Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Amendments 14 and 15 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and Amendments 27 and 28 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico; Scoping Meetings, 1519-1520 [06-206]
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percent ad valorem for all shipments of
certain hot–rolled carbon steel flat
products made by Essar from India
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication of the final results of this
administrative review. The Department
will issue appropriate instructions
directly to CBP within 15 days of the
final results of this review.
Because the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (URAA) replaced the
general rule in favor of a country–wide
rate with a general rule in favor of
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Company v. United States, 822 F. Supp.
782 (CIT 1993) and Floral Trade Council
v. United States, 822 F. Supp. 766 (CIT
1993) (interpreting 19 CFR 353.22(e),
the pre–URAA antidumping regulation
on automatic assessment, which was
identical to 19 CFR 355.22(g)).
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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Amendments 14 and 15 to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Shrimp
Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and
Amendments 27 and 28 to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Reef Fish
Resources of the Gulf of Mexico;
Scoping Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare draft
supplemental environmental impact
statements (DSEISs), scoping meetings,
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council)
previously published a notice of intent
in the Federal Register (70 FR 57859,
October 5, 2005) to prepare a DSEIS for
a joint Amendment 14 to the Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) for the Shrimp
Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (Shrimp
FMP) and Amendment 27 to the FMP
for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf
of Mexico (Reef Fish FMP). This notice
supplements the previous notice and
provides notice of the Council’s intent
to prepare a second DSEIS for a
subsequent joint Amendment 15 to the
Shrimp FMP and Amendment 28 to the
Reef Fish FMP. The alternatives in the
two joint amendments will consider
measures to reduce red snapper fishing
mortality and bycatch in the shrimp and
reef fish fisheries, and to achieve
optimum yield (OY) in the shrimp
fishery. The purpose of this notice of
intent is to solicit public comments on
the scope of issues to be addressed in
the DSEISs.
DATES: Written comments must be
received by February 9, 2006.
The meetings will be held in January
2006. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
scope of the DSEISs, and requests for
additional information on the joint
amendments, should be sent to the Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council,
2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100,
Tampa, FL 33607; phone: 813–348–
1630; fax: 813–348–1711. Comments
may also be sent by e-mail to:
rick.leard@gulfcouncil.org.
The locations of all scoping meetings
are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
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Rick
Leard by phone: 813–348–1630, by fax:
813–348–1711, or by e-mail:
rick.leard@gulfcouncil.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shrimp
and reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico are
managed under their respective FMPs.
Both fisheries contribute to fishing
mortality of red snapper.
Age 0 and Age 1 red snapper are taken
by shrimp trawls, and Age 2 and older
red snapper are caught in the directed
commercial and recreational red
snapper fishery. Because red snapper
are overfished and are undergoing
overfishing, reducing fishing mortality
on these younger age classes is needed
to help rebuild the stock. Actions to
reduce bycatch of red snapper are
anticipated to reduce bycatch fishing
mortality for other reef fish species as
well.
The Council previously published a
notice in the Federal Register (70 FR
57859, October 5, 2005) announcing its
intent to prepare a DSEIS for an action
to jointly amend its Shrimp and Reef
Fish FMPs. The Council currently is
considering dividing the actions into
two separate joint amendments: Shrimp
Amendment 14/Reef Fish Amendment
27, and Shrimp Amendment 15/Reef
Fish Amendment 28. Therefore, the
Council will develop a DSEIS for each
joint amendment. The DSEISs will
describe and analyze management
alternatives to reduce fishing mortality
on red snapper in the shrimp and reef
fish fisheries, and to achieve OY in the
shrimp fishery. Alternatives for the joint
Shrimp Amendment 14/Reef Fish
Amendment 27 focus on, but are not
limited to, alternatives to reduce fishing
mortality and bycatch of red snapper in
the directed reef fish fishery. These
actions include possible adjustments to
the total allowable catch for red
snapper, and a suite of harvesting
restrictions, such as size limits, bag
limits, or gear restrictions for the
directed recreational and commercial
red snapper fisheries. Additional
actions will consider alternatives to
develop the basis for a long-term shrimp
effort management strategy to be
established in the second joint
amendment, and to update the
certification criterion for shrimp trawl
bycatch reduction devices.
The second document, a joint Shrimp
Amendment 15/Reef Fish Amendment
28, will focus on, but not be limited to,
alternatives to restrict shrimp fishing
effort to achieve OY, such as gear
restrictions, limitations on permit
transferability, quotas, vessel
monitoring systems, and possible timearea closures for the shrimp fishery.
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Other actions will consider additional
harvesting restrictions for the directed
reef fish fisheries, including time-area
closures.
The Council has scheduled the
following 10 scoping meetings to
provide the opportunity for additional
public input: The scoping hearings will
begin at 7 p.m. local time, and conclude
at the end of public testimony or no
later than 10 p.m. at each of the
following locations:
1. Monday, January 23, 2006, Four
Points by Sheraton, 3777 North
Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78520,
956–547–1500;
2. Monday, January 23, 2006, Holiday
Inn Mobile I–10 Bellingrath Gardens,
5465 Highway 90 West, Mobile, AL
36619, 251–666–5600;
3. Tuesday, January 24, 2006,
University of Texas Marine Science
Institute Auditorium, 750 Channel View
Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373, 361–
749–6711;
4. Tuesday, January 24, 2006, LaFont
Inn, 2703 Denny Avenue, Pascagoula,
MS 39567, 228–762–7111;
5. Wednesday, January 25, 2006,
Holiday Inn Galveston, 5002 Seawall
Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77550, 409–
740–3581;
6. Wednesday, January 25, 2006,
Hilton Garden Inn Orange Beach, 23092
Perdido Beach Boulevard, Orange
Beach, AL 36561, 251–974–1600;
7. Thursday, January 26, 2006, Larose
Regional Park Gym, 307 East 5th Street,
Larose, LA 70373, 985–693–7355;
8. Thursday, January 26, 2006,
National Marine Fisheries Service
Laboratory, 3500 Delwood Beach Road,
Panama City, FL 32408, 850–234–6541;
9. Monday, January 30, 2006, Tampa
Marriott Westshore, 1001 North
Westshore Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33607,
813–287–2555; and
10. Tuesday, January 31, 2006,
DoubleTree Grand Key Resort, 3990
South Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West,
FL 33040, 305–293–1818.
In accordance with NOAA
Administrative Order (NAO) 216–6,
Section 5.02(c), the Council has
identified this preliminary range of
alternatives as a means to initiate
discussion for scoping purposes only.
This may not represent the full range of
alternatives that eventually will be
evaluated by the Council.
Once the Council completes the
DSEISs associated with the joint
amendments to the Shrimp and Reef
Fish FMPs, it will submit the
documents to NMFS for filing with the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA). The EPA will publish a notice of
availability of the DSEISs for public
comment in the Federal Register. The
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period. This procedure is pursuant to
regulations issued by the Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) for
implementing the procedural provisions
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA; 40 CFR parts 1500–1508)
and to NOAA Administrative Order
216–6 regarding NOAA’s compliance
with NEPA and the CEQ regulations.
The Council will consider public
comments received on the DSEISs in
developing the final supplemental
environmental impact statements
(FSEISs) and before adopting final
management measures for the joint
amendments. The Council will submit
both the final amendments and the
supporting FSEISs to NMFS for review
by the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) under the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act.
NMFS will announce, through a
notice published in the Federal
Register, the availability of the final
joint amendments for public review
during their respective Secretarial
review periods. During Secretarial
review, NMFS will also file the FSEISs
with the EPA for a final 30-day public
comment period. These comment
periods will be concurrent with the
Secretarial review periods and will end
prior to final agency action to approve,
disapprove, or partially approve the
final joint amendments.
NMFS will announce, through a
notice published in the Federal
Register, all public comment periods on
the final joint amendments and the
proposed implementing regulations.
The EPA will publish a notice of
availability of the associated FSEISs for
public comment in the Federal Register.
NMFS will consider all public
comments received during the
respective Secretarial review periods,
whether they are on the final
amendments, the proposed regulations,
or the FSEISs, prior to final agency
action.
Dated: January 5, 2006.
John H. Dunnigan,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 092705C]
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Amendments 14 and 15 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp
Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and Amendments 27 and 28 to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico;
Scoping Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; intent to prepare draft supplemental environmental
impact statements (DSEISs), scoping meetings, request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council)
previously published a notice of intent in the Federal Register (70 FR
57859, October 5, 2005) to prepare a DSEIS for a joint Amendment 14 to
the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of
Mexico (Shrimp FMP) and Amendment 27 to the FMP for the Reef Fish
Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Reef Fish FMP). This notice
supplements the previous notice and provides notice of the Council's
intent to prepare a second DSEIS for a subsequent joint Amendment 15 to
the Shrimp FMP and Amendment 28 to the Reef Fish FMP. The alternatives
in the two joint amendments will consider measures to reduce red
snapper fishing mortality and bycatch in the shrimp and reef fish
fisheries, and to achieve optimum yield (OY) in the shrimp fishery. The
purpose of this notice of intent is to solicit public comments on the
scope of issues to be addressed in the DSEISs.
DATES: Written comments must be received by February 9, 2006.
The meetings will be held in January 2006. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the scope of the DSEISs, and requests
for additional information on the joint amendments, should be sent to
the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 North Lois Avenue,
Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607; phone: 813-348-1630; fax: 813-348-1711.
Comments may also be sent by e-mail to: rick.leard@gulfcouncil.org.
The locations of all scoping meetings are provided under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Leard by phone: 813-348-1630, by
fax: 813-348-1711, or by e-mail: rick.leard@gulfcouncil.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Shrimp and reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico
are managed under their respective FMPs. Both fisheries contribute to
fishing mortality of red snapper.
Age 0 and Age 1 red snapper are taken by shrimp trawls, and Age 2
and older red snapper are caught in the directed commercial and
recreational red snapper fishery. Because red snapper are overfished
and are undergoing overfishing, reducing fishing mortality on these
younger age classes is needed to help rebuild the stock. Actions to
reduce bycatch of red snapper are anticipated to reduce bycatch fishing
mortality for other reef fish species as well.
The Council previously published a notice in the Federal Register
(70 FR 57859, October 5, 2005) announcing its intent to prepare a DSEIS
for an action to jointly amend its Shrimp and Reef Fish FMPs. The
Council currently is considering dividing the actions into two separate
joint amendments: Shrimp Amendment 14/Reef Fish Amendment 27, and
Shrimp Amendment 15/Reef Fish Amendment 28. Therefore, the Council will
develop a DSEIS for each joint amendment. The DSEISs will describe and
analyze management alternatives to reduce fishing mortality on red
snapper in the shrimp and reef fish fisheries, and to achieve OY in the
shrimp fishery. Alternatives for the joint Shrimp Amendment 14/Reef
Fish Amendment 27 focus on, but are not limited to, alternatives to
reduce fishing mortality and bycatch of red snapper in the directed
reef fish fishery. These actions include possible adjustments to the
total allowable catch for red snapper, and a suite of harvesting
restrictions, such as size limits, bag limits, or gear restrictions for
the directed recreational and commercial red snapper fisheries.
Additional actions will consider alternatives to develop the basis for
a long-term shrimp effort management strategy to be established in the
second joint amendment, and to update the certification criterion for
shrimp trawl bycatch reduction devices.
The second document, a joint Shrimp Amendment 15/Reef Fish
Amendment 28, will focus on, but not be limited to, alternatives to
restrict shrimp fishing effort to achieve OY, such as gear
restrictions, limitations on permit transferability, quotas, vessel
monitoring systems, and possible time-area closures for the shrimp
fishery. Other actions will consider additional harvesting restrictions
for the directed reef fish fisheries, including time-area closures.
The Council has scheduled the following 10 scoping meetings to
provide the opportunity for additional public input: The scoping
hearings will begin at 7 p.m. local time, and conclude at the end of
public testimony or no later than 10 p.m. at each of the following
locations:
1. Monday, January 23, 2006, Four Points by Sheraton, 3777 North
Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78520, 956-547-1500;
2. Monday, January 23, 2006, Holiday Inn Mobile I-10 Bellingrath
Gardens, 5465 Highway 90 West, Mobile, AL 36619, 251-666-5600;
3. Tuesday, January 24, 2006, University of Texas Marine Science
Institute Auditorium, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373,
361-749-6711;
4. Tuesday, January 24, 2006, LaFont Inn, 2703 Denny Avenue,
Pascagoula, MS 39567, 228-762-7111;
5. Wednesday, January 25, 2006, Holiday Inn Galveston, 5002 Seawall
Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77550, 409-740-3581;
6. Wednesday, January 25, 2006, Hilton Garden Inn Orange Beach,
23092 Perdido Beach Boulevard, Orange Beach, AL 36561, 251-974-1600;
7. Thursday, January 26, 2006, Larose Regional Park Gym, 307 East
5th Street, Larose, LA 70373, 985-693-7355;
8. Thursday, January 26, 2006, National Marine Fisheries Service
Laboratory, 3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama City, FL 32408, 850-234-
6541;
9. Monday, January 30, 2006, Tampa Marriott Westshore, 1001 North
Westshore Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33607, 813-287-2555; and
10. Tuesday, January 31, 2006, DoubleTree Grand Key Resort, 3990
South Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West, FL 33040, 305-293-1818.
In accordance with NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 216-6, Section
5.02(c), the Council has identified this preliminary range of
alternatives as a means to initiate discussion for scoping purposes
only. This may not represent the full range of alternatives that
eventually will be evaluated by the Council.
Once the Council completes the DSEISs associated with the joint
amendments to the Shrimp and Reef Fish FMPs, it will submit the
documents to NMFS for filing with the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA). The EPA will publish a notice of availability of the DSEISs for
public comment in the Federal Register. The DSEISs will have a 45-day
comment period. This procedure is pursuant to regulations issued by the
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for implementing the procedural
provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 40 CFR parts
1500-1508) and to NOAA Administrative Order 216-6 regarding NOAA's
compliance with NEPA and the CEQ regulations.
The Council will consider public comments received on the DSEISs in
developing the final supplemental environmental impact statements
(FSEISs) and before adopting final management measures for the joint
amendments. The Council will submit both the final amendments and the
supporting FSEISs to NMFS for review by the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act.
NMFS will announce, through a notice published in the Federal
Register, the availability of the final joint amendments for public
review during their respective Secretarial review periods. During
Secretarial review, NMFS will also file the FSEISs with the EPA for a
final 30-day public comment period. These comment periods will be
concurrent with the Secretarial review periods and will end prior to
final agency action to approve, disapprove, or partially approve the
final joint amendments.
NMFS will announce, through a notice published in the Federal
Register, all public comment periods on the final joint amendments and
the proposed implementing regulations. The EPA will publish a notice of
availability of the associated FSEISs for public comment in the Federal
Register. NMFS will consider all public comments received during the
respective Secretarial review periods, whether they are on the final
amendments, the proposed regulations, or the FSEISs, prior to final
agency action.
Dated: January 5, 2006.
John H. Dunnigan,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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