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& Cold Storage Co., Union Gap, WA; 

Lotus Fruit Packing, Inc., Brewster, WA; 

Snokist Growers, Yakima, WA; and Tree 

To You, LLC, Chelan, WA. 

3. Change the listing of the following 

Member: Change ‘‘Congdon Orchards, 

Inc., Yakima, WA’’ to the new listing 

‘‘Congdon Packing Co. L.L.C., Yakima, 

WA’’. 

Dated: September 17, 2009. 

Jeffrey Anspacher, 

Acting Director, Office of Competition and 

Economic Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–22865 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

Interagency Ocean Policy Task 

Force—Interim Report 

AGENCY: Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability, ‘‘Interim 

Report of the Interagency Ocean Policy 

Task Force.’’ 

SUMMARY: On June 12, 2009, the 

President established an Interagency 

Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the 

Chair of the Council on Environmental 

Quality. The President’s memorandum 

charged the Task Force with, within 90 

days, developing recommendations that 

include: (1) A national policy for the 

oceans, our coasts, and the Great Lakes; 

(2) a United States framework for policy 

coordination of efforts to improve 

stewardship of the oceans, our coasts, 

and the Great Lakes; and (3) an 

implementation strategy that identifies 

and prioritizes a set of objectives the 

United States should pursue to meet the 

objectives of a national policy. 

On September 10, 2009, the Task 

Force submitted its interim report to the 

President addressing the first three tasks 

outlined above. To allow for additional 

public engagement and comment before 

the President makes any final decision 

on the interim report, the Task Force is 

issuing it for a 30-day public comment 

period. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before October 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The Task Force Interim 

Report is available at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/oceans. 

Comments on the Task Force Interim 

Report should be submitted 

electronically to http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/oceans or in 

writing to the Council on Environmental 

Quality, Attn: Michael Weiss, 722 

Jackson Place, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Weiss, Deputy Associate 

Director for Ocean and Coastal Policy, at 

(202) 456–6224. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

12, 2009, President Obama issued a 

Memorandum to the Heads of Executive 

Departments and Agencies that 

established an Interagency Ocean Policy 

Task Force, led by the Chair of the 

Council on Environmental Quality. That 

Presidential memo charged the Task 

Force with, within 90 days, developing 

recommendations that include: 

1. A national policy that ensures the 

protection, maintenance, and restoration 

of the health of ocean, coastal, and Great 

Lakes ecosystems and resources, 

enhances the sustainability of ocean and 

coastal economies, preserves our 

maritime heritage, provides for adaptive 

management to enhance our 

understanding of and capacity to 

respond to climate change, and is 

coordinated with our national security 

and foreign policy interests. The 

recommendation should prioritize 

upholding our stewardship 

responsibilities and ensuring 

accountability for all of our actions 

affecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes 

resources, and be consistent with 

international law, including customary 

international law as reflected in the 

1982 United Nations Convention on the 

Law of the Sea. 

2. A United States framework for 

policy coordination of efforts to improve 

stewardship of the oceans, our coasts, 

and the Great Lakes. The Task Force 

should review the Federal Government’s 

existing policy coordination framework 

to ensure integration and collaboration 

across jurisdictional lines in meeting the 

objectives of a national policy for the 

oceans, our coasts and the Great Lakes. 

This will include coordination with the 

work of the National Security Council 

and Homeland Security Council as they 

formulate and coordinate policy 

involving national and homeland 

security, including maritime security. 

The framework should also address 

specific recommendations to improve 

coordination and collaboration among 

Federal, State, tribal and local 

authorities, including regional 

governance structures. 

3. An implementation strategy that 

identifies and prioritizes a set of 

objectives the United States should 

pursue to meet the objectives of a 

national policy for the oceans, our 

coasts, and the Great Lakes. 

The Task Force was also charged 

with, within 180 days, developing a 

recommended framework for effective 

coastal and marine spatial planning. 

On September 10, 2009, the Task 

Force submitted its interim report to the 

President addressing the first three tasks 

laid out in the President’s 

Memorandum. To allow for additional 

public engagement and comment before 

the President makes any final decision 

on the interim report, the Task Force is 

issuing it for a 30-day public comment 

period. Though the main focus of the 

Task Force now turns to developing a 

recommended framework for effective 

coastal and marine spatial planning, due 

to the President by December 9, 2009, 

the Task Force anticipates that the 

Interim Report will be refined as the 

Task Force receives further thoughtful 

input from the public. With this 

continued public participation, the Task 

Force will be able to provide the 

President with the best possible final 

recommendation. 

Public comments are requested on or 

before October 17, 2009. 

September 17, 2009. 

Nancy Sutley, 

Chair, Council on Environmental Quality. 

[FR Doc. E9–22868 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

U.S. Air Force Academy Board of 

Visitors Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Air Force Academy Board 

of Visitors. 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9355, 

the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) 

Board of Visitors (BoV) will meet in the 

Russell Senate Office Building, Room 

236, Washington, DC, on 01 October 

2009. The meeting session will begin at 

8 a.m. The purpose of this meeting is to 

review morale and discipline, social 

climate, curriculum, instruction, 

physical equipment, fiscal affairs, 

academic methods, and other matters 

relating to the Academy. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as 

amended, and 41 CFR 102–3.155, the 

Administrative Assistant to Secretary of 

the Air Force has determined that a 

portion of this meeting shall be closed 

to the public. The Administrative 

Assistant to the Secretary of the Air 

Force, in consultation with the Office of 

the Air Force General Counsel, has 

determined in writing that the public 

interest requires that one portion of this 

meeting be closed to the public because 

it will involve matters covered by 

subsection (c)(6) of 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

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