[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 65954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27508]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 102102E]


Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; 
Reopening of the Comment Period

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

ACTION: Reopening of the comment period.

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SUMMARY: NMFS reopens the public comment period on the Draft 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for Pacific Salmon 
Fisheries Management off the Coasts of Southeast Alaska, Washington, 
Oregon, and California, and in the Columbia River Basin.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 22, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this action should be sent to D. Robert Lohn, 
Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, 
N.E., BIN c157000-Bldg 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Dygert, Sustainable Fisheries 
Division, Northwest Region, NMFS, 206-526-6734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of availability of the DPEIS was 
published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Federal 
Register on August 23, 2002 (67 FR 54649). Comments were requested by 
October 22, 2002. On October 18, 2002, NMFS received a request from EPA 
Region 10 to reopen the comment period on the DPEIS. This document 
announces the reopening of the comment period.

    Dated: October 23, 2002.
Dean Swanson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-27508 Filed 10-28-02; 8:45 am]
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