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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23115]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8035]

Notice of Public Meeting

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), Office of 
Marine Conservation announces that the Advisory Panel to the U.S. 
Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission will meet on 
October 1, 2012.

DATES: The meeting will take place via teleconference on October 1st, 
2012, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time.
    Meeting Details: The teleconference call-in number is toll-free 1-
877-336-1831, access code 6472335, and will have a limited number of 
lines for members of the public to access from anywhere in the United 
States. Callers will hear instructions for using the access code and 
joining the call after dialing the toll-free number noted. Members of 
the public wishing to participate in the teleconference must contact 
the OES officer in charge as noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section below no later than close of business on Friday, 
September 28, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Jones, Office of Marine 
Conservation, OES, Room 2758, U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street 
NW., Washington, DC 20520. Telephone (202) 647-3464, fax (202) 736-
7350, email jonesrc2@state.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is given that the Advisory Panel 
to the U.S. Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission 
(NPAFC) will meet on the date and time noted above. The panel consists 
of members from the states of Alaska and Washington who represent the 
broad range fishing and conservation interests in anadromous and 
ecologically related species in the North Pacific. Certain members also 
represent relevant state and regional authorities. The panel was 
established in 1992 to advise the U.S. Section of the NPAFC on research 
needs and priorities for anadromous species, such as salmon, and 
ecologically related species occurring in the high seas of the North 
Pacific Ocean.
    The upcoming Panel meeting will focus on two major topics: (1) 
Review of the agenda for the 2012 annual meeting of the NPAFC (October 
7-12; St. Petersburg, Russia); and (2) logistics for the U.S. Section 
at the NPAFC meeting. Background material is available from the point 
of contact noted above and by visiting www.npafc.org.
    This announcement might appear in the Federal Register less than 15 
days prior to the meeting. The Department of State finds that there is 
an exceptional circumstance for such publication, in that this advisory 
committee meeting must be held on October 1st in order to prepare for 
the international NPAFC to be convened on October 7th.

    Dated: September 13, 2012.
William Gibbons-Fly,
Director, Office of Marine Conservation, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2012-23115 Filed 9-18-12; 8:45 am]
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