[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17022-17023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8556]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 033103F]


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 
Oversight Committee (EIS Oversight Committee) will hold a working 
meeting, which is open to the public, on the draft Groundfish 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement.

DATES: The EIS Oversight Committee working meeting will occur Tuesday, 
April 22, 2003, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, April 23, 2003, 8 a.m. 
to close of business on that day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting 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, telephone: (503) 820-2280.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kit Dahl, NEPA Specialist, (503) 
820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the EIS Oversight Committee 
meeting is to review the status of the draft Programmatic Environmental 
Impact Statement (PEIS), which will analyze five comprehensive 
alternatives to the current groundfish management program. These 
alternatives were developed by the EIS Oversight Committee in 2002 and 
adopted by the Council in October 2002. The EIS Oversight Committee 
will review the alternatives, descriptions of the affected environment, 
bycatch management requirements, proposed analytical methodologies, and 
other relevant information and documents. The EIS Oversight Committee 
will advise the drafters and analysts regarding resource indicators, 
important issues for analysis, schedules for review of draft sections 
as they are prepared, and other matters relating to preparation of the 
draft document. The EIS Oversight Committee will report to the Council 
at its June 2003 meeting.

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    Although nonemergency issues not contained in the EIS Oversight 
Committee meeting agenda may come before the committee for discussion, 
those issues may not be the subject of formal EIS Oversight Committee 
action during these meetings. EIS Oversight Committee action will be 
restricted to those issues specifically listed in this document and to 
any issues arising after publication of this document requiring 
emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified 
of the EIS Oversight 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) 820-2280 at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 1, 2003.
Theophilus R. Brainerd
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-8556 Filed 4-7-03; 8:45 am]
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