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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 actions to address 

such emergencies. 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Jan 

Saunders at least five days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Dated: November 16, 2005. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of 

SustainableFisheries, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 111605B] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Groundfish Oversight Committee will 

meet to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, December 7, 2005, from 

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: 

The meeting will be held at the 

Holiday Inn, 300 Woodbury Ave., 

Portsmouth, NH, 03801; telephone: 

(603)431–8000. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978)465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion in the committee’s agenda 

are as follows: 

Agenda for Wednesday, December 7, 

2005 

1. The Groundfish Advisory Panel 

(Panel) will meet to review management 

measures proposed for Framework 

Adjustment 42 (FW 42) to the Northeast 

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. 

FW 42 is being developed to maintain 

multispecies rebuilding programs 

adopted in Amendment 13 and includes 

measures designed to reduce fishing 

mortality on several stocks, including 

Gulf of Maine cod, Cape Cod/Gulf of 

Maine yellowtail flounder, Southern 

New England/Mid-Atlantic yellowtail 

flounder, Georges Bank yellowtail 

flounder, and Georges Bank winter 

flounder. Measures under consideration 

include changes to the way days-at-sea 

are counted, possible additional 

reductions in allocated days-at-sea, 

revised possession limits, and changes 

to recreational measures. The Panel will 

review proposed measures and will 

develop recommendations on those 

measures for consideration to the 

Groundfish Oversight Committee and 

Council at a future date. 

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 

identified 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 action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people withdisabilities. 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 date. 

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

Dated: November 16, 2005. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries,National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 111405A] 

U.S. Climate Change Science Program 

Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.1 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration publish 

this notice to announce the availability 

of the U.S. Climate Change Science 

Program (CCSP) Synthesis and 

Assessment draft Product 1.1 addressing 

the CCSP Topic: ‘‘Temperature trends in 

the lower atmosphere–steps for 

understanding and reconciling 

differences’’ for public comment. 

Following the public comment period, 

the lead authors will revise the Product, 

taking into consideration the submitted 

comments. The lead agency will then 

submit the revised Synthesis and 

Assessment Product to the CCSP 

Interagency Committee for approval and 

eventual release in accordance with the 

procedure described in the approved 

Prospectus for Synthesis and 

Assessment Product 1.1 that is posted 

on the CCSP Program Office web site: 

www.climatescience.gov. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 5, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: The Synthesis and 

Assessment draft Product and detailed 

instructions for making comments on 

the draft Product are posted, along with 

the Prospectus, on the CCSP Program 

Office web site at 

www.climatescience.gov. Please make 

certain that submitted comments are 

prepared in accordance with these 

instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard H. Moss, Ph.D., Director, 

Climate Change Science Program Office, 

1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 

250, Washington, DC 20006, Telephone: 

(202) 419–3476. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CCSP 

was established by the President in 2002 

to coordinate and integrate scientific 

research on global and climate changes 

sponsored by 13 participating 

departments and agencies of the U.S. 

Government. The CCSP is charged with 

preparing information resources that 

support climate-related discussions and 

decisions, including scientific synthesis 

and assessment analyses that support 

evaluation of important policy issues. 

The Synthesis and Assessment draft 

Product addressing the CCSP Topic: 

‘‘Temperature trends in the lower 

atmosphere–steps for understanding 

and reconciling differences’’ is one of 21 

such products that will be produced by 

the CCSP. 

Dated: November 15, 2005. 

James R. Mahoney, 

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans 

and Atmosphere, Director, Climate Change 

Science Program. 

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