Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 135 / Monday, July 16, 2007 / Notices 38825 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Availability of Seats for the Cordell 

Bank 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 Cordell Bank National 

Marine Sanctuary (CBNMS or 

Sanctuary) is seeking applicants for the 

following vacant seats on its Sanctuary 

Advisory Council (Council): Community 

At Large Marin County Primary seat, 

Community at Large Sonoma County 

Alternate seat. 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 a 3 year term, 

pursuant to the Council’s Charter. 

DATES: Applications are due by August 

17th, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be 

obtained from Cordell Bank National 

Marine Sanctuary, Rowena Forest, P.O. 

Box 159, Olema, CA 94950. And at 

http://cordellbank.noaa.gov/ 

welcome.html. Completed applications 

should be sent to the above post office 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rowena Forest/CBNMS, P.O. Box 159 

Olema, CA 94950, (415) 663–0314 x105, 

and Rowena.forest@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Council for Cordell Bank was 

established in 2002 to support the joint 

management plan review process 

currently underway for the CBNMS and 

its neighboring sanctuaries, Gulf of the 

Farallones and Monterey Bay National 

Marine Sanctuaries. The Council has 

members representing education, 

research, conservation, maritime 

activity, and community-at-large. The 

government seats are held by 

representatives from the National 

Marine Fisheries Service, the United 

States Coast Guard, and the Managers of 

the Gulf of the Farallones, Monterey Bay 

and Channel Islands National Marine 

Sanctuaries. The Council holds four 

regular meetings per year, and one 

annual retreat. 

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

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program) 

Dated: July 9, 2007. 

Daniel J. Basta, 

Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program, 

National Ocean Services, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 07–3456 Filed 7–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB40 

Endangered Species and Marine 

Mammals; File No. 10014 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the New Jersey Department of 

Environmental Protection (NJDEP), 

Division of Science, Research and 

Technology, P.O. Box 409, Trenton, NJ 

08625–0409, has applied in due form for 

a permit to take marine mammals and 

sea turtles for purposes of scientific 

research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

August 15, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

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. 

Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on this application 

should be mailed to the Chief, Permits, 

Conservation and Education Division, 

F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those 

individuals requesting a hearing should 

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. 10014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Opay 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) and 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 NJDEP seeks permission to 

conduct research to elucidate the 

distribution and abundance of baleen 

whales, odontocete whales, pinnipeds, 

and sea turtles. Research would include 

take by survey approach during 

shipboard and aircraft transect surveys 

of up to 200 common dolphins, 410 

bottlenose dolphins, 100 Atlantic 

spotted dolphins, 100 striped dolphins, 

100 pantropical spotted dolphins, 100 

spinner dolphins, 100 clymene 

dolphins, 10 Northern bottlenosed 

whales, 10 melon-headed whales, 25 

white-sided dolphins, 10 white-beaked 

dolphins, 10 Risso’s dolphins, 200 pilot 

whales, 100 harbor porpoises, 10 killer 

whales, 10 sperm whales, 10 Cuvier’s 

beaked whales, 10 Mesoplodon whales, 

20 pygmy/dwarf sperm whales, 10 

pygmy killer whales, 10 blue whales, 10 

sei whales, 25 minke whales, 100 fin 

whales, 100 humpback whales, 300 

Northern right whales, 1400 harbor 

seals, 400 gray seals, 25 harp seals, 25 

hooded seals, 10 hawksbill sea turtles, 

100 leatherback sea turtles, 600 

loggerhead sea turtles, 100 Kemp’s 

ridley sea turtles, and 50 green sea 

turtles. The study area would include 

U.S. waters offshore of southern New 

Jersey out to a distance of 20 nautical 

miles. A five-year permit is 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. 


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