58696 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 194 / Friday, October 7, 2005 / Notices 

surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries. 

Detailed instructions for purchasing 

these cage tags will be provided in a 

letter to allocation owners in these 

fisheries within the next several weeks. 

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

seq. 

Dated: September 30, 2005. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–20298 Filed 10–06–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 100405A] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will convene a 

meeting of its Ecosystem Scientific and 

Statistical Committee (SSC) in Tampa, 

FL on Thursday, October 27, 2005. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, October 27, from 10 a.m. to 

5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Quorum Hotel - Tampa, 700 North 

Westshore Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33609. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 

North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, 

FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 

Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: 

813.348.1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council 

(Council) will convene its Ecosystem 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) in Tampa, Florida to review the 

work it has done to date in compiling 

information to use in developing a 

fisheries ecosystem plan (FEP), and will 

discuss a timeline for completion of a 

draft FEP. The SSC will also discuss the 

impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 

relevant to fishery management on the 

Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem and may 

make recommendations to the Council. 

Copies of the agenda and other related 

materials can be obtained by calling 

813.348.1630. Although other nonemergency issues not on the agendas 

may come before the SSC for discussion, 

in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act), those issues may not be the subject 

of formal action during these meetings. 

Actions of the SSC will be restricted to 

those issues specifically identified in 

the agendas 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 action to 

address the emergency. 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Dawn Aring at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: October 4, 2005. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E5–5526 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 11 a.m., Wednesday, 

October 26, 2005. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Rule 

Enforcement Review. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100. 

Jean A. Webb, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 05–20360 Filed 10–5–05; 2:10 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Direct Grant Programs 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice reopening competitions 

or extending application deadline dates 

for certain direct grant and fellowship 

programs. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary extends the 

deadline dates for the submission of 

applications for several programs. In all 

of the affected competitions the 

Secretary is making new awards for 

fiscal year (FY) 2006. The Secretary 

takes this action to allow more time for 

the preparation and submission of 

applications by potential applicants 

who have been affected by Hurricanes 

Katrina and/or Rita and are located in 

Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, 

and Florida. The reopening and 

extension of the programs or 

competitions are intended to help 

potential applicants compete fairly with 

other applicants under these programs. 

Note: Two of the affected programs or 

competitions are administered by the Office 

of Postsecondary Education and three are 

administered by the Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. You 

can find information related to each of these 

competitions under the ‘‘List of Programs 

Affected’’ in this notice. 

Eligibility: The reopening or extension 

of deadline dates in this notice applies 

to you if you are: (1) an institution of 

higher education, state educational 

agency (SEA), local educational agency 

(LEA), non-profit organization or other 

public or private organization applicant 

that is located in a federally-declared 

disaster area as determined by the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) (see http://www.fema.gov/news/ 

disasters.fema) and you were adversely 

affected by Hurricanes Katrina and/or 

Rita, or (2) an individual applicant who 

resides or resided, on the disaster 

declaration date, in a federally-declared 

disaster area as determined by FEMA 

(see http://www.fema.gov/news/ 

disasters.fema) and you were adversely 

affected by Hurricanes Katrina and/or 

Rita. You must provide a certification in 

your application that you meet one of 

these criteria for submitting an 

application on the Extended Deadline 

and be prepared to provide appropriate 

supporting documentation, if requested. 

If you are submitting the application 

electronically, the submission of the 

application serves as your attestation 

that you meet the criteria for submitting 

an application on the Extended 

Deadline. 

Note for Individual Applicants Under 

Competition 84.170A, Jacob K. Javits 

Fellowship Program: 

The reopening or extension of deadline 

date for this competition also applies to you 

if you cannot obtain your undergraduate 

academic records or references from your 

undergraduate institution because the 

institution is in a federally-declared disaster 

area as determined by FEMA (see http:// 

www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema) and was 

adversely affected by Hurricanes Katrina 

and/or Rita. 

DATES: The new deadline date for 

transmitting applications under each 

competition is listed with that 

competition in the ‘‘List of Programs 

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Affected.’’ If the program is subject to 

Executive Order 12372, the relevant 

deadline for intergovernmental review 

is also indicated in the chart. 

ADDRESSES: The address and telephone 

number for obtaining applications for, 

or information about, an individual 

program are in the application notice for 

that program. We have listed the date 

and Federal Register citation of the 

application notice for each program. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the TDD number, if any, listed in the 

individual application notice. If we 

have not listed a TDD number, you may 

call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

If you want to transmit a 

recommendation or comment under 

Executive Order 12372, you can find the 

latest list and addresses of individual 

SPOCs on the Web site of the Office of 

Management and Budget at the 

following address: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html 

You can also find the list of SPOCs in 

the appendix to the Forecast of Funding 

Opportunities under the Department of 

Education Discretionary Grant Programs 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 and 2006. This 

is available on the Internet at: http:// 

www.ed.gov/funding.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following is specific information about 

each of the programs or competitions 

covered by this notice: 

LIST OF PROGRAMS AFFECTED

CFDA No. and Name 

Publication Date 

and Federal 

Register Citation 

Original Deadline 

for Transmittal of 

Applications 

Extended Deadline 

for Transmittal of 

Applications 

Original Deadline 

for Intergovernmental Review 

Extended Deadline 

for Intergovernmental Review 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

84.200A: Graduate Assistance in 

Areas of National Need.

8/22/05 (70 FR 

48940) 

11/14/05 12/1/05 1/16/06 2/1/06. 

84.170A: Jacob K. Javits Fellowship 

Program.

6/14/05 (70 FR 

34454) 

10/3/05; Free Application for Federal Student Aid 

1/31/06 

12/1/05 Free Application for Federal Student Aid 

1/31/06 

N/A N/A. 

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 

84.129B: Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training—

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling.

7/20/05 (70 FR 

41693) 

9/6/05 10/19/2005 N/A N/A. 

84.129L, P, and Q: Rehabilitation 

Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term 

Training.

8/3/05 (70 FR 

44588) 

9/19/05 10/19/2005 N/A N/A. 

84.373X: Special Education—Technical Assistance on State Data 

Collection—IDEA General Supervision Enhancement Grant.

8/4/05 (70 FR 

44914) 

10/3/05 10/19/2005 N/A N/A. 

If you are an individual with a 

disability, you may obtain a copy of this 

notice in an alternative format (e.g., 

Braille, large print, audiotape, or 

computer diskette) on request to the 

contact person listed in the individual 

application notices. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other Department of Education 

documents published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

news/fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: October 4, 2005. 

Jack Martin, 

Chief Financial Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–20263 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Science; Notice of Renewal of 

the DOE/NSF Nuclear Science 

Advisory Committee 

Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and in 

accordance with Title 41of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, Section 102–3.65, 

and following consultation with the 

Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration, notice 

is hereby given that the DOE/NSF 

Nuclear Science Advisory Committee 

has been renewed for a two-year period, 

beginning October 1, 2005. 

The Committee will provide advice to 

the Associate Director of the Office of 

Science for Nuclear Physics (DOE), and 

the Assistant Director, Directorate for 

Mathematical and Physical Sciences 

(NSF), on scientific priorities within the 

field of basic nuclear science research. 

The Secretary of Energy has determined 

that renewal of the Committee is 

essential to conduct business of the 

Department of Energy and the National 

Science Foundation and is in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed by law 

upon the Department of Energy. The 

Committee will continue to operate in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(Pub. L. 95–91), and implementing 

regulations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 

CONTACT: Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 

586–3279.