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1President’s Memorandum on Improving 

Spectrum Management for the 21st Century, 49 

Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 2875 (Nov. 29, 

2004)(Executive Memorandum). 

2See Department of Commerce, Spectrum Policy 

for the 21st Century - The President’s Spectrum 

Policy Initiative: Report 1, Recommendations of the 

Federal Government Spectrum Task Force (June 

2004); Department of Commerce, Spectrum Policy 

for the 21st Century - The President’s Spectrum 

Policy Initiative: Report 2, Recommendations from 

State and Local Governments and Private Sector 

Responders (June 2004)(Report 2), available at 

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/specpolini/ 

presspecpolinilreport2l06242004.pdf 

3 ‘‘The National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration (NTIA) should 

establish the Department of Commerce Spectrum 

Management Advisory Committee, consistent with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act [5 U.S.C. 

App.2] and the NTIA Organizations Act [47 U.S.C. 

§ 904(b)]. Report 2 at ii, 14-15.’’

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XJ47 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council)Coastal 

Pelagic Species Management Team 

(CPSMT) and Coastal Pelagic Species 

Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) will hold a 

joint work session by telephone 

conference, which is open to the public, 

to develop recommendations for the 

September 2008 Council meeting. 

DATES: The telephone conference will be 

held Tuesday, August 19, 2008, from 1 

p.m. to 5 p.m. or when business for the 

day is completed. 

ADDRESSES: A listening station will be 

available at the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, Small Conference 

Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, 

Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220–1384; 

telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mike Burner, Coastal Pelagic Species 

Staff Officer, Pacific Fishery 

Management Council: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the work session is to review 

the proposed rule on revisions to 

National Marine Fishery Service 

guidelines for National Standard 1 of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act and 

other available information for the 

Council’s September meeting briefing 

book and to develop comments and 

recommendations for consideration at 

the September 2008 Council meeting. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. CPSMT and CPSAS actions 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: July 29, 2008. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–17643 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Notice: Call for Applications, 

Commerce Spectrum Management 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Applications to Serve on Advisory 

Committee 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) is seeking 

applications from persons interested in 

serving on the Commerce Spectrum 

Management Advisory Committee 

(CSMAC) for new two year terms to 

commence in December 2008. The 

CSMAC provides advice to the Assistant 

Secretary for Communications and 

Information and NTIA Administrator on 

spectrum management matters. 

DATES: Nominations must be 

postmarked or electronically 

transmitted on or before September 2, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to submit 

applications should send their resume 

or curriculum vita and a statement 

summarizing the qualifications of the 

nominee and identifying any particular 

expertise or area of interest relevant to 

the CSMAC’s work to the attention of 

Eric Stark, Designated Federal Officer, 

by mail to Office of the Assistant 

Secretary, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue N.W., Room 4725, Washington 

DC, 20230; by facsimile transmission to 

(202) 482–6173; or by electronic mail to 

spectrumadvisory@ntia.doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Stark at (202) 482–1880 or 

estark@ntia.doc.gov; or Joe Gattuso at 

(202) 482–0977 or 

jgattuso@ntia.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 29, 2004, the President 

issued a Memorandum for the Heads of 

Executive Departments and Agencies on 

the subject of ‘‘Spectrum Management 

for the 21st Century.’’1 Among other 

things, the Executive Memorandum 

directed the heads of the executive 

departments and agencies to implement 

the recommendations contained in two 

Commerce Department reports to the 

President identifying improvement in 

U.S. spectrum management.2 The first 

recommendation in Report 2 called for 

the establishment of a federal advisory 

committee by the National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA).3

Pursuant to the Executive 

Memorandum, the Secretary of 

Commerce established the CSMAC 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 and consistent with 

the National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration Act, 47 

U.S.C. § 904(b). The CSMAC reports to 

the Assistant Secretary for 

Communications and Information. It 

advises the Assistant Secretary on 

needed reforms to domestic spectrum 

policies and management to enable the 

introduction of new spectrumdependent technologies and services, 

including policy reforms for expediting 

the American public’s access to 

broadband services, public safety, and 

digital television, as well as on longrange spectrum planning. The CSMAC 

functions solely as an advisory body in 

compliance with the FACA. The 

CSMAC’s charter may be found a http:// 

www.fido.gov/facadatabase/ 

docslcharters%5C25109lSpectrum 

%20Charter%203-28-07l(2007-03-30- 

10-34-21).pdf. Additional information 

about the CSMAC and its activities may 

be found at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ 

advisory/spectrum. 

Members of the CSMAC are experts in 

radio spectrum policy and do not 

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