61620 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 198 / Tuesday, October 14, 2014 / Notices 

1See 79 FR 57058. 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: 

(301) 427–8401; fax: (301) 713–0376. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Sloan or Courtney Smith, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

18, 2014, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (79 FR 21900) that a 

request for a permit to conduct research 

on Weddell seals had been submitted by 

the above-named applicant. The 

requested permit has been issued under 

the authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the regulations 

governing the taking and importing of 

marine mammals (50 CFR part 216). 

Permit No. 18691–00 authorizes Dr. 

Williams to study sub-ice navigation 

and orientation of Weddell seals in the 

area around Ross Island, McMurdo 

Sound, Antarctica. In each of three 

annual field seasons (3 months during 

July–December across a 5-year project), 

up to 12 seals may be captured, sedated, 

weighed, measured, flipper tagged, 

blood sampled, and have ultrasound 

and metabolic measurements taken. 

Eight of those 12 animals will also be 

instrumented and translocated within 

their home range. Up to 20 Weddell 

seals may be incidentally disturbed and 

up to two Weddell seals may die during 

research activities during each of the 

three annual field seasons. Samples may 

be imported to the U.S. from Antarctica. 

The permit is valid through August 31, 

2019. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: October 8, 2014. 

Julia Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24330 Filed 10–10–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Technical Information Service 

National Technical Information Service 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Technical Information 

Service, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

next meeting of the National Technical 

Information Service Advisory Board (the 

Advisory Board), which advises the 

Secretary of Commerce and the Director 

of the National Technical Information 

Service (NTIS) on policies and 

operations of the Service. 

DATES: The Advisory Board will meet on 

Friday, October 31, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. 

to approximately 1:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Advisory Board will be 

held in Room 116 of the NTIS Facility 

at 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, 

Virginia 22312. Please note admittance 

instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bruce Borzino, (703) 605–6405, 

bborzino@ntis.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NTIS 

Advisory Board is established by 

Section 3704b(c) of Title 15 of the 

United States Code. The charter has 

been filed in accordance with the 

requirements of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

App.). 

The first session will review of NTIS 

performance and accomplishments in 

Fiscal Year 2014. The second session 

will focus on NTIS strategic direction in 

Fiscal Year 2015. A final agenda and 

summary of the proceedings will be 

posted at the NTIS Web site as soon as 

they are available (http://www.ntis.gov/ 

about/advisorybd.aspx). 

The NTIS Facility is a secure one. 

Accordingly persons wishing to attend 

should call the NTIS Visitors Center, 

(703) 605–6040, to arrange for 

admission. If there are sufficient 

expressions of interest, up to one-half 

hour will be reserved for public 

comments during the afternoon session. 

Questions from the public will not be 

considered by the Board but any person 

who wishes to submit a written question 

for the Board’s consideration should 

mail or email it to the NTIS Visitor 

Center, bookstore@ntis.gov, not later 

than October 17, 2014. 

Dated: October 7, 2014. 

Bruce Borzino, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24354 Filed 10–10–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

[Docket Number: 140821696–4830–02] 

RIN 0660–XC012 

First Responder Network Authority 

Proposed Interpretations of Parts of 

the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 

Creation Act of 2012 

AGENCY: First Responder Network 

Authority, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; correction and extension 

of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The First Responder Network 

Authority (FirstNet) published a notice 

and request for comments in the Federal 

Register on September 24, 2014, titled 

‘‘Proposed Interpretations of Parts of the 

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 

Creation Act of 2012’’ (RFC). The RFC 

inadvertently included an imprecise 

summary of the proposed definition of 

‘‘rural.’’ This notice corrects that error 

by asking commenters to disregard that 

summary. FirstNet is also extending the 

comment period for the RFC to align 

with the response deadline in a related 

Request for Information that seeks input 

from interested parties on approaches 

to, and objectives for, establishing a 

nationwide interoperable public safety 

broadband network. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 27, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eli 

Veenendaal, First Responder Network 

Authority, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

M/S 243, Reston, VA 20192; 703–648– 

4167; or elijah.veenendaal@firstnet.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 24, 2014, FirstNet published 

a notice and request for comments in 

the Federal Register, titled ‘‘Proposed 

Interpretations of Parts of the Middle 

Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 

2012’’ (RFC).1 The RFC contained an 

imprecise summary of the proposed 

definition of ‘‘rural.’’ To correct this 

mistake, FirstNet requests that 

commenters disregard the following 

incorrect statement, which appears in 

the RFC at page 57065 of volume 79 of 

the Federal Register: 

Taken collectively, the Rural Electrification 

Act defines the term ‘‘rural area’’ as a city, 

town, or incorporated area that has a 

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