Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 134 / Friday, July 13, 2007 / Notices 38567 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–

8930. Electronic comments may also be 

sent to: FIPS140-3@nist.gov. 

The current FIPS 140–2 standard can 

be viewed electronically at: http:// 

csrc.nist.gov/. Comments received in 

response to this notice will be published 

electronically at http://csrc.nist.gov/ 

cryptval/140-3.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Allen Roginsky, Computer Security 

Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–

8930, telephone (301) 975–3603. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FIPS 140–

1, Security Requirements for 

Cryptographic Modules was issued in 

1994 and was superseded by FIPS 140–

2 in 2001. FIPS 140–2 identifies 

requirements for four security levels for 

cryptographic modules to provide for a 

wide spectrum of data sensitivity (e.g., 

low value administrative data, million 

dollar funds transfers, and life 

protecting data), and a diversity of 

application environments. 

Over 1600 modules have been tested 

by accredited private-sector laboratories 

and validated to-date as conforming to 

this standard. The standard provided 

that it be reviewed within five years to 

consider its continued usefulness and 

whether new or revised requirements 

should be added. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register (Volume 70, Number 8) on 

January 12, 2005, soliciting public 

comments on reaffirming the standard. 

The comments supported reaffirmation 

of the standard, but suggested technical 

modifications to address advances in 

technology since the standard was 

originally issued. Using these 

comments, NIST prepared Draft FIPS 

140–3. 

The most important differences 

between this Draft FIPS 140–3 and the 

current FIPS 140–2 standard are: 

Specifying five security levels instead of 

four; having a separate section for 

software security; requiring to mitigate 

against the non-invasive attacks when 

validating at higher security levels; 

introducing a notion of public security 

parameters; allowing to defer various 

self-tests until certain conditions are 

met; and strengthening the requirements 

on user authentication and integrity 

testing. 

Authority: Federal Information Processing 

Standards (FIPS) are issued by the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology after 

approval by the Secretary of Commerce 

pursuant to Section 5131 of the Information 

Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 

and the Federal Information Security 

Management Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–347). 

E.O. 12866: This notice has been 

determined not to be significant for the 

purposes of E.O. 12866. 

Dated: July 5, 2007. 

James M. Turner, 

Deputy Director, NIST. 

[FR Doc. E7–13654 Filed 7–12–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

XRIN: 0648–XB39 

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) 

Multispecies (Groundfish) Committee 

will meet to consider actions affecting 

New England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Holiday Inn, One Newbury Street, 

Peabody, MA 01960; telephone: (978) 

535–4600. 

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. The Multispecies (Groundfish) 

Oversight Committee will continue 

development of Amendment 16 to the 

Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan. Amendment 16 will 

adjust measures as necessary to 

continue the rebuilding of overfished 

groundfish stocks. At this meeting, the 

Committee will address sector 

management issues and they will 

discuss the recommendations of the 

Council’s Sector Committee as well as 

specific sector proposals. The 

discussion will include, but not be 

limited to, developing alternatives for 

the baseline period to be used when 

allocating fishing opportunities to 

sectors, identifying stocks for which an 

allocation must be requested, providing 

allowances for non-sector fisheries (e.g. 

scallop dredge fishery, recreational 

fisheries, state waters fisheries, etc.), 

discussing discard monitoring 

requirements, and other issues related to 

sector management. If this discussion is 

completed, the Committee will review 

changes to the days-at-sea system for 

vessels that choose not to join a sector. 

2. The Transboundary Management 

Guidance Committee will meet jointly 

with the Committee to receive reports of 

recent stock assessments for Eastern 

Georges Bank cod and haddock and 

Georges Bank yellowtail flounder. 

3. Other business may also be 

discussed. 

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: July 9, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–13561 Filed 7–12–07; 8:45 am] 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 17, 

2007. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Conference Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Enforcement Matters. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Eileen A. Donovan, 202–418–5100. 

Eileen A. Donovan, 

Acting Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–3459 Filed 7–11–07; 2:15 pm] 

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