48822 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 180 / Wednesday, September 17, 1997 / Notices

ACTION: Receipt of application to amend

permit No. 917 (File No. p774#2).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr.

John B. Pearce, NMFS, Northeast

Fisheries Science Center, 166 Waters

Street, Room 312, Woods Hole, MA

02543–1097, has requested an

amendment to permit no. 917.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before October

17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The amendment request

and related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Regional Administrator, Northeast

Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive,

Gloucester, MA 01930–2298, (508) 281–

9250.

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this petition should

be submitted to the Chief, Permits and

Documentation Division, F/PR1, Office

of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315

East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver

Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals

requesting a hearing should set forth the

specific reasons why a hearing on this

particular amendment request would be

appropriate.

Comments may also be submitted by

facsimile at (301) 713–0376, provided

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy

submitted by mail and postmarked no

later than the closing date of the

comment period. Please note that

comments will not be accepted by email

or other electronic media.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject amendment to permit no. 917,

issued on May 11, 1994 (59 FR 25892)

is requested under the authority of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.), and the regulations governing the

taking, importing, and exporting of

endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR

222.23).

Permit No. 917 authorizes the permit

holder to conduct a number of studies

on several cetacean species as well as

gray and harbor seals in the

northeastern U.S. and Canadian waters.

The research activities include: Vessel

surveys, aerial surveys and

photogrammetry, photo-identification

studies, and the collection of biopsies.

The permit holder now requests

authorization to: increase the number of

biopsy samples collected from

humpback whales (Megaptera

novaeangliae), common dolphins

(Delphinus delphis), Atlantic whitesided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus

acutus), bottlenose dolphins (offshore

stock, Tursiops truncatus), and striped

dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba). The

permittee is currently authorized to

collect 25 biopsies from each species,

and requests to increase the number to

50 samples for humpback whales and to

100 samples for the pelagic dolphins

listed above.

In compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial

determination has been made that the

activity proposed is categorically

excluded from the requirement to

prepare an environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement.

Dated: September 10, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

Spectrum Planning and Policy

Advisory Committee (SPAC) Meeting

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix,

notice is hereby given that the Spectrum

Planning and Policy Advisory

Committee (SPAC) will meet on

September 26, 1997 from 9:30 a.m. to

4:30 p.m. in Room 1605 at the United

States Department of Commerce, 1401

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

The Committee was established on

July 19, 1965 as the Frequency

Management Advisory Council (FMAC).

The name was changed in April, 1991,

and in July, 1993, to reflect the

increased scope of its mission. The

objective of the Committee is to advise

the Secretary of Commerce on radio

frequency spectrum planning matters

and means by which the effectiveness of

Federal Government frequency

management may be enhanced. The

Committee consists of nineteen

members, fifteen from the private sector,

and four from the Federal Government,

whose knowledge of

telecommunications is balanced in the

functional areas of manufacturing,

analysis and planning, operations,

research, academia and international

negotiations.

The principal agenda items for the

meeting will be:

(1) Discussion of the SPAC Report of

Spectrum Reallocation;

(2) Future Spectrum Policy and Long

Range Planning;

(3) Summary of new radiation

exposure legislation; and

(4) Public Safety Wireless Advisory

Committee (PSWAC) update.

The meeting will be open to public

observation. Public entrance to the

building through the main entrance is

on 14th Street midway between

Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution

Avenue. A period will be set aside for

oral comments or questions by the

public which do not exceed 10 minutes

each per member of the public. More

extensive questions or comments should

be submitted in writing before

September 17, 1997. Other public

statements regarding Committee affairs

may be submitted at any time before or

after the meeting. Approximately 20

seats will be available for the public on

a first-come, first-served basis.

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to the

Federal Information Relay Service

(FIPS) on 1–800–877–8339.

Copies of the minutes will be

available upon request 30 days after the

meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Inquires may be addressed to the

Executive Secretary, SPAC, Mr. Richard

A. Lancaster, National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration, Room 4082, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 1401

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone 202–

482–4487.

Dated: September 11, 1997.

Richard A. Lancaster,

Executive Secretary, Spectrum Planning and

Policy Advisory Committee, National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration.

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