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SCHEDULE OF ANCILLARY MEETINGS—Continued 

Council Secretariat 7 a.m..

California State Delegation 7 a.m..

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m..

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m..

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m..

Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m..

Enforcement Consultants As needed.

Friday, September 12, 2008 .

Council Secretariat 7 a.m..

California State Delegation 7 a.m..

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m..

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m..

Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m..

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

Council action during these meetings. 

Council action 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 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the Council’s intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are 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: August 15, 2008. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19291 Filed 8–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XJ80 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of the South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council’s South 

Atlantic Habitat and Ecosystem Internet 

Map Server (IMS) Refinement 

Workshop. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

conducting a South Atlantic Habitat and 

Ecosystem IMS Refinement Workshop 

in St. Petersburg, FL. 

DATES: The workshop will take place 

September 9 - 10, 2008. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 

dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

at the Florida Fish and Wildlife 

Research Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue, 

S.E., St. Petersburg, FL; telephone: (727) 

896–8626. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, North Charleston, SC 29405; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IMS 

Workshop will take place from 8:30 a.m. 

- 5 p.m. on September 9, 2008, and from 

8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. on September 10, 

2008. The Workshop is designed to 

continue the refinement of the Council’s 

Internet Map Server as a support tool for 

Ecosystem-based management. Invited 

workshop participants will review the 

present structure of the IMS and future 

capabilities, identify Geographic 

Information Systems (GIS) needs 

supporting management, research, and 

regional collaborations and provide 

recommendations. Participants will also 

identify additional data and GIS for 

possible inclusion in the IMS and 

provide recommendations for enhancing 

and refining the functional capabilities 

of the IMS to better support local, state, 

and other regional habitat and 

ecosystem GIS needs. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Actions will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meetings. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Dated: August 15, 2008. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19232 Filed 8–19–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket Number: 0808141100–81101–01] 

Science Advisory Board; Preliminary 

Report of the NOAA Science Advisory 

Board Fire Weather Research 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 draft report of the SAB Fire 

Weather Research Working Group’s 

(here called the FWRWG) for public 

comment. The preliminary draft report 


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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 

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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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