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I. Abstract 

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) provides for 

the nomination for members of Fishery 

Management Councils by state 

governors and Indian treaty tribes, for 

the designation of a principal state 

fishery official who will perform duties 

under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and 

for a request by a state for reinstatement 

of state authority over a managed 

fishery. Nominees must provide the 

governor or tribe with the background 

documentation which is then submitted 

to NOAA with the nomination. The 

information submitted with these 

actions will be used to ensure that the 

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act are met. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information is submitted on paper 

documents. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0314. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

275. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour 

to designate a principal state fishery 

official(s); 80 hours for a nomination for 

a Council appointment; 16 hours for 

background documentation for 

nominees; and 1 hour for a request to 

reinstate state authority. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,607. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $800 (recordkeeping/reporting 

costs). 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 6, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–161 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XM61 

Marine Mammals; File No. 1128–1922 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Eduardo Mercado III, Ph.D., Department 

of Psychology, 350 Park Hall, University 

at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, New York, 

14260, has been issued a permit to 

conduct research on humpback whales 

(Megaptera novaeangliae). 

ADDRESSES: The permit and related 

documents are available for review 

upon written request or by appointment 

in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521 and 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, Florida 

33701; phone (727)824–5312; fax 

(727)824–5309. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Hapeman or Carrie Hubard, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

21, 2007, notice was published in the 

Federal Register (72 FR 46610) that a 

request for a scientific research permit 

to take humpback whales, had been 

submitted by the above-named 

individual. The requested permit has 

been issued under the authority of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), the regulations governing the 

taking, importing, and exporting of 

endangered and threatened species (50 

CFR parts 222–226). 

Dr. Mercado is authorized a five-year 

scientific research permit to conduct 

acoustic playback sessions in the 

presence of humpback whales and 

approach animals to record whale songs 

in the coastal waters of Puerto Rico. The 

purpose of this research is to develop 

methods for testing the hearing and 

auditory perceptual capabilities of 

humpback whales in order to better 

predict when anthropogenic sounds 

may interfere with social behaviors, 

particularly mating and group feeding. 

Up to 200 humpback whales may be 

harassed by playback experiments 

(active acoustics) three times per year 

and up to 30 additional humpbacks may 

be harassed by close approach during 

vessel surveys for passive acoustic 

recordings annually. In addition, up to 

5 humpback whales, 45 Stenellid 

dolphins (Stenella spp.), 45 common 

dolphins (Delphinus delphis), 45 

bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops 

truncatus), and 5 Cuvier’s beaked 

whales (Ziphius cavirostris) may be 

incidentally harassed up to three times 

annually during playback sessions. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an environmental 

assessment was prepared analyzing the 

effects of the permitted activities. After 

a Finding of No Significant Impact, the 

determination was made that it was not 

necessary to prepare an environmental 

impact statement. 

Issuance of this permit, as required by 

the ESA, was based on a finding that 

such permit: (1) was applied for in good 

faith; (2) will not operate to the 

disadvantage of such endangered 

species; and (3) is consistent with the 

purposes and policies set forth in 

section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: January 2, 2009. 

P. Michael Payne, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–234 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XM57 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Groundfish Allocation Committee 

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(GAC) will hold a working meeting, 

which is open to the public. 

DATES: The GAC meeting will be held 

Tuesday, January 27, 2009, from 8:30 

a.m. until business for the day is 

completed. The GAC will reconvene on 

Wednesday, January 28 and Thursday, 

January 29, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. each day 

until their business is completed. 

ADDRESSES: The GAC meeting will be 

held at the Shilo Inn Portland Airport, 

Mt. Hood Room, 11707 NE Airport Way, 

Portland, OR 97220; telephone: +(503) 

252–7500. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John DeVore, Groundfish Management 

Coordinator; telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the GAC meeting is to 

consider draft alternatives and other 

material for a contemplated allocation of 

future harvests of selected groundfish 

species and stock complexes to limited 

entry trawl sectors and other sectors of 

the west coast groundfish fishery; 

accumulation and control limits for 

individual fishing quotas assigned to 

limited entry trawl permit holders in a 

contemplated rationalized shoreside 

trawl sector; and a new limited entry 

licensing system for west coast open 

access groundfish fisheries (open access 

license limitation). No management 

actions will be decided by the GAC. The 

GAC’s role will be development of 

recommendations and preferred 

alternatives for analysis in contemplated 

NEPA-compliant environmental 

analyses for these three initiatives. The 

GAC recommendations will be provided 

for consideration by the Council at its 

March and April 2009 meetings in 

Seattle, Washington and Millbrae, CA, 

respectively. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the GAC for discussion, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal GAC action during this meeting. 

GAC 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 GAC’s 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: January 5, 2008. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–143 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Title: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) 

Certificate Action Form. 

Form Number(s): PTO–2042. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651– 

0045. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 1,383 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 4,126 

responses per year. 

Avg. Hours Per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it will take the public 

approximately 30 minutes (0.5 hours) to 

read the instructions and subscriber 

agreement, gather the necessary 

information, prepare the Certificate 

Action Form, and submit the completed 

request. The USPTO estimates that it 

will take the public approximately 10 

minutes (0.17 hours) to complete and 

electronically submit the information 

required for certificate self-recovery. 

Needs and Uses: The USPTO uses 

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) 

technology to support electronic 

commerce between the USPTO and its 

customers. In order to access secure 

online systems offered by the USPTO 

for transactions such as electronic filing 

of patent applications and retrieving 

confidential patent application 

information, customers must first obtain 

a digital certificate. The public uses this 

collection to request a new digital 

certificate, the revocation of a current 

certificate, or the recovery of a lost 

certificate. This collection includes the 

existing Certificate Action Form (PTO– 

2042), which is provided by the USPTO 

to ensure that customers submit the 

necessary information for processing 

certificate requests. The accompanying 

subscriber agreement explains the 

regulations governing the use of the 

digital certificates and the software that 

creates and validates the encryption 

keys. The online self-recovery form 

allows the public to recover lost keys 

without having to contact support staff 

at the USPTO. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other forprofits; and not-for-profit institutions. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

e-mail: 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through the Information Collection 

Review page at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Paper copies can be obtained by: 

• E-mail: Susan.Fawcett@uspto.gov. 

Include ‘‘0651–0045 PKI Certificate 

Action Form copy request’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 571–273–0112, marked to the 

attention of Susan K. Fawcett. 

• Mail: Susan K. Fawcett, Records 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, Customer Information Services 

Group, Public Information Services 

Division, United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, 

Alexandria, VA 22313–1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before February 9, 2009, to Nicholas 

A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail 

at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or 

by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Dated: January 5, 2009. 

Susan K. Fawcett, 

Records Officer, USPTO, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer, Customer Information 

Services Group, Public Information Services 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–185 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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COMMITTEE FOR THE 

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE 

AGREEMENTS 

Determination under the Textile and 

Apparel Commercial Availability 

Provision of the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free 

Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR 

Agreement) 

January 5, 2009. 

AGENCY: The Committee for the 

Implementation of Textile Agreements. 

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