10838 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 28, 1995 / Notices

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North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Team Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: A joint meeting of the Bering

Sea/Aleutian Islands groundfish and

crab plan teams will be held between

8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., March 21–22,

1995, in Rooms A and B, Building 9,

Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600

Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA. The

teams will discuss the sources of crab

mortality and habitat considerations

relative to development of a rebuilding

plan for depressed crab stocks. The

meeting is open to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Witherell, North Pacific Fishery

Management Council, P.O. Box 103136,

Anchorage, AK 99510; telephone: (907)

271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These

meetings are physically accessible to

people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Helen Allen on (907) 271–2809, at least

5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: February 22, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery;

Experimental Fishing Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of experimental fishing

permit applications; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS has received

applications from the states of

Washington, Oregon, and California for

experimental fishing permits (EFPs) for

vessels participating in bycatch

observation programs. The purpose of

the observation programs is to

enumerate the bycatch of non-target

species in the groundfish fishery. If

granted, the EFPs would allow

designated vessels operating in the

groundfish fishery in the exclusive

economic zone off the coasts of

Washington, Oregon, and California to

delay sorting, until offloading, of

prohibited species and groundfish catch

in excess of trip limits. The California

program would allow participating

vessels with observers to retain Pacific

whiting in excess of the nearshore trip

limit in the Eureka subarea. These

activities would otherwise be prohibited

by Federal regulations.

DATES: Comments must be received by

February 27, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to and copies of the EFP

applications are available from William

Stelle, Jr., Regional Director, Northwest

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., BINC15700, Seattle, WA 98115–0070; or

Hilda Diaz-Soltero, Director, Southwest

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite

4200,

Long Beach, CA 90802–4213.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William L. Robinson at 206–526–6140,

or Rodney R. McInnis at 310–980–4030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

action is authorized by the Pacific Coast

Groundfish Management Plan and

implementing regulations (50 CFR 663),

which specify that EFPs may be issued

to authorize fishing that would

otherwise be prohibited by the FMP and

regulations. The procedures for issuing

EFPs are found at 50 CFR 663.10.

At the October 1994 meeting of the

Pacific Fishery Management Council

(Council), three EFP applications were

received from the States of Oregon,

California, and Washington (WOC) for

vessels participating in observation

programs.

The first application is from the State

of Washington and is for the

continuation of the observation program

in which information is collected on the

bycatch of salmon and other prohibited

species in Pacific whiting harvests

delivered to shoreside processing

plants. This application differs from

previous years in that there would be no

observer coverage; all observer coverage

would occur onshore after the catch is

landed.

Under the second EFP application,

submitted by California Department of

Fish and Game, the focus is on shorebased whiting operations inside the 100

fathom contour in the Eureka subarea

(from 43°00’00’’ N. lat. to 40°30’00’’ N.

lat.), where large-scale whiting

operations are currently prohibited in

order to minimize the impacts on

salmon (50 CFR 663.23(b)(3)(iii)). The

California EFP application is for the

collection of data on the relative

incidental catch rates of salmon inside

and outside 100 fathoms in the Eureka

subarea. The applicant requests that

vessels be allowed to fish for and retain

Pacific whiting in excess of the

nearshore 10,000–lb (4,536 kg) trip limit

if an observer is on board at all times,

even when the vessel operates outside

the area.

The third EFP application, submitted

by Oregon Department of Fish and

Wildlife would allow the landing of

unsorted catches taken in accordance

with the proposed Oregon Trawl

Commission data collection program

that is planned to begin in 1995. The

intent is to obtain representative

bycatch and discard rates for groundfish

and prohibited species. Observers

would gather biological data on species’

age, length, weight, sex, maturity,

viability and mortality rates. The

Oregon program would be similar to the

whiting observer program that has been

in effect for three seasons. Groundfish

regulations at 50 CFR 663.7(b) stipulate

that prohibited species must be returned

to sea as soon as practicable with a

minimum of injury when caught and

brought aboard. Groundfish trip limits

restrict the amount of certain groundfish

species that may be landed by a vessel

(50 CFR 663.7(f)).

The EFPs, if granted, would authorize

vessels participating in the observation

program to land unsorted Pacific

whiting at designated shoreside

processing plants where the incidence

of salmon and other bycatch species can

be monitored, on the condition that the

prohibited species and groundfish trip

limit overages are turned over to the

state of landing for disposition. The

states anticipate that about 30 vessels

may participate in the experimental

fisheries from March 1, 1995, to

December 31, 1995. Under the EFPs,

unsorted Pacific whiting catch could be

delivered to shoreside processing plants

in Newport, Hammond, Charleston, and

Warrenton, OR; Crescent City, CA; and

Westport and Ilwaco, WA. State port

samplers would monitor the offloading

of unsorted Pacific whiting, collect

biological information on salmon and

other bycatch, and arrange for the

disposal of salmon. Prohibited species

taken could not be sold; disposal

options, to be determined by the states,

would include donation to charitable

organizations or reduction to fish meal.

If 71,360 metric tons (mt) of Pacific

whiting were landed under the EFPs, it

is estimated that about 414 salmon

would be caught incidentally, based on

the observed salmon bycatch rate of

0.0058 salmon per mt of whiting

observed in 1994 (the salmon bycatch

rate was 0.0110 in 1993). The

continuing shoreside monitoring
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program is being pursued by the states

at the request of the Council. Similar

EFPs were issued to 21 vessels in 1993

and 31 vessels in 1994 (58 FR 64296,

December 6, 1993).

The Director, Northwest Region,

NMFS, Regional Director has made a

preliminary determination that the

applications contain all of the required

information and constitute a valid

experimental program appropriate for

further consideration.

At the October meeting of the

Council, the Regional Director consulted

with the Council and the directors of the

state fishery management agencies

concerning the applications for permits.

The Council recommended that all three

EFP applications be approved with

terms and conditions similar to those

applied to the EFPs in 1994. The

decision on whether to issue EFPs and

determinations on appropriate permit

conditions will be based on a number of

considerations, including the Council’s

recommendation and comments

received from the public.

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

Dated: February 22, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

Spectrum Planning and Policy

Advisory Committee (SPAC); Meeting

AGENCY: National Telecommunications

and Information Administration, DOC.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting, Spectrum

Planning and Policy Advisory

Committee (SPAC).

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix,

notice is hereby given that the Spectrum

Planning and Policy Advisory

Committee (SPAC) will meet on March

24, 1995 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in

Room 1605 at the United States

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

The Committee was established on

July 19, 1965 as the Frequency

Management Advisory Council (FMAC).

The name was changed in April, 1991,

and in July, 1993, to reflect the

increased scope of its mission. The

objective of the Committee is to advise

the Secretary of Commerce on radio

frequency spectrum planning matters

and means by which the effectiveness of

Federal Government frequency

management may be enhanced. The

Committee consists of nineteen

members, fifteen from the private sector,

and four from the Federal Government,

whose knowledge of

telecommunications is balanced in the

functional areas of manufacturing,

analysis and planning, operations,

research, academia and international

negotiations.

The principal agenda items for the

meeting will be:

(1) National Spectrum Projections and

Trends Report;

(2) NTIA Automated Spectrum

Monitoring System;

(3) APCO Projects 25 and 31;

(4) FLEWUG Activity Report;

(5) CITEL Activities/Proposals;

(6) ITU Plenipot Update.

The meeting will be open to public

observations. Public entrance to the

building is on 14th Street between

Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution

Avenue. A period will be set aside for

oral comments or questions by the

public which do not exceed 10 minutes

each per member of the public. More

extensive questions or comments should

be submitted in writing before March 4,

1995. Other public statements regarding

Committee affairs may be submitted at

any time before or after the meeting.

Approximately 20 seats will be available

for the public on a first-come, firstserved basis.

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to the

Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) on 1–800–877–8339.

Copies of the minutes will be

available upon request 30 days after the

meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquires may be addressed to the

Executive Secretary, SPAC, Mr. Richard

A. Lancaster, National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration, Room 1617M–7, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street

and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone 202–

482–4487.

Dated: February 21, 1995.

Richard A. Lancaster,

Executive Secretary, Spectrum Planning and

Policy Advisory Committee, National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Public Information Collection

Requirement Submitted to OMB for

Review

ACTION: Notice.

The Department of Defense has

submitted to OMB for clearance the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35).

Title, Applicable Form, and

Applicable OMB Control Number:

Registration for Scientific and Technical

Information Services; DD Form 1540;

OMB Control Number 0704–0264.

Type of Request: Reinstatement.

Average Burden Hours Per Response:

25 minutes.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Number of Respondents: 500.

Annual Burden Hours: 208 hours.

Annual Responses: 500.

Needs and Uses: The information

collected hereby, is utilized to register

Federal Government agencies and their

contractor community to access

Defense-related information services

from the Defense Technical Information

Center (DTIC). The collected

information is retained in an automated

system at DTIC as the ongoing authority

to release information against each

year’s certification.

Affected Public: State or local

governments; Businesses or other for

profit; Non-profit institutions; Small

businesses or organizations.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Peter N. Weiss.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Weiss at the Office of Management

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room

10236, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. William

P. Pearce. Written requests for copies of

the information collection proposal

should be sent to Mr. Pearce, WHS/

DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Suite 1204, Arlington, Virginia 22202–

4302.

Dated: February 22, 1995.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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