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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

0648–XN58 

Advisory Committee to the U.S. 

Section to the International 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Spring 

Species Working Group Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Section to the 

International Commission for the 

Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 

announces its spring meeting with its 

Species Working Group Technical 

Advisors on April 5–7, 2009. The 

Committee will meet to discuss matters 

relating to ICCAT, including the 2008 

Commission meeting results; research 

and management activities; global and 

domestic initiatives related to ICCAT; 

the Atlantic Tunas Convention Actrequired consultation on the 

identification of countries that are 

diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT; 

the results of the meetings of the 

Committee’s Species Working Groups; 

and other matters relating to the 

international management of ICCAT 

species. 

DATES: The open sessions of the 

Committee meeting will be held on 

April 5, 2009, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., 

April 6, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 

p.m., and April 7, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 

9:15 a.m. as well as 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Closed sessions will be held on April 6, 

2009, from 2:45 p.m. to approximately 

6 p.m. and on April 7, 2009, from 9:15 

a.m. to 11 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza, 8777 Georgia Avenue, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. The phone 

number is 301–589–5200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melanie King at (301) 713–2276. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 

to ICCAT will meet in open session to 

receive and discuss information on (1) 

the 2008 ICCAT meeting results and 

U.S. implementation of ICCAT 

decisions; (2) 2008 ICCAT and NMFS 

research and monitoring activities; (3) 

2009 ICCAT activities; (4) global and 

domestic initiatives related to ICCAT (5) 

the Atlantic Tunas Convention Actrequired consultation on the 

identification of countries that are 

diminishing the effectiveness of ICCAT; 

(6) the results of the meetings of the 

Committee’s Species Working Groups; 

and (7) other matters relating to the 

international management of ICCAT 

species. The public will have access to 

the open sessions of the meeting, but 

there will be no opportunity for public 

comment. 

The Committee will meet in its 

Species Working Groups for a portion of 

the afternoon of April 6, 2009, and of 

the morning of April 7, 2009. These 

sessions are not open to the public, but 

the results of the species working group 

discussions will be reported to the full 

Advisory Committee during the 

Committee’s morning and afternoon 

open session on April 7, 2009. The 

Committee may also go into executive 

session on the afternoon of April 6, 

2009, to discuss sensitive information 

relating to an upcoming intersessional 

meeting of ICCAT. This session would 

also be closed to the public. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting location is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Melanie King at 

(301) 713–2276 at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: February 25, 2009. 

Rebecca J. Lent, 

Director, Office of International Affairs, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–4483 Filed 3–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XN10 

Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals; 

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental 

to the Explosive Removal of Offshore 

Structures in the Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of letters of 

authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) and implementing regulations, 

notification is hereby given that NMFS 

has issued one-year Letters of 

Authorization (LOA) to take marine 

mammals incidental to the explosive 

removal of offshore oil and gas 

structures (EROS) in the Gulf of Mexico. 

DATES: This authorization is effective 

from February 27, 2009 through 

February 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The application and LOAs 

are available for review by writing to P. 

Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, 

Conservation, and Education Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910–3235 or by telephoning the 

contact listed here (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT), or online at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ 

incidental.htm. Documents cited in this 

notice may be viewed, by appointment, 

during regular business hours, at the 

aforementioned address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Howard Goldstein or Ken Hollingshead, 

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 

301–713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 

101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 

1361 et seq.) direct the NMFS to allow, 

upon request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by United States (U.S.) 

citizens who engage in a specified 

activity (other than commercial fishing) 

within a specified geographical region, 

if certain findings are made by NMFS 

and regulations are issued. Under the 

MMPA, the term ‘‘taking’’ means to 

harass, hunt, capture, or kill or to 

attempt to harass, hunt capture, or kill 

marine mammals. 

Authorization for incidental taking, in 

the form of annual LOAs, may be 

granted by NMFS for periods up to five 

years if NMFS finds, after notification 

and opportunity for public comment, 

that the taking will have a negligible 

impact on the species or stock(s) of 

marine mammals, and will not have an 

unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

subsistence uses (where relevant). In 

addition, NMFS must prescribe 

regulations that include permissible 

methods of taking and other means 

effecting the least practicable adverse 

impact on the species and its habitat 

(i.e., mitigation), and on the availability 

of the species for subsistence uses, 

paying particular attention to rookeries, 

mating rounds, and areas of similar 

significance. The regulations also must 

including requirements pertaining to the 

monitoring, and reporting of such 

taking. Regulations governing the taking 

incidental to EROS were published on 

June 19, 2008 (73 FR 34889), and remain 

in effect from July 21, 2008 through July 

19, 2013. For detailed information on 

this action, please refer to that 

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document. The species that applicants 

may take in small numbers during EROS 

activities are bottlenose dolphins 

(Tursiops truncatus), Atlantic spotted 

dolphins (Stenella frontalis), 

pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella 

attenuata), Clymene dolphins (Stenella 

clymene), striped dolphins (Stenella 

coeruleoalba), spinner dolphins 

(Stenella longirostris), rough-toothed 

dolphins (Steno bredanensis), Risso’s 

dolphins (Grampus griseus), melonheaded whales (Peponocephala electra), 

pilot whales (Globicephala 

macrorhynchus), and sperm whales 

(Physeter macrocephalus). 

Pursuant to these regulations, NMFS 

has issued an LOA to Demex 

Internatioal, Inc. and to Energy Resource 

Technology GOM, Inc. Issuance of the 

LOAs is based on a finding made in the 

preamble to the final rule that the total 

taking by these activities (with 

monitoring, mitigation, and reporting 

measures) will result in no more than a 

negligible impact on the affected species 

or stock(s) of marine mammals and will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on subsistence uses. NMFS also finds 

that the applicant will meet the 

requirements contained in the 

implementing regulations and LOA, 

including monitoring, mitigation, and 

reporting requirements. 

Dated: February 25, 2009. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–4482 Filed 3–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0154] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Submission for OMB Review; DavisBacon Act—Price Adjustment (Actual 

Method) 

AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

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 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

Secretariat will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

an extension of a currently approved 

information collection requirement 

concerning davis-bacon act price 

adjustment (actual method). A request 

for public comments was published in 

the Federal Register at 73 FR 67488, 

November 14, 2008. No comments were 

received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of functions of the FAR, 

and whether it will have practical 

utility; whether our estimate of the 

public burden of this collection of 

information is accurate, and based on 

valid assumptions and methodology; 

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 

respond, through the use of appropriate 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(VPR), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4041, 

Washington, DC 20405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Mr. 

Ernest Woodson, Contract Policy 

Division, GSA, (202) 501–3775. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The clause at 52.222–32, Davis-Bacon 

Act—Price Adjustment (Actual 

Method), requires that a contractor must 

submit at the exercise of each option to 

extend the term of the contract, a 

statement of the amount claimed for 

incorporation of the most current wage 

determination by the Department of 

Labor, and any relevant supporting data, 

including payroll records, that the 

contracting officer may reasonably 

require. 

The contracting officer may include 

this clause in fixed-price solicitations 

and contracts, subject to the DavisBacon Act, that will contain option 

provisions to extend the term of the 

contract and the Contracting Officer 

determines the most appropriate 

method to establish contract price is the 

method at 22.404–12(c)(3). 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 900. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 900. 

Hours Per Response: 90. 

Total Burden Hours: 81,000. 

OBTAINING COPIES OF 

PROPOSALS: Requesters may obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

documents from the General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(VPR), Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW, 

Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 

501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 

9000–0154, Davis-Bacon Act—Price 

Adjustment (Actual Method), in all 

correspondence. 

Dated: February 26, 2009. 

Al Matera, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–4442 Filed 3–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–S 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 4, 

2009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Direct, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 

publishes that notice containing 

proposed information collection 

requests prior to submission of these 

requests to OMB. Each proposed 

information collection, grouped by 

office, contains the following: (1) Type 

of review requested, e.g., new, revision, 

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) 

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4) 

Description of the need for, and 

proposed use of, the information; (5) 

Respondents and frequency of 

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