[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6402-6403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2512]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA193


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 (Pacific Council) 
Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee (EFHRC) will hold a 
work session by conference call to follow up on work assignments from 
its December 20, 2010 meeting.

DATES: The EFHRC conference call will be held Friday, February 25, 
2011, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pacific Time.

ADDRESSES: A public listening station will be available at the Pacific 
Council office, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 
97220; telephone: (503) 820-2280. Please contact the Council Staff 
Officer for accommodations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; 
telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the EFHRC meeting is to 
follow up on the December 20, 2010 meeting, and to check on assignments 
and progress toward developing a report for the April, 2011 Pacific 
Council meeting. The initial meeting highlighted several issues to 
address, as the Pacific Council and the National Marine Fisheries 
Service (NMFS) conduct a review of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) 
descriptions for Pacific Coast groundfish species. Major topics of 
discussion are likely to include schedule and timing; soliciting data 
and information from

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interested parties; components and products of the review; and other 
topics.
    Groundfish EFH was first identified and described by the Pacific 
Council in 1998, and revised in 1996. The Pacific Council considered 
proposed revisions to groundfish EFH in 2008, but declined to change 
EFH descriptions, pending the more thorough review now underway. 
Detailed information on existing EFH descriptions and identification is 
available by contacting the Pacific Council directly.
    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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 at least 
5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: February 1, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-2512 Filed 2-3-11; 8:45 am]
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