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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 194 (Monday, October 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58128-58129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23548]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XK89

Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NationalOceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold 
public hearings on draft Amendment 20 (Trawl Rationalization) to its 
groundfish fishery management plan (FMP). These hearings are 
preparatory to the final Council decision on Amendment 20, scheduled 
for the November 2-7, 2008 Council meeting, in San Diego, CA.

DATES: The hearings will be held on October 27-29, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Hearing locations will be held in Newport, OR, Olympia, WA, 
Eureka, CA, Astoria, OR, and Santa Cruz, CA. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for specific addresses.
    Council address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE 
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Seger, telephone: (503) 820-
2280.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These public hearings are being held in 
preparation for a Council final decision on trawl rationalization 
scheduled for its November 2008 meeting. The agenda for the November 
2008 Council meeting will be published in a subsequent Federal 
Register, prior to the actual meeting. The analytical package 
supporting the Council deliberations (including a preliminary draft 
environmental impact statement) is available from the Council web site 
(www.pcouncil.org) and on request from the Council office.

Schedule for Public Hearings

    Public hearings will be held to receive comments on the draft 
Amendment 20 at the following dates, times and locations:

October 27, 2008 (2 P.M):

    Best Western Agate Beach Inn, (2 sections of Ballroom TBD), 
3019 N. Coast Highway, Newport, OR, telephone: (541) 265-9411.

October 28, 2008 (Olympia, 3 P.M., Eureka, 2 P.M.):

    Washington Dept. of Fish Wild, Natural Resources Building, 
1st Floor, Room 172, 1111 Washington Street NE, Olympia, WA 98504.
    Red Lion, Evergreen Ballroom, 1929 Fourth Street, Eureka, 
CA.

October 29, 2008 (3 P.M.):

    Holiday Inn Express, Riverview 1 and 2, 205 West Marine 
Drive, Astoria, OR.
    University Inn and Conf Center, Sierra Room, 611 Ocean 
Street, Santa Cruz, CA.
    These hearings are exclusively for the purpose of receiving public 
comment on draft Amendment 20 to the groundfish FMP and the 
accompanying analytical package. No formal actions will be taken at the 
hearings.

Special Accommodations

    The hearings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 (voice), or 
(503) 820-2299 (fax) at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: October 1, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-23548 Filed 10-3-08; 8:45 am]
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