22144 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 86 / Thursday, May 3, 2001 / Proposed Rules

Dated: April 25, 2001.

Daniel Welsh,

Acting Manager, California/Nevada

Operations.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 622

[I.D. 043001D]

South Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold seven public hearings in May and

June 2001 to gather public input

regarding proposed management

measures for its draft Amendment 5 to

the Fishery Management Plan for the

Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic

Region (FMP).

DATES: The public hearings will be held

in May and June 2001. Written

comments must be received in the

Council office by May 29, 2001. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times of the public hearings.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to Bob Mahood, Executive

Director, South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, One Southpark

Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407–

4699, or via email to safmc@noaa.gov.

Copies of the Public Hearing Document

are available from Kim Iverson, South

Atlantic Fishery Management Council,

One Southpark Circle, Suite 306,

Charleston, SC 29407–4699; telephone:

843–571–4366.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, One Southpark

Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407–

4699; telephone: 843–571–4366; fax:

843–769–4520; email address:

kim.iverson@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INF0RMATION: The South

Atlantic Fishery Management Council

(Council) will hold seven public

hearings in May and June 2001 to gather

public input regarding proposed

management measures for its draft

Amendment 5 to the Fishery

Management Plan for the Shrimp

Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

(FMP). At the request of the rock shrimp

industry, the Council is considering the

following measures for its proposed

Amendment 5: The development of a

limited entry program to remove

speculative interest in the fishery and to

ensure the economic viability of the

rock shrimp industry; shrimp trawl

mesh size restrictions to reduce the

harvest of small rock shrimp; a

requirement for operator permits and

vessel monitoring systems to ensure

better compliance with the FMP’s

management measures; and designation

of specific geographic areas within

which these management measures

would apply.

Meeting Dates and Locations

The dates and locations for the

scheduled public hearings are presented

below. All hearings are scheduled to

begin at 6 p.m.

May 3, 2001– NC Department of

Environment & Natural Resources, 127

Cardinal Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405;

Telephone: 910–395–3900

May 7, 2001– Radisson Beach Resort,

2600 N. A1A, Fort Pierce, FL 34949;

Telephone: 561–465–5544

May 8, 2001– Florida Fish & Wildlife

Conservation Commission, Florida

Marine Research Institute 100 Eighth

Avenue, SE, St. Petersburg, FL 53701–

5095; Telephone: 727–896–8626

May 9, 2001– Lafayette Plaza Hotel,

301 Government Street, Mobile, AL

36602; Telephone: 334–694–0101

May 15, 2001– Town & Country Inn,

2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston,

SC 29407; Telephone: 843–571–1000

May 24, 2001– University of Georgia,

Marine Extension Service, 715 Bay

Street, Brunswick, GA 31520;

Telephone: 912–264–7268

May 29, 2001– Radisson Hampton,

700 Settlers Landing Road, Hampton,

VA 23669, Telephone: 757/727–9700

June 19, 2001– Radisson Ponce de

Leon, 4000 US Highway 1, St.

Augustine, FL 32095; Phone: 904–824–

2821

Special Accommodations

These hearings 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) at least five days prior

to the hearing date.

Dated: May 1, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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