) are due to 

expire in 2009, must attend one of the 

workshops offered in 2009 to fish with, 

or renew, their swordfish and shark 

limited access permits. Additionally, 

new shark and swordfish limited access 

permit applicants who intend to fish 

with longline or gillnet gear must attend 

a Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshop 

and submit a copy of their workshop 

certificate before either of the permits 

will be issued. 

In addition to certifying permit 

holders, all longline and gillnet vessel 

operators fishing on a vessel issued a 

limited access swordfish or limited 

access shark permit are required to 

attend a Protected Species Safe 

Handling, Release, and Identification 

Workshop and receive a certificate. The 

certificate(s) are valid for three years. 

Vessels that have been issued a limited 

access swordfish or limited access shark 

permit may not fish unless both the 

vessel owner and operator have valid 

workshop certificates onboard at all 

times. Approximately 70 free Protected 

Species Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshops have been 

conducted since 2006. 

Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations 

1. October 14, 2009, from 9 a.m. – 5 

p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 1101 U.S. 

Highway 231, Panama City, FL 32405. 

2. October 28, 2009, from 9 a.m. – 5 

p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 5353 North 

Virginia Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC 

27949. 

3. November 11, 2009, from 9 a.m. – 

5 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn (at 

Providence airport), 1 Thurber Street, 

Warwick, RI 02886. 

4. November 18, 2009, from 9 a.m. – 

5 p.m., Magnolia Plantation Hotel, 

16391 Robinson Road, Gulfport, MS 

39503. 

5. December 1, 2009, from 9 a.m. – 5 

p.m., Days Inn (Midtown), 3224 South 

U.S. Highway 1, Fort Pierce, FL 34982. 

6. December 16, 2009, from 9 a.m. – 

5 p.m., Holiday Inn, 3845 Veterans 

Memorial Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY 

11779. 

Registration 

To register for a scheduled Protected 

Species Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshop, please contact 

Angler Conservation Education at (386) 

852–9137, 1640 Mason Avenue, 

Daytona Beach, FL 32117. 

Registration Materials 

To ensure that workshop certificates 

are linked to the correct permits, 

participants will need to bring the 

following items with them to the 

workshop: 

Individual vessel owners must bring a 

copy of the appropriate permit(s), a 

copy of the vessel registration or 

documentation, and proof of 

identification. 

Representatives of a business owned 

or co-owned vessel must bring proof 

that the individual is an agent of the 

business (such as articles of 

incorporation), a copy of the applicable 

permit(s), and proof of identification. 

Vessel operators must bring proof of 

identification. 

Workshop Objectives 

The protected species safe handling, 

release, and identification workshops 

are designed to teach longline and 

gillnet fishermen the required 

techniques for the safe handling and 

release of entangled and/or hooked 

protected species, such as sea turtles, 

marine mammals, and smalltooth 

sawfish. The proper identification of 

protected species will also be taught at 

these workshops in an effort to improve 

reporting. Additionally, individuals 

attending these workshops will gain a 

better understanding of the 

requirements for participating in these 

fisheries. The overall goal of these 

workshops is to provide participants 

with the skills needed to reduce the 

mortality of protected species, which 

may prevent additional regulations on 

these fisheries in the future. 

Grandfathered Permit Holders 

Participants in the industry-sponsored 

workshops on safe handling and release 

of sea turtles that were held in Orlando, 

FL (April 8, 2005) and in New Orleans, 

LA (June 27, 2005) were issued a NOAA 

workshop certificate in December 2006 

that is valid for three years. These 

workshop certificates may be expiring 

in 2009. Vessel owners and operators 

whose certificates expire prior to permit 

renewal in 2009 must attend a 

workshop, successfully complete the 

course, and obtain a new certificate in 

order to renew their limited access 

shark and limited access swordfish 

permits. Failure to provide a valid 

NOAA workshop certificate could result 

in a permit denial. 

Dated: September 3, 2009. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–21842 Filed 9–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

[Docket No. 0908061222–91268–03] 

RIN 0660–ZA29 

State Broadband Data and 

Development Grant Program 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of funds availability; 

clarification of period of performance. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce, publishes 

this Notice to provide clarification 

regarding the period of performance for 

awards under the State Broadband Data 

and Development Grant Program as set 

forth in the Notice of Funds Availability 

and Solicitation of Applications (NOFA) 

published on July 8, 2009. 

DATES: NTIA implements this notice as 

of September 10, 2009. All amended 

budgets must be submitted to NTIA no 

later than 11:59 p.m. ET on September 

15, 2009, as more fully described in this 

Notice. 

ADDRESSES: All amended budgets must 

be submitted through the online 

Grants.gov system. NTIA requests that 

Applicants also submit a courtesy copy 

to broadbandmapping@ntia.doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne W. Neville, Program Director, 

State Broadband Data and Development 

Grant Program, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Room 4716, Washington, DC 


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1State Broadband Data and Development Grant 

Program, Notice of Funds Availability and 

Solicitation of Applications, 74 FR 32545 (July 8, 

2009) (NOFA). 

2 74 FR 32550. 

20230; by telephone at (202) 482–4949 

or via electronic mail at 

broadbandmapping@ntia.doc.gov. 

Information about the State Broadband 

Data and Development Grant Program 

can also be obtained electronically via 

the Internet at http:// 

www.broadbandusa.gov/ 

broadband_mapping.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 8, 

2009, NTIA published a Notice of Funds 

Availability (NOFA) in the Federal 

Register to announce the availability of 

funds for the State Broadband Data and 

Development Grant Program pursuant to 

the authority provided in the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

(Recovery Act), Public Law 111–5, 123 

Stat. 115 (2009), and the Broadband 

Data Improvement Act (BDIA), Title I, 

Public Law 110–385, 122 Stat. 4096 

(2008).1 In the NOFA, NTIA provided 

that the period of performance for 

awards under the Program would be five 

years from the date of award.2

NTIA’s highest priority with respect 

to this Program is to facilitate the 

development and maintenance of a 

national broadband map. The Agency 

seeks to develop the map in such a way 

that encourages continually improved 

data collection efforts while maintaining 

fiscal responsibility, resulting in a map 

that meets the requirements of Congress 

and the needs of all stakeholders, 

including policymakers and consumers. 

To that end, NTIA has determined that 

it will at this time fund mapping and 

data collection efforts for two years and 

will assess lessons learned, determine 

best practices, and investigate 

opportunities for improved data 

collection prior to obligating funding for 

subsequent years. NTIA now clarifies 

that the initial period of performance for 

funds allocated to Broadband Mapping 

purposes will be two (2) years from the 

date of award and any subsequent 

funding will be subject to and 

contingent upon the agency’s review of 

program priorities and the availability of 

funds. 

NTIA will review and negotiate 

awards based on the five-year budget 

that applicants have already submitted. 

In light of this clarification, however, 

NTIA will allow an applicant to submit 

a new budget on SF 424A reflecting any 

revisions necessary for the first two 

years of the award period (2009–2010, 

2010–2011). Any revised budget must 

be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on 

September 15, 2009, through the online 

Grants.gov system. NTIA requests that 

Applicants also submit a courtesy copy 

to broadbandmapping@ntia.doc.gov. 

The period of performance for funds 

allocated to Broadband Planning 

purposes will remain five (5) years from 

the date of award. All other 

requirements provided in the Notice 

published on July 8, 2009, remain 

unchanged. 

Dated: September 4, 2009. 

Lawrence E. Strickling, 

Assistant Secretary for Communications and 

Information. 

[FR Doc. E9–21797 Filed 9–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3560–60–P 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Global Markets Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

The Commission’s Global Markets 

Advisory Committee will conduct a 

public meeting on September 30, 2009. 

The meeting will take place in the first 

floor hearing room of the Commission’s 

Washington, DC headquarters, Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581 from 1 p.m. to 5 

p.m. There will also be a live broadcast 

of the meeting via webcast. To view the 

live webcast from a desktop PC with 

Internet access go to http:// 

www.cftc.gov. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss global markets issues related to 

the Commission’s regulatory 

responsibilities. The meeting will be 

chaired by Commissioner Jill Sommers 

who is Chairman of the Global Markets 

Advisory Committee. 

The agenda will consist of the 

following: 

• Opening Remarks from 

Commissioners/Introduction of GMAC 

Members. 

• Update on IOSCO Issues. 

• Bankruptcy Issues—CFTC/UK FSA/ 

Lehman Brothers. 

• Overview of Treasury Proposal to 

Regulate OTC Derivatives/CFTC 

Legislative Language. 

• Presentation by UK FSA on OTC 

Derivatives. 

• New Business. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Any member of the public who wishes 

to file a written statement with the 

committee should mail a copy of the 

statement to the attention of: Global 

Markets Advisory Committee, c/o 

Commissioner Jill Sommers, Three 

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20581, before the 

meeting. Members of the public who 

wish to make oral statements should 

inform Commissioner Sommers in 

writing at the foregoing address at least 

three business days before the meeting. 

Reasonable provision will be made, if 

time permits, for oral presentations of 

no more than five minutes each in 

duration. 

For further information concerning 

this meeting, please contact Andrew 

Morton at 202–418–5030. 

Issued by the Commission in Washington, 

DC on September 4, 2009. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–21856 Filed 9–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 09–C0034] 

Hill Sportswear, Inc., Provisional 

Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement 

and Order 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: It is the policy of the 

Commission to publish settlements 

which it provisionally accepts under the 

Consumer Product Safety Act in the 

Federal Register in accordance with the 

terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published 

below is a provisionally accepted 

Settlement Agreement with Hill 

Sportswear, Inc., containing a civil 

penalty of $100,000.00. Commissioner 

Nancy Nord issued a statement that is 

available on the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.cpsc.gov. 

DATES: Any interested person may ask 

the Commission not to accept this 

agreement or otherwise comment on its 

contents by filing a written request with 

the Office of the Secretary by September 

25, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to 

comment on this Settlement Agreement 

should send written comments to the 

Comment 09–C0034, Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Room 502, Bethesda, Maryland 20814– 

4408. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth 

B. Popkin, Lead Trial Attorney, Division 

of Compliance, Office of the General 

Counsel, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland 20814–4408; 

telephone (301) 504–7612 and Renee K. 

Haslett, Trial Attorney, (same address); 

telephone (301) 504–7673. 


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