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Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, no person is required to, nor 

shall a person be subject to a penalty for 

failure to comply with, a collection of 

information subject to the requirements 

of the PRA unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism) 

It has been determined that this notice 

does not contain policies with 

Federalism implications as that term is 

defined in Executive Order 13132. 

Administrative Procedure Act/ 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Prior notice and an opportunity for 

public comment are not required by the 

Administrative Procedure Act or any 

other law for rules concerning public 

property, loans, grants, benefits, and 

contracts (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2)). Because 

notice and opportunity for comment are 

not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or 

any other law, the analytical 

requirements for the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are 

inapplicable. Therefore, a regulatory 

flexibility analysis has not been 

prepared. 

Dated: July 9, 2009. 

Gary Reisner, 

Director, Office of Management and Budget, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–16813 Filed 7–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel 

Membership Solicitation 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of 

membership solicitation for 

Hydrographic Services Review Panel; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration published 

a document in the Federal Register of 

June 29, 2009, entitled Hydrographic 

Services Review Panel Meeting. The 

title of the notice is incorrect. The 

correct title is Hydrographic Services 

Review Panel Membership Solicitation. 

The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is 

soliciting nominations for membership 

on the Hydrographic Services Review 

Panel (the Panel), a Federal advisory 

committee. NOAA is extending the time 

period for submission of membership 

applications from Friday, June 26, 2009, 

to Friday, July 24, 2009. This notice 

responds to the Hydrographic Services 

Improvement Act Amendments of 2002, 

Public Law 107–372, which requires the 

Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere to solicit 

nominations for Panel membership. The 

Panel will advise the Under Secretary 

on matters related to the responsibilities 

and authorities set forth in section 303 

of the Hydrographic Services 

Improvement Act of 1998 and such 

other appropriate matters as the Under 

Secretary refers to the Panel for review 

and advice. To apply for membership on 

the Panel, applicants should submit a 

resume as indicated in the ADDRESSES

section. 

DATES: As noted in the June 26, 2009, 

Federal Register, resumes should be 

sent to the address, e-mail, or fax 

specified and must be received by July 

24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit applications for 

membership on the Panel to Rebecca 

Arenson via mail, fax, or e-mail at: (1) 

Mail: Rebecca Arenson, Office of Coast 

Survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA 

(N/CS), 1315 East West Highway, Room 

6126, Silver Spring, MD 20910, Fax: 

301–713–4019, E-mail: 

Hydroservices.panel@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Arenson, Office of Coast 

Survey, National Ocean Service (NOS), 

NOAA (N/CS), 1315 East West Highway, 

Room 6126, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910; Telephone: 301–713–2780 x158, 

Fax: 301–713–4019; E-mail: 

Rebecca.Arenson@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 33 

U.S.C. 883a, et seq., NOAA’s National 

Ocean Service (NOS) is responsible for 

providing nautical charts and related 

information for safe navigation. NOS 

collects and compiles hydrographic, 

tidal and current, geodetic, and a variety 

of other data in order to fulfill this 

responsibility. The Hydrographic 

Services Review Panel provides advice 

on topics such as ‘‘NOAA’s 

Hydrographic Survey Priorities,’’ 

technologies relating to operations, 

research, and development of data 

pertaining to: 

(a) Hydrographic surveying; 

(b) Nautical charting; 

(c) Water level measurements; 

(d) Current measurements; 

(e) Geodetic measurements; and 

(f) Geospatial measurements. 

The Panel has 15 voting members 

appointed by the Under Secretary of 

Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere 

in accordance with section 105 of Public 

Law 107–372. Members are selected on 

a standardized basis, in accordance with 

applicable Department of Commerce 

guidance. The Co-Directors of the Joint 

Hydrographic Center and two other 

employees of the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration serve as 

nonvoting members of the Panel. The 

Director, Office of Coast Survey, serves 

as the Designated Federal Official 

(DFO). This solicitation is to obtain 

candidate applications for one current 

voting vacancy on the Panel, and for 

five voting members whose terms expire 

January 1, 2010, and candidates for 

voting members who might resign at any 

time during 2009. Be advised that some 

voting members whose terms expire 

January 1, 2010, may be reappointed for 

another full term if eligible. 

Voting members are individuals who, 

by reason of knowledge, experience, or 

training, are especially qualified in one 

or more disciplines relating to 

hydrographic surveying, tides, currents, 

geodetic and geospatial measurements, 

marine transportation, port 

administration, vessel pilotage, and 

coastal or fishery management. An 

individual may not be appointed as a 

voting member of the Panel if the 

individual is a full-time officer or 

employee of the United States. Any 

voting member of the Panel who is an 

applicant for, or beneficiary of (as 

determined by the Under Secretary) any 

assistance under the Act shall disclose 

to the Panel that relationship, and may 

not vote on any other matter pertaining 

to that assistance. 

Voting members of the Panel serve a 

four-year term, except that vacancy 

appointments shall be for the remainder 

of the unexpired term of the vacancy. 

Members serve at the discretion of the 

Under Secretary and are subject to 

government ethics standards. Any 

individual appointed to a partial or full 

term may be reappointed for one 

additional full term. A voting member 

may serve until his or her successor has 

taken office. The Panel selects one 

voting member to serve as the Chair and 

another to serve as the Vice Chair. The 

Vice Chair acts as Chair in the absence 

or incapacity of the Chair but will not 

automatically become the Chair if the 

Chair resigns. Meetings occur at least 

twice a year, and at the call of the Chair 

or upon the request of a majority of the 

voting members or of the Under 

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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. 

[FR Doc. E9–16876 Filed 7–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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. 

The Council will also receive a 


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