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ADDRESSES) from October 19, 2009 until 

5 p.m. on November 25, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific addresses of 

hearing locations. Written comments 

should be sent to Bob Mahood, 

Executive Director, South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405, or via email to: 

For Amendment 17A 

SGAmend17APH@safmc.net; for 

Amendment 17B 

SGAmend17BPH@safmc.net; and for 

Amendment 18 

SGAmend18PH@safmc.net. 

Written comments must be received 

in the South Atlantic Council’s office by 

5 p.m. on November 25, 2009. 

Copies of the public hearing 

documents are available from Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, North Charleston, SC 29405; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free at 

(866) SAFMC–10. Copies will also be 

available online at www.safmc.net as 

they become available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405; telephone: (843) 571–4366; fax: 

(843) 769–4520; email address: 

kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Amendment 17A to the Snapper 

Grouper FMP contains the following 

management actions: (1) establish 

Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) and 

Accountability Measures (AMs) for red 

snapper with management measures to 

reduce the probability that catches will 

exceed the stock’s ACL; (2) specify stock 

status determination criteria for red 

snapper; (3) Specify a stock rebuilding 

plan for red snapper; and 4) specify a 

monitoring program for red snapper. 

The South Atlantic red snapper stock is 

currently undergoing overfishing and is 

overfished. The Council is considering 

long-term management alternatives to 

end overfishing and rebuild the stock 

that include a closure of the red snapper 

fishery, area closures that would 

prohibit the harvest of all species in the 

snapper grouper management complex 

in order to address bycatch of red 

snapper, establishment of a permitted 

fishing zone with sector specific 

allocations, and various red snapper 

monitoring programs that include both 

fishery dependent and fishery 

independent alternatives. 

The public hearings will also address 

Amendment 17B to the Snapper 

Grouper FMP. The amendment 

establishes ACLs and AMs as needed for 

nine other species currently listed as 

undergoing overfishing; golden tilefish, 

snowy grouper, speckled hind, warsaw 

grouper, black grouper, black sea bass, 

gag, red grouper, and vermilion snapper. 

The amendment includes management 

measures to reduce the probability that 

catches will exceed the stock’s ACL 

pursuant to the reauthorized MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. The amendment 

specifies allocations for golden tilefish 

and updates the framework procedure 

for specification of Total Allowable 

Catch (TAC). Management alternatives 

include a proposed deepwater closure 

for the South Atlantic Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ) seaward of 240 

feet. The deepwater closure would 

prohibit fishing for deepwater species as 

outlined in the amendment. 

Amendment 18 to the Snapper 

Grouper Fishery Management Plan will 

also be addressed at the public hearings. 

Actions proposed in Amendment 18 

include: extension of the range of the 

Snapper Grouper Fishery Management 

Plan northward (except for black sea 

bass, scup, and golden tilefish which are 

considered separate stocks and covered 

by Mid-Atlantic Council fishery 

management plans), limits on 

participation and effort in the golden 

tilefish fishery, modifications to 

management of the black sea bass pot 

fishery, separate snowy grouper quote 

into regions/states, separate the gag 

recreational allocation into regions/ 

states, change the golden tilefish fishing 

year, improvements to the accuracy, 

timing, and quantity of fisheries 

statistics, and designation of Essential 

Fish Habitat (EFH). 

NOTE: The public hearing scheduled 

for November 16, 2009, in Newport 

News, VA, will address only 

management alternatives appropriate to 

areas north of the Council’s area of 

jurisdiction as contained in Amendment 

17B and Amendment 18 to the Snapper 

Grouper FMP. 

A complete listing of all management 

alternatives under consideration by the 

Council is included in the Public 

Hearing document for each amendment. 

Meeting Dates and Locations: 

The scoping meetings will be held at 

the following locations: 

1. November 2, 2009 - Hilton Garden 

Inn, 5265 International Blvd., North 

Charleston, SC 29418, telephone: (843) 

308–9330; 

2. November 3, 2009 - Hilton New 

Bern Riverfront, 100 Middle Street, New 

Bern, NC 28562, telephone: (252) 638– 

3585; 

3. November 5, 2009 - Mighty Eighth 

Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Avenue, 

Pooler, GA 31322, telephone: (912) 748– 

8888; 

4. November 10, 2009 - Key Largo 

Grande, 97000 South Overseas 

Highway, Key Largo, FL 33037, 

telephone: (305) 852–5553; 

5. November 11, 2009 - Radisson 

Resort at the Port, 8701 Astronaut 

Boulevard, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920, 

telephone: (321) 784–0000; 

6. November 12, 2009 - Crowne Plaza 

Jacksonville Riverfront, 1201 Riverplace 

Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32207, 

telephone: (904) 396–8800; and 

7. November 16, 2009 - Virginia 

Marine Resources Commission, 2600 

Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor, 

Newport News, VA 23607, telephone: 

(757) 247–2200. 

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) 3 days prior to the start 

of each hearing. 

Dated: October 13, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 8–2009] 

Termination of Review of Sourcing 

Change, Foreign-Trade Subzone 7M, 

Amgen Manufacturing Limited 

(Biotechnology and Healthcare 

Products), Juncos, PR 

Notice is hereby given of termination 

of a sourcing change review related to 

certain packaging components at 

Foreign-Trade Subzone 7M at the 

facility of Amgen Manufacturing 

Limited, located in Juncos, Puerto Rico 

(74 FR 10884, 3/13/09). The termination 

is based on an analysis of the record and 

resulting determination that no further 

action is warranted. 

Dated: October 8, 2009. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

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