Notices. Notice of Availability; request for comments
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BILLING CODE 3510-22-M DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 092006B] Endangered and Threatened Species; Recovery Plan for White Abalone AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of Availability; request for comments. SUMMARY: The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS)announces the availability of the draft White Abalone Recovery Plan
(Plan)for public review. NMFS is soliciting review and comment from the public and all interested parties on the Plan, and will consider all substantive comments received during the review period before submitting the Plan for final approval. DATES: Comments on the draft Plan must be received by close of business on December 18, 2006. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • E-Mail: *whiteabalone.recoveryplan@noaa.gov.* • Fax: 1-562-980-4027, Attention: Melissa Neuman. • Mail: Submit written information to Chief, Protected Resources Division, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802 4213. The draft Plan can be obtained via the Internet at: *http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov* or by submitting a request to the Assistant Regional Administrator, Protected Resources Division, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Neuman, NMFS, Southwest Region
(562)980-4115. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: White abalone ( *Haliotis sorenseni* ) was listed as the first federally endangered marine invertebrate under the United States Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA)in May 2001. The ESA (15 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ) requires that NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS)develop and implement recovery plans for the conservation and survival of threatened and endangered species under its jurisdiction, unless it is determined that such plans would not promote the conservation of the species. Accordingly, during the summer of 2002, NMFS appointed a recovery team comprised of experts in the fields of abalone biology and ecology, conservation biology, genetics, population dynamics and modeling, pathology, aquaculture, and marine policy to develop a recovery plan as mandated by the ESA. The purposes of this Recovery Plan are to:
(1)delineate those aspects of white abalone biology, life history, and threats that are pertinent to its endangerment and recovery;
(2)outline and justify a strategy to achieve recovery;
(3)identify the actions necessary to achieve recovery;
(4)identify goals and criteria by which to measure the achievement of recovery;
(5)serve as an outreach tool by articulating the reasons for white abalone's endangerment, and by explaining why the particular suite of recovery actions described is the most effective and efficient approach to achieving recovery;
(6)help potential cooperators and partners understand the rationale behind the recovery actions identified, and assist them in identifying how they can facilitate recovery;
(7)serve as a tool for monitoring recovery activities; and
(8)be used to obtain funding for NMFS and its partners by identifying necessary recovery actions and their relative priority in the recovery process. NMFS' ultimate goal is to increase white abalone abundance to viable and self-sustaining levels such that the species can be downlisted to threatened status and eventually removed from the Endangered Species List. NMFS sought a scientific review of the draft Plan by 12 experts in October 2005. NMFS requested that the scientific reviewers consider:
(1)issues and assumptions relating to the biological and ecological information of the draft Plan, and
(2)scientific data relating to the tasks in the proposed recovery program. Four reviewers responded to NMFS' request. The recovery team reconvened in June 2006 to consider the reviewer's comments and incorporate changes to the draft Plan accordingly. NMFS will consider all substantive comments and information presented during the public comment period in the course of finalizing this Plan. Dated: October 27, 2006. Angela Somma, Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E6-18505 Filed 11-1-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 102706C] Marine Mammals; File No. 775-1600 AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for amendment. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS,166 Water Street, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543-1026 [Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Richard Merrick] has requested a major amendment to Permit No. 775-1600 to take northern right whales ( *Eubalaena glacialis* ) for purposes of scientific research. ADDRESSES: The amendment request and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s): Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376; Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298; phone (978)281-9200; fax (978)281-9371; Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432; phone (727)570-5301; fax (727)570-5320. Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this request should be submitted to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this particular amendment request would be appropriate. Comments may also be submitted by facsimile at (301)427-2521, provided the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy submitted by mail and postmarked no later than the closing date of the comment period. Comments may also be submitted by e-mail. The mailbox address for providing e-mail comments is *NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov* . Include in the subject line of the e-mail comment the following document identifier: File No. 775-1600. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Hubard or Amy Hapeman, (301)713-2289. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 27, 2000, notice was published in the **Federal Register** (65 FR 64432) that a request for a scientific research permit to take seven species of baleen whale, 21 species of odontocetes, and four species of pinnipeds had been submitted by the above-named organization. Permit No. 775-1600-00 was issued on March 6, 2001 (66 FR 14135) and subsequently amended ten times for various purposes. Amendment No. 7 of the permit, named Permit No. 775-1600-07 (69 FR 10680; March 8, 2004), and subsequent amendments allowed biopsy sampling of up to 15 right whale calves less than six months old per year. The Permit Holder has requested that the number of right whale calves less than six months old that may be biopsy sampled, including on the Southeastern US calving grounds, be increased to 30 per year to account for inter-annual variation in the number of calves born each year. The purpose of this amendment is consistent with the objectives in the original application related to genetically identifying (via biopsy sampling) northern right whales. Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the **Federal Register** , NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors. Dated: October 27, 2006. P. Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E6-18503 Filed 11-1-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Base Closure and Realignment AGENCY: Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: On October 23, 2006 the Department of Defense published a notice on Base Closure and Realignment. This notice corrects an error in the telephone number for Fort Hayes Memorial USARC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Office of Economic Adjustment, Office the Secretary of Defense, 400 Army Navy Drive, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22202-43704, 703-604-6020. Correction In **Federal Register** at 71 FR 62096, telephone number for Ohio is corrected to read 614-645-8036. Dated: October 27, 2006. L.M. Bynum, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, DoD. [FR Doc. 06-9018 Filed 11-1-06; 8:45 am]
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