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to develop recommendations for the 

September 2007 Council meeting. 

DATES: The telephone conference will be 

held Thursday, September 6, 2007, from 

9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: A listening station will be 

available at the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, Small Conference 

Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, 

Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220–1384; 

telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management Staff 

Officer, Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the work session is to review 

information in the Council’s September 

meeting briefing book related to salmon 

management, and to develop comments 

and recommendations for consideration 

at the September Council meeting. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the SAS for discussion, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal SAS action during this meeting. 

SAS 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 SAS’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 Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: August 15, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XC13 

Pacific 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 Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council)Model 

Evaluation Workgroup (MEW) will hold 

a work session by telephone conference, 

which is open to the public, to develop 

recommendations for the September 

2007 Council meeting. 

DATES: The telephone conference will be 

held Tuesday, September 4, from 1 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: A listening station will be 

available at the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, Small Conference 

Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, 

Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220–1384; 

telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management Staff 

Officer, Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the work session is to review 

information in the Council’s September 

meeting briefing book related to salmon 

management, and to develop comments 

and recommendations for consideration 

at the September Council meeting. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the MEW for discussion, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal MEW action during this meeting. 

MEW 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 MEW’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 Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: August 15, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Public Safety Interoperable 

Communications (PSIC) Grant 

Program 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, 

Commerce 

ACTION: Amendment to Notice of 

Availability of Funds 

SUMMARY: On July 23, 2007, the National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) published a 

Notice of Availability of Funds in the 

Federal Register, 72 Fed. Reg. 40120, for 

the Public Safety Interoperable 

Communications (PSIC) Grant Program. 

On August 3, 2007, the President signed 

into law the Improving Emergency 

Communications Act of 2007, Pub. L. 

No. 110-53, which amended Section 

3006 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 

2005 that authorized the PSIC Grant 

Program. This Notice provides 

amendments to PSIC Grant Program 

Notice of Availability of Funds. 

DATES: This amendment to the Final 

Rule takes effect immediately. Each 

State and Territory continues to be 

required to submit its application and 

narrative no later than 11:59 p.m. on 

August 22, 2007. Each State and 

Territory, however, will now be 

required to submit its Statewide 

Communications Interoperability Plans 

and Investment Justification under the 

PSIC Grant Program no later than 

December 3, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Please see 72 Fed. Reg. 

40120. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Pettus, Program Specialist, Public 

Safety Interoperable Communications, 

telephone: (202) 482–5802; fax: (202) 

482–2156. Information about the PSIC 

can also be obtained electronically via 

the Internet at www.ntia.doc.gov/psic. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

23, 2007, the National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) published a 

Notice of Availability of Funds in the 

Federal Register, 72 Fed. Reg. 40120, for 

the Public Safety Interoperable 

Communications (PSIC) Grant Program. 

On August 3, 2007, the President signed 

into law the Implementing 

Recommendations of the 9/11 

Commission Act of 2007, Pub. L. No. 

110-53. Title XXII of that Act, known as 

the Improving Emergency 

Communications Act of 2007, amended 

Section 3006 of the Deficit Reduction 


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1For purposes of this program, the term 

‘‘reallocated public safety spectrum’’ will mean the 

band of spectrum located at 764–776 megahertz and 

794–806 megahertz, inclusive. 

Act of 2005 which originally authorized 

the PSIC Grant Program. 

Specifically, Section 2201 of Pub. L. 

No. 110-53 expanded the PSIC Grant 

Program’s purpose by: (1) including 

planning and coordination as eligible 

costs; (2) explicitly permitting funds to 

be used for equipment and software; (3) 

allowing investments in other public 

safety communications spectrum bands; 

and (4) requiring the establishment and 

implementation of strategic technology 

reserve by public safety agencies. 

Accordingly, NTIA now amends the 

Notice of Availability of Funds as 

follows to include pre-positioning 

activities as a program and selection 

priority; to remove the restriction 

involving 700 MHz frequency band; to 

amend the Funding Availability section 

to set aside $75 million to fund prepositioning activities; and to exclude 

planning and coordination activities 

from the 20% cost share requirement. 

Program Information 

The PSIC Grant Program will assist 

public safety agencies in the planning 

and coordination with, the acquisition 

of, deployment of, or training for the use 

of interoperable communications 

equipment, software, and systems that: 

(1) utilize reallocated public safety 

spectrum for radio communication1; 

(2) enable interoperability with 

communications systems that can 

utilize reallocated public safety 

spectrum for radio communications; or 

(3) otherwise improve or advance the 

interoperability of public safety 

communications systems that utilize 

other public safety spectrum bands. 

NTIA is seeking solutions from public 

safety agencies that (1) achieve 

meaningful and measurable 

improvements in the state of 

interoperability for public safety 

communications and (2) fill 

interoperability gaps identified in the 

Statewide Plans. 

NTIA recognizes that many solutions 

exist to achieve interoperability, and the 

PSIC Grant Program will not dictate a 

specific technology solution for public 

safety agencies. However, NTIA has 

identified the following technology and 

all hazards related priorities that States 

and Territories must consider when 

selecting projects for PSIC funding: 

1. Technology 

a. Adopt advanced technological 

solutions 

b. Improve spectrum efficiency 

c. Use cost-effective measures 

2. All Hazards Mitigation 

a. Improve communications in areas 

at high risk for natural disasters 

b. Continue to improve 

interoperability efforts in urban and 

metropolitan areas at high risk for 

threats of terrorism 

c. Pre-position or secure interoperable 

communications in advance for 

immediate deployment in an emergency 

or major disaster 

Funding Availability 

Table 1 - PSIC State/Territory 

Allocation 

State/Territory PSIC Funding STR Funding 

Alabama .... $13,585,399 $1,052,169 

Alaska ....... $7,250,345 $561,529 

American 

Samoa ... $691,948 $53,590 

Arizona ...... $17,713,050 $1,371,850 

Arkansas ... $11,169,402 $865,054 

California ... $94,034,510 $7,282,835 

Colorado ... $14,336,638 $1,110,352 

Connecticut $12,999,879 $1,006,822 

Delaware ... $8,196,842 $634,833 

District of 

Columbia $11,857,972 $918,383 

Florida ....... $42,888,266 $3,321,633 

Georgia ..... $25,311,354 $1,960,327 

Guam ........ $2,600,678 $201,419 

Hawaii ....... $8,069,879 $625,000 

Idaho ......... $7,289,795 $564,584 

Illinois ........ $36,414,263 $2,820,231 

Indiana ...... $18,291,735 $1,416,668 

Iowa .......... $10,935,974 $846,975 

Kansas ...... $10,667,169 $826,157 

Kentucky ... $15,405,625 $1,193,143 

Louisiana .. $19,672,287 $1,523,590 

Maine ........ $7,567,579 $586,098 

Maryland ... $22,934,593 $1,776,251 

Massachusetts ....... $21,191,988 $1,641,288 

Michigan ... $25,039,781 $1,939,294 

Minnesota $14,262,071 $1,104,577 

Mississippi $10,989,345 $851,109 

Missouri .... $17,465,576 $1,352,683 

Montana .... $6,549,685 $507,263 

Nebraska .. $8,582,108 $664,672 

Nevada ..... $12,042,417 $932,668 

New Hampshire ...... $5,966,760 $462,117 

New Jersey $30,806,646 $2,385,930 

New Mexico .......... $8,288,725 $641,950 

New York .. $60,734,783 $4,703,820 

North Carolina ......... $22,130,199 $1,713,952 

North Dakota ....... $7,052,490 $546,205 

Northern 

Mariana 

Islands ... $719,236 $55,704 

Ohio .......... $29,377,337 $2,275,232 

Oklahoma $11,684,183 $904,923 

Oregon ...... $12,182,532 $943,519 

Pennsylvania ...... $34,190,555 $2,648,008 

Puerto Rico $9,590,025 $742,733 

Rhode Island ....... $7,365,694 $570,462 

Table 1 - PSIC State/Territory 

Allocation—Continued 

State/Territory PSIC Funding STR Funding 

South 

Carolina $13,499,308 $1,045,502 

South Dakota ....... $6,549,691 $507,264 

Tennessee $17,540,752 $1,358,506 

Texas ........ $65,069,247 $5,039,518 

U.S. Virgin 

Islands ... $856,907 $66,366 

Utah .......... $10,353,261 $801,845 

Vermont .... $4,476,761 $346,719 

Virginia ...... $25,012,521 $1,937,183 

Washington $19,180,347 $1,485,490 

West Virginia ....... $8,429,484 $652,851 

Wisconsin $15,367,216 $1,190,168 

Wyoming ... $5,952,187 $460,988 

Total ......... $968,385,000 $75,000,002 

Pursuant to Section 2201 of Pub. L. 

No. 110-53, States and Territories will 

be required to establish and implement 

a strategic technology reserve (STR) to 

pre-position or secure interoperable 

communications in advance for 

immediate deployment in an emergency 

situation or major disaster. The PSIC 

Grant Program has apportioned a total of 

$75 million for STR Funding. Each State 

or Territory has been allocated a 

presumptive funding amount 

proportionate to its total allocation 

under the program. 

To be considered for PSIC funding, 

the STR must be capable of reestablishing communications when 

existing critical infrastructure is 

damaged or destroyed in an emergency 

or a major disaster. STR projects should 

include the following: 

(1) appropriate current, widely-used 

equipment, such as Land Mobile Radio 

Systems, cellular telephones and 

satellite-enabled equipment (and related 

communications service), Cells-OnWheels, Cells-On-Light Trucks, or other 

self-contained mobile cell sites that can 

be towed, backup batteries, generators, 

fuel, and computers; 

(2) equipment on hand for the 

Governor of each State, key emergency 

response officials, and appropriate State 

or local personnel; 

(3) contracts (including pre-negotiated 

contracts) for rapid delivery of the most 

current technology available from 

commercial sources; and 

(4) arrangements for training to ensure 

the personnel are familiar with the 

operation of the equipment and devices 

to be delivered pursuant to such 

contracts. 

States and Territories should ensure 

that they submit Investment 

Justifications reflecting projects that 

include at least the presumptive funding 


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amount to establish and implement a 

strategic technology reserve (STR) to 

pre-position or secure interoperable 

communications in advance for 

immediate deployment in an emergency 

situation or major disaster. If a State or 

Territory is not submitting a PSIC 

Investment for the STR, it must submit 

a detailed written explanation along 

with its Investment Justification that 

demonstrates that it has already 

implemented such a strategic 

technology reserve or that other funded 

project proposals represent a higher 

priority for public safety 

communications. Upon a finding by the 

Assistant Secretary that the State or 

Territory has met the demonstration 

requirement, it may use the presumptive 

funding amount for other approved 

PSIC projects. 

Funding Priorities and Selection 

Factors 

NTIA recognizes that many solutions 

exist to achieve interoperability, and the 

PSIC Grant Program will not dictate the 

technology or approach for public safety 

agencies. However, NTIA has identified 

that when selecting projects for PSIC 

funding States and Territories must 

consider: (1) technology, including 

adoption of advanced technological 

solutions, improved spectrum 

efficiency, and cost-effective measures; 

and (2) solutions that support 

capabilities in response to all hazards 

approach regardless of their source or 

cause, including improving 

communications in areas at high risk for 

natural disasters and in urban and 

metropolitan areas at high risk for 

threats of terrorism, as well as prepositioning or securing interoperable 

communications in advance for 

immediate deployment in an emergency 

or major disaster. 

In addition, NTIA will review each 

Statewide Plan to ensure that States and 

Territories address the following PSIC 

requirements: how public safety 

agencies will plan and coordinate, 

acquire, deploy, and train on 

communications equipment, software, 

and systems that use - or enable 

interoperability with communications 

systems that use - in the reallocated 

public safety spectrum or otherwise 

improve or advance the interoperability 

with public safety communications 

systems that utilize other public safety 

spectrum bands; how a strategic 

technology reserve will be established 

and implemented to pre-position or 

secure interoperable communications in 

advance for immediate deployment in 

an emergency or major disaster; how 

local and tribal government entities’

interoperable communications needs 

have been included in the planning 

process and how their needs are being 

addressed, if applicable; and how 

authorized nongovernmental 

organizations’ interoperable 

communications needs have been 

included in the planning process and 

how their needs are being addressed, if 

applicable. 

Cost Sharing Requirements 

The PSIC Grant Program requires cost 

sharing. By statute, each public safety 

agency receiving PSIC funds is required 

to meet and document the 20 percent 

statutory match requirement for each 

project. The SAA is required to track 

and report the 20 percent match 

requirement for each individual project 

that receives PSIC funds for efforts other 

than planning and coordination and 

training which do not require any 

match. The match requirements can be 

met through cash or in-kind sources 

consistent with 15 C.F.R. § § 24.3, 24.24. 

This documentation must demonstrate 

that match funds are from non-federal 

sources. 

As provided in 48 U.S.C. § 1469a, the 

requirement for local matching funds 

under $200,000 (including in-kind 

contributions) is waived for the 

Territorial governments in Guam, 

American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin 

Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands. 

Applicants are exempt from the 20 

percent match for all pre-award costs 

related to the Statewide Plans. 

Training activities can make up no 

more than 20 percent of a State’s or 

Territory’s total federal allocationfor the 

PSIC Program. 

Each STR project will be considered 

as an individual Investment and subject 

to the above cost sharing requirements. 

All other substantive provisions of the 

PSIC Grant Program Notice of 

Availability of Funds remain 

unchanged. Additional information on 

these changes is available in 

Modification 1 of the Federal Funding 

Opportunity Notice under CFDA 

Number 11.555 available at http:// 

www.grants.gov/search/ 

search.do?oppId=14878&mode=VIEW 

and in the Revised Grant Guidance 

available at www.ntia.doc.gov/. 

Executive Order 12866 

The amendment to this rule has been 

determined not to be Economically 

Significant under Executive Order 

12866. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for this rule concerning 

grants, benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. 

§ 553(a) (2)). Because notice and 

opportunity for comment are not 

required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 553 or 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.) 

are inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Congressional Review of Agency 

Rulemaking 

NTIA has not submitted this final rule 

to the Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office under the 

Congressional Review of Agency 

Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. § 801 et seq. 

This amendment is not a ‘‘major rule’’

within the meaning of the Act. 

Dated: August 16, 2007. 

Kathy Smith, 

Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration. 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Determination Under the Textile and 

Apparel Commercial Availability 

Provision of the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free 

Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR 

Agreement) 

August 14, 2007. 

AGENCY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Determination to add a product 

in unrestricted quantities to Annex 3.25 

of the CAFTA-DR Agreement. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 20, 2007. 

SUMMARY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA) has determined that certain 

raschel knit open work crepe fabrics, as 

specified below, are not available in 

commercial quantities in a timely 

manner in the CAFTA-DR region. The 

product will be added to the list in 

Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR 

Agreement in unrestricted quantities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Dybczak, Office of Textiles and 


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