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July 12

8:30 a.m.–12 noon—Receive a report

of the Reef Fish Management

Committee.

1:30 p.m.–4 p.m.—Continue report of

the Reef Fish Management Committee, if

necessary.

4 p.m.–5 p.m.—Receive a report of the

Shrimp Management Committee.

July 13

8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m.—Receive a report

of the Habitat Protection Committee.

8:45 a.m.–9 a.m.—Receive a report of

the Council Chairmen’s Meeting.

9 a.m.–9:15 a.m.—Receive a report of

the NMFS Sustainable Fisheries Act

Workshop.

9:15 a.m.–9:30 a.m.—Receive a report

of the NMFS Observer Workshop.

9:30 a.m–9:45 a.m.—Receive a report

of the South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council meeting.

9:45 a.m.–10 a.m.—Receive a report of

the Audit Exit meeting.

10 a.m.–10:15 a.m.—Receive the

NMFS Regional Administrator’s Report.

10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m.—Receive

Enforcement Reports.

10:30 a.m.–11 a.m.—Receive

Director’s Reports.

11 a.m.—Other Business

July 9

10 a.m.–12 noon—CLOSED

SESSION—Convene the AP Selection

Committee to develop recommendations

for appointments to the Ad Hoc Red

Snapper AP and the Deep-Water Crab

AP.

1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Reef Fish Management Committee to

review Draft Reef Fish Amendment 18

and DSEIS and to make their

recommendations to the Council for

final action. The full Council will

consider those recommendations on

Thursday morning.

July 10

8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.—Continue the

meeting of the Reef Fish Management

Committee, if necessary.

1 p.m.–4 p.m.—Convene the Shrimp

Management Committee to approve

Draft Amendment 10/Environmental

Assessment for public hearings, receive

a report on the status of shrimp stocks,

and a report on compliance within the

Tortugas Shrimp Sanctuary.

4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Habitat Protection Committee to hear a

report on freshwater inflow to the Gulf

of Mexico.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in the agenda may come

before the Council for discussion, in

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act (Magnuson Act), those issues may

not be the subject of formal Council

action during this meeting. Council

action will be restricted to those issues

specifically identified in this notice and

any issues arising after publication of

this notice that require emergency

action under section 305 (c) of the

Magnuson Act, provided the public has

been notified of the Council’s intent to

take final action to address the

emergency. A copy of the Committee

schedule and agenda can be obtained by

calling (813) 228–2815.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are 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 July 2, 2001.

Dated: June 20, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061901E]

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

Scallop Advisory Panel, Scallop

Oversight Committee and Groundfish

Oversight Committee in July, 2001 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 be held on

July 9–11, 2001. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Warwick, RI and Wakefield, MA. 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, July 9, 2001, 10 a.m.—

Scallop Advisory Panel Meeting.

Location: Radisson Airport Hotel,

2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone: (401) 732–3000.

The Advisory Panel will review the

Plan Development Team, (PDT)

recommendations for Amendment 10 to

the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery

Management Plan (FMP). They will

report to the Scallop Oversight

Committee at their meeting on July 10–

11, 2001 and provide advice on these

recommendations for management

alternatives or make other

recommendations.

Monday, July 9, 2001, 9:30 a.m.—

Groundfish Oversight Committee

Meeting.

Location: Sheraton Colonial Hotel,

One Audubon Road Wakefield, MA

01880; telephone: (781) 245–9300.

The Oversight Committee will meet to

consider management options for

Framework Adjustment 36 to the

Northeast Multispecies FMP.

Framework 36 was initiated by the

Council in January, 2001, to address the

following issues: reducing excessive

regulatory discards of Gulf of Maine cod

resulting from a trip limit, meeting the

fishing mortality objectives for Gulf of

Maine cod, extending and/or adjusting

the Western Gulf of Maine closure

(currently scheduled to open May 1,

2002), considering allowing access to

groundfish closures by tuna purse seine

vessels, and expanding the area for the

northern shrimp exempted fishery. At

this meeting, the Committee will

identify alternative management

measures to meet these objectives. They

may also consider recommending to the

full Council that other objectives be

addressed by the framework. The

recommendations of the Committee will

be considered by the Council at the July

24–26, 2001 Council meeting. While the

meeting will focus on Framework 36, if

time permits, the Committee may

consider issues related to the ongoing

development of Amendment 13 and

may plan how to address remaining

issues for this amendment.

Tuesday, July 10, 2001 at 9:30 a.m.

and Wednesday, July 11, 2001 at 8:30

a.m.—Scallop Oversight Committee

Meeting.

Location: Radisson Airport Hotel,

2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone: (401) 732–3000.

The Scallop Oversight Committee will

review the package of management

alternatives developed by the PDT,

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consider advice from the July 9, 2001

Advisory Panel meeting, and advise the

Council on which alternatives should be

further analyzed and described in the

Amendment 10 public hearing

document. The oversight committee’s

recommendations may be that some

alternatives need to be changed or

omitted from the developing

Amendment 10 document. The

committee will also discuss

consideration of a control date for

vessels that target sea scallops while not

on a scallop day-at-sea; a control date is

needed because the Council is

considering whether to limit general

category vessel access in Amendment

10; (the control date could apply to any

vessel with or without a general

category permit and/or to vessels that

have a limited access scallop permit and

that fish for sea scallops while not on a

day-at-sea). The Advisory Panel or

Oversight Committee may also

recommend adding alternatives to

Amendment 10 that were not proposed

by the Plan Development Team. The

formal Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement

(DSEIS) and public hearing document

will be reviewed and approved by the

Council at the November 6–8 meeting,

before public hearings on the proposals.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this group for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during this meeting. 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: June 20, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Availability of Seats for the Stellwagen

Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Advisory Council

AGENCY: National Marine Sanctuary

System (NMSS), National Ocean Service

(NOS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration,

Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Notice and request for

applications; extension of deadline.

SUMMARY: The Stellwagen Bank National

Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS or

Sanctuary) is seeking applicants for the

following fifteen vacant seats on its

Sanctuary Advisory Council (Council):

Research (2); Conservation (2);

Education (2); Marine Transportation

(1); Fixed Gear Fishing (1); Mobile gear

Fishing (1); Recreation (1); Whale

Watching Industry (1); Business/

Industry (1); and Citizen-at-Large (3).

Applicants are chosen based upon their

particular expertise and experience in

relation to the seat for which they are

applying; community and professional

affiliations; philosophy regarding the

conservation and management of marine

resources; and the length of residence in

the area affected by the Sanctuary.

Applicants who are chosen as members

should expect to serve two or three-year

terms, pursuant to the Council’s Charter.

Alternates to the fifteen members will

also be chosen from the same pool of

applicants.

DATES: The due date for applications has

been extended to by June 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Application kits may be

obtained from Sandi Dentino at

Stellwagen Bank National Marine

Sanctuary, 175 Edward Foster Road,

Scituate, MA 02066. Completed

applications should be sent to the same

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandi Dentino, Stellwagen Bank

National Marine Sanctuary, 175 Edward

Foster Road, Scituate, MA 02066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

SBNMS Advisory Council was

established in 1998 to assure continued

public participation in the management

of the Sanctuary. The past Council was

dissolved in 2000 and this recruitment

will establish a new Council to advise

the new Superintendent. Since its

establishment, the original Council has

played a vital role in the decisions

affecting the Sanctuary and surrounding

waters.

The Council’s fifteen voting members

represent a variety of local user groups,

as well as the general public. Six

ex-officio members will represent state

and federal governmental jurisdictions.

The Council represents the

coordination link between the

Sanctuary and the state and federal

management agencies, user groups,

researchers, educators, policy makers,

and other various groups that help to

focus efforts and attention on Sanctuary

issues.

The Council functions in an advisory

capacity to the Sanctuary

Superintendent and is instrumental in

helping to develop policies and program

goals, and to identify education,

outreach, research, long-term

monitoring, resource protection and

revenue enhancement priorities. The

Council works in concert with the

Sanctuary Superintendent by keeping

him informed about issues of concern

throughout the Sanctuary, offering

recommendations on specific issues,

and aiding the Superintendent in

achieving the goals of the Sanctuary

program within the context of SBNMS

programs and policies.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. Section 1431, et seq.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)

Margaret A. Davidson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Oceans

and Coastal Zone Management.

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BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Increase of a Guaranteed Access Level

for Certain Wool Textile Products

Produced or Manufactured in Costa

Rica

June 14, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs increasing a

guaranteed access level.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 25, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of this level, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, refer

to the Office of Textiles and Apparel

website at http://otexa.ita.doc.gov.