[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28839-28840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13277]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG242


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Bluefish Fishery; 
Scoping Process; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement; 
notice

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of initiation of scoping process; notice of public scoping meetings; 
requests for comments; correction.

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SUMMARY: This action corrects the DATES, ADDRESSES, and SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION sections of a notice published on June 6, 2018, which 
contained some incorrect information that could leave the public 
misinformed. This notice extends the end date of the comment period, 
changes the location of a scoping hearing, and adds a sentence to 
clarify which scoping hearings will be joint Mid-Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission 
hearings.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of comments on the notice of intent 
published on June 6, 2018 (83 FR 26267), is extended to July 30, 2018. 
Written comments must be received on or before 11:59 p.m., EDT, on July 
30, 2018. Twelve public scoping meetings will be held during this 
comment period.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the referenced notice may be sent by any 
of the following methods:
     Email to the following address: 
[email protected]. Include ``Bluefish Allocation Amendment 
Scoping Comments'' in the subject line;
     Mail or hand deliver to Dr. Christopher M. Moore, 
Executive Director; Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware 19901. Mark the outside of the 
envelope ``Bluefish Allocation Amendment Scoping Comments''; or
     Fax to (302) 674-5399.
    The scoping document may be obtained from the Council office at the 
previously provided address, by request to the Council by telephone 
(302) 674-2331, or via the internet at http://www.mafmc.org.
    Comments may also be provided verbally at any of the 12 public 
scoping meetings. Hearings will be held June 20-July 16 in nine coastal 
states from Massachusetts to Florida. The last four hearings will be 
joint hearings of the Council and Commission. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION of the original notice (83 FR 26267), and the corrections 
made below, for dates, times, and locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Christopher M. Moore, Mid-Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover, 
DE 19901; telephone: 302-674-2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 6, 2018, NMFS published a notice of intent (NOI) and 
scoping announcement (83 FR 26267) to provide background information 
and to request public comment on potential adjustments to the Bluefish 
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) through an allocation amendment. The NOI 
provides the public with a formal opportunity to comment on the 
specific ideas mentioned in the scoping document, as well as any 
additional ideas and solutions that could improve Bluefish FMP.

Need for Correction

    In the original notice, the established comment period ended on 
July 6, 2018, before the last four scoping hearings were scheduled to 
take place, and without adequate time to receive public comment 
following the hearings. This correction extends the comment period to 
July 30, 2018, to appropriately encompass all of the scoping hearings, 
and to provide the Commission more time to accept final comments. In 
addition to the extension of the comment period, the location of the 
scoping hearing in Dover, Delaware, needed to be changed due to 
building availability. The date and time of this meeting (Thursday, 
June 21, 2018, at 6:00 p.m.) will remain the same.

Correction

    In FR Doc. 2018-12105, in the Federal Register of Wednesday, June 
6, 2018, on page 26268, in the second column of the table, in the fifth 
line, the address for the Delaware scoping hearing is corrected to read 
as follows:

``Dover Public Library, 35 E. Loockerman St, Dover, Delaware 19901.''

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

    Dated: June 15, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-13277 Filed 6-20-18; 8:45 am]
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