Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 54549 

1See Guiding Principles, ‘‘Innovation in the 

Economy: Drive Economic Growth and Solve 

National Problems by Deploying a 21st Century 

Information Infrastructure,’’ http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/issues/technology. 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of vendor to provide 

year 2010 cage tags. 

SUMMARY: NMFS informs surfclam and 

ocean quahog allocation owners that 

they will be required to purchase their 

year 2010 cage tags from the National 

Band and Tag Company. The intent of 

this notice is to comply with regulations 

for the Atlantic surfclam and ocean 

quahog fisheries and to promote 

efficient distribution of cage tags. 

ADDRESSES: Written inquiries may be 

sent to: Regional Administrator, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 

Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930– 

2298. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Macan, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9165; fax (978) 

281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Atlantic surfclam and ocean 

quahog fishery regulations at 50 CFR 

648.75(b) authorize the Regional 

Administrator of the Northeast Region, 

NMFS, to specify in the Federal 

Register a vendor from whom cage tags, 

required under the Atlantic Surfclam 

and Ocean Quahog Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP), shall be purchased. Notice 

is hereby given that National Band and 

Tag Company of Newport, Kentucky, is 

the authorized vendor of cage tags 

required for the year 2010 Federal 

surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries. 

Detailed instructions for purchasing 

these cage tags will be provided in a 

letter to allocation owners in these 

fisheries from NMFS within the next 

several weeks. 

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

Dated: October 16, 2009. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–25468 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 070717342–7713–02] 

RIN 0648–XS19 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

Provisions; Fisheries of the 

Northeastern United States; Atlantic 

Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery; 

2010 Fishing Quotas for Atlantic 

Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is announcing that the 

quotas for the Atlantic surfclam and 

ocean quahog fisheries for 2010 remain 

status quo. Regulations governing these 

fisheries require NMFS to notify the 

public in the Federal Register of the 

allowable harvest levels for Atlantic 

surfclams and ocean quahogs from the 

Exclusive Economic Zone if the 

previous year’s quota specifications 

remain unchanged. 

ADDRESSES: Written inquiries may be 

sent to: Regional Administrator, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 

Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930– 

2298. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Macan, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9177; fax (978) 

281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

fishery management plan for the 

Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog 

fisheries requires that NMFS issue 

notification in the Federal Register of 

the upcoming year’s quota, even in 

cases where the quota remains 

unchanged from the previous year. At 

its June 2009 meeting, the Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council voted that 

no action be taken to change the quota 

specifications for Atlantic surfclams and 

ocean quahogs for the 2010 fishing year 

(January 1 through December 31, 2010), 

and recommended maintaining the 2008 

quota levels of 3.4 million bu (181 

million L) for Atlantic surfclams, 5.333 

million bu (284 million L) for ocean 

quahogs, and 100,000 Maine bu (3.524 

million L) for Maine ocean quahogs, as 

announced in the Federal Register on 

January 4, 2008 (73 FR 820). 

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

Dated: October 16, 2009. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–25466 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Broadband Data Transparency 

Workshop 

AGENCY: National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) will host a 

public meeting regarding data related to 

broadband Internet access that the 

agency collects, data needs of 

researchers, and future broadband 

research. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 30, 2009, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 

p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Department of Commerce, 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Herbert C. 

Hoover Building, Room 4830, 

Washington, DC 20230 (please enter at 

14th Street). The disability accessible 

entrance is located at the 14th Street 

Aquarium Entrance. Any change in the 

location will be posted on NTIA’s 

website (www.ntia.doc.gov) prior to the 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information regarding the 

meeting, contact James McConnaughey, 

NTIA, at (202) 482–1880 or 

JMcConnaughey@ntia.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: President 

Obama is committed to the expansion of 

broadband Internet access across the 

United States as a necessary part of the 

foundation for long term economic 

stability and prosperity.1 The National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA) is the President’s 

principal adviser on domestic and 

international communications policies 

pertaining to the Nation’s economic and 

technological advancement. In order to 

achieve the technology and broadband 


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54550 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 

2Broadband Data Improvement Act, Pub. Law No. 

110–385, 122 Stat. 4096, section 106(b) (2008). The 

Secretary delegated his authority to meet the 

obligations of section 106 of the BDIA to the 

Assistant Secretary for Communications and 

Information on April 9, 2009. 

3Recovery Act, section 6001(l), 123 Stat. at 516. 

1The acronym ‘‘NWP’’ indicates the Northwest 

Pipeline. 

goals of the Administration, NTIA is 

working with the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC), 

the Department of Agriculture’s Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS), and other 

stakeholders to develop and implement 

economic and regulatory policies that 

foster broadband Internet access 

deployment and adoption. Current and 

detailed data on broadband Internet use 

and access by U.S. households is critical 

to allow policymakers not only to gauge 

progress made to date, but to identify 

problem areas. 

The purpose of the public meeting is 

to provide information to the research 

community regarding the type and 

availability of broadband data that may 

be made publicly available for use by 

the research community, and to hear 

from this research community with 

respect to their data needs. NTIA is 

authorized to conduct studies and 

evaluations concerning communications 

research and development and for 15 

years, has developed and analyzed 

Internet data (including more recently 

the high-speed variety). These activities 

have provided essential data for prudent 

policymaking in this area, including 

fueling the needs of the research 

community whose work could be 

invaluable inputs for sound policies. 

NTIA currently collects broadband 

related data from several sources. 

Pursuant to the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery 

Act) and the Broadband Data 

Improvement Act (BDIA), two 

broadband initiatives within NTIA, the 

Broadband Technology Opportunities 

Program (BTOP) and the State 

Broadband Data and Development Grant 

Program (State Broadband Data 

Program), are accumulating a variety of 

data.2 Under the State Broadband Data 

Program in particular, this includes data 

that will populate a comprehensive, 

interactive, and searchable nationwide 

inventory map of existing broadband 

service capability and availability in the 

United States that depicts the 

geographic extent to which broadband 

service capability is deployed, available, 

and adopted from a commercial or 

public provider throughout each State.3

In October 2009, the Census Bureau 

collected through the Current 

Population Survey (CPS) data based on 

questions that NTIA sponsored and 

developed to provide up-to-date 

information on the extent of U.S. 

broadband adoption and the major 

reasons why current non-users choose 

not to adopt. Data have been generated 

by several demographic and geographic 

categories and must be weighted and 

appropriately aggregated before release. 

Census periodically releases public use 

files containing the raw data collected. 

These various data may be made 

publicly available for use by the 

research community to conduct 

economic, financial, demographic, and 

other studies. Such release, however, 

may be limited by such Federal 

disclosure laws as the Freedom of 

Information Act and the Trade Secrets 

Act. 

Specific information regarding the 

status of and data from specific 

applications for the Broadband 

Technology Opportunities Program 

(BTOP) and the State Broadband Data 

and Development Grant Program (State 

Broadband Data Program) will not be 

discussed at the meeting. 

Matters to Be Considered: The 

meeting will include a discussion of the 

following topics: 

1. The types and frequency of 

broadband Internet access data that 

NTIA can compile through its ongoing 

programs and research that will be 

useful to the research community. For 

example, NTIA has categories of data 

from the BTOP and State Broadband 

Data Program and is gathering 

information through the next CPS that 

may be useful to the research 

community; 

2. The current sources of data 

available to the research community for 

research related to broadband Internet 

access; 

3. The economic, social, policy, or 

other areas that research related to 

broadband Internet access can inform; 

4. The emergent themes, trends, and 

new directions within the research 

community regarding broadband 

Internet access data; 

5. The data format preferred by 

researchers including those for 

distributing broadband-related data on 

the Web to promote maximum 

transparency for researchers and the 

interested public; and 

6. The legal requirements regarding 

the agency’s collection of and 

dissemination of data from third parties. 

Time and Date: The meeting will be 

held on October 30, 2009, from 1:00 

p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. 

The times and the agenda topics are 

subject to change. The meeting may be 

webcast. Please refer to NTIA’s web site, 

http://www.ntia.doc.gov, for the most 

up-to-date meeting agenda and webcast 

information. 

Place: The meeting will be held at the 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 4830, 

Washington, DC 20230. The meeting 

will be open to the public and press on 

a first-come, first-served basis. Space is 

limited. Attendees should bring a photo 

ID and arrive early to clear security. The 

public meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Individuals 

requiring accommodations, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

ancillary aids, are asked to notify Mr. 

McConnaughey at (202) 482–1880 or 

JMcConnaughey@ntia.doc.gov, at least 

five (5) business days before the 

meeting. 

Dated: October 19, 2009. 

Kathy D. Smith, 

Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration. 

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Intent, Pursuant to the 

Authority in Section 2(h)(7) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act and 

Commission Rule 36.3(c)(3), To 

Undertake a Determination Whether 

the NWP Rockies Financial Basis 

Contract, Offered for Trading on the 

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., 

Performs a Significant Price Discovery 

Function 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of action and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’ or 

‘‘Commission’’) is undertaking a review 

to determine whether the NWP 1

Rockies Financial Basis (‘‘NWR’’) 

contract, offered for trading on the 

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (‘‘ICE’’), 

an exempt commercial market (‘‘ECM’’) 

under Sections 2(h)(3)–(5) of the 

Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’ or the 

‘‘Act’’), performs a significant price 

discovery function. Authority for this 

action is found in section 2(h)(7) of the 

CEA and Commission rule 36.3(c) 

promulgated thereunder. In connection 

with this evaluation, the Commission 

invites comment from interested parties. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 6, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 


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