49994 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 165 / Monday, August 25, 2008 / Notices 

Dated: August 18, 2008. 

Edward C. Yang, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–19663 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Federal Consistency Appeal by 

Foothill/Eastern Transportation 

Corridor Agency 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (Commerce). 

ACTION: Notice of stay—closure of 

administrative appeals decision record. 

SUMMARY: This announcement provides 

notice that the Secretary of Commerce 

has stayed, for a period of 60 days, 

closure of the decision record in an 

administrative appeal filed by Foothill/ 

Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency 

and its Board of Directors (TCA). 

DATES: The decision record for the 

Foothill/Eastern Transportation 

Corridor Agency Consistency Appeal 

will now close on October 24, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Office of the General 

Counsel for Ocean Services, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1305 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Street or Gladys Miles, 

Attorney-Advisors, Office of the General 

Counsel, via e-mail at 

gcos.inquiries@noaa.gov, or at (301) 

713–2967. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 15, 2008, TCA filed notice of 

an appeal with the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary), pursuant to the 

Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 

(CZMA), 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., and 

implementing regulations found at 15 

C.F.R. Part 930, Subpart H. TCA 

appealed an objection to its construction 

of an extension to California State Route 

241 in northern San Diego and southern 

Orange Counties, California. 

Under the CZMA, the Secretary must 

close the decision record in an appeal 

160 days after the notice of appeal is 

published in the Federal Register. 16 

U.S.C. 1465. However, the CZMA 

authorizes the Secretary to stay closing 

the decision record for up to 60 days 

when the Secretary determines it 

necessary to receive, on an expedited 

basis, any supplemental information 

specifically requested by the Secretary 

to complete a consistency review or any 

clarifying information submitted by a 

party to the proceeding related to 

information in the consolidated record 

compiled by the lead Federal permitting 

agency. 16 U.S.C. 1465(b)(3). 

The decision record is currently 

scheduled to close on August 25, 2008. 

After reviewing the decision record 

developed to date, the Secretary has 

decided to solicit supplemental and 

clarifying information. In order to allow 

receipt of this information, the Secretary 

hereby stays closure of the decision 

record until October 24, 2008. 

Additional information about the TCA 

Consistency Appeal and the CZMA 

appeals process is available from the 

Department of Commerce CZMA 

appeals Web site http:// 

www.ogc.doc.gov/czma.htm. 

Dated: August 20, 2008. 

Joel La Bissonniere, 

Assistant General Counsel for Ocean Services. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No. 

11.419 Coastal Zone Management Program 

Assistance.) 

[FR Doc. E8–19667 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XJ31 

Fisheries of the Northeast Region; 

Fisheries of the Southeast Region; 

Highly Migratory Species 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of determination of 

overfished and overfishing conditions. 

SUMMARY: This action serves as a notice 

that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary), has determined 

that northeast smooth skate, South 

Atlantic red snapper, and Gulf of 

Mexico gray triggerfish are overfished 

and that northeast thorny skate is 

subject to overfishing. NMFS notified 

the respective regional fishery 

management councils (Councils) 

responsible for these fisheries of its 

determination. The Councils are 

required to take action within 1 year 

following notification by NMFS that 

overfishing is occurring, a stock is 

approaching overfishing, a stock is 

overfished, a stock is approaching an 

overfished condition, or existing 

remedial action taken to end overfishing 

or rebuild an overfished stock has not 

resulted in adequate progress. In 

addition, the Secretary has determined 

that the highly migratory species 

blacknose shark is overfished and 

overfishing is occurring. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Seanbob Kelly, telephone: (301) 713–

2341. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to sections 304(e)(2) and (e)(7) of the 

Magnuson–Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson–Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 

1854(e)(2) and (e)(7), and implementing 

regulations at 50 CFR 600.310(e)(2), 

NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, 

notifies fishery management councils 

when overfishing is occurring, a stock is 

approaching overfishing, a stock is 

overfished, a stock is approaching an 

overfished condition, or existing action 

taken to end previously identified 

overfishing or rebuilding a previously 

identified overfished stock or stock 

complex has not resulted in adequate 

progress. 

On June 20, 2008, the NMFS 

approved Amendment 30A to the 

Fishery Management Plan for the Reef 

Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico 

and implemented it with a final rule 

published in the Federal Register (73 

FR 38139; July 3, 2008). Amendment 

30A established management targets 

and thresholds for Gulf of Mexico gray 

triggerfish that were previously 

undefined. Based on these new status 

determination criteria the NMFS found 

that the Gulf of Mexico gray triggerfish 

is overfished using an earlier stock 

assessment (SEDAR 9, 2006). 

Amendment 30A includes a rebuilding 

plan for Gulf of Mexico gray triggerfish. 

On July 8, 2008, the NMFS Southeast 

Regional Administrator sent a letter 

notifying the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (South Atlantic 

Council) that South Atlantic red 

snapper is overfished. The South 

Atlantic Council must submit a 

rebuilding plan for red snapper within 

one year of that notification. 

On July 21, 2008, the NMFS Northeast 

Regional Administrator sent a letter 

notifying the New England Fishery 

Management Council (New England 

Council) that smooth skate is overfished 

and that thorny skate is undergoing 

overfishing. Thorny skate is currently 

under a rebuilding plan. The New 

England Council must therefore ensure 

that overfishing is ended and that the 

stock rebuilds on schedule. Copies of 

the notification letters sent to the fishery 

management councils for the 

aforementioned determinations are 

available at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ 

sfa/statusoffisheries/SOSmain.htm. 


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NMFS previously published the 

Secretary’s determination that blacknose 

shark is overfished and subject to 

overfishing (73 FR 25665; May 7, 2008). 

It is included in this notice to provide 

complete documentation of the 

overfished and overfishing 

determinations made between April 1, 

2008 and June 30, 2008. 

Within 1 year of a notification under 

Magnuson–Stevens Act sections 

304(e)(2) or (e)(7), the respective 

Council must take remedial action in 

response to the notification, to end 

overfishing if overfishing is occurring; 

rebuild an overfished stock or stock 

complex to the abundance that can 

produce maximum sustainable yield 

within an appropriate time frame; 

prevent overfishing from occurring if a 

stock is approaching overfishing; and/or 

prevent a stock from becoming 

overfished if it is approaching an 

overfished condition (see implementing 

regulations at 50 CFR 600.310(e)(3)). 

Such action must be submitted to NMFS 

within 1 year of notification and may be 

in the form of a new fishery 

management plan (FMP), an FMP 

amendment, or proposed regulations. 

Dated: August 19, 2008. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19666 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal Nos. 08–80] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense 

Security Cooperation Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)( 1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Public 

Law 104–164 dated 21 July 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 601–

3740. 

The following is a copy of a letter to 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Transmittals 08–80 

with attached transmittal, policy 

justification, and Sensitivity of 

Technology. 

Dated: August 15, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

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