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invites interested parties, including 

accreditors, testing laboratories and test 

equipment suppliers, to attend a 

meeting regarding the conformity 

assessment scheme proposed for the 

evaluation of Internet Protocol Version 

6 (IPv6) products to be purchased by 

federal agencies. The purpose of the 

meeting is to announce details of the 

proposed testing program for IPv6 

devices, and specifically, to identify 

potential accreditation bodies to 

participate in the program. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

February 19, 2008, from 9 a.m. till 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

at National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Building 101, 

Lecture Room B. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Nightingale, 301 975 4171, 

usgv6-project@antd.nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In June 

2005 the Office of Management and 

Budget initiated a policy to expedite 

adoption and deployment of IPv6 

within the Federal Government (http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/ 

fy2005/m05–22.pdf). As part of this 

policy, NIST was directed to develop a 

standard to address IPv6 compliance for 

the Federal Government. In response, 

NIST has developed NIST SP 500–267 

‘‘A Profile for IPv6 in the U.S. 

Government’’ that provides such a 

standard and outlines the basic 

parameters for a compliance testing 

program. (see: http://www.antd.nist.gov/ 

usgv6/.) 

The USG IPv6 Testing Program will 

require that products document claims 

of compliance to the profile through a 

Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity 

(SDOC) in accordance with ISO/IEC 

17050. Such declarations will be 

traceable to specific test results from 

laboratories accredited to the specific 

requirements of the IPv6 Test Program, 

including full compliance with ISO/IEC 

17025—General requirements for the 

competence of testing and calibration 

laboratories. Laboratory accreditation 

will be provided by bodies operating in 

accordance with ISO/IEC 17011—

General requirements for accreditation 

bodies accrediting conformity 

assessment bodies. 

The scope of laboratory accreditation 

includes test methods for computer 

network protocol conformance and 

interoperability testing based on open 

public test suites. The detailed set of 

test methods and validation procedures 

are still under development. One 

purpose of this meeting is to discuss the 

general plans for the development and 

execution of the test program and to 

identify parties interested in 

collaborating in the further development 

of its details. 

Provisional Agenda 

1. The USG IPv6 profile, its 

components and timing constraints. 

2. Accreditor qualification. 

3. Test method validation. 

4. Suppliers Declaration of 

Conformity. 

5. Discussion. 

All intending participants must 

register in advance, to gain access to the 

campus. Due to space limitations, there 

is a limit of 60 participants in this 

workshop. Precedence will be given to 

the first two representatives of each 

accreditation body and IPv6 testing 

laboratory. Please register early and 

designate your primary representative, 

in case there is a further need, due to 

a high response rate, to limit 

participation to one representative per 

organization to ensure that all interested 

parties can participate. Access to the 

NIST campus and the room cannot be 

guaranteed for unregistered participants. 

Dated: January 31, 2008. 

Richard F. Kayser, 

Acting Deputy Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF09 

Endangered and Threatened Species: 

Program Review for Section 7 

Counterpart Regulations National Fire 

Plan Activities 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; availability of report. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the 

availability of a joint report on the 

Forest Service and Bureau of Land 

Management’s use of the counterpart 

regulations for projects that support the 

National Fire Plan. 

ADDRESSES: The report and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or on-line from the 

NMFS website: http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/. You may also 

send an e-mail request to 

NMFS.nationalfireplan@noaa.gov, or a 

written request to: Endangered Species 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13660, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–1401; fax (301)427–2523. 

Specify whether you wish to receive a 

hard copy by U.S. mail or an electronic 

copy by e-mail. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Garrett, Endangered Species Division at 

(301)713–1401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Alternative 

Consultation Agreements NMFS and the 

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have 

with the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) and the Forest Service (FS), 

conducted a review of the 

determinations that BLM and FS made 

under the joint counterpart regulations 

for Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

section 7 consultation. The counterpart 

regulations, codified in 50 CFR part 402 

subpart C, provide an optional 

alternative to the standard section 7 

consultation process described in 

subparts A and B, and were developed 

specifically for agency projects that 

authorize, fund, or carry out actions that 

support the National Fire Plan. The 

National Fire Plan, part of the 

President’s 2002 Healthy Forests 

Initiative, is an interagency strategy for 

reducing the risk of catastrophic 

wildland fires and resorting fire-adapted 

ecosystems. The intent of the 

counterpart regulations is to eliminate 

the need to conduct informal 

consultation and obtain written 

concurrence from the FWS and NMFS 

for those National Fire Plan actions that 

the FS or BLM determines are ‘‘not 

likely to adversely affect (NLAA)’’ any 

listed species or designated critical 

habitat. 

According to the counterpart 

regulations for National Fire Plan 

activities, the FS or BLM may make 

NLAA determinations for fire plan 

projects after entering into an 

Alternative Consultation Agreement 

with FWS and NMFS, and upon 

implementing the provisions of the 

ACA. Each ACA outlines the procedures 

and roles of the agencies and specific 

requirements for reporting, training and 

execution of self-certification, and 

conducting periodic program 

monitoring of the use of the counterpart 

regulations. With the publication of this 

Notice of Availability, NMFS and FWS 

are announcing the completion of the 

first review of the FS’s and BLM’s use 

of the counterpart regulations and the 

availability of the report describing the 

results of the program review and 

recommendations for improving their 

decisions made pursuant to this 

authority. The results of the first review 


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are available on-line from the NMFS 

website: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: February 1, 2008. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–2278 Filed 2–6–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF47 

Endangered Species; File No. 1595 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

modification 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Mr. Michael M. Hastings, University of 

Maine, 5717 Corbett Hall, Orono, Maine 

04469, has requested a modification to 

scientific research Permit No. 1595–01. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

March 10, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The modification request 

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. 

Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on this request should be 

submitted 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 modification 

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. 1595. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandy Belmas or Malcolm Mohead, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject modification to Permit No. 

1595–01, issued on May 1, 2007 (72 FR 

19469) is requested under the authority 

of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 

as amended (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). 

Permit No. 1595–01 authorizes the 

permit holder to: capture, anesthetize, 

measure, weigh, sex (borescope), Carlin 

and PIT tag, recover and release up to 

70 sub-adult and adult shortnose 

sturgeon annually. Up to 30 sub-adult 

and adult shortnose sturgeon, annually, 

would be fitted (or implanted) with an 

external (or internal) transmitter, in 

addition to the previously mentioned 

procedures. This permit also authorizes 

the annual lethal take of up to 50 

shortnose sturgeon eggs, up to 30 of 

which may be transported to the lab for 

genetic sampling. Up to 2 incidental 

mortalities of shortnose sturgeon each 

year is also currently authorized. 

The permit holder is now requesting 

authorization to: (1) increase the total 

annual take of shortnose sturgeon from 

100 fish to 200 fish; (2) expand netting 

efforts to include currently restricted 

areas (i.e., within 0.5 miles of the 

confluence of the Penobscot River with 

Cove Brook, and the Kenduskeag River); 

(3) add D-net sampling as a method of 

sturgeon egg collection; (4) add nonlethal blood sampling as a procedure 

(which would be conducted on up to 30 

fish of which the capture and handling 

is already authorized); and (5) add and 

remove personnel authorized to conduct 

research activities. The purpose of the 

proposed modification is to better assess 

the distribution, movements, abundance 

and spawning of shortnose sturgeon in 

the Penobscot River, Maine. This 

modification would be valid through the 

expiration date of the original permit, 

March 31, 2012. 

Dated: February 1, 2008. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XE83 

Incidental Take of Marine Mammals; 

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental 

to Missile Launch Operations from San 

Nicolas Island, CA 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of a letter of 

authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, notification is 

hereby given that a letter of 

authorization (LOA) to take three 

species of marine mammals incidental 

to missile launch operations from San 

Nicolas Island, CA (SNI) has been 

issued to the Naval Air Warfare Center 

Weapons Division (NAWC-WD), Point 

Mugu, CA. 

DATES: This authorization is effective 

from February 3, 2008, through October 

2, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The application, LOA, and 

Navy monitoring report are available for 

review in the Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 or by 

contacting one of the individuals 

mentioned below (See FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Howard Goldstein or Ken Hollingshead, 

NMFS, (301) 713–2289 ext. 172. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 

1361 et seq.) directs NMFS to allow, on 

request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of marine mammals 

by U.S. citizens who engage in a 

specified activity (other than 

commercial fishing), if certain findings 

are made by NMFS and regulations are 

issued. Under the MMPA, the term 

‘‘taking’’ means to harass, hunt, capture, 

or kill or to attempt to harass, hunt, 

capture or kill marine mammals. 

Authorization may be granted for 

periods up to five years if NMFS finds, 

after notification and opportunity for 

public comment, that the taking will 

have a negligible impact on the species 

or stock(s) of marine mammals and will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on the availability of the species or 

stock(s) for certain subsistence uses. In 

addition, NMFS must prescribe 

regulations that include permissible 

methods of taking and other means of 


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