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141 / Monday, July 24, 2006 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 062306B]
Review Workshop Report and Final
Stock Assessment Report for Large
Coastal Sharks
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: NMFS announces the
availability of the large coastal shark
(LCS) final stock assessment report,
prepared by the NMFS Southeast
Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC). The
report includes a copy of the recently
completed review panel consensus
summary, as well as copies of the Data
and Assessment workshop reports.
These reports summarize the relevant
working documents; describe models
and methods used to assess the status of
the LCS complex, sandbar sharks, and
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico stocks of
blacktip sharks; make general and
research oriented recommendations;
summarize stakeholder opinion for each
of the stocks assessed; and make
conclusions regarding the status of the
stock.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the
LCS final stock assessment report
should be sent to Sarah McTee, Highly
Migratory Species Management Division
(F/SF1), National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or
may be sent via facsimile (fax) to (301)
713–1917 or phone (301) 713–2347.
Electronic copies of the stock
assessment may also be obtained from
the SEFSC SEDAR Web site at: http://
www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar/Index.jsp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the methods, data, and
results of the stock assessment, contact
Julie Neer by phone at (850) 234–6541
or by fax at (850) 235–3559.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Stock
assessments are periodically conducted
to determine stock status relative to
current management criteria. Collecting
the best available scientific data and
conducting stock assessments are
critical to determine appropriate
management measures for rebuilding
stocks. The latest LCS stock assessment
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was conducted in a manner similar to
the Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR) process. SEDAR is a
cooperative process initiated in 2002 to
improve the quality and reliability of
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fishery stock assessments in the South
Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S.
Caribbean. SEDAR emphasizes
constituent and stakeholder
participation in assessment
development, transparency in the
assessment process, and a rigorous and
independent scientific review of
completed stock assessments.
SEDAR is organized around three
workshops. The first workshop is a Data
workshop where datasets are
documented, analyzed, reviewed, and
compiled for conducting assessment
analyses. The LCS Data workshop was
held from October 31 through November
4, 2005, in Panama City, FL. The second
workshop, an Assessment workshop
where quantitative population analyses
are developed and refined and
population parameters are estimated,
was held from February 6 through
February 10, 2006, in Miami, FL. The
last workshop was the Review
workshop, in which a panel of
independent experts reviewed the data
and assessments and recommended the
most appropriate values of critical
population and management quantities.
This workshop was held in Panama
City, FL, from June 5 through June 9,
2006. All workshops were open to the
public. More information on the SEDAR
process can be found at http://
www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801
et seq.
Dated: July 17 2006.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 071206A]
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application for
research permit 1583 and request for
comment.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
NMFS has received an application for a
permit for an Endangered Species Act
(ESA) scientific research from Tenera
Environmental in Lafayette, CA. This
notice is relevant to federally
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endangered Sacramento River winter-
run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley
spring-run Chinook salmon (O.
tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley
steelhead (O. mykiss), and threatened
Southern Distinct Population Segment
(DPS) of North American green sturgeon
(Acipenser medirostris). This document
serves to notify the public of the
availability of the permit applications
for review and comment.
DATES: Written comments on the permit
application must be received at the
appropriate address or fax number (see
ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. Pacific
Standard Time on August 23, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
permit application should be sent to the
appropriate office as indicated below.
Comments may also be sent via e-mail
to FRNpermit.sac@noaa.gov or fax to the
number indicated for the request. The
application and related documents are
available for review by appointment:
Protected Resources Division, NMFS,
650 Capitol Mall, Suite 8–300,
Sacramento, CA 95814 (ph: 916–930–
3615, fax: 916–930–3629).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Russell Bellmer, Ph.D., at phone number
916–930–3615, or e-mail:
FRNpermit.sac@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority
Issuance of permits and permit
modifications, as required by the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 1543) (ESA), is based on a
finding that such permits/modifications:
(1) Are applied for in good faith; (2)
would not operate to the disadvantage
of the listed species which are the
subject of the permits; and (3) are
consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA. Authority to take listed species is
subject to conditions set forth in the
permits. Permits and modifications are
issued in accordance with and are
subject to the ESA and NMFS
regulations governing listed fish and
wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226).
Those individuals requesting a
hearing on the application listed in this
notice should set out the specific
reasons why a hearing would be
appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The
holding of such a hearing is at the
discretion of the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS. All
statements and opinions contained in
the permit action summaries are those
of the applicant and do not necessarily
reflect the views of NMFS.
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Species Covered in This Notice
This notice is relevant to federally
endangered Sacramento River winter-
run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley
spring-run Chinook salmon (O.
tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley
steelhead (O. mykiss), and threatened
Southern DPS of North American green
sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris).
Applications Received
Tenera Environmental requests a 1-
year permit 1583 for an estimated take
of 32 juvenile winter-run Chinook
Salmon, 85 juvenile spring-run Chinook
Salmon, and 6 juvenile Central Valley
steelhead to fulfill the requirements of
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and provide current
impingement data as requested by
NMFS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
and California Department Fish and
Game. Tenera Environmental requests
authorization for an estimated total take
of 123 juveniles (with 100–percent
incidental mortality) resulting from
rinsing all impinged material from the
traveling screens into the screenwash
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sluiceways and directing it by water
flow and gravity into a collection
container. Sampling will occur once
every 4 hours for one 24-hour collection
period per week for 12 consecutive
months (312 samples) at the Contra
Costa Power Plant (lat. 38° 01′12″ N,
long. 121° 45′36″ W) and Pittsburg
Power Plant (lat. 38°02′28″ N, long. 121°
53′38″W) located in the Suisun Bay of
San Francisco Bay Delta. If any listed
species are collected alive, they will be
immediately returned to Suisun Bay.
Individuals are measured and identified
to species or run.
Tenera Environmental will take a total
of six juveniles of the threatened
Southern DPS of North American green
sturgeon (with 100–incidental mortality)
resulting from capture and release of the
fish.
Dated: July 18, 2006.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 06–40]
36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense
Security Cooperation Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
publishing the unclassified text of a
section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
This is published to fulfill the
requirements of section 155 of Public
Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
J. Hurd, DSCA/DBO/ADM, (703) 604–
6575.
The following is a copy of a letter to
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Transmittal 06–40 with
attached transmittal and policy
justification.
C.R. Choate,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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