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through Post ROD monitoring. These

levels indicated that no future threats to

the public health or environment exist.

EPA and the State find that the remedy

continues to provide adequate

protection of human health and the

environment. Therefore, EPA proposes

to delete the Site from the NPL.

EPA, with concurrence of the State of

Florida, has determined that all

appropriate Fund-financed responses

under CERCLA at the Wilson Concepts

Site have been completed, and that no

further cleanup by responsible parties is

appropriate.

Dated: February 2, 1995.

Patrick M. Tobin,

Acting Regional Administrator, USEPA

Region IV.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Parts 649, 650 and 651

[I.D. 020395B]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings and Hearings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Public meetings and hearings.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a 2-day public meeting and hearing

to consider actions affecting the New

England fisheries in the exclusive

economic zone (EEZ).

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as

follows:

1. February 15, 1995, 10 a.m.

2. February 16, 1995, 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

King’s Grant Inn, Route 128 and Trask

Lane, Danvers, MA 01923; telephone:

508–774–6800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas G. Marshall, Executive Director,

New England Fishery Management

Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, MA

01906, telephone: 617–231–0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Wednesday, February 15, 1995

The meeting will begin with a report

on the 19th Northeast Regional Stock

Assessment Workshop. Information

concerning Gulf of Maine cod and Gulf

of Maine/Georges Bank white hake will

be presented. Following the stock

assessment report, the Council’s

Northeast Multispecies Groundfish

Committee (Groundfish Committee) will

present an update on the development

of Framework Adjustment 9 to the

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the

Northeast Multispecies Fishery that

would permanently extend the

groundfish emergency rule and its

amendment, which are currently in

effect, with some modifications (see

below).

As part of Amendment 7 to the FMP

for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery,

the Council will discuss the

recommendations of the Groundfish

Committee to protect overfished

groundfish stocks. These may include

time/area closures, catch quotas, the

impacts of fishing effort displacement,

Canadian harvest of transboundary

stocks, and other measures. The

discussion of Amendment 7 may

continue through the afternoon.

If time is available during the

afternoon reports will be given by the

Council Chairman; Council Executive

Director; Director, Northeast Region,

NMFS (Regional Director); Northeast

Fisheries Science Center Liaison; MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council

Liaison; and a representative from the

U.S. Coast Guard.

Any remaining reports will be

covered on Thursday, February 16,

1995, in the morning.

Thursday, February 16, 1995

The Lobster Committee will present

recommendations on the management

strategies drafted by its Effort

Management Teams for inclusion in

Amendment 6 to the FMP for the

American Lobster Fishery. The Lobster

Committee will also initiate action on a

framework adjustment to address

criteria for limited access permits (see

below).

The Sea Scallop Committee will

finalize a framework adjustment to the

FMP for the Atlantic Sea Scallop

Fishery in which the Council proposes

to allow only limited use of nets to

harvest sea scallops and to restrict the

size of twine tops used in sea scallop

dredges. Any other relevant business

will be addressed at the end of the

discussion on the framework adjustment

for sea scallops.

Abbreviated Rulemaking Action—

Northeast Multispecies

The Council will consider final action

on Framework Adjustment 9 to the FMP

for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery

under the framework procedure for

abbreviated rulemaking contained in 50

CFR 651.40. At its December 7 and 8,

1994, meetings, the Council announced

that it would initiate a framework

adjustment that would permanently

implement the emergency interim rule

and the amendment to the emergency

interim rule now in place for 3 months,

with some modifications. These

emergency actions close areas of

Georges Bank and southern New

England to all fishing and scalloping,

with some stated exceptions, prohibit

the possession of regulated multispecies

finfish, and limit the possession of

certain other species when using smallmesh nets. The public is invited to

comment. If the Regional Director

concurs with the Council’s

recommendations on Framework

Adjustment 9, he could publish them as

a proposed or a final rule in the Federal

Register.

Abbreviated Rulemaking Action—

Atlantic Sea Scallops

The Council will consider final action

on an adjustment to the FMP for the

Atlantic Sea Scallop fishery under the

framework procedure for abbreviated

rulemaking contained in 50 CFR 650.40.

The Council proposes to allow only

limited use of nets to harvest sea

scallops and to restrict the size of twine

tops used in sea scallop dredges. There

will be final decisions on the issues of

continued fishing during the permit

appeals process, the use of nets while

fishermen are not in the days-at-sea

program, and final specification of the

twine top restriction. This framework

was reviewed at the December 7 and 8,

1994, and January 11 and 12, 1995,

Council meetings, but comments from

the public will again be accepted on

February 16, 1995. If the Regional

Director concurs with the Council’s

recommendations on this framework

adjustment, he could publish them as a

proposed or a final rule in the Federal

Register.

Abbreviated Rulemaking Action—

American Lobster

The Council will consider initial

action on an adjustment to the

American Lobster FMP under the

framework procedure for abbreviated

rulemaking contained in 50 CFR 649.43.

At its January 11 and 12, 1995, meeting,

the Council announced that it would

initiate a framework adjustment that

would modify eligibility criteria for

lobster limited access permits to address

the following circumstances: (1) The

eligibility of fishermen who fished for

lobsters in the EEZ prior to the January

9, 1991, control date, but who did not

have a Federal lobster permit; (2) permit

holders who leased their federally

endorsed lobster permits to another

person; (3) a captain with a federally
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endorsed lobster permit who operated a

vessel for an individual who did not

have a permit; (4) transfers of federally

endorsed state lobster permits that

occurred some time between the control

date and the implementation date of

Amendment 5 to the FMP for the

American lobster fishery; (5) holders of

federally endorsed lobster permit who

fished on the same vessel together; and

(6) a person who inherits a vessel once

owned by an individual with a federally

endorsed permit. Final action is

expected at the March 29 and 30, 1995,

Council meeting. The public will be

encouraged to attend these meetings and

provide comments or submit them in

writing. If the Regional Director concurs

with Council’s recommendations on this

framework adjustment, he could publish

them as a proposed or a final rule in the

Federal Register.

Special Accommodations

The meetings on February 15–16,

1995, are physically accessible to people

with disabilities. Requests for sign

language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Douglas G. Marshall at 617–231–0422,

at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

Dated: February 6, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–3416 Filed 2–7–95; 4:29 pm]

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