Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 12, 2007 / Notices 70575 

3 Landing Locations Within Port Group – Southeast Alaska: Angoon, Baranof Warm Springs, Craig, Edna Bay, Elfin Cove, Excursion Inlet, 

Gustavus, Haines, Hollis, Hoonah, Hyder, Auke Bay, Douglas, Tee Harbor, Juneau, Kake, Ketchikan, Klawock, Metlakatla, Pelican, Petersburg, 

Portage Bay, Port Alexander, Port Graham, Port Protection, Point Baker, Sitka, Skagway, Tenakee Springs, Thorne Bay, Wrangell, Yakutat 4 Landing Locations Within Port Group – All: FOR ALASKA: All landing locations included in 1, 2, and 3. FOR CALIFORNIA: Eureka, Fort Bragg, 

Other California. FOR OREGON: Astoria, Aurora, Lincoln City, Newport, Warrenton, Other Oregon. FOR WASHINGTON: Anacortes, Bellevue, Bellingham, Nagai Island, Edmonds, Everett, Granite Falls, Ilwaco, La Conner, Port Angeles, Port Orchard, Port Townsend, Rainier, Fox Island, 

Mercer Island, Seattle, Standwood, Other Washington. FOR CANADA: Port Hardy, Port Edward, Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Haines Junction, Other 

Canada 

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

Dated: December 5, 2007. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–24078 Filed 12–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Publication of North American Datum 

of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in 

Feet in Maine 

AGENCY: National Geodetic Survey 

(NGS), National Ocean Service (NOS), 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Geodetic Survey 

(NGS) will publish North American 

Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) State Plane 

Coordinate (SPC) grid values in both 

meters and U.S. Survey Feet (1 ft = 

1200/3937 m) in Maine, for all well 

defined geodetic survey control 

monuments maintained by NGS in the 

National Spatial Reference System 

(NSRS) and computed from various 

geodetic positioning utilities. The 

adoption of this standard is 

implemented in accordance with NGS 

policy and a request from the Maine 

Department of Transportation, the 

Maine Society of Land Surveyors, and 

the Maine GIS Stakeholders. 

DATES: Individuals or organizations 

wishing to submit comments on the 

Publication of North American Datum of 

1983 State Plan Coordinates in feet in 

Maine, should do by January 11, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the attention of David Doyle, 

Chief Geodetic Surveyor, Office of the 

National Geodetic Survey, National 

Ocean Service (N/NGS2) 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silvery Spring, Maryland, 

20910, fax 301–713–4324, or via e-mail 

Dave.Doyle@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to David Doyle, Chief 

Geodetic Surveyor, National Geodetic 

Survey (N/NGS2), 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910; 

Phone: (301) 713–3178. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Abstract 

IN 1991, NGS adopted a policy that 

defines the conditions under which 

NAD 83 State Plane Coordinates (SPCs) 

would be published in feet in addition 

to meters. As outlined in that policy, 

each state or territory must adopt NAD 

83 legislation (typically referenced as 

Codes, Laws or Statutes), which 

specifically defines a conversion to 

either U.S. Survey or International Feet 

as defined by the U.S. Bureau of 

Standards in Federal Register Notice 

59–5442. To date, 48 states have 

adopted the NAD 83 legislation 

however, for various reasons, only 33 

included a specific definition of the 

relationship between meters and feet. 

This lack of uniformity has led to 

confusion and misuse of SPCs as 

provided in various NGS products, 

services and tools, and created errors in 

mapping, charting and surveying 

programs in numerous states due to 

inconsistent coordinate conversions. 

Dated: December 3, 2007. 

David B. Zilkoski, 

Director, Office of National Geodetic Survey, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 07–6026 Filed 12–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary of Defense 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), 

the Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.65, the Department of 

Defense gives notice that it is renewing 

the charter for the Defense Business 

Board (hereafter referred to as the 

Board). 

The Board is a discretionary Federal 

advisory committee established by the 

Secretary of Defense to provide the 

Department of Defense independent 

advice and recommendations on 

effective strategies for the 

implementation of best business 

practices of interest to the Department 

of Defense. The ultimate objective of 

this advice is to enhance the efficiency 

and effectiveness of organizational 

support to the nation’s warfighters. 

The Board shall be composed of 

approximately twenty members, who 

are eminent authorities in the fields of 

management, production, logistics, 

personnel leadership and defense 

industrial base. The chairpersons of the 

Defense Policy Advisory Board and the 

Defense Science Board shall be 

appointed as non-voting ex-officio 

members of the Defense Business Board 

and their appointment shall not count 

toward the Board’s total membership. 

Board Members appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense, who are not 

Federal officers or employees, shall 

serve as Special Government Employees 

under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

Board Members shall be appointed on 

an annual basis by the Secretary of 

Defense, and with the exception of 

travel and per diem for official travel, 

they shall serve without compensation. 

The Secretary of Defense may invite 

other distinguished Government officers 

to serve as non-voting Observers of the 

Board, and appoint consultants, with 

special expertise, to assist the Board on 

an ad hoc basis. 

The Board shall be authorized to 

establish subcommittees, as necessary 

and consistent with its mission, and 

these subcommittees or working groups 

shall operate under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), 

the Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

other appropriate Federal regulations. 

Such subcommittees or workgroups 

shall not work independently of the 

chartered Board, and shall report all 

their recommendations and advice to 

the Board for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees or 

workgroups have no authority to make 

decisions on behalf of the chartered 

Board nor can they report directly to the 

Department of Defense or any Federal 

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