Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 53 / Monday, March 19, 2012 / Notices 15997 

Dated: March 12, 2012. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer\Chief Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6485 Filed 3–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB083 

Endangered Species; File No. 15672 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Molly Lutcavage, Ph.D., University of 

Massachusetts, Amherst, 108 Main 

Street, Gloucester MA 01930 has been 

issued a permit to take leatherback sea 

turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) for 

purposes of scientific research. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

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; and 

Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 

01930; phone (978) 281–9328; fax 

(978) 281–9394. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Cairns or Amy Hapeman, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

26, 2011, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 23305) that a 

request for a scientific research permit 

to take leatherback sea turtles had been 

submitted by the above-named 

individual. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). 

The five year permit authorizes Dr. 

Lutcavage to conduct research to 

characterize the distribution, 

movements and dive behavior of 

leatherback sea turtles in the waters of 

New England. Researchers may take up 

to 25 leatherback sea turtles annually 

that have been disentangled from 

fishing gear by a stranding network or 

captured with a breakaway hoopnet. 

Turtles would be measured, weighed, 

photographed and videotaped, flipper 

and passive integrated transponder 

tagged, blood, tissue, and fecal sampled, 

cloacal, oral, and nasal swabbed, tagged 

with an electronic transmitter, and 

released. 

Issuance of this permit, as required by 

the ESA, was based on a finding that 

such permit (1) was applied for in good 

faith, (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered or 

threatened species, and (3) is consistent 

with the purposes and policies set forth 

in section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: March 13, 2012. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6574 Filed 3–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

[Docket No. PTO–C–2012–0011] 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Nomination Evaluation 

Committee Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Chief Financial Officer 

and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the General Services Administration, 

renewed the Charter for the National 

Medal of Technology and Innovation 

Nomination Evaluation Committee on 

March 1, 2012. 

DATES: The Charter for the National 

Medal of Technology and Innovation 

Nomination Evaluation Committee was 

renewed on March 1, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Maulsby, Program Manager, 

National Medal of Technology and 

Innovation Program, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office, 600 

Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314; 

telephone (571) 272–8333 or by 

electronic mail: nmti@uspto.gov. 

Information is also available on the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.uspto.gov/about/nmti/index.jsp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Chief 

Financial Officer and Assistant 

Secretary of Commerce for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the General Services Administration, 

renewed the Charter for the National 

Medal of Technology and Innovation 

Nomination Evaluation Committee 

(NMTI Committee) on March 1, 2012. 

This Notice is published in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA) (Title 5, United States Code, 

Appendix 2, § 9). It has been determined 

that the Committee is necessary and in 

the public interest. The Committee was 

established in accordance with the 

FACA and provides advice to the 

Secretary on the implementation of 

Public Law 96–480 (15 U.S.C. 3711), as 

amended August 9, 2007, specifically 

with regard to recommendations of 

nominees for the Medal. The duties of 

the NMTI Committee are solely advisory 

in nature. Nominations for this Medal 

are solicited through an open, 

competitive, nationwide call for 

nominations and the NMTI Committee 

members are responsible for reviewing 

the nominations received. The NMTI 

Committee members are distinguished 

experts in the private and public sectors 

with experience in, or an understanding 

of, the development and utilization of 

technological innovations or 

technological manpower. The NMTI 

Committee evaluates the nominees and 

forwards its recommendations, through 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property, to the Secretary 

who, in turn, forwards his 

recommendations for the Medal to the 

President. 

Dated: March 13, 2012. 

Teresa Stanek Rea, 

Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Acting Director of 

the United States Patent and Trademark 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6527 Filed 3–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Interim Procedures for Considering 

Requests From the Public for Textile 

and Apparel Safeguard Actions on 

Imports From Korea and Estimate of 

Burden for Collection of Information 

AGENCY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

ACTION: Notice of interim procedures 

and request for comments; estimate of 

information collection burden. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

procedures the Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements 

(‘‘CITA’’ or ‘‘the Committee’’) will 


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