[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 164 (Thursday, August 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21377]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081596H]
New England Recovery Plan Implementation Team Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Recovery Plan Implementation Team (Team) for
the Northern Right Whale and Humpback Whale Recovery Plans will hold a
1-day public meeting to consider whale recovery plan implementation
actions, particularly for the northern right whale.
DATES: The meeting will begin at 9:15 a.m. and end by 5:00 p.m.,
September 25, 1996.
ADDRESSES: The Team meeting will be held at the office of the New
England Fishery Management Council, at 5 Broadway (Route One), Saugus,
MA 01906-1097.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Thomas French, Team Chairperson,
(508) 792-7270 (X163), or Sal Testaverde, NMFS, Northeast Regional
Office, (508) 281-9368.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Team is made up of state and Federal
agencies from New England identified in each of the recovery plans as
having a role in recovery of these two whale species. The September 25,
1996, Team meeting will include a discussion on the Team composition, a
report from the subcommittee on vessel interaction conflicts,
redrafting of the recovery plans, a response plan for retrieving
stranded or dead whales, and the construction of the Massachusetts
Water Resource Authority's outfall tunnel.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: August 16, 1996.
P. Michael Payne,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-21377 Filed 8-21-96; 8:45 am]
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