[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27847]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 102901D]


Mid-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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Ecosystems 
Planning Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 20, 2001, from 10 
a.m. until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Renaissance Philadelphia 
Hotel Airport, 500 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19113; telephone: 
610-521-5900.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Room 
2115, 300 S. New Street, Dover, DE 19904.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 302-674-2331, ext. 
19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This will be the first meeting of the 
Ecosystems Planning Committee (formerly three committees: the 
Ecosystems Management Committee, the Comprehensive Management 
Committee, and the Habitat Committee). The purpose of this meeting is 
to review the committee's work plan for the coming year and initiate 
discussions on 2003 priorities for the Council's Quota Set-aside 
Program.
    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

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Joanna Davis at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office 
(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 31, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-27847 Filed 11-5-01; 8:45 am]
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