37732 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 132 / Wednesday, July 11, 2007 / Notices 

set forth the specific reasons why a 

hearing on this particular request would 

be appropriate. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile at (301)427–2521, provided 

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy 

submitted by mail and postmarked no 

later than the closing date of the 

comment period. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

e-mail. The mailbox address for 

providing e-mail comments is 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include 

in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: File No. 1127–1921. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandy Hutnak or Carrie Hubard, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), 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 Hawaii Marine Mammal 

Consortium seeks a five year permit to 

conduct research on 24 cetacean 

species, including the following 

endangered species: blue whale 

(Balaenoptera musculus), fin whale (B. 

physalus), humpback whale (Megaptera 

novaeangliae), sei whale (B. borealis), 

and sperm whale (Physeter 

macrocephalus). The objectives of the 

research are to assess the status, 

numbers, distribution, and life histories 

of cetacean species in Hawaiian waters. 

The type of take involved would consist 

of Level A harassment (biopsy 

sampling) and Level B harassment 

(close approach, photo-id, audio 

recording, underwater photography and 

video, photogrammetry, and collection 

of sloughed skin and fecal samples). All 

age classes, except mothers and 

associated calves less than one year old, 

would be biopsy sampled. The core 

study area is the leeward coast of the 

island of Hawaii, but activities might be 

conducted in any of the near shore 

waters of the main and northwestern 

Hawaiian Islands, including waters off 

the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 

Marine National Monument. No 

mortality or incidental harassment of 

non-target species is being requested. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: July 5, 2007. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–13474 Filed 7–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice To Adopt a Standard Model for 

Mathematical Vertical Datum 

Transformations 

AGENCY: National Geodetic Survey 

(NGS), National Ocean Service (NOS), 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to announce a decision by the Federal 

Geodetic Control Subcommittee (FGCS) 

to recommend adoption of a standard 

method for mathematical 

transformations between the vertical 

geodetic datums: The National Geodetic 

Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) and 

the North American Vertical Datum of 

1988 (NAVD 88). These methods are 

designated, in descending order of 

accuracy: (1) The recomputation or 

readjustment of survey observations 

method, (2) the mathematical 

transformation method, and (3) the 

average shift method. In order to 

maintain consistency of results and to 

minimize misuse associated with the 

mathematical transformation method, 

FGCS recommends software identified 

as VERTCON (Vertical Conversion) as a 

Federal standard. 

DATES: Individuals or organizations 

wishing to submit comments on the 

adoption of VERTCON as the standard 

method, should do by August 10, 2007. 

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 20910; 

Phone: (301) 713–3178. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The intent 

of this notice is to standardize a vertical 

datum transformation method when a 

mathematical transformation is desired. 

FGCS selected the method incorporated 

in the software identified as VERTCON. 

It is not the intent of the notice to 

declare when to use a datum 

transformation or by what method but 

only to declare that when a 

mathematical transformation is 

appropriate, VERTCON is 

recommended. Note that VERTCON is 

not appropriate to transform between 

NGVD 29 and NAVD 88 for first-, 

second-, or third-order heights, as 

defined in the Federal Geodetic Control 

Committee (FGCC), Standards and 

Specifications for Geodetic Control 

Networks, and retain first- or second-, or 

third-order accuracies in the results. 

Method 1, recomputation or 

readjustment of survey observations, is 

usually more appropriate to maintain 

first-, second-, and third-order FGCC 

accuracies. 

VERTCON can be accessed for on-line 

computation from the NGS Geodetic 

Tool Kit at http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ 

TOOL/Vertcon/vertcon.html, or copies 

of the VERTCON software are available 

for free download from the NGS Web 

site http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/ 

PC_PROD/pc_prod.shtml#VERTCON. 

Dated: July 5, 2007. 

Elizabeth R. Scheffler, 

Associate Assistant Administrator for 

Management, Ocean Services and Coastal 

Zone Management. 

[FR Doc. 07–3377 Filed 7–10–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the President’s 

Commission on Care for America’s 

Returning Wounded Warriors 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Federal Advisory Committee 

Meeting Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 ( 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 

41 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

102–3.140 thorough 160, the 

Department of Defense announces the 

forthcoming public meeting: 

Name of Commission: President’s 

Commission on Care for America’s 

Returning Wounded Warriors (hereafter 

referred to as the Commission). 

Date of Meeting: July 25, 2007. 

Time of Meeting: 11 a.m. to (To Be 

Determined). 


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