28732 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2001 / Notices

Seattle with the Washington Pollution

Control Hearings Board (Board). The

State did not oppose the stay. The two

appeals before the Board have been

dismissed. With the dismissal of the

appeals before the Board, the Appellant

requested that the two consistency

appeals be dismissed. The State

concurred and NOAA accordingly

dismissed the appeals. The Appellant is

barred from filing another appeal from

the State’s objection to its consistency

certification. This is a final agency

action for purposes of judicial review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Campbell, Attorney-Adviser,

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 1305 East-West Highway,

Room 6111, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910, (301) 713–2967.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No.

11.419 Coastal Zone Management Program

Assistance)

Dated: May 8, 2001.

Craig O’Connor,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–13152 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 051801A]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council’s Atlantic

Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish

Monitoring Committee will hold a

public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held

Tuesday, June 12, 2001, from 10 a.m.–

4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Sheraton International Hotel at BWI

Airport, 7032 Elm Road, Baltimore, MD;

telephone: 410–859–3300.

Council Address: Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council, Room

2115, 300 S. New Street, Dover, DE

19904.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

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

19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the meeting is to develop

2002 quota recommendations for

Atlantic mackerel, Loligo and Illex

squid, and butterfish and consider

possible in-season adjustments to the

2001 quota specifications.

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

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 Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

provided the public has been notified of

the Council’s intent to take final actions

to address such emergencies.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at 302–674–2331 at least 5

days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: May 18, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–13077 Filed 5–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 051801B]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit 1276.

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 under the

Endangered Species Act (ESA): NMFS

has issued permit 1276 to Mr. Jay

Holder, of Florida Fish and Wildlife

Conservation Commission (1276).

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review in

the indicated office, by appointment:

For permits 1276: Endangered Species

Division, F/PR3, 1315 East West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910

(phone:301–713–1401, fax: 301–713–

0376).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terri Jordan, Silver Spring, MD (phone:

301–713–1401, fax: 301–713–0376, email: Terri.Jordan@noaa.gov)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

Issuance of permits and permit

modifications, as required by the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531–1543) (ESA), is based on a

finding that such permits/modifications:

(1) are applied for in good faith; (2)

would not operate to the disadvantage

of the listed species which are the

subject of the permits; and (3) are

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the

ESA. Scientific research and/or

enhancement permits are issued under

Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA.

Authority to take listed species is

subject to conditions set forth in the

permits. Permits and modifications are

issued in accordance with and are

subject to the ESA and NMFS

regulations governing listed fish and

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226).

Those individuals requesting a

hearing on an application listed in this

notice should set out the specific

reasons why a hearing on that

application would be appropriate (see

ADDRESSES). The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in the permit action

summaries are those of the applicant

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Species Covered in This Notice

The following species is covered in

this notice:

Fish

Endangered Shortnose Sturgeon

(Acipenser brevirostrum)

Permits Issued

Permit #1276

Notice was published on January 25,

2001 (66 FR 7742) that Mr. Jay Holder,

of Florida Fish and Wildlife

Conservation Commission applied for a

scientific research permit (1276). The

applicant proposes to conduct an

absence/presence study for shortnose

sturgeon in the St. John River, Florida.

Shortnose sturgeon were last reported in

the system in the 1970s and 1980s. The

primary objective of the study is to

determine the existing population level

of shortnose sturgeon within the river

system. The applicant will use the

NMFS approved sampling protocols for

a presence/absence study. Obtaining an