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Special Accommodations 

As listed below, NMFS will hold five 

public meetings to obtain 

recommendations from swordfish 

fishery participants and other members 

of the public regarding potential 

swordfish fishery management 

measures. These meetings will be 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Sari Kiraly at (301) 

713–2347, at least 7 days prior to the 

meeting. 

Public Meeting Dates, Times, and 

Locations 

1. September 14, 2006, from 6–8 p.m. 

at the Vietnamese Community Center of 

Houma, 1268 Highway 182 West, 

Houma, LA 70364. 

2. September 18, 2006, from 7–9 p.m. 

at the Manahawkin Holiday Inn, 151 

Route 72 East, Manahawkin, NJ 08050. 

3. September 19, 2006, from 7–9 p.m. 

at the Peabody Holiday Inn, 1 Newberry 

Street, Peabody, MA 01960. 

4. September 20, 2006, from 7–9 p.m. 

at the North Carolina Aquarium on 

Roanoke Island, 374 Airport Road, 

Manteo, NC 27954. 

5. September 21, 2006, from 6–8 p.m. 

at the NMFS Panama City Laboratory, 

3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama 

City, FL 32408. 

Dated: August 25, 2006. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 082106C] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Western Alaska 

Community Development Quota 

Program 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notice to 

inform the public about the Community 

Development Quota (CDQ) percentage 

allocations among the six CDQ 

managing entities (CDQ groups) that are 

in effect as a result of recent 

amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). On July 

11, 2006, the Coast Guard and Maritime 

Transportation Act of 2006 amended the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act to establish 

percentage allocations for groundfish, 

crab, and halibut allocated among the 

CDQ groups at those percentage 

allocations in effect on March 1, 2006. 

In addition, this notice provides 

information about the percentage 

allocations for prohibited species quota 

(PSQ) allocated among the CDQ groups 

that were not affected by the MagnusonStevens Act amendments, but continue 

in effect under an administrative 

determination issued by NMFS on 

August 8, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of section 416 of the 

Coast Guard and Maritime 

Transportation Act of 2006 and the 

August 8, 2005, initial administrative 

determination (IAD) extending the 

2003–2005 groundfish, halibut, crab, 

and prohibited species CDQ percentage 

allocations may be obtained by mail 

from NMFS Alaska Region, Attn: inperson at Ellen Walsh, Records Officer, 

P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802; 

NMFS Alaska Region, 709 W. 9th Street, 

Room 420A, Juneau, AK; or at the 

NMFS Alaska Region web site at http:// 

www.fakr.noaa.gov/cdq. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Obren Davis, 907–586–7241 or 

obren.davis@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Coast Guard and Maritime 

Transportation Act of 2006 (Public Law 

109–241) was signed by the President 

on July 11, 2006. Section 416 of this 

legislation amended section 305(i)(1) of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The 

Magnuson-Stevens Act is the primary 

statute governing management of the 

nation’s marine fisheries within the U.S. 

exclusive economic zone. Section 

305(i)(1) establishes the Western Alaska 

CDQ Program, which provides western 

Alaska communities with allocations of 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) 

groundfish, halibut, crab, and 

prohibited species. These allocations 

provide such communities with the 

opportunity to participate and invest in 

BSAI fisheries in support of economic 

development activities. Revised section 

305(i)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

contains a broad range of changes to 

various aspects of the CDQ Program. 

These include elements associated with 

CDQ Program administration and 

oversight, percentage allocations of 

annual CDQ Program catch limits, 

permanent eligibility status for current 

CDQ communities, and CDQ fisheries 

management measures. Subparagraph 

(C) of section 305(i)(1), ‘‘Allocations to 

Entities’’ directs that: 

Each entity eligible to participate in the 

program shall be authorized under the 

program to harvest annually the same 

percentage of each species allocated to the 

program under subparagraph (B) that it was 

authorized by the Secretary to harvest of such 

species annually as of March 1, 2006, except 

to the extent that its allocation is adjusted 

under subparagraph (H). 

Subparagraph (H) addresses the 

decennial review and adjustment of 

entity allocations beginning in 2012. 

This notice does not address the process 

that will be used to make such 

adjustments; that process will be 

addressed in future rulemaking. Once 

such a decennial review is completed, 

the percentage allocations contained in 

this notice may be revised through the 

adjustment process described in 

subparagraph (H). 

Purpose 

Annual CDQ Program allocations for 

approximately 36 quota categories of 

BSAI groundfish, halibut, crab, and 

prohibited species are distributed 

among CDQ groups based on CDQ and 

PSQ percentage allocations. 

Historically, percentage allocations have 

been established through periodic CDQ 

application processes. Section 

305(i)(1)(c) establishes the CDQ 

percentage allocations for BSAI 

groundfish, halibut, and crab at the 

same levels that were in effect on March 

1, 2006. The CDQ and PSQ percentage 

allocations for all quota categories 

(except two) that were in effect on that 

date were originally approved by NMFS 

on January 17, 2003, as part of the 2003–

2005 CDQ allocation process. The 

expiration date for those CDQ and PSQ 

percentage allocations was December 

31, 2005. 

On August 8, 2005, NMFS issued an 

IAD that removed the December 31, 

2005, expiration date from these CDQ 

and PSQ percentage allocations. This 

administrative determination, which 

was effective on September 7, 2005, 

established the CDQ percentage 

allocations that were in effect on March 

1, 2006, for all BSAI groundfish, halibut, 

and prohibited species, as well as for all 

crab species except Eastern Aleutian 

Islands (EAI) golden king crab and Adak 

red king crab. This IAD is available from 

NMFS (see ADDRESSES). 

EAI golden king crab and Adak red 

king crab were allocated to the CDQ 

Program on April 1, 2005, as part of the 

crab rationalization program (70 FR 

10174; March 2, 2005). These two crab 

species had not previously been 

allocated to the CDQ Program, so they 

were not included in the CDQ 


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percentage allocations that were 

originally approved by NMFS on 

January 17, 2003. On October 12, 2005, 

NMFS issued a final agency decision 

that established CDQ percentage 

allocations for these two crab species 

through June 30, 2006. These were the 

CDQ percentage allocations in effect for 

EAI golden king crab and Adak red king 

crab on March 1, 2006. 

The prohibited species allocated to 

the CDQ Program are not allocations for 

directed fisheries under sections 

305(i)(1)(B) and (C) of the MagnusonStevens Act. Therefore, they are not 

included among the species allocated to 

the program under section 305(i)(1)(B). 

Existing PSQ percentage allocations will 

remain in effect under the 

administrative determination issued on 

August 8, 2005, unless revised through 

some future final agency action. 

Allocation Percentages 

The tables below identify the CDQ 

and PSQ percentage allocations in effect 

for each CDQ group. Table 1 lists the 

CDQ percentage allocations of BSAI 

groundfish, crab, and halibut. Table 2 

lists the PSQ percentage allocations of 

BSAI prohibited species. 

TABLE 1—CDQ PERCENTAGE ALLOCATIONS OF BSAI GROUNDFISH, CRAB, AND HALIBUT AS OF MARCH 

1, 2006 

Species Area1

CDQ Group2

APICDA BBEDC CBSFA CVRF NSEDC YDFDA 

GROUNDFISH3 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 

Pollock BS 14% 21% 5% 24% 22% 14% 

AI 14% 21% 5% 24% 22% 14% 

Bogoslof 14% 21% 5% 24% 22% 14% 

Pacific cod BSAI 15% 21% 9% 18% 18% 19% 

Sablefish (from trawl gear allocation) BS 21% 22% 9% 13% 13% 22% 

AI 26% 20% 8% 13% 12% 21% 

Sablefish, fixed gear BS 15% 20% 16% 0% 18% 31% 

AI 14% 19% 3% 27% 23% 14% 

Atka mackerel EAI/BS 30% 15% 8% 15% 14% 18% 

CAI 30% 15% 8% 15% 14% 18% 

WAI 30% 15% 8% 15% 14% 18% 

Yellowfin sole BSAI 28% 24% 8% 6% 7% 27% 

Rock sole BSAI 24% 23% 8% 11% 11% 23% 

Greenland turbot BS 16% 20% 8% 17% 19% 20% 

AI 17% 19% 7% 18% 20% 19% 

Arrowtooth flounder BSAI 22% 22% 9% 13% 12% 22% 

Flathead sole BSAI 20% 21% 9% 15% 15% 20% 

Other flatfish BSAI 26% 24% 8% 8% 8% 26% 

Alaska plaice BSAI 14% 21% 5% 24% 22% 14% 

Pacific ocean perch BS 17% 21% 6% 21% 19% 16% 

EAI 30% 15% 8% 15% 14% 18% 

CAI 30% 15% 8% 15% 14% 18% 

WAI 30% 15% 8% 15% 14% 18% 

Other rockfish BS 21% 19% 7% 17% 17% 19% 

AI 21% 18% 8% 17% 17% 19% 

CRAB ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 

Red king Adak 8% 18% 21% 18% 21% 14% 

Red king Bristol Bay 17% 19% 10% 18% 18% 18% 

C. bairdi (Tanner) crab BS 10% 19% 19% 17% 18% 17% 

C. opilio crab BS 8% 20% 20% 17% 18% 17% 

Golden king EAI 8% 18% 21% 18% 21% 14% 

Red king Norton 

Sound 

0% 0% 0% 0% 50% 50% 

Red and blue king Pribilof Is. 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 

Blue king St. Matthew 50% 12% 0% 12% 14% 12% 

PACIFIC HALIBUT ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 

4B 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

4C 15% 0% 85% 0% 0% 0% 

4D 0% 26% 0% 24% 30% 20% 

4E 0% 30% 0% 70% 0% 0% 

1Management area abbreviations: AI = Aleutian Islands, BS = Bering Sea, CAI = Central AI, EAI = Eastern AI, and WAI = Western AI. 2CDQ groups: APICDA = Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Corporation, BBEDC = Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation, CBSFA = Central Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association, CVRF = Coastal Villages Region Fund, NSEDC = Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation, and YDFDA = Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association. 3Certain BSAI groundfish species allocated to the CDQ Program are not allocated among CDQ groups. Program allocations for northern rockfish, shortraker rockfish, and rougheye rockfish were not allocated among the CDQ groups on March 1, 2006, per NMFS’s January 17, 2003, administrative determination that approved 2003-2005 CDQ allocation percentages. No percentage allocations were in effect on March 1, 2006, for 

the ‘‘other species’’ category, which is no longer allocated among CDQ groups per the recommendation of the North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council (68 FR 69974, December 16, 2003). NMFS now manages these species at the CDQ program level. Finally, squid was removed from the 

CDQ Program in 2001 (66 FR 13762, March 7, 2001). 


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TABLE 2—PSQ PERCENTAGE ALLOCATIONS OF BSAI PROHIBITED SPECIES 

Species Area 

CDQ Group 

APICDA BBEDC CBSFA CVRF NSEDC YDFDA 

C. opilio crab BS 25% 24% 8% 10% 8% 25% 

Pacific halibut BSAI 22% 22% 9% 12% 12% 23% 

Chinook salmon BSAI 14% 21% 5% 24% 22% 14% 

Non-Chinook salmon BSAI 14% 21% 5% 24% 22% 14% 

Red king crab Zone 1 24% 21% 8% 12% 12% 23% 

C. bairdi (Tanner) crab Zone 1 26% 24% 8% 8% 8% 26% 

C. bairdi (Tanner) crab Zone 2 24% 23% 8% 11% 10% 24% 

CDQ groups: APICDA = Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Corporation, BBEDC = Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation, CBSFA = Central Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association, CVRF = Coastal Villages Region Fund, NSEDC = Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation, and YDFDA = Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association. 

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

Dated: August 25, 2006. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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THE COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the Commission 

of Fine Arts is scheduled for September 

21, 2006, at 10 a.m. in the Commission’s 

offices at the National Building 

Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary Square, 

401 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20001–2728. Items of discussion 

affecting the appearance of Washington, 

DC, may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: http:// 

www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the 

agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address or call 202–504–2200. 

Individuals requiring sign language 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

should contact the Secretary at least 10 

days before the meeting date. 

Dated in Washington, DC, August 28, 2006. 

Thomas Luebke, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–7382 Filed 8–29–06; 11:36 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the Defense Policy Board 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense 

Policy Board Advisory Committee. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Policy Board 

Advisory Committee will meet in closed 

session on September 21, 2006 from 

0800 hrs until 1830 at the State 

Department, Washington, DC and 

September 22, 2006 from 0800 hrs until 

1400 at the Pentagon. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

provide the Secretary of Defense, 

Deputy Secretary of Defense and Under 

Secretary of Defense for Policy with 

independent, informed advice on major 

matters of defense policy. The Board 

will hold classified discussions on 

national security matters. 

In accordance with Section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law No. 92–463, as amended [5 

U.S.C. App II (1982)], it has been 

determined that this meeting concerns 

matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 

§ 552B(c)(1)(1982), and that accordingly 

this meeting will be closed to the 

public. 

Dated: August 25, 2006. 

L.M. Bynum, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 06–7294 Filed 8–30–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive 

Patent License 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

Part 404 of Title 37, Code of Federal 

Regulations, which implements Public 

Law 96–517, as amended, the 

Department of the Air Force announces 

its intention to grant Hybrid Plastics 

Inc., a Mississippi corporation, having a 

place of business at 55 W.L. Runnels 

Ind. Road, Hattiesburg, MS 39401; two 

exclusive licenses in any right, title and 

interest the Air Force has in the 

following three U.S. Patents: 

License 1: U.S. Patent 6,362,279, 

issued 26 March 2002, entitled 

‘‘Preceramic Additives as Fire 

Retardants for Plastics’’, Joseph D. 

Lichtenhan and Jeffrey W. Gilman—

Inventors. 

License 2: U.S. Patent 6,660,823, 

issued 9 December 2003, entitled 

‘‘Modifying POSS Compounds’’, Joseph 

D. Lichtenhan, Frank J. Feder and 

Daravong Soulivong—Inventors. 

U.S. Patent 6,770,724, issued 3 

August 2004, entitled ‘‘Altering of POSS 

Rings’’, Joseph D. Lichtenhan, Timothy 

S. Haddad, Frank J. Feher and Daravong 

Soulivong—Inventors. 

DATES: Any objection to the grant of 

either of the above licenses must be 

submitted in writing and received 

within fifteen (15) days from the date of 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register in order to be considered. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Written objection should be sent to: Air 

Force Materiel Command Law Office, 

AFMCLO/JAZ, 2240 B Street, Room 100, 

Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433–7109. 

Telephone: (937) 255–2838; facsimile 

(937) 255–3733. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the Board of Visitors of 

Marine Corps University 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Executive Committee of 

the Board of Visitors of the Marine 

Corps University (BOV MCU) will meet 


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