Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 78 / Tuesday April 24, 2007 / Notices 20323 

Southern Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights at (404) 

562–7000 [TDY 202–376–8116], or by email at pminarik@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Southern Regional Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Persons interested in the 

work of this advisory committee are 

advised to go to the Commission’s Web 

site, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact 

the Southern Regional Office at the 

above e-mail or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, April 18, 2007. 

Ivy Davis, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. E7–7698 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

(Docket 14–2007) 

Foreign–Trade Zone 124 -- Gramercy, 

Louisiana, Application for Subzone, M–

I L.L.C. (Barite Grinding and Milling), 

Amelia, Louisiana 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Port of South Louisiana, 

grantee of Foreign–Trade Zone (FTZ) 

124, requesting special–purpose 

subzone status for the barite grinding 

and milling facilities of M–I L.L.C. (M–

I), located in Amelia, Louisiana. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the provisions of the Foreign–Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–

81u), and the regulations of the Board 

(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed 

on April 16, 2007. 

The M–I facilities (40 acres, 58 

employees) are located at 2150 Highway 

662 N, in Amelia, adjacent to the 

Gramercy Customs and Border 

Protection port of entry. The M–I 

facilities are used for manufacturing, 

warehousing and distribution activities 

related to the grinding and milling of 

raw barite into ground barite (up to 

483,840 tons annually). Ground barite is 

used in the production of drilling fluids 

(drilling mud) and various specialty 

chemicals for use by the oil and gas 

exploration industry. M–I sources the 

majority of its raw barite from abroad. 

The duty rate on the imported raw 

barite is $1.25 per ton. 

This application requests authority for 

M–I to conduct the activity under FTZ 

procedures, which would exempt M–I 

from Customs duty payments on the 

barite used in export production. Less 

than 3 percent of production is 

exported. On domestic sales, the 

company could choose the lower duty 

rate (duty–free) that applies to the 

ground barite. M–I also anticipates 

realizing additional savings on materials 

that become scrap/waste during 

production. The application indicates 

that the FTZ–related savings would 

improve the plant’s international 

competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address listed below. The closing period 

for their receipt is June 25, 2007. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period (to July 9, 

2007). 

A copy of the application and 

accompanying exhibits will be available 

at each of the following addresses: Port 

of South Louisiana, 171 Belle Terre 

Blvd., P.O. Box 909, LaPlace, LA 70069; 

and, Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board, Room 

2814B, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Ave, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. For further 

information contact Christopher Kemp 

at christopherlkemp@ita.doc.gov or 

(202) 482–0862. 

Dated: April 16, 2007. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–7784 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

(Docket 15–2007) 

Foreign–Trade Zone 36 -- Galveston, 

Texas, Application for Subzone, M–I 

L.L.C. (Barite Grinding and Milling), 

Galveston, Texas 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Board of Trustees of the 

Galveston Wharves, grantee of Foreign–

Trade Zone (FTZ) 36, requesting 

special–purpose subzone status for the 

barite grinding and milling facilities of 

M–I L.L.C. (M–I), located in Galveston, 

Texas. The application was submitted 

pursuant to the provisions of the 

Foreign–Trade Zones Act, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations 

of the Board (15 CFR Part 400). It was 

formally filed on April 16, 2007. 

The M–I facilities (14 acres, 3 parcels, 

26 employees) are located at 4105 Old 

Port Industrial Boulevard, in Galveston, 

adjacent to the Houston Customs and 

Border Protection port of entry. The M–

I facilities are used for manufacturing, 

warehousing and distribution activities 

related to the grinding and milling of 

raw barite into ground barite (currently 

approximately 280,000 tons annually, 

with future capacity of up to 

approximately 780,000 tons annually). 

Ground barite is used in the production 

of drilling fluids (drilling mud) and 

various specialty chemicals for use by 

the oil and gas exploration industry. M–

I sources the majority of its raw barite 

from abroad. The duty rate on the 

imported raw barite is $1.25 per ton. 

This application requests authority for 

M–I to conduct the activity under FTZ 

procedures, which would exempt M–I 

from Customs duty payments on the 

barite used in export production. Less 

than 3 percent of production is 

exported. On domestic sales, the 

company could choose the lower duty 

rate (duty–free) that applies to the 

ground barite. M–I also anticipates 

realizing additional savings on materials 

that become scrap/waste during 

production. The application indicates 

that the FTZ–related savings would 

improve the plant’s international 

competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, a member of the FTZ staff 

has been designated examiner to 

investigate the application and report to 

the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address listed below. The closing period 

for their receipt is June 25, 2007. 

Rebuttal comments in response to 

material submitted during the foregoing 

period may be submitted during the 

subsequent 15-day period (to July 9, 

2007). 

A copy of the application and 

accompanying exhibits will be available 

at each of the following addresses: U.S. 

Department of Commerce Export 

Assistance Center, 15600 John F. 

Kennedy Blvd, Suite 530, Houston, TX 


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77032; and, Office of the Executive 

Secretary, Foreign–Trade Zones Board, 

Room 2814B, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. For further 

information contact Christopher Kemp 

at christopherlkemp@ita.doc.gov or 

(202) 482–0862. 

Dated: April 16, 2007. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–7783 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Public Safety Voice Over Internet 

Protocol (VoIP) Roundtable for 

Organizations Interested in Utilization 

of VoIP for Communication Between 

Public Safety Personnel 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public workshop. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Law 

Enforcement Standards (OLES), in 

cooperation with the Department of 

Homeland Security’s Office of 

Interoperability and Compatibility 

(DHS/OIC) and representatives of the 

public safety community, will hold a 

public roundtable on May 31, 2007, at 

the Institute for Telecommunication 

Sciences (ITS) in Boulder, CO. The 

purpose of the roundtable is to discuss 

the development of an implementation 

profile for VoIP between radio system 

bridging solutions. The results of this 

and subsequent roundtable discussions 

will be used in the development of 

specific implementation profiles for 

VoIP usage in public-safety owned 

systems. 

There is no charge for the roundtable; 

however, because of meeting room 

restrictions, advance registration is 

mandatory and limited to three 

representatives from any one 

organization. There will be no on-site, 

same-day registration. The registration 

deadline is May 25, 2007. Please note 

registration and admittance instructions 

and other additional information under 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this notice. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

May 31, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 

p.m. MT. 

ADDRESSES: The roundtable will be held 

in the Radio Building (Building 1), 

Auditorium and/or Room 1107, 325 

Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dereck Orr, (301) 975–2296, e-mail: 

dereck.orr@nist.gov. The mailing 

address is 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 

810, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899–2140. 

Information regarding OLES can be 

viewed at http://www.eeel.nist.gov/ 

oles/. Information regarding DHS/OIC 

can be viewed at http:// 

www.safecomprogram.gov. Information 

regarding ITS can be viewed at http:// 

www.its.bldrdoc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

response to a request from the U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), Science and Technology 

Directorate (S&T), Command, Control 

and Interoperability Division (C2I), 

Office of Interoperability and 

Compatibility (OIC), the NIST Office of 

Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) is 

considering developing protocol 

implementation profiles for VoIP 

communications between public safety 

personnel. 

The request from OIC germinated 

from practitioner-raised issues related to 

VoIP-enabled solutions being marketed 

to the public safety community as an 

‘‘interoperability solution,’’ yet these 

solutions will not interoperate with 

VoIP-enabled solutions from other 

manufacturers making the same claim. 

The proper way to address this situation 

is to develop a protocol implementation 

profile (or set of profiles) that contains 

the minimum standards, parameters and 

values necessary to ensure that 

solutions developed by independent 

organizations will interoperate with 

each other. This roundtable discussion 

is intended to lead to the development 

of a protocol implementation profile for 

VoIP-enabled radio system bridging 

solutions. 

Anyone wishing to attend this 

meeting must register by close of 

business May 25, 2007, in order to 

attend. Please submit your name, time 

of arrival, e-mail address and phone 

number to Ms. Kathy Mayeda and she 

will provide you with logistics 

information for the meeting. Ms. 

Mayeda’s e-mail address is 

kmayeda@its.bldrdoc.gov and her phone 

number is (303) 497–5890. 

All attendees are required to submit 

their name, time of arrival, e-mail 

address and phone number to Ms. 

Mayeda. Non-U.S. citizens must also 

submit their country of citizenship, title, 

employer/sponsor and address. 

Dated: April 17, 2007. 

William Jeffrey, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. E7–7785 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 032607B] 

Small Takes of Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Specified Activities; 

Harbor Activities Related to the Delta 

IV/Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle 

at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental 

harassment authorization; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS received a request from 

United Launch Alliance (ULA) for a 

reauthorization to take small numbers of 

marine mammals by harassment 

incidental to Delta Mariner operations, 

cargo unloading activities, harbor 

maintenance dredging, and kelp habitat 

mitigation activities related to the Delta 

IV/Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle 

(EELV) at south Vandenberg Air Force 

Base, CA (VAFB). Pursuant to the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), NMFS requests comments on 

its proposal to authorize ULA to take, by 

Level B harassment, small numbers of 

several species of pinnipeds at south 

VAFB beginning June 2007. 

DATES: Comments and information must 

be received no later than May 24, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 

application should be addressed to P. 

Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, 

Conservation and Education Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910–3225. The mailbox address for 

providing email comments is 

PR1.032607B@noaa.gov. NMFS is not 

responsible for e-mail comments sent to 

addresses other than the one provided 

here. Comments sent via e-mail, 

including all attachments, must not 

exceed a 10–megabyte file size. 

A copy of the application containing 

a list of the references used in this 

document may be obtained by writing to 

the address specified above, telephoning 

the contact listed below (see FOR 

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), 

or visiting the internet at: http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm. 

Documents cited in this notice may be 

viewed, by appointment, during regular 

business hours, at the aforementioned 

address. 


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