[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 214 (Friday, November 3, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66222-66223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28305]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[I.D. 091800K]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings

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

ACTION: Cancellation of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces the cancellation of two public hearings that 
had dates and locations yet to be determined by the Atlantic States 
Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and held in the states of 
Massachusetts and Rhode Island on the public hearing draft of Amendment 
13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management 
Plan. The intent to schedule these meetings was announced in the 
Federal Register on September 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director 
of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), 302-674-2331, 
ext. 19, or John Dunnigan, Executive Director, ASMFC, 202-289-6400, 
ext. 304.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS, the Council, and ASMFC jointly manage 
the summer flounder fishery off the Atlantic coast. An earlier notice, 
published in the Federal Register (65 FR 58035, September 27, 2000) 
announced four public hearings with specific locations and dates to 
gather public comments on draft Amendment 13. The same notice also 
advised the public that two additional hearings (one in Massachusetts 
and one in Rhode Island) would be held at locations and times to be 
determined by the ASMFC and announced later through another notice in 
the Federal Register. The ASMFC has decided not to hold these hearings.

    Dated: October 30, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-28305 Filed 11-2-00; 8:45 am]
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