Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 127 / Friday, June 30, 2000 / Notices 40613

Western Pacific are required to provide

certain information about their fishing

activities. The information is needed for

the management of the fishery.

Affected Public: Businesses and other

for-profit organizations, and

individuals.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395-3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482-3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 6086, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or

via the Internet at

lengelme@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk

Officer, Room 10202, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–16537 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 062700A]

South Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council will hold meetings

of its Marine Reserves Advisory Panel

(AP), Rock Shrimp AP, and Dolphin

Wahoo AP in Charleston, South

Carolina.

DATES: These meetings will be held July

26–August 3, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held

at the Town and Country Inn, 2008

Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC

29407; telephone: 843–571–1000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Iverson, Public Information Officer;

telephone: (843) 571–4366; fax: (843)

769–4520; email: kim.iverson@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meetings are scheduled as follows:

Wednesday, July 26, 2000, 8:30–5

p.m. and Thursday, July 27, 2000, 8:30–

3 p.m.—-The Marine Reserves AP.

The Marine Reserves AP will meet to

review comments received during the

informal meeting and public scoping

process and will discuss the advisory

panel’s recommendation as to which

direction the Council should move

regarding the use of marine reserves as

a management tool.

Tuesday, August 1, 2000, 1:30–5 p.m.

and Wednesday, August 2, 2000, 8 a.m.–

12 noon—-The Rock Shrimp AP.

The Rock Shrimp AP will meet to

review landings and permit information

for the rock shrimp fishery and discuss

issues and develop preliminary

recommendations regarding

development of a limited entry system

for the fishery.

Wednesday, August 2, 2000, 1:30–5

p.m. and Thursday, August 3, 2000, 8

a.m.–12 noon—The Dolphin Wahoo AP.

The Dolphin Wahoo AP will meet to

review public comments received

during the public hearing and informal

review process and provide the Council

with panel member comments on the

public hearing draft of the Dolphin and

Wahoo Fishery Management Plan. The

public comment period for this

document ends on July 7, 2000.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before the Council for discussion, in

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, these issues may not be the subject

of formal Council action during these

meetings. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

listed in this notice and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the Council’s intent to take

final actions to address such

emergencies.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to the Council office

(See ADDRESSES) by July 17, 2000.

Dated: June 27, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–16636 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061300A]

Marine Mammals; File No. 981–1578

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Peter L. Tyack, Ph.D., Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institution, Biology

Department, 46 Water Street, Woods

Hole, MA 02543, has applied in due

form for a permit to take several species

of marine mammals for purposes of

scientific research.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before July 31,

2000.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this application

should be mailed to the Chief, Permits

and Documentation 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 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. Please note that

comments will not be accepted by email or by other electronic media.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject permit is requested under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.), the regulations governing the

taking, importing, and exporting of

endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR

222.23).

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1NTIA is preparing a separate test plan to

measure the effects of UWB signals on GPS

receivers. NTIA intends to post that UWB–GPS test

plan on the NTIA homepage in late-July and will

seek public comment at that time.

The applicant is requesting to harass

the species of cetaceans listed below in

the North Atlantic and Mediterranean

Sea during the course of research on the

impact of noise on marine mammals.

The research will involve a variety of

potential takes by harassment including:

close approach for tagging; attachment

of tags; focal follows; and playbacks of

sound. In addition, the applicant

requests authorization to import to the

U.S. and export to foreign countries skin

samples collected during the course of

suction-cup tag retrieval. Incidental

harassment of all species of cetaceans

may occur through vessel approach,

photographic identification and

behavioral research. The research will

be carried out over a five-year period.

The following species may be taken

by harassment during the course of the

research: Minke whale (Balaenoptera

acutorostrata), Sei whale (Balaenoptera

borealis), Blue whale (Balaenoptera

musculus), Finback whale

(Balaenoptera physalus), Humpback

whale (Megaptera novaeangliae),

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis),

Short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala

macrorhynchus), Long-finned pilot

whale (Globicephala melas), Risso’s

dolphin (Grampus griseus), Killer whale

(Orcinus orca), False killer whale

(Pseudorca crassidens), Striped dolphin

(Stenella coeruleoalba), Rough-toothed

dolphin (Steno bredanensis), Bottlenose

dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Pygmy

sperm whale (Kogia breviceps), Dwarf

sperm whale (Kogia simus), Sperm

whale (Physeter macrocephalus),

Bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon

ampullatus), Blainville’s beaked whale

(Mesoplodon densirostris), Gervais’

beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus),

Sowerby’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon

bidens), True’s beaked whales

(Mesoplodon mirus), and Cuvier’s

beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris).

In compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), NMFS is preparing

an environmental assessment which

will be available from the Chief, Permits

and Documentation Division, at the

address listed above.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

Dated: June 26, 2000.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–16536 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

[Docket No. 000623194–0194–01]

RIN 0660–XX09

Notice, Request for Comments on

Ultrawideband Systems Test Plan

AGENCY: National Telecommunications

and Information Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice, request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Institute for

Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) and

the Office of Spectrum Management

(OSM) of the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration (NTIA) invite interested

parties to review and comment on a

proposed test plan for developing

accurate, repeatable, and practical

methods for characterizing the very

narrow pulses (and pulse trains) of

ultrawideband (UWB) systems and

collecting the information to estimate or

measure the potential for UWB systems

to interfere with existing (narrowband,

channelized, band-limited, and

wideband) radio communications or

sensing systems. This test plan covers

the effects of UWB signals on selected

Federal radio receivers, but does not

include effects on Global Positioning

System (GPS) receivers.1

The UWB test plan will be posted on

the NTIA homepage at:

<www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/

uwbtestplan>. Interested parties may

also obtain a copy of the test plan from

ITS or OSM.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to

submit comments on the test plan no

later than July 17, 2000.

SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS: The

Department invites the public to submit

comments on the UWB test plan in

paper or electronic form. Comments

may be mailed to Paul Roosa, Office of

Spectrum Management, National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration, Room 4099 HCHB,

1401 Constitution Ave., NW,

Washington, DC 20230. Paper

submissions should include a diskette

in ASCII, WordPerfect (please specify

version) or Microsoft Word (please

specify version) format. Diskettes

should be labeled with the name and

organizational affiliation of the filer, and

the name and version of the word

processing program used to create the

document.

In the alternative, comments may be

submitted electronically to the

following electronic mail address:

<uwbtestplan@ntia.doc.gov>.

Comments submitted via electronic mail

should also be submitted in one or more

of the formats specified above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

William Kissick, Institute for

Telecommunication Sciences,

telephone: (303) 497–7482; or electronic

mail: <billk@its.bldrdoc.gov>; or Paul

Roosa, National Telecommunications

and Information Administration,

telephone:(202) 482–1559; or electronic

mail: <proosa@ntia.doc.gov>. Media

enquiries should be directed to the

Office of Public Affairs, National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration, at (202) 482–7002.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Recent

advances in microcircuit and other

technologies have resulted in the

development of pulsed radar and

communications systems with very

narrow pulse widths and very wide

bandwidths. These ultrawideband

(UWB) systems have instantaneous

bandwidths of at least 25 percent of the

center frequency of the device. UWB

systems can perform a number of useful

telecommunication functions that make

them very appealing for both the

commercial and government

applications. These systems have very

wide information bandwidths, are

capable of accurately locating nearby

objects, and can use processing

technology with UWB pulses to ‘‘see

through objects’’ and communicate

using multiple propagation paths. The

bandwidths of UWB devices, however,

are so wide that, although their output

powers in many cases are low enough

to be authorized under the unlicensed

device regulations of the NTIA and the

Federal Communications Commission

(FCC), some of the systems emit signals

in bands in which such transmissions

are not permitted because of potential

harmful effects on critical

radiocommunication services.

The NTIA and the FCC have

developed spectrum management

procedures for unlicensed devices

(conventional electronic devices with

narrow bandwidths), but these

procedures do not currently address

UWB devices, which were unknown

when these procedures were adopted.

Thus, NTIA and the FCC must work

closely with each other, current users of

the radio spectrum, and the UWB

community to determine how UWB

devices can operate without adversely

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