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involves applications and requests that

include: 172 permit applications, Letters

of Intent, and requests for amendments

and changes; approximately 206 annual

and final reports; and an estimated 350

notifications of transport; marine

mammal data sheets and notifications of

rehabilitated stranded marine mammals.

Estimated Time Per Response: Permit

applications for scientific research (SR),

enhancement (EN), public display (PD),

Letters or Intent under the General

Authorization (GA), and major

amendments to permits are estimated at

29 hours each.

Applications for photography permits

are estimated at 10 hours each. Minor

amendments and requests for changes

under the GA are estimated at 3 hours

each.

Annual reports for scientific research,

enhancement or projects under the

General Authorization are estimated at

12 hours each, and 2 hours for annual

recordkeeping needs.

Public display annual reports are

estimated at 9 hours each with 2 hours

for annual recordkeeping.

Photography annual reports have been

estimated at 3 hours each, and 2 hours

for recordkeeping.

Notifications of Transports and

submission of Marine Mammal Data

Sheets have been estimated at one-half

hour each.

Notification of release or other

disposition of rehabilitated marine

mammals is estimated at 1 hour per

report and 2 hours for recordkeeping.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: The total annual burden of hours

is estimated at 6,925 hours per year.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

total annual cost is estimated at $352

per year to cover the mailing of

submissions.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: June 17, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Management Analyst, Office of Management

and Organization.

[FR Doc. 96–15841 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

[ I.D. 061496B]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council will convene

public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

July 15–18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held

at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, 4860 West

Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL;

telephone: 813–286–4050.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 5401

West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331,

Tampa, FL 33609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; telephone: (813) 228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

July 17

8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.—Convene to

receive public testimony on Mackerel

Total Allowable Catch (TAC)/Quotas/

Bag Limits for the 1996–1997 season

and Draft Reef Fish Amendment 14

(NOTE: Testimony cards must be

turned in to staff before the start of

public testimony.) Draft Reef Fish

Amendment 14 principally proposes

alternatives to regulate the fish trap

fishery. The amendment contains

several alternatives related to the

current moratorium on the issuance of

fish trap permits. The Council’s

proposed action is to create a license

limitation system with transferrable

permits. Other alternatives to the

proposed action include extending the

moratorium for four more years, limiting

permits to current participants and

phasing out the trap fishery after ten

years, and evaluating the effectiveness

of enforcement of trap rules over two

years before taking further action.

Draft Reef Amendment 14 also has

several alternatives related to area

prohibitions on use of fish traps. The

Council’s proposed action is to prohibit

the use of traps south of 24ß54’, north

latitude (i.e. off Dry Tortugas, Florida).

Alternatives to the proposed action

include also prohibiting use of traps in

the Gulf of Mexico west of Cape San

Blas, Florida (Appalachicola area),

prohibiting use of traps on Riley’s

Hump (a 20 square mile spawning

aggregation site, south of Dry Tortugas),

and prohibiting all fishing on Riley’s

Hump year round, making it a marine

sanctuary. It modifies the provisions for

tending traps and sets forth compliance

conditions for the trap permit. Authority

is provided to the Regional Director of

National Marine Fisheries Service to

open and close commercial reef fish

fisheries operating under quotas.

Transfer provisions for reef fish vessel

permits are modified to allow transfer to

qualifying vessel operators and owners.

The amendment also proposes to

prohibit harvest of Nassau grouper in

the Gulf. Copies of the amendment can

be requested from the Council office

(see addresses).

July 18

8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.—Set TACs for

king and Spanish mackerels and cobia

for 1996–1997.

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Shrimp Management

Committee.

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Budget Committee.

11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Ad Hoc Communications

Committee.

11:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon.—Receive a

report of the Deep-water Crab

Management Committee.

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.—Re-convene to

receive a report of the Reef Fish

Management Committee.

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.—Receive a

report of Council Chairman’s Meeting.

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.—Receive a

report of the NOAA Constituency

Workshop.

4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.—Receive

Enforcement Report.

4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.—Receive South

Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Liaison Report.

4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.—Receive

Director’s reports.

4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.—Other Business

to be discussed.

Committees

July 15

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.—Convene the

Deep-water Crab Management

Committee.

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.—Convene the

Budget Committee.

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon—Convene the

Ad Hoc Communications Committee.

1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Shrimp Management Committee.
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July 16

8:00 a.m. –12:00 noon—Convene the

Mackerel Management Committee.

1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Reef Fish Management Committee.

These meetings 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 July 8, 1996.

Dated: June 17, 1996.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 96–15832 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary Advisory Council Open

Meeting

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserve

Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Department of

Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Advisory Council was

established in December 1993 to advise

NOAA’s Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division regarding the management of

the Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary. The Advisory Council was

convened under the National Marine

Sanctuaries Act.

TIME AND PLACE: Friday, June 28, 1996

from 9:30 until 4:00 at the Cambria

Pines Lodge, 2905 Burton Drive,

Cambria, California.

AGENDA: General issues related to the

Monterey Bay National Marine

Sanctuary are expected to be discussed,

including an update from the Sanctuary

Manager; reports from the working

groups; presentations on the Cambria

desalination plant, elephant seal

management plan, and Morro Bay

Estuary Foundation; reviews of the

Advisory Council’s annual report; and a

report on management programs for the

northern region of the Sanctuary.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to the public. Seats will be

available on a first-come, first-served

basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

Delay at (404) 647–4246 or Elizabeth

Moore at (301) 713–3141.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)

Dated: June 12, 1996.

David L. Evans,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management.

[FR Doc. 96–15796 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–08–M

[I.D. 061796B]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a joint meeting of its Bottomfish

and Seamount Groundfish Plan Team,

Hawaii Bottomfish Advisory Panel, and

Bottomfish Advisory Review Board.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July

17–18, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Executive Center, 1088 Bishop St.,

Room 4003, Honolulu, Hawaii;

telephone: (808) 539–3000. Council

address: Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 1164 Bishop St.,

Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI, 96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone 808–522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plan

team will discuss and may make

recommendations to the Council on the

following agenda items:

1. Review final draft of 1995 annual

report;

2. Progress and/or constraints with

specific report recommendations;

3. Limited entry alternatives for the

Mau Zone and moratorium on new

entry for the Mau Zone in the

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI),

including report from task force;

4. Preliminary management plan for

Main Hawaiian Island (MHI) onaga and

ehu stocks, including a review the 1995

analyses and results that indicated ‘‘red

light’’ conditions for their accuracy and

representativeness;

5. Consider options for increasing

participation in Hoomalu zone fishery

in the NWHI;

6. Final draft FMP milestone (1997–

1999)

7. Status of Department of Land and

Natural Resources progress with

management plan for overfished MHI

onaga and ehu;

8. Council’s preliminary management

plan for onaga and ehu; and

9. Other business as required.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Kitty M. Simonds, 808–522–8220

(voice) or 808–522–8226 (fax), at least 5

days prior to meeting date.

Dated: June 17, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–15833 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 061796A]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a meeting of its Pelagics Plan

Team.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July

10–11, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Executive Center, 1088 Bishop St.,

Room 4003, Honolulu, Hawaii;

telephone: (808) 539–3000. Council

address: Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 1164 Bishop St.,

Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI, 96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone 808–522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plan

team will discuss and may make

recommendations to the Council on the

following agenda items:

1. Review final draft of 1995 annual

report;

2. Pacific-wide reporting of catch and

effort, including:

a) development of objectives and

procedures for treatment of data, (b)

define the scope, type, and extent of

data needed,

(c) determine where and how to

access data, and (d) control date;

3. Final draft of Fishery Management

Plan Milestone (1997–1999);

4. Inclusion of Main Hawaiian Island

handline fishery into the 1996 annual

report and review the status of the

fishery for management options;

5. Update on bycatch issues (turtles,

albatross, sharks);