Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 178 / Friday, September 12, 2008 / Notices 52949 

• Training and human resources 

operations; 

• Laboratory management and safety; 

• Hazardous materials safety; 

• Emergency medical response; 

• Environmental safety; 

• Environmental remediation; and 

• Security for hazardous materials. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

review and ultimately provide advice to 

the Department of Commerce on 

whether (a) The training, safety, 

security, and response protocols, (b) the 

implementation of those protocols and 

internal controls, and (c) the 

management structure at NIST are 

appropriate to ensure safe operations of 

all NIST programs. The agenda for this 

meeting will focus on NIST safety and 

management structure as well as a 

discussion of the findings from recent 

safety audits and investigations. The 

agenda may change to accommodate 

Commission business. 

DATES: The meeting will convene on 

September 17, 2008 at 9 a.m. and will 

adjourn at 5 p.m 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, Administration Building, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899. To 

enable NIST to make arrangements to 

admit visitors to the NIST campus, 

anyone wishing to attend this meeting 

should submit name, e-mail address and 

phone number to Mary Lou Norris 

(marylou.norris@nist.gov) no later than 

September 15, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Lou Norris, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, Building 

101, MS 1071, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, MD, 20899; telephone: 

(301) 975–2002; e-mail: 

marylou.norris@nist.gov. 

Dated: September 8, 2008. 

James M. Turner, 

Deputy Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–21340 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XJ52 

Marine Mammals; File No. 13388 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Sea World, Inc., 9205 South Park Center 

Loop, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32819 

[Brad Andrews, Responsible Party] has 

been issued a permit to import one 

beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) 

for public display. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

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; and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 

33701; phone (727)824–5312; fax 

(727)824–5309. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore or Kate Swails, (301) 

713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

20, 2008, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 29111) that a 

request for a public display permit to 

import one male adult beluga whale 

from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine 

Science Center, British Columbia, 

Canada to Sea World of Texas, had been 

submitted by the above-named 

organization. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: September 8, 2008. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–21348 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XJ54 

Marine Mammals; File No. 13428 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Niladri Basu, Ph.D., Department of 

Environmental Health Sciences, 

University of Michigan, 109 South 

Observatory Road, Ann Arbor, MI 

48109–2029, has been issued a scientific 

research permit to import marine 

mammal specimens for scientific 

research. 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

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; and 

Northeast Region, NMFS, One 

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 

01930–2298; phone (978)281–9300; fax 

(978)281–9394. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Skidmore or Kate Swails, (301) 

713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

12, 2008, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 33399) that a 

request for a scientific research permit 

had been submitted by the above-named 

individual. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and 

the regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The permit authorizes the importation 

of brain tissues from 40 baikal seals 

(Phoca sibirica). These samples were 

collected in 2005 under a joint 

agreement between the East-Siberian 

Research and Production Fisheries 

Center (Russia) and the Center for 

Marine Environmental Studies (Japan). 

The purpose of this study is to 

determine: (1) the types and amounts of 

heavy metals that baikal seals 

accumulate in specific brain regions; 

and (2) whether these exposures are a 

neurotoxicological concern by using 

novel biomarker technologies. This 

permit will expire one year from date of 

issuance. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 


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