Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 226 / Friday, November 24, 2006 / Notices 67857 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Laura Bozzi, Pacific Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (503) 

820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the GMT work session is to 

discuss the trawl individual quota 

alternatives under development by the 

Council. Specifically, the GMT will 

continue to develop statements that 

address the management feasibility of 

particular aspects of the proposed 

alternatives. No management actions 

will be decided by the GMT on these 

issues. The GMT’s statements will be 

provided to facilitate decision-making at 

the Council’s Groundfish Allocation 

Committee (GAC) December 12–14, 

2006 meeting, as well as to the Council 

and its advisory bodies at a later point. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document 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 intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: November 17, 2006. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–19817 Filed 11–22–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Publication of North American Datum 

of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in 

Feet in Kansas 

AGENCY: National Geodetic Survey 

(NGS), National Ocean Service (NOS), 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Geodetic Survey 

(NGS) will publish North American 

Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) State Plane 

Coordinate (SPC) grid values in both 

meters and U.S. Survey Feet (1 ft = 

1200/3937 m) in Kansas, for all well 

defined geodetic survey control 

monuments maintained by NGS in the 

National Spatial Reference System 

(NSRS) and computed from various 

geodetic positioning utilities. The 

adoption of this standard is 

implemented in accordance with NGS 

policy and a request from the Kansas 

Department of Transportation, the 

Kansas Society of Land Surveyors, and 

the Kansas Information technology 

Office. 

DATES: Individuals or organizations 

wishing to submit comments on the 

Publication of North American Datum of 

1983 State Plane Coordinates in feet in 

Kansas, should do so by December 26, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the attention of David Doyle, 

Chief Geodetic Surveyor, Office of the 

National Geodetic Survey, National 

Ocean Service (N/NGS2), 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910, fax 301–713–4324, or via e-mail 

Dave.Doyle@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to David Doyle, Chief 

Geodetic Surveyor, National Geodetic 

Survey (N/NGS2), 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 10910; 

Phone: (301) 713–3178. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Abstract 

In 1991, NGS adopted a policy that 

defines the conditions under which 

NAD 83 State Plane Coordinates (SPCs) 

would be published in feet in addition 

to meters. As outlined in that policy, 

each state or territory must adopt NAD 

83 legislation (typically referenced as 

Codes, Laws or Statutes), which 

specifically defines a conversion to 

either U.S. Survey or International Feet 

as defined by the U.S. Bureau of 

Standards in Federal Register Notice 

59–5442. To date, 48 states have 

adopted the NAD 83 legislation 

however, for various reasons, only 33 

included a specific definition of the 

relationship between meters and feet. 

This lack of uniformity has led to 

confusion and misuse of SPCs as 

provided in various NGS products, 

services and tools, and created errors in 

mapping, charting and surveying 

programs in numerous states due to 

inconsistent coordinate conversions. 

Dated: November 14, 2006. 

David B. Zilkoski, 

Director, Office of National Geodetic Survey, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 06–9362 Filed 11–22–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–C–2006–0051] 

Performance Review Board (PRB) 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In conformance with the Civil 

Service Reform Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. 

4314(c)(4), the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office announces the 

appointment of persons to serve as 

members of its Performance Review 

Board. 

ADDRESSES: Director, Human Capital 

Management, Office of Human 

Resources, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent 

Baum at (571) 272–6200. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

membership of the United States Patent 

and Trademark Office Performance 

Review Board is as follows: 

Stephen M. Pinkos, Chair, Deputy 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual and Deputy Director of the 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

Vickers B. Meadows, Vice Chair, 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office. 

John J. Doll, Commissioner for 

Patents, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

Lynne G. Beresford, Commissioner for 

Trademarks, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

David J. Freeland, Chief Information 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

James A. Toupin, General Counsel, 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

Lois E. Boland, Director of 

International Relations, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

Barry K. Hudson, Chief Financial 

Officer, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office. 

Griffin N. Macy, Deputy Chief 

Information Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 


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