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Federal e-Rulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Karla Gore, Southeast 

Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Instructions: No comments will be 

posted for public viewing until after the 

comment period is over. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

To submit comments through the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter ‘‘NOAA– 

NMFS–2010–0278’’ in the keyword 

search, then select ‘‘Send a Comment or 

Submission’’. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter N/A in the 

required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or 

Adobe PDF file formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karla Gore; phone: (727) 824–5305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, 

nine snapper-grouper stocks are 

undergoing overfishing and five stocks 

are overfished. The Council and NMFS 

have implemented numerous regulatory 

changes in recent years in an effort to 

end and prevent overfishing and rebuild 

depleted snapper-grouper stocks. These 

regulatory measures have resulted in 

decreases to commercial quotas for 

several species, which has lead to derby 

fishing conditions. As a result, the 

length of time it takes for the quota for 

some species (e.g., golden tilefish, 

vermilion snapper, and black sea bass) 

to be reached, has decreased 

significantly, resulting in lengthy 

commercial sector closures. 

It is anticipated that, under status quo 

management, incentives for derby 

behavior will persist in the snappergrouper fishery, resulting in continued 

overcapitalization and derby fishery 

conditions. The fishery is expected to 

continue to be characterized by higher 

than necessary levels of capital 

investment, increased operating costs, 

increased likelihood of shortened 

seasons, reduced at-sea safety, wide 

fluctuations in domestic snappergrouper supply and depressed ex-vessel 

prices, which may lead to deteriorating 

working conditions and lower 

profitability for participants. 

For these reasons, the Council is 

considering several management 

approaches for limiting effort in the 

snapper grouper fishery, including: trip 

limits, endorsements, cooperatives, 

catch shares, regional quotas, and Stateby-State quotas. 

An NOI was previously published on 

January 22, 2008 (73 FR 3701) to 

develop an EIS for Amendment 18 to 

the Snapper-Grouper FMP to consider 

alternatives to establish a limited access 

privilege program for the snappergrouper fishery. However, the Council 

postponed consideration of this action 

to a future amendment. 

NMFS, in collaboration with the 

Council will develop an EIS to describe 

and analyze management alternatives to 

address the management needs 

described above. Those alternatives will 

include a ‘‘no action’’ alternative 

regarding each action. 

In accordance with NOAA’s 

Administrative Order 216–6, Section 

5.02(c), Scoping Process, NMFS, in 

collaboration with the Council, has 

identified preliminary environmental 

issues as a means to initiate discussion 

for scoping purposes only. These 

preliminary issues may not represent 

the full range of issues that eventually 

will be evaluated in the EIS. 

Copies of an information packet will 

be available from NMFS (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Following publication of this NOI, the 

Council will conduct public scoping 

meetings to determine the range of 

issues to be addressed in the DEIS and 

the associated Amendment 21. 

After the draft EIS (DEIS) associated 

with Amendment 21 is completed, it 

will be filed with the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA will 

publish a notice of availability of the 

DEIS for public comment in the Federal 

Register. The DEIS 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’s 

Administrative Order 216–6 regarding 

NOAA’s compliance with NEPA and the 

CEQ regulations. 

The Council will consider public 

comments received on the DEIS in 

developing the final environmental 

impact statement (FEIS), and before 

voting to submit the final amendment to 

NMFS for Secretarial review, approval, 

and implementation. NMFS will 

announce in the Federal Register the 

availability of the final amendment and 

FEIS for public review during the 

Secretarial review period, and will 

consider all public comments prior to 

final agency action to approve, 

disapprove, or partially approve the 

final amendment. 

Scoping Meetings, Times, and Locations 

All meetings will begin at 3 p.m. In 

addition to Amendment 21, the Council 

intends to scope additional amendments 

at this series of meetings. Separate NOIs 

will be prepared for each amendment. 

The meetings will be physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for information packets or for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

Monday, January 24, 2011—Hilton 

New Bern/Riverfront, 100 Middle Street, 

New Bern, NC 28560; phone 252–638– 

3585. 

Wednesday, January 26, 2011— 

Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport, 4831 

Tanger Outlet Boulevard, North 

Charleston, SC 29418; phone 843–744– 

4422. 

Thursday, January 27, 2011—Mighty 

Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne 

Avenue, Pooler, GA 31322; phone 912– 

748–8888. 

Monday, January 31, 2011— 

Jacksonville Marriott, 4670 Salisbury 

Road, Jacksonville, FL 32256; phone 

904–296–2222. 

Tuesday, February 1, 2011— 

International Palms Resort, 1300 N. 

Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL 

32931; phone 321–783–2271. 

Thursday, February 3, 2011—Key 

Largo Grande Resort, 97000 Overseas 

Resort, Key Largo, FL 33037; phone 

305–852–5553. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 28, 2010. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–BA53 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; 

Amendment 22 to the Fishery 

Management Plan for Snapper-Grouper 

Resources of the South Atlantic 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare 

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(EIS); notice of scoping meetings; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS, Southeast Region, in 

collaboration with the South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council (Council), 

intends to prepare an EIS to describe 

and analyze a range of alternatives for 

management actions to be included in 

an amendment to the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (FMP). These alternatives will 

consider measures to establish a longterm red snapper fishery management 

program in the South Atlantic to 

optimize yield and rebuild the stock, 

while minimizing socioeconomic 

impacts. More specifically, these 

alternatives will consider the 

elimination of harvest restrictions on 

red snapper as the stock increases in 

biomass. The purpose of this NOI is to 

solicit public comments on the scope of 

issues to be addressed in the EIS. 

DATES: Written comments on the scope 

of issues to be addressed in the EIS will 

be accepted from January 12 to February 

14, 5 p.m., eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 0648–BA53, by any 

one of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Rick DeVictor, Southeast 

Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th 

Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Instructions: No comments will be 

posted for public viewing until after the 

comment period is over. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

To submit comments through the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter ‘‘NOAA– 

NMFS–2010–0264’’ in the keyword 

search, then select ‘‘Send a Comment or 

Submission’’. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter N/A in the 

required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or 

Adobe PDF file formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson; phone: (843) 571–4366. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The red 

snapper stock in the South Atlantic was 

assessed through the Southeast, Data, 

Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) 

process in 2008 and 2010. The 

assessments indicate that the stock is 

experiencing overfishing and is 

overfished. Overfishing is a condition 

when fishing pressure is beyond the 

allowable level. Overfishing may lead to 

an overfished condition. A stock is 

overfished when the biomass is below 

an identified minimum stock size 

threshold. Due to low biomass levels, an 

overfished stock has increased 

vulnerability to environmental variables 

and cannot produce the Maximum 

Sustainable Yield. 

As a result of the 2008 assessment, 

fishing for red snapper was prohibited 

temporarily through an interim rule 

from January 4, 2010, to December 5, 

2010, to enable the Council to develop 

measures to end overfishing in 

Amendment 17A to the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

region (Amendment 17A). Prior 

regulations included a recreational bag 

limit of 2 fish per person per day and 

a 20 inch total length minimum size 

limit for both commercial and 

recreational fishermen. Amendment 

17A was submitted to the Secretary of 

Commerce on July 20, 2010, and 

approved on October 27, 2010. 

Measures in Amendment 17A included 

the continuation of the red snapper 

closure harvest prohibition established 

through the interim rule. 

NMFS, in collaboration with the 

Council, is considering alternatives to 

eliminate harvest restrictions on red 

snapper as the stock increases in 

biomass. Examples of measures under 

consideration include the 

implementation of red snapper trip 

limits, bag limits, a catch share program, 

tag program, temporal and spatial 

closures including those to protect 

spawning stocks, and gear prohibitions. 

These preliminary measures may not 

represent the full range of alternatives 

that eventually will be evaluated in the 

EIS. 

NMFS, in collaboration with the 

Council, will develop an EIS to describe 

and analyze alternatives to address the 

management needs described above. 

Those alternatives will include a ‘‘no 

action’’ alternative for each action. 

In accordance with NOAA’s 

Administrative Order 216–6, Section 

5.02(c), Scoping Process, NMFS, in 

collaboration with the Council, has 

identified preliminary environmental 

issues as a means to initiate discussion 

for scoping purposes only. These 

preliminary issues may not represent 

the full range of issues that eventually 

will be evaluated in the EIS. 

Copies of an information packet will 

be available from NMFS (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Following publication of this NOI, the 

Council will conduct public scoping 

meetings to determine the range of 

issues to be addressed in the draft EIS 

(DEIS) and the associated Amendment 

22. After the DEIS associated with 

Amendment 22 is completed, it will be 

filed with the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). The EPA will publish a 

notice of availability of the DEIS for 

public comment in the Federal Register. 

The DEIS 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’s Administrative Order 

216–6 regarding NOAA’s compliance 

with NEPA and the CEQ regulations. 

The Council will consider public 

comments received on the DEIS in 

developing the final environmental 

impact statement (FEIS), and before 

voting to submit the final amendment to 

NMFS for Secretarial review, approval, 

and implementation. NMFS will 

announce in the Federal Register the 

availability of the final amendment and 

FEIS for public review during the 

Secretarial review period, and will 

consider all public comments prior to 

final agency action to approve, 

disapprove, or partially approve the 

final amendment. 

Scoping Meetings, Times, and Locations 

All meetings will begin at 3 p.m. In 

addition to Amendment 22, the Council 

intends to scope additional amendments 

at this series of meetings. Separate NOIs 

will be prepared for each amendment. 

The meetings will be physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for information packets or for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

Monday, January 24, 2011—Hilton 

New Bern/Riverfront, 100 Middle Street, 

New Bern, NC 28560; phone 252–638– 

3585. 

Wednesday, January 26, 2011— 

Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport, 4831 

Tanger Outlet Boulevard, North 

Charleston, SC 29418; phone 843–744– 

4422. 

Thursday, January 27, 2011—Mighty 

Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne 

Avenue, Pooler, GA 31322; phone 912– 

748–8888. 

Monday, January 31, 2011— 

Jacksonville Marriott, 4670 Salisbury 


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Road, Jacksonville, FL 32256; phone 

904–296–2222. 

Tuesday, February 1, 2011— 

International Palms Resort, 1300 N. 

Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL 

32931; phone 321–783–2271. 

Thursday, February 3, 2011—Key 

Largo Grande Resort, 97000 Overseas 

Resort, Key Largo, FL 33037; phone 

305–852–5553. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 28, 2010. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA118 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Review 

Workshop for Gulf of Mexico 

yellowedge grouper and tilefish. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessments of 

the Gulf of Mexico stocks of yellowedge 

grouper and tilefish will consist of a 

series of workshops and webinars: a 

Data Workshop, a series of Assessment 

webinars, and a Review Workshop. 

DATES: The Review Workshop will take 

place February 14–17, 2011. The 

workshop will begin at 1 p.m. on 

February 14th and conclude at 12 p.m. 

on February 17th. The established times 

may be adjusted as necessary to 

accommodate the timely completion of 

discussion relevant to the assessment 

process. Such adjustments may result in 

the meeting being extended from, or 

completed prior to the time established 

by this notice. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The Review Workshop will 

be held at Embassy Suites TampaDowntown Convention Center, 513 S. 

Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 

571–4366. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop, (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses. The product of the Assessment 

Process is a stock assessment report 

which describes the fisheries, evaluates 

the status of the stock, estimates 

biological benchmarks, projects future 

population conditions, and recommends 

research and monitoring needs. The 

assessment is independently peer 

reviewed at the Review Workshop. The 

product of the Review Workshop is a 

Summary documenting Panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and State 

and Federal agencies. 

SEDAR 22 Review Workshop Schedule 

February 14–17, 2011; SEDAR 22 

Review Workshop 

February 14, 2010: 1 p.m.–8 p.m.; 

February 15–16, 2010: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; 

February 17, 2010: 8 a.m.–12 p.m. 

The Review Workshop is an 

independent peer review of the 

assessment developed during the Data 

and Assessment Workshops. Workshop 

Panelists will review the assessment 

and document their comments and 

recommendations in a Review 

Workshop Summary report. 

The established times may be 

adjusted as necessary to accommodate 

the timely completion of discussion 

relevant to the assessment process. Such 

adjustments may result in the meeting 

being extended from, or completed prior 

to the time established by this notice. 

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 these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business 

days prior to each workshop. 

Dated: December 27, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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[Transmittal Nos. 10–76] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Public 

Law 104–164 dated 21 July 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 601– 

3740. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following is a copy of a letter to the 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Transmittals 10–76 with attached 

transmittal, policy justification, and 

Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 28, 2010. 

Morgan F. Park, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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