21226 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 82 / Monday, April 30, 2007 / Notices 

Scoping Process 

All persons affected by or otherwise 

interested in skate management are 

invited to participate in determining the 

scope and significance of issues to be 

analyzed by submitting written 

comments (see ADDRESSES) and/or by 

attending one of the scoping meetings. 

Scope consists of the range of actions, 

alternatives, and impacts to be 

considered. Alternatives include the 

following: Not amending the 

management plan (taking no action); 

developing an amendment that contains 

management measures such as those 

discussed in this notice; or other 

reasonable courses of action. Impacts 

may be direct, indirect, or cumulative. 

This scoping process will also 

identify and eliminate from detailed 

analysis issues that are not relevant or 

feasible. When, after the scoping process 

is completed, the Council proceeds with 

the development of an amendment to 

the Skate FMP, the Council will prepare 

an EIS to analyze the impacts of the 

range of alternatives under 

consideration. The Council will hold 

public hearings to receive comments on 

the draft amendment and on the 

analysis of its impacts presented in the 

EIS. 

Scoping Hearing Schedule 

The Council will discuss and take 

scoping comments at the following 

public meetings: 

1. Tuesday, May 22, 2007, from 7 – 9 

p.m.; Gloucester City Hall, Kyrouz 

Auditorium, 9 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, 

MA 01930; telephone: (978) 281–9720. 

2. Wednesday, May 23, 2007, from 7 

– 9 p.m.; Narragansett Town Hall, 25 

Fifth Avenue, Narragansett, RI 02882; 

telephone: (401) 789–1044. 

3. Thursday, May 24, 2007, from 7 –

9 p.m.; Mass Maritime, 101 Academy 

Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532; 

telephone: (508) 830–5000. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are accessible to 

people with physical 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 date. 

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

Dated: April 24, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–8187 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 042407C] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will convene a 

public meeting of the Red Snapper 

Advisory Panel. 

DATES: The Red Snapper AP meeting 

will convene at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 

May 15, 2007 and conclude no later 

than 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Four Points by Sheraton, 6401 

Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, LA 

70003; telephone: (504) 885–5700. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 

North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, 

FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Richard Leard, Deputy Executive 

Director, telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Red 

Snapper AP will be convened to review 

and comment on Draft Amendment 27 

to the Reef Fish Fishery Management 

Plan and Amendment 14 to the Shrimp 

Fishery Management Plan. This 

amendment contains potential 

management measures to modify the 

rebuilding plan for red snapper in order 

to end overfishing and recover this 

overfished stock. These measures would 

further reduce the directed red snapper 

harvest as well as bycatch from both the 

directed fishery and the shrimp fishery. 

Copies of the Amendment can be 

obtained by calling the Council office at 

(813) 348–1630. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

Red Snapper AP for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Actions of 

the Red Snapper AP will be restricted to 

those issues specifically identified in 

the agenda 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 action to 

address the emergency. 

Copies of the agenda can be obtained 

by calling (813) 348–1630. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Tina 

Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at 

least 5 working days prior to the 

meeting. 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–8143 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 042507A] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council(Council) will hold 

six public hearings to solicit comment 

on Draft Amendment 11 including a 

Draft Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (DSEIS) to the Sea 

Scallop Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). 

DATES: Written public comments must 

be received on or before 5 p.m. EST, 

June 11, 2007. The meetings will be 

held in May, 2007. For specific dates 

and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing 

document can be obtained by contacting 

the New England Fishery Management 

Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, 

Newburyport, MA 01950. 

Meeting addresses: The meetings will 

be held in Hyannis, MA, Fairhaven, 

MA, Ellsworth, ME, Durham, NH, 

Newport News, VA and Manahawkin, 

NJ. For specific locations, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Written comments: Should be mailed 

to Patricia Kurkul, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional 

Office, 1 Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 

MA 01930. Mark on the envelope 

‘‘Comments on Scallop Amendment 

11’’. Comments may also be sent via fax 

to (978)281–9135 or submitted via email to Scallop.Eleven@noaa.gov with 


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