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without charge from Ginny McBride, the

Agency OMB Clearance Officer, at (202)

720–5778.

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(a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed collection

of information including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

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burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

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techniques or other forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to:

Ginny McBride, Agency OMB Clearance

Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Room 5330B South Building, 1400

Independence Avenue SW, Washington,

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to this notice will become a matter of

public record and be summarized in the

request for OMB approval.

Signed at Washington, DC., November 9,

2000.

Rich Allen,

Associate Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 3410–20–P

BROADCASTING BOARD OF

GOVERNORS

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: November 14, 2000, 1:15

p.m.–4:45 p.m.; November 15, 2000, 8

a.m.–2 p.m.

PLACE: Cohen Building, Room 3321, 330

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

DC 20237.

CLOSED MEETING: The members of the

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)

will meet in closed session to review

and discuss a number of issues relating

to U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary international broadcasting.

They will address internal procedural,

budgetary, and personnel issues, as well

as sensitive foreign policy issues

relating to potential options in the U.S.

international broadcasting field. This

meeting is closed because if open it

likely would either disclose matters that

would be properly classified to be kept

secret in the interest of foreign policy

under the appropriate executive order (5

U.S.C. 552b.(c)(1)) or would disclose

information the premature disclosure of

which would be likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of a proposed

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(9)(B))

In addition, part of the discussion will

relate solely to the internal personnel

and organizational issues of the BBG or

the International Broadcasting Bureau.

(5 U.S.C. 552b.(c)(2) and (6))

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Persons interested in obtaining more

information should contact either

Brenda Hardnett or John Lindburg at

(202) 401–3736.

Dated: November 2, 2000.

Carol Booker,

Legal Counsel.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 112100C]

Mid-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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) and its

Executive Committee, Law Enforcement

Committee, and Demersal Species

Committee meeting as a Council

Committee of the Whole, together with

the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries

Commission’s (ASMFC) Summer

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

Board will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

Tuesday, December 12, to Thursday,

December 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Trump Plaza Hotel, The Boardwalk

and Mississippi Avenue, Atlantic City,

NJ; telephone: 609-441-2708.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone: 302-

674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302-674-2331, ext.

19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dates and Times of Meetings

Tuesday, December 12, 2000, 8:30

a.m. until 5 p.m.-- the Council will meet

with the ASMFC Summer Flounder,

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board.

Wednesday, December 13, 2000, 8:30

- 11 a.m.-- the Council will meet with

the ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup,

and Black Sea Bass Board.

December 13, 2000, 11 a.m. until 1:30

p.m.-- there will be an Information &

Education Program.

December 13, 2000, 1:30 - 5:30 p.m.-

- the Council will convene.

Thursday, December 14, 2000, 8 - 9

a.m.-- the Executive Committee will

meet.

December 14, 2000, from 8 - 9 a.m.-

- the Law Enforcement Committee will

meet concurrently.

December 14, 2000, 9 a.m. until 1

p.m.-- the Council will meet.

Agenda items for this meeting are:

Review and discuss Monitoring

Committee recommendations and

approve recreational management

measures for 2001 for the summer

flounder, scup, and black sea bass

recreational fisheries; review public

comments, review and discuss

Framework 2 management measures

regarding conservation equivalency

(Meeting 1), discuss and prioritize 2001

fishery management plan (FMP) actions

for the summer flounder, scup, and

black sea bass fisheries; review and

discuss Joint Monkfish Committee’s

recommendations on monkfish

management measures, develop and

approve management measures for

2001/02 monkfish fishery; review and

evaluate position paper for Amendment

9 to the Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish

FMP; review and discuss Joint Dogfish

Committee’s recommendations on spiny

dogfish management measures, develop

and approve management measures for

2001/01 spiny dogfish fishery; review

and discuss the New England Council’s

request for opportunity to comment on

the Council’s annual specifications,

review 2001 grant application, review

2001 Annual Work Plan; review Coast

Guard/Law Enforcement Awards

Program actions; review and approve

proposed quota set-aside action; hear

organizational and committee reports,

and if available, comment on NMFS

proposed rule regarding regulations

impacting the summer flounder, scup,

and black sea bass fisheries in 2001.

During the Regional Administrator’s

Report there will be time to take public

comment on Rutgers University’s

Exempted Fishing Permits application,

i.e., mesh selectivity studies.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before the Council for discussion, these

issues may not be the subject of formal

Council action during this meeting.

Council action will be restricted to those

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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 actions to address

such emergencies.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Joanna Davis at

the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5

days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: November 22, 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. 112100D]

New England 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 New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling a public meeting of its

Groundfish Committee and Scientific

and Statistical Committee in December,

2000 to consider actions affecting New

England fisheries in the exclusive

economic zone (EEZ).

Recommendations from these groups

will be brought to the full Council for

formal consideration and action, if

appropriate.

DATES: The meetings will held between

Monday, December 18 and Tuesday,

December 19, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Newburyport, MA and Portland, ME.

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, December 18, 2000, 9:30

a.m. and Tuesday, December 19, 2000,

8:30 p.m.- Groundfish Oversight

Committee Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88

Spring Street, Portland, ME 04101;

telephone: (207) 775-2311.

The Groundfish Oversight Committee

will continue developing its

recommendations for management

alternatives for Amendment 13 to the

Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Management Plan. This will include

recommendations on rebuilding

programs, measures to address capacity

issues, and the four broad approaches to

management that are under

consideration (status quo, adjustments

to the status quo, area management, and

sector allocation). The committees’

recommendations will be reviewed by

the Council at a future date. After

approval by the Council, the proposed

alternatives will be analyzed and a draft

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement and public hearing document

will be prepared. The Committee will

meet in a closed session to review

advisory panel applications.

The Committee will also identify

management alternatives for a

framework adjustment to reduced

discards of Gulf of Maine cod and

ensure mortality objectives are met. The

initial meeting for this framework

adjustment will be the January 23-25,

2000 Council meeting. The final

meeting will not be scheduled until

after receipt of an updated Gulf of

Maine cod assessment in summer, 2001.

Finally, the committee will receive a

report from the state of Maine on an

experimental halibut fishery.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2000, 10 A.M. -

Scientific and Statistical Committee

Location: New England Fishery

Management Council office, 50 Water

Street, Mill ι2, Newburyport, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 465-0492.

Develop priorities in terms of how the

committee might consider or handle the

following issues or questions in the next

year: review management reference

points for monkfish; review

management reference points for

selected groundfish species; identify

scallop assessment, science and

management issues that should be

addressed in the Council’s management

of scallops; review of skate overfishing

definitions (to be developed); discuss

biological-toxin issues such as questions

about whether chemical contaminants

affect the reproductive potential,

survivability, and recruitment of

Council-managed species; discuss

questions about whether the ecosystem

can support all stocks at Bmsy

simultaneously and the feasibility of a

single control rule for the entire

multispecies fishery rather than for

individual stocks; review of the

monkfish assessment update (to be done

by the Monkfish Plan Development

Team); review a DNA study about

monkfish stock delineation. The

committee will also elect a Chair and

Vice-Chair.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council 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: November 22, 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. 111700A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of modifications to

existing permits (1113).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following actions regarding permits for

takes of endangered and threatened

species for the purposes of scientific

research and/or enhancement: NMFS

has issued modifications to scientific

research permits to: Dr. Cheryl

Woodley, NOS-Marine Forensics

Laboratory - Charleston, SC (1113).

ADDRESSES: For permit 1113:

Endangered Species Division, Office of