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(viscosity, form), heating value, and the

concentrations of chlorine, arsenic,

beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, lead,

mercury, nickel, and selenium

8. Other Fuels Burned (e.g., natural gas,

fuel oil, etc.).

9. Hazardous Waste and Other Fuel

Feedrates (e.g., lb/yr for waste streams and

fuel oils, ft3/yr for natural gas, etc.).

10. Stack Characteristics including stack

height, diameter, and stack gas velocity and

temperature.

11. Stack Gas Emissions Testing Results

including:

• Stack gas emissions rates of particulate

matter

• HCl

• Cl2

• Metals

• CO

• HC

• Information on stack gas flow rate

• Temperature

• Sootblowing (and whether and how PM

and metals emissions data have been

adjusted to account for soot blowing)

• Oxygen level

• Description of purpose of testing

• Test operating conditions

• Quality assurance/quality control

procedures.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[I.D. 061500E]

RIN 0648–AL51

Fisheries off West Coast States and in

the Western Pacific; Amendment 14

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

amendment to fishery management

plan; request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the

Pacific Fishery Management Council

(Council) has submitted Amendment 14

to the Pacific Coast Salmon Plan for

Secretarial review. Amendment 14 has

multiple parts. The major parts of the

amendment include revising the Salmon

FMP to bring it into compliance with

the 1996 amendments to the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens

Act), including designation of essential

fish habitat (EFH) and new requirements

to reduce bycatch, prevent overfishing,

and rebuild stocks that are overfished;

establishing a new recreational

allocation for the Port of La Push,

Washington and adding flexibility to

deviate from specified recreational Port

allocations based on the agreement of

representatives from the affected Ports;

and establishing preseason flexibility to

deviate from commercial and

recreational gear allocations and

recreational port allocations North of

Cape Falcon, OR in order to access

marked hatchery salmon in selective

fisheries. The majority of Amendment

14 changes are to the Salmon FMP,

while only some of the changes will be

codified in the regulations and are

contained in the proposed rule.

Specifically, the proposed rule makes

minor changes to language regarding

escapement and management goals,

implements a new recreational

allocation to the Port of La Push and

adjusts the Neah Bay allocation relative

to La Push, adds preseason flexibility

for recreational port allocations North of

Cape Falcon, and implements preseason

flexibility in setting recreational port

allocation or recreational and

commercial allocations North of Cape

Falcon to take advantage of selective

fishing opportunities.

DATES: Comments on Amendment 14

must be received at the appropriate

address or fax number, (see

ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m.,

Pacific daylight time August 28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to William Stelle, Jr., Regional

Administrator, Northwest Region,

NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE.,

Seattle, WA 98115-0070, or sent via

facsimile (fax) to: 206-526-6376; or to

Rodney R. McInnis, Acting Regional

Administrator, Southwest Region,

NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213,

or sent via facsimile (fax) to: 562-980-

4018. Comments will not be accepted if

submitted via email or Internet.

Copies of Amendment 14 and the

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement/Regulatory Impact Review

(RIR)/Initial Regulatory Flexibility

Analysis are available from Dr. Donald

O. McIsaac, Executive Director, Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 2130 SW

Fifth Ave., Suite 224, Portland, OR

97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher L. Wright at 206–526–6140,

Svein Fougner at 562–980–4005, or the

Pacific Fishery Management Council at

503–326–6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that

each Regional Fishery Management

Council submit any new fishery

management plan (FMP) or plan

amendment it prepares to NMFS for

review and approval, disapproval, or

partial approval. The Magnuson-Stevens

Act also requires that NMFS, upon

receiving an FMP or amendment,

immediately publish a notification in

the Federal Register that the FMP or

amendment is available for public

review and comment. NMFS will

consider the public comments received

during the comment period in

determining whether to approve the

FMP or amendment.

The major provisions of Amendment

14 that will bring the Salmon FMP into

compliance with the 1996 amendments

to the Magnuson-Stevens Act include:

An identification and description of

EFH, including a discussion of threats to

EFH and recommended measures to

conserve and enhance EFH; a new

definition of optimum yield; a

definition and new requirements for

bycatch; and new requirements for

prevention of overfishing and rebuilding

of stocks that are overfished. A new

section has been added to the Salmon

FMP in Chapter 1, entitled ‘‘What the

Plan Covers,’’ that provides a clear

description of what the Salmon FMP

covers, and places information on

fishery impacts to salmon stocks in the

chapter on harvest. In addition, the

amendment updates the fishery

description to reference new appendices

to the Salmon FMP.

Amendment 14 also implements a

new recreational allocation to the Port

of La Push and adjusts the Neah Bay

allocation relative to La Push, adds

preseason flexibility for recreational

port allocations North of Cape Falcon,

and implements preseason flexibility in

setting recreational port allocations or

recreational and commercial allocations

North of Cape Falcon to take advantage

of selective fishing opportunities.

The EFH provisions of Amendment

14 identify and describe EFH in aquatic

areas including the exclusive economic

zone, nearshore waters, and rivers. The

EFH provisions of the MagnusonStevens Act require Federal agencies

that authorize, fund, or undertake

actions that may adversely affect EFH to

consult with NMFS, and require NMFS

to provide non-binding conservation

recommendations to Federal and state

agencies regarding actions that would

adversely affect EFH. In most cases EFH

consultations can be combined with

other environmental reviews that are

required under other laws.

The overfishing provisions of

Amendment 14 are guided by the

conservation needs of the species

covered by the Salmon FMP. The

management goals of the Salmon FMP,

referred to as ‘‘conservation objectives,’’

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specific spawning escapement goals.

The target control rules for individual

stocks are defined by the conservation

objectives and generally correspond to

Maximum Sustained Yield or Maximum

Sustained Production objectives.

Appendix B of Amendment 14

describes the social and economic

characteristics of the ocean salmon

fishery off the west coast and identifies

those fishing communities with annual

salmon landings in excess of $10,000

ex-vessel value. A major purpose of the

Salmon FMP’s allocation objectives is to

preserve the economic viability of local

ports and/or specific coastal

communities.

Public comments on Amendment 14

must be received by August 28, 2000, to

be considered by NMFS in the decision

to approve Amendment 14. A proposed

rule to implement Amendment 14 has

been submitted for Secretarial review

and approval. NMFS expects to publish

and request public comment on the

proposed regulations to implement

Amendment 14 in the near future.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: June 21, 2000.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[I.D. 062000B]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting/public

hearing.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold its 105th meeting in Midway at

Midway Atoll. The Council will hold a

Precious Corals Plan Team meeting and

a public hearing in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Council intends to take action

under the Fishery Management Plan for

the Precious Corals Fisheries of the

Western Pacific Region (FMP) on the

framework process governing

established measures for adjustments to

the harvest quota for exploratory

precious coral permit areas in the

Western Pacific Region. A public

hearing is scheduled during the Plan

Team meeting to receive comments on

this action.

DATES: The Plan Team meeting and the

public hearing will be held on July 6,

2000, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The public

hearing will be held on July 6, 2000, at

11:30 a.m. The Council meeting will be

held on July 10–11, 2000, from 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Plan Team meeting will

be held at the Council Offices, 1164

Bishop Street, Honolulu, Hawaii;

telephone 808– 522–8220. The Council

meeting will be held at Midway Atoll;

telephone 808–874–1111. Copies of

documents that provide information on

options to be discussed at the public

hearing are available from the Western

Pacific Fishery Management Council,

1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu,

HI, 96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone 808–522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Plan Team Meeting

The agenda for the Plan Team meeting

will include the items listed below. The

order and time in which agenda items

are addressed may change. The Plan

Team will meet as late as necessary to

complete scheduled business.

1. Introductions

2. Status of the fishery

3. Review of 104th Council Meeting

Minutes

4. Adjustment of Exploratory Quota

(see agenda item 8 under Council

agenda for supplemental information)

5. Confidentiality of Data

6. Other Business

7. Summary of Recommendations

8. Public Hearing

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(FWS) invited the Council to convene a

meeting on Midway Atoll to discuss

issues relating to the management of

fishery resources in the Northwestern

Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The Midway

meeting offers Council members and

resource managers first-hand interaction

with the unique atoll environment and

species of the NWHI, National Wildlife

Refuges, and ecotourism operation and

associated recreational fishing.

Discussions will be focused on

protected species (seabirds, turtles,

monk seals), jurisdiction, research,

ecotourism, recreational fishing, and

designation of Marine Protected Areas

(MPAs).

Council Meeting

The agenda during the Council

meeting will include the items listed

below. The order and time in which

agenda items are addressed may change.

The Council will meet as late as

necessary to complete scheduled

business.

Agenda

1. Introductions

2. Approval of Agenda

3. Approval of Minutes of the

Council’s 104th meeting

4. Refuge Overview

a. Report on Midway Atoll National

Wildlife Refuge

b. Report on Midway recreational

fisheries program at Midway

c. Report on research at Midway on

monk seals, seabirds, turtles, and coral

reefs

d. Report on Hawaiian Islands

National Wildlife Refuge

e. Report on other wildlife refuges in

the PRIAs

f. Status of Palmyra Atoll

5. Update on activities related to

Executive Order 13158 on MPAs and

the President’s Memorandum on

Protection of U.S. Coral Reefs in the

NWHI (including ecotourism and

bioprospecting)

a. State of Hawaii

b. Office of Hawaiian Affairs

c. FWS

d. NMFS

e. MPAs in Hawaii and American

Samoa

f. Research issues including Omnibus

Deepwater, monk seals, seabirds, turtles,

coral reefs, sharks and lobsters

g. Status of shark eradication program

at French Frigate Shoals and final report

on commercial bottom longline fishing

for sharks in the NWHI

6. Jurisdictional issues: Council/

NMFS, FWS, State of Hawaii,

Department of Defense

a. Midway

b. Other NHWI

c. PRIAs

7. Preliminary Draft Environmental

Impact Statements

a. Precious Corals

b. Crustaceans

c. Bottomfish

d. Alternatives

8. Precious Corals FMP exploratory

areas

The Council intends to take action

under FMP framework process

governing established measures for

adjustments to the harvest quota for

exploratory precious coral permit areas

in the Western Pacific Region.

For 20 years, domestic commercial

deep-water precious coral harvest has

been dormant. In 1999, largely from

advances in the industry, researchers

have conducted numerous surveys of

the resource around the main Hawaiian