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NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include 

in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: File No. 605–1904. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Hapeman or Jaclyn Daly, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), 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 222–226). 

The Whale Center of New England 

requests a 5–year scientific research 

permit to continue population 

monitoring of humpback, fin, and sei 

whales in North Atlantic waters of the 

northeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S. 

Research would help determine baleen 

whale population status and trends, 

assess prey availability and whale-prey 

interactions, and help develop a 

technique to age whales from biopsy 

samples. The applicant is requesting to 

harass 400 humpback, 250 fin, and 100 

sei whales by close approach for vessel 

surveys and photo-identification 

annually. The applicant also requests to 

biopsy sample 75 humpback and 75 fin 

whales annually, up to 20 of which for 

each species may be young calves. The 

applicant also requests to suction-cup 

tag 40 humpback, 20 fin, and 25 sei 

whales greater than six months of age 

annually. With this new permit 

application, the request for an 

amendment to Permit No. 605–1607–02, 

published on April 7, 2004 (69 FR 

18357), has been withdrawn. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3900 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030107E] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council (Council); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

convene public meetings. 

DATES: The meeting will be held March 

26 - 30, 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and 

times. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Embassy Suites, 570 Scenic Gulf 

Drive, Destin, FL 32550. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 

North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, 

FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director, 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Council 

Thursday, March 29, 2007 

8:30 a.m. - The Council meeting will 

begin with a review the agenda and 

minutes. 

8:45 a.m. - 9 a.m. - Public testimony 

on exempted fishing permits (EFPs), if 

any. 

9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Council will 

hold an Open Public Comment Period 

regarding any fishery issue or concern. 

People wishing to speak before the 

Council should complete a public 

comment card prior to the comment 

period. 

The Council will then review and 

discuss reports from the previous three 

day’s committee meetings as follows: 

1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Joint Reef Fish/ 

Shrimp Management; 

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Reef Fish 

Management; 

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - CLOSED 

SESSION for Advisory Panel (AP) and 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) Section Committees and Reef Fish 

Committee; 

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - NMFS Public 

Scoping Session on guidance for use of 

the annual catch limits. 

Friday, March 30, 2007 

8:30 a.m. - The Council meeting will 

reconvene to continue reviewing and 

discussing reports from the previous 

three day’s committee meetings as 

follows: 

8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. - Mackerel 

Management; 

9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Joint Reef Fish/ 

Mackerel/Red Drum; 

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. - Budget/ 

Personnel; 

9:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Data Collection; 

10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Administrative 

Policy; and 

11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Other Business 

items. 

Committees 

Monday, March 26, 2007 

1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - CLOSED SESSION 

- The AP Selection Committee will meet 

to appoint AP members. 

3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. - CLOSED SESSION 

- The SSC Selection Committee will 

meet to appoint SSC, Stock Assessment 

Panel (SAP) and Socioeconomic Panel 

(SEP) members. 

5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Budget/ 

Personnel Committee will meet to 

discuss the State Liaison Budget 

Increases. 

Tuesday March 27, 2007 

8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. - The Joint Reef 

Fish/Shrimp Management Committee 

will meet to review Southeast Fishery 

Science Center (SEFSC) Analyses Runs. 

The Committee will also review the 

current Public Hearing Draft of Reef 

Fish Amendment 27/Shrimp 

Amendment 14 and the SSC’s 

recommendations; the NMFS’ FEIS and 

Interim Rule for Red Snapper; the 

SEFSC Report on Release Mortality in 

Relation to Depth and Dolphin 

Predation, the Framework Action to 

Revise the List of Allowable bycatch 

reduction devices (BRDs); NMFS 

Interim Rule for Red Snapper; and an 

Options Paper for Reef Fish Amendment 

31/Shrimp Amendment 15. 

1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Joint Reef 

Fish/Shrimp Management Committee 

continues. 

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 

8:30 a.m. - 12 noon - The Reef Fish 

Management Committee will meet to 

discuss the updates on Reef Fish 

Amendment 29; the Ad Hoc Grouper 

Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) AP 

recommendations for an IFQ program; 

the Guidelines for a Referendum for 

Grouper/Tilefish IFQ; the Scoping 

Document for Amendment 30; 

PARTIALLY CLOSED SESSION - the 

formation of an Ad Hoc Recreational 

Red Snapper AP for developing new 

ideas to manage recreational and forhire red snapper fisheries. 


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1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - The Joint Reef 

Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum Committees 

will meet to discuss the Status Report 

on a Public Hearing Draft for the 

Generic Aquaculture Amendment and 

SSC Recommendations on completing a 

Red Drum SEDAR Stock Assessment. 

2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. - The 

Administrative Policy Committee will 

meet to discuss the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) 

Requirements for Annual Catch Limits. 

4 p.m. - 5 p.m. - The Data Collection 

Committee will meet to discuss a paper 

for an Amendment to Require Trip 

Tickets for Recreational-For-Hire Sector. 

5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Mackerel 

Management Committee will meet to 

reconsider the Joint Mackerel 

Management Committee report from its 

September 18 & 19, 2006 meeting. 

6 p.m. - 8 p.m. - NMFS will provide 

an update on the Red Snapper IFQ 

program and there will be a Question 

and Answer Session. 

The committee reports will be 

presented to the Council for 

consideration on Thursday March 29, 

and on Friday, March 30, 2007. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agendas may come before the 

Council and Committees for discussion, 

in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Act, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during these 

meetings. Actions of the Council and 

Committees will be restricted to those 

issues specifically identified in the 

agendas and any issues arising after 

publication of this notice that require 

emergency action under Section 305(c) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided 

the public has been notified of the 

Council’s intent to take action to 

address the emergency. The established 

times for addressing items on the 

agenda may be adjusted as necessary to 

accommodate the timely completion of 

discussion relevant to the agenda items. 

In order to further allow for such 

adjustments and completion of all items 

on the agenda, the meeting may be 

extended from, or completed prior to 

the date established in this notice. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Tina Trezza at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: March 2, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3954 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

[Docket No. 0612242656–7046–01] 

Public Telecommunications Facilities 

Program: Closing Date 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration (NTIA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Revised 

Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

2007, P. L. 110–5, the National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce, announces 

the solicitation of applications for 

planning and construction grants for 

public telecommunications facilities 

under the Public Telecommunications 

Facilities Program (PTFP). The PTFP 

assists, through matching grants, in the 

planning and construction of public 

telecommunications facilities in order 

to: (1) Extend delivery of services to as 

many citizens as possible by the most 

cost-effective means, including use of 

broadcast and non-broadcast 

technologies; (2) increase public 

telecommunications services and 

facilities available to, operated by, and 

controlled by minorities and women; (3) 

strengthen the capability of existing 

public television and radio stations to 

provide public telecommunications 

services to the public. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

prior to 5 p.m. Eastern Time (Closing 

Time), April 6, 2007, (Closing Date). 

Applications submitted by facsimile are 

not acceptable. If an application is 

received after the Closing Date due to (1) 

carrier error, when the carrier accepted 

the package with a guarantee for 

delivery by the Closing Date and Closing 

Time, (2) significant weather delays or 

natural disasters, or (3) delays due to 

national security issues, NTIA will, 

upon receipt of proper documentation, 

consider the application as having been 

received by the deadline. NTIA will not 

accept applications posted on the 

Closing Date or later and received after 

this deadline. 

ADDRESSES: To obtain a printed 

application package, submit completed 

applications, or send any other 

correspondence, write to PTFP at the 

following address (please note the new 

room number): NTIA/PTFP, Room H–

4812, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. Application 

materials may be obtained electronically 

via the Internet at http:// 

www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp or 

www.Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Cooperman, Director, Public 

Broadcasting Division, telephone: (202) 

482–5802; fax: (202) 482–2156. 

Information about the PTFP can also be 

obtained electronically via the Internet 

at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

The full funding opportunity 

announcement for the PTFP FY 2007 

grant cycle is available through 

www.Grants.gov or by contacting the 

PTFP office at the address noted above. 

Funding Availability 

The Congress has appropriated $20 

million for FY 2007 PTFP awards. For 

FY 2006, NTIA awarded $19.2 million 

in PTFP funds to 94 projects, including 

49 radio awards, 40 television awards 

and 5 nonbroadcast awards. The radio 

awards ranged from $8,000 to $902,393. 

The television awards ranged from 

$48,712 to $1,000,000. The 

nonbroadcast awards ranged from 

$67,455 to $253,782. 

Statutory and Regulatory Authority 

The Public Telecommunications 

Facilities Program is authorized by the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 390–393, 397–

399(b). The PTFP operates pursuant to 

rules (1996 Rules) which were 

published on November 8, 1996 (61 FR 

57966). Copies of the 1996 Rules (15 

CFR part 2301) are posted on the NTIA 

Internet site at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ 

Rules/currentrules.htm and NTIA will 

make printed copies available to 

applicants upon request. 

Supplemental Policies 

The following supplemental policies 

will also be in effect: 

(A) Applicants may file emergency 

applications at any time. 

(B) Applicants may file requests for 

Federal Communications Commission 

(FCC) authorizations with the FCC after 

the PTFP Closing Date. Grant applicants 

for Ku-band satellite uplinks may 

submit FCC applications after a PTFP 

award is made. NTIA may accept FCC 

authorizations that are in the name of an 

organization other than the PTFP 

applicant. 


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