Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 65 / Tuesday, April 7, 2009 / Notices 15713 

security at NIST, no on-site registrations 

will be accepted and all attendees must 

be pre-registered. Photo identification 

must be presented at the NIST main gate 

to be admitted to the April 8, 2009 

Conference. Attendees must wear their 

Conference badge at all times while on 

the NIST campus. Electronic registration 

at: https://rproxy.nist.gov/CRS/. 

April 13, 2009, 1 p.m.–5 p.m. Eastern 

Time: Marriott Boston Cambridge, Two 

Cambridge Center, 50 Broadway, 

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, (617– 

494–6600) Pre-registration is not 

required. 

April 15, 2009, 1 p.m.–5 p.m. Eastern 

Time: Detroit Marriott at the 

Renaissance Center, 400 Renaissance 

Center, Detroit, Michigan 48243, (313– 

568–8000) Pre-registration is not 

required. 

April 17, 2009, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Pacific 

Time: San Jose Marriott, 301 S. Market 

St., San Jose, California 95113, (408– 

280–1300) Pre-registration is not 

required. 

Additional Information: The full 

Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO) 

announcement for this request for 

proposals contains detailed information 

and requirements for the program. 

Proposers are strongly encouraged to 

read the FFO in developing proposals. 

The full FFO announcement text is 

available at http://www.grants.gov and 

on the TIP Web site at http:// 

www.nist.gov/tip/helpful.html. In 

addition, proposers are directed to 

review the March 2009 Technology 

Innovation Program Proposal 

Preparation Kit available at http:// 

www.nist.gov/tip/helpful.html. The TIP 

Proposal Preparation Kit must be used 

to prepare a TIP proposal. The TIP 

implementing regulations are published 

at 15 CFR Part 296, and included in the 

TIP Proposal Preparation Kit as 

Appendix B. 

Dated: April 1, 2009. 

Patrick Gallagher, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–7852 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XO48 

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, April 21, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930; 

telephone: (978) 281–9300; fax: (978) 

281–9333. 

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. Review/discuss alternatives for 

annual catch limits (ACLs) and 

accountability measures (AMs) and 

related changes to Atlantic herring 

fishery specification process; and 

3. Continue development of 

management alternatives related to 

catch monitoring, which may include: 

monitoring and reporting requirements 

for herring vessels and processors, 

measures related to observer coverage 

and at-sea monitoring, measures to 

establish a dockside monitoring 

program, vessel monitoring system 

(VMS) requirements, and other related 

management 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: April 2, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–7806 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XO50 

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) 

Habitat/MPA/Ecosystems Committee 

will meet to consider actions affecting 

New England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Courtyard by Marriott, 1000 Market 

Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801; 

telephone: (603) 436–2121; fax: (603) 

430–7666. 

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. Discuss the March 18, 2009 Science 

and Statistical Committee review of 

Fishing Gear Seabed Impact Model 

(FiGSI); 

2. Presentation of FiGSI results 

available since the March 3, 2009 

Committee meeting; 

3. Summary of plan development 

team (PDT) progress towards completing 

the FiGSI analyses; 

4. Review timeline for completion of 

Phase II of the Essential Fish Habitat 

(EFH) Omnibus Amendment 2; and 

5. Other issues at the discretion of the 

Chair. 

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