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heights are the result of a mathematical 

least squares general adjustment of the 

vertical control portion of the National 

Spatial Reference System (NSRS) and 

are derived from approximately 105 km 

of 1st-Oder, Class II geodetic leveling 

observations (15 km on Rota, 60 km on 

Saipan and 15 km on Tinian) 

undertaken specifically for this project. 

The basis for all NMVD 03 heights is 

Mean Sea Level, for the epoch 1983– 

2001, as determined by the NOS Center 

for Operational Oceanographic Products 

and Services (CO–OPS), and published 

for the National Water Levels 

Observation Network (NWLON) bench 

mark number 163 3227 UH–2C (1.657 

meters), located in Tanapag Harbor. 

NMVD 03 height information for 

individual geodetic control monuments 

is available in digital form, from the 

NGS Web site: http://www.ngs.noaa.

gov/cgi-bin/datasheet.prl. 

Dated: December 30, 2008. 

David B. Zilkoski, 

Director, National Geodetic Survey, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–1180 Filed 1–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Affirmation of Vertical Datum for 

Surveying and Mapping Activities for 

the island of Tutuila, American Samoa 

AGENCY: National Geodetic Survey 

(NGS), National Ocean Service (NOS), 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces a 

decision by the Federal Geographic Data 

Committee’s Federal Geodetic Control 

Subcommittee, in accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Circular A–16 (http://www.whitehouse.

gov/omb/circulars/a016/a016.html) to 

affirm the American Samoa Vertical 

Datum of 2002 (ASVD 02) as the official 

civilian vertical datum for surveying 

and mapping activities for the island of 

Tutuila, American Samoa performed or 

financed by the Federal Government 

and to the extent practicable, legally 

allowable and feasible, require that all 

Federal agencies, with the exception of 

those with specific military related 

applications, using or producing vertical 

height information undertake an orderly 

transition to ASVD 02. 

DATES: Individuals or organizations 

wishing to submit comments on the 

adoption of ASVD 02 as the official 

civilian vertical datum for Tutuila, 

American Samoa, should do so by 

February 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the attention of David Doyle, 

Chief Geodetic Surveyor, Office of the 

National Geodetic Survey, National 

Ocean Service (N/NGS2), 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 

20910, fax 301–713–4324, or via e-mail 

Dave.Doyle@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to David Doyle, Chief 

Geodetic Surveyor, National Geodetic 

Survey (N/NGS2), 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 20910; 

Phone: (301) 713–3178. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Ocean Service (NOS), National 

Geodetic Survey (NGS), has completed 

the definition and implementation of 

ASVD 02. ASVD 02 supersedes all 

previously published height systems 

determined by all Federal surveying and 

mapping agencies, with the exception of 

those specifically related to tidal datums 

and/or military applications for Tutuila. 

At this time, ASVD 02 does not apply 

to any of the other islands of American 

Samoa. ASVD 02 heights are the result 

of a mathematical least squares general 

adjustment of the vertical control 

portion of the National Spatial 

Reference System (NSRS) and includes 

54 km of 1st-Order, Class II geodetic 

leveling observations undertaken 

specifically for this project. The basis 

for all ASVD 02 heights is Mean Sea 

Level, for the epoch 1983–2001, as 

determined by the NOS Center for 

Operational Oceanographic Products 

and Services (CO–OPS), and published 

for the National Water Levels 

Observation Network (NWLON) bench 

mark number177 0000 S (1.364 meters), 

located in Pago Pago. 

ASVD 02 height information for 

individual geodetic control monuments 

is available in digital form, from the 

NGS Web site: http://www.ngs.noaa.

gov/cgi-bin/datasheet.prl. 

Dated: December 30, 2008. 

David B. Zilkoski, 

Director, National Geodetic Survey, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–1181 Filed 1–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XM72 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Issuance of a scientific research 

permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has issued Permits 10093 and 

10094 to the California Department of 

Fish and Game (CDFG), Region 1 and 

Region 3; respectively. 

ADDRESSES: The application, permit, 

and related documents are available for 

review by appointment at: Protected 

Resources Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma 

Avenue, Room 315, Santa Rosa, CA 

95404 (ph: 707–575–6097, fax: 707– 

578–3435, e-mail at: 

Jeffrey.Jahn@noaa.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Jahn at 707–575–6097, or e-mail: 

Jeffrey.Jahn@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority 

The issuance of permits and permit 

modifications, as required by the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531–1543) (ESA), is based on a 

finding that such permits/modifications: 

(1) are applied for in good faith; (2) 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species which are the 

subject of the permits; and (3) are 

consistent with the purposes and 

policies set forth in section 2 of the 

ESA. Authority to take listed species is 

subject to conditions set forth in the 

permits. Permits and modifications are 

issued in accordance with and are 

subject to the ESA and NMFS 

regulations (50 CFR parts 222–226) 

governing listed fish and wildlife 

permits. 

Species Covered in This Notice 

This notice is relevant to federally 

threatened Southern Oregon/Northern 

California Coast (SONCC) coho salmon 

(Oncorhynchus kisutch), endangered 

Central California Coast (CCC) coho 

salmon, threatened California Coastal 

(CC) Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), 

threatened Northern California (NC) 

steelhead (O. mykiss), threatened CCC 

steelhead, threatened South-Central 

California Coast (S-CCC) steelhead, and 

endangered Southern California (SC) 

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Permit Issued 

A notice of the receipt of an 

application for a scientific research 

permit (10093 and 10094) was 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 16, 2008 (73 FR 2900). Permits 

10093 and 10094 were issued to CDFG 

Region 1 and Region 3 on September 23, 

2008. 

Permits 10093 and 10094 authorizes 

CDFG Region 1 and Region 3; 

respectively, intentional non-lethal take, 

and unintentional lethal take of the 

following ESA-listed salmonids: 

juvenile SONCC coho salmon, CCC coho 

salmon, CC Chinook salmon, NC 

steelhead, CCC steelhead, S-CCC 

steelhead, and SC steelhead; adult CCC 

coho salmon, CC Chinook salmon, NC 

steelhead, CCC steelhead, and S-CCC 

steelhead; and adult carcasses of 

SONCC coho salmon, CCC coho salmon, 

CC Chinook salmon, NC steelhead, CCC 

steelhead, and S-CCC steelhead. The 

take activities associated with juvenile 

and adult ESA-listed salmonid studies 

include; capture (backpack 

electrofishing, beach seine, rotary screw 

trap, fish ladder trap, resistance board 

weir, flume-type-raceway/finger-weirtrap, hook and line and funnel/fyke 

trap), anesthetizing (optional), handling 

(identify, measure, and weigh), tissue 

sampling (fin-clip), scale sampling, 

marking (fin-clips and/or opercularhole-punch), tagging (PIT and/or Floy 

tags) and release of fish. Take activities 

associated with adult ESA-listed 

salmonid carcass studies include; 

handling (identify, measure, and count), 

marking (opercular-hole-punch and/or 

cut-in-half), tagging (hog-ring), retaining 

(head; adipose clipped fish), scale 

sampling, tissue sampling (fin-clip), and 

release of fish. 

Permits 10093 and 10094 authorizes 

unintentional lethal take of juvenile 

SONCC coho salmon, CCC coho salmon, 

CC Chinook salmon, NC steelhead, CCC 

steelhead, S-CCC steelhead, and SC 

steelhead not to exceed 2.5 percent of 

fish captured. Permits 10093 and 10094 

authorizes unintentional lethal take of 

adult CCC coho salmon, CC Chinook 

salmon, NC steelhead, CCC steelhead, 

and S-CCC steelhead not to exceed 2 

percent of fish captured. 

Permits 10093 and 10094 are for 

research to be conducted in streams and 

estuaries throughout the State of 

California. The purpose of the research 

is to support conservation and recovery 

planning of ESA-listed salmonids, 

address information needs identified by 

CDFG Region 1 and Region 3, and 

contribute to the general body of 

scientific knowledge pertaining to ESAlisted salmonids. Permits 10093 and 

10094 expire on December 31, 2013. 

Dated: January 14, 2009. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–1121 Filed 1–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XM62 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone off Alaska; Application for an 

Exempted Fishing Permit 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

exempted fishing permit. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt 

of an exempted fishing permit (EFP) 

application from the North Pacific 

Fisheries Foundation. If granted, this 

permit would allow the applicant to 

collect approximately 100 Pacific 

halibut caught in the non–pelagic trawl 

gear fishery for flatfish to evaluate the 

accuracy of two models for predicting 

delayed mortality of individual trawl 

caught halibut. This activity has the 

potential to promote the objectives of 

the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, and 

the Pacific Halibut Act by assessing 

techniques for improving survival of 

halibut in non–pelagic trawl fisheries 

and improving the accuracy of estimates 

of halibut mortality. Comments will be 

accepted at the February 4–10, 2009, 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council (Council) meeting in Seattle, 

WA. 

DATES: Interested persons may comment 

on the EFP application during the 

Council’s February 4–10, 2009, meeting 

in Seattle, WA. 

ADDRESSES: The Council meeting will be 

held at the Renaissance Hotel, 515 

Madison Street, Seattle, WA. 

Copies of the EFP application and the 

basis for a categorical exclusion under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

are available by writing to the Alaska 

Region, NMFS, P. O. Box 21668, Juneau, 

AK 99802, Attn: Ellen Sebastian. The 

application also is available from the 

Alaska Region, NMFS website at http:// 

www.fakr.noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Hartman, 907–586–7442 or 

jeff.hartman@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the domestic groundfish 

fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian 

Islands (BSAI) under the Fishery 

Management Plan for Groundfish of the 

BSAI (FMP), which the Council 

prepared under the Magnuson–Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. Regulations governing the 

groundfish fisheries of the BSAI appear 

at 50 CFR parts 600 and 679. The FMP 

and the implementing regulations at 

§ 600.745(b) and § 679.6 allow the 

NMFS Regional Administrator to 

authorize, for limited experimental 

purposes, fishing that would otherwise 

be prohibited. Procedures for issuing 

EFPs are contained in the implementing 

regulations. 

The International Pacific Halibut 

Commission (IPHC) and NMFS manage 

fishing for Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus 

stenolepis) through regulations 

established under the authority of the 

Convention between the United States 

and Canada for the Preservation of the 

Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific 

Ocean and Bering Sea (Convention) and 

the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 

(Halibut Act). The IPHC promulgates 

regulations pursuant to the Convention. 

The IPHC’s regulations are subject to 

approval by the Secretary of State with 

concurrence from the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary). 

NMFS has received an application for 

an EFP from the North Pacific Fisheries 

Foundation (NPFF). Under this EFP, the 

NPFF would evaluate methods for 

projecting survival of released halibut, 

which could improve NMFS’s estimates 

of halibut mortality in the non–pelagic 

trawl gear fishery for flatfish and 

identify techniques for minimizing 

mortality of this species in trawl 

fisheries. 

Background 

Regulations implemented by the IPHC 

allow Pacific halibut to be commercially 

harvested by the directed North Pacific 

longline fishery only. Halibut caught 

incidentally in other fisheries, such as 

non–pelagic trawl fisheries, must be 

recorded and returned to the ocean as 

soon as possible. The North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council 

establishes a seasonal maximum 

biomass of halibut bycatch adjusted for 

the estimated halibut discard mortality 

factor for each non–halibut directed 

fishery. Fisheries close when they reach 

their seasonal mortality cap even if the 

catch of the target species is less than 

the seasonal quota for the directed 


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