Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 109 / Tuesday, June 9, 2009 / Notices 27289 

Authority: Section 1305 of the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Pub. 

L. 110–140). 

Request For Comments: NIST seeks 

comments on the list of standards and 

specifications identified for inclusion in 

Release 1.0 of the Smart Grid 

Interoperability Standards Framework. 

NIST intends to publish and request 

comments on several draft versions 

(Releases) of the Smart Grid 

Interoperability Standards Framework 

and will provide an analysis of all 

comments received with its publication 

of the final Release. 

E.O. 12866: This notice has been 

determined not to be significant for the 

purposes of E.O. 12866. 

Dated: June 3, 2009. 

Patrick Gallagher, 

Deputy Director, NIST. 

[FR Doc. E9–13514 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel 

Meeting; Correction 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration published 

a document in the Federal Register of 

June 3, 2009, entitled Hydrographic 

Services Review Panel Meeting. The 

information concerning the HSRP Web 

page is incorrect. The correct Web page 

is http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ 

ocs/hsrp/hsrp.htm. 

Date and Time: As published in the 

June 3, 2009 Federal Register, the 

conference call will convene at 2:30 

p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, June 22, 

2009, and end by 3:30 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time, if not earlier. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Arenson, Office of Coast 

Survey, National Ocean Service (NOS), 

NOAA (N/CS), 1315 East West Highway, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910; 

telephone: 301–713–2770; fax: 301– 

713–4019; e-mail: 

Rebecca.Arenson@noaa.gov, or visit the 

NOAA HSRP Web site at http://www.

nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ocs/hsrp/

hsrp.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration published 

a document in the Federal Register of 

June 3, 2009, entitled Hydrographic 

Services Review Panel Meeting. The 

information concerning the HSRP Web 

page is incorrect. The correct Web page 

is http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ 

ocs/hsrp/hsrp.htm. 

Dated: June 4, 2009. 

Christopher C. Cartwright, 

Associate Assistant Administrator for 

Management and CFO/CAO, Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–13492 Filed 6–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XP67 

Taking and Importing Marine 

Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 

Incidental to Missile Launch Activities 

at San Nicolas Island, CA 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of issuance of a Letter of 

Authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA), as amended, and 

implementing regulations, notification 

is hereby given that a letter of 

authorization (LOA) has been issued to 

the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons 

Division, U.S. Navy (Navy), to take three 

species of seals and sea lions incidental 

to missile launch activities from San 

Nicolas Island (SNI), California, a 

military readiness activity. 

DATES: Effective June 4, 2009, through 

June 3, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The LOA and supporting 

documentation are available for review 

by writing to P. Michael Payne, Chief, 

Permits, Conservation, and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910–3225 or by 

telephoning one of the contacts listed 

below (FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 

CONTACT). Documents cited in this 

notice may be viewed, by appointment, 

during regular business hours, at the 

aforementioned address and at the 

Southwest Regional Office, NMFS, 501 

West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, 

Long Beach, CA 90802. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candace Nachman, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 713–2289 ext. 

156, or Monica DeAngelis, NMFS, (562) 

980–3232. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) directs the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to 

allow, upon request, the incidental, but 

not intentional, taking of small numbers 

of marine mammals by U.S. citizens 

who engage in a specified activity (other 

than commercial fishing) within a 

specified geographical region if certain 

findings are made and regulations are 

issued. However, for military readiness 

activities, the National Defense 

Authorization Act (Public Law 108–136) 

removed the ‘‘small numbers’’ and 

‘‘specified geographical region’’ 

limitations. Under the MMPA, the term 

‘‘taking’’ means to harass, hunt, capture, 

or kill or to attempt to harass, hunt, 

capture, or kill marine mammals. 

Authorization may be granted for 

periods up to 5 years if NMFS finds, 

after notification and opportunity for 

public comment, that the taking will 

have a negligible impact on the species 

or stock(s) of marine mammals and will 

not have an unmitigable adverse impact 

on the availability of the species or 

stock(s) for subsistence uses. In 

addition, NMFS must prescribe 

regulations that include permissible 

methods of taking and other means 

effecting the least practicable adverse 

impact on the species and its habitat 

and on the availability of the species for 

subsistence uses, paying particular 

attention to rookeries, mating grounds, 

and areas of similar significance. The 

regulations must include requirements 

for monitoring and reporting of such 

taking. 

Regulations governing the taking of 

Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina 

richardsi), northern elephant seals 

(Mirounga angustirostris), and 

California sea lions (Zalophus 

californianus), by harassment, 

incidental to missile launch activities at 

SNI, were issued on June 2, 2009, and 

remain in effect until June 2, 2014 (74 

FR 26580, June 3, 2009). For detailed 

information on this action, please refer 

to that document. These regulations 

include mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements for the 

incidental take of marine mammals 

during missile launches at SNI. 

This LOA is effective from June 4, 

2009, through June 3, 2010, and 

authorizes the incidental take of the 

three marine mammal species listed 

above that may result from the