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Subpart C—Director, Secretary of the 

Navy Council of Review Boards and 

President Naval Discharge Review 

Board; Responsibilities in Support of 

the Naval Discharge Review Board 

8. The Subpart C heading is revised to 

read as set forth above. 

9. Section 724.302 is amended as 

follows: 

a. The section heading is revised to 

read as set forth below; and 

b. Paragraph (h) is amended by 

removing ‘‘Naval Council of Personnel 

Boards’’ and adding ‘‘Secretary of the 

Navy Council of Review Boards’’ in its 

place. 

§ 724.302 Functions: Director, Secretary of 

the Navy Council of Review Boards. 

* * * * * 

§ 724.303 [Amended] 

10. Section 724.303 is amended in 

paragraph (e) by removing ‘‘5211.5C’’ 

and adding ‘‘5211.5 series’’ in its place. 

§ 724.501 [Amended] 

11. Section 724.501 is amended as 

follows: 

a. Removing paragraph (b), and 

redesignating paragraphs (c) through (p) 

as paragraphs (b) through (o) 

respectively; and 

b. Newly redesignated paragraph (e) is 

amended by removing ‘‘withdrawn’’ and 

adding ‘‘withdraw’’ in its place. 

§ 724.502 [Amended] 

12. Section 724.502 is amended as 

follows: 

a. Paragraph (c) is amended by 

removing ‘‘Suite 905, 801 North 

Randolph Street, Arlington, VA 22203’’ 

and adding ‘‘720 Kennon Ave SE, Suite 

309, Washington, DC 20374–5023’’ in its 

place; and 

b. Paragraph (d) is amended by 

removing ‘‘696–4881’’ and adding ‘‘685– 

6600’’ in its place. 

§ 724.504 [Amended] 

13. Section 724.504 is amended in 

paragraph (a) by adding ‘‘if required’’ 

after ‘‘health record.’’ 

14. Section 724.601 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 724.601 General. 

The NDRB is a component of the 

Secretary of the Navy Council of Review 

Boards and has its offices located in the 

NCR. The NDRB conducts documentary 

reviews and personal appearance 

reviews in the NCR. Hearings may be 

conducted outside the NCR at the 

NDRB’s discretion contingent upon 

availability of resources and manpower. 

15. Section 724.701 is amended as 

follows: 

a. The introductory text is amended 

by removing ‘‘Naval Council of 

Personnel Boards’’ and adding 

‘‘Secretary of the Navy Council of 

Review Boards’’ in its place; and 

b. Paragraph (c) is revised to read as 

follows: 

§ 724.701 Composition. 

* * * * * 

(c) Normally, at least three of the five 

members of the NDRB shall belong to 

the service from which the applicant 

whose case is under review was 

discharged. 

* * * * * 

16. Section 724.703 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 724.703 Legal counsel. 

Normally, the NDRB shall function 

without the immediate attendance of 

legal counsel. In the event that a legal 

advisory opinion is deemed appropriate 

by the NDRB, such opinion shall be 

obtained routinely by reference to the 

Counsel assigned to the Office of the 

Director, Secretary of the Navy Council 

of Review Boards. In addition, the 

NDRB may request advisory opinions 

from staff offices of the Department of 

the Navy, including, but not limited to 

the General Counsel and the Judge 

Advocate General. 

Dated: June 23, 2009. 

T.M. Cruz, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 600 

[Docket No. 080102007–81097–01] 

RIN 0648–AW18 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act; 

Regional Fishery Management 

Councils; Operations 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule, extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: NMFS extends the comment 

period for proposed regulations that 

address the operations and 

administration of regional fishery 

management councils (Councils). 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘RIN 0648–AW18,’’ by any 

one of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Fax: 301–713–1175. 

• Mail: Alan Risenhoover, Director, 

Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, SSMC3, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910. Please mark the outside of 

the envelope ‘‘Council Operations.’’ 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter n/a in the required 

fields, if you wish to remain 

anonymous). Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted in Microsoft 

Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe pdf 

file formats only. 

Written comments regarding the 

burden-hour estimates or other aspects 

of the collection-of-information 

requirements contained in this proposed 

rule may be submitted to the Office of 

Sustainable Fisheries at the mailing 

address or fax number specified above 

and by e-mail to 

DavidlRostker@omb.eop.gov, or fax to 

(202) 395–7285. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William D. Chappell, 301–713–2337. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

302 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 

includes provisions for the 

establishment and administration of the 

Councils. The Magnuson-Stevens Act 

was reauthorized on January 12, 2007, 

with amendments throughout, and this 

proposed rule would implement some 

of the changes that were made to 

Section 302. Additionally, several issues 

regarding Council operations and 

membership have prompted proposed 

changes to the regulations. Key aspects 

of this proposed rule are: requirements 

relative to the Council Coordinating 

Committee; requirements for Scientific 

and Statistical Committees (SSCs) and 

financial interest reporting for SSC 

members; an update of Council and 

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requirements; a requirement for 

Councils to have procedures for 

proposed regulations; designation of an 

alternate for the Indian tribal 

representative of the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council; requirements for 

nominating individuals to the Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

revisions to the process and deadline for 

governors to submit Council member 

nominations to the Secretary; 

restrictions on direct or indirect 

lobbying by Council members, Council 

staff, and contractors; addition of 

lobbying and advocacy as types of 

financial interest activities that must be 

reported by affected individuals; and 

the requirement for new Council 

members to attend a training course. 

Additionally, this proposed rule would 

implement several minor changes in 

Magnuson-Stevens Act section 302, as 

well as a number of technical changes 

and minor corrections, unrelated to the 

reauthorization of the Act. Many of the 

key aspects of this proposed rule 

reiterate statutory requirements of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. NMFS is 

including this statutory text in 

regulations so that relevant Council 

process provisions both statutory and 

regulatory are presented together for 

ease of reference. 

On March 27, 2009 (74 FR 13386), 

NMFS published this proposed rule 

with a comment period ending July 6, 

2009. Because this proposed rule 

primarily affects the Councils, their 

input is critical in ensuring that 

questions regarding the requirements of 

this proposed rule are raised and 

responded to prior to a final rule being 

published. The original comment period 

allowed enough time for almost all 

Councils to have a meeting and discuss 

this proposed rule during the comment 

period. The Councils have now 

requested that the comment period be 

extended to allow all Councils to have 

two meetings during the comment 

period. NMFS agrees with this request 

and extends the comment period until 

November 2, 2009 to allow the Councils 

and the public adequate time to 

understand this proposed rule, discuss 

its effects on their circumstances, and 

provide their comments. 

Dated: June 24, 2009. 

John Oliver, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Operations, National Marine Fisheries 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 080226312–9085–01] 

RIN 0648–AW12 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Fishery off the Southern 

Atlantic States; Amendment 15B; Reef 

Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this proposed 

rule to implement Amendment 15B to 

the Fishery Management Plan for the 

Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South 

Atlantic Region (FMP), as prepared and 

submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council). This 

proposed rule would, for South Atlantic 

snapper-grouper, require a private 

recreational vessel that fishes in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ), if 

selected by NMFS, to maintain and 

submit fishing records; require a vessel 

that fishes in the EEZ, if selected by 

NMFS, to carry an observer and install 

an electronic logbook (ELB) and/or 

video monitor provided by NMFS; 

prohibit the sale of snapper-grouper 

harvested or possessed in the EEZ under 

the bag limits and prohibit the sale of 

snapper-grouper harvested or possessed 

under the bag limits by vessels with a 

Federal charter vessel/headboat permit 

for South Atlantic snapper-grouper 

regardless of where the snapper-grouper 

were harvested; require an owner and 

operator of a vessel for which a 

commercial or charter vessel/headboat 

permit has been issued and that has on 

board any hook-and-line gear to comply 

with sea turtle and smalltooth sawfish 

release protocols, possess on board 

specific gear to ensure proper release of 

such species, and comply with 

guidelines for proper care and release of 

such species that are incidentally 

caught; and expand the allowable 

transfer of a commercial vessel permit 

under the limited access program and 

extend the allowable period for renewal 

of such a permit. Amendment 15B also 

proposes to revise the stock status 

determination criteria for golden tilefish 

and specify commercial/recreational 

allocations for snowy grouper and red 

porgy. In addition, NMFS proposes to 

remove language specifying commercial 

quotas for snowy grouper that are no 

longer in effect and proposes to revise 

sea turtle bycatch mitigation 

requirements applicable to the Gulf reef 

fish fishery to add two devices that were 

inadvertently omitted from a prior rule. 

The intended effects of this rule are to 

provide additional information for, and 

otherwise improve the effective 

management of, the South Atlantic 

snapper-grouper fishery; minimize the 

impacts on incidentally caught 

threatened and endangered sea turtles 

and smalltooth sawfish; and remove 

outdated language. 

DATES: Written comments on this 

proposed rule must be received no later 

than 5:00 p.m., eastern time, on August 

4, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 0648–AW12, by any 

one of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

• Fax: 727–824–5308, Attn: Kate 

Michie 

• Mail: Kate Michie, Southeast 

Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in the required 

fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted in Microsoft 

Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe 

PDF file formats only. 

Copies of Amendment 15B may be 

obtained from the South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; phone: 843–571– 

4366 or 866–SAFMC–10 (toll free); fax: 

843–769–4520; e-mail: 

safmc@safmc.net. Amendment 15B 

includes a Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS), an Initial Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis (IRFA), a Regulatory 

Impact Review, and a Social Impact 

Assessment/Fishery Impact Statement. 

Comments regarding the burden-hour 

estimates or other aspects of the 

collection-of-information requirements 

contained in this proposed rule may be 

submitted in writing to Jason Rueter, 


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