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medical conditions (enclosure (3)) or the 

inability to meet the physical ability 

standards (enclosure (2)). This was 

added to articulate the Coast Guard’s 

flexibility and willingness to consider 

the unique needs and work 

environments of individual mariners 

who are otherwise unable to meet the 

medical and/or physical standards 

specified in the NVIC. 

Finally, at the request of both 

MERPAC and TSAC, a new paragraph 

11 was added to this enclosure 

authorizing—but not requiring—the 

Coast Guard to designate certain 

medical practitioners as ‘‘trusted 

agents’’ to perform physical 

examinations on mariners. Physical 

examinations conducted by these 

designated trusted agents and/or their 

recommendations may be given more 

weight by the Coast Guard. The Coast 

Guard would specify the criteria for 

designation as a trusted agent if/when 

the Coast Guard initiates this program. 

It is not anticipated that the NVIC will 

result in significantly higher rates of 

disqualification for mariners, nor in 

increased processing time for credential 

applications with physical and/or 

medical issues. To the contrary, the 

Coast Guard expects the process to be 

more consistent and less subjective, and 

that the application processing time will 

be reduced because all parties will 

know precisely what information is 

needed at the outset of the application 

process. 

The Coast Guard did receive some 

comments that the NVIC may increase 

costs. Based on consultation with 

medical practitioners and MERPAC, we 

determined exams and documentation 

addressed by the NVIC are commonly 

required by current medical practice 

and will not represent a significant 

additional cost to the individual. The 

NVIC guidelines apply if the applicant 

has an underlying medical condition. 

The majority of medical evaluations and 

tests specified in the NVIC will be 

provided by the mariner’s primary care 

provider or specialist as part of standard 

care. 

Potential benefits associated with 

adoption of this NVIC include decreased 

credential application processing time 

and clearer medical and physical 

guidelines for merchant mariners. We 

also anticipate that public safety will 

improve as result of this NVIC, since 

mariners and the medical community 

would be aware of complete policy 

guidance that is consistent with current 

industry health care practice when 

evaluating medical conditions. 

Dated: September 17, 2008. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations & 

Standards. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Landmarks Committee of the National 

Park System Advisory Board Meeting 

AGENCY: National Park Service, U.S. 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act [5 U.S.C. Appendix 

(1988)], that a meeting of the Landmarks 

Committee of the National Park System 

Advisory Board will be held beginning 

at 1 p.m. on October 28, 2008 at the 

following location. The meeting will 

continue beginning at 9 a.m. on October 

29. 

DATES: October 28–29, 2008. 

Location: The 2nd Floor Board Room 

of the National Trust for Historic 

Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Henry, National Historic 

Landmarks Program, National Park 

Service, 1849 C Street, NW. (2280), 

Washington, DC 20240; Telephone (202) 

354–2216; e-mail Patty_Henry@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting of the 

Landmarks Committee of the National 

Park System Advisory Board is to 

evaluate nominations of historic 

properties in order to advise the 

National Park System Advisory Board of 

the qualifications of each property being 

proposed for National Historic 

Landmark (NHL) designation, and to 

make recommendations regarding the 

possible designation of those properties 

as National Historic Landmarks to the 

National Park System Advisory Board at 

its subsequent meeting at a place and 

time to be determined. The Committee 

also makes recommendations to the 

National Park System Advisory Board 

regarding amendments to existing 

designations and proposals for 

withdrawal of designation. 

The members of the Landmarks 

Committee are: 

Dr. Larry E. Rivers, Chair, 

Dr. James M. Allan, 

Dr. Cary Carson, 

Ms. Mary Werner DeNadai, FAIA, 

Dr. Alferdteen Brown Harrison, 

Mr. E. L. Roy Hunt, J.D., 

Mr. Ronald James, 

Dr. William J. Murtagh, 

Dr. William D. Seale, 

Dr. Jo Anne Van Tilburg. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. Pursuant to 36 CFR part 65, any 

member of the public may file, for 

consideration by the National Park 

System Advisory Board, written 

comments concerning the National 

Historic Landmarks nominations, 

amendments to existing designations, or 

proposals for withdrawal of designation. 

Comments should be submitted to 

J. Paul Loether, Chief, National Register 

of Historic Places and National Historic 

Landmarks Program, National Park 

Service, 1849 C Street, NW. (2280), 

Washington, DC 20240; E-mail 

Paul_Loether@nps.gov. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

The National Park System Advisory 

Board and Its Landmarks Committee 

may consider the following 

nominations: 

Nominations 

Arizona 

• Sage Memorial Hospital School of 

Nursing, Ganado Mission, Ganado, AZ 

California 

• Steedman Estate/Casa del Herrero, 

Santa Barbara County, CA 

Colorado 

• Ludlow Tent Colony Site, Las 

Animas County, CO 

Connecticut 

• Richard Alsop IV House, 

Middletown, CT 

Florida 

• The Miami Circle at Brickell Point 

Site, Miami, FL 

Illinois 

• New Philadelphia Town Site, Pike 

County, IL 

Minnesota 

• Christ Church Lutheran, 

Minneapolis, MN 

Pennsylvania 

• Alfred Newton Richards Medical 

Research Laboratories and David 

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Goddard Laboratories Buildings, 

Philadelphia, PA 

Wisconsin 

• Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm, 

Fairfield & Lewiston Townships, WI 

Proposals for Withdrawal of 

Designation 

• Florence Mills House, New York 

City, NY 

Dated: August 19, 2008. 

J. Paul Loether, 

Chief, National Historic Landmarks Program, 

National Park Service, Washington, DC. 

[FR Doc. E8–22732 Filed 9–26–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–51–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–IA–2008–N0223; 

96300–1671–0000 FY08 R4] 

Request for Information and 

Recommendations on Species 

Proposals, Resolutions, Decisions, 

and Agenda Items for Consideration at 

the Fifteenth Regular Meeting of the 

Conference of the Parties to the 

Convention on International Trade in 

Endangered Species of Wild Fauna 

and Flora; U.S. Approach for the 

Meeting of the Conference of the 

Parties 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for information. 

SUMMARY: To implement the Convention 

on International Trade in Endangered 

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES 

or the Convention), the Parties to the 

Convention meet periodically to review 

what species in international trade 

should be regulated and other aspects of 

the implementation of CITES. The 

fifteenth regular meeting of the 

Conference of the Parties to CITES 

(CoP15) is tentatively scheduled to be 

held in late January 2010 in Doha, 

Qatar. Therefore, with this notice we are 

soliciting recommendations for 

amending Appendices I and II of CITES 

at CoP15 as well as recommendations 

for resolutions, decisions, and agenda 

items for discussion at CoP15. We invite 

you to provide us with information and 

recommendations on animal and plant 

species that should be considered as 

candidates for U.S. proposals to amend 

CITES Appendices I and II. Such 

amendments may concern the addition 

of species to Appendix I or II, the 

transfer of species from one Appendix 

to another, or the removal of species 

from Appendix II. We also invite you to 

provide us with information and 

recommendations on possible 

resolutions, decisions, and agenda items 

for discussion at the upcoming meeting. 

Finally, with this notice we also 

describe the U.S. approach to 

preparations for CoP15. 

DATES: We will consider all information 

and comments received by November 

28, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send correspondence 

pertaining to species proposals to the 

Division of Scientific Authority, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Room 110, Arlington, 

Virginia 22203, or via e-mail to: 

scientificauthority@fws.gov. Comments 

and materials received pertaining to 

species proposals will be available for 

public inspection, by appointment, from 

8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, at the Division of Scientific 

Authority. 

Send correspondence pertaining to 

resolutions, decisions, and agenda items 

to the Division of Management 

Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 

212, Arlington, Virginia 22203, or via email at: CoP15@fws.gov. Comments and 

materials received pertaining to 

resolutions, decisions, and agenda items 

will be available for public inspection, 

by appointment, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, at the Division 

of Management Authority. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information pertaining to species 

proposals: Rosemarie Gnam, Chief, 

Division of Scientific Authority, phone 

703–358–1708, fax 703–358–2276, email: scientificauthority@fws.gov. 

For information pertaining to 

resolutions, decisions, and agenda 

items: Robert R. Gabel, Chief, Division 

of Management Authority, phone 

703–358–2095, fax 703–358–2298, 

e-mail: CoP15@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Convention on International 

Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 

Fauna and Flora, hereinafter referred to 

as CITES or the Convention, is an 

international treaty designed to regulate 

international trade in certain animal and 

plant species that are now or potentially 

may be threatened with extinction. 

These species are listed in the 

Appendices to CITES, which are 

available on the CITES Secretariat’s Web 

site at http://www.cites.org/eng/app/

index.shtml. Currently, 173 countries, 

including the United States, are Parties 

to CITES. The Convention calls for 

biennial meetings of the Conference of 

the Parties, which review its 

implementation, make provisions 

enabling the CITES Secretariat in 

Switzerland to carry out its functions, 

consider amendments to the list of 

species in Appendices I and II, consider 

reports presented by the Secretariat, and 

make recommendations for the 

improved effectiveness of CITES. Any 

country that is a Party to CITES may 

propose amendments to Appendices I 

and II, resolutions, decisions, and 

agenda items for consideration by all the 

Parties at the meeting. 

This is our first in a series of Federal 

Register notices that, together with 

announced public meetings, provide 

you with an opportunity to participate 

in the development of the U.S. 

submissions to and negotiating 

positions for the fifteenth regular 

meeting of the Conference of the Parties 

to CITES (CoP15). Our regulations 

governing this public process are found 

in 50 CFR 23.87. 

Announcement of the Fifteenth Meeting 

of the Conference of the Parties 

We hereby notify you of the 

convening of CoP15, which is 

tentatively scheduled to be held in late 

January 2010 in Doha, Qatar. 

U.S. Approach for CoP15 

What are the priorities for U.S. 

submissions to CoP15? 

Priorities for U.S. submissions to 

CoP15 continue to be consistent with 

the overall objective of U.S. 

participation in the Convention: to 

maximize the effectiveness of the 

Convention in the conservation and 

sustainable use of species subject to 

international trade. With this in mind, 

we plan to consider the following 

factors in determining what issues to 

submit for inclusion in the agenda at 

CoP15: 

(1) Does the proposed action address 

a serious wildlife trade issue that the 

United States is experiencing as a range 

country for species in trade? Since our 

primary responsibility is the 

conservation of our domestic wildlife 

resources, we will give native species 

highest priority. We will place 

particular emphasis on terrestrial and 

freshwater species with the majority of 

their range in the United States and its 

territories that are or may be traded in 

significant numbers; marine species that 

occur in U.S. waters or for which the 

United States is a major exporter; and 

threatened and endangered species for 

which we and other Federal and State 

agencies already have statutory 

responsibility for protection and 

recovery. We also consider CITES 

listings as a proactive measure to 

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