Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 36 / Friday, February 23, 2007 / Notices 8151 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3147 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 021607I] 

Endangered Species; File No. 1547–01 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; application for permit 

modification; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the New York State Department of 

Environmental Conservation (Kathryn 

Hattala, Principal Investigator), 21 

South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, NY 

12561, has applied in due form for a 

permit modification to take shortnose 

sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) for 

purposes of scientific research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

March 26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

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)281–9328; fax 

(978)281–9394. 

Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on this modification 

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 permit modification 

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 to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include 

in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: ‘‘File No. 1547–01.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Malcolm Mohead or Brandy Hutnak, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of 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 parts 222–226). 

Currently, the New York State 

Department of Environmental 

Conservation is authorized in Permit 

No. 1547 to conduct scientific research 

to evaluate seasonal movement of 

shortnose sturgeon in Haverstraw and 

Newburgh Bays of the Hudson River. A 

maximum of 500 adult and juvenile 

shortnose sturgeon can be captured with 

gill nets, measured, weighed, scanned 

for tags, PIT and Carlin tagged (if 

untagged), and released annually. The 

applicant now proposes to collect soft 

fin-ray tissue samples from all captured 

shortnose sturgeon. The goal of the 

additional research would be to 

document and map the genetic identity 

of shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson 

River. The modification would run 

concurrently with the original permit 

until October 31, 2011. 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3149 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Public Hearings for the Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (DSEIS) for the Introduction 

of F/A–18 E/F (Super Hornet) Aircraft to 

the East Coast of the United States 

(Construction and Operation of an 

Outlying Landing Field) 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

(DON) has prepared and filed with the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) a DSEIS to provide additional 

analysis of the potential environmental 

consequences associated with the 

construction and operation of an 

Outlying Landing Field (OLF) to 

support Field Carrier Landing Practice 

(FCLP) operations of F/A–18 E/F (Super 

Hornet) squadrons stationed at Naval 

Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA and 

Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) 

Cherry Point, NC. The analysis 

supplements the evaluation presented 

in the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (Final EIS) for the 

Introduction of F/A–18 E/F (Super 

Hornet) Aircraft to the East Coast of the 

United States, which was released to the 

public in July 2003, and is not to be 

considered independent of the Final 

EIS. Public hearings will be held to 

provide information and receive oral 

and written comments on the DSEIS. 

Federal, state, and local agencies, and 

interested individuals are invited to be 

present or represented at hearings. 

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Six public 

hearings will be held. Each scheduled 

public hearing will be preceded by an 

open information session to allow 

interested individuals to review 

information presented in the DSEIS. 

DON representatives will be available 

during the information session to 

provide clarification as necessary 

related to the DSEIS. Each information 

session will occur from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 

p.m., followed by the formal public 

hearing from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Public 

hearings have been scheduled at the 

following dates and locations: 

Monday, March 19, 2007, 

Mattamuskeet Elementary School, 60 

Juniper Bay Road, Swan Quarter, NC. 

Tuesday, March 20, 2007, Bertie High 

School, 715 U.S. Highway 13 North, 

Windsor, NC. 

Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 

Perquimans County High School, 305 

Edenton Road, Hertford, NC. 

Thursday, March 22, 2007, Craven 

County Community College, Orringer 

Hall, 800 College Court, New Bern, NC. 

Tuesday, April 3, 2007, Beaufort 

Community College, 5337 U.S. Highway 

264 East, Washington, NC. 

Wednesday, April 4, 2007, Vernon G. 

James Research and Extension Center, 

North Carolina State University, 207 

Research Station Road, Plymouth, NC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

Atlantic, OLF SEIS PM, Code EV2, 6506 

Hampton Blvd., Norfolk, VA, facsimile 

757–322–4894. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DON 

has prepared and filed with the EPA the 

DSEIS for the Introduction of F/A–18 E/ 

F (Super Hornet) Aircraft to the East 

Coast of the United States (Construction 

and Operation of an Outlying Landing 

Field) in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. Sections 4321–4345) 


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and its implementing regulations (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508). 

A Notice of Intent for this DSEIS was 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 24, 2005 (70 FR 36556). The DON 

is lead agency for the proposed action 

with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

serving as a cooperating agency. 

The proposed action is to construct 

and operate an OLF to support FCLP 

operations of Super Hornet squadrons 

stationed at NAS Oceana, VA and 

MCAS Cherry Point, NC. This is a 

component of the proposed action 

evaluated in the Final EIS to provide 

facilities and functions to support the 

homebasing and operation of these 

squadrons. A Record of Decision (ROD) 

on the homebasing and operation of the 

Super Hornet squadrons was published 

in the Federal Register on September 

10, 2003 (68 FR 53353). The ROD 

documented the DON’s decision to 

homebase eight Super Hornet fleet 

squadrons and the Fleet Replacement 

Squadron (FRS) at NAS Oceana, and 

two fleet squadrons at MCAS Cherry 

Point, and to construct an OLF between 

the two air stations in Washington 

County, NC (Site C). In January 2004, 

the DON’s decision to construct and 

operate an OLF at Site C was challenged 

under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(5 U.S.C. Section 551 et seq.). On 

February 18, 2005, the U.S. District 

Court for the Eastern District of North 

Carolina held that the Final EIS was 

deficient and enjoined the DON from 

taking any further activity associated 

with the planning, development, or 

construction of the OLF at Site C until 

the DON fully complied with NEPA 

regarding construction and operation of 

an OLF. On September 7, 2005, the U.S. 

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 

affirmed, in part, the decision of the 

district court. This SDEIS addresses 

those areas identified by the courts that 

require additional analysis. These 

include: (1) Evaluation of potential 

impacts to migratory waterfowl and the 

Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge; 

(2) evaluation of impacts associated 

with surge operations; (3) identification 

and evaluation of mitigative measures; 

and (4) evaluation of cumulative 

impacts of the operation of the OLF and 

other military uses of airspace in North 

Carolina. Additional analysis of the 

existing and projected noise 

environment was warranted given the 

comprehensive scope of the impact of 

the proposed action on migratory 

waterfowl. Analysis of other resource 

areas was warranted to address federal 

permit and approval requirements (i.e., 

wetlands, and threatened and 

endangered species). Furthermore, an 

additional analysis of relevant 

socioeconomic factors was conducted to 

evaluate the land acquisition strategy. 

The DON’s decision to homebase ten 

Super Hornet fleet squadrons and the 

FRS on the East Coast was not 

reevaluated. That aspect of the DON’s 

proposed action, including aircraft 

operations, personnel transitions, and 

new construction and renovation to 

support the Super Hornet squadrons is 

being implemented at NAS Oceana and 

MCAS Cherry Point. 

The five alternative OLF sites in 

Northeastern North Carolina that were 

evaluated in the Final EIS to support 

homebasing of the Super Hornet 

squadrons at NAS Oceana and MCAS 

Cherry Point are considered in the 

DSEIS, in addition to the no-action 

alternative. These are Site A in 

Perquimans County, Site B in Bertie 

County, Site C in Washington County, 

Site D in Hyde County, and Site E in 

Craven County. The Navy’s preferred 

alternative for construction and 

operation of an OLF is Site C, in 

Washington County, NC. 

The DSEIS has been distributed to 

various Federal, state, and local 

agencies, as well as other interested 

individuals and organizations. In 

addition, copies of the DSEIS have been 

distributed to the following libraries and 

publicly accessible facilities for public 

review: 

Bath Community Library, 100 Carteret 

Street, Bath, NC. 

Beaufort/Hyde/Martin Regional 

Library, Old Court House, 158 N. Market 

Street, Washington, NC. 

Belhaven Public Library, 333 E. Main 

Street, Belhaven, NC. 

George H. & Laura E. Brown Library, 

122 Van Norden Street, Washington, 

NC. 

Havelock-Craven County Library, 301 

Cunningham Boulevard, Havelock, NC. 

Hazel W. Guilford Memorial Library, 

524 Main Street, Aurora, NC. 

Lawrence Memorial Library, 204 E. 

Dundee Street, Windsor, NC. 

Mattamuskeet Public School Library, 

20418 U.S. Route 264, Swan Quarter, 

NC. 

New Bern Craven County Public 

Library, 400 Johnson Street, New Bern, 

NC. 

Perquimans County Library, 110 West 

Academy, Hertford, NC. 

Vernon James Research and Extension 

Center Library, North Carolina State 

University, 207 Research Station Road, 

Plymouth, NC. 

Washington County Library, 201 East 

Third Street, Plymouth, NC. 

Chesapeake Central Library, 298 

Cedar Road, Chesapeake, VA. 

Virginia Beach Central Library, 4100 

Virginia Beach Boulevard, Virginia 

Beach, VA. 

Craven County Planning Department, 

2828 Neuse Boulevard, New Bern, NC. 

Bertie County Manager’s Office, 106 

Dundee Street, Windsor, NC. 

Washington County Manager’s Office, 

116 Adams Street, Plymouth, NC. 

Perquimans County Manager’s Office, 

128 North Church Street, 2d Floor, 

Hertford, NC. 

Hyde County Manager’s Office, 1372 

Main Street, Swan Quarter, NC. 

An electronic copy of the DSEIS is 

also available for public viewing at 

http://www.olfseis.com. Requests for 

single copies of the DSEIS (on CD–

ROM) or its Executive Summary may be 

made online at http://www.olfseis.com 

or by calling 1–866–615–6477. 

Federal, state, and local agencies, as 

well as interested parties, are invited 

and encouraged to be present or 

represented at the hearings. To ensure 

the accuracy of the record, all 

statements presented orally at the public 

hearings should be submitted in writing. 

All comments will become part of the 

public record and will be responded to 

in the Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FSEIS). Equal weight will be given to 

oral and written statements. 

In the interest of available time, and 

to ensure all who wish to give an oral 

statement at the public hearings have 

the opportunity to do so, each speaker’s 

comments will be limited to three 

minutes. If a longer statement is to be 

presented, it should be summarized at 

the public hearing and the full text 

submitted in writing either at the 

hearing or mailed or faxed to: 

Commander, Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command Atlantic, Attn: 

OLF SEIS Project Manager, 6506 

Hampton Blvd., Norfolk, VA 23508–

1278, facsimile 757–322–4894. 

Residents from the county where the 

public hearing is being held will be 

given first priority to speak publicly, to 

ensure that county’s residents have an 

opportunity to make verbal comments. 

Residents will be required to sign in to 

speak. Comments can be made in the 

following ways: (1) Oral statements/ 

written comments at the public hearings 

or (2) written comments mailed or faxed 

to address/fax number in this notice or 

submitted via the Web site at http:// 

www.olfseis.com. 

All written comments postmarked by 

April 24, 2007, will become a part of the 

official public record and will be 

responded to in the FSEIS. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 36 / Friday, February 23, 2007 / Notices 8153 

Dated: February 15, 2007. 

M.A. Harvison, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–3045 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

Patent License; Hanson Technologies, 

Inc. 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

hereby gives notice of its intent to grant 

to Hanson Technologies, Inc., a 

revocable, nonassignable, exclusive 

license in the field of detection of 

pathogens, toxins, prions, and allergens 

in food for human consumption, and 

detection of pathogens, toxins, prions, 

and allergens in food processing for 

human consumption, including wash 

liquids and waste products of said 

process in the United States and certain 

foreign countries, the Governmentowned invention described in U.S. 

Patent No. 6,192,168: REFLECTIVELY 

COATED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND 

FLUIDICS CELL INTEGRATION, Navy 

Case No. 79,631 and any continuations, 

divisionals, or re-issues thereof. 

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the 

grant of this license must file written 

objections along with supporting 

evidence, if any, not later than March 

12, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be 

filed with the Naval Research 

Laboratory, Code 1004, 4555 Overlook 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375–

5320. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita 

Manak, Head, Technology Transfer 

Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 Overlook 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20375–

5320, telephone 202–767–3083. Due to 

U.S. Postal delays, please fax 202–404–

7920, e-mail: rita.manak@nrl.navy.mil 

or use courier delivery to expedite 

response. 

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 

404.) 

Dated: 15 February 2007. 

M.A. Harvison, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–3104 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 24, 

2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Impact Evaluation on Student 

Achievement of Teacher Professional 

Development in Mathematics. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs; Individuals or 

household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 3,309. 

Burden Hours: 1,571. 

Abstract: Data collection to test a 

model of math professional 

development that addresses student 

misconceptions in foundational topics 

key to success in algebra and beyond. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3282. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E7–3109 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6684–4] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 


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