[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43224-43225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20825]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 081001E]


Pacific 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 Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scientific 
and Statistical Committee's

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Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Subcommittee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The subcommittee will meet Thursday, September 13, 2001, from 9 
a.m. until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel-Columbia 
River, Yakima Room, 1401 N Hayden Island Drive, Portland, OR 97217; 
telephone: 503-283-2111.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dan Waldeck, Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, 503-326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the work session will be to 
review the revised draft HMS fishery management plan and regulatory 
document, largely focusing on Chapter 3 (e.g., maximum sustainable 
yield specifications) and regulatory analyses.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the subcommittee for discussion, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal subcommittee action during this meeting. 
Subcommittee action will be restricted to those issues specifically 
listed 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 subcommittee's intent to take final 
action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at 503-326-6352 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 10, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
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