18962 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 72 / Monday, April 16, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Environmental Technologies Trade 

Advisory Committee (ETTAC) 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

DATE: May 11, 2007. 

TIME: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

PLACE: Department of Commerce, 14th 

and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington DC 20230, Room 4830. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental 

Technologies Trade Advisory 

Committee (ETTAC) will hold a plenary 

meeting on May 11, 2007, at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, in Room 4830. 

The ETTAC will discuss Committee 

priorities and goals for the year and 

other international topics related to 

trade and the environmental 

technologies industry. (e.g. the Asia 

Pacific Partnership on Clean 

Development and Climate; update on 

the latest round of negotiations in the 

World Trade Organization’s 

environmental goods and services trade 

liberalization; intellectual property 

rights; etc.). The meeting is open to the 

public and time will be permitted for 

public comment. 

Written comments concerning ETTAC 

affairs are welcome anytime before or 

after the meeting. Minutes will be 

available within 30 days of this meeting. 

The ETTAC is mandated by Public 

Law 103–392. It was created to advise 

the U.S. government on environmental 

trade policies and programs, and to help 

it to focus its resources on increasing 

the exports of the U.S. environmental 

industry. ETTAC operates as an 

advisory committee to the Secretary of 

Commerce and the Trade Promotion 

Coordinating Committee (TPCC). 

ETTAC was originally chartered in May 

of 1994. It was most recently rechartered 

until September 3, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Bohon, Office of Energy and 

Environmental Technologies Industries 

(OEEI), International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce at (202) 482–0359. This 

meeting is physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

OEEI at (202) 482–5225. 

Dated: April 9, 2007. 

Joe O. Neuhoff, 

Director, Office of Energy and Environmental 

Industries. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 040307C] 

Taking and Importing of Marine 

Mammals 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; affirmative finding 

renewal. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator 

for Fisheries, NMFS, (Assistant 

Administrator) has renewed the 

affirmative finding for the Government 

of Spain under the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act (MMPA). This 

affirmative finding will allow yellowfin 

tuna harvested in the eastern tropical 

Pacific Ocean (ETP) in compliance with 

the International Dolphin Conservation 

Program (IDCP) by Spanish-flag purse 

seine vessels or purse seine vessels 

operating under Spanish jurisdiction to 

be imported into the United States. The 

affirmative finding was based on review 

of documentary evidence submitted by 

the Government of Spain and obtained 

from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna 

Commission (IATTC) and the U.S. 

Department of State. 

DATES: The renewal is effective from 

April 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Regional Administrator, Southwest 

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 

Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 

90802–4213; phone 562–980–4000; fax 

562–980–4018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., allows 

the entry into the United States of 

yellowfin tuna harvested by purse seine 

vessels in the ETP under certain 

conditions. If requested by the 

harvesting nation, the Assistant 

Administrator will determine whether 

to make an affirmative finding based 

upon documentary evidence provided 

by the government of the harvesting 

nation, the IATTC, or the Department of 

State. 

The affirmative finding process 

requires that the harvesting nation is 

meeting its obligations under the IDCP 

and obligations of membership in the 

IATTC. Every 5 years, the government of 

the harvesting nation must request an 

affirmative finding and submit the 

required documentary evidence directly 

to the Assistant Administrator. On an 

annual basis, NMFS will review the 

affirmative finding and determine 

whether the harvesting nation continues 

to meet the requirements. A nation may 

provide information related to 

compliance with IDCP and IATTC 

measures directly to NMFS on an 

annual basis or may authorize the 

IATTC to release the information to 

NMFS to annually renew an affirmative 

finding determination without an 

application from the harvesting nation. 

An affirmative finding will be 

terminated, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, if the Assistant 

Administrator determines that the 

requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f) are no 

longer being met or that a nation is 

consistently failing to take enforcement 

actions on violations, thereby 

diminishing the effectiveness of the 

IDCP. 

As a part of the affirmative finding 

process set forth in 50 CFR 216.24(f), the 

Assistant Administrator considered 

documentary evidence submitted by the 

Government of Spain or obtained from 

the IATTC and the Department of State 

and has determined that Spain has met 

the MMPA’s requirements to receive an 

annual affirmative finding renewal. 

After consultation with the 

Department of State, the Assistant 

Administrator issued the Government of 

Spain’s annual affirmative finding 

renewal, allowing the continued 

importation into the United States of 

yellowfin tuna and products derived 

from yellowfin tuna harvested in the 

ETP by Spanish-flag purse seine vessels 

or purse seine vessels operating under 

Spanish jurisdiction. Spain’s affirmative 

finding will remain valid through March 

31, 2010, subject to subsequent annual 

reviews by NMFS. 

Dated: April 11, 2007. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service 

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