[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48487-48488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19995]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080200D]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory 
Panel (AP) in Charleston, SC.

DATES: The Habitat and Environmental Protection AP will meet on August 
29, 2000, from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., and on August 30, 2000, from 
8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Town and Country Inn, 
2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: 843-571-1000 or 
1-800/334-6660.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer; telephone: (843) 571-4366; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Issues to be discussed include but are not 
limited to; research efforts at offshore habitat areas ``The Point'' in 
North Carolina and ``The Charleston Bump'' in South Carolina, the 
development of North

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Carolina State Habitat Conservation Plans, sand mining and beach 
renourishment activities and policy statement development, ecosystem 
management-report to Congress, National Coalition for Marine 
Conservation report on prey/predator interactions and management 
implications, marine fiber optic cable placement, Gray's Reef State of 
the Reef Report, dolphin/ wahoo essential fish habitat, marine reserves 
and marine protected areas, and deepwater port development.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in this notice, and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action 
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) 
by August 21, 2000.

    Dated: August 2, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-19995 Filed 8-7-00; 8:45 am]
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