[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 4395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2263]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 012402D]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Habitat Oversight Committee and 
Skate Oversight Committee and Advisory Panel in February, 2002. 
Recommendations from these groups will be brought to the full Council 
for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meetings will held on February 14, 2002 and February, 25, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in Mansfield and Danvers, MA.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

    Thursday, February 14, 2002, at 9:30 a.m.--Habitat Oversight 
Committee Meeting.
    Location: Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; 
telephone: (508) 339-2200.
    The Committee will review alternatives for designating essential 
fish habitat (EFH) for the skate species complex and meeting the 
required habitat-related provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, to be 
incorporated in the proposed Skate Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The 
Committee may select preferred alternatives to recommend to the full 
Council. The Committee will also review technical advice and options 
developed by the Council's EFH Technical Team, Groundfish Plan 
Development Team (PDT), and Scallop PDT on ways to comply with the 
habitat-related provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act in Amendment 10 
to the Sea Scallop FMP. The Committee may develop additional options to 
be considered by the Council, and they may develop recommendations as 
to which of the options developed by the PDTs should be fully analyzed 
in the Amendment 10 Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
    Monday, February 25, 2002 at 9:30 a.m.--Joint Skate Oversight 
Committee and Advisory Panel Meeting.
    Location: Sheraton Ferncroft, 50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; 
telephone: (978) 777-2500.
    The committee and advisory panel will review and approve Draft 
Skate FMP and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and select preferred 
alternatives for public hearings. Also on the agenda is the review and 
approval of the Draft Skate FMP Public Hearing Document. They will also 
review timeline and schedule for Skate FMP public hearings.
    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 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 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 Paul J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting dates.

    Dated: January 25, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-2263 Filed 1-29-02; 8:45 am]
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