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II. Method of Collection 

Methods of submittal include e-mail, 

U.S. post, telephone calls, and facsimile 

transmission of paper forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0648–0500. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

22. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Transcripts, 15 minutes; decertification 

response, 4 hours; training registration, 

7 minutes; notification of observer 

physical examination, 2 minutes; 

observer assignment information, 7 

minutes; weekly deployment report, 7 

minutes; debriefing registration, 7 

minutes; and reports on observer 

harassment/safety/performance, 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 51. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $1,000. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: May 16, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA36 

U.S. Climate Change Science Program 

Synthesis and Assessment Product 

Draft Report 3.1 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration publishes 

this notice to announce the availability 

of the draft Report for one of the U.S. 

Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) 

Synthesis and Assessment Products for 

public comments. This draft Report 

addresses the following CCSP Topic: 

Product 3.1 Climate Models: An 

Assessment of Strengths and 

Limitations for User Applications 

After consideration of comments 

received on the draft Report, a revised 

Report along with the comments 

received will be published on the CCSP 

web site. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

July 6, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The draft Report is posted 

on the CCSP Program Office web site. 

The web address to access the draft 

Report is: 

Product 3.1 

http://www.climatescience.gov/ 

Library/sap/sap3–1/default.php 

Detailed instructions for making 

comments on the draft Report is 

provided on the SAP 3.1 webpage (see 

link here). Comments should be 

prepared in accordance with these 

instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Fabien Laurier, Climate Change Science 

Program Office, 1717 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Suite 250, Washington, DC 

20006, Telephone: (202) 419–3481. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CCSP 

was established by the President in 2002 

to coordinate and integrate scientific 

research on global change and climate 

change sponsored by 13 participating 

departments and agencies of the U.S. 

Government. The CCSP is charged with 

preparing information resources that 

support climate-related discussions and 

decisions, including scientific synthesis 

and assessment analyses that support 

evaluation of important policy issues. 

The Report addressed by this notice 

provides a topical overview and 

describes plans for scoping, drafting, 

reviewing, producing, and 

disseminating one of 21 final synthesis 

and assessment Products that will be 

produced by the CCSP. 

Dated: May 17, 2007. 

William J. Brennan, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

International Affairs, and Acting Director, 

Climate Change Science Program. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–12–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA35 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Applications for five scientific 

research permits. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received nine scientific 

research permit application requests 

relating to Pacific salmon. The proposed 

research is intended to increase 

knowledge of species listed under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to 

help guide management and 

conservation efforts. 

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the applications must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on 

June 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

applications should be sent to the 

Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 

1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments 

may also be sent via fax to 503–230–

5441 or by e-mail to 

resapps.nwr@NOAA.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Garth Griffin, Portland, OR (ph.: 503–

231–2005, Fax: 503–230–5441, e-mail: 

Garth.Griffin@noaa.gov). Permit 

application instructions are available 

from the address above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following listed species are 

covered in this notice: 

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): endangered upper 

Columbia River (UCR), threatened 

Snake River (SR) spring/summer-run 

(spr/sum), threatened Puget Sound (PS). 


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Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened 

middle Columbia River (MCR), 

threatened Snake River (SR), threatened 

UCR, threatened PS. 

Sockeye salmon (O. nerka): 

endangered SR. 

Authority 

Scientific research permits are issued 

in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR 222–226). 

NMFS issues permits based on findings 

that such permits: (1) Are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; and (3) are consistent 

with the purposes and policy of section 

2 of the ESA. The authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits. 

Anyone requesting a hearing on an 

application listed in this notice should 

set out the specific reasons why a 

hearing on that application would be 

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such 

hearings are held at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. 

Applications Received 

Permit 1341 – Renewal 

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes 

(Tribes) are seeking to renew and 

modify their permit to take SR sockeye 

salmon and SR spr/sum Chinook 

salmon while conducting research 

designed to estimate overwinter survival 

and downstream migration survival and 

timing with the goal of evaluating 

various release strategies and 

calculating smolt-to-adult return rates. 

SR steelhead may also be taken. This 

research would provide information on 

the relative success of the Pettit and 

Alturas Lakes sockeye salmon 

reintroduction programs and thereby 

benefit the listed fish by improving 

those programs. Juvenile SR sockeye 

salmon, spr/sum Chinook salmon, and 

steelhead would be collected at Pettit 

and Alturas Lakes, ID, using rotary 

screw traps and weirs. The fish would 

be sampled for biological information 

and released or tagged with passive 

integrated transponders and released. In 

addition, to determine trap efficiencies, 

a portion of the captured juvenile SR 

sockeye salmon would be marked with 

a small cut on their caudal fins, released 

upstream of the traps, captured at the 

traps a second time, and released. The 

Tribes do not intend to kill any of the 

fish being captured, but a small 

percentage may die as an unintended 

result of the research activities. 

Permit 1345 – Renewal 

The WDFW is asking to renew its 

permit to take adult and juvenile MCR 

steelhead, UCR steelhead, UCR spring 

Chinook salmon, SR steelhead, SR spr/ 

sum Chinook salmon, PS Chinook 

salmon, and PS steelhead during the 

course of Washington State’s annual 

warmwater fish stock assessment 

surveys. They are also asking to add a 

study in the Cedar River that would 

increase the number of PS Chinook 

salmon they take. The purpose of the 

warmwater surveys is to gather data on 

the State’s fish species and thereby 

allow the WDFW to manage them in the 

best way possible. The research would 

benefit listed fish by giving managers 

more information on their abundance, 

distribution, and health. The surveys 

would be conducted using boat 

electrofishing equipment in the 

backwater sloughs, oxbow lakes, and 

ponds associated with major river 

systems throughout Washington State. 

The purpose of the Cedar River study is 

to monitor predation by trout and other 

species on listed Chinook in the Cedar 

River. The research would benefit listed 

fish by helping managers set fishing 

regulations in a manner that would 

reduce predators and therefore 

predation on the local PS Chinook 

populations. This research, too, would 

employ boat electrofishing. 

Any juvenile listed salmonids 

captured during the research would be 

sampled for biological information and 

immediately released. If adult listed 

salmonids are seen, the electrofishing 

equipment would be turned off and the 

fish allowed to escape. The WDFW does 

not intend to kill any of the fish being 

captured, but a small percentage may 

die as an unintended result of the 

research activities. 

Permit 1365 – Renewal 

The Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) are 

seeking to modify and renew their 

permit to annually take MCR steelhead 

while conducting research designed to 

(1) monitor and evaluate the species’

status and detect changes in salmonid 

abundance, productivity, spatial 

structure, and diversity; (2) determine if 

recovery strategies are helping improve 

natural production and viability in the 

Walla Walla subbasin, Washington; and 

(3) provide technical support for 

salmonid planning and modeling. The 

research would benefit MCR steelhead 

by helping continuously update and 

adapt subbasinwide recovery strategies 

for the listed fish. The researchers plan 

to capture the adult MCR steelhead 

using a variety of techniques: barbless 

hook-and-line angling, trapping, 

seining, and dip netting. Some of the 

fish would simply be measured and 

released, but some would also be fitted 

with radio tags before being released. 

These fish would then be tracked with 

both permanent and mobile tracking 

units to determine where in the 

subbasin they go. The CTUIR does not 

intend to kill any of the fish being 

captured, but a small percentage may 

die as an unintended result of the 

research activities. 

Permit 1423 – Renewal 

The USFWS is seeking to renew and 

modify its permit to annually take UCR 

steelhead and UCR Chinook while 

conducting research designed to 

determine if there are any interactions 

between wild and hatchery fish in terms 

of disease transmission and to gather 

baseline information on pathogen 

presence in the local fish populations. 

The research would take place in the 

Methow and Entiat River subbasins, 

Washington. The research would benefit 

listed fish by increasing our knowledge 

of disease presence and transmission in 

the Upper Columbia River and thereby 

help managers reduce the risks 

associated with those diseases. The fish 

would be captured using a variety of 

methods: nets, traps, electrofishing, and 

hook-and-line angling. The captured 

fish would be killed and sampled for 

pathogens. 

Permit 1601 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS) is requesting a 5–year research 

permit to take juvenile PS Chinook 

salmon and PS steelhead. The purpose 

of this research is to document the 

overall effectiveness of habitat 

restoration projects in Thornton, Piper’s, 

and Venema Creeks, Seattle, WA. The 

goal is to help resource managers 

determine which types of restoration 

projects are most affective at mitigating 

the effects of urbanization. The 

information would be used to prioritize 

restoration projects. The USFWS 

proposes to capture fish in selected 

habitats using the three-pass 

electrofishing method. Block nets would 

be placed at the upper and lower end of 

a habitat site and three sequential passes 

wold be conducted using a backpack 

electrofishing unit. Listed fish would be 

captured, enumerated, placed in aerated 

containers, and held until the survey is 

complete. The USFWS does not intend 

to kill any of the fish being captured, 

but a small number may die as an 

unintended result of the activities. 


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Permit 1605 

Windward Environmental seeking a 

5–year research permit to take juvenile 

PS Chinook salmon and steelhead. The 

purpose of the research is to 

characterize chemical concentrations in 

fish and crab tissues following activities 

designed to remediate contaminated 

sediments in the Lower Duwamish 

Waterway and East Waterway Operable 

Unit of the Harbor Island Superfund 

Sites. The long-term goal is to help 

determine if the remediation activities 

have successfully reduced the 

concentrations of chemical 

contaminants in animal tissues. An 

additional goal is to characterize the 

Lower Duwamish Waterway 

environment and determine if 

contaminated sediments continue to 

pose risks to the organisms living in it 

and humans using it. The applicant 

proposes to capture fish and crabs using 

trawl nets and traps. Listed fish would 

be captured, identified, enumerated, 

and released. The applicant does not 

intend to kill any listed species, but a 

small number may die as an unintended 

result of the activities. 

Permit 1609 

R2 Resource Consultants, Inc. is 

requesting a 2–year research permit to 

take juvenile PS Chinook salmon and 

steelhead. The purpose of this study is 

to determine the relative abundance of 

juvenile salmonids and map their 

distribution in the Sultan River, Puget 

Sound, Washington. Information 

gathered by this study would be used to 

help develop the Henry M. Jackson 

Hydroelectric Project management plan. 

The study would thus help resource 

managers design water management 

strategies and habitat protection/ 

restoration projects to benefit 

salmonids. The applicant proposes to 

conduct snorkeling and electrofishing 

surveys for juvenile salmonids. 

Supplemental sampling may also be 

conducted using minnow traps. The fish 

would be captured, anesthetized, 

measured, checked for hatchery marks, 

allowed to recover, and released. The 

applicant does not intend to kill any 

listed species, but a small number may 

die as an unintended result of the 

activities. 

Permit 1611 

The Confederated Tribes of Warm 

Springs Reservation, Oregon (CTWSRO) 

are seeking a 5–year permit to annually 

capture MCR steelhead during the 

course of research directed at non-listed 

fall Chinook salmon in the lower 

Deschutes River, Oregon. The 

information gained from this action 

would be used to determine the status 

of the fall Chinook stocks in the 

Columbia River basin and that 

information, in turn, would be used to 

set appropriate harvest levels and 

inform other management actions 

relating to fall Chinook salmon both in 

the United States and Canada. The 

research would benefit listed steelhead 

by helping reduce the number of them 

being incidentally caught during 

Chinook harvest. The CTWSRO would 

capture the fish using an 8–inch (12.7 

cm) stretch-mesh gillnet placed in the 

lower Deschutes River (Rkm 32). Any 

captured MCR steelhead would be 

measured, assessed as to their 

condition, and released immediately. 

The CTWSRO does not intend to kill 

any of the fish being captured, but a 

small number may die as an unintended 

result of the activities. 

Permit 1612 

Washington Trout is seeking a 5–year 

permit to capture juvenile UCR Chinook 

and steelhead during the course of 

research designed to generate data on (1) 

the relationships among physical and 

ecological processes governing aquatic 

food webs; (2) juvenile salmonid habitat 

use, growth, and survival; and (3) 

population structure and dynamics 

among resident salmonids reintroduced 

to the influence of anadromy. The 

research would take place in Icicle 

Creek, Chiwaukum Creek, and the 

Chiwiwa River, Washington. The 

research would benefit fish by 

increasing our knowledge about the 

ecology of native resident and migratory 

salmonids in the upper Columbia basin, 

and thereby help managers make better 

decisions regarding salmonid recovery. 

The fish would be captured using a 

variety of methods: traps, nets, 

electrofishing and angling. Some fish 

would be captured, measured, and 

released, others would be tagged with 

passive integrated transponders and 

tissue-sampled before being released. 

Washington Trout does not intend to 

kill any of the fish being captured, but 

a small number may die as an 

unintended result of the activities. 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will 

evaluate the applications, associated 

documents, and comments submitted to 

determine whether the application 

meets the requirements of section 10(a) 

of the ESA and Federal regulations. The 

final permit decisions will not be made 

until after the end of the 30–day 

comment period. NMFS will publish 

notice of its final action in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: May 16, 2007. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Public Safety Interoperable 

Communications Grant Program 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting. 

SUMMARY: NTIA will hold a public 

meeting on June 4, 2007, in connection 

with its Public Safety Interoperable 

Communications (PSIC) Grant Program 

to provide information on the proposed 

program policies related to the program. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 

4, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Department of Commerce 

Auditorium, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sallianne Schagrin at (202) 482–1885 or 

sschagrin@ntia.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NTIA will 

host a public meeting for all interested 

parties to discuss proposed program 

policies related to the PSIC Grant 

Program. A copy of a presentation on 

the proposed program policies and an 

agenda will be available on NTIA’s 

website prior to the public meeting at 

www.ntia.doc.gov/psic. The meeting 

will be webcast. Instructions on how to 

access the webcast will also be available 

on NTIA’s website at www.ntia.doc.gov/ 

psic. 

Section 3006 of the Digital Television 

Transition and Public Safety Act of 

2005, Pub. L. No. 109-171, provides that 

the Assistant Secretary for 

Communications and Information of the 

Department of Commerce, in 

consultation with the Secretary of 

Homeland Security, shall make 

payments not to exceed $1 billion in the 

aggregate through fiscal year 2010 to 

carry out the PSIC Grant Program. As 

required in the recently enacted Call 

Home Act of 2006, the grants will be 

awarded by September 30, 2007. 

The Grant Program, which covers 

public safety agencies in all 50 states, 

the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico 


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