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National Preparedness to NEHRP 

activities, to review the conclusions of 

the National Research Council Report 

on National Earthquake Resilience, and 

to review NEHRP agency updates on 

their latest activities. The agenda may 

change to accommodate Committee 

business. The final agenda will be 

posted on the NEHRP Web site at 

http://nehrp.gov/. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to the 

Committee’s affairs are invited to 

request a place on the agenda. On 

Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 

approximately one-half hour will be 

reserved near the conclusion of the 

meeting for public comments, and 

speaking times will be assigned on a 

first-come, first-serve basis. The amount 

of time per speaker will be determined 

by the number of requests received, but 

is likely to be about 3 minutes each. 

Questions from the public will not be 

considered during this period. Speakers 

who wish to expand upon their oral 

statements, those who had wished to 

speak but could not be accommodated 

on the agenda, and those who were 

unable to attend in person are invited to 

submit written statements to the 

ACEHR, National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, MS 

8604, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899– 

8604, via fax at (301) 975–4032, or 

electronically by e-mail to 

info@nehrp.gov. 

All visitors to the U.S. Department of 

Commerce Herbert C. Hoover Building 

are required to pre-register to be 

admitted. Anyone wishing to attend this 

meeting must register by close of 

business Tuesday, November 1, 2011, in 

order to attend. Please submit your full 

name, e-mail address, and phone 

number to Michelle Harman. Non-U.S. 

citizens must also submit their country 

of citizenship, title, and employer/ 

sponsor. Mrs. Harman’s e-mail address 

is michelle.harman@nist.gov and her 

phone number is (301) 975–5324. 

Dated: October 7, 2011. 

Willie E. May, 

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–26902 Filed 10–17–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Construction Safety Team 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Construction 

Safety Team (NCST) Advisory 

Committee (Committee) will meet on 

Monday, November 7, 2011. The 

primary purpose of this meeting is to 

update the Committee on the status of 

the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) Disaster and Failure 

Studies Program, the NCST activities 

within the Program, and NIST studies 

following recent tornados, wildlandurban interface fires, and earthquakes. 

The agenda may change to 

accommodate Committee business. The 

final agenda will be posted on the NIST 

Web site at http://www.nist.gov/el/ 

disasterstudies/ncst. 

DATES: The NCST Committee will meet 

on Monday, November 7, 2011, from 

8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. The meeting will 

be open to the public. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

Rooms C103–C106, Advanced 

Measurement Laboratory (AML) 

Building (215), National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 

Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899. Please note admittance 

instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Letvin, Director, Disaster and Failure 

Studies Program, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Mail Stop 8600, Gaithersburg, Maryland 

20899–8600. Mr. Letvin’s e-mail address 

is eric.letvin@nist.gov and his phone 

number is (301) 975–5412. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established pursuant to 

Section 11 of the National Construction 

Safety Team Act (15 U.S.C. 7301 et 

seq.). The Committee is composed of ten 

members, appointed by the Director of 

NIST, who were selected for their 

technical expertise and experience, 

established records of distinguished 

professional service, and their 

knowledge of issues affecting teams 

established under the NCST Act. The 

Committee will advise the Director of 

NIST on carrying out studies of building 

failures conducted under the authorities 

of the NCST Act that became law in 

October 2002 and will review the 

procedures developed to implement the 

NCST Act and reports issued under 

section 8 of the NCST Act. Background 

information on the NCST Act and 

information on the NCST Advisory 

Committee is available at http:// 

www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/ncst. 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app., notice is 

hereby given that the NCST Advisory 

Committee will meet on Monday, 

November 7, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. and will 

adjourn at 5 p.m. The meeting will be 

open to the public. 

The primary purpose of this meeting 

is to update the Committee on the status 

of the NIST Disaster and Failure Studies 

Program, the NCST activities within the 

Program, and NIST studies following 

recent tornados, wildland-urban 

interface fires, and earthquakes. The 

final agenda will be posted on the NIST 

Web site at http://www.nist.gov/el/ 

disasterstudies/ncst. 

Individuals and representatives of 

organizations who would like to offer 

comments and suggestions related to 

items on the Committee’s agenda for 

this meeting are invited to request a 

place on the agenda. Approximately 

one-half hour will be reserved for public 

comments, and speaking times will be 

assigned on a first-come, first-served 

basis. The amount of time per speaker 

will be determined by the number of 

requests received, but is likely to be 5 

minutes each. Questions from the public 

will not be considered during this 

period. Speakers who wish to expand 

upon their oral statements, those who 

had wished to speak but could not be 

accommodated on the agenda, and those 

who were unable to attend in person are 

invited to submit written statements to 

the National Construction Safety Team 

Advisory Committee, National Institute 

of Standards and Technology, 100 

Bureau Drive, MS 8600, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland 20899–8600, via fax at (301) 

975–4032, or electronically by e-mail to 

ncstac@nist.gov. 

All those wishing to speak must 

submit their request by e-mail to the 

attention of Mr. Eric Letvin, 

eric.letvin@nist.gov by 5 p.m. EST on 

November 2, 2011. 

All visitors to the NIST site are 

required to pre-register to be admitted. 

Anyone wishing to attend this meeting 

must register by close of business 

Monday, October 31, 2011, in order to 

attend. Please submit your full name, email address, and phone number to Eric 

Letvin. Non-U.S. citizens must also 

submit their country of citizenship, title, 

and employer/sponsor. Mr. Eric Letvin’s 

e-mail address is eric.letvin@nist.gov 

and his phone number is (301) 975– 

5412. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 201 / Tuesday, October 18, 2011 / Notices 64327 

Dated: October 11, 2011. 

Willie E. May, 

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–26960 Filed 10–17–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA727 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Gulf of 

Mexico Reef Fish Fishery; South 

Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for designation; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (GMFMC) has 

proposed to remove Nassau grouper 

from the fishery management unit in the 

Fishery Management Plan for Reef Fish 

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Reef 

Fish FMP). Subsequently, in a 

September 16, 2011, letter to NMFS, the 

GMFMC has requested that the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) 

designate the SAFMC as the responsible 

council to manage Nassau grouper 

throughout the South Atlantic region 

and the Gulf of Mexico under the FMP 

for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the 

South Atlantic Region (SnapperGrouper FMP). The intent of this notice 

is to solicit public comments concerning 

this proposed designation. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than 5 p.m., eastern standard time, 

on November 17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the application by any of the 

following methods: 

• E-mail: Steve.Branstetter@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: ‘‘NASSAU’’. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Steve Branstetter, Southeast Regional 

Office, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, 

St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

The application and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request to any of the above 

addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Branstetter, 727–824–5305; email: Steve.Branstetter@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

GMFMC has submitted a Generic 

Annual Catch Limits/Accountability 

Measures Amendment for the GMFMC’s 

Red Drum, Reef Fish, Shrimp, and Coral 

and Coral Reefs Fishery Management 

Plans (Generic ACL Amendment) for 

purposes of review by the Secretary 

under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act). A Notice of 

Availability for the Generic ACL 

Amendment was published in the 

Federal Register on September 26, 2011 

(76 FR 59373). As part of this 

amendment, the GMFMC has selected to 

remove Nassau grouper from the Reef 

Fish FMP. This proposed action is based 

on an October 20, 2010, letter from the 

SAFMC informing the GMFMC of its 

willingness to accept responsibility for 

managing Nassau grouper throughout 

South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico 

(Gulf) Federal waters. The SAFMC 

currently manages Nassau grouper in its 

area of jurisdiction through the 

Snapper-Grouper FMP. 

In accordance with section 304(f) of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act, on 

September 16, 2011, the GMFMC 

formally requested that the Secretary 

designate the SAFMC as the responsible 

Council for continued management of 

the species in Federal waters of the 

South Atlantic region and to manage the 

species in the Federal waters of the 

Gulf. 

Currently, the harvest of Nassau 

grouper is prohibited in Federal waters 

by regulations implemented through the 

GMFMC’s Reef Fish FMP and the 

SAFMC’s Snapper-Grouper FMP. 

Additionally, the harvest of Nassau 

grouper in Florida state waters is 

prohibited by the applicable Florida 

regulations. With the approval and 

implementation of the GMFMC’s 

Generic ACL Amendment, which 

proposes to remove Nassau grouper 

from the Reef Fish FMP, all harvesting 

restrictions for Nassau grouper in 

Federal waters of the Gulf would be 

removed. If the SAFMC is designated as 

the responsible council for the 

management of Nassau grouper in the 

Gulf, the SAFMC is expected to extend 

the prohibition on harvest in the Gulf. 

Any action to remove the current 

prohibitions in the Gulf could have a 

delayed effective date, so that it was 

implemented simultaneously with 

SAFMC action to extend the 

prohibition. 

NMFS requests public comment on 

the GMFMC’s request to designate the 

SAMFC as the responsible council for 

managing Nassau grouper in both the 

Gulf and South Atlantic. Public 

comments will be reviewed and 

considered prior to NMFS’ decision on 

this request. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: October 13, 2011. 

Steven Thur, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–26931 Filed 10–17–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) 

[Docket No: 111003608–1608–01] 

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research Draft Strategic Plan 

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration NOAA), Department of 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

OAR’s draft Strategic Plan (FY12–18) is 

available for public review and 

comment. The draft incorporates OAR’s 

mission and vision, and characterizes its 

goals and objectives over the next six 

years. These goals and objectives will 

provide guidance and strategic direction 

for program and laboratory planning. 

DATES: Public comments are due by 5 

p.m., EST, November 11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments must be 

submitted to OAR.Plan@noaa.gov. 

The draft document can be found 

electronically at: http:// 

www.oar.noaa.gov/aboutus/ 

strategic.html. Those without computer 

access can call 301–734–1048 to request 

a copy of the draft strategic plan and 

instructions for returning written 

comments by U.S. Postal Service. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

NOAA Strategic Planning Team at 

OAR.Plan@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

completed its Next Generation Strategic 

Plan (NGSP) in December of 2010. The 

NGSP outlines NOAA’s long-term goals 

and objectives. The Office of Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Research, one of five 

Line Offices within NOAA, has 

developed its strategic plan in line with 

the NGSP to ensure the success of the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

The strategic plan describes OAR’s 

long-term goals along with specific 

objectives that will be pursued over the 

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