Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 187 / Thursday, September 27, 2007 / Notices 54901 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Announcement of Elkhorn Slough, 

California National Estuarine Research 

Reserve Revised Management Plan 

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability for the 

Revised Management Plan for the 

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine 

Research Reserve. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office 

of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce is announcing the 

availability of the updated Elkhorn 

Slough National Estuarine Research 

Reserve Management Plan. 

The Elkhorn Slough National 

Estuarine Research Reserve was 

designated in 1979 pursuant to Section 

315 of the Coastal Zone Management 

Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 

1461. The Reserve has been operating 

under a management plan approved in 

1985. Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a 

state must revise its management plan 

every five years. The submission of this 

plan fulfills this requirement and sets a 

course for successful implementation of 

the goals and objectives of the reserve. 

This plan contains important 

revisions to the original management 

plan developed for the Reserve. For the 

revision, the Reserve used a 

collaborative approach, which focused 

on integrating the Reserve’s programs in 

order to better achieve conservation 

success. The plan describes the 

Reserve’s long-term conservation goals 

and details the process involved in 

identifying those goals. It also maps out 

the objectives and strategies that the 

Reserve will use over the next five years 

in order to move toward accomplishing 

its goals. The plan also provides an 

overview of the Reserve’s research and 

monitoring, education, stewardship, 

coastal training, volunteer, and 

administration programs and describes 

the Reserve’s plan for public access, 

acquisition, and facilities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alison Krepp at (301) 713–3155 of 

NOAA’s National Ocean Service, 

Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 EastWest Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. For copies of 

the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine 

Research Reserve Management Plan, 

please visit http:// 

www.elkhornslough.org/. 

Dated: September 21, 2007. 

David M. Kennedy, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–19052 Filed 9–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB64 

Marine Mammals; File No. 10019 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Jonathon Millman, 268 Mast Road, 

Durham, New Hampshire 03824, has 

been issued a permit to conduct 

commercial/educational photography of 

pinnipeds in Maine. 

ADDRESSES: The permit 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaclyn Daly or Tammy Adams, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

10, 2007, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (72 FR 45013) that a 

request for a commercial/educational 

photography permit to take harbor seals 

(Phoca vitulina) and gray seals 

(Halichoerus grypus) had been 

submitted by the above-named 

individual. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and 

the regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The permit authorizes Level B 

harassment of 200 harbor seals and 50 

gray seals during one to two filming 

sessions around the Isle of Shoals, 

Maine. Filming will take place above 

and below water and footage obtained 

will be used for the New Hampshire 

Public Television’s ‘‘Windows to the 

Wild’’ series. The permit expires on 

November 1, 2007. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: September 24, 2007. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–19145 Filed 9–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting (via 

conference call). 

SUMMARY: The Hydrographic Services 

Review Panel (HSRP) was established 

by the Secretary of Commerce to advise 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere on matters 

related to the responsibilities and 

authorities set forth in section 303 of the 

Hydrographic Services Improvement 

Act of 1998, its amendments, and such 

other appropriate matters that the Under 

Secretary refers to the Panel for review 

and advice. The purpose of the 

conference call is to allow Panel 

members to deliberate and vote on 

recommendations conceptualized 

during a meeting in Seattle, 

Washington, on September 14, 2007. 

Written public comments should be 

submitted to Captain Steven Barnum, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by 

October 11, 2007. 

Date and Time: The conference call 

will covene at 2 p.m. Eastern Time, 

October 15, 2007, and end at or about 

3:30 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Captain Steven Barnum, NOAA, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), Office 

of Coast Survey, National Ocean 

Service, NOAA (N/CS), 1315 East West 


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1 72 FR 48262 (August 23, 2007). 

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910; Telephone: 301–713–2770, Fax: 

301–713–4019; e-mail: 

Steven.Barnum@noaa.gov or 

Hydroservices.panel@noaa.gov; and for 

more information visit the NOAA HSRP 

Web site at http:// 

nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/ 

hsrp.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

conference call is available to the public 

through the following, toll free callnumber: (888) 791–6044 participant 

passcode HSRP. Interested members of 

the public may call this number and 

listen to the meeting. Persons with 

hearing impairments may follow the 

proceedings by calling the Federal Relay 

Service [TTY (800) 877–8339, Voice 

(866) 377–8642 or Voice Carry-Over 

(877) 877–6280] and provide the Service 

with the conference call number and 

participant passcode. Be sure to notify 

the operator that it is a ‘‘Conference 

Call’’ before you provide call number 

and participant passcode. 

Matters To Be Considered: A vote is 

required for recommendations related to 

NOAA Hydrographic Services Role in 

the Integrated Ocean Observing System 

(IOOS). The recommendation letter and 

HSRP position will be posted before the 

conference call; please visit http:// 

nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp.htm. 

Dated: September 20, 2007. 

Captain Steven Barnum, 

Director, Office of Coast Survey, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 07–4749 Filed 9–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Petition of the Chicago Mercantile 

Exchange, Inc. for Exemptive Relief, 

Pursuant to Section 4(c) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act, From the 

Requirement That the China Foreign 

Exchange Trade System and National 

Interbank Funding Center or its 

Members Register as Futures 

Commission Merchants 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Re-opening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘Commission’’) 

published on August 23, 2007, a notice 

of proposed order and request for 

comment regarding a petition filed with 

the Commission by the Chicago 

Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CME’’) 

applying for exemptive relief, pursuant 

to Section 4(c) of the Commodity 

Exchange Act.1 CME’s petition applies 

for exemptive relief from the 

requirement that the China Foreign 

Exchange Trade system and National 

Interbank Funding Center (‘‘CFETS’’) or 

its members register as futures 

commission merchants (‘‘FCMs’’). An 

interested party has requested that the 

comment period be extended by two 

weeks due to the novelty of the issues 

involved. The Commission is extending 

the comment period to October 9, 2007. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/http:// 

frwebgate.access.gpo/cgi-bin/leaving. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: secretary@cftc.gov. Include 

‘‘CME Petition for Exemption from FCM 

Registration on Behalf of CFETS’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 202/418–5521. 

• Mail: Send to David S. Stawick, 

Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20581. 

• Courier: Same as mail above. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.CFTC.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert B. Wasserman, Associate 

Director, 202–418–5092, 

rwasserman@cftc.gov; Division of 

Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 

1151 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20581. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

24, 2007 by the Commission. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E7–19222 Filed 9–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the Historical Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, this notice announces a 

meeting of the Department of Defense 

Historical Advisory Committee. The 

committee will discuss the Department 

of the Navy Historical Advisory 

Subcommittee’s report and 

recommendations. The meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 at 

10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held on 

the 5th Floor, Suite 5000, 1777 North 

Kent Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Pamela Bennett at 703–588–7889 or Ms. 

Carolyn Thorne at 703–588–7890 for 

information, and/or upon arrival at the 

building in order to be admitted. 

Dated: September 20, 2007. 

C.R. Choate, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 07–4754 Filed 9–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB) 

AGENCY: Department of Defense; Office 

of the Secretary of Defense Reserve 

Forces Policy Board. 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meeting. 

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 CFR 102–3.150, the Department of 

Defense announces the following 

Federal advisory committee meeting: 

Name of Committee: Reserve Forces 

Policy Board (RFPB). 

Dates: October 30–31, 2007. 

Time: (30th) 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; (31st) 

8 a.m.–2:30 p.m. 

Location: Meeting address (30th) 

Army Navy Country Club, 1700 Army 

Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202; (31st) 

Pentagon Room 3E733, Arlington, VA. 

Mailing address is Reserve Forces Policy 

Board, 7300 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–7300. 

Purpose of the Meeting: An open 

quarterly meeting of the Reserve Forces 

Policy Board and annual meeting of the 

Reserve Forces Policy Board Alumnae. 

Agenda: Discussion of homeland 

security and other issues relevant to the 

Reserve Components. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space this meeting is 

open to the public. To request a seat, 


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