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reef ecosystem management unit species 

in the designated low-use Marine 

Protected Areas; (2) fishing for any of 

these species using gear not specifically 

allowed in the regulations; or (3) fishing 

for, taking, or retaining any Potentially 

Harvested Coral Reef Taxa in the coral 

reef ecosystem regulatory area, to obtain 

and carry a permit. A receiving vessel 

must also have a transshipment permit 

for at-sea transshipment of coral reef 

management unit species. The permit 

application form provides basic 

information about the permit applicant, 

vessel, fishing gear and method, target 

species, projected fishing effort, etc., for 

use by NMFS and the Western Pacific 

Fishery Management Council in 

determining eligibility for permit 

issuance. The information is important 

for understanding the nature of the 

fishery and provides a link to 

participants. It also aids in the 

enforcement of Fishery Management 

Plan measures. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information is submitted to NMFS, in 

the form of paper permit application 

forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0463. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations and individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

12. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 30. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: October 6, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XL05 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold four public hearings to solicit 

comments on proposals to be included 

in the Draft Amendment 3 to the 

Northeast Skate Complex Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before 5 p.m. EST, 

November 10, 2008. The public hearings 

will be held from October 27, 2008 to 

October 30, 2008. For specific dates and 

times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The Council will take 

comments at public meetings in 

Hyannis and New Bedford, MA, 

Narragansett, RI and Portsmouth, NH. 

For specific locations, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Written 

comments should be sent to Patricia 

Kurkul, Regional Administrator, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, One 

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. 

Comments may also be sent via fax to 

(978) 281–9135 or submitted via e-mail 

to Skateamendment3@noaa.gov with 

‘‘Comments on Skate Draft Amendment 

3’’ in the subject line. Requests for 

copies of the public hearing document 

and other information should be 

directed to Paul J. Howard, Executive 

Director, New England Fishery 

Management Council, 50 Water Street, 

Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. The public 

hearing document is also accessible 

electronically via the Internet at http:// 

www.nefmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council proposes to take action to 

amend the Northeast Skate Complex 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and to 

address the new and revised 

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fisheries Act. The Council will consider 

comments from fishermen, interested 

parties and the general public on the 

proposals and alternatives described in 

the public hearing document for Draft 

Amendment 3 to the Northeast Skate 

Complex FMP. Once it has considered 

public comments, the Council will 

approve final management measures 

and prepare a submission package for 

NMFS. There will be an additional 

opportunity for written public 

comments on the proposed rule when it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

Major elements of the proposals in the 

Draft Amendment 3 and a Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement include: (1) measures to 

reduce catch via time/area closures and/ 

or skate possession limits to rebuild 

overfished smooth, thorny and winter 

skates as well as to stop overfishing of 

thorny skate; (2) implementation and 

specification of annual catch limits 

(ACLs) and accountability measures 

(AMs) to comply with a new mandate of 

the reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act; 

and (3) an annual specification and biannual review process to replace an 

obsolete baseline review procedure. 

There are two options for allocating 

ACLs to the skate wing and skate bait 

fisheries. There is also a hard total 

allowable catch (TAC) and soft TAC 

option to implement ACLs and AMs. 

The dates, times, locations and 

telephone numbers of the hearings are 

as follows: 

Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7 p.m. 

- Radisson Hotel, 287 Iyannough Road, 

Hyannis, MA 02601; telephone: (508) 

771–1700. 

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 7 p.m. 

- Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake 

Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740; 

telephone: (508) 997–0046. 

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 7 

p.m. - Narragansett Town Hall, 25 Fifth 

Avenue, Narragansett, RI 02882; 

telephone: (401) 789–1044. 

Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 7 p.m. 

- Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwin Road, 

Portsmouth, NH 03801; telephone: (603) 

431–6774. 

Special Accommodations 

These hearings are physically 

accessible to people with physical 

disabilities. Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Paul J. Howard 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: October 7, 2008. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

Notice of Availability for NonExclusive, Exclusive or Partially 

Exclusive Licensing of Invention 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

37 CFR 404.4, the Department of the Air 

Force announces the availability for 

licensing of the invention described in 

Provisional Patent Application no. 61/ 

123,566, entitled Object with Durably 

Bonded Lubricant Layer or Other 

Functional Coating, filed on 1 April 

2008, in the USPTO. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: The response 

time to this Notice runs 15 days from 

the date of publication hereof in the 

Federal Register. Written response 

should be sent to: the Air Force Material 

Command Law Office, AFMC LO/JAZ, 

2240 B. Street, Bldg.11, WrightPatterson AFB 45433–7109, attention, 

Thomas C. Stover. Telephone (937) 255– 

2838; fax (937) 255–3733. 

Bao-Anh Trinh, 

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for Grow the Army Actions at 

Fort Carson, CO 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

announces the availability of a DEIS for 

the implementation of the decision to 

station a new Infantry Brigade Combat 

Team (IBCT) and smaller combat 

support units at Fort Carson, and the 

potential stationing of a Combat 

Aviation Brigade (CAB) at Fort Carson 

in the future. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the DEIS will end 45 days after 

publication of an NOA in the Federal 

Register by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: For specific questions 

regarding the DEIS, please contact Ms. 

Deb Owings or Ms. Robin Renn, Fort 

Carson and Pinon Canyon Maneuver 

Site National Environmental Policy Act 

Coordinators, 1638 Elwell Street, 

Building 6236, Fort Carson, CO 80913– 

4000. Written comments may be mailed 

to that address or e-mailed to 

CARSDECAMNEPA@conus.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dee McNutt, Fort Carson Public Affairs 

Office, at (719) 526–1269, during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Proposed Action and analysis in the 

DEIS includes constructing new 

facilities at Fort Carson to support an 

IBCT and other combat support units 

(approximately 3,900 additional 

Soldiers and their dependents) and the 

potential stationing of a CAB 

(approximately 2,800 Soldiers and their 

dependents). Additional actions 

evaluated as part of the Proposed Action 

include upgrading ranges at Fort Carson 

and increased use of live-fire training 

ranges and maneuver areas at Fort 

Carson and the Pinon Canyon Maneuver 

Site (PCMS). Implementation of the 

Proposed Action is anticipated in 2009 

and would begin following the 

completion of a Final EIS and signing of 

a Record of Decision (ROD). The 

Proposed Action does not include the 

expansion of PCMS or any construction 

at PCMS. 

The stationing of additional BCTs and 

other force structure realignment actions 

across the Army was analyzed in the 

2007 Final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement for Army Growth and 

Force Structure Realignment. The ROD 

determined that Fort Carson would 

receive an additional IBCT and other 

units contingent on site-specific NEPA 

analysis. The DEIS is that site-specific 

analysis of the environmental and 

socioeconomic impacts of alternatives 

for implementing the Army’s previous 

stationing decision. The DEIS also 

analyzes the potential stationing of a 

CAB. 

The DEIS analyzes the impacts of 

several alternatives for construction of 

the IBCT facilities and the No Action 

Alternative. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the stationing of a new 

IBCT and CAB at Fort Carson would not 

be implemented. The No Action 

Alternative provides the baseline 

conditions for comparison to the 

Proposed Alternative. 

Impacts analyzed include a wide 

range of environmental resource areas: 

Land use, air quality, noise, geology and 

soils, water resources, biological 

resources, cultural resources, 

socioeconomics, transportation, 

utilities, hazardous and toxic 

substances, sustainability, and 

cumulative environmental effects. 

Additional concerns or impacts may be 

identified as a result of comments 

received on this DEIS. 

The Army invites full public 

participation to promote open 

communication and better decision 

making, including comment on the DEIS 

and participation in public meetings 

which will be announced in advance in 

local news media. The DEIS is available 

at local libraries surrounding Fort 

Carson and PCMS, and the document 

may also be accessed at http:// 

www.aec.army.mil. Comments from the 

public will be considered before any 

decision is made regarding 

implementation of the Proposed Action. 

Dated: October 3, 2008. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the Disposal and Reuse of 

Fort McPherson, Georgia 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army announces the 

availability of the DEIS, which evaluates 

the potential environmental and 

socioeconomic impacts of the disposal 

and reuse of Fort McPherson, Georgia, 

pursuant to the 2005 Base Realignment 

and Closure (BRAC) Commission 

recommendation. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the DEIS will end 45 days after 

publication of an NOA in the Federal 

Register by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments on the DEIS to: Victor 

Bonilla, BRAC Environmental Division, 

2053 North D Avenue, Building 400, 

Fort Gillem, GA 302975161. E-mail 

comments should be sent to 

victor.manuel.bonilla@conus.

us.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Victor Bonilla, BRAC Environmental 

Division by telephone at (404) 469– 

3557, or by e-mail at the above address. 

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