[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 15194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06436]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD822


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic 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 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a 
meeting of its Habitat and Environmental Protection (Habitat) Advisory 
Panel (AP) in N. Charleston, SC. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 
April 7, 2015, and from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza 
Hotel, 4381 Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: 
(843) 744-4422; fax: (843) 744-4472.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place 
Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or 
toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Habitat AP will work on updating 
existing and developing new Council Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Policy 
Statements and providing guidance on continued development of Fishery 
Ecosystem Plan II. The AP will receive presentations from Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Office of Renewable Energy Programs and 
BOEM Outer Continental Shelf/Geological and Geophysical Programs on 
mapping, characterization, impact analyses and planning efforts in the 
South Atlantic Region.
    The AP will subsequently discuss redrafting the EFH Policy 
Statement on Energy Exploration, Development and Transportation. The AP 
will provide recommendations to the Council for consideration.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office 
(see ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting.

    Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are 
subject to change.


    Dated: March 17, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-06436 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P