[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12505-12506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5722]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XV22
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a joint public meeting of its Habitat Committee, Advisory
Panel and Plan Development Team in April, 2010 to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for
formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
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DATES: This meeting will be held on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 9 a.m.
and Friday, April 2, 2010 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Seaport World Trade Center,
200 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210; telephone: (617) 385-5000;
fax: (617) 385-5090.
Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to review
implementation and outputs of the Swept Area Seabed impact (SASI)
model, and then to discuss and recommend management alternatives based
on model outputs. Committee motions on alternatives for analysis in EFH
Omnibus Amendment 2 DEIS will be solicited by the Committee Chair on
the second day of the meeting. The meeting will include: PDT
presentation on the components and implementation of the SASI model;
PDT presentation of general model outputs; PDT presentation of model
outputs specified to address previous committee tasking; group
discussion of possible EFH impacts minimization alternatives and
Committee motions related to inclusion of alternatives in the DEIS.
Other issues may be raised at the Committee Chair's discretion.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting. 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 Council'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 Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 11, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-5722 Filed 3-15-10; 8:45 am]
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