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observer program through a Councilapproved Federal regulatory framework. 

Details of how observer coverage will be 

distributed across the West Coast 

groundfish fleet will be described in an 

observer coverage plan that is 

appropriate to the purpose of the 

particular observer program goals. An 

observer coverage plan designed for a 

scientific data collection program will 

likely be different from an observer 

coverage plan designed for a sector- or 

vessel-specific total catch monitoring 

program. NMFS will publish an 

announcement of the authorization of 

the observer program and description of 

the observer coverage plan in the 

Federal Register.’’ In July 2006, NMFS 

updated its Observer Coverage Plan to 

reflect changes in the goals and 

methodologies of the West Coast 

Groundfish Observer Program 

(WCGOP). The new plan may be 

obtained from the individuals listed 

under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section, or from the website 

listed under the Electronic Access 

section. 

Amendment 14 to the Pacific Coast 

Groundfish FMP was first implemented 

via a final rule published in the Federal 

Register on March 7, 2002 (67 FR 

10490). On March 2, 2006, NMFS issued 

a final rule to implement further 

provisions of Amendment 14 (71 FR 

10614). To ensure that shoreside 

processing plants would continue to 

have access to sablefish landed during 

the primary sablefish fishery, 

Amendment 14 had included a 

provision that prohibits vessels from 

processing their sablefish at sea. To 

acknowledge the previous investment 

that some vessels owners may have 

made in on-board freezing and 

processing equipment, Amendment 14 

implementing regulations allowed a 

one-time opportunity for vessels to 

apply for an exemption from the 

prohibition on at-sea processing. During 

the summer of 2006, NMFS completed 

the application and review process for 

an exemption from the prohibition, as 

provided for in Federal regulations at 50 

CFR 660.334 (e). One vessel, F/V 

OSSIAN, qualified for the exemption. 

The sablefish at-sea processing 

exemption is associated with the F/V 

OSSIAN itself, not with the vessel 

owner’s limited entry permit, and may 

not be transferred to any other vessel, 

vessel owner, or permit owner for any 

reason. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: January 9, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–461 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 010507B] 

Endangered Species; File No. 1486 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application 

for modification of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Harold M. Brundage, Environmental 

Research and Consulting Inc., PMB 

#781, 873 East Baltimore Pike, Kennett 

Square, Pennsylvania 19348, has 

requested a modification to scientific 

research Permit No. 1486. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

February 15, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The modification request 

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. 

Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on this request should be 

submitted 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 particular modification 

request 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. The mailbox address for 

providing e-mail comments is 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include 

in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: File No. 1486. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandy Hutnak or Malcolm Mohead, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject modification to Permit No. 1486, 

issued on December 22, 2004 (69 FR 

77998) is requested under the authority 

of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

the regulations governing the taking, 

importing, and exporting of endangered 

and threatened species (50 CFR 222–

226). 

Permit No. 1486 authorizes the permit 

holder to capture, measure, weigh, Floy 

T-bar tag, PIT tag, fin clip, and release 

1750 juvenile and adult shortnose 

sturgeon in the Lower Delaware River/ 

Estuary. A subset of 30 juvenile and 30 

adult shortnose sturgeon may be 

internally implanted with an ultrasonic 

tag, in addition to a subset of 24 

(juveniles and adults) that may be 

visually assessed (externally), 

anesthetized (MS–222), laparoscopically 

evaluated (coelomic cavity), have blood 

collected, and a biopsy of the gonads 

taken (if the sex is unclear). The permit 

holder now requests authorization to 

locate and document occurrences of 

early life stages (eggs and larvae) of 

shortnose sturgeon in the Delaware 

River. Specific goals of this additional 

research are to: (1) document 

occurrences of shortnose sturgeon eggs 

and larvae and their specific habitats in 

the Delaware River; (2) incorporate 

occurrence information into the 

Endangered and Nongame Species 

Program’s Biotics database and Riparian 

Landscape Project database; and (3) 

identify critical habitat and, if 

supported by the data collected, pursue 

critical area designation for shortnose 

sturgeon spawning and nursery areas. 

Up to 1,000 eggs and 1,000 larvae would 

be taken during three consecutive 

spawning seasons (March - May) over 

the remainder of the permit, which 

expires on January 31, 2010. Shortnose 

sturgeon eggs and larvae would be 

collected by the following methods: (1) 

artificial substrates - these will consist 

of floor buffing pads that are anchored 

to the river bottom; (2) passive 

ichthyoplankton nets - these nets will be 

0.5 m in diameter and will be set 

downstream of probable spawning 

locations on the river bottom for 

approximately 1–3 hours; (3) epibenthic 

sled - this sled will be fitted with an 

ichthyoplankton net and towed in 

locations suitable for such gear; and (4) 

pump sampling - water is pumped from 

the river, via a suction hose, and filtered 

through a 0.5 mm plankton net. 


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Dated: January 5, 2007. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–368 Filed 1–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Docket No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0957] 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and 

Assessment of Materials and 

Equipment Manual 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, 

Department of Energy, Environmental 

Protection Agency, and the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability with 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD), Department of Energy (DOE), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) are announcing for 

public comment the availability of a 

draft document, entitled the ‘‘MultiAgency Radiation Survey and 

Assessment of Materials and Equipment 

Manual’’ (MARSAME). MARSAME 

provides information on planning, 

conducting, evaluating, and 

documenting radiological surveys for 

demonstrating compliance with 

measurable action levels. MARSAME, 

when finalized, will be a multi-agency 

consensus document. The agencies are 

seeking public comment in order to 

receive feedback from the widest range 

of interested parties and to ensure that 

all information relevant to developing 

the document is received. The agencies 

will review public comments received 

on the draft MARSAME as well as 

comments from a concurrent, 

independent, scientific peer review. 

Suggested changes will be incorporated, 

where appropriate, in response to those 

comments. 

DATES: The comment period closes on 

April 16, 2007. Comments received after 

that date will be considered if it is 

practical to do so, but no assurance can 

be given for consideration of late 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by 

one of the methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• http://www.marsame.org: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 6102T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460 or Chief, 

Rulemaking, Directives and Editing 

Branch, Division of Administrative 

Services, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

West Building, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

must be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Copies of all comments received by 

one agency will be periodically copied 

and sent to the others. Copies of the 

draft MARSAME and all comments 

received may be examined or copied for 

a fee electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy at 

the HQ EPA Docket Public Reading 

Room, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Room 3334, Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0957, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and the NRC Public 

Document Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852–2747. The 

HQ EPA Docket Public Reading Room is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

EPA HQ Docket Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744. DOE, EPA, and NRC 

each have a publication number for 

MARSAME. They are: for DOE, DOE/ 

EH–707; for EPA, EPA 402–R–06–002; 

for NRC, NUREG–1575, Sup. 1. A free 

single copy of the draft MARSAME may 

be requested by writing to: the 

Distribution and Mail Services Section, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001 or by fax 

to (301) 415–2289. The document is also 

available through the Internet at: 

http://www.epa.gov/radiation/marssim. 

Instructions for Using the EPA Docket: 

Direct your comments to Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0957. EPA’s 

policy is that all comments received 

will be included in the public docket 

without change and may be made 

available online at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through 

www.regulations.gov. The 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. All documents in the docket are 

listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. 

Instructions for Using the MARSAME 

comment Web site: Alternatively, you 

may submit a comment via the http:// 

www.marsame.org comment system 

without going through 

www.regulations.gov. Users of the 

MARSAME comment Web site will be 

asked for their name and e-mail address, 

and then will receive a username and 

password at the e-mail address that was 

submitted. User’s names and e-mail 

address will not appear in any public 

document or database. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

of the following points of contact for 

each agency for technical information 

(See ADDRESSES section above for 

directions on obtaining a copy of the 

draft MARSAME.): DoD: Steven 

Doremus, Phone: (757) 887–7745, U.S. 

Navy, NAVSEADET RASO, NWS, PO 

Drawer 260, Yorktown, VA 23691–0260; 

DOE: W. Alexander Williams, Phone: 

(301) 903–8149, U.S. Department of 

Energy (EM–23), 1000 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; 

EPA: Kathryn Snead; Phone: (202) 343–

9228, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Stop 6608J, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–1000; NRC: 

Robert A. Meck, Phone: (301) 415–6205, 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Mail Stop T9–C39, Washington, DC 

20555–0001. Questions concerning the 

multi-agency document development 


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