28360 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 99 / Friday, May 22, 1998 / Notices

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a committee meeting.

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s Community

Development Quota (CDQ) Committee

will meet in Juneau, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Thursday, June 18, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

Room 445C at the NMFS Regional

Office, 709 W. 9th Street, Juneau, AK

99801.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

DiCosimo, telephone: 907–271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Committee will meet to discuss halibut

small-boat fleet composition and

enforcement issues related to the

possibility of moving the CDQ program

out of the NMFS Restricted Access

Management Division.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

committee for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Management Conservation Act, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during this meeting. Action will

be restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Helen Allen, 907–

271–2809, at least 5 working days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of committee meeting.

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s Halibut

Guideline Harvest Committee will meet

in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Friday, June 19, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

Room 229, of the Old Federal Building,

605 W. 4th Avenue, Anchorage, AK

99501.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

DiCosimo, telephone: 907–271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Committee will meet to discuss a

proposed banking program for the

halibut charter boat fleet, whereby

unharvested halibut would accrue for

use in a year when the charter fleet’s

allocation is projected to be below a

minimum amount needed to meet the

committee’s goal of not shortening the

fishing season or reducing the 2–fish

bag limit. Other topics will include the

proposed moratorium on halibut charter

vessels and a rod permit program.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

committee for discussion, according to

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be of formal

discussion during this meeting. Action

will be restricted to those issues

specifically identified in the agenda in

this notice.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Helen Allen, 907–271–2809, at least 5

working days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

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Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Southwest Fisheries Science Center,

Honolulu Laboratory, National Marine

Fisheries Service, 2570 Dole Street,

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822–2396, has

requested an amendment to scientific

research Permit No. 848–1335.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before June 22,

1998.

ADDRESSES: The amendment request

and related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following office(s):

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite

4200, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213 (562/

980–4001); and

Protected Species Program Manager,

Pacific Islands Area Office, 2570 Dole

Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822–

2396 (808/973–2941).

Written data or views, or requests for

a public hearing on this request should

be submitted to the Chief, Permits and

Documentation Division, F/PR1, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD

20910. Those individuals requesting a

hearing should set forth the specific

reasons why a hearing on this particular

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject amendment to Permit No. 848–

1335, issued on June 10, 1997 (62 FR

32586) 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 FR 222.23).

The permit holder is currently

authorized to conduct population

assessment, disease assessment,

recovery actions, and pelagic ecology
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studies of Hawaiian monk seals

(Monachus schauinslandi) at all

locations within the Hawaiian

Archipelago and at Johnston Atoll,

through May 31, 2002. The permit

holder is now requesting that the permit

be amended to authorize the relocation

or removal of up to 10 adult male

Hawaiian monk seals from the

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, in the

event that such seals are known to cause

mortality to nursing or weaned pups.

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 this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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Marine Mammals; File No. 704–1444

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

University of Alaska Museum, 907

Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775–

1200, (Principal Investigator: Gordon H.

Jarrell, Ph.D.) has been issued a permit

to collect, import/export marine

mammal specimens for purposes of

scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668 (907/

586–7221).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth Johnson, 301/713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 13, 1998, notice was published

in the Federal Register (63 FR 7403)

that a request for a scientific research

permit to collect, import/export marine

mammal specimens had been submitted

by the above-named organization. The

requested permit has been issued 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 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),

the regulations governing the taking,

importing, and exporting of endangered

fish and wildlife (50 CFR parts 217–

227), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).

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 the endangered species

which is the subject of this permit, and

(3) is consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA.

Dated: May 15, 1998.

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 (NTIA)

Advisory Committee on Public Interest

Obligations of Digital Television

Broadcasters; Notice of Open Meeting

ACTION: Notice is hereby given of a

meeting of the Advisory Committee on

Public Interest Obligations of Digital

Television Broadcasters, created

pursuant to Executive Order 13038.

SUMMARY: The President established the

Advisory Committee on Public Interest

Obligations of Digital Television

Broadcasters (PIAC) to advise the Vice

President on the public interest

obligations of digital broadcasters. The

Committee will study and recommend

which public interest obligations should

accompany broadcasters’ receipt of

digital television licenses. The President

designated the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration as secretariat for the

Committee.

AUTHORITY: Executive Order 13038,

signed by President Clinton on March

11, 1997.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Monday, June 8, 1998 from 9:30 a.m. to

5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting is scheduled to

take place at the Marquette Hotel, 710

Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN

55402. This location is subject to

change. If the location changes, another

Federal Register notice will be issued.

Updates about the location of the

meeting will also be available on the

Advisory Committee’s homepage at

www.ntia.doc.gov/pubintadvcom/

pubint.htm or you may call Karen

Edwards at 202–482–8056. The meeting

will also be broadcast over the Internet.

The broadcast can be accessed via the

Advisory Committee’s homepage at

www.ntia.doc.gov/pubintadvcom/

pubint.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Edwards, Designated Federal

Officer and Telecommunications Policy

Specialist, at the National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 4720, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20230. Telephone:

202–482–8056; Fax: 202–482–8058; Email: piac@ntia.doc.gov.

Media Inquiries: Please contact Paige

Darden at the Office of Public Affairs, at

202–482–7002.

Agenda

Monday, June 8

Opening remarks

Committee deliberations

Public Comment

Closing remarks

This agenda is subject to change. For

an updated, more detailed agenda,

please check the Advisory Committee at

www.ntia.doc.gov/pubintadvcom/

pubint.htm.

Public Participation: The meeting will

be open to the public, with limited

seating available on a first-come, firstserved basis. This meeting is physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Any member of the public requiring

special services, such as sign language

interpretation or other ancillary aids,

should contact Karen Edwards at least

five (5) working days prior to the

meeting at 202–482–8056 or at

piac@ntia.doc.gov.

Members of the public may submit

written comments concerning the

Committee’s affairs at any time before or

after the meeting. The Secretariat’s