[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 46918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20132]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG414


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Hearings

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

ACTION: Notice of rescheduling of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), jointly 
with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (Commission's) 
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board (Board), has 
rescheduled three public hearings for the Draft Summer Flounder 
Commercial Issues and Goals and Objectives Amendment to the Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). These 
three hearings were previously scheduled for September 12 and 13 in 
Washington, NC, Newport News, VA, and Dover, DE, and have been 
postponed due to inclement weather associated with Hurricane Florence.

DATES: The rescheduled hearings will be held on September 24 and 
September 26, 2018. The written public comment deadline is unchanged: 
Comments must be received on or before 11:59 p.m. EST, October 12, 
2018. For specific dates and times of rescheduled hearings, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The hearing schedule and documents are accessible 
electronically via the internet at: http://www.mafmc.org/actions/summer-flounder-amendment or by request to Dr. Chris Moore, Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street, 
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.
    Meeting addresses: The rescheduled public hearings will be held in 
Dover, DE; Newport News, VA; and Washington, NC. For specific 
locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 
526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council 
and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission scheduled 10 public 
hearings on an amendment to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass FMP, known as the ``Summer Flounder Commercial Issues and Goals 
and Objectives Amendment.'' A notice of these hearings published in the 
Federal Register on August 17, 2018 (83 FR 41060). Three of the ten 
hearings have been postponed due to inclement weather associated with 
Hurricane Florence, and the location of the Dover, DE hearing has 
changed. The rescheduled hearings are as follows:
    1. The Washington, NC hearing originally scheduled for September 12 
has been rescheduled for Monday, September 24, 2018, 6 p.m., at the 
North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, Washington Regional 
Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, U.S. Highway 17, Washington, NC 
27889.
    2. The Dover, DE hearing originally scheduled for September 13 has 
been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 6 p.m., and the 
hearing location has been moved to the Dover Public Library, Meeting 
Room B, 35 Loockerman Plaza, Dover, DE 19901.
    3. The Newport News, VA hearing originally scheduled for September 
13 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 7 p.m., at 
the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, 2600 Washington Avenue, 4th 
Floor, Newport News, VA 23607.
    Additional information and amendment documents are available at: 
http://www.mafmc.org/actions/summer-flounder-amendment.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-
Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

    Dated: September 12, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-20132 Filed 9-14-18; 8:45 am]
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