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comment period, which will include 

public hearings, the public may 

comment on the draft EIS. Following a 

review of the comments, the Council 

will then choose final preferred 

management measures for submission 

with the final EIS to the Secretary of 

Commerce for publishing of a proposed 

and then final rule, both of which have 

additional comment periods. 

Scoping Hearing Schedule 

Scoping hearings will be held on the 

following dates: 

June 14, 2010, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.: Hilton 

Garden Inn, Providence Airport/ 

Warwick, One Thuber Street, Warwick, 

RI 02886, 401–734–9600; 

June 15, 2010, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.: 

Holiday Inn Express East End, 1707 Old 

country Rd., Route 58, Riverhead, NY 

11901, 631–548–1000; 

June 17, 2010, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.: 

Congress Hall, 251 Beach Ave, Cape 

May, NJ 08204, 609–884–6592; and 

June 23, 2010, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.: 

Virginia Marine Resources Commission, 

2600 Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor, 

Newport News, VA 23607. 

Special Accommodations 

The scoping hearings are accessible to 

people with physical disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Dan Furlong (see 

ADDRESSES above) at least 5 days prior 

to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: June 4, 2010. 

Carrie Selberg, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW83 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic and 

Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, 

Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); 

assessment webinars II through IV for 

SEDAR 22 yellowedge grouper and 

tilefish. 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 22 Gulf of 

Mexico yellowedge grouper and tilefish 

assessment webinars II through IV. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 22 assessments of 

the Gulf of Mexico stocks of yellowedge 

grouper and tilefish will consist of a 

series of workshops and webinars: a 

Data Workshop, a series of Assessment 

webinars, and a Review Workshop. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The second, third, and fourth 

SEDAR 22 Assessment Process webinars 

will be held on Thursday, July 1, 2010 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT), 

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 from 1 p.m. 

to 5:00 pm (EDT), and Thursday, August 

12, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. The webinar is open to 

members of the public. Those interested 

in participating should contact Julie 

Neer at SEDAR (See FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) to request an 

invitation providing webinar access 

information. 

A listening station will be available at 

the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council office located at 2203 N Lois 

Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607. 

Those interested in participating via the 

listening station should contact Julie 

Neer at SEDAR (See FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 1 day 

prior to the webinar. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber 

Place, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405; telephone: (843) 571–4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop, (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses. The product of the Assessment 

Process is a stock assessment report 

which describes the fisheries, evaluates 

the status of the stock, estimates 

biological benchmarks, projects future 

population conditions, and recommends 

research and monitoring needs. The 

assessment is independently peer 

reviewed at the Review Workshop. The 

product of the Review Workshop is a 

Summary documenting Panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

SEDAR 22 Assessment webinars II 

through IV: 

Using datasets recommended from the 

Data Workshop, participants will 

employ assessment models to evaluate 

stock status, estimate population 

benchmarks and management criteria, 

and project future conditions. 

Participants will recommend the most 

appropriate methods and configurations 

for determining stock status and 

estimating population parameters. 

Meeting Schedule: 

Webinar II: July 1, 2010, from 1 p.m. to 

5 p.m. (EDT) 

Webinar III: July 21, 2010, from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. (EDT) 

Webinar IV: August 12, 2010, from 1 

p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT) 

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 these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens 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 

These meetings 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 10 business 

days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: June 4, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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