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documents are lengthy and would likely 

not be familiar to many interested 

parties. Finally, NMFS does not 

anticipate that the comment period 

extension will delay its decision of 

whether to issue an IHA. 

Background information concerning 

the proposed IHA can be found in the 

Federal Register notice and is not 

repeated here. For additional 

information about the IHA application 

and associated EA, please visit the 

website at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ 

pr/permits/incidental.htm 

Dated: January 12, 2009. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–981 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XM73 

National Marine Fisheries Service; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public workshop. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a workshop 

for participants that are required to 

submit an Economic Data Report for the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab 

Rationalization Program. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

Thursday, January 22, 2009, from 1:30 

p.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

at the Pacific Seafood Processors 

Association office, 1900 W. Emerson 

Place, ι205, Seattle, WA 98119. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Garber-Yonts; (206) 526-6301 or 

brian.garber-yonts@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) 

Crab Rationalization Program requires 

any owner or leaseholder of a vessel or 

processing plant that harvested or 

processed crab in certain BSAI fisheries 

to submit an Economic Data Report 

(EDR) for the previous calendar year. 

NMFS staff will hold a workshop with 

BSAI crab industry members to review 

current crab EDR data documentation 

and data quality findings. Workshop 

participants will also discuss the 

development of best practices 

guidelines for completing crab EDR 

forms and discuss possible revisions to 

the current crab EDR forms. For further 

information on the Crab Rationalization 

Program, please visit the NMFS Alaska 

Region website at http:// 

www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov. 

Special Accommodations 

This workshop is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for special accommodations 

should be directed to Brian GarberYonts (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) at least 5 working days before 

the workshop date. 

Dated: January 13, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

RIN 0648–XM70 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and its 

advisory committees will hold public 

meetings. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Monday, February 2 through Tuesday, 

February 10, 2009. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and 

times. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison 

Street, Seattle, WA. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Witherell, Council staff, 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council will begin its plenary session at 

8 a.m. on Wednesday, February 4 

continuing through Tuesday, February 

10, 2009. The Council’s Advisory Panel 

(AP) will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, 

February 2 and continue through 

Friday, February 6. The Scientific and 

Statistical Committee (SSC) will begin at 

8 a.m. on Monday, February 2 and 

continue through Wednesday, February 

4, 2009. The Ecosystem Committee will 

meet Tuesday, February 3, from 4 p.m. 

to 6 p.m. The Enforcement Committee 

will meet Tuesday, February 3, from 1 

p.m. to 4 p.m. in the. The 

Comprehensive Data Collection 

Committee may also meet this week at 

the hotel, time TBA. All meetings are 

open to the public, except executive 

sessions. 

Council Plenary Session: The agenda 

for the Council’s plenary session will 

include the following issues. The 

Council may take appropriate action on 

any of the issues identified. 

1. Reports 

Executive Director’s Report 

NMFS Management Report 

NMFS Enforcement Report 

Alaska Department of Fish & Game 

Report 

U.S. Coast Guard Report 

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report 

International Pacific Halibut 

Commission Report 

Protected Species Report (update on 

schedule of Steller Sea Lion (SSL) draft 

Status Quo Biological Opinion (BiOp) 

and Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS); Bering Sea and Aleutian Island 

(BSAI) Pacific cod split. 

2. American Fisheries Act (AFA) 

Cooperative reports: Receive reports 

from BSAI Pollock cooperatives. 

3. Arctic Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP): Final action to adopt FMP for the 

Arctic region. 

4. Salmon Bycatch: Review InterCooperative Agreement (ICA) incentive 

proposals and Bycatch Committee 

Report. 

5. Amendment 80: Initial review of 

analysis for Amendment 80 Cooperative 

Formation. 

6. BSAI Fixed Gear: Initial review of 

BSAI fixed gear parallel fisheries 

analysis. 

7. Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Sideboards: 

Discussion paper on GOA Sideboards 

for AFA catcher vessels; Initial review 

of GOA Pacific cod sideboards for crab 

vessels. 

8. BSAI Crab Issues: Initial review 

BSAI Crab Regional Delivery Relief; 

Receive Committee report; Receive 

proposed workplan and timeline for 

crab analysis/discussion papers for 

changes to the program, and action as 

necessary; Receive progress report on 

Crab Economic Data Report (EDR) 

surveys. 

9. Marine Protection Act Nomination 

Process: Review NMFS letter and 

discuss next steps (T). 

10. Halibut/Sablefish Issues: Review/ 

Rescind previous action to remove 

inactive Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 

shares; Review halibut catch sharing 

plan discussion papers (SSC only): (i) 

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Maximum size limit analysis (ii) ADF&G 

charter halibut harvest projection 

methodology. 

11. Miscellaneous Issues: Receive 

Committee report on comprehensive 

data collection; Review of Halibut 

Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Discard 

Survival Exempted Fishing Permit 

(EFP); Review of halibut sorting EFP (T); 

Review discussion paper on BS bottom 

trawl sweeps; Review discussion paper 

on GOA Rockfish Program changes; 

Review revised discussion paper on AI 

Pacific cod processing sideboards (T). 

12. Staff Tasking: Review Committees 

and tasking; Receive report on Alaska 

Native/Community Outreach. 

13. Other Business. 

The SSC agenda will include the 

following issues: 

1. Arctic FMP 

2. Salmon Bycatch 

3. Amendment 80 

4. BSAI Fixed gear 

5. GOA Sideboards 

6. BSAI Crab Issues 

7. Halibut Catch Sharing plan 

8. Committee report on Crab EDR 

surveys 

9. Halibut PSC discard survival EFP 

10. Halibut sorting EFP 

Additionally, the SSC will hold a 

Science Workshop on the role of Stock 

Structure in management of commercial 

fisheries. 

The Advisory Panel will address most 

of the same agenda issues as the 

Council, except for ι1 reports. The 

Agenda is subject to change, and the 

latest version will be posted at http:// 

www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Gail Bendixen at 

(907) 271–2809 at least 7 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: January 13, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2008–OS–0091] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by February 6, 2009. 

Title, Form, and OMB Number: 

National Language Service Corps; DD 

Test Forms 2932, 2933, 2934 and 2935; 

OMB Number 0704–0449. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 4,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1.75. 

Annual Responses: 7,000. 

Average Burden per Response: 18.86 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,200. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

identify individuals with language and 

special skills who potentially qualify for 

employment or service opportunities in 

the public section during periods of 

national need or emergency. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Seehra at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register, Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E9–878 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board 

will meet in closed session on February 

4 and 5, 2009; at the Pentagon, 

Arlington, VA. 

The mission of the Defense Science 

Board is to advise the Secretary of 

Defense and the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition, Technology & 

Logistics on scientific and technical 

matters as they affect the perceived 

needs of the Department of Defense. At 

this meeting, the Board will discuss 

interim finding and recommendations 

resulting from ongoing Task Force 

activities. The Board will also discuss 

plans for future consideration of 

scientific and technical aspects of 

specific strategies, tactics, and policies 

as they may affect the U.S. national 

defense posture and homeland security. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Debra Rose, Executive Officer, Defense 

Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, 

Room 3B888A, Washington, DC 20301– 

3140, via e-mail at debra.rose@osd.mil, 

or via phone at (703) 571–0084. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law No. 92–463, as amended (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and 41 CFR 102–3.155, 

the Department of Defense has 

determined that these Defense Science 

Board Quarterly meetings will be closed 

to the public. Specifically, the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics), with the 

coordination of the DoD Office of 

General Counsel, has determined in 

writing that all sessions of these 

meetings will be closed to the public 

because they will be concerned 

throughout with matters listed in 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 

Interested persons may submit a 

written statement for consideration by 

the Defense Science Board. Individuals 

submitting a written statement must 

submit their statement to the Designated 

Federal Official at the address detailed 

above, at any point, however, if a 

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