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p25_cap/downloads/downloads.php. 

NIST will hear comment on these tests 

at the March 15 meeting and will 

continue to receive written comments 

until 5 p.m. Mountain Time on Monday, 

April 30, 2012. 

In addition to the two tests already 

developed, NIST is in the process of 

developing conformance tests for the 

following features and functionalities: 

• Emergency Alarm 

• Emergency Group Voice Call 

• Unaddressed Voice Call 

• Emergency Cancel 

• All Call 

NIST is also seeking comments, 

suggestions, example tests that can be 

leveraged or new tests for the following 

list of features: 

• Late Entry 

• Location Services 

• Radio Unit Inhibit/Uninhibit 

• Encryption 

• Over the Air Rekeying (OTAR) 

More information about the P25 CAP 

is available at http:// 

www.safecomprogram.gov. More 

information about NIST/OLES can be 

found at http://www.nist.gov/oles/. 

Registration: Members of the public 

wishing to attend the meeting must 

register by 5 p.m. Mountain Time on 

Monday, March 12, 2012 by sending an 

email request to Dereck Orr at 

dereck.orr@nist.gov or via phone at 303– 

497–5400. 

Oral Comments: There will be 40 

minutes set aside for public comment. 

Members of the public wishing to 

provide oral comments during the 

meeting on Thursday, March 15, 2012 

will be provided up to a total of 8 

minutes each (dependent on the number 

of commenters), and the order of 

commenters will be based on the order 

in which the request to provide 

comments was received. Requests to 

make oral comments should be 

submitted to Dereck Orr by 5 p.m. 

Mountain Time on Monday, March 12, 

2012 via email at dereck.orr@nist.gov or 

via phone at 303–497–5400. 

Written Comments: Comments also 

will be accepted electronically and may 

be emailed to dereck.orr@nist.gov. Hard 

copies of comments may be mailed to 

Dereck Orr, Department of Commerce, 

NIST, Building 1, Room 2209, 300 

Broadway St., Boulder, CO 80305. 

Dated: February 13, 2012. 

Willie E. May, 

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3839 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[File No. 17086] 

RIN 0648–XB005 

Marine Mammals 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Robin Baird, Ph.D., Cascadia Research, 

2181⁄2 W. 4th Avenue, Olympia, WA 

98501, has applied in due form for a 

permit to take marine mammals in the 

Atlantic Ocean for the purposes of 

scientific research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email 

comments must be received on or before 

March 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the Features box on the 

Applications and Permits for Protected 

Species (APPS) home page, https:// 

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 17086 from the list of available 

applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 

427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376; 

Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930; 

phone (978) 281–9328; fax (978) 281– 

9394; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 

33701; phone (727) 824–5312; fax (727) 

824–5309. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits and Conservation Division, at 

the address listed above. Comments may 

also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 

713–0376, or by email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include the File No. in the subject line 

of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division at the address listed above. The 

request should set forth the specific 

reasons why a hearing on this 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Morse or Carrie Hubard, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

Dr. Baird proposes to conduct 

research on 27 species of cetaceans 

including unidentified beaked whales in 

U.S. and international waters of the 

Atlantic Ocean from Virginia to 

Southern Florida. None of the species 

are listed as threatened or endangered 

under the Endangered Species Act. The 

purposes of the proposed research are to 

study: (1) Population size and structure, 

(2) range and movement patterns, (3) 

diving and night-time behavior, (4) 

social organization, (5) feeding ecology, 

and (6) disease monitoring of the 

targeted species. Harassment of all 

species may occur during vessel 

approach for dart and suction-cup 

tagging, sighting surveys, photographic 

identification, behavioral research, 

passive acoustic recording, underwater 

observation with a pole cam, and 

opportunistic sampling (sloughed skin 

and fecal material). Import and export of 

sloughed skin, prey remains, and fecal 

samples obtained is requested for 

research purposes. Research would 

occur over a five-year period. 

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. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: February 10, 2012. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3705 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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