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p.m. and 3 p.m. Time allotted for oral 

presentations may be limited to 10 

minutes. Those desiring to make oral 

presentations should notify the contact 

person by October 2, 2007, and submit 

a brief statement of the general nature of 

the evidence or arguments they which 

to present, the names and addresses, 

phone number, fax, and e-mail of 

proposed participants, and an 

indication of the approximate time 

requested to make their presentation.’’

Dated: August 20, 2007. 

Jeffrey Shuren, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. E7–16892 Filed 8–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

Advisory Commission on Childhood 

Vaccines; Notice of Meeting 

Cancellation 

Notice is hereby given of the 

cancellation of the Advisory 

Commission on Childhood Vaccines 

(ACCV) Meeting, September 7, 2007, 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m., Parklawn Building (and 

via audio conference call), Conference 

Rooms G & H, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, MD 20857, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 15, 2007, 72 FR 45822–45823. 

Dated: August 21, 2007. 

Alexandra Huttinger, 

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review 

and Coordination. 

[FR Doc. E7–16868 Filed 8–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Arthritis and 

Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; 

Notice of Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of the following 

meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 

Diseases Special Emphasis Panel; Tissue 

Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 

Date: September 11, 2007. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, One 

Democracy Plaza, 6701 Democracy 

Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Charles H. Washabaugh, 

PhD, Scientific Review Administrator, 

Review Branch, NIAMS/NIH, 6701 

Democracy Blvd., Room 816, Bethesda, MD 

20892, 301 451–4838, 

washabac@mail.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.846, Arthritis, 

Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS). 

Dated: August 15, 2007. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 07–4158 Filed 8–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Office of the Director, National 

Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the 

Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public, with attendance limited to space 

available. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

Name of Committee: Recombinant DNA 

Advisory Committee. 

Date: September 17–18, 2007. 

Time: September 17, 2007, 8 a.m. to 12 

p.m. 

Agenda: The Recombinant DNA Advisory 

Committee will review and discuss elected 

human gene transfer protocols as well as 

related data management activities. There 

will also be a discussion about new clinical 

safety information. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Natcher Building, 45 Center Drive, 

Auditorium, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Time: September 17, 2007, 12:30 p.m. to 6 

p.m. 

Agenda: Continued. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 31, Floor 5C, 31 Center Drive, 

Conference Room 6, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Time: September 18, 207, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Agenda: Continued. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Building 31, Floor 6C, 31 Center Drive, 

Conference Room 6, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Laurie Lewallen, Advisory 

Committee Coordinator, Office of 

Biotechnology Activities, National Institutes 

of Health, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Room 750, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–7985, 301–496–9838, 

lewallla@od.nih.gov. 

Any interested person may file written 

comments with the committee by forwarding 

the statement to the Contact Person listed on 

this notice. The statement should include the 

name, address, telephone number and when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. 

In the interest of security, NIH has 

instituted stringent procedures for entrance 

onto the NIH campus. All visitor vehicles, 

including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles 

will be inspected before being allowed on 

campus. Visitors will be asked to show one 

form of identification (for example, a 

government-issued photo ID, driver’s license, 

or passport) and to state the purpose of their 

visit. 

Information is also available on the 

Institute’s/Center’s home page: http:// 

www4.od.nih.gov/oba/, where an agenda and 

any additional information for the meeting 

will be posted when available. 

OMB’s ‘‘Mandatory Information 

Requirements for Federal Assistance Program 

Announcements’’ (45 FR 39592, June 11, 

1980) requires a statement concerning the 

official government programs contained in 

the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

Normally NIH lists in its announcements the 

number and title of affected individual 

programs for the guidance of the public. 

Because the guidance in this notice covers 

virtually every NIH and Federal research 

program in which DNA recombinant 

molecule techniques could be used, it has 

been determined not be cost effective or in 

the public interest to attempt to list these 

programs. Such a list would likely require 

several additional pages. In addition, NIH 

could not be certain that every Federal 

program would be included as many Federal 

agencies, as well as private organizations, 

both national and international, have elected 

to follow the NIH Guidelines. In lieu of the 

individual program listing, NIH invites 

readers to direct questions to the information 

address above about whether individual 

programs listed in the Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance are affected. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.14, Intramural Research 

Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research 

Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 

from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 93.232, 

Loan Repayment Program for Research 

General; 93.39, Academic Research 

Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired 

Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan 

Repayment Program; 93.187, Undergraduate 

Scholarship Program for Individuals from 


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Disadvantaged Backgrounds, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: August 15, 2007. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 07–4157 Filed 8–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2007–27813] 

New MARPOL Annex I Pollution 

Prevention Regulations; Information 

and Compliance Policy 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of policy. 

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public 

about new requirements of revised 

Annex I of the International Convention 

for the Prevention of Pollution from 

Ships (MARPOL 73/78), their associated 

entry into force dates, and compliance 

requirements for U.S. vessels that are 

subject to the Convention. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning this notice, 

contact Lieutenant Commander Scott 

Muller, Project Manager, Office of 

Vessel Activities, Domestic Vessel 

Division (CG–3PCV–1), telephone 202–

372–1220 or via e-mail at 

Scott.W.Muller@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing material to the 

DOT Docket Management Facility 

docket, call Ms. Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

telephone 202–493–0402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

International Convention for the 

Prevention of Pollution from Ships 

(MARPOL 73/78) is the primary 

international agreement aimed at 

reducing pollution of the marine 

environment from a variety of vesselgenerated sources. Annex I to MARPOL 

73/78, ‘‘Regulations for the Prevention 

of Pollution by Oil,’’ contains provisions 

intended to reduce both intentional and 

accidental discharges of oil. Annex I 

was codified into U.S. law by the Act to 

Prevent Pollution from Ships at Sea 33 

U.S.C. Sec. 1901 et seq. and with 

implementing regulations of 33 CFR 

parts 151, 155 and 157. 

The entire annex was revised by 

adoption of Resolution MEPC.117(52) 

on October 15, 2004, and entered into 

force on January 1, 2007. In addition to 

adding new regulations, MARPOL 

Annex I was revised to be more userfriendly. It separates, by chapter, the 

requirements for: Survey and 

certification, machinery spaces of all 

ships, cargo areas of oil tankers, oil 

pollution emergency plans, reception 

facilities, and fixed or floating 

platforms. Additionally, where 

applicable, chapters are further divided 

by subpart concerning construction, 

equipment and operational 

requirements. Two new regulations 

were included in the revision: 

• Regulation 22 of revised Annex I, 

‘‘Pump-room bottom protection,’’

establishes design requirements for 

pump-room double bottoms on oil 

tankers of 5,000 tons deadweight and 

above constructed on or after January 1, 

2007. 

• Regulation 23 of revised Annex I, 

‘‘Accidental oil outflow performance,’’

establishes design requirements to 

protect against oil pollution in the event 

of grounding or collision for oil tankers 

with a building contract on or after 

January 1, 2007 (or delivery on or after 

January 1, 2010). 

In addition, on March 24, 2006, IMO 

adopted Resolution MEPC.141(54) 

which provided additional amendments 

that further revised MARPOL Annex I, 

which will enter into force on August 1, 

2007. These amendments include a new 

regulation 12A: 

• Regulation 12A of revised Annex I, 

‘‘Oil fuel tank protection,’’ establishes 

design requirements for protectively 

located fuel tanks for all ships with an 

aggregate oil fuel capacity of 600 cubic 

meters (m3) and above with a building 

contract on or after August 1, 2007 (or 

delivery on or after August 1, 2010). 

Reason for Policy Notice 

As a signatory to the MARPOL 73/78 

the U.S. government has an obligation to 

act in accordance with the convention. 

This obligation includes implementing 

and enforcing the new amendments to 

the convention for both U.S. vessels and 

foreign flagged vessels operating in U.S. 

waters. Thus, vessels required to have 

an International Oil Pollution 

Prevention (IOPP) certificate by the 

convention will need to meet the new 

revised regulations. Because the new 

revisions affect certain vessels subject to 

existing U.S. regulations, found at 33 

CFR parts 157 and 155, the Coast Guard 

is developing a proposed rulemaking to 

harmonize existing U.S. regulations 

with the new revisions to the 

convention. In the interim, as a party to 

MARPOL 73/78, the United States will 

enforce the new MARPOL Annex I 

regulations as follows: 

(a) U.S. flagged vessels that are 

required to hold an International Oil 

Pollution Prevention (IOPP) Certificate 

in accordance with 33 CFR 151.19: All 

U.S. vessels required to hold an IOPP 

Certificate must meet all requirements 

set out in MARPOL 73/78, including the 

new requirements, as applicable, 

established in recent IMO resolutions 

MEPC.117(52) and MEPC.141(54) 

discussed above that have come into 

force. 

(b) U.S. flagged vessels that are not 

required to hold an IOPP Certificate: 

These vessels need not presently 

comply with the new MARPOL Annex 

I regulations, adopted by IMO 

resolutions MEPC.117(52) and 

MEPC.141(54) above. However, vessel 

operators are encouraged to comply 

with these new regulations in light of 

the Coast Guard’s intention to revise 

domestic regulations (33 CFR 157 and 

155) that will implement IMO 

resolution MEPC.117(52) and 

MEPC.141(54). 

(c) Foreign vessels calling to the U.S. 

ports or terminals: The Coast Guard will 

enforce all applicable MARPOL Annex 

I regulations, including the new 

regulations adopted by IMO resolutions 

MEPC.117(52) and MEPC.141(54) 

discussed above. 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903, 33 U.S.C. 1231, 

33 U.S.C. 1321, E.O. 12777, Department of 

Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

Dated: August 20, 2007. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Acting Assistant Commandant for Prevention, 

U.S. Coast Guard. 

[FR Doc. E7–16725 Filed 8–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–933–07, 5410–KD–A507; AZA–33515] 

Application for Conveyance of Federal 

Mineral Interests, Pima County, AZ 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: The surface owner of the 

lands described in this notice, 

aggregating approximately 320.00 acres, 

has filed an application for the purchase 

of the federally owned mineral interests 

in the lands. Publication of this notice 

temporarily segregates the mineral 

interest from appropriation under the 

public land laws, including the mining 

law. 

DATES: Interested persons may submit 

written comments to the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) at the address stated 

below. Comments must be received by 

no later than October 11, 2007. 


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