Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 115 / Wednesday, June 14, 2000 / Notices 37361

2. ‘‘Supplier’’ means a person who

produces, provides, or sells a Product

and/or a Service.

A copy of this certificate will be kept

in the International Trade

Administration’s Freedom of

Information Records Inspection Facility

Room 4102, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–14984 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Availability of Seats for the Olympic

Coast National Marine Sanctuary

Advisory Council

AGENCY: National Marine Sanctuary

Program (NMSP) National Ocean

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice and request for

application.

SUMMARY: The Olympic Coast National

Marine Sanctuary is seeking applicants

for the education seat on its Sanctuary

Advisory Council (Council). Applicants

are chosen based upon their particular

expertise and experience in relation to

the seat for which they are applying;

community and professional affiliations;

philosophy regarding the conservation

and management of marine resources;

and the length of residence in the area

affected by the Secretary. Applicants

who are chosen as members should

expect to serve a three-year term,

pursuant to the Council’s Charter.

DATES: Applications are due by July 15,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be

obtained by contacting: Nancy Beres,

SAC Coordinator, Olympic Coast

National Marine Sanctuary, 138 West

1st Street, Port Angeles, Washington,

98362. Completed applications should

be sent to the same address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Beres, SAC Coordinator, Olympic

Coast National Marine Sanctuary, 138

West 1st Street, Port Angeles,

Washington, 98362. Telephone: (360)

457–66722 x 30 E-mail:

nancy.beres@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Olympic Coast National Marine

Sanctuary Advisory Council is

comprised of nineteen representatives of

various local and regional organizations

and agencies whose role is to advise the

Sanctuary Manager on matters of policy

and in reviewing strategic plans.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. Section 1431 et seq.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Ted Lillestolen,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management.

[FR Doc. 00–14907 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 051600C]

Taking and Importing Marine

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals

Incidental to Rocket Launches

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

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 1-year letter of

authorization to take small numbers of

seals and sea lions was issued on May

31, 2000, to the 30th Space Wing, U.S.

Air Force.

ADDRESSES: The letter of authorization

and supporting documentation are

available for review during regular

business hours in the following offices:

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910, and the Southwest Region,

NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth R. Hollingshead, Office of

Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 713–

2055, or Christina Fahy, NMFS, (562)

980–4023.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C.

1361 et seq.) directs NMFS to allow, on

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.

Permission 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

pertaining to the monitoring and

reporting of such taking. Regulations

governing the taking of seals and sea

lions incidental to missile and rocket

launches, aircraft flight test operations,

and helicopter operations at Vandenberg

Air Force Base, CA were published on

March 1, 1999 (64 FR 9925), and remain

in effect until December 31, 2003.

Issuance of this letter of authorization

is based on a finding that the total

takings will have no more than a

negligible impact on the seal and sea

lion populations off the Vandenberg

coast and on the Northern Channel

Islands.

Dated: May 31, 2000.

Donald R. Knowles,

Director, Office of Protected Resources,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 050500E]

Marine Mammals; File No. 909–1465–00

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Daniel Engelhaupt, Biological Sciences

Department, University of Durham,

Science Laboratories, South Road,

Durham, DH1 3LE, England, has

requested an amendment to Scientific

Research Permit No. 909–1465–00.