New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 77387-77388 [E6-22064]
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Habitat/Marine Protected Area (MPA)/
Ecosystem Committee in January, 2007,
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.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, January 16, 2007, at 9:30 a.m.
AGENCY:
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
the Courtyard by Marriott, 32 Exchange
Terrace, Providence, RI 02903;
telephone: (401) 272–1191; fax: (401)
752–3042.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
ADDRESSES:
Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
Committee will review and update
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
designations. The committee will also
consider designation of Habitat Areas of
Particular Concern. In addition, the
committee will have an update of prey
species description for species in the
Fishery Management Unit and an
update on non-fishing impacts. The
Committee will consider other topics at
their discretion including, but not
limited to, actionable items related to
the EFH Omnibus Amendment.
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
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Research Steering Committee in
January, 2007, 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.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, January 17, 2007, at 9:30
a.m.
The meeting will be held at
the Courtyard by Marriott, 32 Exchange
Terrace, Providence, RI 02903;
telephone: (401) 272–1191; fax: (401)
752–3042.
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
Committee will receive a staff update on
ongoing activities including the NOAA
Fisheries Experimental Fishing Permit
Guidelines in the Northeast Region. The
committee also will review the NMFSfunded pilot cod industry-based survey
(IBS) project in the context of similar
projects completed in the New England
and Mid-Atlantic regions. It will
develop recommendations concerning
further IBS work in New England. In
addition, the committee will briefly
review of the status of the pilot study
fleet project and develop advice
concerning next steps. The committee
will have an initial discussion on 2007
research priorities and evaluate final
reports completed for several
cooperative research project. Other
topics may be discussed at the
committee’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
ADDRESSES:
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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 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: December 20, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 122006C]
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Multispecies (Groundfish) Oversight
Committee (Committee) in January,
2007, 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.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 18, 2007, at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street,
Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508)
339–2200; fax: (508) 337–8677.
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
Council has begun development of
Amendment 16 to the Northeast
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
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(FMP). This amendment will adjust
measures as necessary to continue the
stock rebuilding programs adopted by
Amendment 13 to the FMP on May 1,
2004. The amendment may also
consider other adjustments to
management measures or alternatives to
the effort control system currently used
to manage the multispecies fishery. On
November 6, 2006, the Council
published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to
prepare a Supplementary
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
to support this amendment (71 FR
64941) and announced a scoping period
that ended on December 29, 2006. The
Committee will meet to review
comments received during the scoping
period. Based on this review, the
Committee will develop
recommendations for what issues and
ideas should be considered in the
development of the amendment and
SEIS. Since alternative management
system proposals will probably be
received during the scoping period, the
Committee may begin to evaluate those
proposals and recommend which
should be further developed for
consideration. These recommendations
will be considered by the full Council
at its meeting in February, 2007. The
Committee will also meet in closed
session to discuss Advisory Panel
appointments.
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
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.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 20, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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COMMITTEE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE
AGREEMENTS
Determination under the African
Growth and Opportunity Act
December 18, 2006.
Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA)
ACTION: Directive to the Commissioner
of Customs and Border Protection.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA) has determined that certain
textile and apparel goods from Niger
shall be treated as ‘‘handloomed,
handmade, folklore articles, or ethnic
printed fabrics’’ and qualify for
preferential treatment under the African
Growth and Opportunity Act. Imports of
eligible products from Niger with an
appropriate visa will qualify for dutyfree treatment.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna Flaaten, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482-3400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Sections 112(a) and 112(b)(6) of
the African Growth and Opportunity Act
(Title I of the Trade and Development Act of
2000, Pub. L. No. 106-200) (‘‘AGOA’’), as
amended by Section 7(c) of the AGOA
Acceleration Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-274)
(‘‘AGOA Acceleration Act’’) (19 U.S.C. §
3721(a) and (b)(6)); Sections 2 and 5 of
Executive Order No. 13191 of January 17,
2001; Sections 25-27 and Paras. 13-14 of
Presidential Proclamation 7912 of June 29,
2005.
AGOA provides preferential tariff
treatment for imports of certain textile
and apparel products of beneficiary subSaharan African countries, including
handloomed, handmade, or folklore
articles of a beneficiary country that are
certified as such by the competent
authority in the beneficiary country.
The AGOA Acceleration Act further
expanded AGOA by adding ethnic
printed fabrics to the list of textile and
apparel products made in the
beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries that may be eligible for the
preferential treatment described in
section 112(a) of the AGOA. In
Executive Order 13191 (January 17,
2001) and Presidential Proclamation
7912 (June 29, 2005), the President
authorized CITA to consult with
beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries and to determine which, if
any, particular textile and apparel goods
shall be treated as being hand-loomed,
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handmade, folklore articles, or ethnic
printed fabrics. (66 FR 7271-72 and 70
FR 37959, 37961 & 63)
In a letter to the Commissioner of
Customs dated January 18, 2001, the
United States Trade Representative
directed Customs to require that
importers provide an appropriate export
visa from a beneficiary sub-Saharan
African country to obtain preferential
treatment under section 112(a) of the
AGOA (66 FR 7837). The first digit of
the visa number corresponds to one of
nine groupings of textile and apparel
products that are eligible for preferential
tariff treatment. Grouping ‘‘9’’ is
reserved for handmade, handloomed,
folklore articles, or ethnic printed
fabrics.
CITA has consulted with Nigerien
authorities and has determined that
handloomed fabrics, handloomed
articles (e.g., handloomed rugs, scarves,
place mats, and tablecloths), handmade
articles made from handloomed fabrics,
and the folklore articles described in
Annex A and ethnic printed fabric
described in Annex B to this notice, if
produced in and exported from Niger,
are eligible for preferential tariff
treatment under section 112(a) of the
AGOA, as amended. After further
consultations with Nigerien authorities,
CITA may determine that additional
textile and apparel goods shall be
treated as folklore articles or ethnic
printed fabrics. In the letter published
below, CITA directs the Commissioner
of Customs and Border Protection to
allow duty-free entry of such products
under U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule
subheading 9819.11.27 if accompanied
by an appropriate AGOA visa in
grouping ‘‘9’’.
Philip J. Martello,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements.
Committee for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements
December 18, 2006.
Commissioner,
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection,
Washington, DC 20229.
Dear Commissioner: The Committee for the
Implementation of Textiles Agreements
(‘‘CITA’’), pursuant to Sections 112(a) and
(b)(6) of the African Growth and Opportunity
Act (Title I of the Trade and Development
Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-200) (‘‘AGOA’’),
as amended by Section 7(c) of the AGOA
Acceleration Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-274)
(‘‘AGOA Acceleration Act‘‘) (19 U.S.C. §
3721(a) and (b)(6)), Executive Order No.
13191 of January 17, 2001, and Presidential
Proclamation 7912 of June 29, 2005, has
determined, effective on January 3, 2007, that
the following articles shall be treated as
‘‘handloomed, handmade, folklore articles,
and ethnic printed fabrics’’ under the AGOA:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 122006C]
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Multispecies (Groundfish) Oversight
Committee (Committee) in January, 2007, 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.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 18, 2007, at 9
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire
Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508) 339-2200; fax: (508) 337-
8677.
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 Council has begun development of
Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
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(FMP). This amendment will adjust measures as necessary to continue the
stock rebuilding programs adopted by Amendment 13 to the FMP on May 1,
2004. The amendment may also consider other adjustments to management
measures or alternatives to the effort control system currently used to
manage the multispecies fishery. On November 6, 2006, the Council
published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a Supplementary
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to support this amendment (71 FR
64941) and announced a scoping period that ended on December 29, 2006.
The Committee will meet to review comments received during the scoping
period. Based on this review, the Committee will develop
recommendations for what issues and ideas should be considered in the
development of the amendment and SEIS. Since alternative management
system proposals will probably be received during the scoping period,
the Committee may begin to evaluate those proposals and recommend which
should be further developed for consideration. These recommendations
will be considered by the full Council at its meeting in February,
2007. The Committee will also meet in closed session to discuss
Advisory Panel appointments.
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 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: December 20, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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