[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46408-46409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19031]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC143


Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish 
Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee (EFHRC) will hold a meeting by 
conference call to finalize a report on the periodic review of 
groundfish essential fish habitat (EFH).

DATES: The conference call will be held August 17, 2012 between 9 a.m. 
and noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via conference call, with a 
listening station provided at the Pacific Council Office, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place,

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Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384, telephone: (503) 820-2280.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220-1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chuck Tracy, Staff Officer, 
Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820-2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to finalize 
the Phase I report on the review of information relevant to EFH for 
Pacific Coast groundfish stocks. The Phase I report is designed to 
compile new and newly-available information, and compare it with the 
suite of information that was used to establish the current groundfish 
EFH designations. The EFHRC is scheduled to report to the Council at 
its September 13-18, 2012 meeting in Boise, ID.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda 
may come before the EFHRC for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal EFHRC action during this meeting. EFHRC 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 EFHRC'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: July 31, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-19031 Filed 8-2-12; 8:45 am]
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