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interested in commenting on this

document should do so at this time.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before January 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

mailed to Ronald Borsellino, Chief, Air

Programs Branch, Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 2, 290

Broadway, New York, NY 10007–1866.

Copies of the air quality data cited in

the notice are available for inspection

during normal business hours at:

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 2 Office, Air Programs Branch,

290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York,

New York 10007–1866.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert F. Kelly, Air Programs Branch,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 2, at the above address. Phone:

212–637–4249.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For

additional information, see the direct

final rule published in the rules section

of this Federal Register.

Dated: December 4, 1997.

William J. Muszynski,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.

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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;

General Provisions for Domestic

Fisheries; Applications for

Experimental Fishing Permits (EFPs)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notification of experimental

fishery proposals; request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notice to

announce that the Administrator,

Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional

Administrator), is considering approval

of an experimental fishing proposal that

would permit vessels to conduct

operations otherwise restricted by

regulations governing the Fisheries of

the Northeastern United States. The

experimental fishery would involve

fishing for, retention, and limited

landing of dogfish using gillnets in the

Nantucket Shoal Dogfish Exemption

Area. Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Act Provisions require

publication of this notice to provide

interested parties the opportunity to

comment on the proposed experimental

fisheries.

DATES: Comments must be received by

January 6, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Andrew A. Rosenberg, Ph.D., Regional

Administrator, NMFS, Northeast

Regional Office, 1 Blackburn Drive,

Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark on the

outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments on

Proposed Experimental Fisheries.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary M. Tokarcik, Fishery Management

Specialist, 978–281–9326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The New

England Fisheries Management Council

requested an experiment to fish for

dogfish using gillnets in the Nantucket

Shoal Dogfish Exemption Area. An

application for an experimental fishing

permit (EFP) was received by the

Regional Administrator on November 6,

1997.

Fishing would be conducted in the

Nantucket Shoal Dogfish Exemption

Area, as described in § 648.80(a)(9). This

exemption area currently allows for the

harvest of dogfish using 6–inch (15.24–

cm) minimum mesh trawl gear from

June 1 through October 15. The

experimental fishing activity would be

conducted by vessels using 6–inch

(15.24–cm) minimum mesh gillnet gear.

A maximum of 15 vessels would

participate in the fishery for the season

May 1 through November 30.

Participants would be limited to 60 nets,

no overnight sets of gear, and no

simultaneous fishing for regulated New

England groundfish. EFPs would be

issued to participating vessels to exempt

them from the gear and days-at-sea

restrictions of the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan.

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

Dated: December 15, 1997.

Gary C. Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–33301 Filed 12–19–97; 8:45 am]

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