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516–9896; conference ID 8334. Any 

interested member of the public may 

call this number and listen to the 

meeting. Callers can expect to incur 

charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 

register by contacting Evelyn Bohor of 

the Rocky Mountain Regional Office and 

TTY/TDD (303) 866–1049 by noon on 

November 1. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by December 4, 2010. 

The address is: U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, Rocky Mountain Regional 

Office, 999 18th Street, Suite 1380 

South, Denver, CO 80202. Comments 

may be e-mailed to ebohor@usccr.gov. 

Records generated by this meeting may 

be inspected and reproduced at the 

Rocky Mountain Regional Office, as 

they become available, both before and 

after the meeting. Persons interested in 

the work of this advisory committee are 

advised to go to the Commission’s Web 

site, http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact 

the Rocky Mountain Regional Office at 

the above e-mail or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, October 18, 

2010. 

Peter Minarik, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26487 Filed 10–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, October 29, 2010; 

8:30 a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: 624 Ninth Street, NW., Room 

540, Washington, DC 20425. 

Meeting Agenda 

This meeting is open to the public. 

I. Approval of Agenda. 

II. Program Planning. 

• Approval of New Black Panther 

Party Enforcement Report. 

• Consideration of Findings and 

Recommendations for Briefing 

Report on English-Only in the 

Workplace. 

• Consideration of Policy on 

Commissioner Statements and 

Rebuttals. 

• Update on Sex Discrimination in 

Liberal Arts College Admissions— 

Some of the discussion of this 

agenda item may be held in closed 

session. 

• Update on Clearinghouse Project. 

III. State Advisory Committee Issues. 

• Kentucky SAC. 

• Maryland SAC. 

• Vermont SAC. 

IV. Staff Director’s Report. 

V. Announcements. 

VI. Approval of Minutes of October 8 

Meeting. 

VII. Adjourn. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting 

Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376– 

8591. TDD: (202) 376–8116. 

Persons with a disability requiring 

special services, such as an interpreter 

for the hearing impaired, should contact 

Pamela Dunston at least seven days 

prior to the meeting at 202–376–8105. 

TDD: (202) 376–8116. 

Dated: October 19, 2010. 

David Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26752 Filed 10–19–10; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting cancellation. 

SUMMARY: On October 12, 2010 (75 FR 

63144–63145), the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights announced a business 

meeting to be held on Friday, October 

22, 2010 at the Commission’s 

headquarters. On Monday, October 18, 

2010, the meeting was cancelled. The 

decision to cancel the meeting was too 

close in time to the date and time of the 

meeting for the publication of a 

cancellation notice to appear in advance 

of the scheduled meeting date. The 

details of the cancelled meeting are: 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, October 22, 2010; 

9:30 a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: 624 Ninth Street, NW., Room 

540, Washington, DC 20425. 

Meeting Agenda 

This meeting is open to the public. 

I. Approval of Agenda. 

II. Program Planning. 

• Approval of New Black Panther 

Party Enforcement Report. 

• Consideration of Findings and 

Recommendations for Briefing 

Report on English-Only in the 

Workplace. 

• Consideration of Policy on 

Commissioner Statements and 

Rebuttals. 

• Update on Sex Discrimination in 

Liberal Arts College Admissions— 

Some of the discussion of this 

agenda item may be held in closed 

session. 

• Update on Clearinghouse Project. 

III. State Advisory Committee Issues. 

• Kentucky SAC. 

• Maryland SAC. 

• Vermont SAC. 

IV. Staff Director’s Report. 

V. Announcements. 

VI. Approval of Minutes of October 8 

Meeting. 

VII. Adjourn. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Lenore Ostrowsky, Acting 

Chief, Public Affairs Unit (202) 376– 

8591. TDD: (202) 376–8116. 

Persons with a disability requiring 

special services, such as an interpreter 

for the hearing impaired, should contact 

Pamela Dunston at least seven days 

prior to the meeting at 202–376–8105. 

TDD: (202) 376–8116. 

Dated: October 19, 2010. 

David Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26751 Filed 10–19–10; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XZ86 

Marine Mammals; File No. 14525 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Oleg Lyamin, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychiatry, 

School of Medicine, University of 

California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 16111 

Plummer St., North Hills, CA 91343, has 

applied in due form for a permit to 


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import specimens of northern fur seals 

(Callorhinus ursinus) for scientific 

research. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments must be received on or before 

November 22, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the Features box on the 

Applications and Permits for Protected 

Species (APPS) home page, https:// 

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 14525 from the list of available 

applications. 

These documents are also available 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following office(s): 

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) 713–0376; and 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562) 980–4001; 

fax (562) 980–4018. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted to the Chief, 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, at the address listed above. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Please include File No. 14525 in the 

subject line of the e-mail comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division at the address listed 

above. The request should set forth the 

specific reasons why a hearing on this 

application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Sloan or Jennifer Skidmore, (301) 

713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The applicant proposes to import 

biological samples from 10 subadult 

male fur seals over a five-year period for 

studies on mechanisms of sleep in fur 

seals. Fur seals will be captured in 

Russia, held in captivity, sampled while 

in captivity, and euthanized at the 

termination of study to obtain their 

brains. Whole brains and brain tissues 

will be imported to the U.S. for 

anatomical and immunohistochemical 

studies. The first aim of the project is to 

correlate the release of major 

neurotransmitters in the brain of the fur 

seal during sleep and waking using 

microdialysis, high-performance liquid 

chromatography and radioimmunoassay 

analysis. The second aim of the study is 

to localize the distribution of the above 

mentioned cell groups in the fur seal 

brain as well as to localize the positions 

of the sites where the microdialysis 

samples were collected. Samples would 

be imported from Russia to UCLA for 

analysis and samples would be exported 

from the U.S. to South Africa for 

additional analysis. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: October 15, 2010. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 101014509–0508–01] 

RIN 0648–XZ62 

Notice of Availability of Draft Policy for 

the Assessment of Civil Administrative 

Penalties and Permit Sanctions for 

Public Review and Comment 

AGENCY: Office of General Counsel 

(OGC), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

announces the availability of a draft 

Policy for the Assessment of Civil 

Administrative Penalties and Permit 

Sanctions (Penalty Policy) for public 

review and comment. 

DATES: The draft Penalty Policy will 

remain available for public review until 

December 20, 2010. To ensure that 

comments will be considered, NOAA 

must receive written comments by 

December 20, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov or 

penaltypolicy@noaa.gov; 

• Fax: 301 427–2210; Attn: Frank 

Sprtel; 

• Mail: Office of General Counsel for 

Enforcement and Litigation, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, 8484 Georgia Avenue, 

Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 

Attn: Frank Sprtel. 

The draft Penalty Policy is available 

electronically at the following Web site: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ 

penaltypolicy.html. Commenters may 

also request a hard copy of the draft 

Penalty Policy by sending a selfaddressed envelope (size 8.5 x 11 

inches) to the street address provided 

above. Comments submitted in response 

to this notice are a matter of public 

record. Before including an address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in a 

comment, please be aware that 

comments—including any personal 

identifying information—can and will 

be made publicly available. While a 

request can be made to withhold 

personal identifying information from 

public review, NOAA cannot ensure 

that it will be able to do so. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Sprtel at the above address or by 

telephone at 301 495–7147. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft 

Penalty Policy is intended to provide 

guidance for the Assessment of civil 

administrative penalties and permit 

sanctions under the statutes and 

regulations enforced by NOAA. As 

explained more fully in the text of the 

draft Penalty Policy, the purpose of the 

Policy is to ensure that: (1) Civil 

administrative penalties and permit 

sanctions are assessed in accordance 

with the laws that NOAA enforces in a 

fair and consistent manner; (2) penalties 

and permit sanctions are appropriate for 

the gravity of the violation; (3) penalties 

and permit sanctions are sufficient to 

deter both particular violators and the 

regulated community from committing 

violations; (4) economic incentives for 

noncompliance are eliminated; and (5) 

compliance is expeditiously achieved 

and maintained to protect natural 

resources. Under this Policy, NOAA 

expects to improve consistency at a 

national level, provide greater 

predictability for the regulated 

community and the public, improve 


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