[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 10015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2777]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022206B]


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 (IEP) will 
hold a working meeting which is open to the public.

DATES: The IEP working meeting will begin Thursday, March 16, 2006, at 
8:30 a.m. and continue until business for the day is complete.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Directors Conference Room of 
Building 1 at 7600 Sandpoint Way NE., Seattle WA 98115; telephone: 
(206) 526-4741. There will also be a video link at the Captain Barry 
Fishery Building, Room 101, 2032 SE OSU Drive, Newport, OR 97365; 
telephone: (541) 867-0100.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the IEP working meeting is to 
review and comment on a preliminary internal draft document that 
Northern Economic Incorporated is developing under contract for a 
public workshop to be held April 18-20, 2006 on the approach for 
analysis of the trawl individual quota alternatives.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the IEP meeting 
agenda may come before the IEP for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subject of formal IEP action during these meetings. IEP 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 IEP'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: February 22, 2006.
Helen Troupos,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-2777 Filed 2-27-06; 8:45 am]
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