Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 211 / Wednesday, November 2, 2005 / Notices 66351 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

National Marine Protected Areas 

Center West Coast Region Public 

Dialogue Meetings 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

NOAA, Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of two 

(2) West Coast Region Public Dialogue 

meetings concerning the development of 

the national system of marine protected 

areas (MPAs) pursuant to Executive 

Order 13158 (May 26, 2000). The State 

of California Public Dialogue will be 

held December 12, 2005, 6:30–9 p.m. in 

San Francisco, California. The State of 

Washington Public Dialogue will be 

held December 13, 2005, 6:30–9 p.m. in 

Seattle, Washington. These are the 

fourth and fifth in a series of regional 

dialogues being held around the United 

States to solicit input from the public 

concerning their views on a national 

system of MPAs. Additional meetings 

will be announced and scheduled 

pending available resources. Refer to the 

web page listed below for background 

information concerning the 

development of the national system of 

MPAs. Meeting room capacity for each 

of these meetings is limited to 75 

people, and as such interested 

participants are required to RSVP via 

the e-mail address (preferable), fax 

number, or phone number listed below, 

by no later than 5 p.m. p.s.t. on 

November 28, 2005. In the RSVP, please 

indicate which Public Dialogue meeting, 

either California or Seattle, you plan to 

attend. Attendance will be available to 

the first 75 people who responded for 

each meeting. 

Those who cannot attend due to 

space, schedule, or other limitations can 

find background materials at the web 

page listed below and may submit 

written comments to the e-mail, fax, or 

mailing address below. A written 

summary of the meeting and any other 

comments received will be posted on 

the web site within one month of its 

occurrence. 

DATES: The State of California Public 

Dialogue meeting will be held Monday, 

December 12, 2005, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 

p.m. p.s.t. The State of Washington 

Public Dialogue meeting will be held 

Tuesday, December 13, 2005, from 6:30 

p.m. to 9 p.m. p.s.t. 

ADDRESSES: The State of California 

Public Dialogue meeting will be held at 

The Presidio of San Francisco, Log 

Cabin, 1299 Storey Avenue, San 

Francisco, California 94129. The State of 

Washington Public Dialogue meeting 

will be held at The Center for Wooden 

Boats, 1010 Valley Street, Seattle, 

Washington 98109. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Kelsey, National System 

Development Coordinator, National 

Marine Protected Areas Center, 1305 

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 

Maryland, 20910. (Phone: 301–713–

3155 ext. 130, Fax: 301–713–3110); email: mpa.comments@noaa.gov; or visit 

the National MPA Center Web site at 

http://mpa.gov/national_system/). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

Public Dialogue meetings are intended 

to solicit the public’s views regarding 

the development of a national system of 

MPAs. All input received via these 

dialogues, e-mail, or fax will be for the 

public record and considered in 

developing a draft proposal for a 

national system of MPAs. At this 

preliminary stage in the effort to 

develop the national system, NOAA 

does not intend to respond to any 

comments received via these dialogues, 

e-mail, fax, or mail. Once a draft 

proposal is developed for the national 

system of MPAs, NOAA will publish it 

in the Federal Register for formal public 

comment and will subsequently provide 

a formal response to comments 

received. 

Matters to be Considered: Executive 

Order 13158 (May 26, 2000) calls for the 

development of a national system of 

MPAs. These Public Dialogue meetings 

are intended to solicit the public’s views 

concerning the development of a 

national system of MPAs. Refer to the 

web page listed above for background 

information concerning these dialogues 

and the development of the national 

system of MPAs. 

Dated: October 26, 2005. 

Eldon Hout, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–21811 Filed 11–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Cancellation of Marine Protected Areas 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

NOAA, Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting cancellation. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the meeting of the Marine Protected 

Areas Federal Advisory Committee 

(MPAFAC), which was to be held 

November 1–3, 2005, in Corpus Christi, 

Texas is cancelled (Federal Register, 

v.70, No. 191, p. 57863–57864). Notice 

of the rescheduled date will be 

published in the Federal Register and 

posted on http://www.mpa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lauren Wenzel, Designated Federal 

Officer, MPAFAC, National Marine 

Protected Areas Center, 1305 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 

20910. Phone: (Phone: 301–713–3100 

x136, Fax: 301–713–3110); email: 

lauren.wenzel@noaa.gov; or visit the 

National MPA Center Web site at http:// 

www.mpa.gov). 

Dated: October 26, 2005. 

Eldon Hout, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–21816 Filed 11–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

National Sea Grant Review Panel 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the Sea Grant 

Review Panel. The meeting will have 

several purposes. Panel members will 

discuss and provide advice on the 

National Sea Grant College Program in 

the areas of program evaluation, 

strategic planning, education, 

communications and extension, science 

and technology programs, and other 

matters as described below: 

DATES: The announced meeting is 

scheduled during two days: Tuesday, 

November 15, 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.; 

Wednesday, November 16, 8:30 a.m. to 

12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Consortium for 

Oceanographic Research and Education 

(CORE), 1201 New York Avenue, 

Northwest, 4th Floor Conference Room, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Francis M. Schuler, Designated Federal 

Official, National Sea Grant College 

Program, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 1315 EastWest Highway, Room 11837, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910, (301) 713–

2445. The Review Panel web page 

address is http://