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1For purposes of this referral, hostage-taking 

would include unlawful detention by Iraq that 

resulted in an inability to leave Iraq or Kuwait after 

Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. 

2For purposes of this referral, ‘‘Iraq’’ shall mean 

the Republic of Iraq, the Government of the 

Republic of Iraq, any agency or instrumentality of 

the Republic of Iraq, and any official, employee or 

agent of the Republic of Iraq acting within the scope 

of his or her office, employment or agency. 

3For purposes of this category, pending litigation 

against Iraq for hostage taking refers to the 

following matters: Acree v. Iraq, D.D.C. 02–cv– 

00632 and 06–cv–00723, Hill v. Iraq, D.D.C. 99–cv– 

03346, Vine v. Iraq, D.D.C. 0 l–cv–02674; Seyam 

(Islamic Society of Wichita) v. Iraq, D.D.C. 03–cv– 

00888; Simon v. Iraq, D.D.C. 03–cv–00691. 

the Republic of Iraq, as defined below, 

within the scope of the ‘‘Claims 

Settlement Agreement Between the 

Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the 

Republic of Iraq,’’ dated September 2, 

2010 (‘‘Claims Settlement Agreement’’). 

DATES: These claims can now be filed 

with the Commission and the deadline 

for filing will be October 23, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian M. Simkin, Chief Counsel, Foreign 

Claims Settlement Commission of the 

United States, 600 E Street NW., Room 

6002, Washington, DC 20579, Tel. (202) 

616–6975, FAX (202) 616–6993. 

Notice of Commencement of Claims 

Adjudication Program 

Pursuant to the authority conferred 

upon the Secretary of State and the 

Commission under subsection 4(a)(1)(C) 

of Title I of the International Claims 

Settlement Act of 1949 (Pub. L. 455, 

81st Cong., approved March 10, 1950, as 

amended by Pub. L. 105–277, approved 

October 21, 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

1623(a)(1)(C)), the Foreign Claims 

Settlement Commission hereby gives 

notice of the commencement of a 

program for adjudication of certain 

categories of claims of United States 

nationals against the Republic of Iraq. 

These claims, which have been referred 

to the Commission by the Department of 

State by letter dated October 7, 2014, are 

defined as follows: 

Category A: This category shall consist of 

claims by U.S. nationals for hostage-taking 1

by Iraq 2 in violation of international law 

prior to October 7, 2004, provided that the 

claimant was not a plaintiff in pending 

litigation against Iraq for hostage taking 3 at 

the time of the entry into force of the Claims 

Settlement Agreement and has not received 

compensation under the Claims Settlement 

Agreement from the U.S. Department of 

State. 

Category B: This category shall consist of 

claims of U.S. nationals for death while being 

held hostage by Iraq in violation of 

international law prior to October 7, 2004. 

Category C: This category shall consist of 

claims of U.S. nationals for any personal 

injury resulting from physical harm to the 

claimant caused by Iraq in violation of 

international law prior to October 7, 2004, 

provided that the claimant: 1) had pending 

litigation against Iraq arising out of acts other 

than hostage taking; 2) has not already been 

compensated pursuant to the Claims 

Settlement Agreement; and 3) does not have 

a valid claim under and has not received 

compensation pursuant to category B of this 

referral. 

In conformity with the terms of the 

referral, the Commission will determine 

the claims in accordance with the 

provisions of 22 U.S.C. 1621 et seq., 

which comprises Title I of the 

International Claims Settlement Act of 

1949, as amended. The Commission will 

then certify to the Secretary of the 

Treasury those claims that it finds to be 

valid, for payment out of the claims 

fund established under the Claims 

Settlement Agreement. 

The Commission will administer this 

claims adjudication program in 

accordance with its regulations, which 

are published in Chapter V of Title 45, 

Code of Federal Regulations (45 CFR 

500 et seq.). In particular, attention is 

directed to subsection 500.3(a) of these 

regulations which, based on 22 U.S.C. 

1623(f), limits the amount of attorney’s 

fees that may be charged for legal 

representation before the Commission. 

These regulations are also available over 

the Internet at http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html. 

Approval has been obtained from the 

Office of Management and Budget for 

the collection of this information. 

Approval No. 1105–0100, expiration 

date 11/30/2016. 

Brian M. Simkin, 

Chief Counsel. 

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95–541. 

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a notice of permit applications received 

to conduct activities regulated under the 

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has developed regulations for the 

establishment of a permit system for 

various activities in Antarctica and 

designation of certain animals and 

certain geographic areas a requiring 

special protection. The regulations 

establish such a permit system to 

designate Antarctic Specially Protected 

Areas. 

Application Details 

1. Applicant: Dr. Ari Friedlaender, 

Permit Application: 2015–011, 2030 

Marine Science Drive, Hatfield Marine 

Science Center, Oregon State University, 

Newport, OR 97365. 

Activity for Which Permit is 

Requested: Take, Import into USA. The 

applicants propose to satellite tag and 

collect skin and blubber biopsy samples 

of minke, humpback and Arnoux’s 

beaked whales. The applicants would 

address the following basic hypotheses 

that require collecting of genetic and 

blubber samples from biopsies. They 

will investigate the stock structure of 

whales that inhabit the nearshore waters 

of the AP which requires genetic 

information contained in skin samples. 

These samples can be processed and 

compared against voucher samples from 

breeding populations in the Pacific 

Ocean to determine the population 

structure of animals feeding in Antarctic 

waters. Likewise, the sex of individual 

whales can be determined from genetic 

markers from the skin samples. 

Knowing the ratios of males: females 

can provide information about the 

growth and structure of the cetacean 

communities. In order to understand the 

diet of different marine mammals and 

if/how these change spatially or over the 

course of a season, they can compare the 

stable isotope signatures in blubber to 

those of their known prey items. This 

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common analysis is potent and can 

greatly inform studies on the feeding 

behavior of whales in the region. The 

applicants would use standard dartbiopsy methods that have been used for 

more than 2 decades and are proven to 

be both humane and appropriate. A 

small sterilized stainless steel tip would 

be attached to the end of a customized 

crossbow bolt that has a flotation 

stopper engineered on to it. When the 

dart hits the whale, it penetrates the 

outermost skin and collects a ∼10×5 mm 

sample of both skin and blubber. These 

samples are placed in sterilized 

cryovials and kept in ¥20 °C freezers 

until they are shipped frozen back to the 

labs for analysis. For satellite tagging, 

they are testing specific hypotheses 

regarding how the movement and 

behavior of humpback whales relates to 

that of their prey, Antarctic krill, and 

sea ice in the Antarctic environment. 

Satellite-transmitting tags offer the 

opportunity to track the movement of 

individual whales over long time 

periods and in relation to physical 

processes in their environment. They 

will deploy 10 satellite-linked 

implantable tags, designed to a 

maximum of 290mm into the back of the 

whale (generally just forward and to the 

left or right side of the dorsal fin). The 

tag is designed to penetrate just beneath 

the skin and hypodermis to anchor the 

tag. All external components of the tag 

are built from stainless steel and the tag 

is surgically sterilized prior to 

deployment. Each tag is deployed with 

the use of a compressed air gun. Once 

deployed, each tag turns on during the 

subsequent dive of the whale. Tags will 

then transmit upon each initial 

surfacing, and each 30 seconds of 

subsequent ‘dry time’ until the tag falls 

off the whale, malfunctions or the single 

AA lithium battery is exhausted. 

Investigators with significant experience 

in these methods would conduct both 

biopsy and satellite tagging. 

Location: Antarctic Peninsula 

between Marguerite Bay and the 

Gerlache Strait, inshore waters. 

Dates: January 1, 2015–December 31, 

2018. 

Nadene G. Kennedy, 

Polar Coordination Specialist, Division of 

Polar Programs. 

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Advisory Committee for International 

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Meeting 

In accordance with Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub., L. 92–463, as 

amended), the National Science 

Foundation announces the following 

meeting: 

Name: Advisory Committee for 

International Science and Engineering 

Meeting. #25104. 

Date/Time: November 6, 2014: 11 a.m. 

to 2 p.m. 

Place: National Science Foundation, 

4121 Wilson Boulevard, Stafford II— 

Suite 1155, Arlington, Virginia 22230. 

Type of Meeting: OPEN, VIRTUAL. 

Contact Person: Diane Drew, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230 

703–292–7220. 

Minutes: Meeting minutes and other 

information may be obtained from the 

AC–ISE Designated Federal Official at 

the above address or the Web site at 

http://www.nsf.gov/od/iia/ise/

advisory.jsp. 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide 

advice and recommendations on major 

goals and policies pertaining to 

International programs and activities. 

Agenda 

Thursday, November 6, 2014 11 a.m.–2 

p.m. 

• Welcome and Opening Remarks 

• Update on the Status of the ISE 

Section 

• Presentation and Discussion of the 

Report from the ISE Committee of 

Visitors 

• Presentation and Discussion of the 

Strategic Framework for International 

Engagement 

• Discussion of Other Recent 

Evaluations of NSF International 

Activities 

• (Tentative) Meeting with France 

Co ́rdova, NSF Director 

• Closing Remarks and Wrap Up 

Dated: October 17, 2014. 

Suzanne Plimpton, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

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[Docket No. NRC–2014–0155] 

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that a person is not required to respond 

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or extension: Extension. 

2. The title of the information 

collection: NRC Form 483, ‘‘Registration 

Certificate—In Vitro Testing with 

Byproduct Material Under General 

License.’’ 

3. Current OMB approval number: 

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the practice of veterinary medicine, 

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desires a general license to receive, 

acquire, possess, transfer, or use 

specified units of byproduct material in 

certain in vitro clinical or laboratory 

tests. 

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