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552.270–30 Tax Adjustment. Insert this

clause in solicitations and contracts if you

determine that a tax adjustment is

necessary.

Dated: May 17, 2000.

Sue McIver,

Acting Deputy Associated Administrator for

Acquisition Policy.

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Administration

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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Hearings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings;

request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene public hearings to receive

comments on its proposed Amendment

7 to the Fishery Management Plan for

the Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of

Mexico (FMP). Amendment 7 proposes

to extend Florida’s trap certificate

program for the commercial stone crab

fishery into Federal waters off the west

coast of Florida. The objective of this

program is to reduce, over time, the

number of traps used in the fishery to

an optimum number necessary to

harvest the maximum sustainable yield

(MSY).

DATES: The Council will accept written

comments on the proposed amendment

through June 26, 2000. The public

hearings will be held in June. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times of the public hearings.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to Wayne E. Swingle, Executive

Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301, North, Suite 1000,

Tampa, Florida 33619. Copies of draft

Amendment 7 are available from Mr.

Wayne Swingle, Executive Director,

Senior Fishery Biologist, Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301, North, Suite 1000,

Tampa, Florida 33619; telephone: 813–

228–2815; fax: 813–769–4520. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

hearing locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Wayne Swingle, Executive Director,

Senior Fishery Biologist, Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301, North, Suite 1000,

Tampa, Florida 33619; telephone: 813–

228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There are

about 1.4 million stone crab traps off

Florida; the Florida Fish & Wildlife

Conservation Commission (FFWCC)

estimates that it would take only

600,000 traps to take the MSY from this

fishery. The FFWCC, after working with

the stone crab industry and Council

over the past 4 years, has adopted a rule,

effective July 1, 2000, under which a

State trap certificate program will

gradually reduce the number of traps

over a 30-year period. This is a

certificate-based attrition program that

‘‘grandfathers’’ fishermen into the

program with their present number of

traps and then will reduce slowly the

trap numbers to the optimum level by

reducing the number of certificates

whenever they are sold. The Florida

Legislature recently authorized license

and penalty fees for this certificate

program.

Time and Location for Public Hearings

Public hearings for Amendment 7 will

be held at the following locations, dates,

and times.

1. June 6, 2000, 7 p.m., Naples Depot

Civic Cultural Center, 1051 Fifth

Avenue South, Naples, Florida 34102;

telephone: 941–262–1776.

2. June 7, 2000, 7 p.m., Banana Bay

Resort & Marina, 4590 Overseas

Highway, Marathon, Florida 33050;

telephone: 305–743–3500.

3. June 13, 2000, 7 p.m., Jaycee

Building, 501 SE 7th Avenue, Crystal

River, Florida 34429; telephone: 352–

795–4217.

4. June 14, 2000, 7 p.m., Steinhatchee

Elementary School, 1st Avenue South,

Steinhatchee, Florida 32359; telephone:

352–498–3303.

The Council will also hear public

testimony before taking final action on

Amendment 7 on July 12, 2000, at its

meeting in Key Largo, Florida.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Anne Alford at the

Council office (see ADDRESSES) by May

30, 2000.

Dated: May 19, 2000.

Bruce Moorehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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