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handling, tissue sampling (by finclipping) and release of fish. 

CDFG Region 3 requests a 5–year 

permit (10094) for take of juvenile and 

adult Central California Coast coho 

salmon, California Coastal Chinook 

salmon, Northern California steelhead, 

Central California Coast steelhead, and 

South-Central California Coast steelhead 

associated with 3 scientific research 

projects located throughout the 

California Coast. 

Project 1 is a North Bay watershed 

restoration and resource assessment 

study including investigations of 

salmonid occurrence and distribution, 

abundance, life history, and adult 

escapement. Surveys will be supervised 

out of Yountville, California and 

conducted throughout the rivers, 

streams, and reservoirs in Mendocino, 

Sonoma, Napa and Marin Counties, 

California. CDFG Region 3 requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of: 2300 juvenile Central 

California Coast coho salmon, with no 

more than 1 percent unintentional 

mortality resulting from capture (by 

backpack electrofishing or funnel/fyke 

traps), handling, anesthetizing, and 

release of fish; and 800 juvenile 

California Coastal Chinook salmon, 800 

juvenile Northern California steelhead, 

and 7100 juvenile Central California 

Coast steelhead with no more than 2 

percent unintentional mortality 

resulting from capture (by backpack 

electrofishing or funnel/fyke traps), 

handling, anesthetizing, and release of 

fish. CDFG Region 3 also requests 

authorization of an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of: 340 adult Central 

California Coast coho salmon, 140 adult 

California Coastal Chinook salmon, 130 

adult Northern California steelhead, and 

1050 adult Central California Coast 

steelhead, with no more than 1 percent 

unintentional mortality resulting from 

capture (by Resistance Board weir or 

fish ladder trap), handling, tissue 

sampling (by fin-clipping or opercularhole-punching), scale sampling, tagging 

(using Floy tags), and release of fish. 

CDFG Region 1 also requests 

authorization for an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of: 100 Central 

California Coast coho salmon carcasses, 

100 California Coastal Chinook salmon 

carcasses, 100 Northern California 

steelhead carcasses, and 100 Central 

California Coast steelhead carcasses, 

with no permanent removal from 

streams resulting from spawning 

surveys, handling, tissue sampling (by 

fin-clipping), scale sampling, and 

release of fish carcasses. 

Project 2 is a South Bay watershed 

restoration and resource assessment 

study including investigations of 

salmonid occurrence and distribution, 

abundance, life history, and adult 

escapement. Surveys will be supervised 

out of Yountville, California and 

conducted throughout the rivers, 

streams, and reservoirs in Monterey, 

San Luis Obispo, San Benito, San 

Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa 

Clara, Alameda, and Contra Costa 

counties, California. CDFG Region 3 

requests authorization for an estimated 

annual non-lethal take of: 2000 juvenile 

Central California Coast coho salmon, 

100 juvenile California Coastal Chinook 

salmon, 16400 juvenile Central 

California Coast steelhead, and 6200 

juvenile South-Central California Coast 

steelhead, with no more than 1 percent 

unintentional mortality resulting from 

capture (by backpack electrofishing, 

funnel/fyke traps or beach seining), 

handling, anesthetizing, and release of 

fish. CDFG Region 3 also requests 

authorization of an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of: 310 adult Central 

California Coast coho salmon, 10 adult 

California Coastal Chinook salmon, 

1060 adult Central California Coast 

steelhead, and 120 adult South-Central 

California Coast steelhead, with no more 

than 1 percent unintentional mortality 

resulting from capture (by Resistance 

Board weir or fish ladder trap), 

handling, tissue sampling (by finclipping or opercular-hole-punching), 

scale sampling, tagging (using Floy 

tags), and release of fish. CDFG Region 

1 also requests authorization for an 

estimated annual non-lethal take of: 100 

Central California Coast coho salmon 

carcasses, 100 California Coastal 

Chinook salmon carcasses, 100 Central 

California Coast steelhead carcasses, 

and 100 South-Central California Coast 

steelhead carcasses, with no permanent 

removal from streams resulting from 

spawning surveys, handling, tissue 

sampling (by fin-clipping or opercularhole-punching), scale sampling, and 

release of fish carcasses. 

Project 3 is a Bay Delta Region wild 

trout assessment study including 

investigations of salmonid abundance, 

life history, occurrence and distribution. 

Surveys will be supervised out of 

Yountville, California and conducted 

throughout the rivers, streams, and 

reservoirs in Mendocino, Sonoma, 

Napa, Marin, San Mateo, San Francisco, 

Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Alameda, Yolo, 

Solano, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and 

Contra Coast counties, California. CDFG 

Region 3 requests authorization for an 

estimated annual non-lethal take of: 100 

juvenile Central California Coast coho 

salmon, 100 juvenile California Coastal 

Chinook salmon, 1000 juvenile 

Northern California steelhead, 1000 

juvenile Central California Coast 

steelhead, and 1000 juvenile SouthCentral California Coast steelhead, with 

no more than 2 percent unintentional 

mortality resulting from capture (by 

backpack electrofishing or hook & line), 

handling, anesthetizing, and release of 

fish. CDFG Region 3 also requests 

authorization of an estimated annual 

non-lethal take of: 1 adult Central 

California Coast coho salmon, 1 adult 

California Coastal Chinook salmon, 10 

adult Northern California steelhead, 10 

adult Central California Coast steelhead, 

and 10 adult South-Central California 

Coast steelhead, with no more than 1 

percent unintentional mortality 

resulting from capture (by backpack 

electrofishing or hook & line), handling, 

tissue sampling (by fin-clipping), scale 

sampling, and release of fish. 

Dated: January 11, 2008. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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Notice of Public Hearings on the Cook 

Inlet Beluga Whale Subsistence 

Harvest Draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a two public 

hearings regarding the Cook Inlet beluga 

whale subsistence harvest Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (DSEIS). 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for specific dates, times, and location of 

public hearings for this issue. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Mahoney, NMFS, 222 West 7th 

Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99513, 

telephone (907) 271 3448. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 28, 2007, notice was 

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interested parties of the alternatives 

analyzed and accept comments. 

Public Hearings Agenda 

Public hearings will be held at the 

following dates, times, and locations in 

Alaska: 

1. January 29, 2008, from 4 to 7 p.m.; 

Loussac Public Library, Wilda Marston 

Room, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage, 

AK. 

2. January 30, 2008, from 4 to 7 p.m.; 

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly 

chambers, 144 North Binkley Street, 

Soldotna, AK. 

Written comments will be accepted at 

these hearings as well as during the 

comment period. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Barbara Mahoney (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 5 

business days before the scheduled 

meeting date. 

References 

The DSEIS and other materials related 

to Cook Inlet belugas can be found on 

the NMFS Alaska Region Web site: 

http://www/fakr/noaa/gov. 

Dated: January 10, 2008. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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[Docket Number: 080108032–8033–01] 

Science Advisory Board; The 

Preliminary Report of the NOAA 

Science Advisory Board, Extension, 

Outreach and Education Working 

Group 

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: NOAA Research (OAR) 

publishes this notice on behalf of the 

NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) to 

announce the availability of the 

preliminary report of the SAB 

Extension, Outreach, and Education 

Working Group’s (here called the 

EOEWG) external review of NOAA’s 

activities in extension, outreach and 

education activities for public comment. 

The preliminary report of the EOEWG 

has been prepared pursuant to the 

request initiated by the NOAA Science 

Advisory Board, and approved by the 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere, for an external 

panel of experts to conduct a review of 

NOAA’s extension, outreach and 

education programs and provide advice 

to NOAA on ways to strengthen, 

coordinate, organize and improve its 

extension, outreach and education 

activities to fully engage its 

constituents. 

DATES: Comments on this preliminary 

report must be received by 5 p.m. EDT 

on February 15, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The Preliminary Report of 

the EOEWG will be available on the 

NOAA Science Advisory Board Web site 

at http://www.sab.noaa.gov/Reports/ 

EOEWG. 

The public is encouraged to submit 

comments electronically to 

noaa.sab.comments@noaa.gov. For 

individuals who do not have access to 

the Internet, comments may be 

submitted in writing to: NOAA Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) c/o Dr. Cynthia 

Decker, 1315 East-West Highway-R/ 

SAB, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

Science Advisory Board, NOAA, 1315 

East-West Highway-R/SAB, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301–

734–1156, Fax: 301–734–1459, E-mail: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov) during 

normal business hours of 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through 

Friday, or visit the NOAA SAB Web site 

at http://www.sab.noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

preliminary report of the EOEWG has 

been drafted pursuant to the request 

initiated by the NOAA Science 

Advisory Board and approved by the 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct an 

external review of NOAA’s extension, 

outreach and education activities. This 

report was prepared in response to the 

charge to the working group to explore 

opportunities to enhance the impact of 

NOAA’s extension, outreach and 

education activities with its 

constituents, including, but not limited 

to, the following: 

1. Define NOAA’s purpose and 

unique role in extension, outreach, and 

education. 

2. Identify opportunities at different 

levels of geographic granularity (e.g., 

local, state, regional, national, and 

international). 

3. Identify opportunities for NOAA’s 

research enterprise to better connect 

with constituencies through extension, 

outreach, and education. 

4. Review the legislative authorities of 

NOAA in extension, outreach, and 

education and the opportunities to 

expand these authorities. 

5. Explore the communication paths 

between NOAA and its constituents 

with the goal to improve channels and 

enhance processes. 

6. Cite best management practices and 

examples that could be broadly utilized 

within NOAA. 

7. Review training opportunities and 

funding support for NOAA programs 

and staff involved in extension, 

outreach, and education. 

The SAB is chartered under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and is 

the only Federal Advisory Committee 

with the responsibility to advise the 

Under Secretary on long- and short-term 

strategies for research, education, and 

application of science to resource 

management and environmental 

assessment and prediction. 

NOAA welcomes all comments on the 

content of the preliminary report. We 

also request comments on any 

inconsistencies perceived within the 

report, and possible omissions of 

important topics or issues. This 

preliminary report is being issued for 

comment only and is not intended for 

interim use. For any shortcoming noted 

within the preliminary report, please 

propose specific remedies. Suggested 

changes will be incorporated where 

appropriate, and a final report will be 

posted on the SAB Web site. 

Please follow these instructions for 

preparing and submitting comments. 

Using the format guidance described 

below will facilitate the processing of 

comments and assure that all comments 

are appropriately considered. Overview 

comments should be provided first and 

should be numbered. Comments that are 

specific to particular pages, paragraphs 

or lines of the section should follow any 

overview comments and should identify 

the page and line numbers to which 

they apply. Please number each page of 

your comments. 

Dated: January 10, 2008. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

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