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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72790-72791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29691]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA056

Gulf of Mexico 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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene a public meeting of the Louisiana/Mississippi Habitat 
Protection Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 
and conclude no later than 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2829 
Williams Blvd, Kenner, LA 70062; telephone: (504) 467-5611.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Rester, Habitat Support 
Specialist, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; telephone: (228) 
875-5912.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this meeting, the AP will tentatively 
discuss fishery modeling analyses for water resource projects, 
mitigation/restoration for damages to habitat from preventative oil 
spill protective work, the Louisiana State Master Plan prioritization 
process, the status and future of the CWPPRA program, the Natural 
Resource Damage Assessment planning and restoration plan, the Long Term 
Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, and the Essential 
Fish Habitat 5-Year Review Report.
    The Louisiana/Mississippi group is part of a three unit Habitat 
Protection Advisory Panel (AP) of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 
Council. The principal role of the advisory panels is to assist the 
Council in attempting to maintain optimum conditions within the habitat 
and ecosystems supporting the marine resources of the Gulf of Mexico. 
Advisory panels serve as a first alert system to call to the Council's 
attention proposed projects being developed and other activities that 
may adversely impact the Gulf marine fisheries and their supporting 
ecosystems. The panels may also provide advice to the Council on its 
policies and procedures for addressing environmental affairs.
    Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the panel 
for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal panel action during this meeting. Panel action will be 
restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed 
as available by this notice.

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    A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling (813) 348-1630.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Trish Kennedy at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: November 19, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-29691 Filed 11-24-10; 8:45 am]
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