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comment on this plan begins March 27, 

2009. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 CFR 11.32 and 

11.81–.82, notice is hereby given that a 

document entitled, ‘‘A Draft Damage 

Assessment and Restoration Plan and 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Bayou Verdine Site, Calcasieu Parish, 

Louisiana’’ (Draft DARP/EA) is available 

for public review and comment. This 

document has been prepared by the 

state and federal natural resource trustee 

agencies (the ‘‘Trustees’’) to address 

natural resource injuries and resource 

services losses attributable to past 

releases of hazardous substances from 

two facilities situated in the upper 

Calcasieu Estuary, in Calcasieu Parish, 

Louisiana that are presently owned and 

operated by ConocoPhillips Company 

and Sasol North America Inc 

(collectively, the ‘‘potentially 

responsible parties’’ or ‘‘PRPs’’). The 

Trustees include the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration 

(NOAA), Commerce; United States Fish 

& Wildlife Service, acting on behalf of 

the U.S. Department of the Interior 

(USFWS/DOI); Louisiana Department of 

Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and 

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and 

Fisheries (LDWF). 

This Draft DARP/EA presents the 

Trustees’ proposed assessment of 

natural resource injuries and service 

losses in the upper Calcasieu Estuary 

due to hazardous substances released 

from these facilities, and presents the 

restoration plan that the Trustees are 

proposing for use to compensate for 

these losses. The Trustees will consider 

comments received during the public 

comment period before adopting the 

final DARP/EA. 

Deadline for Comments: Comments 

on the Draft DARP/EA must be 

submitted in writing on or before May 

26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

Draft DARP/EA should be sent to John 

Rapp of NOAA at 1315 East-West 

Highway, SSMC3, F/HC3, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910, e-mail: 

Verdine.Comments@noaa.gov. The Draft 

DARP/EA is also available for 

downloading at http:// 

www.darrp.noaa.gov (by clicking on the 

document title in the Bayou Verdine 

announcement on that page). 

Comments on this plan are to be sent 

in writing to John Rapp of NOAA for 

receipt on or before May 26, 2009. These 

written comments may be submitted 

either by mail at the address provided 

above; by fax to 301–713–0184, or by email to Verdine.Comments@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bayou 

Verdine is a shallow, sinuous bayou in 

the upper Calcasieu Estuary, southwest 

of the City of Westlake and slightly 

northwest of the City of Lake Charles, in 

Calcasieu Parish, LA. It originates in an 

agricultural area immediately north and 

northwest of petroleum facilities owned 

and operated by ConocoPhillips 

Company and Sasol North America Inc., 

and flows in a south-southeast direction 

through this industrialized segment 

before entering the Calcasieu River at 

Coon Island Loop. Historical operations 

at these two facilities have resulted in 

releases of hazardous substances, such 

as polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons 

(PAHs), heavy metals, and other 

hazardous compounds, into Bayou 

Verdine and Coon Island Loop, within 

the Estuary. 

The upper Calcasieu Estuary has been 

the focus of a number of past 

investigations related to contaminant 

releases and is the subject of several ongoing response or corrective action 

planning processes under the direction 

or oversight of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (USEPA) and/or 

LDEQ. The most extensive effort to 

identify the nature and extent of 

hazardous substances present in the 

Estuary to date is the federal-lead 

Remedial Investigation (RI) of 

contaminants in sediments, surface 

water, and biota in the Calcasieu 

Estuary undertaken by the USEPA in 

1999. Results from this investigation, 

combined with other relevant data and 

information, prompted the Trustees to 

pursue a natural resource damage 

assessment (NRDA) to determine and 

quantify resource injuries and losses in 

the Estuary attributable to hazardous 

substances from the PRPs’ facilities, and 

to develop a restoration plan that would 

be sufficient to compensate for those 

losses. The Trustees’ decision to 

proceed with this NRDA was identified 

in a ‘‘Notice Of Intent To Perform 

Damage Assessment & Develop 

Restoration Plan for Natural Resources 

Injured by Hazardous Substances in 

Bayou Verdine & Coon Island Loop in 

Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana’’ published 

September 26, 2004, in the American 

Press, a newspaper of general 

circulation in Calcasieu Parish, LA. That 

notice also invited public input 

regarding potential restoration 

opportunities in the watershed that the 

Trustees could consider in developing 

an appropriate restoration plan. The 

PRPs were cooperatively involved in the 

NRDA process as well, consistent with 

43 CFR 11.32. 

The Draft DARP/EA released today 

identifies the Trustees’ proposed 

assessment of natural resource injuries 

and losses due to past releases from 

these facilities and identifies the 

restoration action which is preferred for 

use to restore, replace or acquire 

resources or services equivalent to those 

lost. 

In undertaking this NRDA and in 

releasing this Draft DARP/EA, the 

Trustees are acting in accordance with 

their designation and authorities under 

section 107(f) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. § 9607(f), section 

311 of the Federal Water Pollution and 

Control Act (FWPCA), 33 U.S.C. section 

1321, Subpart G of the National Oil and 

Hazardous Substances Pollution 

Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR 

sections 300.600–300.615, and 

regulations at 43 CFR part 11 that are 

applicable to natural resource damage 

assessments under CERCLA. The 

Trustees act on behalf of the public 

under these authorities to protect and 

restore natural resources injured or lost 

as a result of discharges or releases of 

hazardous substances. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Rapp, at (301) 713–0174 x174, or e-mail: 

Verdine.Comments@noaa.gov. 

Dated: March 9, 2009. 

David G. Westerholm, 

Director, Office of Response and Restoration, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Notice of Public Meeting; The Advisory 

Committee on Commercial Remote 

Sensing (ACCRES) 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) 

will meet April 7, 2009. 

Date and Time: The meeting is 

scheduled as follows: April 7, 2009, 9 

a.m.–3 p.m. The first part of this 

meeting will be closed to the public. 

The public portion of the meeting will 

begin at 1:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Crowne Plaza Hotel located at 8777 

Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

While open to the public, seating 

capacity may be limited. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

required by section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

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U.S.C. App. (1982), notice is hereby 

given of the meeting of ACCRES. 

ACCRES was established by the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) on 

May 21, 2002, to advise the Secretary 

through the Under Secretary of 

Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere 

on long- and short-range strategies for 

the licensing of commercial remote 

sensing satellite systems. 

Matters To Be Considered 

The first part of the meeting will be 

closed to the public pursuant to Section 

10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, as 

amended by Section 5(c) of the 

Government in Sunshine Act, Public 

Law 94–409 and in accordance with 

Section 552b(C)(1) of Title 5, United 

States Code. Accordingly, portions of 

this meeting which involve the ongoing 

review and implementation of the April 

2003 U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing 

Space Policy and related national 

security and foreign policy 

considerations for NOAA’s licensing 

decisions are closed to the public. These 

briefings are likely to disclose matters 

that are specifically authorized under 

criteria established by Executive Order 

12958 to be kept secret in the interest 

of national defense or foreign policy and 

are in fact properly classified pursuant 

to such Executive Order. 

All other portions of the meeting will 

be open to the public. During the open 

portion of the meeting, the Committee 

will receive updates on NOAA’s 

Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory 

Affairs activities. The Committee will 

also be available to receive public 

comments on its activities. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for special accommodations 

may be directed to ACCRES, NOAA/ 

NESDIS Commercial Remote Sensing 

Regulatory Affairs Office, 1335 EastWest Highway, Room 8260, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. 

Additional Information and Public 

Comments 

Any member of the public wishing 

further information concerning the 

meeting or who wishes to submit oral or 

written comments should contact Jane 

D’Aguanno, Designated Federal Officer 

for ACCRES, NOAA/NESDIS 

Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory 

Affairs Office, 1335 East-West Highway, 

Room 8260, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910. Copies of the draft meeting 

agenda can be obtained from David 

Hasenauer at (301) 713–1644, fax (301) 

713–0204, or e-mail 

David.Hasenauer@noaa.gov. 

The ACCRES expects that public 

statements presented at its meetings will 

not be repetitive of previouslysubmitted oral or written statements. In 

general, each individual or group 

making an oral presentation may be 

limited to a total time of five minutes. 

Written comments (please provide at 

least 13 copies) received in the NOAA/ 

NESDIS Commercial Remote Sensing 

Regulatory Affairs Office on or before 

March 31, 2009, will be provided to 

Committee members in advance of the 

meeting. Comments received too close 

to the meeting date will normally be 

provided to Committee members at the 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

D’Aguanno, NOAA/NESDIS 

Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory 

Affairs Office, 1335 East-West Highway, 

Room 8260, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910; telephone (301) 713–3385, fax 

(301) 713–0204, e-mail 

Jane.Daguanno@noaa.gov, David 

Hasenauer at (301) 713–1644, fax (301) 

713–0204, or e-mail 

David.Hasenauer@noaa.gov. 

Mary E. Kicza, 

Assistant Administrator for Satellite and 

Information Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–6756 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–HR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XO38 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council), its 

Dogfish Committee, its Bycatch / 

Limited Access Committee, its 

Ecosystems and Ocean Planning 

Committee, its Annual Catch Limits/ 

Accountability Measures (ACL/AM) 

Committee, its Squid, Mackerel, 

Butterfish Committee, and its Executive 

Committee will hold public meetings. 

DATES: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 through 

Thursday, April 16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The Sanderling Hotel, 1461 

Duck Road, Duck, NC 27949; telephone: 

252–261–4111. 

Council Address: Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 300 S. 

New St., Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; 

telephone: 302–674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331 ext. 

19. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

Tuesday, April 14 the Mid-Atlantic 

section of the Joint Dogfish Committee 

will meet from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 

p.m. The Bycatch /Limited Access 

Committee will meet from 1:00 p.m. 

until 2:30 p.m. The Ecosystems and 

Ocean Planning Committee will meet 

from 2:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. From 

7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. there will be 

a scoping session for the Omnibus 

Amendment regarding ACL/AM. 

On Wednesday, April 15 the ACL / 

AM Committee will meet from 8:00 a.m. 

until 9:30 a.m. The Squid, Mackerel, 

and Butterfish Committee will meet 

from 9:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. The 

Council will convene at 1:00 p.m. until 

5:00 p.m. to conduct its regular business 

session, receive organizational reports, 

liaison reports, Executive Director’s 

report, the Status of the Fishery 

Management Plans (FMP) report, a 

report on risk considerations, and an 

update on Amendment 11 to the Squid, 

Mackerel, and Butterfish FMP. 

On Thursday, April 16 the Executive 

Committee will meet from 8:00 a.m. 

until 9:00 a.m. The Council will 

convene at 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. to 

receive an update on the Marine 

Recreational Information Program 

(MRIP), receive an update on 

Amendments 17 and 18 to the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s 

Snapper Grouper FMP, Committee 

Reports, and any continuing and/or new 

business. 

Agenda items by day for the Council’s 

Committees and the Council itself are: 

Tuesday, April 14—the Mid-Atlantic 

section of the Joint Spiny Dogfish 

Committee will receive a report on the 

March meeting of the Joint Dogfish 

Committee, review and discuss prescoping issues related to the 

development of Amendment 1 to the 

Dogfish FMP, and develop Committee 

recommendations for consideration and 

future action by the Joint Dogfish 

Committee. The Bycatch / Limited 

Access Committee will discuss possible 

modifications to black sea bass pots, and 

finalize text and lay-out of the bycatch 

reduction pamphlet. It will also develop 

a plan of action for distribution of the 

bycatch reduction pamphlet, and 

receive a presentation from 

Environmental Defense Fund