Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 190 / Friday, October 1, 2010 / Notices 60721 

Dated: September 24, 2010. 

Susan H. Kuhbach, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24731 Filed 9–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Aerospace Supplier Development 

Mission to China; Recruitment 

Reopened for Additional Applications 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Timeframe for Recruitment and 

Applications 

Mission recruitment will be 

conducted in an open and public 

manner, including publication in the 

Federal Register, posting on the 

Commerce Department trade mission 

calendar (http://www.ita.doc.gov/ 

doctm/tmcal.html) and other Internet 

web sites, press releases to general and 

trade media, direct mail, notices by 

industry trade associations and other 

multiplier groups, and publicity at 

industry meetings, symposia, 

conferences, and trade shows. 

The recruitment has reopened and the 

deadline for additional applications is 

extended to September 29, 2010. The 

U.S. Department of Commerce will 

review all additional applications after 

the deadline. We will inform applicants 

of selection decisions as soon as 

possible after the deadline. Applications 

received after the deadline will be 

considered only if space and scheduling 

constraints permit. 

Companies who have already applied 

do not need to reapply. 

Contacts 

U.S. Commercial Service Domestic 

Contact 

Lisa Huot, 202–482–2796, 

Lisa.Huot@trade.gov. 

Lisa Huot, 

Trade Promotion Programs, International 

Trade Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24637 Filed 9–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648-XZ21 

Notice of Intent to Prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement on Implementing Recovery 

Actions for Hawaiian Monk Seals 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare a 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement; announcement of public 

scoping period; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces its 

intent to prepare a Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) 

to analyze the environmental impacts of 

implementing specific management 

actions and administering the associated 

research and enhancement program for 

Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus 

schauinslandi) in the Northwestern and 

Main Hawaiian Islands. Publication of 

this notice begins the official public 

scoping process that will help identify 

alternatives and determine the scope of 

environmental issues to be considered 

in the PEIS. 

ADDRESSES: Written statements and 

questions regarding the public scoping 

process must be postmarked by 

November 15, 2010. To be included on 

a mailing list and receive newsletters 

and copies of the Draft and Final PEIS, 

please send mailing address and/or 

email address to Jeff Walters, Hawaiian 

Monk Seal Recovery Coordinator, 

Protected Resources Division, NOAA 

NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, 

1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1110, 

Honolulu, HI 96814. Comments on this 

notice and the scoping process for this 

action may be submitted by: 

• Mail: 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 

1110, Honolulu, HI 96814. 

• Scoping Meetings: Oral and written 

comments will be accepted during the 

upcoming scoping meetings. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, SCOPING 

MEETINGS (below) for dates and 

locations of public scoping meetings for 

this issue. 

• Email: monkseal@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Walters, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional 

Office, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 

1110, Honolulu, HI 96814, or via the 

following email address: 

monkseal@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is 

the Federal agency responsible for 

management of Hawaiian monk seals, 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA; 

16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). NMFS funds and 

conducts research and enhancement 

activities on Hawaiian monk seals in the 

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) 

and Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). In 

1976, NMFS listed Hawaiian monk seals 

as ‘‘endangered’’ under the ESA and 

‘‘depleted’’ under the MMPA. As 

required under section 4 of the ESA, 

NMFS published a Recovery Plan for 

the species in 1983, which was revised 

in 2007. The funds administered by 

NMFS to implement recovery actions, 

including research and enhancement, 

have been designated by Congress and 

allocated within NMFS’ annual budgets 

for the purpose of promoting Hawaiian 

monk seal recovery. The intent of this 

PEIS is to evaluate, in compliance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the 

potential direct, indirect, and 

cumulative impacts on the human 

environment of the alternative 

approaches to implementing recovery 

actions, including research and 

enhancement activities, under the 

Hawaiian monk seal recovery program. 

Background 

The Hawaiian monk seals’ population 

has experienced a prolonged decline 

and currently only approximately 1,200 

monk seals remain. Numerous threats to 

the survival of Hawaiian monk seals are 

identified in the Hawaiian monk seal 

Recovery Plan. In the NWHI, young 

seals are starving, pups are being killed 

by sharks, seals are getting entangled in 

marine debris, and sea level rise 

threatens terrestrial habitats. Low 

juvenile survival over the past two 

decades is the primary cause of the 

population’s decline. There is 

insufficient recruitment into the 

breeding population, and the population 

decline will likely continue without 

intervention. Enhancement activities, 

including but not limited to 

translocating seals from areas of lower 

to higher survival probability, are being 

considered to improve juvenile survival 

and the overall health of the population. 

The purpose of implementing 

recovery activities for Hawaiian monk 

seals is to promote the recovery of the 

species population to levels at which 

ESA protection is no longer needed. 

Research, enhancement, and 

management activities on Hawaiian 

monk seals considered in this PEIS are 

funded, undertaken, and permitted by 

NMFS, which are federal actions 

requiring NEPA compliance. The need 

for this action is rooted in fundamental 


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