Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 3, 1996 / Notices 34799

Classification

This action has been determined to be

not significant for purposes of E.O.

12866.

Authority: Public Law 95–396 and 95–561

(22 U.S.C. 1980 et seq.)

Dated: June 27, 1996.

Rolland A. Schmitten,

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–17052 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

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Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale

National Marine Sanctuary Advisory

Council; Meeting

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves

Division (SRD), Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Hawaiian Islands Humpback

Whale National Marine Sanctuary

Advisory Council Open Meeting.

SUMMARY: NOAA will conduct a meeting

of the Sanctuary Advisory Council

(SAC) for the Hawaiian islands

Humpback Whale National Marine

Sanctuary on Friday, July 12, 1996, in

Wailea, Maui, Hawaii. The SAC was

established to advise NOAA’s

Sanctuaries and Reserves Division

regarding the development and

management of the Hawaii Islands

Humpback Whale National Marine

Sanctuary. The Advisory Council was

established under the National Marine

Sanctuaries Act.

TIME AND PLACE: The meeting will be

held on Friday, July 12, 1996, from 9:30

AM until 3:00 PM, at the Kea Lani

Hotel, Wailea Maui, Hawaii.

AGENDA: General issues related to the

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale

National Marine Sanctuary are expected

to be discussed, including a discussion

on communication protocols and

strategies, community outreach, and

reports from the SAC subcommittees

(boundary, regulatory and management).

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to the public, and interested

persons will be permitted to present oral

or written statements on agenda items.

Seats will be available on a first-come,

first-served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Allen Tom (808) 879–2818 or Brady

Phillips at (301) 713–3141, ext. 169.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number

11.429 Marine Sanctuary program

Dated: June 26, 1996.

David L. Evans,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone

Management.

[FR Doc. 96–16881 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 062696E]

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’s (Council)

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC) will hold its 63rd meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held August

5–6, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Kaluakoi Hotel, Hoaloha Room,

Molokai, HI; telephone: (808) 552–2555.

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 SSC

will discuss and may make

recommendations to the Council on the

following agenda items:

1. Pelagic fishery issues, including:

(a) an update on the Pelagic Fisheries

Research Program,

(b) Status of NMFS Pelagic Research,

(c) 1995 annual report,

(d) Longline bycatch issues,

(e) Status of Albatross Workshop, and

(f) Program planning;

2. Hawaii bottomfish issues,

including:

(a) Status of Hawaii Department of

Land and Natural Resources

management plan for Main Hawaiian

Islands onaga and ehu,

(b) Council preliminary (backup)

management plan for Main Hawaiian

Island onaga and ehu,

(c) Limited entry alternatives for the

Mau Zone,

(d) Status of moratorium on new entry

to the Mau Zone,

(e) 1995 annual report,

(f) Consideration of additional

Hoomalu Zone participation, and

(g) Program planning;

3. Crustaceans Milestones 1997–1997;

and

4. Other business as required.

Richard W. Surdi, Acting Director,

Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

Special Accommodations

Gary Matlock, Program Management

Officer, National Marine Fisheries

Service. 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 27, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–17047 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

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[I.D. 062696D]

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 will hold a

meeting of its Bottomfish Task Force.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July

23, 1996, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Executive Center, 1088 Bishop St.,

Room 4003, Honolulu, HI; 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 task

force will hold its second meeting to

discuss and formulate limited entry

alternatives for the Mau Zone

bottomfish fishery in the Northwestern

Hawaiian Islands and consider 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.