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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
ACTION:
Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (MAFMC)
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish
Committee, its Advisors, and the
Amendment 10 Fishery Management
Action Team (FMAT) will hold a public
meeting.
The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, October 18, 2006, from 8
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for meeting agenda.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
the Montauk Yacht Club Resort and
Marina, 32 Star Island Road, Montauk,
NY 11954, telephone: (888) 692–8668.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 300 S. New
Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone:
(302) 674–2331.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (302) 674–2331,
extension 19.
The
purpose of this meeting is to discuss
management measures necessary to
rebuild the overfished butterfish stock
including bycatch reduction measures
in the Loligo fishery.
Special Accommodations
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This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders (302) 674–2331 extension
18 at least 5 days prior to the meeting
date.
Dated: September 20, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council); its
Research Set-Aside (RSA) Committee;
its Protected Resources Committee; its
Law Enforcement Committee; and, its
Executive Committee will hold public
meetings.
The meetings will be held on
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 through
Thursday, October 12, 2006. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for a
meeting agenda.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at
The Hilton Garden Inn, 5353 North
Virginia Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC
27949; telephone: (252) 261–1290.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 300 S. New
Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone:
(302) 674–2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (302) 674–2331,
extension 19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
1 p.m. until 3 p.m.–The Research SetAside Committee will meet to review,
discuss and establish RSA priorities for
2008, receive an update from NMFS on
program administrative changes, discuss
status of projects and additional project
requirements.
3 p.m. until 4 p.m.–The Protected
Resources Committee will meet to
address issues regarding Atlantic Trawl
Fisheries Take Reduction Team
initiatives and potential impacts on
Council managed species.
4 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.–The Law
Enforcement Committee will meet to
review Fishery Achievement Award
(FAA) nominations and recommend
recipients for recognition.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
8:30 a.m.–The Council will convene
for the swearing-in of new and
reappointed Council members, and the
elections of a Chairman and Vice
Chairman for the Council. Following the
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elections, the Council will receive a
presentation by New England Council
staff regarding its Marine Protected
Areas (MPA), Habitat Areas of Particular
Concern (HAPC), Essential Fish Habitat
(EFH) activities and their potential
impacts on Mid-Atlantic Council
constituents and jurisdiction.
10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.–The Council
will review alternatives for Framework
1 to the Surfclam/Ocean Quahog
Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
regarding adoption of Vessel Monitoring
Systems (VMS) and electronic reporting
by clam industry.
12:30 p.m. until 3 p.m.–The Council
will approve its August 2006 Council
meeting minutes, review actions from
the August Council meeting, and receive
various reports provided to the Council
during its regular business session.
3 p.m.–The Council will review and
adopt the public hearing document for
Amendment 14 to the Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
FMP regarding scup rebuilding.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
8 a.m. until 9 a.m.–The Executive
Committee will meet to review the 2007
Annual Work Plan.
9 a.m.–The Council will convene to
review Amendment 15 to the Summer
Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass FMP
and refine the list of potential actions to
be included in this Amendment.
1 p.m. until 5 p.m.–The Council will
receive a presentation from the
Northeast Fisheries Science Center on
the state of the Atlantic marine
environment and fish growth rates of
various Council stocks, review and
approve the public hearing document
for the Omnibus Amendment to
Council’s FMPs regarding Standardized
Bycatch Reporting Methodology
(SBRM), and address any continuing or
new business.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before the Council and its Committees
for discussion, these issues may not be
the subject of formal Council or
Committee action during this meeting.
Council and Committee 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
Act provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final actions to address such
emergencies.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
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interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders
at (302) 674–2331 extension 18 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: September 20, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) Charter
Halibut Stakeholder Committee will
meet on October 16–18, 2006, in
Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
October 16, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., October 17,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and October 18, 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the North Pacific Research Board, 1007
West 3rd Avenue, Suite 100 Anchorage,
AK 99501.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane
DiCosimo, Council staff, telephone:
(907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee will review: (1) 2005 charter
halibut harvests and status of the
guideline harvest level (GHL) from
Statewide Harvest Survey and pending
legislation with State Legislature and
Congress; (2) implementation plan for
5–halibut annual limit in Area 2C and
NOAA Fisheries request to reconsider
its June 2006 preferred alternative; (3)
moratorium discussion paper; and (4)
permanent solution discussion paper
(DiCosimo and King).
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
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
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Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Gail Bendixen at
(907) 271–2809 at least 7 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: September 19, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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SUMMARY:
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Marine Mammals; File No. 1034–1854
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Markus Horning, Ph.D., Department of
Fisheries & Wildlife, Oregon State
University, Hatfield Marine Science
Center, 2030 SE Marine Science Drive,
Newport, OR 97365, has been issued a
permit to conduct research on Weddell
seals (Leptonychotes weddellii).
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and
Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West
Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach,
CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–4001;
fax (562)980–4018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Sloan or Tammy Adams,
(301)713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
29, 2006, notice was published in the
Federal Register (71 FR 37060) that a
request for a scientific research permit
to take the species identified above had
been submitted by the above-named
individual. The requested permit has
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been issued under the authority of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and
the regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216).
Dr. Horning has been issued a 5–year
permit to study aging in Weddell seals
in Antarctica. Specifically, researchers
will capture and sedate seals to attach
instruments and take tissue samples to
compare oxygen handling, body
condition, muscle physiology, and
foraging behavior of young and old
adults. Incidental harassment and
mortality may occur during these
activities. Samples will be imported into
the U.S. for analyses.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Dated: September 19, 2006.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Limitations of Duty- and Quota-Free
Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled
in Beneficiary ATPDEA Countries from
Regional Country Fabric
September 21, 2006.
Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Publishing the New Cap on
Duty and Quota Free Benefits
AGENCY:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 1, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Stetson, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482-3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 3103 of the Trade Act
of 2002; Presidential Proclamation 7616 of
October 31, 2002 (67 FR 67283).
Section 3103 of the Trade Act of 2002
amended the Andean Trade Preference
Act (ATPA) to provide for duty and
quota-free treatment for certain textile
and apparel articles imported from
designated Andean Trade Promotion
and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA)
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[FR Doc No: E6-15692]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 091906A]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council); its
Research Set-Aside (RSA) Committee; its Protected Resources Committee;
its Law Enforcement Committee; and, its Executive Committee will hold
public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 through
Thursday, October 12, 2006. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for a meeting
agenda.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at The Hilton Garden Inn, 5353
North Virginia Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949; telephone: (252) 261-
1290.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S.
New Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone: (302) 674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 674-2331,
extension 19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
1 p.m. until 3 p.m.-The Research Set-Aside Committee will meet to
review, discuss and establish RSA priorities for 2008, receive an
update from NMFS on program administrative changes, discuss status of
projects and additional project requirements.
3 p.m. until 4 p.m.-The Protected Resources Committee will meet to
address issues regarding Atlantic Trawl Fisheries Take Reduction Team
initiatives and potential impacts on Council managed species.
4 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.-The Law Enforcement Committee will meet to
review Fishery Achievement Award (FAA) nominations and recommend
recipients for recognition.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
8:30 a.m.-The Council will convene for the swearing-in of new and
reappointed Council members, and the elections of a Chairman and Vice
Chairman for the Council. Following the elections, the Council will
receive a presentation by New England Council staff regarding its
Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Habitat Areas of Particular Concern
(HAPC), Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) activities and their potential
impacts on Mid-Atlantic Council constituents and jurisdiction.
10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.-The Council will review alternatives for
Framework 1 to the Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
regarding adoption of Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) and electronic
reporting by clam industry.
12:30 p.m. until 3 p.m.-The Council will approve its August 2006
Council meeting minutes, review actions from the August Council
meeting, and receive various reports provided to the Council during its
regular business session.
3 p.m.-The Council will review and adopt the public hearing
document for Amendment 14 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass FMP regarding scup rebuilding.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
8 a.m. until 9 a.m.-The Executive Committee will meet to review the
2007 Annual Work Plan.
9 a.m.-The Council will convene to review Amendment 15 to the
Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass FMP and refine the list of
potential actions to be included in this Amendment.
1 p.m. until 5 p.m.-The Council will receive a presentation from
the Northeast Fisheries Science Center on the state of the Atlantic
marine environment and fish growth rates of various Council stocks,
review and approve the public hearing document for the Omnibus
Amendment to Council's FMPs regarding Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology (SBRM), and address any continuing or new business.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before the Council and its Committees for discussion, these issues may
not be the subject of formal Council or Committee action during this
meeting. Council and Committee 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 Act provided the public has been
notified of the Council's intent to take final actions to address such
emergencies.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language
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interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan
Saunders at (302) 674-2331 extension 18 at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Dated: September 20, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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