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compensation at a rate established by 

the Under Secretary, not to exceed the 

maximum daily rate payable under 

section 5376 of title 5, United States 

Code, when engaged in performing 

duties for the Panel. Members are 

reimbursed for actual and reasonable 

expenses incurred in performing such 

duties. 

Panel members selected to serve on 

the HSRP FACA committee must 

complete the following actions (please 

note this is not part of the application 

process, and is only relevant to the 

appointment process): 

(a) Security Clearance (on-line 

Background Security Check process and 

fingerprinting conducted through 

NOAA Workforce Management); 

(b) Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Report—As a special government 

employee (SGE) you are required to file 

a Confidential Financial Disclosure 

Report to avoid involvement in a real or 

apparent conflict of interest. You may 

find the Confidential Financial 

Disclosure Report at the following Web 

site: http://www.usoge.gov/forms/ 

form_450.aspx. 

(c) Certification of Status Statement 

(certifying statement that as an SGE you 

are not an agent of a foreign principal 

or a lobbyist—document provided by 

NOAA). 

Dated: July 9, 2009. 

Captain Steven Barnum, 

NOAA, Director, Office of Coast Survey, 

National Ocean Service, National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XQ32 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council), its 

Protected Resources Committee, its 

Research Set-Aside Committee, its 

Ecosystems and Ocean Planning 

Committee, its Bycatch and Limited 

Access Privilege Program (LAPP) 

Committee, its Squid, Mackerel, 

Butterfish Committee, and its Executive 

Committee will hold public meetings. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 through 

Thursday, August 6, 2009. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 

dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Embassy Suites Alexandria, 1900 

Diagonal Road, Alexandria, VA 22314; 

telephone: (703) 684–5900. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 300 S. New St., 

Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (302) 674–2331 ext. 

19. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

Tuesday, August 4, the Protected 

Resources Committee with Advisors 

will meet concurrently with the 

Research Set-Aside Committee (RSA) 

from 8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. The 

Ecosystems and Ocean Planning 

Committee will meet from 9:30 a.m. 

until 11:30 a.m. The Bycatch and LAPP 

Committee will meet from 12:30 p.m. 

until 1:30 p.m. The Squid, Mackerel, 

and Butterfish Committee will meet 

from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. From 

2:30 p.m. until 3:15 p.m., the Council 

will hear a report on the outcome of the 

48th Stock Assessment Review 

Committee meeting. From 3:15 p.m. 

until 5:15 p.m., the Council will finalize 

scup management measures for 2010 in 

conjunction with the Atlantic States 

Marine Fisheries Commission’s 

(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and 

Black Sea Bass Board. On Wednesday, 

August 5, 2009, the Executive 

Committee will meet from 8:30 a.m. 

until 9 a.m. From 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., 

the Council will convene to finalize 

summer flounder, black sea bass, and 

bluefish management measures for 2010 

in conjunction with the ASMFC’s 

Summer Flounder, Black Sea Bass, and 

Bluefish Boards, and receive an update 

from United States Coast Guard (USCG) 

officers on vessel stability and activities 

in the USCG’s 5th District. On 

Thursday, August 6, the Council will 

convene from 8 a.m. until 9 a.m., to 

receive a presentation on Amendment 3 

to the Consolidated Atlantic Highly 

Migratory Species Fishery Management 

Plan. From 9 a.m. until 12 p.m., the 

Council will discuss the Omnibus 

Amendment on Annual Catch Limits 

and Accountability Measures (ACL/ 

AM). From 1 p.m. until 4 p.m., the 

Council will convene to conduct its 

regular Business Session, receive 

Council Liaison Reports, Organizational 

Reports, Executive Director Reports, 

receive a report on the status of 

MAFMC’s FMPs, Committee Reports, 

and any continuing and/or new 

business. 

Agenda items by day for the Council’s 

Committees and the Council itself are: 

On Tuesday, August 4 - The Protected 

Resources Committee with Advisors 

will develop comments for Council 

consideration and action regarding 

NMFS’ sea turtle strategy. The Research 

Set-Aside Committee (RSA) will finalize 

the Council’s research priorities for the 

2011 cycle of its RSA grant program. 

The Ecosystems and Ocean Planning 

Committee will review and address 

Marine Protected Area (MPA) 

designations published in the April 

23rd Federal Register and consider 

adding or deleting MPA designations 

per NMFS guidance. The Bycatch and 

Limited Access Privilege Program 

(LAPP) Committee will receive an 

update on NOAA’s Catch Shares Task 

Force activities and receive a report on 

bycatch reduction activities in the black 

sea bass pot fishery. The Squid, 

Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee 

will address river herring bycatch issues 

in the mackerel fishery for purposes of 

considering development of a possible 

future amendment, and address an 

update of the Loligo control date for a 

possible future catch share program. 

The Council will receive a report by Dr. 

James Weinberg (NMFS, NEFSC) on the 

outcome of the 48th Stock Assessment 

Review Committee meeting concerning 

ocean quahog, tilefish, and weakfish. 

The Council in conjunction with the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission’s (ASMFC) Summer 

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 

Board will review the Scientific and 

Statistical Committee (SSC) and the 

Scup Monitoring Committee’s scup 

specification recommendations for 2010 

and adopt 2010 commercial and 

recreational harvest levels and 

commercial management measures for 

scup. 

On Wednesday, August 5 - The 

Executive Committee will meet to 

review the Ricks E Savage Award 

criteria and nomination process, and 

review allocation of FY 09 funds to 

ACL/AM activities. The Council in 

conjunction with the ASMFC’s Summer 

Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and 

Bluefish Boards will review the SSC and 

the associated Monitoring Committees’ 

specification recommendations for 2010 

and adopt 2010 commercial and 

recreational harvest levels and 

commercial management measures for 

summer flounder, and bluefish. 

Recreational management measures for 

2010 will also be adopted for bluefish. 

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presentation on vessel stability and 

activities of the USCG’s 5th District. 

On Thursday, August 6 - The Council 

will receive a presentation by NMFS 

Officials regarding the proposed rule for 

Amendment 3 to the Consolidated 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

Fishery Management Plan. The Council 

will then address its Omnibus 

Amendment on ACL/AMs by reviewing 

and discussing the SSC’s report on 

Scientific Uncertainty and Risk; 

reviewing and selecting management 

alternatives to establish ABCs, ACLs 

and AMs for continued Amendment 

development regarding each of the 

Council’s FMPs species; and, discussing 

risk policy development regarding 

setting of ABCs and ACLs. The Council 

will conduct its regular Business 

Session, receive Council Liaison 

Reports, Organizational Reports, the 

Executive Director’s Report, a report on 

the status of the Council’s FMPs, 

Committee Reports, and any continuing 

and/or new business including approval 

of Council comments regarding NMFS’ 

Proposed Rule on Sea Turtle Strategy 

and the Council’s updated multi-year 

research priorities (2010–2014). 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before the Council for discussion, these 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

Council action during this meeting. 

Council 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 Act, provided the 

public has been notified of the Council’s 

intent to take final action to address 

such emergencies. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to M. 

Jan Bryan, (302) 674–2331, ext 18, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: July 13, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting 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–XQ30 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic 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 South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a meeting of its Snapper Grouper 

Advisory Panel in North Charleston, SC. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

August 4–6, 2009. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and 

times. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265 

International Boulevard, North 

Charleston, SC; telephone: (843) 308– 

9330. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, N. Charleston, SC, 29405; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel 

will meet from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on 

August 4, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 

p.m. on August 5, 2009, and from 8:30 

a.m. until 3 p.m. on August 6, 2009. 

The Advisory Panel will review 

actions and management alternatives in 

draft Amendment 17A to the Snapper 

Grouper Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) for the South Atlantic Region 

regarding the management of red 

snapper, including measures to end 

overfishing, establishment of 

Overfishing Levels (OFLs), Annual 

Catch Limits (ACLs), Annual Catch 

Targets (ACTs) and Accountability 

Measures (AMs) and other measures. 

The AP will review actions and 

alternatives in draft Amendment 17B to 

the Snapper Grouper FMP establishing 

OFLs, ACLs, ACTs, AMs and other 

measures for other species in the 

Council’s jurisdiction listed as 

undergoing overfishing. 

The AP will review actions and 

management alternatives in draft 

Amendment 18 to the Snapper Grouper 

FMP addressing the extension of the 

snapper grouper management unit 

northward and other issues, and draft 

Amendment 20 to the Snapper Grouper 

FMP addressing the management of 

wreckfish, including the current 

Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) 

program, and establishment of 

management parameters including 

Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY), 

OFLs, Acceptable Biological Catch 

(ABC), ACLs, AMs and other measures. 

AP members will also review the draft 

Comprehensive ACL Amendment 

addressing management requirements, 

including ABCs, ACLs, ACTs and AMs 

for species under the Council’s 

jurisdiction not currently listed as 

undergoing overfishing. The AP will 

provide recommendations to the 

Council regarding each of the draft 

amendments. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. 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 Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: July 13, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

Publication of North American Datum 

of 1983 State Plane Coordinates in 

Feet in Utah 

AGENCY: National Geodetic Survey 

(NGS), National Ocean Service (NOS), 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Geodetic Survey 

(NGS) will publish North American 

Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) State Plane 


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