[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 54649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2130]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 083104G]


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 Enforcement Group (TIQ Enforcement 
Group) will hold a working meeting which is open to the public.

DATES:  The TIQ Enforcement Group working meeting will begin Tuesday, 
September 28, 2004 at 8:30 a.m. and may go into the evening if 
necessary to complete business for the day.

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 TIQ Enforcement Group 
meeting is to: (1) review enforcement program alternatives developed at 
its previous meeting in the light of comments received during the 
recently completed National Environmental Policy Act scoping period and 
(2) to work on developing a general assessment of the costs for status 
quo enforcement and levels of enforcement that might be required for 
different individual quota enforcement programs.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the TIQ Enforcement 
Group meeting agenda may come before the group for discussion, those 
issues may not be the subject of formal group action during these 
meetings. TIQ Enforcement Group final 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 3, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-2130 Filed 9-8-04; 8:45 am]
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