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DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, March 19, 2009, from 9 a.m. 

to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Renaissance Philadelphia Airport 

Hotel, 500 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, 

PA 19113; telephone: (610) 521–5900. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 300 S. New 

Street, Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 300 S. New Street, Room 2115, 

Dover, DE 19904; telephone: (302) 674– 

2331, extension 19. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting will be to 

develop recommendations on a range of 

issues that will potentially amend the 

Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP). The issues that may be 

discussed at the upcoming meeting 

include, but are not limited to: 

Adding a research set-aside allocation 

option of up to 3% of the quota for use 

during annual specification setting 

•Developing commercial quota 

allocation measures that would serve as 

alternatives to the current seasonal 

allocation system 

•Establishing an approvable biomass 

rebuilding target 

•Establishing a male-only dogfish 

fishery 

•Considering the possibility of 

including smooth dogfish in the current 

FMP 

•Establishing a limited access permit 

for spiny dogfish 

Interested parties are welcome to 

attend the meeting. At the discretion of 

the Committee Chair, public comments 

may be taken during and/or just before 

the conclusion of the meeting. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to M. 

Jan Bryan, (302) 674–2331 ext 18, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: February 25, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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RIN 0648–XN65 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Herring Oversight Committee will meet 

to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

theClarion Hotel, 1230 Congress Street, 

Portland, ME; telephone: (207) 774– 

5611; fax: (207) 871–0510. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion in the committee’s agenda 

are as follows: 

1. Continue development of 

management alternatives to be included 

in Amendment 4 to the Atlantic Herring 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP); 

2. Develop alternatives for annual 

catch limits (ACLs) and accountability 

measures (AMs) and discuss related 

changes to the Atlantic herring fishery 

specification process; 

3. Continue discussion and 

development of management 

alternatives related to catch monitoring, 

which may include: monitoring and 

reporting requirements for herring 

vessels and processors, observer 

coverage and at-sea monitoring, shoreside monitoring and sampling, vessel 

monitoring system (VMS) requirements, 

and other measures. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: February 25, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

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Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold meetings of its Scientific and 

Statistical Committee (SSC), American 

Samoa Archipelago Fishery Ecosystem 

Plan Regional Ecosystem Advisory 

Committee (REAC), Advisory Panel 

(AP), and Plan Team (PT). The Council 

will also hold its 144th meeting to 

consider advisory group 

recommendations and take actions on 

fishery management issues in the 

Western Pacific Region. 

DATES: The 100th SSC Meeting will be 

held on March 17–19, 2009, and the 

American Samoa REAC will be held on 

March 20, 2009. The Advisory Panel 

and Plan Team will meet on March 23, 

2009. The 144th Council meeting will 

be held on March 23–26, 2009. All 

meetings will be held in Pago Pago, 

American Samoa. For specific times and 

agendas, see SUPPLEMENTARY

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ADDRESSES: The 100th SSC, REAC, PT 

and 144th Council meetings will be held 

at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium 

(Fale Laumei), Department of Commerce 

Government of American Samoa, Pago 

Pago, American Samoa; telephone: (684) 

633–5155. The Council Standing 

Committee and AP meetings will be 

held at Sadie’s by the Sea, Pago Pago, 

American Samoa; telephone: ( 684) 633– 

5981. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 

telephone: (808) 522–8220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

addition to the agenda items listed here, 

the SSC, REAC, AP, PT and Council will 

hear recommendations from Council 

advisory groups. Public comment 

periods will be provided throughout the 

agendas. The order in which agenda 

items are addressed may change. The 

meetings will run as late as necessary to 

complete scheduled business. 

Schedule and Agenda for SSC Meeting: 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 

2009 

1. Introductions 

2. Approval of Draft Agenda and 

Assignment of Rapporteurs 

3. Status of the 99th SSC Meeting 

Recommendations 

4. Report from the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) Pacific Islands 

Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) 

Director 

5. Program Planning 

A. Annual Catch Limits 

1. Plan Team Risk Rankings (Action 

Item) 

B. Western Pacific Stock Assessment 

Review (WPSAR) for Hawaii Bottomfish 

C. Impacts of New Monuments 

1. Review of U.S. Historical Catch, 

Effort & Permits 

2. Non-commercial Fishing 

a. Traditional Indigenous Fishing 

b. Sustenance Fishing 

c. Recreational Fishing 

d. Research Fishing 

3. Recommendations on Prohibiting 

Commercial Fishing in National Marine 

Monuments (Action Item) 

4. Deep-Sea Mining and Fishery 

Impacts 

5. Permits and Reporting 

6. Research and Monitoring 

D. Review of Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Division Survey Methodologies and 

Data Analysis 

E. Public Comment 

F. Discussion and Action 

6. Insular Fisheries 

A. American Samoa Archipelago 

1. Report on Coral Reef Fisheries 

2. Report on Bottomfish Fisheries 

B. Reports from Samoa & Cook Islands 

on Insular Fisheries 

C. Recommendation on 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands (CNMI) Management Authority 

of Fisheries Resources (Action Item) 

D. Seamount Groundfish Moratorium 

Review 

E. Council Advisory Group Reports 

F. Public Comment 

G. Discussion and Action 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, 

2009 

7. Pelagic Fisheries 

A. Longline Management 

1. Update on Hawaii Shallow-set 

Fishery 

2. Recommendation on American 

Samoa Longline Fishery Management 

Measures to Minimize Turtle 

Interactions (Action Item) 

3. Regional Fishery Management 

Organization (RFMO) Quotas (Action 

Item) 

B. Non-Longline Management 

1. Recommendation on Cross 

Seamount/NOAA Weather Buoy Fishery 

Limited Entry Program (Action Item) 

2. Recommendation on Measures to 

Manage Purse Seine Fishing on Fishery 

Aggregation Devices (FADs) and FAD 

Registration in U.S. EEZ Waters of the 

Western Pacific (Action Item) 

C. American Samoa and Hawaii 

Longline Quarterly Reports 

D. Proposals for Additional Marine 

Reserves on the High Seas 

E. Reports from Samoa & Cook Islands 

on Pelagic Fisheries Development 

F. International Fisheries/Meetings 

1. Western Central Pacific Fishery 

Commission (WCPFC) Conservation and 

Management Measures 

2. Inter-American Tropical Tuna 

Commission (IATTC) Conservation and 

Management Measures 

3. North Pacific Seamount RFMO 

G. Pelagic Plan Team 

Recommendations 

H. Public Comment 

I. Discussion and Action 

8. Protected Species 

A. Report on Japan Sea Turtle 

Meetings 

B. Report on Fixed Net/Sea Turtle 

Interaction Workshop 

C. Species Recovery Credits 

D. Update on Protected Species 

Petitions 

1. Monk Seal Critical Habitat 

Designation 

2. Loggerhead Distinct Population 

Segment (DPS) Response 

3. Leatherback Critical Habitat 

4. Take Reduction Team (TRT) for 

False Killer Whales 

E. Public Comment 

F. Discussion and Action 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Thursday, March 19, 

2009 

9. Other Business 

A. Report on National SSC Workshop 

B. 101st SSC Meeting 

C. National Standard 2 Comments 

10. Summary of SSC 

Recommendations to the Council 

Schedule and Agenda for REAC 

Meeting: 

9 a.m.–4 p.m. Friday, March 20, 2009 

1. Welcome and Introduction of 

Members 

2. Approval of Draft Agenda 

3. Status of 2008 REAC Meeting 

Outcomes 

4. Synopsis of Upcoming 144th 

Council Meeting Actions 

a. Recommendation for American 

Samoa Fishery Management Measures 

to Minimize Turtle Interactions 

b. Recommendation on Measures to 

Manage Purse Seine Fishing on FADs 

and FAD Registration in U.S. EEZ 

Waters of the Western Pacific 

c. Risk ranking of American Samoa 

Non-pelagic Species 

5. Community Marine Management 

Forum 

a. Report on Fishery Development in 

American Samoa 

b. Identification of Marine, Education 

and Training Priorities 

c. Eco-labeling Activities 

d. Report on Coastal Erosion Impacts 

on Marine Ecosystems 

e. Report on FADs 

f. Review of New Monument 

Provisions 

i. Non-Commercial Fishing 

ii. Permits And Reporting 

iii. Deep Sea Mining And Ecosystem 

Impacts 

iv. Research and Monitoring 

6. Public Comments 

7. REAC Discussion and Action 

Schedule and Agenda for PT Meeting: 

8:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday, March 23, 

2009 

1. Welcome and Introductions 

2. Approval of Draft Agenda 

3. Upcoming 144th Council Meeting 

Actions 

a. Management Unit Species Risk 

Ranking of Non-pelagic Species 

b. Recommendation for American 

Samoa Longline Fishery Management 

Measures to Minimize Turtle 

Interactions 

b. Recommendation on Measures to 

Manage Purse Seine Fishing on FADs 

and FAD Registration in U.S. EEZ 

Waters of the Western Pacific 

c. Fishery Development 

1. Cooperative Research 

2. American Samoa Marine 

Conservation Plan 

3. Identification of Marine, Education 

and Training Priorities 


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4. Review of Annual Report Module 

for American Samoa 

a. Bottomfish 

b. Coral Reef 

c. Precious Corals 

d. Crustaceans 

5. Public Comments 

6. Plan Team Discussion and 

Recommendations 

Schedule and Agenda for AP Meeting: 

4:30 p.m–9 p.m., Monday, March 23, 

2009 

1. Welcome and Introduction of 

Members 

2. Introduction to the Council and 

Magnuson Stevens Act 

3. Status Report on 2008 Advisory 

Panel Recommendations 

4. Emerging Fishery Issues 

5. Community Marine Management 

a. Fishery Development in American 

Samoa 

b. Identifying Marine Education and 

Training Priorities 

c. Eco-Labeling and Seafood Safety 

d. Village Monitoring 

6. Upcoming 144th Council Meeting 

Actions 

a. Recommendation for American 

Samoa Longline Fishery Management 

Measures to Minimize Turtle 

Interactions 

b. Recommendation on Measures to 

Manage Purse Seine Fishing on FADs 

and FAD Registration in U.S. EEZ 

Waters of the Western Pacific 

c. Risk-ranking of American Samoa 

Non-Pelagic Management Unit Species 

d. Western Central Pacific Fisheries 

Commission Requirements 

e. Review of New Monument 

Provisions 

7. Public Comment 

8. Discussion and Action 

Schedule and Agenda for 144th Council 

Meeting: 

Monday, March 23, 2009 

Standing Committee Meetings 

1. 10 a.m.–12 noon Executive and 

Budget Standing Committee 

8:30 a.m.–6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, 

2009 

1. Introductions 

2. Welcome from American Samoa 

Governor 

3. Approval of Agenda 

4. Approval of 143rd Meeting Minutes 

5. Agency Reports 

A. NMFS 

1. Pacific Islands Regional Office 

(PIRO) 

2. PIFSC 

B. NOAA General Counsel 

C. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

D. Enforcement 

1. U.S. Coast Guard 

2. NOAA Office for Law Enforcement 

3. Status of Violations 

E. Public Comment 

F. Council Discussion and Action 

6. New Monument 

A. Review of U.S. Historical Catch, 

Effort & Permits 

1. Non-Commercial Fishing 

a. Traditional Indigenous Fishing 

b. Sustenance Fishing 

c. Recreational Fishing 

d. Research 

2. Recommendations on Prohibiting 

Commercial Fishing in National Marine 

Monuments (Action Item) 

3. Permits And Reporting 

4. Deep Sea Mining And Ecosystem 

Impacts 

5. Research and Monitoring 

6. Council Member Perspectives 

7. Program Planning 

A. Program Planning and Research 

1. Update on Small-scale and 

Traditional Fishing Research 

Recommendations 

2. Identification of Marine 

Conservation Areas 

B. Recreational Fishing 

1. Report from the Pago Pago Game 

Fish Association 

2. Recommendation on Recreational 

Fishing in Protected Areas (Action Item) 

C. Update on Western Pacific Marine 

and Training (MET) Program 

D. Status of Eco-labeling U.S. 

Fisheries 

E. Update on Legislation 

F. NOAA/NMFS Transition Plan 

1. Council Coordination Committee 

and Council Outreach 

2. Non-Governmental Organizations 

G. Update on Status of Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) actions 

H. Recommendation on Annual Catch 

Limits for Western Pacific Fishery 

Stocks (Action Item) 

1. Plan Team Risk Ranking 

I. SSC Recommendations 

J. Public Hearing 

K. Council Discussion and Action 

8. Public Comment on Non-agenda 

Items 

6:30 p.m.–9 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, 

2009 

Fishers Forum 

A. Welcome and Introductions 

B. Panel to discuss Fisheries 

Development in American Samoa and 

Surrounding Region—Opportunities 

and Obstacles 

C. Public Question and Answer 

Period 

D. Closing Remarks 

8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 

25, 2009 

9. American Samoa Archipelago 

A. Motu Lipoti 

B. Enforcement Issues 

C. Report on PIFSC Coral Reef 

Ecosystem Division Fish Survey 

Methodologies and Data Analysis 

D. Report on Coral Reef Fisheries 

E. Report on Bottomfish Fishery 

F. American Samoa Community 

Issues 

1. MET Priorities 

2. Turtle Conservation Activities 

3. Community Vessel Monitoring 

Project 

4. Lunar Calendar Workshop 

5. Coastal America 

G. Education and Outreach Initiatives 

H. Review of Deeds of Cession 

I. Report on Fishers Forum 

J. Report on American Samoa 

Advisory Panel Meeting 

K. Report on American Samoa Plan 

Team Meeting 

L. Report on American Samoa REAC 

Meeting 

M. SSC Recommendations 

N. Public Comment 

O. Council Discussion and Action 

10. Mariana Archipelago 

A. Arongol Faleey and Isla Informe 

1. Commonwealth of the Northern 

Marianas Islands (CNMI) 

2. Guam 

B. Enforcement Issues 

1. CNMI 

2. Guam 

C. Recommendation on CNMI 

Management Authority of Fisheries 

Resources (Action Item) 

D. Longline Fisheries Development 

E. Marianas Community Issues 

1. Turtle Conservation Activities 

2. Marine Education and Training 

Priorities 

3. Status of Military Buildup 

4. Visa Issues 

5. Chamolinian Initiative 

F. Education and Outreach Initiatives 

G. SSC Recommendations 

H. Public Hearing 

I. Council Discussion and Action 

11. Hawaii Archipelago and PRIA 

A. Moku Pepa 

B. Enforcement Issues 

C. Hawaii Community Issues 

1. Aha Kiole Community Final Report 

2. Marine Education and Training 

Priorities 

3. Turtle Conservation Activities 

4. Submerged/Ceded Lands 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Thursday, March 26, 

2009 

Hawaii Archipelago and PRIA 

Continues 

D. Education and Outreach Initiatives 

E. Seamount Groundfish Moratorium 

Review 

F. Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish 

1. Status of the Total Allowable Catch 

(TAC) 


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2. Western Pacific Stock Assessment 

Review Process for Hawaii Bottomfish 

3. Bottomfish TAC Specification 

(Action Item) 

G. SSC Recommendations 

H. Public Hearing 

I. Council Discussion and Action 

12. Pelagic & International Fisheries 

A. American Samoa and Hawaii 

Longline Quarterly Reports 

B. Update on Hawaii Shallow-set 

Longline Fishery Management 

C. Report on Video Monitoring Project 

D. Report on The Secretariat of the 

Pacific Community (SPC)-implemented 

Pacific Tuna Tagging Programme (PTTP) 

E. Reports of International Fisheries 

Meetings 

1. WCPFC Conservation and 

Management Measures 

2. IATTC Conservation and 

Management Measures 

3. North Pacific Seamount RFMO 

4. Fixed Net/Sea Turtle Interaction 

Workshop 

5. International Science Committee 

(ISC) Bycatch Working Group 

6. Department of State/NMFS/ 

Councils Memorandum of 

Understanding 

F. Recommendations for Management 

of WCPFC Longline Bigeye Tuna Quota 

1. U.S. Quota 

2. Territories/Commonwealth Quota 

G. Pelagic Action Items 

1. Longline Management 

a. Recommendation for American 

Samoa Longline Fishery Management 

Measures to Minimize Turtle 

Interactions (Action Item) 

2. Non-Longline Management 

a. Recommendations for Limited 

Entry Program and Control Date for the 

Cross Seamount/NOAA Weather Buoy 

Fishery (Action Item) 

b. Recommendation on Measures to 

Manage Purse Seine Fishing on FADs 

and FAD Registration in U.S. EEZ 

Waters of the Western Pacific (Action 

Item) 

H. Purse Seine Fishery 

1. Report on U.S. Fleet 

2. Treaty Review 

3. WCPFC Conservation Measures 

I. Pelagics Plan Team 

Recommendations 

J. SSC Recommendations 

K. Public Hearing 

L. Council Discussion and Action 

13. Administrative Matters & Budget 

A. Financial Reports 

B. Administrative Reports 

C. Meetings and Workshops 

(Calendar) 

1. Report on Council member 

Training 

2. Council Coordinating Committee 

Interim Meeting Report 

D. Council Family Changes 

E. Review and Approval of the Four 

Western Pacific Marine Conservation 

Plans (Action Item) 

F. Standard Operating Procedures and 

Protocols (SOPP) Proposed Rule 

G. Correcting/Addressing Public 

Perception About The Western Pacific 

Regional Fishery Management Council 

H. Standing Committee 

Recommendations 

I. Public Comment 

J. Council Discussion and Action 

14. Other Business 

A. Next Meeting 

Non-emergency issues not contained 

in this agenda may come before the 

Council for discussion and formal 

Council action during its 144th meeting. 

However, Council action on regulatory 

issues will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this document and 

any regulatory issue arising after 

publication of this document that 

requires emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the Council’s intent to take action to 

address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, 

(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522– 

8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: February 25, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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and National Aeronautics and Space 

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ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments regarding an extension to an 

existing OMB clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal 

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an extension of a currently approved 

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request for public comments was 

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public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways in which we can 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

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other forms of information technology. 

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ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

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including suggestions for reducing this 

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Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Mr. 

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contractor during performance of the 

contract. The requirement for 

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are necessary for the administration of 

statutory and regulatory limitation on 

the amount of progress payments under 

a contract. The submission of 

supporting cost schedules is an optional 

procedure that, when the contractor 

elects to have a group of individual 

orders treated as a single contract for 

progress payments purposes, is 

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