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performance rating for optional thirdyear funding from ‘‘outstanding’’ to ‘‘at 

least commendable’’ (as defined in the 

FFO accompanying the original notice) 

for the first program year. All other 

provisions of the original August 17, 

2004 notice remain the same. 

Limitation of Liability 

Publication of this announcement 

does not oblige the Department of 

Commerce or MBDA to award a thirdyear extension to any of the MBEC 

operators or projects identified in this 

notice or to obligate any available funds 

for such purpose. 

Department of Commerce Pre-Award 

Notification Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements 

The Department of Commerce PreAward Notification Requirements for 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

contained in the December 30, 2004 

Federal Register notice (69 FR 78389) 

are applicable to this notice. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of E.O. 

12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and an opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act for rules 

concerning public property, loans, 

grants, benefits, and contracts (5 U.S.C. 

553(a)(2)). Because notice and 

opportunity for comment are not 

required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any 

other law, the analytical requirements of 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

601 et seq.) are inapplicable. Therefore, 

a regulatory flexibility analysis is not 

required and has not been prepared. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1512 and Executive 

Order 11625. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

Ronald Marin, 

Financial Management Officer, Minority 

Business Development Agency. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

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National Standard 1 Guidelines; 

Scoping Process 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of additional 

scoping meetings. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces several 

scoping meetings for the environmental 

impact statement for implementation of 

annual catch limit (ACL) and 

accountability measure (AM) 

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation Reauthorization 

Act of 2006 (MSRA). Such guidance 

would be added to the National 

Standard 1 Guidelines. These scoping 

meetings are in addition to those that 

were announced and published in a 

Federal Register notice on February 28, 

2007. Note that the date of the scoping 

meeting to be held at the Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council meeting 

has been changed from March 29, 2007, 

to March 27, 2007. 

DATES: Dates and locations of scoping 

meeting are listed below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Date and 

times are subject to Regional Fishery 

Management Council agenda changes 

during the week of the meeting. Written 

comments must be received by April 17, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and alternatives, by any of the 

following methods: 

• E-mail: 

annual.catchlimitDEIS@noaa.gov. 

Include ‘‘Scoping comments on annual 

catch limit DEIS’’ in subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: 301–713–1193 

• Mail: Mark Millikin; National 

Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA; 1315 

East-West Highway; Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Millikin; National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 301–713–2341. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

This Federal Register document is 

available on the Government Printing 

Office’s website at: www.gpoaccess.gov/ 

fr/index. 

Background 

The MSRA, signed into law by 

President Bush on January 12, 2007, set 

forth new requirements related to 

overfishing, including new ACL and 

AM provisions for federally managed 

fisheries in the U.S. exclusive economic 

zone. NMFS initiated action through a 

notice of intent (NOI) to develop 

guidance related to these new 

provisions, specifically requirements set 

forth under sections 103(b)(1) and (c)(3), 

104(a)(10), (b), and (c) of the MSRA. 

NMFS intends to revise the National 

Standard 1 (NS1) Guidelines, 50 CFR 

600.310, through a proposed and final 

rule to incorporate guidance of these 

MSRA sections before the end of 2007. 

NMFS is seeking input on ACLs and 

AMs and related matters in the NS1 

guidelines. More background related to 

this action is contained in the NOI 

published on February 14, 2007 (72 FR 

7016), and is not repeated here. 

Dates and Locations of Meetings 

Scoping meetings will be held at the 

following locations: 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council Meeting, March 27, 2007, 6:30 

p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites 

Hotel, Destin, FL 32550. 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council Meeting, March 28, 2007, 

morning session, at the Anchorage 

Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, AK 99501. 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

Meeting, April 3, 2007, afternoon 

session at the Seattle Airport Marriott 

Hotel, Seattle, WA 98188. 

New England Fishery Management 

Council, April 10, 2007, 1:30 p.m. to 3 

p.m. at the Mystic Hilton, Mystic, CT 

06355. 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, April 17, 2007, 7 p.m. to 8:30 

p.m. at the Princess Royale, Ocean City, 

MD 21842. 

Special Accommodations 

The public meetings listed in this 

notice will be accessible to people with 

physical disabilities. Requests for sign 

language interpretation and other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Jennifer Ise (301–713–2341), at least 5 

days before the scheduled session. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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