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the Multispecies FMP. Any approved 

comments would be forwarded to the 

NOAA Fisheries Regional 

Administrator. An open period for the 

public to address any other Councilrelated business will be provided at this 

point in the day. During the afternoon 

session of the meeting, the Skate 

Committee will review management 

advice from the Skate Plan Development 

Team, as well as draft management 

alternatives for possible inclusion in an 

amendment to the Skate FMP. The 

Council also may approve a scoping 

document for this action. At the end of 

the day, the Council’s Enforcement 

Committee will discuss committee 

progress to develop recommendations 

concerning the use of VMS and other 

tools to address safety-at sea, regulatory 

compliance, and other fishery 

management-related activities. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subjects of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided that 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 (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 20, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 031607D] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public committee 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) Steller 

Sea Lion Mitigation Committee 

(SSLMC) will meet in Juneau, AK. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 16–17, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. The Proposal Scoring 

Subcommittee will meet on April 16 

and the full Committee will meet April 

17–19, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the National Marine Fisheries Service, 

709 W 9th Avenue, Regional 

Administrator’s Conference Room, 

Juneau, AK. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill 

Wilson, North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (907) 

271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee will review proposals and 

proposal scoring process with the 

Subcommittee; receive proposal 

presentations from proposers; discuss 

proposals with proposers and request 

additional information as needed. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Gail Bendixen, 

(907) 271–2809, at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 19, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 031607F] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 1095–1837 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Dorian S. Houser, Ph.D., Biomimetica, 

7951 Shantung Drive, Santee, CA 92071 

has been issued a permit to conduct 

research on marine mammals. 

ADDRESSES: The permit 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 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–4001; 

fax (562)980–4018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate 

Swails or Amy Sloan, (301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 5, 

2006, notice was published in the 

Federal Register ( 71 FR 38136) that a 

request for a scientific research permit 

to take individuals of any species of 

cetaceans in the U.S. had been 

submitted by the above-named 

individual. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (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 parts 222–226). 

The applicant will use auditory 

evoked potential recordings with noninvasive suction cup sensors on up to 15 

individuals of any species of cetaceans 

in the U.S. The research will be 

conducted on stranded or accidentally 

entrapped animals in the field or at a 

rehabilitation center. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Issuance of this permit, 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 

species; and (3) is consistent with the 

purposes and policies set forth in 

section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: March 19, 2007. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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