63754 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 210 / Tuesday, October 31, 2006 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

This reimbursement opportunity is 

available to fishing vessel owners and/ 

or operators that have purchased an 

approved E–MTU device in order to 

comply with fishery regulations 

developed in accordance with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Public Law 94–265). Only those vessel 

owners and/or operators purchasing an 

E–MTU for compliance with fishery 

management regulations applicable to 

the Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of 

Mexico are eligible for this funding 

opportunity. The reimbursable expense 

is the purchase price of the least 

expensive E–MTU type-approved for the 

Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico 

for which the owner and/or operator 

holds a valid commercial fishing permit. 

II. Eligibility 

To be eligible to receive 

reimbursement, vessel owners and/or 

operators must first purchase an E–MTU 

type-approved for in the Reef Fish 

Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico for which 

the vessel owner and/or operator holds 

a valid commercial fishing permit. The 

vessel owner and/or operator must also 

have the E–MTU properly installed on 

the vessel and activated utilizing a typeapproved communications provider. 

Upon completion of the installation and 

activation process, the vessel owner 

and/or operator must contact the VMS 

Support Center by calling 888–219–

9228 to ensure the vessel is properly 

registered in the VMS system. OLE does 

not consider a vessel in compliance 

until the E–MTU signal has been 

received and processed by OLE. 

Vessel owners and/or operators must 

not be in arrears with a payment owed 

to the Agency for a civil monetary 

penalty. However, affected vessel 

owners and/or operators may become 

eligible for the reimbursement if the 

outstanding penalty is paid in full 

within 30 days of the denial of the 

reimbursement. After payment, vessel 

owners and/or operators must contact 

the VMS Support Center and provide 

documentation to support the 

defrayment of the penalty to receive a 

confirmation code for reimbursement 

purposes. 

III. Process 

Vessel owners and/or operators that 

have purchased an E–MTU, and have 

validated their compliance with the 

applicable regulations through OLE, 

may contact the PSMFC, 205 SE 

Spokane Street, Suite 100, Portland, OR 

97202, phone 503–595–3100, fax 503–

595–3232, for a reimbursement 

application. Once the application is 

received and completed by the vessel 

owner and/or operator, it must be 

returned to PSMFC along with proof of 

eligibility in order to qualify for an 

award. The required proof of eligibility 

must include: proof of a valid 

commercial fishing permit for the Reef 

Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 

proof of purchase and the purchase 

price of a type-approved E–MTU; and a 

valid compliance confirmation code 

issued by OLE. 

Vessel owners and/or operators are 

not restricted as to which type-approved 

E–MTU device they can purchase. 

However, the amount of the 

reimbursement will be limited to the 

cost of the least expensive E–MTU typeapproved for the permitted fishery. 

Vessel owners and/or operators are 

encouraged to compare the features of 

all E–MTU devices type-approved for 

the Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of 

Mexico and explore finance options 

prior to making a purchase decision. 

Vessel owners/operators are limited to 

the reimbursement of the cost of 

purchasing E–MTU per permitted 

vessel. 

Dated: October 26, 2006. 

William T. Hogarth, 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–8980 Filed 10–26–06; 2:50 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Membership of the Office of the 

Secretary of Defense Performance 

Review Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

This notice announces the 

appointment of the members of the 

Performance Review Board (PRB) of the 

Office of the Secretary of Defense, the 

Joint staff, the U.S. Mission to the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization, the 

Defense Advance Research Projects 

Agency, the Defense Commissary 

Agency, the Defense Security Service, 

the Defense Security Assistance Agency, 

the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense 

Field Activities and the U.S. Court of 

Appeals of the Armed Forces. The 

publication of PRB membership is 

required by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). 

The Performance Review Board (PRB) 

provides fair and impartial review of 

Senior Executive Service performance 

appraisals and makes recommendations 

regarding performance ratings and 

performance awards to the Secretary of 

Defense. 

EFFECTIVE DATES: October 27, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra Burrell, Executive and Political 

Personnel Division, Directorate for 

Personnel and Security, Washington 

Headquarters Services, Office of the 

Secretary of Defense, Department of 

Defense, The Pentagon, (703) 693–8347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), the 

following executives are appointed to 

the office of the Secretary of Defense 

PRB: specific PRB panel assignments 

will be made from this group. 

Executives listed will serve a one-year 

renewable term, effective October 27, 

2006. 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

Chairperson: Nancy Spruill 

Robert Nemetz, Mike Kern, Mary 

George, Cheryl Roby, Robert 

Newberry, David Pauling, William 

Lowry, Anne O’Connor, Thomas 

Kuster, Paul Koffsky, Joseph 

Nogueira, Frank Anderson, Joseph 

Angello, David Epstein, Eric 

Coulter, Jeanne Fites, Dennis Clem, 

Ellen Embrey, James Russell, Joyce 

France, Jennifer Buck, Tom Lavery, 

Bruce Bade, Ken Handelman, Alan 

Liotta, Bob Salesses, Todd Harvey. 

Dated: October 24, 2006. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 06–8970 Filed 10–30–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Availability and Notice of 

Public Hearing of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for an 

Annex to the Fort Rosecrans National 

Cemetery at Marine Corps Air Station 

Miramar, San Diego, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 

4332(2)(C)), as implemented by the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), 

the Department of the Navy (DON), 

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar 

(MCAS Miramar), and Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA) announce the 

availability of the Draft Environmental 


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