[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 19165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9521]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 041202D]


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) Ad Hoc 
Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
Oversight Committee will hold a working meeting, which is open to the 
public, on the draft Groundfish Programmatic Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (PSEIS).

DATES: The EIS Oversight Committee working meeting will begin 
Wednesday, May 8, 2002 at 1 p.m. and may go into the evening until 
business for the day is completed. The meeting will reconvene from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in the West Conference Room at the 
Pacific Fishery Management Council office, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, 
Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John DeVore, Groundfish Fishery 
Management Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the EIS Oversight Committee 
meeting is to develop the range of alternatives that will be evaluated 
in the PSEIS. The committee will review draft sections of the PSEIS, 
provide comments to the drafters, and prepare recommendations to the 
Council regarding the programmatic alternatives for consideration at 
the upcoming June Council meeting.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the EIS Oversight 
Committee agenda may come before the EIS Oversight Committee for 
discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal committee 
action during this meeting. EIS Oversight Committee 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 Committee's intent to take final action to address the 
emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The 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: April 13, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-9521 Filed 4-17-02; 8:45 am]
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