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of the FWRWG has been prepared 

pursuant to the request initiated from 

NOAA for an external panel of experts 

to carry out an independent review of 

current fire weather research being 

conducted by NOAA and other federal 

agencies, and in universities and 

elsewhere, and examine how the results 

of that research are being further 

developed and transitioned to 

operations by NOAA. 

DATES: Comments on this preliminary 

report must be received by 5 p.m. on 

September 19, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The Preliminary Draft 

Report of the FWRWG will be available 

on the NOAA Science Advisory Board 

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

Reports/FWRWG. 

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) 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: As part of 

its charge, the FWRWG was tasked to 

examine fire weather-related research 

efforts conducted by groups external to 

NOAA and identify areas of 

commonality where research activities 

might be leveraged for mutual benefit. 

The FWRWG was requested to develop 

findings and recommendations to 

ensure these research results lead to 

improved operational fire weather 

information and forecasts and to 

examine related research within NOAA 

not necessarily specific to fire but which 

could result in improved fire weather 

services or other NOAA emergency 

support operations. The complete terms 

of reference for the working group can 

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

Working_Groups/current/fireweather/ 

FWRWG_terms.pdf. 

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 draft report. 

We also request comments on any 

inconsistencies perceived within the 

report, and possible omissions of 

important topics or issues. This 

preliminary draft 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: August 14, 2008. 

Terry Bevels, 

Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Office of 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XJ79 

Marine Mammals; File No. 13545 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Ocean Alliance, Inc. (Responsible Party: 

Iain Kerr), 191 Weston Road, Lincoln, 

MA 01773, has applied in due form for 

a permit to conduct research on sperm 

(Physeter macrocephalus), blue 

(Balaenoptera musculus), Bryde’s (B. 

edeni), dwarf sperm (Kogia sima), false 

killer (Pseudorca crassidens), fin (B. 

physalus), gray (Eschrichtius robustus), 

humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), 

killer (Orcinus orca), minke (B. 

acutorostrata), pilot (Globicephala 

spp.), pygmy sperm (K. breviceps), sei 

(B. borealis), southern right (Eubalaena 

australis), northern right (E. glacialis), 

Cuvier’s beaked (Ziphius cavirostris), 

and other beaked (Mesoplodon spp.) 

whales, common dolphins (Delphinus 

delphis), as well as elkhorn (Acropora 

palmata) and staghorn (A. cervicornis) 

coral, and import specimens from these 

species for scientific research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

September 19, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

(See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). 

Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on this application 

should be mailed to the Chief, Permits, 

Conservation and Education Division, 

F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those 

individuals requesting a hearing should 

set forth the specific reasons why a 

hearing on this particular request would 

be appropriate. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile at (301)427–2521, provided 

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy 

submitted by mail and postmarked no 

later than the closing date of the 

comment period. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

e-mail. The mailbox address for 

providing e-mail comments is 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include 

in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: File No. 13545. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Hapeman or Amy Sloan, (301)713–

2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), and the regulations governing 

the taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR 222–226). 

Ocean Alliance proposes to conduct 

research over a five-year period to 

determine contaminant levels and 

culture cells from cetaceans and coral 

while concurrently collecting data on 

abundance, movement and distribution 

patterns, habitat use, energetics, 

behaviors, and stock and social 

structures. The applicant requests 

authorization to conduct research 

during vessel surveys on live cetaceans 

and coral and collect tissues from dead, 

stranded cetaceans in U.S. waters and 

on the high seas. Field research 

activities would include biopsy 

sampling, collection of sloughed skin 


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and feces, photo-identification, 

videography, passive acoustic recording, 

focal follows, and behavioral 

observation during vessel surveys for up 

to 250 sperm whales annually and 20 

animals annually for each of the above 

remaining species, except southern right 

whales. The applicant would also 

import from foreign waters 150 sperm 

whale samples per year and 20 samples 

per year each for all other identified 

species. This research would help 

determine: (1) which classes of 

pollutants are elevated around the 

world; (2) which pollutants pose the 

largest risk to whales; (3) which 

responses made by whales to pollutants 

are similar to responses made by 

humans; (4) the locations of pollution 

hot spots around the world; and (5) the 

population and behavioral dynamics of 

these species. Research would occur in 

U.S. waters and the high seas of the 

Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, including 

the Gulf of Maine, Mexico and the 

Caribbean Sea, the territorial waters of 

Mexico, Indian Ocean, and 

Mediterranean Sea. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. Documents may be 

reviewed in the following locations: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; 

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, 

Seattle, WA 98115–0700; phone 

(206)526–6150; fax (206)526–6426; 

Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 

21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone 

(907)586–7221; fax (907)586–7249; 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–4001; 

fax (562)980–4018; 

Pacific Islands Region, NMFS, 1601 

Kapiolani Blvd., Rm 1110, Honolulu, HI 

96814–4700; phone (808)944–2200; fax 

(808)973–2941; 

Northeast Region, NMFS, One 

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 

01930–2298; phone (978)281–9300; fax 

(978)281–9394; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, Florida 

33701; phone (727)824–5312; fax 

(727)824–5309. 

Dated: August 14, 2008. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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COORDINATING COUNCIL ON 

JUVENILE JUSTICE AND 

DELINQUENCY PREVENTION 

[OJP (OJJDP) Docket No. 1486] 

Meeting of the Coordinating Council 

on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention 

AGENCY: Coordinating Council on 

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Coordinating Council on 

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention (Council) is announcing its 

September, 2008 meeting. 

DATES: Friday, September 12, 2008, 9 

a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, 200 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 705A, Washington, 

DC 20201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit 

the Web site for the Coordinating 

Council at http:// 

www.juvenilecouncil.gov or contact 

Robin Delany-Shabazz, Designated 

Federal Official, by telephone at 202–

307–9963 [Note: this is not a toll-free 

telephone number], or by e-mail at 

Robin.Delany-Shabazz@usdoj.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Coordinating Council on Juvenile 

Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 

established pursuant to Section 3(2)A of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) will meet to carry out its 

advisory functions under Section 206 of 

the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention Act of 2002, 42 U.S.C. 5601, 

et seq. Documents such as meeting 

announcements, agendas, minutes, and 

reports will be available on the 

Council’s Web page, http:// 

www.JuvenileCouncil.gov., where you 

may also obtain information on the 

meeting. 

Although designated agency 

representatives may attend, the Council 

membership is composed of the 

Attorney General (Chair), the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services, the 

Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 

Education, the Secretary of Housing and 

Urban Development, the Administrator 

of the Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention (Vice Chair), 

the Director of the Office of National 

Drug Control Policy, the Chief Executive 

Officer of the Corporation for National 

and Community Service, and the 

Assistant Secretary of Homeland 

Security for U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement. Up to nine 

additional members are appointed by 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, the Senate Majority 

Leader, and the President of the United 

States. 

Meeting Agenda 

The agenda for this meeting will 

include: (a) A presentation on and 

discussion of research on boys 

sponsored by the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services; (b) updates 

on Council Partnership Projects; and (c) 

applicable legislative and program 

updates; announcements and other 

business. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

Registration 

For security purposes, members of the 

public who wish to attend the meeting 

must pre-register online at http:// 

www.juvenilecouncil.gov/meetings.html 

no later than September 5, 2008. Should 

problems arise with Web registration, 

call Daryel Dunston at 240–221–4343 or 

send a request to register for the 

September 12, 2008, Council meeting to 

Mr. Dunston. Include name, title, 

organization or other affiliation, full 

address and phone, fax and e-mail 

information and send to his attention 

either by fax at: 301–945–4295 or by email to ddunston@edjassociates.com. 

[Note: these are not toll-free telephone 

numbers.] Additional identification 

documents may be required. Space is 

limited. 

Note: Photo identification will be required 

for admission to the meeting. 

Written Comments 

Interested parties may submit written 

comments and questions by Friday, 

September 5, 2008, to Robin DelanyShabazz, Designated Federal Official for 

the Coordinating Council on Juvenile 

Justice and Delinquency Prevention, at 

Robin.Delany-Shabazz@usdoj.gov. The 

Coordinating Council on Juvenile 

Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

expects that the public statements 

presented will not repeat previously 

submitted statements. 

Dated: August 14, 2008. 

Gregory Harris, 

Principal Deputy Administrator. 

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