[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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