[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 42970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16360]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071304C]


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 (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, to develop alternatives for the 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Environmental 
Impact Statement.

DATES:  The EIS Oversight Committee working meeting will occur Monday, 
August 16, 2004 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, August 17, 2004 from 8 
a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday, August 18, 2004 from 8 a.m. to close of 
business on that day.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held in the Pine Room at Embassy Suites 
Portland Airport Hotel, 7900 NE 82nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97220; 
telephone: (503) 460-3000
    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; 
telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this EIS Oversight Committee 
meeting is to develop a preliminary range of alternatives to designate 
EFH for the fish species managed under the Pacific Coast Groundfish 
Fishery Management Plan and alternatives to mitigate the impacts of 
fishing on that EFH. The Council will review the range of alternatives 
and consider adopting them for analysis in an environmental impact 
statement at their September 13-17, 2004, meeting in San Diego, CA.
    Although non-emergency 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: July 14, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-16360 Filed 7-16-04; 8:45 am]
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