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agenda may be adjusted as necessary to 

accommodate the timely completion of 

discussion relevant to the agenda items. 

In order to further allow for such 

adjustments and completion of all items 

on the agenda, the meeting may be 

extended from, or completed prior to 

the date established in this notice. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Tina Trezza at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: March 9, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4608 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030807C] 

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 (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Research Steering Committee 

(Committee) in March, 2007, to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Radisson Hotel, 180 Water Street, 

Plymouth, MA 02360; telephone: (508) 

747–4900; fax: (508) 747–8937. 

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 review several final 

cooperative research project reports and 

develop management advice for use by 

the Council; provide a list of 2007 

research priorities for Council 

consideration and address the Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center’s report on the 

impacts of fishing on groundfish 

spawning activities and related followup activities concerning the Northeast 

Region’s Experimental Fishing Permit 

Program. 

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. 

[FR Doc. E7–4609 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030807A] 

Endangered Species; File No. 1486 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

modification. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Harold M. Brundage, Environmental 

Research and Consulting, Inc., has been 

issued a modification to scientific 

research Permit No. 1486. 

ADDRESSES: The modification and 

related documents are available for 

review upon written request or by 

appointment in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and 

Northeast Region, NMFS, One 

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 

01930–2298; phone (978)281–9300; fax 

(978)281–9394. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandy Hutnak or Malcolm Mohead, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 16, 2007, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (72 FR 1707) 

that a modification of Permit No. 1486, 

issued December 22, 2004 (69 FR 

30287), had been requested by the 

above-named individual. The requested 

modification has been granted under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) and the regulations 

governing the taking, importing, and 

exporting of endangered and threatened 

species (50 CFR 222–226). 

The modification authorizes Mr. 

Brundage to take 1,000 shortnose 

sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) early 

life stages (eggs and larvae) from the 

Delaware River System. Eggs will be 

collected using artificial substrates and 

larvae will be captured by passive 

ichthyoplankton nets, an epibenthic 

sled, and pump sampling. This research 

will help document spawning 

occurrence and location, as well as 

identify possible critical habitat or 

critical areas for shortnose sturgeon 

spawning and nursery. 

Issuance of this modification, as 

required by the ESA was based on a 

finding that such permit (1) was applied 

for in good faith, (2) will not operate to 

the disadvantage of such endangered or 

threatened species, and (3) is consistent 

with the purposes and policies set forth 

in section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: March 8, 2007. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4674 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for Base Realignment and 

Closure Actions at Aberdeen Proving 

Ground, MD 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of a DEIS that 


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evaluates the potential environmental 

impacts associated with realignment 

actions directed by the Base 

Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

Commission at Aberdeen Proving 

Ground, Maryland. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the DEIS will end 45 days after 

publication of an NOA in the Federal 

Register by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments on the DEIS to Mr. Buddy 

Keesee at: Department of the Army, 

Directorate of Safety, Health, and 

Environment, Attention: IMNE–APG–

SHE–R (Bud Keesee), Building 5650, 

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005–

5001 or via e-mail at 

Buddy.Keesee@us.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Keesee at (410) 278–6755 during normal 

business hours Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Proposed Action and subject of the DEIS 

covers construction and renovation 

activities and the movement of 

personnel associated with the BRAC 

directed realignment of Aberdeen 

Proving Ground. 

To implement the BRAC 

recommendations, Aberdeen Proving 

Ground will be receiving personnel, 

equipment, and missions from various 

realignment and closure actions within 

the Department of Defense. To 

implement the BRAC Commission 

recommendations, the Army will 

provide the necessary facilities/ 

buildings and infrastructure to support 

the changes. Permanent facilities will be 

constructed or renovated to house the: 

Army Research Institute, Army Research 

Laboratory, Army Test and Evaluation 

Command, Joint Program Executive 

Office—Chemical Biological Defense, 

Walter Reed Army Institute for Research 

(Medical Research Institute of Chemical 

Defense), Communications—Electronics 

Life Cycle Management Command, 

Communications—Electronics Research 

Development and Engineering Center, 

and other units and activities. 

All the major planning, engineering, 

and siting analyses for the incoming 

BRAC actions at the Aberdeen Proving 

Ground are essentially complete, 

however, final design features continue 

to be reviewed. The DEIS shows areas 

within which potential construction 

and/or renovation will occur; although, 

the exact footprints, in many cases, have 

not yet been determined. The DEIS 

analyzes the potential impacts within 

these developmental areas. 

Following a rigorous examination of 

all implementation alternatives, those 

alternatives found not to be viable were 

dropped from further analyses in the 

DEIS. Alternatives carried forward 

include the Proposed Alternative and a 

No Action Alternative. The Proposed 

Alternative includes construction, 

renovation, and operation of proposed 

facilities to accommodate incoming 

military missions at Aberdeen Proving 

Ground as mandated by the 2005 BRAC 

recommendations. Minor alternative 

siting variations of proposed facilities 

were also evaluated. The DEIS addresses 

existing environmental resources likely 

to be affected by the Proposed Action, 

including those resources areas 

identified during the public scoping 

process. Implementation of the 

Proposed Alternative will result in 

significant impacts to transportation and 

socioeconomic factors. Depending on 

the final siting of some facilities, there 

is the potential for significant impacts to 

cultural resources due to adverse effects 

resulting from the disturbance or 

destruction of certain sites and 

buildings during renovation and 

construction activities. Impacts to these 

cultural resources would be direct, longterm, and significant. 

No other significant beneficial or 

significant adverse impacts have been 

identified for land use, aesthetics and 

visual resources, air quality, noise, 

geology and soil, water resources, 

biological resources, utilities, or 

hazardous and toxic substances. The No 

Action Alternative provides the baseline 

conditions for comparison to the 

Proposed Alternative. 

The Army invites the general public, 

local governments, other federal 

agencies, and state agencies to submit 

written comments or suggestions 

concerning the alternatives and analyses 

addressed in the DEIS. An electronic 

version of the DEIS is available for 

download on the U.S. Army BRAC 

Division Web site at: http:// 

www.hdqa.army.mil/acsim/brac/ 

nepa_eis_docs.htm. The public and 

government agencies are invited to 

participate in a public meeting where 

oral and written comments and 

suggestions will be received. 

Public meetings are scheduled for 

April 10, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 

the Ramada Inn Conference Center, 

1700 Van Bibber Road, Edgewood, 

Maryland, and April 11, 2007 from 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 1007 

Beards Hill Road, Aberdeen, Maryland. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the Board of Advisors 

(BOA) to the President, Naval 

Postgraduate School (NPS) 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of the meeting is 

to elicit the advice of the board on the 

Naval Service’s Postgraduate Education 

Program and the collaborative exchange 

and partnership between NPS and the 

Air Force Institute of Technology. The 

board examines the effectiveness with 

which the NPS is accomplishing its 

mission. To this end, the board will 

inquire into the curricula, instruction, 

physical equipment, administration, 

state of morale of the student body, 

faculty, and staff, fiscal affairs, and any 

other matters relating to the operation of 

the NPS as the board considers 

pertinent. This meeting will be open to 

the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, April 17, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 

4 p.m. and on Wednesday, April 18, 

2007, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. All written 

comments regarding the NPS BOA 

should be received by April 6, 2007, and 

be directed to President, Naval 

Postgraduate School (Attn: Jaye Panza), 

1 University Circle, Monterey, CA 

93943–5000 or by fax 831–656–3145. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Naval Postgraduate School, Ingersoll 

Hall, 1 University Circle, Monterey, CA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaye 

Panza, Naval Postgraduate School, 

Monterey, CA 93943–5000, telephone 

number 831–656–2514. 

Dated: March 6, 2007. 

M.C. Holley, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

Generals Corps, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–4639 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 14, 

2007. 


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