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constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and nongovernmental organization (NGO’s); 

International experts; and staff of 

Councils, Commissions, and state and 

Federal agencies. 

Assessments of Gulf of Mexico and 

South Atlantic stocks of gag grouper 

were developed through SEDAR 10, 

completed in July 2006. The assessment 

of Gulf of Mexico red grouper was 

developed through SEDAR 12, 

completed in February 2007. It is 

acknowledged that methods of assessing 

Southeastern fish stocks and addressing 

issues within available datasets improve 

with each SEDAR assessment, and 

recent assessment updates have allowed 

incorporation of such changes. There 

are similarities in the data sources used 

to develop SEDAR 10 and 12 

assessments, potential similarities in 

basic species biology, and considerable 

overlap in fisheries that harvest these 

species within the respective Council 

areas of jurisdiction. Therefore, the 

Steering Committee has determined that 

a special review of these recent grouper 

assessments is required to ensure that 

uncertainties are treated appropriately 

and that any potential differences in 

methods or data treatments are 

thoroughly justified. 

This special inquiry will be prepared 

through 2 SEDAR workshops: an 

evaluation workshop and review 

workshop. The evaluation workshop 

will consist of SEFSC and Council 

appointees familiar with the 

assessments and the fisheries which 

will be convened to review the 

assessments and possibly recommend 

additional sensitivity analyses. The 

Review Workshop will consist of an 

SEFSC appointed Chair, two 

independent reviewers appointed 

through the Center for Independent 

Experts (CIE), and up to two additional 

representatives appointed by the Gulf 

and South Atlantic Councils. The 

product of the Evaluation Workshop 

will be a report addressing key 

assessment uncertainties and 

recommending potential additional 

assessment analyses for consideration 

by the Review panel. The product of the 

Review Panel will be an independent 

evaluation of the recommendations and 

conclusions of the Evaluation Panel and 

any subsequent assessment analyses. 

SEDAR Grouper Review Schedule: 

March 19 - 22, 2007: Grouper 

Evaluation Workshop 

March 19, 2007: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.; March 

20 - 21, 2007: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.; March 22, 

2007: 8 a.m. - 12 noon. 

An appointed panel will review the 

SEDAR 10 assessments of Gulf of 

Mexico and South Atlantic gag grouper 

and the SEDAR 12 assessment of Gulf of 

Mexico red grouper. Participants will 

evaluate key data and methodological 

decisions and the justifications of those 

decisions as provided in the SEDAR 10 

and 12 assessment reports. The panel 

will prepare a written report addressing 

Terms of Reference approved by the 

SEDAR Steering Committee. 

May 8 - 10, 2007: SEDAR Grouper 

Review Workshop 

May 8, 2007: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.; May 9, 

2007: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.; May 10, 2007: 8 

a.m. - 1 p.m. 

The Review Workshop is an 

independent peer review of the 

recommendations of the Evaluation 

Panel and any subsequent analyses 

recommended by the Evaluation Panel. 

Workshop Panelists will review the 

SEDAR 10 and 12 assessments and the 

findings of the Evaluation Panel and 

document their comments and 

recommendations in a Consensus 

Summary Report. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business 

days prior to each workshop. 

Dated: March 1, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No. PTO–T–2007–0003] 

Notice of the Removal of the Paper 

Search Collection of Registered WordOnly Marks From Trademark Search 

Library in Arlington, VA 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (‘‘USPTO’’) hereby 

provides sixty (60) days notice of the 

microfilming and removal of the paper 

search collection of registered marks 

consisting only of words from the 

USPTO’s Trademark Search Facility in 

Arlington, VA. This Notice does not 

concern the paper search collection of 

registered marks that consist of or 

include design elements. 

DATES: Removal of the paper search 

collection of registered word-only marks 

shall be effected beginning sixty (60) 

days from the date of this Notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Chicoski, Office of the 

Commissioner for Trademarks, 571–

272–8943. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 35 

U.S.C. 41(i), the USPTO must maintain 

a collection of United States trademark 

applications and registrations for use by 

the public in paper, microform, or 

electronic form. The provision 

authorizing an electronic search 

collection was added by § 4804(d)(1) of 

the American Inventors Protection Act 

of 1999 (‘‘AIPA’’), Title IV, Subtitle B, 

of Pub. L. 106–113, 113 Stat. 1501, 

1501A–589. The USPTO currently 

maintains a searchable electronic 

database of registered marks and marks 

in pending applications, as well as text 

and images of marks in abandoned, 

cancelled and expired records dating 

back to 1984. Government insignia 

protected by U.S. law or by Article 6ter 

of the Paris Convention, and insignia 

that various federally and state 

recognized Native American tribes have 

identified as their official tribal insignia 

are also included. Trademark examining 

attorneys have relied exclusively on the 

electronic search system since before 

1990. 

Section 4804(d)(2) of the AIPA 

provides that the USPTO can eliminate 

the paper or microform search 

collection only pursuant to notice and 

opportunity for public comment, and 

only after submitting a report to the 

Committees on the Judiciary of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives 

detailing its plan for removal, and 

certifying that the implementation of 

such plan will not negatively impact the 

public. On May 9, 2003, the USPTO 

certified to Congress that the USPTO 

could cease to maintain a paper search 

collection of marks that consist only of 

words, without harm to the public. The 

2003 report and certification are 

currently available on the USPTO Web 

site at http://www.uspto.gov/web/ 

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While the 2003 report and 

certification remain effective, the United 

States subsequently entered a stipulated 

settlement in National Intellectual 

Property Researchers Association, Inc. 

v. Rogan, Civ. A. No. 03–808–A. Among 

other terms, the settlement required that 

the USPTO continue to maintain its 

paper search collection through at least 

January 1, 2006, to publish a Federal 

Register notice sixty (60) days prior to 

ceasing maintenance, and to create 

microform copies of all paper trademark 

registrations and expired trademark 

registrations prior to disposing of them. 

In a June 23, 2006, Federal Register 

Notice, the USPTO announced that it 

‘‘has determined that a paper collection 

of registered word marks is no longer 

necessary, and has met the requirements 

of the AIPA with respect to their 

removal. All papers will be microfilmed 

prior to removal and the microform 

collection will be available to the public 

in the Public Search Facility at 600 

Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.’’ 71 

FR 36065, 36067 (June 23, 2006). The 

Notice provided that ‘‘[b]ecause the 

USPTO will continue to maintain all 

existing word marks in non-electronic 

form, i.e., on microfilm, the certification 

requirements of AIPA § 4804(d)(2) are 

not applicable to such marks.’’ Id. The 

Notice further indicated that the USPTO 

would issue a notice sixty (60) days 

prior to the removal of the paper 

collection of registered word-only 

marks. Id. 

Accordingly, the USPTO hereby gives 

notice that beginning sixty (60) days 

from the date of this Notice, the USPTO 

will begin removing the paper collection 

of active and expired trademark 

registrations that consist only of words. 

All papers will be microfilmed before 

being discarded, and the microform 

collection will be available to the public 

in the Public Search Facility at 600 

Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. 

This will ensure that all information 

currently available in the paper search 

collection remains available to the 

public. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

Jon W. Dudas, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 

Notice of Meeting 

The next meeting of the U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts is scheduled 

for 15 March 2007, at 10 a.m. in the 

Commission’s offices at the National 

Building Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary 

Square, 401 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20001–2728. Items of discussion 

affecting the appearance of Washington, 

DC, may include buildings, parks and 

memorials. 

Draft agendas and additional 

information regarding the Commission 

are available on our Web site: http:// 

www.cfa.gov. Inquiries regarding the 

agenda and requests to submit written 

or oral statements should be addressed 

to Thomas Luebke, Secretary, U.S. 

Commission of Fine Arts, at the above 

address or call 202–504–2200. 

Individuals requiring sign language 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

should contact the Secretary at least 10 

days before the meeting. 

Dated in Washington, DC, February 28, 

2007. 

Thomas Luebke, 

AIA, Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Army Educational Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open 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 102–102-3.150, the following 

meeting notice is announced: 

Name of Committee: U.S. Army War 

College Subcommittee of the Army 

Education Advisory Committee. 

Dates of Meeting: April 19, 2007 and 

April 20, 2007. 

Place of Meeting: U.S. Army War 

College, 122 Forbes Avenue, Carlisle, 

PA, Command Conference Room, Root 

Hall, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 

17013. 

Time of Meeting: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

Proposed Agenda: Receive 

information briefings; conduct 

discussions with the Commandant and 

staff and faculty; table and examine 

online College issues; assess resident 

and distance education programs, selfstudy techniques, assemble a working 

group for the concentrated review of 

institutional policies and a working 

group to address committee 

membership and charter issues; propose 

strategies and recommendations that 

will continue the momentum of federal 

accreditation success and guarantee 

compliance with regional accreditation 

standards. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request advance approval or obtain 

further information, contact Colonel 

Henry M. St-Pierre. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is open to the public. Interested 

persons may submit a written statement 

for consideration by the U.S. Army War 

College Subcommittee. Written 

statements should be no longer than two 

type-written pages and must address: 

the issue, discussion, and a 

recommended course of action. 

Supporting documentation may also be 

included as needed to establish the 

appropriate historical context and to 

provide any necessary background 

information. 

Individuals submitting a written 

statement must submit their statement 

to the Designated Federal Officer at the 

address detailed below, at any point, 

however, if a written statement is not 

received at least 10 calendar days prior 

to the meeting, which is the subject of 

this notice, then it may not be provided 

to or considered by the U.S. Army War 

College Subcommittee until its next 

open meeting. 

The Designated Federal Officer will 

review all timely submissions with the 

U.S. Army War College Subcommittee 

Chairperson, and ensure they are 

provided to members of the U.S. Army 

War College Subcommittee before the 

meeting that is the subject of this notice. 

After reviewing the written comments, 

the Chairperson and the Designated 

Federal Officer may choose to invite the 

submitter of the comments to orally 

present their issue during an open 

portion of this meeting or at a future 

meeting. 

The Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the U.S. Army War 

College Subcommittee Chairperson, 

may, if desired, allot a specific amount 

of time for members of the public to 

present their issues for review and 

discussion by the U.S. Army War 

College Subcommittee. 

Henry M. St-Pierre, 

Colonel, U.S. Army, Designated Federal 

Official. 

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