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Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on this request should be 

submitted to the Chief, Permits, 

Conservation and Education Division, 

F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East–West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those 

individuals requesting a hearing should 

set forth the specific reasons why a 

hearing on this particular modification 

request would be appropriate. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile at (301)713–0376, provided 

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy 

submitted by mail and postmarked no 

later than the closing date of the 

comment period. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

e–mail. The mailbox address for 

providing e–mail comments is 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include 

in the subject line of the e–mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: File No. 10022–01. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Opay or Amy Hapeman, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject modification to Permit No. 

10022, issued on April 29, 2008 (73 FR 

23195) is requested under the authority 

of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

the regulations governing the taking, 

importing, and exporting of endangered 

and threatened species (50 CFR 222– 

226). 

Permit No. 10022 authorizes the 

permit holder to conduct research off 

the northwest coast of Florida for 5 

years. Researchers may capture up to 40 

loggerhead (Caretta caretta), 600 green 

(Chelonia mydas), and 110 Kemp’s 

ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles 

using strike–net or set–net capture 

techniques. Animals may be weighed, 

measured, photographed, skin biopsied, 

flipper and passive integrated 

transponder (PIT) tagged, and released. 

The permit holder requests 

authorization to use satellite telemetry 

to assess habitat use of sea turtles and 

study whether relocation distances for 

sea turtles captured in relocation 

trawlers are appropriate. The permit 

holder would attach transmitters to up 

to 12 green sea turtles captured by their 

project by research nets in St. Joseph 

Bay, Apalachicola Bay, and St. Andrews 

Bay. The permit holder would also 

attach transmitters to up to 25 green, 

hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), 

Kemp’s ridley, and loggerhead sea 

turtles (any combination) already legally 

captured by relocation trawlers in the 

St. Andrews Bay area. These animals 

would also be flipper and PIT tagged, 

measured, photographed, tissue 

sampled and weighed before release. 

The activities authorized by the 

modification would occur over the 

course of the permit through April 30, 

2013. 

Dated: September 24, 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 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XR89 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold its 102nd Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) and 146th Council 

meetings to take recommendations and 

action on fishery management issues in 

the Western Pacific Region. 

DATES: The 102nd SSC Meeting will be 

held October 14–16, 2009, and the 146th 

Council meeting will be held October 

20–23, 2009. All meetings will be held 

in Honolulu, HI. For specific times and 

agendas, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The SSC meetings will be 

held at the Council Office, 1164 Bishop 

Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813, 

telephone: (808) 522–8220. The Council 

Meeting will be held at the Laniakea 

YWCA-Fuller Hall, 1040 Richards 

Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, telephone: 

(808) 538–7061. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 

telephone: (808) 522–8220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

addition to the agenda items listed here, 

the SSC and Council will hear 

recommendations from Council 

advisory groups. Public comment 

periods will be provided throughout the 

agendas. The order in which agenda 

items are addressed may change. The 

meetings will run as late as necessary to 

complete scheduled business. 

Schedule and Agenda for 102nd SSC 

Meeting 

8:30 a.m., Wednesday October 14, 2009 

1. Introductions 

2. Approval of Draft Agenda and 

Assignment of Rapporteurs 

3. Status of the 101st SSC Meeting 

Recommendations 

4. Report from the Pacific Islands 

Fisheries Science Center Director 

5. Program Planning 

A. Update on Catch Shares Task Force 

B. Habitat 

1. Habitat Assessment and 

Improvement Plan 

2. Report on Deep-Slope Habitat 

Workshop 

3. Review of Essential Fish Habitat 

(EFH) and Habitat Areas of Particular 

Concern (HAPC) 

C. Public Hearing 

D. Discussion and Recommendations 

6. Insular Fisheries 

A. Hawaii Archipelago 

1. Western Pacific Stock Assessment 

Review (WPSAR) of Hawaii bottomfish 

2. Haleiwa Shark Viewing Tour 

Research 

3. Larval Dispersal Model 

B. Recommendations on Acceptable 

Biological Catches for Insular Stocks 

(Action) 

C. Public Hearing 

D. Discussion and Recommendations 

8:30 a.m., Thursday October 15, 2009 

7. Pelagic Fisheries 

A. Longline Management 

1. Recommendations on Tuna Quota 

Management (Action) 

2. Recommendations on Territory 

Bigeye Longline Quotas (Action) 

B. Non-Longline Management 

1. Social and economic aspects of 

Hawaii’s small boat fisheries 

2. Cross Seamount Total Allowable 

Catch 

3. Main Hawaiian Islands shortline 

management 

C. Update on Blue Shark Stock 

Assessment 

D. Hawaii Longline Shark Bycatch 

Information 

E. American Samoa and Hawaii 

Longline Quarterly Reports 

F. International Fisheries/Meetings 

1. Stock Assessments 

a. Western & Central Pacific Ocean 

(WCPO) Bigeye Tuna 

b. WCPO Yellowfin Tuna 

c. South Pacific Albacore Tuna 

d. North Pacific Swordfish Tuna 

1. Report of the Western & Central 

Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) 

Science Committee 

2. Report of the WCPFC Northern 

Committee 

3. Report of the WCPFC Technical & 

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4. Report on North Pacific Regional 

Fishery Management Organization’s 

Science Plan - Bob Humphreys 

G. Pelagic Plan Team Report - Keith 

Bigelow 

H. Public Hearing 

I. Discussion and Recommendations 

8. Protected Species 

A. Loggerhead Status Review 

B. Public Hearing 

C. Discussion and Recommendations 

8:30 a.m., Friday October 16, 2009 

9. Other Business 

A. 103rd SSC Meeting 

10. Summary of SSC 

Recommendations to the Council 

Schedule for 146th Council Meeting 

Standing Committees 

10 a.m. - 12 noon, Tuesday October 20, 

2009 

Executive and Budget Standing 

Committee Meeting Schedule and 

Agenda for 146th Council Meeting 

2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 20, 

2009 

1. Introductions 

2. Approval of Agenda 

3. Approval of 145th Meeting Minutes 

4. Executive Director’s Report 

5. Agency Reports 

A. National Marine Fisheries Service 

1. Pacific Islands Regional Office 

2. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science 

Center 

B. NOAA General Counsel 

C. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

D. Law Enforcement 

1. U.S. Coast Guard 

2. NOAA NMFS Office for Law 

Enforcement 

3. NOAA General Counsel for 

Enforcement and Litigation 

E. Public Comments 

F. Council Discussion and Action 

6. Public Comments on Non-Agenda 

Items 

9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wednesday, October 21, 

2009 

Guest Speaker: Effects of El Nino in 

the Western Pacific Region 

7. Mariana Archipelago Fisheries 

A. Island Reports - Council Members 

1. Arongol Faleey 

2. Isla Informe 

B. Enforcement Report - Council 

Members 

1. Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands (CNMI) 

2. Guam 

C. Community Issues 

1. CNMI Division of Fish & Wildlife 

Effectiveness Model for Meeting the 

Conservation Goals of the Micronesian 

Challenge 

2. Update on Military Buildup 

3. Report on Guam Bio-sampling 

Workshop 

4. Guam Marine Conservation Plan 

(Action) 

D. Education and Outreach Reports 

1. CNMI 

2. Guam 

E. Legislative Reports 

F. SSC Recommendations 

G. Public Hearing 

H. Council Discussion and Action 

8. American Samoa Archipelago 

Fisheries 

A. Motu Lipoti 

B. Enforcement Report 

C. Community Issues 

1. Update on Proposed National 

Marine Sanctuaries 

2. Cannery Closure & Fisheries 

Development 

D. Education and Outreach Report 

E. Fono Report 

F. SSC Recommendations 

G. Public Comment 

H. Council Discussion and Action 

9. Hawaii Archipelago and Pacific 

Remote Islands Area Fisheries 

A. Moku Pepa 

B. Enforcement Report 

C. Community Issues 

1. Small Boat Fisheries in Hawaii 

2. Hawaii Community Coordinator 

Projects 

3. Fish Labeling Issues 

4. Haleiwa Shark Viewing 

D. Hawaii Precious Coral Fisheries 

1. Report on CITES Corallium 

Workshops 

E. Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish 

Fisheries 

1. Western Pacific Stock Assessment 

Review of Hawaii bottomfish 

2. Report on Catch Shares Task Force 

F. FMP Amendment for Managements 

of Hancock Seamount 

G. Hawaii Education Report 

H. Legislative Report 

I. SSC Recommendations 

J. Public Comment 

K. Council Discussion and Action 

Fishers Forum: Fishermen as Scientists 

6 p.m. - 9 p.m., Wednesday, October 21, 

2009 

Aloha Tower Marketplace, Pier 11 

9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday, October 22, 

2009 

10. Program Planning and Research 

A. Recommendations for Annual 

Catch Limits for Known-MSY Species in 

the Western Pacific 

B. Data Collection 

1. Update on Marine Recreational 

Improvement Program 

2. Recommendations on Recreational 

Fishery Permitting and Reporting in the 

Western Pacific Region 

C.3. Report on the Non-Commercial 

Fisheries Advisory Committee Meeting 

D. Recommendations for Aquaculture 

Management in the Western Pacific 

1. Proposed Changes to the Council’s 

Aquaculture Policy (Action) 

2. Options for Aquaculture 

Management in the Western Pacific 

E. Recommendations for Framework 

Process for Council Actions 

F. Research 

1. Information and Data Needs for 

Archipelago FEPs 

G. Habitat 

1. Habitat Assessment and 

Improvement Plan 

2. Report on Deep-slope Habitat 

Workshop 

H. Compensation for Fishermen 

Excluded from Pacific Monuments 

I. National and International 

Education and Outreach Reports 

J. SSC Recommendations 

K. Public Hearing 

L. Council Discussion and Action - 

Sean Martin 

11. Pelagic and International Fisheries 

Committee Chair 

A. Action Items 

1. Recommendations for Management 

of Hawaii Longline Tuna Quota (Action) 

2. Recommendations for Territorial 

Longline Quotas (Action) 

3. Recommendations for Options for 

Shortline Management in the Main 

Hawaiian Islands Longline Exclusion 

Zone 

4. Options for Management of Tuna 

and Seamount Monchong at the Cross 

Seamount 

B. Longline Fishery Quarterly Reports 

1. American Samoa Longline Fishery 

2. Hawaii Limited-entry Longline 

Fishery 

C. Hawaii Longline Shark Bycatch 

Information 

D. Report on U.S. Purse Seine Fishing 

in the Western Pacific 

E. International Fisheries/Meetings 

1. Western & Central Pacific Fisheries 

Commission 

a. Science Committee 

b. Northern Committee 

c. Technical Compliance Committee 

2. North Pacific Seamount Regional 

Fisheries Management Organization 

F. Sea Turtle Advisory Committee 

Recommendations 

G. Pelagic Plan Team 

Recommendations 

H. SSC Recommendations 

I. Public Hearing 

J. Council Discussion and Action 

9 a.m. - noon, Friday, October 23, 2009 

12. Administrative Matters and 

Budgets 

A. Financial Report 

1. Five Year Budget and Program 

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B. Administrative Report 

C. Meetings and Workshops 

(Calendar) 

D. Council Family Changes 

E. Recommendations on Changes to 

Standard Operation Proceedings & 

Practices (Action) 

1. NMFS Operational Guidelines 

2. GAO Recommendations 

F. Update on General Accounting 

Office Recommendations 

G. Executive and Budget Standing 

Committee Recommendations 

H. Public Comment 

I. Council Discussion and Action 

13. Other Business 

A. Ethics Guidance 

B. Closed Session 

1. Personnel Matters 

2. General Counsel Report to Council 

on Litigation 

B. Election of Officers 

C. 147th Council Meeting 

Non-emergency issues not contained 

in this agenda may come before the 

Council for discussion and formal 

Council action during its 146th meeting. 

However, Council action on regulatory 

issues will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this document and 

any regulatory issue arising after 

publication of this document that 

requires emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the Council’s intent to take action to 

address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, 

(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522– 

8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: September 25, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, September 

30, 2009, 2 p.m. 

PLACE: Room 714, Bethesda Towers, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 

Maryland. 

STATUS: Closed to the Public. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Compliance 

Weekly Report—Commission Briefing; 

the staff will brief the Commission on 

various compliance matters. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: September 23, 2009. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, October 7, 

2009, 2 p.m. 

PLACE: Hearing Room 420, Bethesda 

Towers, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland. 

STATUS: Closed to the Public. 

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Compliance Weekly Report— 

Commission Briefing 

The staff will brief the Commission on 

various compliance matters. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 

504–7923. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, October 7, 

2009, 9 a.m.–12 noon. 

PLACE: Hearing Room 420, Bethesda 

Towers, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, Maryland. 

STATUS: Open to the Public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. GAO 

Presentation on Their Report, Better 

Information and Planning Would 

Strengthen CPSC ’s Oversight of 

Imported Products. 

2. CPSC Staff Presentation on Actions 

Being Taken to Implement the 

Recommendations in the GAO Report. 

3. CPSA 15j—Status of Substantial 

Hazard Listing on Drawstrings and Hair 

Dryers. 

4. Status Product Registration Cards. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Meeting of the Board of 

Visitors of the Marine Corps University 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Visitors of the 

Marine Corps University (BOV MCU) 

will meet to review, develop and 

provide recommendations on 

communication aspects of the 

University in order to further the growth 

and internal communication practices of 

the Marine Corps University. All 

sessions of the meeting will be open to 

the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Friday, October 30, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Embassy Suites Alexandria—Old 

Town. The address is: 1900 Diagonal 

Road, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, 

telephone number (703) 684–5900. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Davi Michelle Richardson, Faculty 

Development Coordinator, Marine Corps 

University Board of Visitors, 2076 South 

Street, Quantico, Virginia 22134, 

telephone number (703) 784–2884. 

Dated: September 23, 2009. 

A.M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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