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201, North Charleston, SC 29405; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free: 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South 

Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean 

Fishery Management Councils; in 

conjunction with NOAA Fisheries, the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission, and the Gulf States Marine 

Fisheries Commission; implemented the 

Southeast Data, Assessment and Review 

(SEDAR) process, a multi-step method 

for determining the status of fish stocks. 

The SEDAR Steering Committee meets 

regularly to provide oversight of the 

SEDAR process, establish assessment 

priorities, and provide coordination 

between assessment efforts and 

management activities. 

During this meeting the Steering 

Committee will receive reports on 

recent SEDAR activities, consider 

benchmark and update assessment 

scheduling for 2011–15, and discuss the 

SEDAR budget and process. 

Meeting Schedule: 

October 5, 2010: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. 

October 6, 2010: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

October 7, 2010: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council office (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at 

least 7 business days prior to the 

meeting. 

Dated: September 21, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an Opportunity To 

Apply for Membership on the U.S. 

Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

is currently seeking applications to fill 

three vacant positions on the U.S. 

Travel and Tourism Advisory Board 

(Board). The purpose of the Board is to 

advise the Secretary of Commerce on 

matters relating to the travel and 

tourism industry. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit application 

information via e-mail to jennifer.pilat@

trade.gov or by mail to Jennifer Pilat, 

Office of Advisory Committees, U.S. 

Travel and Tourism Advisory Board 

Executive Secretariat, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, Room 4043, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

DATES: All applications must be 

received by the Office of Advisory 

Committees by close of business on 

October 8, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Pilat, U.S. Travel and Tourism 

Advisory Board, Room 4043, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230, telephone: 202–482–5896, email: jennifer.pilat@trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Advisory Committees is accepting 

applications for three vacant positions 

on the Board for the current two-year 

charter term that began September 2009. 

Members shall serve until the Board’s 

charter expires on September 20, 2011. 

Members will be selected, in accordance 

with applicable Department of 

Commerce guidelines, based on their 

ability to advise the Secretary of 

Commerce on matters relating to the 

U.S. travel and tourism industries, to act 

as a liaison among the stakeholders 

represented by the membership and to 

provide a forum for those stakeholders 

on current and emerging issues in the 

travel and tourism industry. Members of 

the Board shall be selected in a manner 

that ensures that the Board is balanced 

in terms of points of view, industry 

sector or subsector, range of products 

and services, demographics, geographic 

locations, and company size. Additional 

factors which may be considered in the 

selection of Board members include 

candidates’ proven experience in 

promoting, developing, and 

implementing advertising and 

marketing programs for travel-related or 

tourism-related industries; or the 

candidates’ proven abilities to manage 

tourism-related or other service-related 

organizations. 

Each Board member shall serve as the 

representative of a U.S. entity or U.S. 

organization in the travel and tourism 

sector. For the purposes of eligibility, a 

U.S. entity shall be defined as a firm 

incorporated in the United States (or an 

unincorporated firm with its principal 

place of business in the United States) 

that is controlled by U.S. citizens or by 

another U.S. entity. An entity is not a 

U.S. entity if 50 percent plus one share 

of its stock (if a corporation, or a similar 

ownership interest of an unincorporated 

entity) is controlled, directly or 

indirectly, by non-U.S. citizens or nonU.S. entities. For the purposes of 

eligibility, a U.S. organization shall be 

defined as an organization, including a 

trade association or government unit or 

body, established under the laws of the 

United States that is controlled by U.S. 

citizens or by another U.S. organization 

or entity, as determined based on board 

of directors (or comparable governing 

body), membership, and revenue 

sources. 

Priority may be given to a Chief 

Executive Officer or President (or 

comparable level of responsibility) of a 

U.S. organization or U.S. entity in the 

travel and tourism sector. Priority may 

also be given to individuals with 

international tourism marketing 

experience. 

Officers or employees of state and 

regional tourism marketing entities are 

eligible for consideration for Board 

membership as representatives of U.S. 

organizations. A state and regional 

tourism marketing entity may include, 

but is not limited to, state government 

tourism offices, state and/or local 

government supported tourism 

marketing entities, or multi-state 

tourism marketing entities. Again, 

priority may be given to a Chief 

Executive Officer or President (or 

comparable level of responsibility) of a 

state and regional tourism marketing 

entity. 

Members will serve at the discretion 

of the Secretary of Commerce. Board 

members shall serve in a representative 

capacity, representing the views and 

interests of their particular business 

sector or subsector. Board members are 

not special government employees and 

will receive no compensation for their 

participation in Board activities. 

Members participating in Board 

meetings and events will be responsible 

for their travel, living and other 

personal expenses. Meetings will be 

held regularly and not less than twice 

annually, usually in Washington, DC. 

Members are required to attend a 

majority of the Board’s meetings. The 

current Board met initially on April 12, 

2010 in Washington DC and again on 

July 26, 2010 in New Orleans. The next 

meeting is scheduled to take place in 

Las Vegas on October 26, 2010. 

To be considered for membership, 

please provide the following: 

1. Name and title of the individual 

requesting consideration. 

2. A sponsor letter from the applicant 

on his or her organization/entity 

letterhead or, if the applicant is to 

represent an entity other than his or her 

employer, a letter from the entity to be 


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represented, containing a brief 

statement of why the applicant should 

be considered for membership on the 

Board. This sponsor letter should also 

address the applicant’s travel and 

tourism-related experience. 

3. The applicant’s personal resume. 

4. An affirmative statement that the 

applicant is not required to register as 

a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents 

Registration Act of 1938, as amended. 

5. An affirmative statement by the 

applicant that he or she is not a 

federally registered lobbyist, and that 

the applicant understands that he or 

she, if appointed, will not be allowed to 

continue to serve as a Board member if 

the applicant becomes a federally 

registered lobbyist. 

6. If the applicant represents a state or 

regional tourism marketing entity, the 

functions and responsibilities of the 

entity. 

7. If the applicant represents an 

organization, information regarding the 

control of the organization, including 

the governing structure, members, and 

revenue sources as appropriate 

signifying compliance with the criteria 

set forth above. 

8. If the applicant represents a 

company, information regarding the 

control of the company, including the 

governing structure and stock holdings 

as appropriate signifying compliance 

with the criteria set forth above. 

9. The entity’s or organization’s size 

and ownership, product or service line 

and major markets in which the entity 

or organization operates. 

Appointments of members to the 

Board will be made by the Secretary of 

Commerce. 

Dated: September 21, 2010. 

Jennifer Pilat, 

Executive Secretary, U.S. Travel and Tourism 

Advisory Board. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24049 Filed 9–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Minority Business Development 

Agency 

[Docket No.: 100914450–0452–02] 

Solicitation of Applications for the 

MBDA Business Center (MBC) 

Program 

AGENCY: Minority Business 

Development Agency, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Minority Business 

Development Agency (MBDA) is 

soliciting competitive applications from 

organizations to operate a MBDA 

Business Center (MBC). This notice 

specifies the thirty (30) MBC projects 

and their respective locations are being 

individually competed. The MBC 

program delivers strategic business 

consulting services to eligible minority 

business enterprise (MBE) clients 

through the use of business consultants 

and the leveraging of strategic 

partnerships. Responsibility for 

ensuring that applications in response 

to this competitive solicitation are 

complete and received by MBDA on 

time is the sole responsibility of the 

applicant. Applications submitted must 

be for the operation of a MBC and to 

provide business consulting services to 

eligible MBEs. Applications that do not 

meet these requirements will be 

rejected. This is not a grant program to 

help start or to further an individual 

business. 

A link to the full text of the 

Announcement of Federal Funding 

Opportunity (FFO) for this solicitation 

may be accessed at: http:// 

www.Grants.gov, or at http:// 

www.mbda.gov. The FFO contains a full 

and complete description of the 

application and programmatic 

requirements under the MBC Program. 

In order to receive proper consideration, 

applicants must comply with the 

requirements contained in the FFO. 

DATES: The closing date for receipt of 

applications is November 10, 2010 at 5 

p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). 

Complete applications must be 

submitted electronically through http:// 

www.Grants.gov. The date that 

applications will be deemed to have 

been submitted electronically shall be 

the date and time received by 

www.Grants.gov. Applicants should 

save and print the proof of submission 

they receive from Grants.gov. 

Applications received after the closing 

date and time will not be considered. 

Anticipated time for processing is 

approximately one hundred-forty (140) 

days from the closing date for receipt of 

applications. MBDA anticipates that 

awards made pursuant to this notice 

will be made with a start date of April 

1, 2011. 

Pre-Application Conference: In 

connection with this solicitation, two 

pre-application conferences are 

scheduled for October 20 and 25, 2010. 

The time and location of the preapplication conference have yet to be 

determined. Participants must register at 

least 24 hours in advance of the 

conference and may participate in 

person or by telephone. Please visit the 

MBDA Internet Portal at http:// 

www.mbda.gov (MBDA Portal) or 

contact an MBDA representative listed 

below for the specific time and location 

of the pre-application conference and 

for registration instructions. 

ADDRESSES: Applicants are required to 

submit their proposal electronically 

through http://www.Grants.gov. MBDA 

will not accept hard-copy, facsimile or 

email transmissions of applications. 

Electronic submissions should be 

made in accordance with the 

instructions available at Grants.gov (see 

http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

resources.jsp for detailed information). 

Applicants should register as 

organizations, not as individuals. As 

part of the registration process the 

person submitting the application must 

be registered as an Authorized 

Organizational Representative (AOR) of 

the organization. AORs registered at 

http://www.Grants.gov are the only 

officials with the authority to submit 

applications at http://www.Grants.gov. If 

the application is submitted by anyone 

other than the organization’s AOR it 

will be rejected and cannot be 

considered for the competition. Note 

that a given organization may designate 

multiple individuals as AORs for 

purposes of http://www.Grants.gov 

purposes. MBDA strongly recommends 

that applicants not wait until the 

application deadline date to begin the 

application process through Grants.gov 

as, in some cases, the process for 

completing an online application may 

require 3–5 working days. Before 

beginning to apply through http:// 

www.Grants.gov, please review fully the 

application instructions posted at 

http://www.Grants.gov and in Section 

IV. of the FFO. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, please visit 

MBDA’s Minority Business Internet 

Portal at http://www.mbda.gov. 

Agency Contacts: MBDA Office of 

Business Development, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 5085, 

Washington, DC 20230. Contact: Ms. 

Rita Gonzales, Program Manager, 202– 

482–1940. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. Section 1512 and 

Executive Order 11625. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA): 11.805, MBDA 

Business Center. 

Program Description: The MBC 

program is a key component of MBDA’s 

overall portfolio of minority business 

development services, focusing on 

securing large public and/or private 

contracts and financing transactions, 

stimulating job creation and facilitating 

entry to global markets for ‘‘eligible 

minority-owned businesses.’’ For this 


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