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a baseline environmental assessment of 

the proposed site prior to permit review 

by NMFS. If a permit is authorized, 

permittees would have to conduct 

routine monitoring of a site based on 

NMFS protocols and procedures 

developed in coordination with other 

federal agencies. Aquaculture 

operations would also be required to 

report to NMFS within 24 hours of the 

discovery of: major escapement; 

entanglements or interactions with 

marine mammals, endangered species 

and migratory birds; and findings or 

suspected findings of pathogens. 

Comment 8: Has NMFS considered 

harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the nonfishing impacts section? 

Response: While HABs are a concern 

for a number of species, in general they 

are less likely to affect habitat for HMS 

because HABs tend to occur closer to 

shore in areas where HMS are less likely 

to occur. In addition, given their highly 

mobile nature, HMS are more likely to 

avoid prolonged contact with HABs in 

affected areas. However, NMFS 

considers this an important issue and 

has included additional information on 

HABs in the non-fishing impact section 

of the FEIS. 

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

Dated: June 9, 2009. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XP78 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting/Workshop 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of three public meetings. 

SUMMARY: Three Groundfish Stock 

Assessment Review (STAR) Panel 

meetings will be held to review new 

assessments for groundfish species. The 

first STAR Panel meeting will review 

new assessments for bocaccio and 

widow rockfish. The second STAR 

Panel meeting will review new 

assessments for lingcod and cabezon. 

The third STAR Panel meeting will 

review new assessments for yelloweye 

and greenstriped rockfish. All three 

STAR Panel meetings are work sessions 

which are open to the public. 

DATES: The bocaccio and widow 

rockfish STAR Panel meeting will be 

held beginning at 8:30 a.m., Monday, 

July 13, 2009. The meeting will 

continue on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 

beginning at 8:30 a.m. through Friday, 

July 17, 2009. The meeting will end at 

5:30 p.m. each day, or as necessary to 

complete business. 

The lingcod and cabezon STAR Panel 

meeting will be held beginning at 8:30 

a.m., Monday, July 27, 2009. The 

meeting will continue on Tuesday, July 

28, 2009 beginning at 8:30 a.m. through 

Friday, July 31, 2009. The meeting will 

end at 5:30 p.m. each day, or as 

necessary to complete business. 

The yelloweye and greenstriped 

rockfish STAR Panel meeting will be 

held beginning at 8:30 a.m., Monday, 

August 3, 2009. The meeting will 

continue on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 

beginning at 8:30 a.m. through Friday, 

August 7, 2009. The meeting will end at 

5:30 p.m. each day, or as necessary to 

complete business. 

ADDRESSES: The bocaccio and widow 

rockfish STAR Panel meeting will be 

held at the NMFS Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center, Meeting Room 188, 110 

Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060; 

telephone: (831) 420–3900. 

The lingcod and cabezon STAR Panel 

meeting, as well as the yelloweye and 

greenstriped rockfish STAR Panel 

meeting, will be held at the Hotel Deca, 

4507 Brooklyn Avenue N.E., Seattle WA 

98105; telephone: 1–800–899–0251. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Stacey Miller, Northwest Fisheries 

Science Center (NWFSC); telephone: 

(206) 437–5670; or Mr. John DeVore, 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the three STAR Panel 

meetings is to review draft stock 

assessment documents for these species 

and any other pertinent information, 

work with the Stock Assessment Teams 

to make necessary revisions, and 

produce STAR Panel reports for use by 

the Council family and other interested 

persons. No management actions will be 

decided by these STAR Panels. The 

STAR Panels’ role will be development 

of recommendations and reports for 

consideration by the Council at its 

September meeting in Foster City, CA. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agendas may 

come before the STAR Panel 

participants for discussion, those issues 

may not be the subject of formal STAR 

Panel action during these meetings. 

STAR Panel action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

notice and any issues arising after 

publication of this notice that require 

emergency action under Section 305(c) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the STAR Panel participants’ intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter 

at (503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior 

to the meeting date. 

Dated: June 9, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–13839 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XP77 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Salmon Technical Team (STT) will hold 

a meeting to initiate planning and make 

assignments for developing an 

overfishing review for Queets River and 

Strait of Juan de Fuca natural coho. STT 

meeting to be held June 30, 2009 to plan 

development of an assessment of the 

causes and implications of Queets River 

and Strait of Juan de Fuca natural coho 

stocks failing to meet their conservation 

objective for three consecutive years. 

This meeting of the STT is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, June 30, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Washington Department of Fish and 

Wildlife office, located in the Natural 

Resources Building at 1111 Washington 

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St. S.E., Room 682, Olympia, WA 

98501–1091. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management Staff 

Officer, Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to develop a 

set of topics and assignments to assess 

the spawning escapement shortfalls for 

natural coho stocks from the Queets 

River in 2006–08, and from the Strait of 

Juan de Fuca in 2005–08. The 

assessment will focus on the role of 

fishing on the spawning escapement 

shortfall and on the implication to longterm productivity of the stocks of not 

meeting their conservation objectives. 

When a salmon stock managed by the 

Council fails to meet its conservation 

objective for three consecutive years, an 

overfishing concern is triggered 

according to the terms of the Pacific 

Coast Salmon Plan (Salmon Plan). The 

Salmon Plan requires the Council to 

direct its STT to undertake a review of 

the status of the stock in question and 

determine if excessive harvest was 

responsible for the shortfall, if other 

factors were involved, and the 

significance of the stock depression 

with regard to achieving maximum 

sustainable yield. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the STT for discussion, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal action during these meetings. 

Action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: June 9, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–13838 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

National Conference on Weights and 

Measures 94th Annual Meeting 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Commerce. 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: The Annual Meeting of the 

94th National Conference on Weights 

and Measures, Incorporated (NCWM) 

will be held July 12 to 16, 2009, in San 

Antonio, Texas. Publication of this 

notice on the NCWM’s behalf is 

undertaken as a public service; NIST 

does not endorse, approve, or 

recommend any of the proposals 

contained in this notice or in the 

publications of the NCWM mentioned 

below. The meetings are open to the 

public but registration is required. 

Registration information is stated in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 

12–16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Marriott Plaza, 555 S. Alamo Street, 

San Antonio, Texas. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Hockert, Chief, NIST, Weights and 

Measures Division, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899– 

2600 or by telephone (301) 975–5507 or 

at Carol.Hockert@nist.gov. Please see the 

NCWM Publication 16, which contains 

detailed meeting agendas and 

registration information at http:// 

www.ncwm.net on the Internet. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NCWM is an organization of weights 

and measures officials of the States, 

counties, and cities of the United States, 

Federal agencies, and private sector 

representatives. These meetings bring 

together government officials and 

representatives of business, industry, 

trade associations, and consumer 

organizations on subjects related to the 

field of weights and measures 

technology, administration, and 

enforcement. NIST participates to 

promote uniformity among the States in 

laws, regulations, methods, and testing 

equipment that comprise the regulatory 

control of commercial weighing and 

measuring devices and other practices 

used in trade and commerce. 

The following are brief descriptions of 

some of the agenda items that will be 

considered along with other issues at 

the meeting. Comments will be taken on 

these and other issues during public 

comment sessions and many items will 

be considered for NCWM adoption. At 

this stage, the items are proposals. The 

Committees may also accept comments 

and where they will finalize 

recommendations for NCWM 

consideration and possible adoption 

during its voting sessions on July 15 or 

16, 2009. The Committees may 

withdraw or carry over items that need 

additional development. 

The Specifications and Tolerances 

Committee (S&T Committee) will 

consider proposed amendments to NIST 

Handbook 44, ‘‘Specifications, 

Tolerances, and other Technical 

Requirements for Weighing and 

Measuring Devices (NIST Handbook 

44).’’ Those items address weighing and 

measuring devices used in commercial 

applications, that is, devices that are 

normally used to buy from or sell to the 

public or used for determining the 

quantity of product sold among 

businesses. 

Issues on the agenda of the NCWM 

Laws and Regulations Committee (L&R 

Committee) relate to proposals to amend 

NIST Handbook 130, ‘‘Uniform Laws 

and Regulations in the area of legal 

metrology and engine fuel quality’’ and 

NIST Handbook 133 ‘‘Checking the Net 

Contents of Packaged Goods.’’ 

This notice contains information 

about significant items on the NCWM 

Committee agendas, but does not 

include all agenda items. As a result, the 

following items are not consecutively 

numbered. A copy of the complete 

agenda along with detailed background 

information is available at http:// 

www.ncwm.net/events/ 

index.cfm?fuseaction=meeting_archives. 

Specifications and Tolerances 

Committee 

The following items are proposals to 

amend NIST Handbook 44: 

Scales Code 

Item 320–1A and B—the S&T 

Committee is recommending adoption 

of several amendments to the current 

specifications for the mechanisms used 

on scales to set zero and tare values. 

Revisions to the definition for a tare 

mechanism are also proposed for the 

purpose of clarifying the requirements 

and increasing uniformity in their 

application. 

Liquid-Measuring Devices Code 

Item 330–1—Temperature 

Compensation for Liquid-Measuring 

Devices Code: This is not a voting item 

at this meeting but the S&T Committee 

will accept comments on a proposal to 

add provisions to Handbook 44 to allow 

retail motor fuel dispensers to be 

equipped with the automatic means to 

deliver product with the volume