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Vol. 72, No. 77 

Monday, April 23, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Eastern Washington Cascades 

Provincial Advisory Committee and the 

Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA 

ACTION: Notice of meetings 

SUMMARY: The Eastern Washington 

Cascades Provincial Advisory 

Committee and the Yakima Provincial 

Advisory committee will meet on 

Friday, May 18, and on Thursday, June 

14, 2007 at the Okanogan and 

Wenatchee National Forests 

Headquarters office, 215 Melody Lane, 

Wenatchee, WA. These meetings will 

begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. 

During these meetings Provincial 

Advisory Committee members will 

either continue discussion on Roadless 

Area considerations and potential 

Wilderness recommendations in 

conjunction with Forest Plan Revision 

for the Okanogan and Wenatchee 

National Forests or discuss Recreation 

Facility Master Planning. All Eastern 

Washington Cascades and Yakima 

Province Advisory Committee meetings 

are open to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct questions regarding this meeting 

to Paul Hart, Designated Federal 

Official, USDA, Wenatchee National 

Forest, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, 

Washington 98801, 509–664–9200. 

Dated: April 17, 2007. 

Paul Hart, 

Designated Federal Official, Okanogan and 

Wenatchee National Forests. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Availability of Seats for the Gulf of the 

Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: National Marine Sanctuary 

Program (NMSP), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

applications. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of the Farallones 

National Marine Sanctuary (Sanctuary) 

is seeking applicants for the following 

vacant seats on its Sanctuary Advisory 

Council (council): Maritime Activities/ 

Recreational Alternate. Applicants are 

chosen based upon their particular 

expertise and experience in relation to 

the seat for which they are applying; 

community and professional affiliations; 

philosophy regarding the protection and 

management of marine resources; and 

possibly the length of residence in the 

area affected by the sanctuary. 

Applicants who are chosen as members 

should expect to serve 2- or 3-year 

terms, pursuant to the council’s Charter. 

DATES: Applications are due by June 15, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be 

obtained from http:// 

www.farallones.noaa.gov/manage/ 

sac.html, or Kelley Higgason, 991 

Marine Dr., The Presidio, San Francisco, 

CA 94129. Completed applications 

should be sent to the same address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelley Higgason, 991 Marine Dr., The 

Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129, 415– 

561–6622 ext. 202, 

kelley.higgason@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Sanctuary Advisory Council provides 

the Sanctuary Superintendent with 

advice on the management of the 

Sanctuary. Members provide advice to 

the Superintendent on issues affecting 

resource protection, the Sanctuary’s 

primary purpose. The Council, through 

its members, serve as liaisons to the 

community regarding Sanctuary issues 

and act as a conduit, relaying the 

community’s interests, concerns, and 

management needs to the Sanctuary. 

The Sanctuary Advisory Council 

members represent public interest 

groups, local industry, commercial and 

recreational user groups, academia, 

conservation groups, government 

agencies, and the general public. 

Members serve either 2- or 3-year terms 

in order to stagger Council membership 

and allow continuity. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program) 

Dated: April 16, 2007. 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Availability of Grants Funds for Fiscal 

Year 2007 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NOAA publishes this notice 

to change the funding amounts, year of 

funds, the approximate range of awards 

that will be made, and the earliest start 

dates of awards for the solicitation ‘‘FR 

2007 Regional Integrated Ocean 

Observing System Development,’’ which 

was originally announced in the Federal 

Register on December 27, 2006. This 

notice applies to only those applicants 

who have already submitted letters of 

intent and who have been invited to 

submit full proposals. 

DATES: Proposals must be submitted 

through Grants.gov no later than 5 p.m., 

Eastern Time, April 17, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Full proposal application 

packages should be submitted through 

Grants.gov APPLY. The standard NOAA 

funding application package is available 

at http://www.grants.gov. 

If an applicant does not have Internet 

access, the applicant must submit 

through surface mail one set of originals 

(signed) and two copies of the proposals 

and related forms to the Coastal Services 

Center. No e-mail or fax copies will be 

accepted. Any U.S. Postal Service 

correspondence should be sent to the 


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