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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 103000E]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling a joint public meeting of its

Skate Oversight Committee and Skate

Advisory Panel in November, 2000.

Recommendations from these

committees will be brought to the full

Council for formal consideration and

action, if appropriate.

DATES: The Skate Advisory Panel

meeting will held on Thursday,

November 30, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. and the

Skate Oversight Committee will join

them at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Ramada Inn, 936 West Main Road,

Middletown, RI 02842; telephone: (401)

846-7600

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

J. Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the

first meeting for the newly-established

Skate Advisory Panel. Advisors will

meet to review advisory panel policies

and elect a chairman. The Skate

Committee will join them for a

workshop on skate species

identification. There will be a

presentation of the final Skate Stock

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation

(SAFE) Report and development and

approval of a scoping document for

Skate Fishery Management Plan. The

committee will review a timeline for

scoping.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before these groups for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during this meeting. 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

This meeting is 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: November 2, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 103000F]

South Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold meetings of its Advisory Panel

Selection Committee (closed),

Controlled Access Committee, Marine

Reserves Committee, Dolphin Wahoo

Committee and the South Atlantic

Board. Joint meetings of the Snapper

Grouper Committee and Advisory Panel,

the Law Enforcement Committee and

Advisory Panel, and the Red Drum

Committee and the South Atlantic

Board will also be held. Public comment

periods will be held on the proposed

Dolphin Wahoo Fishery Management

Plan (FMP) and any framework changes

to the Snapper Grouper FMP. There will

also be a Council Session.

DATES: The meetings will be held from

November 27-December 1, 2000. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Sheraton Atlantic Beach Hotel, 2717

West Fort Macon Road, Atlantic Beach,

NC 28512; telephone: 1-800-624-8875 or

(252) 240-1155, fax: (252) 240-1452.

Council address: South Atlantic

Fishery Management Council, One

Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston,

SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Iverson, Public Information Officer;

telephone: (843) 571-4366; fax: (843)

769-4520; email: kim.iverson@noaa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

November 27, 2000, 1:30 p.m. - 5:30

p.m.- Joint Snapper Grouper Committee

and Advisory Panel Meeting;

The Snapper Grouper Committee and

Advisory Panel will meet jointly to

review snapper grouper species

assessments and reports, review the

Compliance Report, review framework

items including the use of powerheads,

quota overruns and other items as

necessary. The Committee and Advisory

Panel will also hear a report on the

status of the red porgy assessment and

projections peer review.

November 28, 2000, 8:30 a.m. - 10

a.m.- Joint Snapper Grouper Committee

and Advisory Panel Meeting

(continued);

The Snapper Grouper Committee and

Advisory Panel will meet to develop

Committee recommendations for

ranking marine reserves criteria and for

the National Artificial Reef Plan.

November 28, 2000, 10 a.m. to 12

noon- Marine Reserves Committee

Meeting;

The Marine Reserves Committee will

meet to develop recommendations on

the Gray’s Reef Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU), discuss

development of a strategy to incorporate

Gray’s Reef in the Council’s marine

reserve process, review and develop

comments and recommendations on the

NMFS draft White Paper, develop

recommendations for ranking marine

reserves criteria and review the status of

a closed area lawsuit in the Gulf of

Mexico.

November 28, 2000, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30

p.m.- Dolphin Wahoo Committee

Meeting;

The Dolphin Wahoo Committee will

meet to review the actions of the

Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico Councils

regarding the Dolphin Wahoo FMP and

revisions to the FMP specific to the

other Council’s actions.

November 28, 2000, 3:30 p.m. - 5

p.m.- Joint Red Drum Committee and

South Atlantic Board Meeting;

The Red Drum Committee will meet

jointly with the South Atlantic Board to

receive a briefing on the process for

transferring red drum management to

the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries

Commission (ASMFC) and provide

directions to staff.

November 29, 2000, 8:30 a.m. - 10:30

a.m.- South Atlantic Board Meeting;

The South Atlantic Board will meet to

discuss the coordination of fish

contaminant sampling and hear

presentations on the 2001-05

management plan, trawl survey results

and the data management web page and

data access items.

November 29, 2000, 10:30 a.m. - 12

noon- Advisory Panel Selection

Committee Meeting (closed session);

The Advisory Panel Selection

Committee will meet to review

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membership applications and develop

recommendations.

November 29, 2000, 1:30 p.m.- 5:30

p.m. - Controlled Access Committee

Meeting;

The Controlled Access Committee

will meet to hear a NMFS presentation

on vessel capacity issues and develop

recommendations, review options for

rock shrimp controlled access and

develop recommendations to staff.

November 30, 2000, 8:30 a.m. - 12

noon- Joint Law Enforcement

Committee and Advisory Panel Meeting;

The Law Enforcement Committee and

Advisory Panel will meet to hear reports

on the South Carolina/NMFS

cooperative law enforcement grant and

the status of Congressional funding for

law enforcement, develop

recommendations for ranking marine

reserve criteria, review the status of

Vessel Monitoring Systems in the

Southeast, discuss law enforcement

benefits of requiring the use of vessel

operator permits, review options for

rock shrimp controlled access, hear a

report on NOAA General Counsel

enforcement related activities, review

the Compliance Report and discuss the

law enforcement aspects of the use of

powerheads.

November 30, 2000, 1:30 p.m. - 5:15

p.m.- Council Session.

From 1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., the

Council will call the meeting to order,

adopt the agenda and approve minutes

from the September 2000 meeting.

From 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., the

Council will hold a public comment

period on any proposed changes to the

Dolphin Wahoo FMP (beginning at 1:45

p.m.), hear a report from the Dolphin

Wahoo Committee and as necessary

modify the FMP and re-approve it for

submission to the Secretary of

Commerce.

From 2:30 p.m.- 3 p.m., the Council

will hear a report from the Law

Enforcement Committee including their

recommendations for ranking marine

reserves criteria.

From 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., the Council

will hold a public comment period on

any Council proposed framework

changes to the Snapper Grouper FMP

(beginning at 3:00 p.m.), hear a report

from the Snapper Grouper Committee

and make a decision on framework

actions.

From 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m., the

Council will hear a report from the

Marine Reserves Committee, consider

the Gray’s Reef MOU, develop a strategy

to incorporate Gray’s Reef in the

Council’s marine reserve process and

develop comments and

recommendations on the NMFS draft

White Paper.

From 4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m., the

Council will hear a report from the

Controlled Access Committee and

develop comments on vessel capacity

issues.

From 4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., the

Council will hear a report from the

Advisory Panel Selection Committee

and appoint new advisory panel

members (closed session).

December 1, 2000, 8:30 a.m.- 12 noon

- Council Session

From 8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m., the Council

will hear a report from the Red Drum

Committee and provide directions to

staff.

From 9 a.m. - 9:15 a.m., the Council

will hear a report from staff updating

economic activities and issues.

From 9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., the

Council will hear a report from staff

updating social activities and issues.

From 9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m., the Council

will hear a report on the status of the

Bluefish FMP from the Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council.

From 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., the Council

will hear a presentation on the NMFS

Southeast Regional Office’s permit

program.

From 10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m., the Council

will hear a presentation on Endangered

Species Act Section 7 Consultations

from the NMFS.

From 11 a.m. - 11:10 a.m., the Council

will hear an update on the Atlantic

Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program.

From 11:10 a.m. - 11:20 a.m., the

Council will hear a report on the

Ecosystem Management Workshop.

From 11:20 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., the

Council will hear NMFS Status Reports

on 2000/01 Mackerel Framework, the

resubmitted Calico Scallop FMP and the

resubmitted Sargassum FMP. Council

will also hear NMFS Status Reports on

Landings for Atlantic king mackerel,

Gulf king mackerel (eastern zone),

Atlantic Spanish mackerel, Snowy

grouper & Golden tilefish, wreckfish,

greater amberjack and south Atlantic

Octocorals.

From 11:30 p.m.- 12 noon, Council

will hear agency and liaison reports and

discuss other business and upcoming

meetings.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council for discussion, those

issues may not be the subjects 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 the Council office

(see ADDRESSES) by November 20, 2000.

Dated: November 2, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Indonesia

November 2, 2000.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port, call (202)

927–5850, or refer to the U.S. Customs

website at http://www.customs.gov. For

information on embargoes and quota reopenings, call (202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural

Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854);

Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as

amended.

Special shift from Categories 647/648

to Categories 347/348 is being partially

canceled, raising the limit for Categories

647/648 and lowering the limit for

Categories 347/348.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 64 FR 71982,

published on December 22, 1999). Also