Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 168 / Tuesday, September 1, 2009 / Notices 45183 

Beach, AL 36561, telephone: (251) 981– 

6028; 

•Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 

SpringHill Suites, 7922 Mosley Road, 

Houston, TX 77061; 

•Thursday, September 24, 2009, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 3500 

Delwood Beach Road, Panama City, FL 

32408, telephone: (850) 234–6541; 

This public hearing will begin at 6:30 

p.m. and conclude at the end of public 

testimony or no later than 9:30 p.m. at 

the following location: 

•Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 

City of Madeira Beach, 300 Municipal 

Drive, Madeira Beach, FL 33708, 

telephone: (727) 391–9951. 

Copies of the Amendment can be 

obtained by calling the Council office at 

(813) 348–1630.Special 

Accommodations 

These hearings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Tina O’Hern at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: August 27, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–21009 Filed 8–31–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XR28 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Management 

Council (Council) and NMFS will hold 

a Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Stock 

Assessment Review (STAR) Panel 

meeting to review survey results and the 

current full assessment of Pacific 

sardine stock status. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

Monday, September 21, 2009 through 

Friday September 25, 2009. Monday 

through Thursday sessions are 

scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 

Friday’s session is scheduled from 8 

a.m. until business for the day is 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The STAR Panel will be 

held at the NMFS Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center (SWFSC), Green Room, 

8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 

92037, telephone: (858) 334–2800. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mike Burner, Pacific Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (503) 

820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the CPS STAR Panel meeting 

is to review draft stock assessment and 

survey documents and any other 

pertinent information for Pacific sardine 

and work with the Pacific sardine Stock 

Assessment Team to make necessary 

revisions and produce STAR Panel 

reports. The STAR Panel reports will be 

for use by the Pacific Council family 

and other interested persons for 

developing management 

recommendations for the 2010 Pacific 

sardine fishery. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this notice may arise 

during the STAR Panel meeting, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Formal 

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 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 Ms. Carolyn Porter 

at (503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior 

to the meeting date. 

Entry to the SWFSC requires visitors 

to register with the front office each 

morning. A visitor’s badge, which must 

be worn while at the SWFSC, will be 

issued to all meeting participants. Since 

parking is at a premium at the SWFSC, 

car pooling, and mass transit are 

encouraged. 

Dated: August 27, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–21013 Filed 8–31–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XR26 

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. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scientific and Statistical Committee on 

September 16, 2009 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: This meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 9:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich 

Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: 

(401) 732–6000; fax: (401) 739–5715. 

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 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) will meet to finalize ABCs for 

herring and red crab, correct the skate 

complex ABC and begin the 

development of 2010–2014 research 

recommendations. Specifically, the SSC 

will review the available information 

provided by the Herring Plan 

Development Team (PDT) and develop 

a recommendation regarding the 

specification of acceptable biological 

catch (ABC) for the 2010–2012 fishing 

years, as well as an ABC control rule; 

review the available information 

provided by the Red Crab PDT and 

develop recommendations specifying 

ABC for the 2010 fishing year, as well 

as an ABC control rule for future years; 

correct the 2010–11 skate complex ABC 

to be included in Amendment 3 to the 

Skate FMP (the recalculation will 

include the 2008 spring survey values 

for little skate); and discuss materials 

and tasking to update NEFMC research 

recommendations for 2010–2014. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

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