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DATES: Please submit nominations by 

October 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations 

to Jeri Green, Chief, Census Advisory 

Committee Office, U.S. Census Bureau, 

Room 8H156, Suitland Federal Center, 

4700 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233, telephone 301–763–6590. 

Nominations also may be submitted via 

fax (301–763–8609) or by e-mail to 

jeri.green@census.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri 

Green, Chief, Census Advisory 

Committee Office, Census Bureau, Room 

8H156, Suitland Federal Center, 4700 

Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 

20233, telephone 301–763–6590, or email to jeri.green@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2010 

CAC was established in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.), 

Appendix 2). The following provides 

information about the Committee, 

membership, and nomination process: 

Objectives and Duties 

1. The 2010 CAC considers the needs 

of the decennial census from the 

perspective of outside data users and 

other organizations having a substantial 

interest and expertise in the conduct 

and outcome of the decennial. The 

Committee will provide advice on how 

best the Census Bureau can effectively 

and efficiently accomplish its decennial 

goals and objectives. 

2. The 2010 CAC addresses policy, 

research, and technical issues related to 

the design and implementation of the 

2010 decennial census, including the 

American Community Survey. 

3. The Committee functions solely as 

an advisory body under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. 

Membership 

1. The Secretary of Commerce 

appoints the member organizations and 

designates the Chair and Vice-Chair of 

the Committee. 

2. The 2010 CAC consists of a Chair, 

Vice-Chair, and a designated 

representative from each member 

organization. The 2010 CAC is 

expanding from 20 to 30 member 

organizations. Member organizations 

represent data users, general 

governmental entities, technology-based 

organizations, and entities with 

expertise in the statutory and 

constitutional uses of census data, 

including redistricting. Membership 

includes ex-officio members 

representing U.S. Senate and House of 

Representatives’ Committees with 

census oversight responsibilities. A 

representative from the Census 

Advisory Committees on Race and 

Ethnic Populations also serves as exofficio member. Ex-officio members 

serve in a non-voting capacity. 

3. Committee members are selected in 

accordance with applicable Department 

of Commerce guidelines. The 

Committee’s composition should reflect 

a balance of viewpoints and 

perspectives, considering such factors as 

geography, diversity in the sectors 

represented (i.e., business and industry, 

academia, consumers, etc.), and the 

public-at-large. The size and the scope 

of the member organizations also are 

considered. 

4. Committee members should have 

relevant backgrounds and experience to 

significantly assist and/or contribute to 

the overall functions, tasks, and 

missions of the decennial census. The 

members should bring diverse 

perspectives and be able to provide 

advice on policy and technical issues 

affecting the goals of ongoing decennial 

programs, surveys, and initiatives. 

5. The Committee has the fewest 

number of members necessary to 

accomplish the objectives of the Charter. 

Committee membership will not 

duplicate other organizations, interests, 

or communities already represented on 

existing census advisory committees or 

census consultation groups (i.e., Census 

Information Centers or State Data 

Centers). 

6. Committee members report to the 

Director of the Census Bureau. 

Miscellaneous 

1. Members of the Committee serve 

without compensation, but the Census 

Bureau will, upon request, reimburse 

travel expenses, as authorized by 5 

U.S.C. 5701, et. seq., dealing with travel 

and subsistence expenses. 

2. The Committee meets at least once 

a year. Meetings are one to two days in 

duration. 

3. Committee meetings are open to the 

public. 

Nomination Information 

1. The Census Bureau is seeking 

nominations to fill 10 seats on the 2010 

CAC to include organizations that are 

knowledgeable about issues related to 

the uses of the census data, general 

governmental entities, data users, 

research and technology-based 

organizations, businesses, children and 

youth, privacy and/or organizations 

serving historically undercounted 

populations. 

2. Member organizations shall serve a 

term of three years. Members may be 

invited to serve a second subsequent 

term contingent upon the organization’s 

active participation in advisory 

committee activities, overall advisory 

committee needs for that organization’s 

expertise and specialized advice, and 

the status and schedule of decennial 

planning activities and implementation. 

3. Nominations of organizations may 

come from individuals or organizations. 

Organizations also may self-nominate. A 

summary of the organization’s 

qualifications and the experience that 

qualifies it for membership should be 

included in the nomination letter. 

Nominated organizations must be able 

to actively participate in the tasks of the 

Committee, including, but not limited to 

regular meeting attendance, review of 

materials, and participation in 

conference calls, working groups, and 

special committee activities. 

4. The Department of Commerce is 

committed to equal opportunity in the 

workplace and seeks diverse Committee 

membership. 

Dated: September 10, 2009. 

Robert M. Groves, 

Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. E9–22448 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XQ80 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to the Port of Anchorage 

Marine Terminal Redevelopment 

Project 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of a Letter of 

Authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, and 

implementing regulations, notification 

is hereby given that a Letter of 

Authorization (LOA) has been issued to 

the Port of Anchorage (POA) and the 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

Maritime Administration (MAARD), to 

take four species of marine mammals 

incidental to the POA’s Marine 

Terminal Redevelopment Project. 

DATES: Effective July 15, 2009, through 

July 14, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The LOA and supporting 

documentation are available for review 

by writing to P. Michael Payne, Chief, 

Permits, Conservation, and Education 

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National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910–3225 or by 

telephoning one of the contacts listed 

below. Documents cited in this notice 

may be viewed, by appointment, during 

regular business hours, at the 

aforementioned address and at the 

Alaska Regional Office, 222 West 7th 

Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99513. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaclyn Daly, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to 

allow, upon request, the incidental, but 

not intentional, taking of small numbers 

of marine mammals by U.S. citizens 

who engage in a specified activity (other 

than commercial fishing) within a 

specified geographical region if certain 

findings are made and regulations are 

issued. Under the MMPA, the term 

‘‘taking’’ means to harass, hunt, capture, 

or kill or to attempt to harass, hunt, 

capture, or kill marine mammals. 

Authorization may be granted for 

periods up to 5 years if NMFS finds, 

after notification and opportunity for 

public comment, that the taking will 

have a negligible impact on the species 

or stock(s) of marine mammals and will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on the availability of the species or 

stock(s) for subsistence uses. In 

addition, NMFS must prescribe 

regulations that include permissible 

methods of taking and other means 

effecting the least practicable adverse 

impact on the species and its habitat 

and on the availability of the species for 

subsistence uses, paying particular 

attention to rookeries, mating grounds, 

and areas of similar significance. The 

regulations must include requirements 

for monitoring and reporting of such 

taking. 

Regulations governing the taking of 

Cook Inlet beluga whales 

(Delphinapterus leucas), harbor 

porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), killer 

whales (Orcinus orca), and harbor seals 

(Phoca vitulina), by harassment, 

incidental to in-water pile driving were 

issued on July 15, 2009 (74 FR 35136), 

and remain in effect until July 14, 2014. 

For detailed information on this action, 

please refer to that document. These 

regulations include mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

for the incidental take of marine 

mammals during the specified activity. 

Consistent with the regulations and 

associated rule making, NMFS has 

issued an LOA to the POA authorizing 

the incidental take of the four marine 

mammal species listed above that may 

result from in-water pile driving and 

chipping associated with the MTRP. 

Analysis of effects on those marine 

mammals and their availability for 

subsistence uses can be found in the 

final rule cited above for this action. 

Issuance of the LOA is based on a 

finding made in the preamble to the 

final rule that the total taking by these 

activities (with mitigation, monitoring, 

and reporting requirements) will have 

no more than a negligible impact on the 

affected species or stocks and will not 

have an unmitigable adverse impact on 

their availability for taking for 

subsistence uses. NMFS further finds 

the POA will satisfy the requirements in 

the regulations and LOA, as it has done 

in a prior take authorization. 

As stated in the regulations and LOA, 

take of marine mammals will be 

minimized through implementation of 

the following mitigation measures: (1) if 

a marine mammal is detected within or 

approaching the Level A or impact and 

vibratory pile driving Level B 

harassment isopleths (200 m, 350m and 

1,300 m, respectively) prior to in-water 

pile driving or chipping, those 

operations shall be immediately delayed 

or suspended until the marine mammal 

moves outside these designated zones or 

the animal is not detected within 15 

minutes of the last sighting; (2) in-water 

impact pile driving shall not occur 

during the period from two hours before 

low tide until two hours after low tide; 

(3) in-water piles will be driven with a 

vibratory hammer to the maximum 

extent possible (i.e., until a desired 

depth is achieved or to refusal) prior to 

using an impact hammer; (4) in-water 

pile driving or chipping shall not occur 

when conditions restrict clear, visible 

detection of all waters within 

harassment zones; (5) A ’’soft start’’ 

technique shall be used at the beginning 

of each day’s in-water pile driving 

activities or if pile driving has ceased 

for more than one hour to allow any 

marine mammal that may be in the 

immediate area to leave before piling 

driving reaches full energy; (6) if a 

group of more than 5 beluga whales or 

group with a calf is sighted within the 

Level B harassment isopleths, in-water 

pile driving shall be suspended; and (7) 

for operated in-water heavy machinery 

work other than pile driving or chipping 

(i.e., dredging, dump scowles, linetug 

boats used to move barges, barge 

mounted hydraulic excavators, or 

clamshell equipment used to place or 

remove material), if a marine mammal 

comes within 50 m, those operations 

will cease and vessels will reduce to the 

slowest speed practicable while still 

maintaining control of the vessel and 

safe working conditions. 

NMFS-approved marine mammal 

observers (MMOs) will be stationed at 

the port during all in-water pile driving 

and chipping. In addition, the POA and 

MARAD shall employ a scientific 

marine mammal monitoring team 

separate from the on-site MMOs to 

characterize beluga whale abundance, 

movements, behavior, and habitat use 

around the Port of Anchorage and 

observe, analyze, and document 

potential changes in behavior in 

response to in-water construction work. 

This monitoring team is not required to 

be present during all in-water pile 

driving operations but will continue 

monitoring one-year post in-water 

construction. The on-site MMOs and 

this marine mammal monitoring team 

shall remain in contact to alert each 

other to marine mammal presence when 

both teams are working. 

The POA and MARAD shall submit 

monthly reports, due the 10th of each 

month, summarizing all in-water 

construction activities and marine 

mammal monitoring sighting sheets. In 

addition, an annual report shall be due 

sixty days before expiration of the LOA. 

This report shall summarize monthly 

reports and any apparent long or short 

term impacts the MTRP may be having 

on marine mammals. This LOA will be 

renewed annually based on review of 

the annual monitoring report. 

Dated: September 10, 2009. 

James H. Lecky, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–22501 Filed 9–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Proposed Addition 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Addition to 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add to the Procurement List a service 

to be provided by nonprofit agency 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

Comments Must Be Received on or 

Before: 10/19/2009. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 


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