[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 89 (Friday, May 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25567-25568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1033]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 050304D]


Pacific Fishery Management Council, Public Meeting

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

ACTION:  Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY:  The economic and groundfish subcommittees of the Pacific 
Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical 
Committee (SSC) will hold a work session to review analytical portions 
of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Groundfish Essential 
Fish Habitat (EFH). The work session is open to the public.

DATES:  The subcommittees will meet from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on Monday, 
May 24, 2004. The meeting will continue on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 from 9 
a.m. until business for the day is completed.

ADDRESSES:  The work session will be held at NMFS Alaska Fisheries 
Science Center, Room 2039, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4, 
Seattle, WA 98115; telephone: 206-526-4000.

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    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. Dan Waldeck, Staff Officer: 503-
820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this work session is to 
review technical components of the EIS for EFH under the Pacific Coast 
Groundfish Fishery Management Plan. NMFS, in cooperation with the 
Council, is developing an EIS for EFH under the Pacific Coast 
Groundfish Fishery Management Plan. As a precursor to the EFH EIS, a 
risk assessment is being developed. The Council's Ad Hoc Technical 
Review Committee has facilitated development of the risk assessment 
process through a series of public meetings. A significant output of 
the risk assessment is an analytical tool composed of geo-referenced 
Bayesian Network models designed to assist the Council in developing 
(and comparing the consequences of) management alternatives related to 
the EFH EIS. The EFH identification component of the risk assessment 
model was reviewed by the SSC in February and April 2004. Currently, as 
the Council prepares for actions related to the EFH EIS, the SSC, in 
their role of ensuring Council decisions are informed by the best 
available science, will review the fishing impacts component of the EFH 
risk assessment process and model. The SSC will report their findings 
at the June 2004 Council meeting.
    Entry to the Alaska Fisheries Science Center requires 
identification with a photograph (such as a student ID, state drivers 
license, etc.) A security guard will review the identification and 
issue a Visitor's Badge valid for the date of the meeting.
    Although nonemergency issues not contained in this notice may come 
before the SSC subcommittees for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal action during this meeting. SSC subcommittee 
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 subcommittees' 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: May 4, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-1033 Filed 5-6-04; 8:45 am]
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