34444 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 104 / Tuesday, May 30, 2000 / Notices

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: NOAA makes use of a public

Interagency Committee to assist in

preparing for meetings of the

International Whaling Commission

(IWC). This notice defines guidelines for

participating on the Committee and

provides a tentative schedule of

meetings and of important dates.

DATES: The June 5, 2000, Interagency

Meeting will be held at 2 p.m. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for

tentative 2000 meeting schedules.

ADDRESSES: The June 5, 2000, meeting

will be held in room B841–A, Herbert C.

Hoover Building, Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cathy Campbell, (202) 482–2652.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the June 5, 2000, Interagency

Committee meeting is to review recent

events relating to the IWC and to review

U.S. positions for the 2000 IWC annual

meeting.

The Secretary of Commerce is charged

with the responsibility of discharging

the obligations of the United States

under the International Convention for

the Regulation of Whaling, 1946. This

authority has been delegated to the

Under Secretary for Oceans and

Atmosphere. The U.S. Commissioner to

the IWC has primary responsibility for

the preparation and negotiation of U.S.

positions on international issues

concerning whaling and for all matters

involving the IWC. He is staffed by the

Department of Commerce and assisted

by the Department of State, the

Department of the Interior, the Marine

Mammal Commission, and by other

interested agencies.

Each year, NOAA conducts meetings

and other activities to prepare for the

annual meeting of the IWC. The major

purpose of the preparatory meetings is

to provide input in the development of

policy by individuals and nongovernmental organizations interested

in whale conservation. NOAA believes

that this participation is important for

the effective development and

implementation of U.S. policy

concerning whaling. Any person with

an identifiable interest in U.S. whale

conservation policy may participate in

the meetings, but NOAA reserves the

authority to inquire about the interest of

any person who appears at a meeting

and to determine the appropriateness of

that person’s participation. Foreign

nationals and persons who represent

foreign governments may not attend.

These stringent measures are necessary

to promote the candid exchange of

information and to establish the

necessary basis for the relatively open

process of preparing for IWC meetings

that characterizes current practices.

Tentative Meeting Schedule

The tentative schedule of additional

meetings and deadlines, including those

of the IWC, during 2000 follows.

June 5, 2000 (Rm B841–A, Herbert C.

Hoover Building, Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.):

Interagency Committee meeting to

review recent events relating to the IWC

and to review U.S. positions for the

2000 IWC annual meeting.

June 12–13, 2000 (Adelaide,

Australia): IWC Scientific Committee

Working Groups and Sub-committees.

June 14–26, 2000 (Adelaide,

Australia): IWC Scientific Committee.

June 28—July 1, 2000 (Adelaide,

Australia): IWC Commission

Committees, Sub-committees and

Working Groups.

July 3–6, 2000 (Adelaide, Australia):

IWC 52nd Annual Meeting.

Special Accommodations

Department of Commerce meetings

are physically accessible to people with

disabilities. Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Cathy Campbell

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT)

at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Art Jeffers,

Deputy Director, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 051900C]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council’s Summer

Flounder Working Group will hold a

public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Tuesday, June 13, 2000, from 10 a.m.

until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Sheraton BWI Airport, 7032 Elm

Road, Baltimore, MD; telephone: 410–

691–9827.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, Room 2115, 300

S. New Street, Dover, DE 19904.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331, ext.

19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to consider

future management measures and

possible actions for the summer

flounder fishery.

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 this meeting. 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

Joanna Davis at the Council Office (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: May 22, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 051800A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit 1235.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

NMFS has issued a permit to the City of

Seattle (City) that authorizes incidental

take of Endangered Species Act-listed

anadromous fish, subject to certain

conditions set forth therein.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for