Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 69 / Tuesday, April 11, 1995 / Proposed Rules 18391

Railroad Administration, 400 7th Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590, 202–

366–4781.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Building

on the regulatory philosophy set forth in

Executive Order No. 12866, President

Clinton recently asked Executive Branch

agencies to report to him by June 1,

1995 on ways to improve the regulatory

process. Specifically, the President

requested that agencies: [1] Cut obsolete

regulations; [2] reward agency and

regulator performance by rewarding

results instead of red tape; [3] create

grassroots partnerships by meeting,

outside of Washington, D.C., with those

affected by regulations; and [4] use

consensual rulemaking, such as

regulatory negotiation, more frequently.

This notice solicits comments and

announces public outreach responsive

to the President’s directives.

FRA is committed to a railroad

regulatory program that achieves safety

goals while being cost-effective, userfriendly and customer-focused.

Consistent with the President’s

Initiative, our 1995 Safety Action Plan

aspires to cut red-tape, improve

communications, foster cooperation and

emphasize performance-oriented

decision making with:

• Annual safety plans from each

major railroad developed consensually

with management, labor and FRA;

• Uniform and consistent safety

assurance methods;

• Continued efforts to improve the

effectiveness of our communications

and customer response; and

• Streamlining of our regulatory

process with a focus on data-based

decision making.

Through roundtables, innovative

rulemaking procedures (including

negotiated rulemaking), and direct

contacts with industry groups, FRA

seeks to ensure open lines of

communication and active collaboration

of all affected persons in the

development of its safety programs.

In response to the President’s

initiative, FRA invites participation

from the regulated community in the

creation of grassroots partnerships. The

meetings in Chicago and Newark will be

informal, intended to produce a

dialogue between agency regulators and

those persons directly affected by the

rail safety program and regulations.

These public forums are intended to

elicit information and views at a

grassroots level—from working railroad

employees, supervisors and managers in

those major railroad terminal areas.

Because FRA believes the President’s

call for regulatory review provides rich

opportunities for eliminating or

improving regulations, FRA is seeking

comments, either at the public meetings

or in writing, discussing methods of

improving the regulations to make the

rail safety program more performanceoriented, flexible and cost-effective. Any

comments should contain a current

priority order for those areas in need of

improvement. By focusing on matters of

greatest concern to those who carry

regulatory burdens, FRA can best

balance its responsibilities for

regulatory reinvention and completion

of statutorily mandated rulemaking

proceedings.

Donald M. Itzkoff,

Deputy Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 642

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Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources

of the Gulf of Mexico and South

Atlantic; 1995–96 King and Spanish

Mackerel Specifications; Hearing

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Public hearing.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a public hearing on the total

allowable catch, quotas, and bag limits

for king and Spanish mackerel for the

1995–96 fishing year.

DATES: The hearing will be held on

Thursday, April 13, 1995 at 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at

the Holiday Inn Savannah- Midtown,

7100 Abercorn Expressway, Savannah,

GA 31406; telephone: 1–800–255–8268

or 1–912–352–7100.

Requests for special accommodations

may be sent to the South Atlantic

Fishery Management Council; One

Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston,

SC 29407–4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon Coste, South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, telephone: 1–

803–571–4366 or fax: 1–803–769–4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

public hearing is being held in

conjunction with public meetings held

by the Council on April 10–14, 1995.

The hearing will be held to receive

comments on the total allowable catch,

quotas, and bag limits for king and

Spanish mackerel for the 1995–96

fishing year. These measures will be

developed by the Council according to

framework regulatory procedures

established by the Fishery Management

Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and

South Atlantic. Under this procedure,

the Council will submit proposed

measures to NMFS for review, approval,

and implementation. NMFS’ review will

involve a public comment period before

final agency action.

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to the

Council office (see ADDRESSES).

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

Dated: April 5, 1995.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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50 CFR Part 655

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Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and

Butterfish Fishery Management Plan;

Public Hearings; Supplement 1 to

Amendment 5

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Public hearings; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold public hearings to allow for input

on Supplement 1 to Amendment 5 to

the Fishery Management Plan for the

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish

Fishery. The Council will also accept

comments prepared for Amendment 7

for inclusion in the Environmental

Impact Statement on the matters

contained in Supplement 1.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by May 1, 1995. The hearings

are scheduled as follows:

1. April 18, 1995, 7 p.m., Virginia

Beach, VA;

2. April 24, 1995, 7 p.m., Galilee, RI;

3. April 25, 1995, 7 p.m., Cape May

Courthouse, NJ.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

David R. Keifer, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
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Council, Room 2115, Federal Building,

300 South New Street, Dover, DE 19904.

The hearings will be held at the

following locations:

1. Virginia Beach—Holiday Inn, 39th

and Oceanfront, Virginia Beach, VA

23451;

2. Galilee—Dutch Inn, 307 Great

Island Rd., Galilee, RI 02882; and

3. Cape May Courthouse—Cape May

County Extension Office, Dennisville

Rd., Route 657, Cape May Courthouse,

NJ 08210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director;

telephone: 302–674–2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of these supplementary

hearings is to obtain public input on

several changes to Amendment 5 that

were not included in the original

hearing draft. These changes involve the

provisions of the moratorium on entry

into the Illex fishery, the provisions of

the moratorium on entry into the Loligo

and butterfish fisheries, the provisions

of the minimum net mesh in the Loligo

fishery, a provision that vessel owners/

operators and dealers could lose their

permits, if they falsified data to qualify

for a moratorium permit, and a

provision that only vessels with

moratorium permits could transfer

squid and butterfish at sea.

These hearings 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).

All hearings will be tape recorded and

the tapes will be filed as the official

transcript of the hearing.

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

Dated: April 5, 1995.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Director of Office of Fisheries Conservation

and Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

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