[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 189 (Thursday, October 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50777-50778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23746]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XR96


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a 
public meeting of the Louisiana/Mississippi Habitat Protection Advisory 
Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, 2009 
and conclude no later than 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, 
6401 Veterans Memorial Highway, Metairie, LA 70003.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Rester, Habitat Support 
Specialist, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; telephone: (228) 
875-5912.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this meeting, the AP will discuss the 
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program, deepwater coral in the Gulf 
of Mexico, projects associated with Individual Environmental Report 11 
(Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Navigable Floodgates in Orleans and St. 
Bernard Parishes, LA), potential estuarine and marine impacts from the 
expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Richton, MS, open water 
disposal of dredge material in Mississippi Sound, and Louisiana Coastal 
Protection and Restoration Plan projects in Planning Unit 1.
    The Louisiana/Mississippi group is part of a three unit Habitat 
Protection AP of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. The 
principal role of the advisory panels is to assist the Council in 
attempting to maintain optimum conditions within the habitat and 
ecosystems supporting the marine resources of the Gulf of Mexico. 
Advisory panels serve as a first alert system to call to the Council's 
attention proposed projects being developed and other activities which 
may adversely impact the Gulf marine fisheries and their supporting 
ecosystems. The panels may also provide advice to the Council on its 
policies and procedures for addressing environmental affairs.
    Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the panel 
for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

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Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal panel action during this meeting. Panel action will be 
restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed 
as available by this notice.
    A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling (813) 348-1630.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Tina O'Hern at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: September 28, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-23746 Filed 9-30-09; 8:45 am]
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