69100 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 229 / Wednesday, November 29, 2006 / Notices 

Dated: November 21, 2006. 

Dalles Emch, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 06–9447 Filed 11–28–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD 

INVESTIGATION BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

The CSB will convene a public 

meeting concerning the fatal explosion 

that occurred on January 11, 2006, at the 

Bethune Point Wastewater Plant in 

Daytona Beach, Florida. The Board will 

take testimony from the investigation 

team and also from a panel of outside 

experts. The meeting will be held from 

9:30 a.m. until approximately noon on 

December 14, 2006, in the Tides A room 

of the Daytona Beach Resort and 

Conference Center, 2700 North Atlantic 

Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32118. 

Two municipal workers died and 

another was seriously injured while 

attempting to remove a steel roof over a 

storage tank containing highly 

flammable methyl alcohol at the plant, 

operated by the City of Daytona Beach. 

The blast was ignited by a cutting torch. 

The investigation team, led by Robert 

Hall, P.E., will present findings related 

to the safety programs and training at 

the plant, the use of plastic pipe in 

flammable liquid systems, and 

maintenance of specialized equipment 

used on flammable liquid tanks. 

The Board will hear testimony from 

experts discussing OSHA coverage for 

State and municipal employees and 

whether Florida should adopt OSHA 

coverage to protect public employees 

from chemical hazards in the 

workplace. The Board will also 

welcome any public comments on 

issues raised during the meeting. 

Pre-registration is not required, but to 

assure adequate seating attendees are 

encouraged to pre-register by e-mailing 

their names and affiliations to 

publicmeeting@csb.gov by December 7, 

2006. 

The CSB is an independent Federal 

agency charged with investigating 

industrial chemical accidents. 

The agency’s board members are 

appointed by the president and 

confirmed by the Senate. CSB 

investigations look into all aspects of 

chemical accidents, including physical 

causes such as equipment failure as well 

as inadequacies in safety regulations, 

industry standards, and management 

systems. 

The Board does not issue citations or 

fines but does make safety 

recommendations to plants, industry 

organizations, labor groups, and 

government agencies. For more 

information, please contact the 

Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board at (202)–261–7600, 

or visit our Web site at: http:// 

www.csb.gov. 

Christopher W. Warner, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 06–9471 Filed 11–27–06; 1:05 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6350–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 111606B] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Initiation of a 5-year Review of the 

Caribbean Monk Seal 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of initiation of a 5-year 

review; request for information. 

SUMMARY: We, the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS), announce a 

5-year review of the Caribbean monk 

seal (Monachus tropicalis) under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. 

The Caribbean monk seal was listed as 

endangered in 1967 under the 

Endangered Species Preservation Act of 

1966 (32 FR 4001) and then again in 

1979 following its re-assessment under 

the ESA (44 FR 21288). A 5-year review 

is a periodic process conducted to 

ensure that the listing classification of a 

species is accurate. A 5-year review is 

based on the best scientific and 

commercial data available at the time of 

the review; therefore, we are requesting 

submission of any such information on 

the Caribbean monk seal that has 

become available since its last status 

review in 1984 (49 FR 44774). Based on 

the results of this 5-year review, we will 

make the requisite findings under the 

ESA. 

DATES: To allow us adequate time to 

conduct this review, we must receive 

your information no later than January 

29, 2007. However, we will continue to 

accept new information about any listed 

species at any time. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

information by any of the following 

methods: 

• Mail: Kyle Baker, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 263 13th Avenue 

South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

• E-mail: kyle.baker@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line of the e-mail 

the following identifier: Comments on 

5-year review for the Caribbean monk 

seal. 

• Fax: 727–824–5309, attention: Kyle 

Baker. 

Information received in response to 

this notice and review will be available 

for public inspection, by appointment, 

during normal business hours, at the 

above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle 

Baker at the above address, or at 727–

824–5312. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

ESA, a list of endangered and 

threatened wildlife and plant species 

must be maintained. The list is 

published at 50 CFR 17.11 (for animals) 

and 17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) 

of the ESA requires that we conduct a 

review of listed species at least once 

every five years. On the basis of such 

reviews under section 4(c)(2)(B), we 

determine whether or not any species 

should be removed from the list 

(delisted), or reclassified from 

endangered to threatened, or from 

threatened to endangered. Delisting a 

species must be supported by the best 

scientific and commercial data 

available, substantiating that the species 

is neither endangered nor threatened for 

one or more of the following reasons: (1) 

the species is considered extinct; (2) the 

species is considered to be recovered; 

and/or (3) the original data available 

when the species was listed, or the 

interpretation of such data, were in 

error. Any change in Federal 

classification would require a separate 

rulemaking process. The regulations in 

50 CFR 424.21 require that we publish 

a notice in the Federal Register 

announcing those species currently 

under active review. This notice 

announces our active review of the 

Caribbean monk seal, currently listed as 

endangered. 

Public Solicitation of New Information 

To ensure that the 5-year review is 

complete and based on the best 

available scientific and commercial 

information, we are soliciting new 

information from the public, concerned 

governmental agencies, tribes, the 

scientific community, industry, 

environmental entities, and any other 

interested parties concerning the status 

of the Caribbean monk seal. 

The 5-year review considers the best 

scientific and commercial data and all 

new information that has become 

available since the listing determination 

or most recent status review. Categories 

of requested information include (A) 

species biology including, but not 

limited to, population trends, 


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