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L. 89–651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 

301). Related records can be viewed 

between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 

2104, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

14th and Penn. Ave., NW, Washington, 

DC. 

Comments: None received. Decision: 

Approved. We know of no instrument of 

equivalent scientific value to the foreign 

instruments described below, for such 

purposes as each is intended to be used, 

which was being manufactured in the 

United States at the time of its order. 

Docket Number: 06–054. Applicant: 

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. 

Instrument: DBF Fiber Laser System. 

Manufacturer: Koheras A/S, Denmark. 

Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 

20505, April 25, 2007. Reasons: The 

foreign instrument provides a means to 

describe and formulate the physical 

description of the fundamental noise 

properties of optical frequency combs 

and their application to Optical 

Arbitrary Waveform Generation. An 

ultra–narrow (1.0 kHz optical linewidth) 

CW laser is used to sweep the carrier 

frequency and beat it with a 

conventional mode–locked laser based 

optical frequency comb. The CW laser 

also provides a 60 pm fast piezo tuning 

range and 700 pm thermal tuning with 

100 mW output power. 

Docket Number: 06–059. Applicant: 

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. 

Instrument: Micro–dissecting 

Microscope. Manufacturer: Singer 

Instruments, UK. Intended Use: See 

notice at 72 FR 20505, April 25, 2007. 

Reasons: The foreign instrument 

provides capability to identify and 

categorize genes that control DNA 

replication and repair using a simple 

model organism known as baker’s yeast. 

It is a unique motorized 

micromanipulator specifically designed 

to separate single aspo–spores of yeast. 

It provides automatic micro–dissection 

and can ‘‘memorize’’ the locations of 

each ascus so that it can shuttle between 

positions automatically. 

Docket Number: 06–067. Applicant: 

The University of Illinois, Champaign, 

IL. Instrument: Ti: Sapphire Lasers (2), 

Model TIS SF–077s. Manufacturer: 

Tekhnoscan, Russia. Intended Use: See 

notice at 72 FR 20505, April 25, 2007. 

Reasons: The foreign instrument 

provides a means of studying the 

application of ultra–cold atom gases to 

quantum simulation. The lasers will be 

used to create an optical lattice, and part 

of a system for driving stimulated 

Raman transitions. One laser provides a 

linewidth less than 100 kHz and a drift 

rate < 50 MHz/hour, locked to an 

external reference cavity. The other 

provides < 5 MHz linewidth (without an 

external reference cavity) but passive 

stability equal to the other. Both are 

completely reconfigurable to the point 

of removing all optical elements from 

the cavity, running the cavity in a linear 

configuration, and inserting an electro–

optic modulator. They employ phase–

locking optics and electronics with low 

drift rates, since they will not be locked 

to a spectroscopic reference. 

Docket Number: 07–005. Applicant: 

Millersville University Physics 

Department, Millersville PA. 

Instrument: HeNe Laser Cavity 

Educational Kit, Model CA–1200. 

Manufacturer: MICOS GmbH, Germany. 

Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 

20505, April 25, 2007. Reasons: The 

foreign instrument provides a test bench 

in the lab portion of a course on optics 

for instruction in the physical principles 

and the components of a laser. Students 

will use the kit to build and reconfigure 

a He–NE Laser themselves and study the 

role of different optical elements in the 

lasing effect. Lab studies will include 

intensity distribution, Gaussian beam, 

polarization, divergence, coherence 

monochromatism and other properties 

of light. 

Docket Number: 07–007. Applicant: 

Illinois Institute of Technology, 

Chicago, IL. Instrument: High 

Temperature Nano Test System. 

Manufacturer: Micro Materials, Ltd., 

UK. Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 

20505, April 25, 2007. Reasons: The 

foreign instrument provides 

examination of the mechanical 

properties of Ni–base alloys at elevated 

temperature. Nano–indentation tests can 

be conducted on specimens at a range 

of temperatures from room temperature 

to 750 C to assess the hardness and 

modulus of Ni–base alloys an also the 

constituent phases present in 

experimental Ni–base alloys and new 

high temperature materials. The 

instrument employs a unique 

horizontally designed pendulum 

indenter which enables insertion of a 

high temperature heating stage and tip 

heater as well as a protective heat shield 

to allow testing of specimens at 

temperatures in excess of 750 C. Other 

systems which use a vertical pendulum 

are currently limited to 400 C. 

Docket Number: 07–011. Applicant: 

State University of New York, Stony 

Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 

11794. Instrument: Low–level Beta 

Multicounter System. Manufacturer: 

Riso National Laboratory, Denmark. 

Intended Use: See notice at 72 FR 

20505, April 25, 2007. Reasons: The 

foreign instrument provides 

measurement of emissions from very 

small quantities of naturally occurring, 

dissolved radioactive isotopes of 

thorium and lead in seawater which are 

attached to particulate matter in very 

small quantities. Samples of the 

isotopes are taken at various depths and 

serve as tracers of the movement of 

carbon to the deep, an important 

process for understanding climate 

change. The instrument is the only beta 

detector that meets the requirements of 

five simultaneous measurements with 

extremely low background count rates 

of 0.2 cpm. It is also portable and 

capable of field use in harsh 

environments. It also able to hold 22 

mm diameter filter holders and is in 

standard use by many low level 

radiation laboratories around the world. 

Docket Number: 07–012. Applicant: 

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 

Instrument: Real–time 3D Motion 

Capture System. Manufacturer: Phoenix 

Technologies, Inc., Canada. Intended 

Use: See notice at 72 FR 20505, April 

25, 2007. Reasons: The foreign 

instrument provides accurate 

measurement of limb movements of 

monkey subjects performing reach–tograsp tasks. Electrical signals derived 

from individual brain cells are 

correlated with parameters of movement 

in order to determine how information 

is encoded in the signals that the brain 

uses to communicate with the muscles 

which is relevant to neuro–prosthetics, 

spinal chord injury, stroke and motor 

rehabilitation. The dimensions of the 

testing chamber require that the infrared 

position markers can operate at a 

minimum distance of 0.6 m. Other 

comparable systems require more than 

twice that distance. The Phoenix system 

also uses markers of much less 

diameter, which minimally interfere 

with natural limb movement. 

The capabilities of each of the foreign 

instruments described above are 

pertinent to each applicants intended 

purpose and we know of no other 

instrument or apparatus being 

manufactured in the United States 

which is of equivalent scientific value to 

any of the foreign instruments. 

Faye Robinson, 

Director, Statutory Import Program Staff, 

Import Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Notice of Record of Decision for 

Louisiana Regional Restoration 

Planning Program 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 


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an agency of the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, has prepared a Record of 

Decision (ROD) regarding the January 5, 

2007, final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (PEIS) for the 

Louisiana Regional Restoration Planning 

Program (RRP Program). The ROD has 

been written pursuant to § 102(2)(c) of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 

regulations promulgated by the Council 

on Environmental Quality (40 CFR part 

1505.2), and the NOAA Administrative 

Order on implementing environmental 

review procedures (NAO 216–6). The 

ROD is a concise statement of the 

management planning and 

environmental impact analysis process 

completed, the alternatives considered, 

and the basis for the selection of 

preferred alternative. The notice of 

availability for the final PEIS was 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 5, 2007, with the close of the 

mandatory waiting period on February 

20, 2007. No comments were received 

on the final PEIS. 

It is the decision of the NOAA, along 

with the Department of the Interior and 

the State of Louisiana, to implement the 

Louisiana RRP Program using the 

methods evaluated in the PEIS. Because 

the analysis is programmatic in nature, 

site and injury-specific features will 

dictate which restoration alternatives 

are most appropriate for individual 

injuries. All practicable means to avoid 

or minimize environmental harm from 

the RRP Program alternative selected 

have been adopted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Questions 

regarding the PEIS and ROD and 

requests for copies of these documents 

should be addressed to either: Karolien 

Debusschere, Deputy Coordinator, 

Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office, 

Office of the Governor, 150 Third Street, 

Suite 405, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 

70801; 225/219–5800; e-mail address: 

Karolien.Debusschere@la.gov, or Tony 

Penn, Southeast Branch Chief, NOAA, 

Assessment and Restoration Division, 

1305 East-West Highway, SSMC #4, 

10th floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910; fax 

number 301/713–4387; e-mail address: 

Tony.Penn@noaa.gov. 

The PEIS and Record of Decision are 

available via the Internet at http:// 

www.darrp.noaa.gov/southeast/rrpp-la/ 

and http://www.losco.state.la.us/admin/ 

RRP/RRPprogram_view.asp. 

Dated: May 15, 2007. 

Ken Barton, 

Director, Office of Response and Restoration, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[XRIN: 0648–XA49] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Whiting Advisory Panel, in June, 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 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, June 7, 2007, at 10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Hotel, 21 Atwells Avenue, 

Providence, RI 02903; telephone: (401) 

831–3900; fax: (401) 751–0007. 

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 

Committee will review Advisory Panel 

role and responsibilities, elect Advisory 

Panel Chairman and Vice Chairman. 

The committee will also review 

management measures and alternatives 

under consideration in an amendment 

to the Multispecies (Groundfish) FMP to 

address small mesh multispecies 

(whiting, red hake, offshore hake). The 

committee will develop Advisory Panel 

comments and recommendations 

regarding small mesh multispecies 

management measures and alternatives 

under consideration, including: 

optimum yield (OY) specifications, total 

allowable catches (TACs); a limited 

access program for the small mesh 

multispecies fishery; measures to 

address historical fisheries; and 

possession limits for small mesh 

multispecies and other management 

measures that may be considered. 

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

Dated: May 18, 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 

[XRIN: 0648–XA51] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Informational Meeting. 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public informational 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: Trans-Boundary Resource 

Assessment Committee (TRAC) 

Industry/Science Data Exchange 

Meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, June 7, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 

1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the New Bedford Free Public Library, 

613 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 

02740; telephone: (508) 991–6279. 

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: 

Amendment 13 to the Northeast 

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 

adopted a system to coordinate the 

management of trans-boundary stocks of 

cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder 

with Canada. As part of that system, 

each year, the Trans-Boundary Resource 

Assessment Committee (TRAC) 


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