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Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355; 

telephone: (860) 572–0731. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

committee will meet to further consider 

and develop all the alternatives under 

consideration for the SBRM 

amendment. 

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 

listed 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 Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: March 9, 2007. 

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. 030807D] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) Vessel 

Monitoring Systems (VMS)/Enforcement 

Committee will meet to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, April 9, 2007, at 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Mystic, 20 Coogan Boulevard, 

Mystic, CT 06355; telephone: (860) 572–

0731. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion in the committee’s agenda 

are as follows: 

1. Introduction: safety, regulation 

compliance, and familiarizing industry 

with proper use of VMS. 

2. Presentation by Office for Law 

Enforcement: the capabilities and 

limitations of VMS as an enforcement 

tool. 

3. Comments and recommendations 

from the public, VMS users, state 

agencies, and the Coast Guard. The 

committee has received the following 

requests: 

a. Safe harbor notification, to suspend 

fishing trip, due to storms or other 

emergencies; 

b. Produce a laminated sheet of 

emergency contacts; 

c. Declaration in/out of a fishery 

while at sea, rather than in port; 

d. Change polling frequency, to be 

based on fishery declaration; 

e. Closed area transit notification, to 

replace gear stowage requirement; 

f. Completion of the days-at-sea (DAS) 

web page by NMFS; 

g. Inform fishermen of existing safety 

features on their VMS units, by 

vendors;. 

4. Industry and law enforcement 

dialog on VMS usage, and how it can be 

improved; and 

5. 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 Paul 

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: March 9, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for DTRA Activities on 

White Sands Missile Range, New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Office 

of the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, 

Defense Threat Reduction Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of final 

programmatic environmental impact 

statement (PEIS) for increased testing 

activities at White Sands Missile Range 

(WSMR), NM. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.) and the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations for Implementing 

the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 

CFR Parts 1500–1508), DTRA has 

prepared and issued a final PEIS for the 

proposed testing activities at WSMR. 

The PEIS addresses the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

implementing the proposed action, 

alternative, and no action alternative 

over a 10 year period. The purpose of 

the proposed action is to provide 

adequate test areas and facilities to 

evaluate the lethality effectiveness of 

weapon systems used against simulated 

enemy ground targets producing, 

storing, or controlling Weapons of Mass 

Destruction (WMD). There is a need to 

improve weapon systems designed to 

defeat enemy military assets including 

hardened and reinforced structures. 

These enemy military assets can house 

WMD and pose a significant threat to 

international stability and peaceful 

coexistence among nations. The military 

structures and equipment of the United 

States and its allies must also be refined 

to better withstand attack by enemy 

weapons systems to reduce collateral 

damage. The PEIS presents descriptions 

of the proposed action, an overview of 

the affected environment at and near the 

test sites, and the potential 

environmental consequences associated 


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with the proposed action and 

alternatives, including the no action 

alternative. 

The final PEIS evaluates two 

alternatives in addition to the no action 

alternative. The proposed action 

(alternative 1, DTRA’s Preferred 

Alternative) involves expanding existing 

test beds and creating new ones; 

expanding the range of test types 

including targets, simulants, delivery 

systems and explosives; implementing 

infrastructure improvements at the 

Permanent High Explosive Test Site 

Administrative Park; and testing special 

weapons and delivery systems. 

Alternative two contains all of the 

actions described in alternative one plus 

the use of chemical simulants and 

taggants/tracers that are considered to 

have higher toxicity levels than those 

considered under alternative one. The 

increased hazards of using these 

chemicals lead to identifying alternative 

one as the preferred alternative. 

DATES: Effective Dates: DTRA will take 

no final action on the proposed 

activities before April 15, 2007 or April 

16, 2007. After April 15, 2007, DTRA 

will issue a Record of Decision (ROD). 

This ROD will document the Agency’s 

final determinations, in light of the 

PEIS, with regard to its intended 

activities at WSMR. A NoA will be 

published in the Federal Register 

announcing the ROD’s availability for 

public viewing. 

ADDRESSES: The final PEIS is available 

for public viewing on the DTRA Web 

site, http://www.dtra.mil, and at the 

following public libraries: Albuquerque 

Public Library, 501 Copper Ave. 

Northwest, Albuquerque, NM; Socorro 

Public Library, 401 Park Street, Socorro, 

NM; Alamogordo Public Library, 920 

Oregon Ave., Alamogordo, NM; 

Branigan Memorial Library, 200 East 

Picacho Ave., Law Cruces, NM; 

Consolidated Library Building 464, 

White Sands Missile Range, NM; 

Holloman Air Force Base Library, 596 

4th Street, Holloman Air Force Base, 

NM; and the El Paso Public Library, 501 

North Oregon Street, El Paso, TX. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

DTRA Public Affairs Office; (800) 701–

5096 or (703) 767–5870. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A draft 

PEIS was published in the Federal 

Register on January 27, 2006 (71 FR 

4571) for a 60-day public review and 

comment period that ended March 28, 

2006. Public hearings were held 

February 28, 2006 in Alamogordo, 

March 1, 2006 in Las Cruces, and March 

2, 2006 in Socorro, NM. All comments 

received were addressed and 

incorporated into the final PEIS. 

Dated: March 9, 2007. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, DoD. 

[FR Doc. 07–1214 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board Chairs 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB) Chairs. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, March 29, 2007, 8 

a.m.–4:30 p.m. 

Friday, March 30, 2007, 8 a.m.–12 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Suncoast Hotel & Casino, 

9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89145, 

(702) 636–7111 or 1–877–677–7111. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E. 

Douglas Frost, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–5619. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the EM SSAB is to make 

recommendations to DOE in the areas of 

environmental restoration, waste 

management, and related activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

Thursday, March 29, 2007 

8 a.m. Welcome/Introductions 

8:30 a.m. Round Robin: Top Three 

Issues—Each Chair 

9:30 a.m. Presentation by Assistant 

Secretary James Rispoli 

10:15 a.m. Discussion of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act 

12 p.m Lunch 

1:30 p.m. Office of Engineering & 

Technology Presentation 

3 p.m. Break 

3:15 p.m. EM SSAB Discussion 

4:15 p.m. Wrap-Up 

Friday, March 30, 2007 

8:30 a.m. Presentation by 

Environmental Management Advisory 

Board Vice Chair 

9 a.m. Update/Discussion: RemoteHandled Transuranic Waste 

10 a.m. EM SSAB Wrap-Up 

11 a.m. Closing Remarks 

12 p.m. Adjourn 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed either before or after the 

meeting with the Designated Federal 

Officer, E. Douglas Frost, at the address 

above or by phone at (202) 586–5619. 

Individuals who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should also contact E. Douglas Frost. 

Requests must be received five days 

prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. The 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comment will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes of this meeting will 

be available for public review and 

copying at the U.S. Department of 

Energy Freedom of Information Public 

Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585 between 9 

a.m. and 4.p.m., Monday–Friday except 

Federal holidays. Minutes will also be 

available by calling E. Douglas Frost at 

(202) 586–5619 and will be posted at 

http://www.em.doe.gov/stakepages/ 

ssabchairs.aspx. 

Issued at Washington, DC on March 9, 

2007. 

Rachel M. Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Fossil Energy 

Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Methane Hydrate 

Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463, 86 

Stat. 770) requires that notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 8:30 

a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Wednesday, April 

25, 2007, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Table Mountain Inn, 1310 

Washington Avenue, Golden, Colorado 

80401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edith Allison, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 


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