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Visiting Committee on Advanced 

Technology (VCAT) 

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations 

to Karen Lellock, Executive Director, 

VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, MD 20899– 

1060. Nominations may also be 

submitted via fax to 301–216–0529 or 

via email at karen.lellock@nist.gov. 

Additional information regarding the 

VCAT, including its charter, current 

membership list, and executive 

summary may be found on its electronic 

homepage at http://www.nist.gov/

director/vcat/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Lellock, Executive Director, 

VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail 

Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, MD 20899– 

1060, telephone 301–975–8678, fax 

301–216–0529; or via email at 

karen.lellock@nist.gov. 

Committee Information 

The VCAT (Committee) was 

established in accordance with 15 

U.S.C. 278 and the Federal Advisory 

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

App. 

Objectives and Duties 

1. The Committee shall review and 

make recommendations regarding 

general policy for NIST, its organization, 

its budget, and its programs, within the 

framework of applicable national 

policies as set forth by the President and 

the Congress. 

2. The Committee will function solely 

as an advisory body, in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

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

App. 

3. The Committee shall report to the 

Director of NIST. 

4. The Committee shall provide an 

annual report, through the Director of 

NIST, to the Secretary of Commerce for 

submission to the Congress not later 

than 30 days after the submittal to 

Congress of the President’s annual 

budget request in each year. Such report 

shall deal essentially, though not 

necessarily exclusively, with policy 

issues or matters which affect NIST, or 

with which the Committee in its official 

role as the private sector policy adviser 

of NIST is concerned. Each such report 

shall identify areas of research and 

research techniques of NIST of potential 

importance to the long-term 

competitiveness of United States 

industry, in which NIST possesses 

special competence, which could be 

used to assist United States enterprises 

and Untied States industrial joint 

research and development ventures. 

Such report also shall comment on the 

programmatic planning document and 

updates thereto submitted to Congress 

by the Director under subsections (c) 

and (d) of section 278i of the NIST Act. 

The Committee shall submit to the 

Secretary and the Congress such 

additional reports on specific policy 

matters as it deems appropriate. 

Membership 

1. The Committee shall consist of 

fifteen members appointed by the 

Director of NIST, at least ten of whom 

shall be from United States industry. 

Members shall be selected solely on the 

basis of established records of 

distinguished service; shall provide 

representation of a cross-section of 

traditional and emerging United States 

industries; and shall be eminent in 

fields such as business, research, new 

product development, engineering, 

labor, education, management 

consulting, environment, and 

international relations. No employee of 

the Federal Government shall serve as a 

member of the Committee. 

2. The Director of NIST shall appoint 

the members of the Committee. 

Members shall be selected on a clear, 

standardized basis, in accordance with 

applicable Department of Commerce 

guidance. 

3. The term of office of each member 

of the Committee shall be three years, 

except that vacancy appointments shall 

be for the remainder of the unexpired 

term of the vacancy. 

Miscellaneous 

1. Members of the Committee will not 

be compensated for their services, but 

will, upon request, be allowed travel 

expenses in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

5701 et seq., while attending meetings 

of the Committee or of its 

subcommittees, or while otherwise 

performing duties at the request of the 

chairperson, while away from their 

homes or a regular place of business. 

2. Members of the Committee shall 

serve as Special Government Employees 

(SGEs) and will be subject to the ethics 

standards applicable to SGEs. As SGEs, 

the members are required to file an 

annual Executive Branch Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report. 

3. Meetings of the VCAT usually take 

place at the NIST headquarters in 

Gaithersburg, Maryland, and may be 

held periodically at the NIST site in 

Boulder, Colorado. Meetings are usually 

two days in duration and are held at 

least twice each year. 

4. Generally, Committee meetings are 

open to the public. 

Nomination Information: 

1. Nominations are sought from all 

fields described above. 

2. Nominees should have established 

records of distinguished service and 

shall be eminent in fields such as 

business, research, new product 

development, engineering, labor, 

education, management consulting, 

environment and international relations. 

The category (field of eminence) for 

which the candidate is qualified should 

be specified in the nomination letter. 

Nominations for a particular category 

should come from organizations or 

individuals within that category. A 

summary of the candidate’s 

qualifications should be included with 

the nomination, including (where 

applicable) current or former service on 

federal advisory boards and federal 

employment. In addition, each 

nomination letter should state that the 

candidate agrees to the nomination, 

acknowledges the responsibilities of 

serving on the VCAT, and will actively 

participate in good faith in the tasks of 

the VCAT. 

3. The Department of Commerce is 

committed to equal opportunity in the 

workplace and seeks a broad-based and 

diverse VCAT membership. 

Dated: October 30, 2014. 

Richard Cavanagh, 

Acting Associate Director for Laboratory 

Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD595 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Applications for three new 

scientific research permits, one permit 

modification, and seven research permit 

renewals. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received 11 scientific 

research permit application requests 

relating to Pacific salmon, sturgeon, 

rockfish, and eulachon. The proposed 

research is intended to increase 

knowledge of species listed under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to 

help guide management and 

conservation efforts. The applications 

may be viewed online at: https://apps.

nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/preview_open_

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DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the applications must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on 

December 5, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

applications should be sent to the 

Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 

1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments 

may also be sent via fax to 503–230– 

5441 or by email to nmfs.nwr.apps@

noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob 

Clapp, Portland, OR (ph.: 503–231– 

2314), Fax: 503–230–5441, email: 

Robert.Clapp@noaa.gov). Permit 

application instructions are available 

from the address above, or online at 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following listed species are 

covered in this notice: 

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): Threatened Lower 

Columbia River (LCR); threatened Puget 

Sound (PS); threatened Snake River (SR) 

fall-run; threatened SR spring/summerrun (spr/sum); endangered Upper 

Columbia River (UCR) spring-run; 

threatened Upper Willamette River 

(UWR). 

Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened 

UCR; threatened SR; threatened middle 

Columbia River (MCR); threatened LCR; 

threatened PS; threatened UWR. 

Sockeye salmon (O. nerka): 

Endangered SR. 

Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened 

Columbia River (CR); threatened Hood 

Canal summer (HCS). 

Coho salmon (O. kisutch): Threatened 

LCR; threatened Oregon Coast (OC). 

Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus): 

Threatened southern distinct population 

segment (DPS) (S. eulachon). 

Green sturgeon (Acipenser 

medirostris): Threatened southern DPS. 

Rockfish (Sebastes spp.): Endangered 

Puget Sound/Georgia Basin (PS/GB) 

bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis); 

threatened PS/GB canary rockfish (S. 

pinniger); threatened PS/GB yelloweye 

rockfish (S. ruberrimus). 

Authority 

Scientific research permits are issued 

in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) 

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

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

NMFS issues permits based on findings 

that such permits: (1) Are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; and (3) are consistent 

with the purposes and policy of section 

2 of the ESA. The authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits. 

Anyone requesting a hearing on an 

application listed in this notice should 

set out the specific reasons why a 

hearing on that application would be 

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such 

hearings are held at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. 

Applications Received 

Permit 1523–3R 

The National Council of Air and 

Stream Improvements (NCASI) is 

seeking to renew its permit to annually 

take listed salmon while conducting 

research in the McKenzie and 

Willamette rivers in Oregon. The 

researchers are requesting another fiveyear permit to take juvenile UWR 

Chinook salmon while studying water 

quality and biological conditions in 

rivers receiving paper and pulp mill 

discharges. The research would provide 

information on existing conditions in 

the watersheds and on changes in those 

conditions over time. Ultimately, the 

research would produce data regarding 

the aquatic communities’ responses to 

environmental stressors. The 

information would be used in a larger 

effort to monitor watershed health, 

water quality, and salmon recovery in 

the upper Willamette River subbasin. 

The NCASI researchers propose to 

capture (using boat electrofishers), 

handle, and release listed salmon. They 

do not intend to capture adult fish but 

some may be in the area being fished 

and would be avoided as much as 

possible. While most of the fish would 

be unharmed, some juveniles may 

unintentionally be killed during the 

course of the research. 

Permit 1525–6R 

The Northwest Fisheries Science 

Center (NWFSC) is seeking to renew its 

permit to annually take listed salmonids 

while studying habitat occurrence, diet, 

contaminant concentrations, and health 

indicators in juvenile salmonids from 

the Lower Willamette and Columbia 

Rivers. The NWFSC is requesting 

another five-year permit to take SR 

spring/summer Chinook salmon, SR fall 

Chinook salmon, SR sockeye, SR 

steelhead, UCR Chinook salmon, UCR 

steelhead, MCR steelhead, LCR Chinook 

salmon, LCR coho salmon, LCR 

steelhead, UWR Chinook salmon, UWR 

steelhead, CR chum salmon, Southern 

Distinct Population Segment (DPS) 

green sturgeon, and Southern DPS 

eulachon. The purposes of the study are 

to (1) determine contaminant 

concentrations in fish, (2) understand 

bioaccumulation in juvenile salmon and 

determine site specific factors, (3) 

analyze for the presence of 

physiological biomarkers, and (4) 

investigate the presence of indicators of 

exposure to environmental estrogens. 

The research would benefit the fish by 

providing resource managers with 

information on contaminant presence 

and concentration for a variety of 

contaminants and in a wide array of 

species. That data, in turn, would be 

used to inform numerous processes and 

documents from fishing regulations to 

recovery plans. The NWFSC would 

collect samples with seines or high 

speed rope trawls in the lower 

Willamette River, Oregon, and in the 

Columbia River from Bonneville Dam to 

the mouth. Researchers would handle 

juvenile fish and intentionally kill some 

of them to assay pathogen prevalence 

and intensity, biochemical composition, 

histopathological attributes, and 

stomach content analyses. 

Permit 10020–4M 

The City of Bellingham (COB) is 

seeking to modify a five-year research 

permit that currently allows them to 

take juvenile PS Chinook salmon and 

juvenile and adult PS steelhead. The 

sampling would take place in Cemetery 

and Squalicum creeks near Bellingham, 

WA. The purpose of the study is to 

assess the effectiveness of habitat 

restoration measures implemented as 

part of the Whatcom Creek Long-term 

Restoration Plan by documenting fish 

population trends. This research would 

benefit the affected species by informing 

future restoration designs as well as 

providing data to support future 

enhancement projects. The COB 

proposes to capture fish using smolt 

traps placed in Cemetery and Squalicum 

creeks. Fish would be captured, 

anesthetized, identified by species, 

measured, have a tissue sample taken 

(to determine their origin), and allowed 

to recover in cool, aerated water before 

being released back to the stream. The 

researchers do not propose to kill any of 

the listed salmonids being captured, but 

a small number may die as an 

unintended result of the activities. 

Permit 14668–2R 

The United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service (FWS) is seeking to renew its 

permit to take listed salmonids while 

conducting the National Wild Fish 

Health Survey. The FWS is requesting 

another five-year permit to take listed 

salmon and steelhead while conducting 

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research on the distribution of the 

Spring Viremia virus in wild carp. The 

FWS would capture, handle, and release 

listed juvenile salmonids (UCR 

Chinook, UCR steelhead, SR spring/

summer Chinook, SR fall Chinook, SR 

steelhead, SR sockeye, MCR steelhead, 

LCR Chinook, LCR coho, LCR steelhead, 

CR chum, UWR Chinook, UWR 

steelhead, and OC coho) while 

conducting the research on carp. The 

FWS researchers would use beach 

seines and boat- and backpack 

electrofishing equipment to capture 

juvenile fish. The researchers would 

avoid contact with adult salmonids. If 

listed fish are captured during the 

research, they would be released 

immediately. The researchers do not 

expect to kill any listed fish but a small 

number may die as an unintended result 

of the research activities. 

Permit 15205–3R 

The KWIAHT Center for the Historical 

Ecology of the Salish Sea is seeking to 

renew for five years a research permit 

that currently allows them to take 

juvenile PS Chinook salmon. Sampling 

sites would occur offshore of Blakely, 

Decatur, Lopez, and Waldron islands in 

the San Juan Island archipelago in 

Washington’s Puget Sound. The purpose 

of this research is to measure prey 

opportunities (quantity and quality) for 

juvenile Chinook and other salmonids 

when they congregate annually in the 

San Juan Islands basin. This research 

would benefit PS Chinook salmon by 

analyzing the importance of terrestrial 

prey to juvenile wild Chinook during 

their neritic life history stage. The 

researchers propose using a beach seine 

to capture the fish. Fish would be 

captured, anesthetized, measured, have 

a tissue sample taken (sample scale and 

fin clip), gastric lavaged, and be allowed 

to recover in cool, aerated water until 

they are ready for release. The 

researchers do not propose to kill any of 

the listed salmonids being captured, but 

a small number may die as an 

unintended result of the activities. 

Permit 15230–2R 

West Fork Environmental, Inc. (WFE) 

is seeking to renew for five years a 

research permit that currently allows 

them to take juvenile PS Chinook 

salmon and PS steelhead. The work 

would be conducted at sampling sites 

on the Tolt River (Snoqualmie River 

sub-basin). The purpose of the study is 

to better understand the seasonal use of 

the Tolt River and its tributaries by 

juvenile summer PS steelhead prior to 

their outmigration. This research would 

benefit PS steelhead by providing a 

better understanding of populationspecific age structure, genetic structure, 

and movement patterns. The WFE 

researchers propose to capturing fish 

using beach seines, backpack 

electrofishing, and boat electrofishing. 

Steelhead would be captured, 

anesthetized, measured, weighed, have 

a tissue sample taken (sample scale and 

fin clip), PIT tagged, and allowed to 

recover in cool, aerated water until they 

are ready for release. All captured PS 

Chinook would be anesthetized, held 

until they recover, and released. The 

researchers do not propose to kill any of 

the listed salmonids being captured, but 

a small number may die as an 

unintended result of the activities. 

Permit 17062–4R 

The NWFSC is seeking to renew for 

five years a research permit that 

currently allows them to take juvenile 

and adult HCS chum, PS Chinook 

salmon, PS steelhead, and PS/GB 

bocaccio. The researchers may also take 

juvenile and adult PS/GB canary 

rockfish and PS/GB yelloweye rockfish, 

for which there are currently no ESA 

take prohibitions. Sampling would take 

place throughout the Puget Sound, the 

Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Hood Canal, 

Washington. The purpose of the study is 

to determine how much genetic 

variation exists between coastal and PS/ 

GB DPS populations of bocaccio, canary 

rockfish, and yelloweye rockfish. The 

research would benefit rockfish by 

increasing the understanding of the 

connectivity (or lack thereof) between 

rockfish populations in the Puget Sound 

and populations on the outer coast. The 

NWFSC proposes to capture fish by (1) 

using hook and line equipment at 

depths of 50–100 meters and (2) using 

a hand net while SCUBA diving at 

depths up to 40 meters. For the hook 

and line fishing, captured rockfish 

would be slowly reeled to the surface 

and returned to the water via rapid 

submersion techniques to reduce 

barotrauma. For the hand netting, 

juvenile rockfish would be processed 

either at the capture site or brought to 

the surface before being released. All 

captured ESA-listed rockfish would be 

measured, sexed, have a tissue sample 

taken, floy tagged, and released. If an 

individual of these species is captured 

dead or deemed nonviable, it would be 

retained for genetic analysis. All other 

fish would be immediately released at 

the capture site. The researchers do not 

propose to kill any of the listed fish 

being captured, but a small number may 

die as an unintended result of the 

activities. 

Permit 14772–2R 

The Oregon Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (ODFW) is seeking to renew its 

permit to take juvenile and adult OC 

coho salmon. They are requesting 

another five-year permit to take OC coho 

while studying fish abundance and 

distribution and habitat preference in 

the Umpqua River. The researchers 

would also study the distribution of 

non-native invasive species, 

interspecific competition, and predatorprey interactions. The information 

would benefit OC coho by helping to 

improve management plans. The fish 

would be captured using backpack and 

boat electrofishing equipment; they 

would then be handled and released 

unharmed. The ODFW researchers 

would avoid adult coho, but a few may 

be shocked. In the event that an adult 

coho is encountered, the research crew 

would shut off the electrical current and 

allow the fish to swim away and no 

more electrofishing would occur in that 

location. The ODFW researchers do not 

intend to kill any of the fish being 

captured but a small number of juvenile 

coho may die as an unintended result of 

the activities. 

Permit 18852 

The FWS is seeking a five-year permit 

to take UCR Chinook and steelhead and 

MCR steelhead while conducting three 

studies in the mid- and upper Columbia 

River in Washington State. The studies 

are (1) The Yakima Habitat Restoration 

Project Assessment (in which the 

effectiveness of habitat restoration 

projects would be measured); (2) The 

Toppenish Refuge Steelhead Use 

Assessment (in which steelhead habitat 

use on the Toppenish National Wildlife 

Refuge would be examined); and (3) 

Fish Population and Distribution 

Assessments (in which the FWS would 

study bull trout and Pacific lamprey 

distribution and abundance and 

possibly encounter listed salmonids). 

Under Study 1, the researchers would 

use backpack electrofishers to capture 

MCR steelhead. The captured fish 

would be identified by species, 

anesthetized, measured, and released. 

Under Study 2, the researchers would 

use a screw trap to capture juvenile 

MCR steelhead. The captured fish 

would be anesthetized, tagged and 

tissue sampled, measured, allowed to 

recover, and released. Under Study 3, 

the primary collection method would be 

netting while snorkeling, but in some 

areas backpack electrofishing equipment 

(including lamprey electrofishers) 

would be used. Non-target species, 

including UCR steelhead and Chinook 

salmon, would be not be netted if they 

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can be identified. The captured 

steelhead and Chinook would be 

released with minimal handling, but 

some may be anesthetized, identified by 

species, and scanned for PIT tags. These 

fish will be held and allowed to recover 

in cool, aerated water and released at or 

near the site of capture. 

The studies would benefit the fish by 

helping guide habitat restoration efforts 

and refuge planning and adding 

information on fish presence and 

interactions in areas where they are 

currently poorly understood. The 

researchers do not intend to kill any of 

the fish being captured but a small 

number may die as an inadvertent result 

of the activities. 

Permit 18883 

The City of Portland has requested a 

one-year permit to take listed salmon 

and steelhead while conducting fish 

tissue sampling in the Columbia River 

slough. The City performs fish tissue 

sampling every 10 years to assess 

whether upland source control actions 

have reduced the level of toxins in fish 

tissue and to evaluate exposure levels 

for people who consume fish. Due to 

their high lipid content and feeding 

habits, carp are the target fish species 

used to evaluate exposure levels. The 

City would collect adult carp, using boat 

electrofishing equipment, from locations 

throughout the Slough. Although 

salmon and steelhead are not the target 

of the study, the City may inadvertently 

take juvenile and adult LCR Chinook 

salmon, LCR coho salmon, LCR 

steelhead, UWR Chinook salmon, and 

UWR steelhead. These fish would 

benefit from the information to be 

gained because that information would 

be used to reduce contaminant loads in 

all fish using the slough. The City does 

not intend to kill any of the salmonids 

being captured but a small number of 

juvenile fish may die as an unintended 

result of the activities. 

Permit 18906 

The Northwest Straits Foundation 

(NSF) is seeking a five-year research 

permit to annually take juvenile HCS 

chum salmon, PS Chinook salmon, and 

PS steelhead. The researchers may also 

take adult S eulachon, for which there 

are currently no ESA take prohibitions. 

Sampling would take place at 20 to 30 

sites in Puget Sound at the following 

locations: Fidalgo Bay, Bowman Bay, 

Shannon Point, Fort Townsend, Oak 

Bay, and Smugglers Cove. The purpose 

of the study is to monitor ecosystem 

response to restoration efforts and 

determine the restoration activities’ 

effectiveness at reestablishing habitat as 

a natural functioning ecosystem. The 

research would benefit the listed species 

by determining the effectiveness of 

these restoration efforts and helping 

guide future efforts. The NSF proposes 

to use beach seines to capture the fish; 

they would then be identified by 

species, measured, and released. The 

researchers do not propose to kill any of 

the listed fish being captured, but a 

small number may die as an unintended 

result of the activities. 

Permit 19013 

Long Live the Kings (LLTK) is seeking 

a five-year research permit to annually 

take juvenile HCS chum salmon, PS 

Chinook salmon, and PS steelhead from 

the Hamma Hamma River, Washington, 

while assessing effects and effectiveness 

of PS steelhead supplementation in that 

area. The research would benefit the 

listed species by determining what 

legacy effects the PS steelhead hatchery 

program has had on natural steelhead 

populations (abundance, genetic 

diversity, and life history diversity). The 

LLTK researchers propose to use a 

rotary screw trap to capture the fish 

which would then be anesthetized, 

weighed, measured, have a tissue 

sample taken (sample scale and fin 

clip), and allowed to recover in cool, 

aerated water until they are ready for 

release. The researchers do not propose 

to kill any of the listed salmonids being 

captured, but a small number may die 

as an unintended result of the activities. 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will 

evaluate the applications, associated 

documents, and comments submitted to 

determine whether the applications 

meet the requirements of section 10(a) 

of the ESA and Federal regulations. The 

final permit decisions will not be made 

until after the end of the 30-day 

comment period. NMFS will publish 

notice of its final action in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: October 29, 2014. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD594 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Abalone 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt for a request to 

modify an existing scientific research 

and enhancement permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received one permit 

application request to modify an 

existing research and enhancement 

permit. The proposed research is 

intended to increase knowledge of 

species listed under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) and to help guide 

management, conservation, and 

recovery efforts. The application may be 

viewed online at: https://apps.nmfs.

noaa.gov/preview/preview_open_for_

comment.cfm. 

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the application must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on 

December 5, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

application should be submitted to the 

Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 

777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa 

Rosa, CA 95404. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax to 707–578–3435 or by 

email to nmfs.swr.apps@noaa.gov 

(include the permit number in the 

subject line of the email). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Jahn, Santa Rosa, CA (ph.: 707– 

575–6097), Fax: 707–578–3435, email: 

Jeffrey.Jahn@noaa.gov). Permit 

application instructions are available 

from the address above, or online at 

https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following listed species are 

covered in this notice: 

Endangered white abalone (Haliotis 

sorenseni). 

Authority 

Scientific research and enhancement 

permits are issued in accordance with 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et. seq) and regulations governing 

listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR 

parts 222–227). NMFS issues permits 

based on findings that such permits: (1) 

Are applied for in good faith; (2) if 

granted and exercised, would not 

operate to the disadvantage of the listed 

species that are the subject of the 

permit; and (3) are consistent with the 

purposes and policy of section 2 of the 

ESA. The authority to take listed species 

is subject to conditions set forth in the 

permits. 

Anyone requesting a hearing on an 

application listed in this notice should 

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