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(4) If activities cease for longer than 

30 minutes and pinnipeds are in the 

area, start-up of activities will include a 

gradual increase in noise levels. 

(5) A NMFS-approved marine 

mammal observer will visually monitor 

the harbor seals on the beach adjacent 

to the harbor and on rocks for any 

flushing or other behaviors as a result of 

ULA’s activities (see Monitoring). 

(6) The Delta Mariner and 

accompanying vessels will enter the 

harbor only when the tide is too high for 

harbor seals to haul-out on the rocks, 

and the vessel will reduce speed to 1.5 

to 2 knots (1.5–2.0 nm/hr; 2.8–3.7 km/ 

hr) once the vessel is within 3 mi (4.83 

km) of the harbor. The vessel will enter 

the harbor stern first, approaching the 

wharf and mooring dolphins at less than 

0.75 knot (1.4 km/hr). 

(7) As alternate dredge methods are 

explored, the dredge contractor may 

introduce quieter techniques and 

equipment. 

Monitoring 

As part of its 2002 application, 

Boeing, now ULA, provided a proposed 

monitoring plan for assessing impacts to 

harbor seals from the activities at south 

VAFB harbor and for determining when 

mitigation measures should be 

employed. NMFS proposes the same 

plan for this IHA. 

A NMFS-approved and VAFBdesignated biologically trained observer 

will monitor the area for pinnipeds 

during all harbor activities. During 

nighttime activities, the harbor area will 

be illuminated, and the monitor will use 

a night vision scope. Monitoring 

activities will consist of: 

(1) Conducting baseline observation of 

pinnipeds in the project area prior to 

initiating project activities. 

(2) Conducting and recording 

observations on pinnipeds in the 

vicinity of the harbor for the duration of 

the activity occurring when tides are 

low enough for pinnipeds to haul out 

(2 ft, 0.61 m, or less). 

(3) Conducting post-construction 

observations of pinniped haul-outs in 

the project area to determine whether 

animals disturbed by the project 

activities return to the haul-out. 

Monitoring results from previous 

years of these activities have been 

reviewed and incorporated into the 

analysis of potential effects in this 

document, as well as the take estimates. 

Reporting 

ULA will notify NMFS 2 weeks prior 

to initiation of each activity. After each 

activity is completed, ULA will provide 

a report to NMFS within 90 days. This 

report will provide dates, times, 

durations, and locations of specific 

activities, details of pinniped behavioral 

observations, and estimates of numbers 

of affected pinnipeds and impacts 

(behavioral or other). In addition, the 

report will include information on the 

weather, tidal state, horizontal visibility, 

and composition (species, gender, and 

age class) and locations of haul-out 

group(s). In the unanticipated event that 

any cases of pinniped injury or 

mortality are judged to result from these 

activities, this will be reported to NMFS 

immediately. 

Endangered Species Act 

This action will not affect species 

listed under the Endangered Species Act 

that are under the jurisdiction of NMFS. 

VAFB formally consulted with U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service in 1998 on the 

possible take of southern sea otters 

during Boeing’s, now ULA, harbor 

activities at south VAFB. A Biological 

Opinion was issued in August 2001, 

which concluded that the EELV 

Program is not likely to jeopardize the 

continued existence of the southern sea 

otter and no injury or mortality is 

expected. The activities covered by this 

IHA are analyzed in that Biological 

Opinion, and this IHA does not modify 

the action in a manner that was not 

previously analyzed. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

In 2001, the United States Air Force 

(USAF) prepared an EA for Harbor 

Activities Associated with the Delta IV 

Program at VAFB. In 2005, NMFS 

prepared an EA supplementing the 

information contained in the USAF EA 

and issued a Finding of No Significant 

Impact on the issuance of an IHA for 

Boeing’s, now ULA, harbor activities in 

accordance with section 6.01 of the 

NOAA Administrative Order 216–6 

(Environmental Review Procedures for 

Implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act, May 20, 

1999). The proposed activity is within 

the scope of NMFS’ 2005 EA. 

Preliminary Conclusions 

NMFS proposes to issue an IHA to 

ULA for harbor activities related to the 

Delta IV/EELV to take place at south 

VAFB over a 1–year period. Issuance of 

this IHA is contingent upon adherence 

to the previously mentioned mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements. 

NMFS has preliminarily determined 

that the impact of harbor activities 

related to the Delta IV/EELV at VAFB, 

including: transport vessel operations, 

cargo movement activities, harbor 

maintenance dredging, and kelp habitat 

mitigation, would result in Level B 

harassment only of small numbers of 

Pacific harbor seals, California sea lions, 

and northern elephant seals; and would 

have a negligible impact on these 

marine mammal stocks. Northern fur 

seals, Guadalupe fur seals, and Steller 

sea lions are unlikely to be found in the 

area and, therefore, will not be affected. 

No rookeries, mating grounds, areas of 

concentrated feeding, or other areas of 

special significance for marine 

mammals occur within or near south 

VAFB harbor. 

Proposed Authorization 

As a result of these preliminary 

determinations, NMFS proposes to issue 

an IHA to ULA for the Delta IV EELV 

Program, provided that the previously 

mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements are incorporated. 

Information Solicited 

NMFS requests interested persons to 

submit comments and information 

concerning this request (see ADDRESSES). 

Prior to submitting comments, NMFS 

recommends readers review NMFS’

responses to those comments on this 

activity submitted previously (see 67 FR 

63151, May 23, 2002; 68 FR 36540, June 

18, 2003; 69 FR 29696, May 25, 2004; 

70 FR 30697, May 27, 2005; and 71 FR 

36321, June 26, 2006). 

Dated: April 18, 2007. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 041207D] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce 

ACTION: Notice of an amendment to a 

public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Pelagics (Whiting/Herring) Committee 

Meeting in May, 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 

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DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street, 

Mansfield, MA 02048: telephone: (508) 

339–2200; fax: (508) 339–1040. 

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 

original meeting notice published in the 

Federal Register on April 19, 2007 (72 

FR 19700). 

This notice serves as an amendment 

to that notice and is being published in 

its entirety with additions to the agenda. 

The Committee will continue 

development of alternatives for 

consideration in an amendment to 

address the management of small mesh 

multispecies (silver hake, red hake, 

offshore hake). The committee will also 

discuss alternatives for limited access 

qualification criteria and possible 

approaches for addressing historical 

fishery participants as well as possible 

approaches for managing the catch of 

small mesh multispecies in nondirected fisheries. The committee will 

continue development of alternatives for 

specifying Optimum Yield (OY) and 

discuss alternatives for total allowable 

catches (TACs) and TAC-based 

management in the small mesh 

multispecies fishery. In addition to 

working on the development of 

alternatives for an amendment to 

address small mesh multispecies, the 

Pelagics Committee will discuss 

whether the Council should require 

observer coverage on at-sea processors 

in the herring fishery and possibly make 

a recommendation to the Council on 

this issue. Other topics may be covered 

at the committee’s discretion. 

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 

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

seq. 

Dated: April 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. 040507E] 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Addendum to a public meeting 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council has cancelled a 

meeting of its Golden Crab Advisory 

Panel originally scheduled for May 2–3, 

2007, in Charleston, SC. The Rock 

Shrimp Advisory Panel meeting 

scheduled for May 1–2, 2007 will not be 

affected. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The meeting of the Rock Shrimp 

Advisory Panel will take place May 1–

2, 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Town and Country Inn, 2008 

Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 

29407; telephone: (800) 334–6660 or 

(843) 571–1000; fax: (843) 766–9444. 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (843) 571–4366 or 

toll free (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 

769–4520; email: 

kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

original notice published in the Federal 

Register on April 10, 2007 (72 FR 

17874). The meeting was for The 

Council’s Rock Shrimp and Golden Crab 

Advisory Panels. The Golden Crab 

Advisory Panel meeting is being 

cancelled.Members of the Rock Shrimp 

Advisory Panel will meet from 1:30 p.m. 

- 5 p.m. on May 1, 2007, and from 8:30 

a.m. - 12 noon on May 2, 2007. The joint 

meeting of the Rock Shrimp Advisory 

Panel and Golden Crab Advisory Panel 

originally scheduled from 1:30 p.m. - 5 

p.m. on May 2, 2007 has been cancelled. 

The Golden Crab Advisory Panel 

meeting from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. on May 

3, 2007 has been cancelled.All other 

information previously published 

remains unchanged. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the 

meetings.Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Dated: April 19, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–7779 Filed 4–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Determination under the Textile and 

Apparel Commercial Availability 

Provision of the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free 

Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR 

Agreement) 

April 19, 2007. 

AGENCY: Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA). 

ACTION: Determination to add a product 

in unrestricted quantities to Annex 3.25 

of the CAFTA-DR Agreement 

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 2007 

SUMMARY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(CITA) has determined that certain 

cotton/polyester circular knit fleece 

fabrics, as specified below, are not 

available in commercial quantities in a 

timely manner in the CAFTA-DR region. 

The product will be added to the list in 

Annex 3.25 of the CAFTA-DR in 

unrestricted quantities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Stetson, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482 2582. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ONLINE: http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/ 

CaftaReqTrack.nsf.Reference number: 

19.2007.03.16.Fabric.ST&RforIntradeco. 


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