Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 112 / Monday, June 10, 1996 / Proposed Rules 29339

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 571

Imports, Incorporation by reference,

Motor vehicle safety, Motor vehicles,

Rubber and rubber products, Tires.

In consideration of the foregoing,

NHTSA proposes to amend 49 CFR part

571 as follows:

PART 571—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 571

would continue to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115,

30117, and 30166; delegation of authority at

49 CFR 1.50.

§ 571.125 [Removed and reserved]

2. § 571.125 would be removed, and

reserved.

Issued on: May 31, 1996.

Barry Felrice,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 96–14256 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 641

[I.D. 052096A]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Hearings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Public hearings; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene five public hearings on Draft

Amendment 14 to the Fishery

Management Plan for Reef Fish

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP)

and a draft environmental assessment

(EA).

DATES: Written comments will be

accepted until July 1, 1996. The public

hearings will be held from June 17 to

June 21, 1996. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and

times.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to and copies of the draft

amendment are available from Mr.

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council, 5401 West Kennedy Boulevard,

Tampa, FL 33609.

The hearings will be held in Florida.

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for

locations of the hearings and public

accommodations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, 813 228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Council will be holding public hearings

on Draft Amendment 14 to the FMP and

its draft EA. Amendment 14 includes

management alternatives for regulating

the fish trap fishery. Alternatives under

consideration include: (1) Creation of a

commercial vessel license system

limiting participants in the trap fishery

along with provisions for the transfer of

vessel permits, (2) extending the current

moratorium on the issuance of fish trap

endorsements for 4 more years, (3)

limiting permits to current trap fishery

participants and phasing out the trap

fishery after 10 years, and (4) evaluating

the effectiveness of enforcement of trap

rules over 2 years before taking further

action. The current moratorium on new

fish trap endorsements expires in

February 1997. Amendment 14 also

includes several alternatives related to

area prohibitions on the use of fish traps

including prohibiting: (1) The use of

fish traps south of 24°54’ N. lat. (i.e., off

Dry Tortugas, FL);

(2) use of traps in the Gulf of Mexico

west of Cape San Blas, FL

(Appalachicola area); (3) use of traps on

Riley’s Hump (a 20 square mile (51 km)

spawning aggregation site, south of Dry

Tortugas); and (4) all fishing on Riley’s

Hump year round, making it a marine

sanctuary. Amendment 14 would

modify the provisions for tending traps

and establish compliance conditions for

the trap permit.

Additional management measures in

Amendment 14 include: (1) Modifying

the FMP framework procedure for

specifying total allowable catch by

allowing the Regional Director, in

addition to being able to open and close

a commercial fishery, to reopen a closed

commercial fishery if needed to ensure

that the fishery quota is harvested; (2)

modifying the transfer provisions for

reef fish vessel permits (under the reef

fish commercial vessel permit

moratorium) to allow transfers of

permits to an income qualifying

operator; also allowing a vessel owner 1

year to meet the income qualifications if

the permit has been issued based on

income qualifications of the operator;

and (3) prohibiting the harvest of

Nassau grouper in the Gulf of Mexico

because of resource declines.

The hearings are scheduled from 7:00

p.m. to 10:00 p.m. as follows:

1. Monday, June 17, 1996—Holiday

Inn Beachside, 3841 North Roosevelt

Boulevard, Key West, FL 33040

2. Tuesday, June 18, 1996—Naples

Depot Civic-Cultural Center, 1051 Fifth

Avenue South, Naples, FL 33940

3. Wednesday, June 19, 1996—

Plantation Inn and Golf Resort, West

Fort Island Trail (CR 44W), Crystal

River, FL 34423

4. Thursday, June 20, 1996—

Steinhatchee Elementary School, First

Avenue South, Steinhatchee, FL 32359

5. Friday, June 21, 1996—

Crawfordville Board of County

Commissioners Conference Room, Old

Aaron Road (behind the Courthouse),

Crawfordville, FL 32326

Special Accommodations

These hearings 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 June 12,

1996.

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

Dated: June 3, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–14494 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

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