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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 032607G] 

Notice of Public Hearings for the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Marine Mammal 

Health and Stranding Response 

Program 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold five public 

hearings in April 2007 to receive public 

comments on the Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DPEIS) for the Marine Mammal Health 

and Stranding Response Program 

(MMHSRP). 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the DPEIS is from March 16, 2007, to 

April 30, 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION under the heading Hearing 

Dates, Times, and Locations for the 

dates and locations of the public 

hearings. 

ADDRESSES: The public has the 

opportunity to submit comments on the 

document using the following methods: 

• E-mail: 

mmhsrpeis.comments@noaa.gov. 

• Mail: David Cottingham, Chief, 

Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle 

Conservation Division, Attn: MMSHRP 

DPEIS, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. 

• Facsimile (fax) to: (301) 427–2584, 

Attn: MMHSRP DPEIS. 

• Public Hearings: Submit oral or 

written comments at public hearings for 

the DPEIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Howlett or Sarah Wilkin, Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910; telephone: (301) 713–2322. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

16, 2007, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) published a 

Notice of Availability in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

the DPEIS for the MMHSRP for public 

comment and review. 

NMFS has scheduled five public 

hearings for the DPEIS. The purpose of 

these hearings is to provide an 

opportunity for the public to submit oral 

or written comments on the DPEIS. The 

DPEIS and information on these 

hearings can be found at http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/eis.htm. 

Hearing Dates, Times, and Locations 

The dates, times, and locations of the 

public hearings are as follows: 

1. Monday, April 2, 2007 – San 

Francisco, CA 1–4 p.m.– Bay 

Conservation and Development 

Commission, 50 California Street, Suite 

2600, San Francisco, CA 94111. 

2. Tuesday, April 3, 2007 – Seattle, 

WA 2–5 p.m.– NMFS Northwest 

Regional Office, Building 9, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115. 

3. Friday, April 6, 2007 – Silver 

Spring, MD 1–4 p.m.– Silver Spring 

Metro Center, Building 3, Room 1311–

B, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

4. Monday, April 9, 2007 – Boston, 

MA 1–4 p.m.– New England Aquarium 

Conference Center, Central Wharf, 

Boston, MA 02110. 

5. Tuesday, April 10, 2007 – St. 

Petersburg, FL 4–7 p.m.– NMFS 

Southeast Regional Office, Dolphin 

Conference Room, 263 13th Avenue, 

South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Special Accommodations 

These hearings are accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Sarah Howlett or Sarah Wilkin, 301–

713–2322 (voice) or 301–427–2522 (fax), 

at least 5 working days prior to the 

hearing date. 

Dated: March 27, 2007. 

David Cottingham, 

Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 032607E] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council), its 

Research Set Aside (RSA) Committee, 

its Ecosystem Committee, its Protected 

Resources Committee, its Squid, 

Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee, its 

Executive Committee, and its Surfclam/ 

Ocean Quahog Committee will hold 

public meetings. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on 

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 through 

Thursday, April 19, 2007. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 

dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held 

at the Princess Royale Hotel, 9100 

Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 

21842; telephone: (410) 524–7777. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 300 S. New 

Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

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

19. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 

8 a.m. until 1 p.m. - The Research Set 

Aside (RSA) Committee will meet 

privately with NMFS officials. 

9 a.m. until 11 a.m. - The Ecosystems 

Committee will also meet concurrently 

with the RSA Committee. 

11 a.m. until 1 p.m. - The Protected 

Resources Committee will meet 

concurrently with the RSA Committee. 

2 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. - The Squid, 

Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee 

will meet. 

7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. - NMFS will 

hold a scoping session on National 

Standard 1 Guidelines regarding annual 

catch limits and accountability 

measures. 

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 

8 a.m. until 9 a.m. - The Executive 

Committee will meet. 

9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. - The Council 

will convene to receive a presentation 

from the National Fisheries Institute’s 

Scientific Monitoring Committee. 

10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. - A Public 

Hearing for Phase 1 of the New England 

Council’s Essential Fish Habitat 

Omnibus Amendment will be held. 

11:30 a.m. - The 5th District 

Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard 

will discuss Coast Guard activities and 

Command changes. 

1 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. - The Council 

will conduct its regular Council 

business. 

3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. - The 

Council will discuss and likely approve 

Framework 7 to the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP). 

4:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. - An update on 

the Limited Access Privilege Programs 

will be presented by Council staff. 


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Thursday, April 19, 2007 

8 a.m. until 10 a.m. - The Surfclam 

and Ocean Quahog Committee will meet 

with its Advisors. 

10 a.m. - The Council will convene to 

receive an update regarding the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) and 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) integration. 

10:30 a.m. until adjournment - The 

Council will receive committee reports 

and address any continuing or new 

business. 

Agenda items for the Council’s 

committees and the Council itself are: 

The Research Set Aside (RSA) 

Committee will meet privately with 

NMFS officials to review 2008 RSA 

project proposals. The Ecosystems 

Committee will review responses to the 

March 9 solicitation letter to member 

states regarding artificial reefs, and 

develop a Committee position on the 

need to create (or not) special 

management zones (SMZs) for artificial 

reefs. The Ecosystems Committee will 

also receive the NMFS’ Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center presentation 

on the current status of its ecosystem 

efforts. The Protected Resources 

Committee will meet with its Advisors 

to review and discuss the NMFS’

Advanced Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (ANPR) on sea turtle 

conservation, and to also review and 

discuss impacts of the Atlantic Trawl 

Gear Take Reduction Team’s (ATGTRT) 

efforts to reduce the incidental take of 

pilot whales and dolphins. The Squid, 

Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee 

will review and update outcomes from 

its March 21 Committee meeting on 

Amendment 11. NMFS’ will hold a 

scoping session regarding annual catch 

limits and accountability measures 

associated with National Standard 1 

Guidelines. The Executive Committee 

will review outcomes of the meeting of 

NMFS’ Northeast Region (NER) officials 

regarding impacts of the MSA 

Reauthorization Act of 2006, review 

status of the Council’s fiscal year 2007 

budget, and review the status of the 

Council’s Advisory Panel surveys and 

related actions. The National Fisheries 

Institute’s Scientific Monitoring 

Committee will provide a presentation 

on the results of its Supplemental 

Finfish Survey and Loligo Net-Testing 

Study. A Public Hearing will be held 

regarding Phase 1 of the New England 

Council’s Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) 

Omnibus Amendment. The Council will 

conduct its regular business session, 

and review, select, and approve options/ 

alternatives included in Framework 7 to 

its Summer Flounder, Scup and Black 

Sea Bass FMP regarding mechanisms to 

change biological reference points 

during the specification setting process 

following peer reviewed stock 

assessments. A staff-led discussion will 

then be held on Limited Access 

Programs. The Surfclam and Ocean 

Quahog Committee and its Advisors 

will review cost recovery options for 

surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries 

and solicit input from Advisors 

regarding 2008, 2009, and 2010 quota 

specifications. The Council will receive 

a presentation from its Executive 

Directors on Section 107 of the MSA 

Reauthorization Act of 2006. This will 

be followed by committee reports and 

any continuing or new business. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before the Council for discussion, these 

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 Act, provided the 

public has been notified of the Council’s 

intent to take final actions to address 

such emergencies. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to M. Jan Bryan (302) 

674–2331 ext. 18 at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: March 26, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 032607D] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public committee 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Multispecies (Groundfish) Advisory 

Panel and Committee will hold 

meetings to consider actions affecting 

New England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meetings will be held April 

19–20, 2007. For specific dates and 

times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Holiday Inn, One Newbury Street, 

Peabody, MA 01960; telephone: (978) 

535–4600. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill ι2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978)465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

advisory panel and committee’s 

schedule and agenda for the following 

two meetings are as follows: 

1. Thursday, April 19, 2007, beginning 

at 9 a.m. - Groundfish Advisory Panel 

Meeting 

The Groundfish Advisory Panel 

(Panel) will meet to review scoping 

comments received for Amendment 16 

to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP). This 

amendment will adopt measures as 

necessary to continue the rebuilding of 

several stocks of groundfish, as well as 

make other changes to the FMP that may 

be required. The Panel will spend most 

of its time reviewing two alternative 

management proposals received during 

scoping. One proposal, called area 

management, suggests managing in 

discrete, finite areas with specific 

measures tailored to those areas. A 

second proposal suggests allocating 

points to commercial fishing vessels 

that will be deducted based on catch. If 

time permits, the Panel will also review 

other comments received during 

scoping, including suggestions for 

changes to the days-at-sea (DAS) 

program and other management 

measures. The Panel may also consider 

other business. Panel recommendations 

will be forwarded to the Multispecies 

Committee at a meeting on April 20, 

2007. 

2. Friday, April 20, 2007, beginning at 

9 a.m.- Multispecies (Groundfish) 

Committee Meeting 

The Multispecies Committee will 

meet to develop Amendment 16 to the 

Northeast Multispecies FMP. This 

amendment will adopt measures as 

necessary to continue the rebuilding of 

several stocks of groundfish, as well as 

make other changes to the FMP that may 

be required. The Committee will spend 

most of its time reviewing two 

alternative management proposals 

received during scoping. One proposal, 


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