58514 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 190 / Friday, September 29, 2000 / Notices

DATES: The meetings will held between

Monday, October 16, 2000 and Tuesday,

October 17, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Danvers, MA and Peabody, MA. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

locations.

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J.

Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(978)465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

Monday, October 16, 2000, 10:00

a.m.—Social Sciences Advisory

Committee Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street, Route 1, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 535-4600.

The SSAC will provide guidance to

the Council on proposed public

meetings to gather information about the

social impacts of Council management

actions for the Northeast multispecies

fishery since 1994.

Tuesday, October 17, 2000, 9:30

a.m.—Groundfish Advisory Panel

Meeting.

Location: Sheraton Ferncroft, 50

Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923;

telephone: (781) 245-9300

The Groundfish Advisory Panel will

review management measures being

developed for Amendment 13 to the

Northeast Multispecies Plan and will

develop advice on these measures for

the Groundfish Oversight Committee.

This will include a review of the area

management and sector allocation

approaches. In addition, they will

develop suggestions for the exempted

fisheries program, including details for

observer coverage of exempted fisheries.

If time permits, the Advisory Panel may

also develop recommendations on the

rebuilding programs for overfished

stocks, advice on changes to closed

areas and other refinements to the

current management measures.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council (or committee) for

discussion, those 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 action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with 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 dates.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–25037 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 092500D]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council) AdHoc Allocation Committee will hold a

meeting which is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will begin on

Monday, October 23, 2000, at 10 a.m.,

and may go into the evening until

business for the day is completed. The

meeting will reconvene at 8 a.m. on

Tuesday, October 24, and will adjourn

at approximately 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Doubletree Hotel - Downtown

Portland, 310 SW Lincoln, Portland, OR;

telephone: (503) 221-0450.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Glock, Fishery Management

Coordinator, telephone: (503) 326-6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting is to develop

recommendations for allocations and

other management measures involved in

rebuilding plans for canary rockfish,

cowcod and other overfished species.

The committee will review the current

catch levels of lingcod, bocaccio and

canary rockfish and may propose

inseason adjustments; review proposed

2001 harvest levels for all groundfish

species; review draft rebuilding plans

for canary rockfish and cowcod. The

committee will review management

options for 2001, preliminary impact

analysis and results of stakeholder

meetings; develop recommendations for

2001 management and inseason

management adjustments for 2000; and

will provide direction to Council staff,

Groundfish Management Team,

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel, and

other Council entities as needed.

Committee recommendations will be

presented to the Council at its OctoberNovember meeting.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this group for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during this meeting. Action will

be restricted to those issues specifically

identified in this notice and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the Council’s intent to take

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms.

Carolyn Porter at (503) 326-6352 at least

5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–25038 Filed 9–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 092500A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a

scientific research permit (1228) and for

modifications to scientific research

permits (1025, 1059); Issuance of a

scientific research/enhancement permit

(1129), and a scientific research permit

(1234).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following actions regarding permits for

takes of endangered or threatened

species for the purposes of scientific

research and/or enhancement: NMFS

has received a permit application from

Peter Weber of Berkeley, CA (WEBER)

(1228); NMFS has received applications