14734 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 13, 2012 / Notices 

Dated: March 5, 2012. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6024 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Environmental Technologies Trade 

Advisory Committee Public Meeting 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Technologies Trade Advisory 

Committee (ETTAC). 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

Thursday, April 27, 2012, at 9 a.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

Room 4830 at the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Herbert Clark Hoover 

Building, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Todd DeLelle, Office of Energy & 

Environmental Industries (OEEI), 

International Trade Administration, 

Room 4053, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. (Phone: 

202–482–4877; Fax: 202–482–5665; 

email: todd.delelle@trade.gov). This 

meeting is physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

OEEI at (202) 482–5225 no less than one 

week prior to the meeting. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will take place from 9 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. EDT. This meeting is open to 

the public and time will be permitted 

for public comment from 3:00–3:30 p.m. 

EDT. Written comments concerning 

ETTAC affairs are welcome any time 

before or after the meeting. Minutes will 

be available within 30 days of this 

meeting. 

Topics to be Considered: The agenda 

for the April 27, 2011 ETTAC meeting 

will include discussion of various issues 

and policies that affect environmental 

trade. These subjects will encompass 

the harmonization of global 

environmental regulations, standards, 

and certification programs; analysis of 

existing environmental goods and 

services data sources; trade 

liberalization negotiations; development 

of trade promotion programs; and issues 

related to innovation in the 

environmental technology sector. 

Background: The ETTAC is mandated 

by Public Law 103–392. It was created 

to advise the U.S. government on 

environmental trade policies and 

programs, and to help it to focus its 

resources on increasing the exports of 

the U.S. environmental industry. 

ETTAC operates as an advisory 

committee to the Secretary of Commerce 

and the Trade Promotion Coordinating 

Committee (TPCC). ETTAC was 

originally chartered in May of 1994. It 

was most recently re-chartered until 

October 2012. 

Edward A. O’Malley, 

Director, Office of Energy and Environmental 

Industries. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB058 

Incidental Take Permit and Habitat 

Conservation Plan for PacifiCorp 

Klamath Hydroelectric Project Interim 

Operations 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the Final Environmental 

Assessment (EA) on the application 

from PacifiCorp Energy (PacifiCorp or 

applicant) for an Incidental Take Permit 

(ITP) and Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP) for take of a threatened species in 

accordance with the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). 

NMFS and PacifiCorp have also 

developed an implementing agreement 

(IA) which details how NMFS and 

PacifiCorp will work together to 

implement the HCP. This notice also 

announces that NMFS has made a 

decision to issue an ITP to PacifiCorp 

for the covered activities described in 

their HCP, and has authorized the 

incidental take of Southern Oregon/ 

Northern California Coast (SONCC) 

Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) 

coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) as 

a result of operation and maintenance of 

its Klamath Hydroelectric Project 

(Project) in and near the Klamath River 

in Southern Oregon and Northern 

California, and implementation of the 

HCP during a ten-year period. This 

notice is provided under National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

regulations and NMFS ESA permit 

regulations to inform the public that the 

Final EA HCP, responses to public 

comments, and associated documents 

are available for review; and NMFS has 

made a decision to issue the ITP. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, or to receive a copy 

of the documents, please call Lisa 

Roberts, Fisheries Biologist, NMFS, at 

(707) 825–5178. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

Copies of the Final EA, HCP, IA, and 

associated documents are available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the Northern 

California National Marine Fisheries 

Office located at: 1655 Heindon Road, 

Arcata, CA 95521 (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). The Final EA, 

HCP, and IA are also available 

electronically for review on the NMFS 

Southwest Region Web site at: http:// 

swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/nepa.htm. 

Background 

Section 9 of the Federal ESA prohibits 

the take of fish or wildlife species listed 

as endangered or threatened by either 

the FWS or NMFS (16 U.S.C. 1538). The 

ESA defines the term ‘‘take’’ as: ‘‘harass, 

harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, 

trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to 

engage in any such conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 

1532(19)). NMFS has defined ‘‘harm’’ as 

an act which actually kills or injures 

fish or wildlife, and such acts may 

include ‘‘significant habitat 

modification or degradation which 

actually kills or injures fish or wildlife 

by significantly impairing essential 

behavioral patterns, including breeding, 

spawning, rearing, migrating, feeding, or 

sheltering’’ (50 CFR 222.102). Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA (16 

U.S.C. 1539(a)(1)(B)), NMFS may issue 

ITPs authorizing the take of listed 

species if, among other things, such 

taking is incidental to, and not the 

purpose of, otherwise lawful activities. 

To receive an ITP under the ESA, an 

applicant must prepare an HCP that 

specifies the following: (1) the impact 

which will likely result from the taking; 

(2) steps the applicant will take to 

minimize and mitigate the impacts; (3) 

funding available to implement the 

steps; (4) what alternative actions to the 

taking the applicant considered and the 

reasons why these alternatives were not 

used; and (5) any other measures NMFS 

may require as being necessary or 

appropriate for purposes of the HCP (16 

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