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draft Ecosystems Consideration Chapter, 

the draft stock assessments for some 

target-categories, and recommend 

preliminary groundfish catch 

specifications for 2008/09. Agenda 

posted on website at: http:// 

www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/. 

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 these meetings. 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 sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Gail Bendixen, 

(907) 271–2809, at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: August 25, 2008. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XK00 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a joint meeting of its Executive and 

Finance Committees, a meeting of its 

Standard Operating, Policy and 

Procedure (SOPPs) Committee, 

Advisory Panel Selection Committee 

(Closed Session), Joint Ecosystem-based 

Management and Habitat Committees, 

Shrimp Committee, Spiny Lobster 

Committee, Snapper Grouper 

Committee, Southeast Data, Assessment, 

and Review (SEDAR) Committee, 

Allocation Committee, Limited Access 

Privilege (LAP) Program Committee, 

Dolphin Wahoo Committee, a joint 

meeting of its Golden Crab Advisory 

Panel and Deepwater Shrimp Advisory 

Panel, and a meeting of the full Council. 

The Council will also hold a public 

comment session regarding: 

Amendment 7 to the Shrimp Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) addressing 

rock shrimp endorsements and 

economic reporting for the shrimp 

fishery; a Generic Import Amendment 

for the Spiny Lobster FMP addressing 

requirements for imported spiny lobster; 

Amendment 16 to the Snapper Grouper 

FMP addressing measures to end 

overfishing for gag grouper and 

vermilion snapper and interim 

allocations of these two species for 

commercial and recreational fisheries; 

and Interim Rule measures to address 

overfishing of red snapper and other 

snapper grouper complex species. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional details. 

DATES: The meeting will be held in 

September 2008. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and 

times. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Charleston Marriott, 170 Lockwood 

Boulevard, Charleston, SC 29403; 

telephone: (800) 968–3569 or (843) 723–

3000. Copies of documents are available 

from Kim Iverson, Public Information 

Officer, South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free at 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Meeting Dates: 

1. Joint Golden Crab Advisory Panel and 

Deepwater Shrimp Advisory Panel 

Meeting: September 15, 2008, 1 p.m. 

until 5:30 p.m. (Concurrent Session) 

The Golden Crab and Deepwater 

Shrimp Advisory Panels will review 

alternatives for Allowable Golden Crab 

Fishing Areas and Shrimp Fishery 

Access Areas within the proposed 

deepwater Coral Habitat Areas of 

Particular Concern. In addition the 

Deepwater Shrimp AP will discuss 

proposed alternatives in the draft 

Shrimp Amendment 7 document 

pertaining to the rock shrimp fishery. 

2. Council Session: September 15, 2008, 

1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. 

The Council will meet in full session 

to receive a report from the Allocation 

Committee from its July 8–9, 2008 

meeting. The Council will consider 

Committee recommendations and take 

action as appropriate. 

3. Joint Executive/Finance Committees 

Meeting: September 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m. 

until 4 p.m. 

The Executive and Finance 

Committees will meet to review the 

status of the Calendar Year 2008 

Activities Schedule and budget, the 

status of the Fiscal Year 2009 budget, 

and discuss the benefits of establishing 

a Council Data Collection Improvement 

Committee. 

4. SOPPs Committee Meeting: 

September 15, 2008, 4 p.m. until 5 p.m. 

The SOPPs Committee will receive an 

update on the status of the Secretarial 

review of the Council’s SOPPs and 

develop changes to the SOPPs if 

necessary. 

5. Advisory Panel Selection Committee 

Meeting (Closed Session): September 15, 

2008, 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. 

The Advisory Panel Selection 

Committee will meet in Closed Session 

to review applications and develop 

recommendations for Council 

consideration. 

6. Joint Ecosystem-based Management 

and Habitat Committees Meeting: 

September 16, 2008, 8 a.m. until 12 

noon. 

The Ecosystem-based Management 

and Habitat Committees will review the 

Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) and 

approve the FEP for a second round of 

public hearings. The Committees will 

discuss recommendations from the Joint 

Golden Crab and Deepwater Shrimp 

Advisory Panels, Review the 

Comprehensive Ecosystem Amendment 

(CEA) addressing the designation of 

Deepwater Coral Habitat Areas of 

Particular Concern, and approve the 

CEA for a second round of public 

hearings. The Committees will also 

discuss the proposal for a National 

Monument off the southeast coast and 

other habitat-related issues. 

7. Shrimp Committee Meeting: 

September 16, 2008, 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 

p.m. 

The Shrimp Committee will review 

advisory panel and public hearing 

comments received on Amendment 7 to 

the Shrimp FMP, modify Amendment 7 

if necessary, and develop a 

recommendation for submitting 

Amendment 7 for formal Secretarial 

review and approval. 


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8. Spiny Lobster Committee Meeting: 

September 16, 2008, 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 

p.m. 

The Spiny Lobster Committee will 

review public hearing comments, 

advisory panel comments, and actions 

by the Caribbean Fishery Management 

Council and the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council concerning a 

three-Council Generic Import 

Amendment (GIA) to address 

management issues regarding the import 

of spiny lobster. The Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council has administrative 

lead for this amendment. The 

Committee will develop 

recommendations for submitting the 

GIA for formal Secretarial review and 

approval. The Committee will also 

review the status of State of Florida 

actions on spiny lobster, and develop a 

timeline for addressing Annual Catch 

Limit requirements. 

9. Snapper Grouper Committee Meeting: 

September 16, 2008, 3:30 p.m. until 5 

p.m. and September 17, 2008, 8 a.m. 

until 5 p.m. 

The Council’s Snapper Grouper 

Committee will receive a report on 

activities pertaining to the Oculina 

Bank, review Amendment 16 public 

hearing comments and comments 

received on the Supplemental Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SDEIS), modify Amendment 16 as 

necessary, and develop 

recommendations for submitting 

Amendment 16 for formal Secretarial 

review. The Committee will review the 

Interim Rule addressing red snapper 

and species addressed in Amendment 

16 (gag, vermilion snapper, black 

grouper, and red grouper) and develop 

recommendations for submitting the 

Interim Rule for formal Secretarial 

review. The Committee will also review 

an options paper for Amendment 17, 

modify the document as appropriate, 

provide further direction to staff, and 

discuss and develop comments on the 

Annual Catch Limit Proposed Rule. 

10. SEDAR Committee Meeting: 

September 17, 2008, 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. 

The SEDAR Committee will meet to 

discuss the SEDAR 16 stock assessment 

review process for king mackerel in the 

South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and 

develop recommendations for the 

SEDAR Steering Committee. 

11. Allocation Committee Meeting: 

September 18, 2008, 8 a.m. until 9 a.m. 

The Allocation Committee will 

discuss future outlook components of an 

allocation equation and provide 

guidance to staff. 

12. LAPP Committee Meeting: 

September 18, 2008, 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. 

The LAPP Committee will review and 

discuss the Wreckfish Individual 

Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program, 

develop recommendations for 

appointments to the Golden Tilefish 

Workgroup, and develop a Workgroup 

meeting timeline. 

13. Dolphin Wahoo Committee Meeting: 

September 18, 2008, 10 a.m. until 12 

noon 

The Dolphin Wahoo Committee will 

review the Dolphin Wahoo FMP, receive 

a presentation on changes in the 

recreational harvest, and review recent 

recreational and commercial catch 

levels. 

14. Council Session: September 18, 

2008, 1:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. and 

September 19, 2008, 8 a.m. until 12:30 

p.m. 

Council Session: September 18, 2008, 

1:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. 

From 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., the Council 

will call the meeting to order, adopt the 

agenda, and approve the June 2008 

meeting minutes. The Council will also 

elect a Chairman and Vice-Chairman. 

From 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., the Council 

will hear a report from the Shrimp 

Committee and approve Amendment 7 

for submission to the Secretary of 

Commerce, and consider other 

Committee recommendations and take 

action as appropriate. 

Note: A public comment session will 

be held at 2:00 p.m. regarding 

Amendment 7 to the Shrimp FMP. 

From 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., the 

Council will receive a report from the 

Spiny Lobster Committee and approve 

the Generic Import Amendment for 

submission to the Secretary of 

Commerce, consider other 

recommendations, and take action as 

appropriate. 

Note: A public comment session will 

be held at 2:30 p.m. regarding the Spiny 

Lobster Generic Import Amendment. 

From 3 p.m. - 6 p.m., the Council will 

receive a report from the Snapper 

Grouper Committee, approve 

Amendment 16 for submission to the 

Secretary of Commerce, approve an 

Interim Rule for submission to the 

Secretary of Commerce, consider other 

Committee recommendations, and take 

action as appropriate. 

Note: A public comment session will 

be held beginning at 3 p.m. regarding 

Snapper Grouper Amendment 16. The 

Council will take public comment on 

the Interim Rule immediately following 

the public comment on Amendment 16. 

Council Session: September 19, 2008, 8 

a.m. until 12:30 p.m. 

From 8 a.m. - 8:15 a.m., the Council 

will receive a legal briefing on litigation 

(Closed Session). 

From 8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m., the 

Council will receive a presentation on 

the Consolidated Atlantic Highly 

Migratory Species FMP. 

From 8:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m., the 

Council will receive a presentation on 

forage fish. 

From 9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., the 

Council will receive a report from the 

Joint Executive and Finance 

Committees, consider 

recommendations, and take action as 

appropriate. 

From 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m., the 

Council will receive a report from the 

SOPPs Committee, consider 

recommendations, and take action as 

appropriate. 

From 9:45 a.m. - 10 a.m., the Council 

will receive a report from the AP 

Selection Committee, consider 

recommendations, and take action as 

appropriate. 

From 10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m., the Council 

will receive a report from the Joint 

Habitat and Ecosystem-Based 

Committees, approve the FEP and the 

Comprehensive Ecosystem Amendment 

for a second round of public hearings, 

consider other recommendations and 

take action as appropriate. 

From 10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., the 

Council will receive a report from the 

SEDAR Committee, consider 

recommendations, and take action as 

appropriate. 

From 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m., the 

Council will receive a report from the 

Allocation Committee, consider 

recommendations, and take action as 

appropriate. 

From 10:45 a.m. - 11 a.m., the Council 

will receive a report from the LAPP 

Committee, appoint a Golden Tilefish 

Workgroup, consider other Committee 

recommendations and take action as 

appropriate. 

From 11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m., the Council 

will receive a report from the Dolphin 

Wahoo Committee, consider 

recommendations and take action as 

appropriate. 

From 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., the 

Council will receive status reports from 

NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Regional 

Office, NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast 

Fisheries Science Center, agency and 

liaison reports, review Experimental 

Fishing Permit applications as 

necessary, and discuss other business 

including upcoming meetings. 

Documents regarding these issues are 

available from the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES). 


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1See 72 FR 61109 (2007), also available on 

NTIA’s Web site at: http://www.mtia.doc.gov/ 

ntiahome/frnotices/2007/LPTVfund_102907.pdf. 

2The Assistance Act authorizes NTIA to use the 

remaining amounts from the Conversion Program 

for consumer education and technical assistance 

regarding the digital television transition and the 

digital-to-analog converter box program authorized 

by section 3005 of the Deficit Reduction Act (TV 

Converter Box Coupon Program). 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subjects of formal 

final 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 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Except for advertised (scheduled) 

public hearings and public comment, 

the times and sequence specified on this 

agenda are subject to change. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) by September 11, 2008. 

Dated: August 25, 2008. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

[Docket No: 070920527–81110–02] 

Low-Power Television and Translator 

Digital-to-Analog Conversion Program 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Amendment to Notice of 

Availability of Funds. 

SUMMARY: On October 29, 2007, the 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration (NTIA) 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the establishment 

of the Low-Power Television and 

Translator Digital-to-Analog Conversion 

Program (Conversion Program) and 

announcing $8 million in funds 

available for grants. Pursuant to the 

requirements of the DTV Transition 

Assistance Act, Public Law No. 110–

295, NTIA has determined that the full 

funding amount is not necessary for the 

Conversion Program and herein 

announces the funds available for these 

grants to be $3.5 million. NTIA also 

announces certain changes in the 

application submission deadlines. 

DATES: The deadline for applications is 

February 17, 2009. However, NTIA will 

not be able to guarantee the availability 

of funds for those applications 

submitted (postmarked) after November 

17, 2008. For applications submitted 

(postmarked) on or after November 18, 

2008, through February 17, 2009, NTIA 

will use no more than $1 million of any 

of the $3.5 million remaining after 

November 17, 2008 and will process 

applications on a first-come, first-served 

basis until the $1 million is exhausted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Cooperman, Broadcasting 

Division Director, at telephone (202) 

482–5802; fax (202) 482–2156; e-mail 

wcooperman@ntia.doc.gov; or mail 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room H–

4812, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Low-Power Television and 

Translator Digital-to-Analog 

Conversion Program 

Section 3008 of the Deficit Reduction 

Act of 2005 (Deficit Reduction Act), 

Public Law No. 109–171, 120 Stat. 4, 

25–26 (2006), established the LowPower Television and Translator Digitalto-Analog Conversion Program 

(Conversion Program) to assist lowpower television stations so that they 

can continue analog broadcasting after 

the February 17, 2009 digital television 

transition of full-power television 

stations. The Deficit Reduction Act 

authorizes $10 million for NTIA to 

provide funding during fiscal years 2008 

and 2009 to eligible low-power 

television stations so that they may 

purchase digital-to-analog conversion 

devices that enable them to convert the 

incoming digital signal of their 

corresponding full-power television 

station to analog format for transmission 

on the low-power stations’ analog 

channel. 

On October 29, 2007, NTIA published 

a notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the Conversion Program; 

establishing the eligibility criteria, 

application requirements, and award 

amounts for the program; and 

announcing the availability of $8 

million for the grants.1 NTIA also 

distributed information about the 

Conversion Program through postings 

on http://www.grants.gov maintained by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

and NTIA’s Web site (http:// 

www.ntia.doc.gov/lptv), through two 

mailings to each low-power television 

licensee, and through information 

disseminated at industry meetings by 

NTIA officials. As of July 31, 2008, 

NTIA had received applications from 

749 low-power television facilities, 

including 689 applications from 

television translators, 50 applications 

from low-power television stations, and 

10 applications from Class A television 

stations. 

The DTV Transition Assistance Act 

On July 31, 2008, the DTV Transition 

Assistance Act (Assistance Act), Public 

Law No. 110–295, 122 Stat. 2972 (2008), 

was enacted. Section 2(a) of the 

Assistance Act amends Section 3008 of 

the Deficit Reduction Act to require 

NTIA to determine whether the full $10 

million authorized for the Conversion 

Program will be needed to assist eligible 

low-power television stations.2 The 

Assistance Act also provides that this 

determination may be adjusted from 

time to time. 

After reviewing the number of lowpower stations potentially eligible for 

the Conversion Program; the number of 

requests received through July 31, 2008; 

and the number of facilities that have 

received authorizations from the Federal 

Communications Commission to 

upgrade to digital transmission via 

flash-cut, NTIA determined that the full 

funding amount will not be necessary 

for payments to eligible low-power 

television stations. NTIA has 

determined that $3.5 million should 

adequately cover the amounts needed 

for payments to eligible low-power 

television facilities under the 

Conversion Program. NTIA has also 

determined to reduce this amount three 

months prior to February 17, 2009, 

digital transition deadline. 

Amendments to the Conversion 

Program 

Current program guidance provides 

that NTIA will accept applications 

through February 17, 2009, the deadline 

provided in Section 3008 of the Deficit 

Reduction Act. To assure maximum 

effectiveness of the funding for both the 

Conversion Program and the TV 

Converter Box Coupon Program, NTIA 

believes that the application process for 

the Conversion Program should be 

expedited. Therefore, to encourage 

earlier submission of Conversion 

Program applications, NTIA will make 


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