Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 10227 [E8-3552]
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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 38 / Tuesday, February 26, 2008 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN: 0648–XF81
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will convene a
Reef Fish Advisory Panel (AP).
DATES: The meeting will convene at 9
a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 and
conclude no later than 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Radisson Hotel, 12600 Roosevelt
Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL 33716;
telephone: (727) 572–7800.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Atran, Population Dynamics
Statistician; Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (813)
348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reef
Fish AP will review draft Reef Fish
Amendment 30B to the Reef Fish
Fishery Management Plan. Amendment
30B contains potential management
measures to define overfishing and
overfished thresholds and an optimum
yield (OY) target for gag, end overfishing
of gag, increase the total allowable catch
(TAC) of the red grouper stock to its OY
level, establish recreational and
commercial allocations for gag and red
grouper, establish accountability
measures for gag to assure compliance
with ending overfishing, adjust
commercial grouper quotas and
recreational grouper bag limits, closed
seasons, and/or size limits, reduce
discards and discard mortality of
groupers, establish a new reef fish
marine reserve and/or extend the
duration of the existing MadisonSwanson and Steamboat Lumps marine
reserves, and require that federally
permitted reef fish vessels comply with
the more restrictive of federal or state
reef fish regulations when fishing in
state waters.
Copies of the agendas and other
related materials can be obtained by
calling (813) 348–1630.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agendas may come before the
AP for discussion, in accordance with
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the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), those issues
may not be the subject of formal action
during these meetings. Actions of the
AP will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified in the agendas
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 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 Tina
Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 working days prior to the
meeting.
Dated: February 21, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Request for Public Comment on a
Commercial Availability Request under
the U.S.-Australia Free Trade
Agreement
February 20, 2008.
Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA).
ACTION: Request for Public Comments
concerning a request for modification of
the U.S.-Australia Free Trade
Agreement (USAFTA) rules of origin for
a viscose/polyester blended yarn.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On February 1, 2008, the
Chairman of CITA received a request
from Gentry Mills, alleging that certain
viscose rayon fiber, classified in
subheading 5504.10.0000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS), cannot be
supplied by the domestic or Australian
industry in commercial quantities in a
timely manner and requesting that CITA
consider whether the USAFTA rule of
origin for 52% viscose/48% polyester
blended yarn, classified under HTSUS
subheading 5510.90.2000 should be
modified to allow the use of non-U.S.
and non-Australian viscose rayon fiber.
The President may proclaim a
modification to the USAFTA rules of
origin for textile and apparel products
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after reaching an agreement with the
Government of Australia on the
modification. CITA hereby solicits
public comments on this request, in
particular with regard to whether
viscose rayon fiber of HTSUS
5504.10.0000 can be supplied by the
domestic industry in commercial
quantities in a timely manner.
Comments must be submitted by March
27, 2008. to the Chairman, Committee
for the Implementation of Textile
Agreements, Room 3001, United States
Department of Commerce, Washington,
DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna Flaaten, International Trade
Specialist, Office of Textiles and
Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482-4058.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural
Act of 1956, as amended (7 USC 1854);
Section 203 (o)(2)(B)(i) of the United States
- Australia Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)
(USAFTA Implementation Act); Executive
Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended.
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Under the USAFTA, the parties are
required to eliminate customs duties on
textile and apparel goods that qualify as
originating goods and meet the rules of
origin set out in Annex 4-A to the
USAFTA. The USAFTA provides that,
after consultations, the parties may
agree to revise the rules of origin for
textile and apparel products to address
issues of availability of supply of fibers,
yarns, or fabrics in the free trade area.
See Article 4.2.5 of the USAFTA. In the
consultations, each party must consider
data presented by the other party
showing substantial production of the
good. Substantial production has been
shown if domestic producers are
capable of supplying commercial
quantities of the good in a timely
manner.
The USAFTA Implementation Act
provides the President with the
authority to proclaim modifications to
the USAFTA rules of origin as are
necessary to implement the agreement
after complying with the consultation
and layover requirements of section 104
of the USAFTA Implementation Act.
See section 203(o)(2)(B)(i) of the
USAFTA Implementation Act.
Executive Order 11651 established CITA
to supervise the implementation of
textile trade agreements and authorizes
the Chairman of CITA to take actions or
recommend that the United States take
actions necessary to implement textile
trade agreements. 37 FR 4699 (March 4,
1972).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN: 0648-XF81
Gulf of Mexico 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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a
Reef Fish Advisory Panel (AP).
DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
and conclude no later than 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel, 12600
Roosevelt Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL 33716; telephone: (727) 572-7800.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics
Statistician; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone:
(813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reef Fish AP will review draft Reef Fish
Amendment 30B to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan. Amendment 30B
contains potential management measures to define overfishing and
overfished thresholds and an optimum yield (OY) target for gag, end
overfishing of gag, increase the total allowable catch (TAC) of the red
grouper stock to its OY level, establish recreational and commercial
allocations for gag and red grouper, establish accountability measures
for gag to assure compliance with ending overfishing, adjust commercial
grouper quotas and recreational grouper bag limits, closed seasons,
and/or size limits, reduce discards and discard mortality of groupers,
establish a new reef fish marine reserve and/or extend the duration of
the existing Madison-Swanson and Steamboat Lumps marine reserves, and
require that federally permitted reef fish vessels comply with the more
restrictive of federal or state reef fish regulations when fishing in
state waters.
Copies of the agendas and other related materials can be obtained
by calling (813) 348-1630.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come
before the AP for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings.
Actions of the AP will be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in the agendas 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 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 Tina Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: February 21, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-3552 Filed 2-25-08; 8:45 am]
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