7860 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 34 / Wednesday, February 21, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Federal Consistency Appeal by the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Big 

Lagoon Rancheria From an Objection 

by the California Coastal Commission 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (Commerce). 

ACTION: Notice of appeal and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This announcement provides 

notice that the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) and the Big Lagoon Rancheria 

(Tribe) have jointly filed an 

administrative appeal with the 

Department of Commerce asking that 

the Secretary override the California 

Coastal Commission’s (Commission) 

objection to BIA’s proposed acquisition 

of approximately 5 acres of land in 

Humboldt County, California, into trust 

status for the Tribe. The land is 

currently owned in fee by the Tribe and 

is located in the Big Lagoon area, 

approximately a quarter mile from the 

current boundary of the Big Lagoon 

Rancheria trust property, at the 

southwest intersection of Highway 101 

and Big Lagoon Park Road, south of Big 

Lagoon, Humboldt County, California. 

The legal description of the land is 

parcel APN 517–281–004 in Lot 4 as 

shown on Tract No. 420, on file in the 

Office of the Humboldt County Recorder 

in Book 21 of Maps, pages 18 and 19. 

DATES: Public and Federal agency 

comments on the appeal are due within 

30 days of the publication of this Notice. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

Odin Smith, Attorney-Advisor, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1305 East-West Highway, 

Room 6111, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Materials from the appeal record will be 

available at the NOAA Office of the 

General Counsel for Ocean Services. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Odin Smith, Attorney-Advisor, NOAA 

Office of the General Counsel, 301–713–

7392. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Notice of Appeal 

BIA and the Tribe have jointly filed a 

notice of appeal with the Secretary of 

Commerce pursuant to the Coastal Zone 

Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), 16 

U.S.C. 1451 et seq., and implementing 

regulations found at 15 CFR part 930, 

subpart H. BIA and the Tribe appeal an 

objection, filed by the Commission, to a 

consistency determination prepared by 

BIA related to the proposed acquisition 

by BIA of approximately 5 acres of land 

in Humboldt County, California, into 

trust status for the Tribe for future 

planned tribal housing development. 

The Appellants request that the 

Secretary override the State’s objection 

on grounds that the project is consistent 

with the objectives or purposes of the 

CZMA. To make the determination that 

the proposed activity is ‘‘consistent with 

the objectives or purposes’’ of the 

CZMA, the Secretary must find that: (1) 

The proposed activity furthers the 

national interest as articulated in 

sections 302 or 303 of the CZMA, in a 

significant or substantial manner; (2) the 

adverse effects of the proposed activity 

do not outweigh its contribution to the 

national interest, when those effects are 

considered separately or cumulatively; 

and (3) no reasonable alternative is 

available that would permit the activity 

to be conducted in a manner consistent 

with enforceable policies of California’s 

coastal management program. 15 CFR 

930.121 (2005), as amended, 71 FR 787, 

831 (Jan. 5, 2006). 

II. Public and Federal Agency 

Comments 

Written comments are invited on any 

of the issues the Secretary must 

consider in deciding this appeal. 

Comments must be received within 30 

days of the publication of this notice, 

and may be submitted to Odin Smith, 

Attorney-Advisor, NOAA Office of the 

General Counsel for Ocean Services, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1305 East-West Highway, 

Room 6111, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Comments will be made available to 

Appellants and the State. 

III. Appeal Documents 

NOAA intends to provide the public 

with access to all materials and related 

documents comprising the appeal 

record during business hours, at the 

NOAA Office of the General Counsel for 

Ocean Services. 

For additional information about this 

appeal contact Odin Smith, 301–713–

7392. 

Dated: February 15, 2007. 

Joel La Bissonniere, 

Assistant General Counsel for Ocean Services. 

[FR Doc. 07–768 Filed 2–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 013007A] 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Meeting of the Atlantic Highly 

Migratory Species Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and a 

scoping meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a three-day 

Highly Migratory Species (HMS) 

Advisory Panel (AP) meeting in March 

2007. The intent of the meeting is to 

consider options for the conservation 

and management of Atlantic HMS. A 

scoping meeting will also be held 

during the AP meeting to consider 

options for updating HMS essential fish 

habitat (EFH). Both meetings are open to 

the public. 

DATES: The AP meeting will be held 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 

March 13, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, and 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, 

March 15, 2007. The EFH scoping 

meeting will be held during the AP 

meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 8777 Georgia 

Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 

phone: 1–301–589–0800. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Douglas or Chris Rilling at 301–

713–2347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 

et seq., as amended by the Sustainable 

Fisheries Act, Public Law 104–297, 

provided for the establishment of an AP 

to assist in the collection and evaluation 

of information relevant to the 

development of any Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) for HMS. 

NMFS consults with and considers the 

comments and views of AP members 

when preparing and implementing 

FMPs or FMP amendments for Atlantic 

tunas, swordfish, billfish, and sharks. 

The AP has previously consulted with 

NMFS on: the HMS FMP (April 1999), 

Amendment 1 to the HMS FMP 

(December 2003), Amendment 1 to the 

Billfish FMP (April 1999), and the 

Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP 

(February and October 2006). The 

March 2007 AP meeting will focus on 

conservation and management options 


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