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3. Report on Bottomfish Stock 

Assessment 

4. Status of the Stock Report 

5. Separation of Guam Bottomfish 

Management Unit Species (BMUS) catch 

per unit effort (CPUE) data into deep, 

shallow and combined 

6. Plan Team Recommendations 

7. Other Business 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified 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 action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is 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: August 31, 2006. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 082206A] 

Endangered Species; File No. 1563 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

North Carolina Division of Marine 

Fisheries (NCDMF; Mr. Blake Price, 

Principal Investigator), P.O. Box 769, 

Morehead City, North Carolina 28557, 

has been issued a permit to take 

threatened and endangered sea turtles 

for purposes of scientific research. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301) 713–2289; fax (301) 427–2521; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; 

phone (727) 824–5312; fax (727) 824–

5309. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hubard or Patrick Opay, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

17, 2006, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (71 FR 13816) that a 

request for a scientific research permit 

to take loggerhead (Caretta caretta), 

green (Chelonia mydas), Kemp’s ridley 

(Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill 

(Eretmochelys imbricata), and 

leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea 

turtles had been submitted by the abovenamed organization. The requested 

permit has been issued under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

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

1531 et seq.) and the regulations 

governing the taking, importing, and 

exporting of endangered and threatened 

species (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

The NCDMF will be testing two types 

of large mesh gillnets to ascertain which 

type of net will reduce sea turtle 

interactions while maintaining targeted 

catch rates for southern flounder 

(Paralichthys lethostigma). Both nets 

will be constructed of 0.52 mm diameter 

monofilament with 6–inch (15.2 cm) 

mesh webbing, but the control net is 25 

meshes deep while the low profile net 

is twelve meshes deep. Control nets 

have additional floatation every six feet 

(1.8 m) and tie downs every 30 feet (9.1 

m); experimental nets have neither. 

NCDMF plans to conduct 150 paired net 

deployments (one of each type of net). 

To follow fishing protocols, nets will be 

set at dusk and retrieved in the early 

morning. Captured sea turtles will be 

examined for any possible injuries and 

held for approximately two hours to 

ensure they are healthy before being 

transported away from the fishing area 

and released. Turtles will be identified 

to species, measured, photographed, 

and flipper and PIT tagged. Any 

comatose or debilitated turtles will be 

transported to a rehabilitation center. 

During the life of the permit, the 

applicant is authorized to capture 23 

Kemp’s ridley, 23 loggerhead, 22 green, 

2 hawksbill, and 2 leatherback sea 

turtles. Of the captured turtles, 11 

Kemp’s, 11 loggerhead, 11 green, 1 

hawksbill, and 1 leatherback may be 

mortalities. Research will be conducted 

in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina and 

the permit expires in December 2007. 

Issuance of this permit, as required by 

the ESA, was based on a finding that 

such permit (1) was applied for in good 

faith, (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of any endangered or 

threatened species, and (3) is consistent 

with the purposes and policies set forth 

in section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: August 29, 2006. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of closed advisory 

committee meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

Task Force on VTOL/STOL will meet in 

closed session on September 12–13, 

2006; at Strategic Analysis Inc., 3601 

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA. This 

meeting is a classified executive session 

to begin the review of gathered data and 

to begin formulating the report’s 

contents. 

The mission of the Defense Science 

Board is to advise the Secretary of 

Defense and the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition, Technology & 

Logistics on scientific and technical 

matters as they affect the perceived 

needs of the Department of Defense. At 

these meeting, the Defense Science 

Board Task Force will: Assess the 

features and capabilities VTOL/STOL 

aircraft should have in order to support 

the nation’s defense needs through at 

least the first half of the 21st century. 

In accordance with Section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Pub. L. 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

App. II), it has been determined that 

these Defense Science Board Task Force 

meetings concern matters listed in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and that, accordingly, 

the meeting will be closed to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LCDR Clifton Phillips, USN, Defense 

Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, 

Room 3C553, Washington, DC 20301–

3140, via e-mail at 

clifton.phillips@osd.mil, or via phone at 

(703) 571–0083. 

Due to scheduling difficulties, there is 

insufficient time to provide timely 

notice required by Section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and 

subsection 102–3.150(b) of the GSA 

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102–3.150(b), which further requires 

publication at least 15 calendar days 

prior to the meeting. 

Dated: August 30, 2006. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the Historical Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, this notice announces 

the annual meeting of the Department of 

Defense Historical Advisory Committee. 

The committee will conduct reports 

from Army and Navy Historical 

Advisory Committees for future 

submission to higher authority. The 

meeting will be open to the public. 

DATES: Wednesday, September 27th at 

10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held on 

the 12th Floor, Conference Room #4, 

1777 North Kent Street, Arlington, 

Virginia 22209. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Pamela Bennett at 703–588–7889 for 

information, and Ms. Carolyn Thorne at 

703–588–7890 or Dr. Diane Putney at 

703–588–7875 upon arrival at the 

building in order to be admitted. 

Dated: August 29, 2006. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Threat Reduction Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Acquisition, Technology and 

Logistics), Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Threat Reduction 

Advisory Committee will meet in closed 

session on Thursday, November 2, 2006, 

at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency 

(DTRA), and on Friday, November 3, 

2006 in the Pentagon, Washington, DC. 

The mission of the Committee is to 

advise the Under Secretary of Defense 

(Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) 

on technology security, combating 

Weapons of mass destruction, chemical 

and biological defense, transformation 

of the nuclear weapons stockpile, and 

other matters related to the Defense 

Threat Reduction Agency’s mission. 

In accordance with Section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 

U.S.C. Appendix II), it has been 

determined that this Committee meeting 

concerns matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(1), and that accordingly the 

meeting will be closed to the public. 

DATES: Thursday, November 2, 2006, (8 

a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Friday, November 3, 

2006, (8 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.). 

ADDRESSES: Defense Threat Reduction 

Agency, Defense Threat Reduction 

Center Building, Conference Room G, 

Room 1252, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, 

Fort Belvoir, Virginia and the USD 

(AT&L) conference Room (3D1019), the 

Pentagon, Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Mr. Eric Wright, Defense Threat 

Reduction Agency/AST, 8725 John J. 

Kingman Road, MS 6201, Fort Belvoir, 

VA 22060–6201. Phone: (703) 767–5717. 

Dated: August 30, 2006. 

L.M. Bynum, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Board for Education 

Sciences; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Board for Education 

Sciences; ED. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting and 

partially closed session. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the National 

Board for Education Sciences. Notice of 

this meeting is required under Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. This document is 

intended to notify the general public of 

their opportunity to attend the open 

portion of the meeting. Individuals who 

will need accommodations for a 

disability in order to attend the meeting 

(i.e., interpreting services, assistive 

listening devices, materials in 

alternative format) should notify Sonia 

Chessen at (202) 219–2195 by 

September 8. We will attempt to meet 

requests after this date, but cannot 

guarantee availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

DATES: September 20 and 21, 2006. 

Time: September 20, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; 

September 21, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., 

September 21, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 

Closed Session. 

Location: Washington Court Hotel, 

525 New Jersey Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20001, (room to be announced). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sonia Chessen, Executive Director, 

National Board for Education Sciences, 

Washington, DC 20208. Tel: (202) 219–

2195; fax: (202) 219–1466; e-mail: Sonia 

Chessen@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Board for Education Sciences 

is authorized by Section 116 of the 

Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. 

The Board advises the Director of the 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) on 

the establishment of activities to be 

supported by the Institute, on the 

funding of applications for grants, 

contracts, and cooperative agreements 

for research after the completion of peer 

review, and reviews and evaluates the 

work of the Institute. On September 21, 

the Board will review the day’s agenda 

and hear from the Director an update on 

the work of the Institute of Education 

Sciences (IES) as well as a plan to 

implement the IES research priorities. 

At 4 p.m. there will be a presentation, 

‘‘Research Evidence Needed by 

Education Policy Makers,’’ by Kati 

Haycock, Director of the Education 

Trust. 

On September 21, after a review of the 

prior day’s activities, there will be a 

closed session from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 

to review a statement of work for a 

Congressionally mandated final report 

evaluating the effectiveness of IES in 

meeting its goals and objectives. 

Because public discussion of this action 

would jeopardize a fair and open 

competition and potentially frustrate the 

implementation of a proposed agency 

activity, this portion of the meeting will 

be closed to the public under exemption 

9 B of section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

The meeting will reopen at 10:45 a.m. 

for a discussion of policy proposals 

presented by the Board’s Subcommittee 

on the National Center for Education 

Evaluation and a report from the Center 

Director. Reports from the Centers on 

Educational Research and Special 

Education Research will follow. The 

meeting will adjourn at 2 p.m. 

A final agenda will be available from 

Sonia Chessen on September 8, 2006. 

A summary of the activities at the 

closed session and related matters 


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