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trip if two statistical areas are sampled 

on the same trip. 

Also under the NEFSC Groundfish 

project, Georges Bank (GB) haddock 

maturity and fecundity data would be 

collected. NEFSC is requesting an EFP 

to collect one tote of undersized 

haddock for sampling. The vessels 

would deliver up to five totes of fish 

(600 lb, 272.16 kg), four of which would 

contain legal sized fish, and one of 

which would contain undersized fish. 

The fish would be whole and iced. The 

total amount of GB haddock that would 

be authorized under this EFP would not 

exceed 1,300 lb (589.67 kg). NEFSC staff 

would meet the captain at the dock to 

collect the fish. None of the fish would 

be sold into the food market. 

For the GMRI Monkfish project, 

fishermen would report their entire 

catch, kept and discarded, on one trip 

every 2 weeks during the 8 month study 

period, for a total of between 160 and 

200 Days At Sea (DAS). The project 

would require the biological sampling 

EFP to allow fishermen to retain the 

entire monkfish catch on the last tow for 

two trips per month for 8 months on 

five vessels, resulting in 80 separate 

samples, not to exceed 550 lb (249.48 

kg) of monkfish per sample. Each 

sample would be delivered to a GMRI 

sampler who would separate legal and 

undersized fish, weigh each portion and 

sub–sample for length frequencies and 

other biological information. Legal sized 

fish would be allowed to be sold by the 

vessel, but undersized fish would be 

retained by GMRI. It is estimated that 

the amount of undersized fish for the 80 

samples would not exceed 4,800 lb 

(2,177.24 kg). 

The applicant may make requests to 

NMFS for minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

year. EFP modifications and extensions 

may be granted by NMFS without 

further notice if they are deemed 

essential to facilitate completion of the 

proposed research and result in only a 

minimal change in the scope or impact 

of the initially approved EFP request. In 

accordance with NOAA Administrative 

Order 216–6, a Categorical Exclusion or 

other appropriate NEPA document 

would be completed prior to the 

issuance of the EFP. Further review and 

consultation may be necessary before a 

final determination is made to issue the 

EFP. After publication of this document 

in the Federal Register, the EFP, if 

approved, may become effective 

following a 15-day public comment 

period. 

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

Dated: June 26, 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–XQ13 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and 

hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold its Fisheries Data Coordinating 

Committee (FDCC), 101st Scientific and 

Statistical Committee (SSC) and 145th 

Council meetings to take 

recommendations and action on fishery 

management issues in the Western 

Pacific Region. 

DATES: The FDCC will be held on July 

19, The 101st SSC Meeting will be held 

on July 20–22, 2009 and the 145th 

Council meeting will be held on July 

22–25, 2009. All meetings will be held 

in Kona, HI. For specific times and 

agendas, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The SSC and Council 

meetings will be held at the King 

Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel, 75– 

5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona, HI 

96740; telephone: (808) 329–2911. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director; 

telephone: (808) 522–8220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

addition to the agenda items listed here, 

the SSC and Council will hear 

recommendations from Council 

advisory groups. Public comment 

periods will be provided throughout the 

agendas. The order in which agenda 

items are addressed may change. The 

meetings will run as late as necessary to 

complete scheduled business. 

Schedule for FDCC Meeting: 

Sunday, July 19, 2009, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 

Schedule and Agenda for 101 SSC 

Meeting: 

Monday, July 20, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 5 

p.m. 

1. Introductions 

2. Approval of Draft Agenda and 

Assignment of Rapporteurs 

3. Status of the 100th SSC Meeting 

Recommendations 

4. Report from the Pacific Islands 

Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) 

5. Program Planning 

A. Recommendations on Fishing 

Regulations for Pacific Monuments 

(Action Item) 

B. Instituting Limited Access Privilege 

Programs (LAPPs or Catch Shares) for 

the Western Pacific Region 

C. PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem 

Division (CRED) Surveys 

1. Review of CRED Survey 

Methodologies 

2. Modifications to CRED Surveys 

D. Vulnerability Evaluation Working 

Group Final Report 

E. Research 

1. Five-Year Research Priorities 

F. Public Comment 

G. Discussion and Recommendations 

6. Insular Fisheries 

A. Hawaii Archipelago 

1. Recommendations for Hancock 

Groundfish Moratorium (Action Item) 

2. Western Pacific Stock Assessment 

Review (WPSAR) Stock Assessment 

Review 

3. Recommendations on Main 

Hawaiian Islands (MHI) Bottomfish 

Total Allowable Catch (TAC) (Action 

Item) 

4. Recommendations on MHI 

Bottomfish LAPP (Action Item) 

B. American Samoa Archipelago 

1. Fagatele Bay National Marine 

Sanctuary Coral Recovery 

C. Setting Allowable Biological 

Catches (ABCs) for Insular Stocks 

D. Public Comment 

E. Discussion and Recommendations 

Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 5 

p.m. 

7. Pelagic Fisheries 

A. Recent Changes at the Top and 

Bottom of the North Pacific Pelagic 

Ecosystem 

B. Preliminary Oceanographic 

Characterization of Ocean Slicks off 

Kona 

C. Longline Management 

1. Update on Hawaii Shallow-set 

Fishery 

2. Tuna Quota Management 

a. Update on 2009 Longline and Purse 

Seine Tuna Quota 

b. Recommendations on Tuna Quota 

Management (Action Item) 

3. Recommendations on Tuna Quota 

Monitoring (Action Item) 

D. Non-Longline Management (Action 

Item) 

1. Recommendations on Cross 

Seamount/NOAA Weather Buoy Fishery 

Limited Entry Program & New Control 

Date 

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E. American Samoa and Hawaii 

Longline Quarterly Reports 

F. International Fisheries/Meetings 

1. Inter-American Tropical Tuna 

Commission (IATTC) Conservation and 

Management Measures 

2. Report of the Second Tuna Regional 

Fishery Management Organizations 

(RFMOs) Meeting 

G. Public Comment 

H. Discussion and Recommendations 

8. Protected Species 

A. Report on Marine Mammal 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

B. Take Reduction Team for False 

Killer Whales 

C. ESA consultation for American 

Samoa Longline Fishery 

D. Monk Seal Critical Habitat 

Determination 

E. Stock Definitions and Assessments 

for Marine Mammals 

F. Sea Turtle Analysis For Offsetting 

Fishery Impacts 

G. Turtle Conservation Program 

H. NMFS Pacific Islands Regional 

Office (PIRO) Sea Turtle Program and 

Regional Management Plan 

I. Public Comment 

J. Discussion and Recommendations 

Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 5 

p.m. 

9. Other Business 

A. Gap Analysis of the National 

System of Marine Protected Areas 

(MPAs) 

B. 102nd SSC Meeting 

10. Summary of SSC 

Recommendations to the Council 

Schedule for 145th Council Meeting 

Standing Committees: 

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 

1. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.: Pelagic and 

International Standing Committee 

2. 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.: Executive and 

Budget Standing Committee 

Schedule and Agenda for 145th Council 

Meeting: 

Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 6:30 p.m. - 

9:30 p.m. 

1. Introductions 

2. Approval of Agenda 

3. Approval of 144th Meeting Minutes 

4. Agency Reports 

A. National Marine Fisheries Service 

1. Pacific Islands Regional Office 

2. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science 

Center 

B. NOAA General Counsel 

C. NOAA National Marine Sanctuary 

D. President Obama’s Ocean 

Initiatives 

E. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

F. State Department 

G. National Weather Service 

H. Enforcement 

1. U.S. Coast Guard 

2. NOAA Office for Law Enforcement 

3. Status of Violations 

I. Public Comment 

J. Council Discussion and Action 

Thursday, July 23, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 6 

p.m. 

Guest Speaker: Using ecosystem 

models for fishery management 

5. American Samoa Archipelago 

Fisheries 

A. Motu Lipoti 

B. Enforcement Report 

C. Community Issues 

1. Impacts of Chicken of the Sea 

Samoa Packing Cannery Closure 

2. Responsible Fishery Development 

a. Department of Commerce Fishery 

Development Meetings 

b. Governor’s Economic Advisory 

Council 

D. Education and Outreach Report 

E. Fono Report 

F. SSC Recommendations 

G. Public Comment 

H. Council Discussion and Action 

6. Mariana Archipelago Fisheries 

A. Island Reports 

1. Arongol Faleey 

2. Isla Informe 

B. Enforcement Report 

1. CNMI 

2. Guam 

C. Community Issues 

1. Impacts of Marianas Training Range 

Complex & Farallon de Medinilla 

Restrictions 

2. Impacts of Guam Buildup 

3. Responsible Fishery Development 

a. CNMI 

b. Guam 

D. Education and Outreach Reports 

1. CNMI 

2. Guam 

E. Legislative Reports 

F. Marianas Advisory Panel 

Recommendations 

G. Marianas Plan Team 

Recommendations 

H. Regional Ecosystem Advisory 

Committee Recommendations 

1. CNMI 

2. Guam 

I. SSC Recommendations 

J. Public Comment 

K. Council Discussion and Action 

7. Hawaii Archipelago and Pacific 

Remote Island Area Fisheries 

A. Moku Pepa 

B. Enforcement Report 

C. Community Issues 

1. Aha Kiole Report 

D. Hawaii Advisory Group Reports 

1. Hawaii Advisory Panel 

2. Archipelagic Plan Team 

3. Hawaii Regional Ecosystem 

Advisory Committee Report 

E. Hawaii Education Report 

F. Legislative Report 

G. SSC Recommendations 

H. Public Comment 

I. Council Discussion and Action 

8. Pelagic and International Fisheries 

A. Longline Fishery Quarterly Reports 

1. American Samoa Longline Fishery 

2. Hawaii Longline Limited-entry 

Longline Fishery 

B. Update on Hawaii Shallow-set 

Longline Fishery 

C. International Game Fishing 

Association Marlin Initiative 

D. International Education Report 

E. Memorandum of Understanding 

Update 

F. International Fisheries/Meetings 

1. IATTC 

2. North Pacific Seamount RFMO 

3. 2nd Joint Meeting of Tuna RFMO 

G. Marine Mammal Advisory 

Committee Recommendations 

H. Advisory Group Recommendations 

1. Pelagic Plan Team 

Recommendations 

2. Pelagic Advisory Panel 

Recommendations 

I. SSC Recommendations 

J. Pelagics and International Standing 

Committee Recommendations 

K. Public Comment 

M. Council Discussion and Action 

Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 

p.m. 

9. Public Comments on Non-Agenda 

Items 

Thursday, July 23, 2009, 6:30 p.m. - 9 

p.m. 

FISHERS FORUM: Marlin on the 

Menu 

Friday, July 24, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 

p.m. 

10. Action Items 

A. Program Planning 

1. Recommendations on Fishing 

Regulations in the Pacific Marine 

National Monuments 

2. Advisory Group Recommendations 

3. SSC Recommendations 

4. Public Comment 

5. Council Discussion and Action 

B. Insular Fisheries 

1. Recommendations on the Hancock 

Seamount Groundfish Moratorium 

2. Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish 

a. Western Pacific Stock Assessment 

Review of the Main Hawaiian Islands 

Bottomfish Fishery 

b. Recommendations on Total 

Allowable Catch for Main Hawaiian 

Islands Bottomfish 2009–10 Season 

c. Recommendations on Catch Shares 

3. Recommendations on Annual Catch 

Limits 

4. Advisory Group Recommendations 

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5. SSC Recommendations 

6. Public Comment 

7. Council Discussion and Action 

C. Pelagic and International Fisheries 

1. Recommendations on Cross 

Seamount/NOAA Weather Buoy Fishery 

Limited Entry Program and Control Date 

2. Longline Fisheries 

a. Recommendations on Western and 

Central Pacific Fisheries Commission 

Quota Management 

b. Recommendations on Tuna Quota 

Monitoring 

c. Recommendations on Catch Shares 

3. Advisory Group Recommendations 

4. SSC Recommendations 

5. Pelagic & International Standing 

Committee Recommendations 

6. Public Comment 

7. Council Discussion and Action 

Saturday, July 25, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 5 

p.m. 

11. Program Planning and Research 

A. National and International 

Education and Outreach Reports 

B. Research 

1. Update on 2009 Cooperative 

Research Funding and Projects 

2. Cooperative Research Process and 

Priorities 

3. Five-Year Research Priorities 

C. Update on National Legislation 

D. Update on Status of Fishery 

Management Plan Actions 

E. Advisory Group Recommendations 

1. Hawaii Advisory Panel 

2. Marianas Advisory Panel 

4. Hawaii Archipelago Fishery 

Ecosystem Plan Team 

5. Pelagic Fishery Ecosystem Plan 

Team 

6. Marianas Archipelago Fishery 

Ecosystem Plan Team 

7. Hawaii Regional Ecosystem 

Advisory Committee 

8. CNMI Regional Ecosystem 

Advisory Committee 

9. Guam Regional Ecosystem 

Advisory Committee 

F. SSC Recommendations 

G. Standing Committee 

Recommendation 

H. Public Comment 

I. Council Discussion and Action 

12. Administrative Matters and 

Budgets 

A. Financial Report 

1. Five-year Budget and Program 

2010–14 

B. Administrative Report 

C. Meetings and Workshops 

(Calendar) 

1. Council Coordinating Committee 

Meeting Report 

D. Council Family Changes 

1. Neighbor Island Advisory Panel 

Additions 

2. Changes to Social Science Research 

Planning Committee 

3. Changes to CNMI Advisory Panel 

E. Recommendations on Changes to 

Standard Operation Practices and 

Procedures (SOPP) 

F. Response to GAO 

Recommendations. 

G. Standing Committee 

Recommendations 

H. Public Comment 

I. Council Discussion and Action 

Other non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before the Council for discussion and 

formal Council action during its 145th 

meeting. However, Council action on 

regulatory issues will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any regulatory issue 

arising after publication of this 

document that requires emergency 

action under section 305(c) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the 

public has been notified of the Council’s 

intent to take 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 Kitty M. Simonds, 

(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522– 

8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: June 30, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–15778 Filed 7–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

[Docket Number: 090318324–91088–03] 

Technology Innovation Program 

Extension of Due Date for Proposals 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), United States 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Due to technical difficulties, 

NIST is extending the deadline for 

proposal submission for its Technology 

Innovation Program competition to 3 

p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, July 7, 

2009. NIST will accept only paper 

submissions during the extended time 

period. 

DATES: Paper submissions must be 

received no later than 3 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Tuesday, July 7, 2009. Review, 

selection, and grant award processing is 

expected to be completed by the end of 

November 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Paper submissions must be 

sent to the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 

Drive, Stop 4750, Gaithersburg, MD 

20899–4701. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Wiggins via e-mail at 

thomas.wiggins@nist.gov or telephone 

(301) 975–5416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On March 31, 2009, the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology’s 

(NIST) Technology Innovation Program 

(TIP) announced that it was soliciting 

high-risk, high reward research and 

development proposals for financial 

assistance (74 FR 14523). The due date 

for submission of all proposals was 3 

p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, June 23, 

2009. Due to technical difficulties some 

proposers were unable to submit their 

proposals electronically on Tuesday, 

June 23, 2009. In order to provide all 

interested parties the opportunity to 

submit a proposal for TIP, NIST is 

extending the solicitation period until 3 

p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, July 7, 

2009. Electronic proposals received 

between 3 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Time on June 23, 2009 will be deemed 

timely and given full consideration. 

Paper proposals received between 3 

p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 23, 

2009 and July 2, 2009 will be deemed 

timely and given full consideration. 

During the extended solicitation period, 

NIST will accept only paper 

submissions. Proposers who attempted 

to submit electronic proposals but were 

unsuccessful are encouraged to resubmit 

their proposals by paper. Paper 

submissions must be received by 3 p.m. 

Eastern Time, July 7, 2009. Please note 

that for paper submissions the Program 

requires one original and fifteen (15) 

copies of the proposal. 

The proposal submission deadline 

applies to any mode of paper proposal 

delivery, including hand-delivery, 

courier, and express mailing, but not 

facsimile. Proposals submitted via 

facsimile will not be accepted. NIST 

will not make any allowances for late 

submissions. All TIP competition 

requirements and information 

announced in the March 31, 2009, 

Federal Register notice and in the 

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Federal Register 

notice amendment (74 FR 23396) apply 

to proposals submitted during the 

extended time period with the 

exception of the review, selection, and 

award processing time that is now 

expected to be completed by late