[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67367-67368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25439]


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MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION


Committee Management; Notice of Public Meeting; Advisory 
Committee on Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals

AGENCY: Marine Mammal Commission.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Marine Mammal Commission (Commission) will hold the fourth 
meeting of its Advisory

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Committee on Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals (Committee) 30 
November-2 December 2004 in New Orleans, LA.

DATES: The Committee will meet Tuesday, November 30, 2004, from 9 a.m. 
to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, December 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and 
Thursday, December 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This meeting is open to 
the public. These times and the agenda topics described below are 
subject to change. Please refer to the Commission's Web site 
(www.mmc.gov) for the most up-to-date meeting information. The 
Committee's fifth public meeting is tentatively scheduled for 1-3 March 
2005 in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Further information on 
that meeting will be published in the Federal Register and posted on 
the Commission's Web site.

ADDRESSES: The 30 November-2 December meeting will be held at the 
Bourbon Orleans Hotel, 717 Orleans Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 
70116, phone 504-523-2222, fax 504-571-4666, http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/MSYBO/main.wnt.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Vos, Sound Project Manager, 
Marine Mammal Commission, 4340 East-West Hwy., Rm. 905, Bethesda, MD 
20814, e-mail: [email protected], tel.: (301) 504-0087, fax: (301) 504-0099; 
or visit the Commission's Web site at www.mmc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is to be held pursuant to the 
directive in the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-7) 
that the Commission convene a conference or series of conferences to 
``share findings, survey acoustic `threats' to marine mammals, and 
develop means of reducing those threats while maintaining the oceans as 
a global highway of international commerce.'' The meeting agenda 
includes presentations and discussions related to (1) progress made by 
the Subcommittee on Synthesis of Current Knowledge; (2) a draft report 
from the Subcommittee on Management and Mitigation; (3) proposals from 
the Working Group on Integrity and Balance in Research, Working Group 
on Animal Welfare Ethics, and Working Group on Research Permitting and 
Incidental Harassment Authorizations; (4) potential recommendations 
concerning research priorities, and others developed by the 
Subcommittees and Working Groups; (5) a report from the International 
Policy Workshop on sound and marine mammals; (6) how scientific 
uncertainty and disagreement will be handled in the Committee's final 
products, (7) the outline of the final Advisory Committee report; and 
(8) the consideration of appointing a drafting Subcommittee. The agenda 
also includes two public comment sessions. Guidelines for making public 
comments, background documents, and the meeting agenda, including the 
specific times of public comment periods, will be posted on the 
Commission's Web site prior to the meeting. Written comments may be 
submitted at the meeting.

    Dated: November 10, 2004.
David Cottingham,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 04-25439 Filed 11-16-04; 8:45 am]
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