Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 13 / Monday, January 22, 2007 / Notices 2649 

TAMSA’s exports. In its evaluation of 

TAMSA’s ‘‘other factors,’’ the 

Department is directed to utilize the 

actual financial expense ratio 

established in the record of this 

proceeding. The Department is also 

directed to provide an explanation 

supported by sunset review law 

indicating why TAMSA’s zero margin 

calculation have no predictive value. 

Further, the panel stated that they 

will not affirm the Department’s Fourth 

Re-determination if the Department 

continues to be disrespectful of the 

Panel’s review authority under Chapter 

19 of the NAFTA by issuing affirmative 

remand determinations which cannot be 

supported by the record and that 

continue to rely on evidence that the 

Panel has already held to be 

insufficient. 

The Department was directed to issue 

its Final Re-determination on Remand 

within twenty days from the date of the 

decision or not later than February 6, 

2007. 

Dated: January 17, 2007. 

Caratina L. Alston, 

U.S. Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. E7–822 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 121106D] 

Endangered Species; File No. 1557–01 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

modification. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Molly Lutcavage, Department of 

Zoology, 177 A Spaulding Hall, 

University of New Hampshire, Durham, 

NH 03824–2617, has been issued a 

modification to File No. 1557. 

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 

Northeast Region, NMFS, One 

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 

01930–2298; phone (978)281–9200; fax 

(978)281–9371. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Opay or Kate Swails, (301)713–

2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 20, 2006, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (71 FR 61959) 

that a request for a scientific research 

permit to take leatherback sea turtles 

had been submitted by the above-named 

individual. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of 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 primary purpose of the proposed 

research is to investigate leatherback sea 

turtle regional behavior and movements 

in near-shore waters of the Atlantic 

Ocean off the United States and to 

identify their dispersal in relation to 

oceanographic conditions and fishing 

activities. The research will also help 

establish baseline health assessments, 

genetic identities, sex ratios, and stable 

isotope composition of leatherback sea 

turtle tissues and prey. Researchers will 

conduct research on up to 12 

leatherback sea turtles annually. 

Researchers will use animals that have 

been captured using a breakaway 

hoopnet. Turtles will be measured, 

weighed, photographed and video 

taped, flipper and passive integrated 

transponder tagged, blood sampled, 

cloacal swabbed, nasal swabbed, skin 

sampled, tagged with electronic 

instruments (e.g., satellite transmitters), 

and released. The research permit is 

issued for 5 years. 

The permit modification authorizes 

the permit holder to work in the area 

between Cape Canaveral, Florida to 

Savannah, Georgia. The permit holder 

currently conducts research June to 

October and the modification provides 

authorization to conduct research 

during February and March as well. No 

increase in take numbers is requested 

and all other aspects of the research 

remain the same. 

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 any endangered or 

threatened species, and (3) is consistent 

with the purposes and policies set forth 

in section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: January 16, 2007. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–740 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 011107E] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Initiation of 5–year Reviews for Fin, 

Sperm and Southern Right Whales 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic 

andAtmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of initiation of a 5–year 

review; request for information. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) announce 5–

year reviews of the fin whale 

(Balaenoptera physalus), sperm whale 

(Physeter macrocephalus) and southern 

right whale (Eubalaena australis) under 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

(ESA). A 5–year review is a periodic 

process conducted to ensure that the 

listing classification of a species is 

accurate. A 5–year review is based on 

the best scientific and commercial data 

available at the time of the review; 

therefore, we are requesting submission 

of any such information on the fin 

whale, sperm whale and southern right 

whale that has become available since 

their last status review in 1999 (Perry, 

S., D. DeMaster and G. Silber, 1999. The 

Great Whales: History and Status of Six 

Species Listed as Endangered Under the 

U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973. 

Marine Fisheries Review. Department of 

Commerce 61:1). Based on the results of 

this 5–year review, we will make the 

requisite findings under the ESA. 

DATES: To allow us adequate time to 

conduct these reviews, we must receive 

your information no later than March 

23, 2007. However, we will continue to 

accept new information about any listed 

species at any time. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

information by any of the following 

methods: 

• Mail: Susan Pultz, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West 

Highway #13661, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. 

• E-mail: whale.review@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line of the e-mail 

the following identifier: ‘‘Comments on 

5–year review for the fin, sperm and 

southern right whales.’’

• Fax: 301–427–2523, attention: 

Susan Pultz. 

Information received in response to 

this notice and review will be available 

for public inspection, by appointment, 

during normal business hours, at the 

above address. 


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