24522 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 85 / Monday, May 4, 1998 / Proposed Rules

1 Indicates a newly listed company which must

file a report beginning with the report due on

October 25, 1998.

Citicorp Bankers Leasing Corporation

Dollar Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc.

Donlen Corporation

Enterprise Rent-A-Car 1

GE Capital Fleet Services 1

Hertz Rent-A-Car Division (subsidiary of

Hertz Corporation)

Lease Plan USA, Inc.

National Car Rental System, Inc.

Penske Truck Leasing Company

PHH Vehicle Management Services 1

Ryder System, Inc. (Both rental and leasing

operations)

U-Haul International, Inc. (Subsidiary of

AMERCO)

USL Capital Fleet Services

Wheels Inc.1

Issued on: April 29, 1998.

L. Robert Shelton,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;

Essential Fish Habitat

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed recommendations for

essential fish habitat; notice of public

hearings and request for public

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS requests public

comments on proposed

recommendations for essential fish

habitat (EFH) to the Western Pacific

Fishery Management Council (Council)

for its fishery management plans (FMP)

for bottomfish, crustaceans, pelagics and

precious corals. NMFS also announces a

public hearing on the proposed

recommendations.

DATES: Comments must be received by

June 22, 1998. The public hearing will

be held at 7:00pm, May 20, 1998, in

Honolulu, HI.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

Tokai University, Pacific Center, 2241

Kapiolani Blvd., Honolulu, HI. Send

comments or requests for a copy of the

proposed EFH recommendations for any

or all of the FMPs to: NMFS, Southwest

Region, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106,

Honolulu, HI 96822–2396.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Naughton, NMFS, Southwest Region,

Pacific Islands Area Office, (808) 973–

2940.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996

amended the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) to establish

new requirements for EFH descriptions

in FMPs and require consultation

between NMFS and Federal agencies on

activities that may adversely impact

EFH for species managed under FMPs.

The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires all

Councils to amend their FMPs by

October 1998 to describe and identify

EFH for each managed fishery. In

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens

Act, NMFS published an interim final

rule in the Federal Register on

December 19, 1997 (62 FR 66531),

providing guidelines to assist the

Councils in description and

identification of EFH in FMPs

(including adverse impacts on EFH) and

consideration of actions to ensure

conservation and enhancement of EFH.

The Magnuson-Stevens Act also

requires NMFS to provide each Council

with recommendations and information

regarding EFH for each fishery under

that Council’s authority.

NMFS has developed proposed EFH

recommendations for the identification

of EFH for each of the Western Pacific

Council’s FMPs through a process that

has involved input from the Council, its

advisory bodies, and the fishing

industry at the Council’s public

meetings in November 1997, and April

1998. .

The proposed EFH recommendations

for each FMP include a description of

EFH for the managed species; a

description of adverse effects to EFH,

including fishing and non-fishing

threats; and a description of measures to

ensure the conservation and

enhancement of EFH. Copies of the

proposed EFH recommendations are

available (see ADDRESSES). Public

comments are requested by June 22,

1998.

Special Accommodations

This meeting will be physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to John Naughton

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT)

at least 5 working days prior to the

hearing date.

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

Dated: April 28, 1998.

James P. Burgess,

Director, Office of Habitat Conservation,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish

Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico;

Resubmission of Disapproved and

Revised Measure in Amendment 11

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of agency decision.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the

disapproval of a revised, previously

disapproved measure submitted by the

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council (Council) and originally

contained in Amendment 11 to the

Fishery Management Plan for the Reef

Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico

(FMP). The measure would have

redefined optimum yield (OY) for that

FMP.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the

documents supporting the disapproval

decision should be mailed to the

Southeast Regional Office, NMFS, 9721

Executive Center Drive N., St.

Petersburg, FL 33702.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Sadler, 813-570-5305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) requires each

regional fishery management council to

submit any fishery management plan or

amendment to NMFS for review and

approval, disapproval, or partial

approval. The Magnuson-Stevens Act

also requires that NMFS, upon receiving

an amendment, immediately publish a

document in the Federal Register

stating that the amendment is available

for public review and comment.

On December 31, 1997, NMFS

published a notice of availability (NOA)

of a revised, previously disapproved

measure originally in Amendment 11,

and requested comments (62 FR 68246).

The revised definition would have