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developed. They may consider options

for developing an area management

system, or for developing a sector

allocation system. The committee and

advisors also may organize into

subcommittees that will be tasked to

develop specific management options

for consideration by the full committee.

These tasks will be based on broad

approaches to management selected by

the committee. The subcommittees may

meet individually during the meeting to

begin work on these management

options. The discussions at the

subcommittee level will be reported

back to the committee at this meeting or

at future meetings.

Monday May 15, 2000, 8:30 a.m. and

Tuesday, May 16, 2000, 9:30 a.m.—Joint

Habitat Committee and Advisory Panel

Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street, Route One, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 535–4600.

The committee will review the 2000

Habitat Annual Review Report and

develop recommendations for

consideration by the Council. There also

will be discussions about upcoming

amendments to the Sea Scallop and

Groundfish FMPs.

Monday, May 22, 2000, 9:30 a.m.—

Joint Groundfish Committee and

Advisory Panel Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street, Route One, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 535–4600.

The committee and advisors will

conduct a joint meeting to continue

development of management options for

Amendment 13 to the Northeast

Multispecies FMP. If not completed at

earlier meetings, they will continue

their review of current overfishing

definitions and control rules for the

multispecies complex, examine the

assumptions and policy decisions in

those rules, and develop

recommendations for the biological

goals of the amendment. They also will

review existing management measures

and possibly develop alternatives. They

may consider options for developing an

area management system, or for

developing a sector allocation

management system. The committee

and advisors may also organize into

subcommittees that will be reported

back to the Groundfish Committee at

this meeting or at future meetings.

Tuesday, May 23, 2000 at 8:30 a.m.—

Joint Groundfish Committee and

Advisory Panel and Scallop Committee

Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street, Route One, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 535–4600.

The panel and committees will

discuss Amendment 10 to the Scallop

FMP. Amendment 10 considers new

area rotation systems to improve scallop

yield, changes to the FMP annual

review process and timing,

modifications to the crew size limit, and

possible scallop trawl gear

modifications to improve size selection.

The purpose of this meeting will be to

evaluate draft Amendment 10

alternatives, identify potential impacts,

and recommend modifications to these

conceptual alternatives so that they are

recognized and managed. There is a

possibility that these issues will not be

fully developed for discussion, in which

case the Groundfish Committee and

Advisors will continue their discussion

of Amendment 13 alternatives and the

Scallop Oversight Committee meeting

will be cancelled. If this occurs, the

Council will notify interested parties

through a notice mailing.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

Council action during this meeting.

Council 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

Magnuson-Stevens 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

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5

days prior to the meeting dates.

Dated: April 17, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–10028 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 040300B]

Marine Mammals; File No. 738–1454–03

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Permit No. 738–1454 issued to Ms.

Carole Conway, Genomic Variation

Laboratory, Department of Animal

Science, Meyer Hall, University of

California, Davis, CA 95616–3322, was

amended to allow import and export of

blue whale samples from/to Mexico and

other locations [worldwide] where the

species is found.

ADDRESSES: The amendment and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd.,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213

(562/980–4001).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth Johnson (301/713–2289).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject amendment has been issued

under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.), and the regulations governing

endangered and threatened marine

species(50 CFR parts 222–226).

Issuance of this permit, as required by

the ESA, was based on a finding that

such permit (1) was applied for in good

faith, (2) will not operate to the

disadvantage of the endangered species

which is the subject of this permit, and

(3) is consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA.

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–10024 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers, Department of the

Army

Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare a

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Lower Guadalupe River Flood

Protection Project, San Jose and Santa

Clara, CA

AGENCY: The U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.