61146 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 200 / Monday, October 16, 2000 / Notices

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

National Estuarine Research Reserve

System

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division,

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, National Ocean Service,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of approval and

availability of revision to the Final

Revised Management Plan for the Old

Woman Creek National Estuarine

Research Reserve, 2000–2005.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office

of Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, has approved the revised

Management Plan for the Old Woman

Creek National Estuarine Research

Reserve (OWCNERR). The OWCNERR

was designated in 1980 and has been

operating under a Management Plan

approved in 1983. Pursuant to section

315 of the Coastal Zone Management

Act, 16 U.S.C. 1461, and section

921.33(c) of the implementing

regulations, a state must revise its

management plan at least every five

years, or more often if necessary. This

revision is Ohio’s effort to comply with

this requirement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nathalie Peter, OCRM, Estuarine

Reserves Division, 1305 East-West

Highway, 11th Floor (N/ORM5), Silver

Spring, Maryland 20910. (301) 713–

3155, Extension 119.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Management Plan contains the program

mission, goals and objectives of the

OWCNERR and State Natural Preserve,

and establishes policies that will protect

the natural resources and ecological

integrity of the reserve. It provides

guidance for administration of the

reserve’s operation, management,

research, education and public outreach

for the next five years.

The Management Plan also describes

the necessary elements of site ecological

management: (1) To identify key natural

resources; (2) to determine the

appropriate level of human use for the

sites and these resources; and (3) to

foster their long-term protection.

The chief areas of concentration for

the OWCNERR in the next five years are

as follows:

1. Refining the OWCNERR Program,

particularly in the areas of research and

monitoring.

2. Encouraging community

stewardship of the estuary, watershed

and near-shore Lake Erie coast through

an expanded outreach program.

3. Protecting the core estuaries area,

through buffer land acquisition,

conservation easements or cooperative

agreements.

4. Improving the transfer of estuarine

information between reserve programs

(i.e. research, monitoring, education,

and resource management) and external

groups (e.g. local neighbors, regional

decision-makers in the scientific,

governmental and educational

communities).

Copies of the document can be

obtained from the Old Woman Creek

National Estuarine Research Reserve,

Department of Natural Resources, 2514

Cleveland Road, Huron, Ohio 44839.

(419) 433–4601.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Captain Ted Lillestolen,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean

Services and Coastal Zone Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 000616180–0269–02]

RIN 0648

NOAA Climate and Global Change

Program, Program Announcement

AGENCY: Office of Global Programs

(OGP), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Revisions to the Notice from

NOAA Climate and Global Change

Program, CLIVAR Element, FOR FY

2001; invitation to submit proposals.

SUMMARY: NOAA amends the notice

published in the Federal Register on

August 25, 2000, regarding the NOAA

Climate and Global Change Program to

change the dates for receipt of Letters of

Intent and Full Proposals (see DATES).

NOAA also invites the submission of

proposals.

DATES: Letters of Intent must be received

no later than November 13, 2000, with

full proposals postmarked on or before

January 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Proposals should be sent to

Office of Global Programs, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, 1100 Wayne Avenue,

Suite 1201, Silver Spring, MD 20910–

5603.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irma

duPree at the above address or at phone:

(301) 427–2089 ext 107, Internet:

irma.dupree@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

NOAA Office of Global Programs

published a notice describing the

Climate and Global Change Program,

and funding area descriptions on

August 25, 2000. (65 FR 51799.) The

program description, evaluation criteria,

selection process, background and

requirements, as well as guidelines for

applications are in that notice and are

not repeated here. The Office hereby

revises the dates for the submission of

the LOI and full proposals (See DATES).

The office invites the submission of

proposals for CLIVAR.

Program authority: 49 U.S.C. 44720 (b); 33

U.S.C. 883D; 15 U.S.C. 2904; 15 U.S.C. 2931

et seq.; (CFDA No. 11.431)—Climate and

Atmospheric Research.

Dated: October 10, 2000.

David L. Evans,

Assistant Administrator, OAR.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 091400B]

Taking and Importing of Marine

Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of embargo for Spain.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator

for Fisheries, NMFS, (Assistant

Administrator) issued an embargo for

the Government of Spain under the

Marine Mammal Protection Act

(MMPA) on October 6, 2000. This

embargoes the importation into the

United States of yellowfin tuna and

yellowfin tuna products harvested in

the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP)

after March 3, 1999, by Spanish-flag

purse seine vessels or vessels operating

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under Spanish jurisdiction and all other

yellowfin tuna harvested by purse seine

in the ETP exported from Spain. This

embargo determination was made after

considering documentary evidence

submitted by the Government of Spain

and obtained from the Inter-American

Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC).

This embargo remains in effect until

further notice.

DATES: Effective October 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of this notice may be

obtained by writing to Regional

Administrator, Southwest Region,

NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, California

90802-4213.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Regional Administrator; Phone 562-980-

4000; Fax 562-980-4018.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., as

amended by the International Dolphin

Conservation Program Act (IDCPA)

(Pub. L. 105-42), allows the entry into

the United States of yellowfin tuna

harvested by purse seine vessels in the

ETP under certain conditions. If

requested by the harvesting nation, the

Assistant Administrator will determine

whether to make an affirmative finding

based upon documentary evidence

provided by the government of the

harvesting nation, by the International

Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP),

the IATTC, and/or the Department of

State. An affirmative finding will

remain valid for 1 year (generally April

1 through March 31) or for such other

period as the Assistant Administrator

may determine. The harvesting nation

must submit an application directly to

the Assistant Administrator for the first

affirmative finding. The Assistant

Administrator may require the

submission of additional supporting

documentation or verification of

statements made in connection with

requests to allow importations. An

affirmative finding applies to tuna and

tuna products that were harvested in the

ETP by purse seine vessels of the nation,

and applies to any yellowfin tuna

harvested in the ETP purse seine fishery

after March 3, 1999, the effective date of

the IDCPA.

The affirmative finding process

requires that the harvesting nation meet

several conditions related to compliance

with the IDCP. To issue an annual

affirmative finding NMFS must receive

the following information:

1. A statement requesting an

affirmative finding;

2. Evidence of membership in the

IATTC;

3. Evidence that a nation is meeting

its obligations to the IATTC, including

financial obligations;

4. Evidence that a nation is complying

with the IDCP. For example, national

laws or regulations implementing the

Agreement on the IDCP and information

that the nation is enforcing those laws

and regulations;

5. Evidence of a tuna tracking and

verification program comparable to the

U.S. tracking and verification

regulations at 50 CFR 216.94;

6. Evidence that the national fleet

dolphin mortality limits (DMLs) were

not exceeded in the previous calendar

year;

7. Evidence that the national fleet perstock per-year mortality limits, if they

are allocated to countries, were not

exceeded in the previous calendar year;

8. Authorization for the IATTC to

release to the Assistant Administrator

complete, accurate and timely

information necessary to verify and

inspect Tuna Tracking Forms; and

9. Authorization for the IATTC to

release to the Assistant Administrator

information demonstrating whether the

nation is meeting its obligations of

membership to the IATTC and whether

the nation is meeting its obligations

under the IDCP including managing (not

exceeding) its national fleet DMLs or its

national fleet per-stock per-year

mortality limits. A nation may opt to

provide this information directly to

NMFS on an annual basis or to

authorize the IATTC to release the

information to NMFS in years when

NMFS will review and consider

whether to issue an affirmative finding

determination without an application

from the harvesting nation.

An affirmative finding will be

terminated, in consultation with the

Secretary of State, if the Assistant

Administrator determines that the

requirements of 50 CFR 216.24(f)(9) are

no longer being met or that a nation is

consistently failing to take enforcement

actions on violations which diminish

the effectiveness of the IDCP. Every 5

years, the Government of the harvesting

nation, must request an affirmative

finding and submit the required

documentary evidence directly to the

Assistant Administrator.

The Assistant Administrator reviewed

the application and documentary

evidence submitted by the Government

of Spain and determined that the

requirements under the MMPA to

receive an affirmative finding have not

been met. On October 6, 2000, after

consultation with the Department of

State, NMFS issued an embargo on

yellowfin tuna and products derived

from yellowfin tuna harvested in the

ETP by Spanish-flag purse seine vessels

or vessels under Spanish jurisdiction

after March 3, 1999, and all other

yellowfin tuna harvested by purse seine

in the ETP exported from Spain to be

imported into the United States.

The Assistant Administrator may

reconsider a finding upon request from,

and the submission of additional

information by, a harvesting nation, if

the information indicates that the nation

has met the requirements under 50 CFR

216.24(f)(9).

Dated: October 6, 2000.

William T. Hogarth,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Science Advisory Board

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and

Atmospheric Research, NOAA, DOC.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board

(SAB) was established by a Decision

Memorandum dated September 25,

1997, and is the only Federal Advisory

Committee with responsibility to advise

the Under Secretary of Commerce for

Oceans and Atmosphere on long- and

short-range strategies for research,

education, and application of science to

resource management. SAB activities

and advice with provide necessary

input to ensure that National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA) science programs are of the

highest quality and provide optimal

support to resource management.

TIME AND DATE: The meeting will be held

Tuesday, October 31, 200, from 1 p.m.

to 5 p.m., Wednesday, November 1,

2000, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and

Thursday, November 2, 2000, from 8

a.m to 12:30 p.m.

PLACE: The meeting on Tuesday,

October 31 and Thursday, November 2

will be held at the DoubleTree Alana

Waikiki Hotel, 1956 Ala Moana

Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii. On

Wednesday, November 1, the meeting

will be held at the Hawaii Imin

International Conference Center at The

East-West Center, 1777 East-West Road,

Honolulu, Hawaii.

STATUS: The meeting will be open to

public participation with two 30-minute

time periods set aside for direct verbal

comments or questions from the public.

The SAB expects that public statements