[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12505-12506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5722]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XV22


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a joint public meeting of its Habitat Committee, Advisory 
Panel and Plan Development Team in April, 2010 to consider actions 
affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 
Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for 
formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

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DATES: This meeting will be held on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 9 a.m. 
and Friday, April 2, 2010 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Seaport World Trade Center, 
200 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210; telephone: (617) 385-5000; 
fax: (617) 385-5090.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to review 
implementation and outputs of the Swept Area Seabed impact (SASI) 
model, and then to discuss and recommend management alternatives based 
on model outputs. Committee motions on alternatives for analysis in EFH 
Omnibus Amendment 2 DEIS will be solicited by the Committee Chair on 
the second day of the meeting. The meeting will include: PDT 
presentation on the components and implementation of the SASI model; 
PDT presentation of general model outputs; PDT presentation of model 
outputs specified to address previous committee tasking; group 
discussion of possible EFH impacts minimization alternatives and 
Committee motions related to inclusion of alternatives in the DEIS. 
Other issues may be raised at the Committee Chair's discretion.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under 
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: March 11, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-5722 Filed 3-15-10; 8:45 am]
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