[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 58056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26919]


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MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Notice

TIME AND DATE: The Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals will meet on Wednesday, 2 
December 2009, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 3 December 2009, from 8 
a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Friday, 4 December 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
The Commission and the Committee will meet in executive session on 
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

PLACE: Hilton Waikiki/Prince Kuhio, 2500 Kuhio Avenue, Waikiki Beach, 
Hawaii 96815; Telephone: 808-921-5570; fax: 808-921-5511.

STATUS: The executive session will be closed to the public in 
accordance with the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 
U.S.C. 552b) and applicable regulations. The session will be for 
internal discussions of process, personnel, and the budget of the 
Commission. All other portions of the meeting will be open to the 
public. Public participation will be allowed as time permits and as 
determined to be desirable by the Chairman.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Commission and Committee will meet in 
public session to discuss a broad range of marine ecosystem and marine 
mammal matters with a focus on the Pacific Islands region. Although 
subject to change, major issues that the Commission plans to consider 
at the meeting include marine protected areas, their status and 
effectiveness; efforts to protect and recover Hawaiian monk seals; 
research and regulatory actions affecting spinner dolphins; the Hawaii 
Humpback Whale Sanctuary; false killer whales and other odontocetes in 
Hawaii; and other cetaceans in the Pacific Islands region.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Suzanne Montgomery, Special 
Assistant to the Executive Director, Marine Mammal Commission, 4340 
East-West Highway, Room 700, Bethesda, MD 20814; 301-504-0087; e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: November 3, 2009.
Timothy J. Ragen,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. E9-26919 Filed 11-9-09; 8:45 am]
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