Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 150 /Wednesday, August 5, 1998 / Notices 41803

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Public Hearing on the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement and

Draft Management Plan for the

Proposed Guana Tolomato Matanzas

National Estuarine Research Reserve

in Florida

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management, National Ocean

Service, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Public hearing notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Sanctuaries and Reserves Division,

of the Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), U. S.

Department of Commerce, will hold a

public hearing for the purpose of

receiving comments on the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement and

Draft Management Plan (DEIS/DMP)

prepared on the proposed designation of

the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National

Estuarine Research Reserve in Florida.

The DEIS/DMP addresses research,

monitoring, education and resource

protection needs for the proposed

reserve.

The Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division will hold a public hearing at

7:00 p.m. on August 31, 1998, at the St.

Johns County Auditorium, Government

Complex, 4020 Lewis Speedway, St.

Augustine, Florida 32095.

The views of interested persons and

organizations on the adequacy of the

DEIS/DMP are solicited, and may be

expressed orally and/or in written

statements. Presentations will be

scheduled on a first-come, first-heard

basis, and may be limited to a maximum

of five (5) minutes. The time allotment

may be extended before the hearing

when the number of speakers can be

determined. All comments received at

the hearing will be considered in the

preparation of the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS) and Final

Management Plan.

The comment period for the DEIS/

DMP will end on September 7, 1998. All

written comments received by this

deadline will be considered in the

preparation of the FEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

R. Randall Schneider (301) 713–3132,

Sanctuaries and Reserves Division,

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource

Management, National Ocean Service,

NOAA, 1305 East West Highway, N/

ORM2, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Copies

of the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement/Draft Management Plan are

available upon request to the

Sanctuaries and Reserves Division.

Federal Domestic Assistance

(Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone

Management) Research Reserves)

Dated: July 29, 1998.

Nancy Foster, Ph.D.,

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services

and Coastal Zone Management.

[FR Doc. 98–20859 Filed 8–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 072898C]

Gulf of Mexico 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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene a public meeting of the

Socioeconomic Panel (SEP).

DATES: A meeting of the SEP will be

held beginning at 10:00 a.m. on

Thursday, August 20, 1998, and will

conclude by 5:00 p.m. on Friday,

August 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn, 7700

Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa,

FL 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist, Gulf of

Mexico Fishery Management Council,

3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite

1000, Tampa, FL 33619; telephone: 813–

228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP

members will meet to review available

social and economic data on vermilion

snapper and gag stocks, and to

determine the social and economic

implications of the levels of acceptable

biological catches (ABC) recommended

by the Council’s Reef Fish Stock

Assessment Panel (RFSAP). The SEP

may recommend to the Council total

allowable catches for the 1999 fishing

year, depending on whether ABC ranges

would be established for these 2 stocks

by the RFSAP. The SEP will also

discuss issues related to fishing

communities.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before the

Panel for discussion, in accordance with

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Panel action during this meeting.

Panel action will be restricted to those

issues specifically identified in the

agenda listed in this notice.

A copy of the agenda can be obtained

by contacting the Gulf Council (see

ADDRESSES).

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by August 13, 1998.

Dated: July 29, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–20891 Filed 8–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 072498H]

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 Groundfish Total

Catch Determination Committee will

hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Tuesday, August 25, 1998, beginning at

1:00 p.m. and may go into the evening

until business for the day is completed.

The meeting will reconvene at 8:00 a.m.

on Wednesday, August 26, 1998 and

continue until the agenda has been

completed.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the conference room at the Pacific

Fishery Management Council office,

2130 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 224,

Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim

Glock, Groundfish Fishery Management

Coordinator; telephone: (503) 326–6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ad

hoc committee has been instructed to

continue the investigation and

development of a program to determine