[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78680-78681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31608]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA091


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings

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

ACTION: Monkfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment 6; Reschedule of 
Scoping Hearing.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) has 
rescheduled a public hearing to solicit comments on proposals to be 
included in the Draft Amendment 6 to the Monkfish Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP).

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m. EST, 
February 15, 2011. The public hearing will be held on January 19, 2011. 
For specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

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ADDRESSES: The Council will take comments at a public meeting in 
Portland, ME. For specific location, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 
Written comments should be sent to Patricia Kurkul, Regional 
Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, 55 Great Republic 
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Comments may also be sent via fax to (978) 
281-9135 or submitted via e-mail to [email protected] with ``Scoping 
Comments on Monkfish Amendment 6'' in the subject line. Requests for 
copies of the scoping document and other information should be directed 
to Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management 
Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone: 
(978) 465-0492.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. monkfish fishery is jointly managed 
by the NEFMC and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), 
with the NEFMC having the administrative lead. On November 30, 2010, 
the NEFMC, in coordination with NMFS, published a Notice of Intent 
(NOI) to prepare an EIS for Amendment 6 to the Monkfish FMP (75 FR 
74005). At that time only one hearing was scheduled to be held on 
December 15, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. in conjunction with the MAFMC meeting in 
Virginia Beach, VA. On December 9, 2010, the NEFMC, in coordination 
with NMFS, published notification of additional public scoping hearings 
that were scheduled following the publication of the NOI for Amendment 
6 (75 CFR 76703). The purpose of this notice is to alert the interested 
public that the Portland, ME hearing has been rescheduled from its 
original 1 p.m. start time to 4 p.m. The following schedule provides 
the information for the rescheduled scoping hearing.
    The date, time, location and telephone number of the hearing is as 
follows:
    Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 4 p.m.--Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress 
Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 774-5611.
    The scoping document is available on the Monkfish page of the 
Council's Web site (http://www.nefmc.org) or from the Council office.

Special Accommodations

    This hearing is physically accessible to people with physical 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: December 13, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-31608 Filed 12-15-10; 8:45 am]
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