11848 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 49 / Wednesday, March 14, 2007 / Notices 

Dated: March 9, 2007. 

Caratina L. Alston, 

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. E7–4653 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030107E] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council (Council); Public Meetings; 

Republication 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

convene public meetings. 

DATES: The meetings will be held March 

26 - 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings 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: This 

notice published in the Federal Register 

on March 7, 2007 (72 FR 10171). It is 

being republished in its entirety due to 

additional agenda items. 

Council 

Thursday, March 29, 2007 

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

begin with a review of the agenda and 

minutes. 

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

on exempted fishing permits (EFPs), if 

any. 

9 a.m. to 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. 

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. 

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

Scoping Session on Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) provision 

regarding National Environmental 

Protection Agency (NEPA) review for 

fisheries management actions. 

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. 

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

Scoping Session on guidance for use of 

the annual catch limits. 

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 

8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. - 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; and 

possibly consider NMFS 

communications protocol allowing VMS 

units to be ‘‘powered down’’ when in 

port; 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. 

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 

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 and an 

associated scoping document for 

Amendment 16 to the Coastal Migratory 

Pelagics Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) 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 

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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 9, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4608 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030807C] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Research Steering Committee 

(Committee) in March, 2007, to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Radisson Hotel, 180 Water Street, 

Plymouth, MA 02360; telephone: (508) 

747–4900; fax: (508) 747–8937. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee will review several final 

cooperative research project reports and 

develop management advice for use by 

the Council; provide a list of 2007 

research priorities for Council 

consideration and address the Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center’s report on the 

impacts of fishing on groundfish 

spawning activities and related followup activities concerning the Northeast 

Region’s Experimental Fishing Permit 

Program. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: March 9, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4609 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030807A] 

Endangered Species; File No. 1486 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

modification. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Harold M. Brundage, Environmental 

Research and Consulting, Inc., has been 

issued a modification to scientific 

research Permit No. 1486. 

ADDRESSES: The modification 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)281–9300; fax 

(978)281–9394. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandy Hutnak or Malcolm Mohead, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 16, 2007, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (72 FR 1707) 

that a modification of Permit No. 1486, 

issued December 22, 2004 (69 FR 

30287), had been requested by the 

above-named individual. The requested 

modification has been granted 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 222–226). 

The modification authorizes Mr. 

Brundage to take 1,000 shortnose 

sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) early 

life stages (eggs and larvae) from the 

Delaware River System. Eggs will be 

collected using artificial substrates and 

larvae will be captured by passive 

ichthyoplankton nets, an epibenthic 

sled, and pump sampling. This research 

will help document spawning 

occurrence and location, as well as 

identify possible critical habitat or 

critical areas for shortnose sturgeon 

spawning and nursery. 

Issuance of this modification, as 

required by the ESA was based on a 

finding that such permit (1) was applied 

for in good faith, (2) will not operate to 

the disadvantage of such endangered or 

threatened species, and (3) is consistent 

with the purposes and policies set forth 

in section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: March 8, 2007. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4674 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for Base Realignment and 

Closure Actions at Aberdeen Proving 

Ground, MD 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of a DEIS that 


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