[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54132-54133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2073]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 083104H]


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 Trawl Individual Quota Independent Experts Panel (Experts 
Panel) will hold a working meeting which is open to the public.

DATES:  The Experts Panel working meeting will begin Wednesday, 
September 22, 2004 at 8:30 a.m. and may go into the evening if 
necessary to complete business for the day. The meeting will reconvene 
the next day at 8:30 a.m. and continue until business for the day is 
completed.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200, West Conference Room, 
Portland, OR 97220-1384; telephone: 503-820-2280.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. Jim Seger, Staff Officer 
(Economist); telephone: 503-820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Experts Panel meeting is 
to review the scoping information document and comments received during 
the recently completed National Environmental Policy Act public scoping 
period, in order to determine whether there are significant options and 
impacts that have not yet been identified which, in the Experts Panel's 
view, should be considered by the Council.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the Experts Panel 
meeting agenda may come before the group for discussion, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during these

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meetings. Experts Panel action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically listed in this notice and to any issues arising after 
publication of this notice requiring emergency action under Section 
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the group'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: September 1, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-2073 Filed 9-3-04; 8:45 am]
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