[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]
[[Page 46918]]
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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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