Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 250 / Wednesday, December 31, 2014 / Notices 78805 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. 

Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2425 at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: December 23, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings and Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of reports; 

public meetings, and hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

has begun its annual preseason 

management process for the 2015 ocean 

salmon fisheries. This document 

announces the availability of Pacific 

Council documents as well as the dates 

and locations of Pacific Council 

meetings and public hearings 

comprising the Pacific Council’s 

complete schedule of events for 

determining the annual proposed and 

final modifications to ocean salmon 

fishery management measures. The 

agendas for the March and April 2015 

Pacific Council meetings will be 

published in subsequent Federal 

Register documents prior to the actual 

meetings. 

DATES: Written comments on the salmon 

management alternatives must be 

received by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time, 

April 2, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Documents will be available 

from, and written comments should be 

sent to, Ms. Dorothy Lowman, Chair, 

Pacific Fishery Management Council, 

7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, 

Portland, OR 97220–1384, telephone: 

503–820–2280 (voice) or 503–820–2299 

(fax). Comments can also be submitted 

via email at PFMC.comments@noaa.gov. 

or through the internet at the Federal 

Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments, 

and include the I.D. number in the 

subject line of the message. For specific 

meeting and hearing locations, see 

supplementary information. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mike Burner, telephone: (503) 820– 

2414. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tentative Schedule for Document 

Completion and Availability 

February 17, 2015: ‘‘Review of 2014 

Ocean Salmon Fisheries, Stock 

Assessment and Fishery Evaluation 

Document for the Pacific Coast Salmon 

Fishery Management Plan’’ is scheduled 

to be mailed to the public and posted on 

the Pacific Council Web site at http:// 

www.pcouncil.org. 

February 27, 2015: ‘‘Preseason Report 

I—Stock Abundance Analysis and 

Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 

2015 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations’’ is scheduled to be mailed 

to the public and posted on the Pacific 

Council Web site at http:// 

www.pcouncil.org. 

March 20, 2015: ‘‘Preseason Report 

II—Proposed Alternatives and 

Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 

2015 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations’’ and public hearing 

schedule is scheduled to be mailed to 

the public and posted on the Pacific 

Council Web site at http:// 

www.pcouncil.org. The report will 

include a description of the adopted 

salmon management alternatives and a 

summary of their biological and 

economic impacts. 

April 24, 2015: ‘‘Preseason Report 

III—Council-Adopted Management 

Measures and Environmental 

Assessment Part 3 for 2015 Ocean 

Salmon Fishery Regulations’’ will be 

mailed to the public and posted on the 

Pacific Council Web site at http:// 

www.pcouncil.org. 

May 1, 2015: Federal regulations for 

2015 ocean salmon regulations will be 

published in the Federal Register and 

implemented. 

Meetings and Hearings 

January 20–23, 2015: The Salmon 

Technical Team (STT) will meet at the 

Pacific Council office in a public work 

session to draft ‘‘Review of 2014 Ocean 

Salmon Fisheries’’ and to consider any 

other estimation or methodology issues 

pertinent to the 2015 ocean salmon 

fisheries. 

February 17–20, 2015: The STT will 

meet at the Pacific Council office in a 

public work session to draft ‘‘Preseason 

Report I—Stock Abundance Analysis 

and Environmental Assessment Part 1 

for 2015 Ocean Salmon Fishery 

Regulations’’ and to consider any other 

estimation or methodology issues 

pertinent to the 2015 ocean salmon 

fisheries. 

March 30–31, 2015: Public hearings 

will be held to receive comments on the 

proposed ocean salmon fishery 

management alternatives adopted by the 

Pacific Council. Written comments 

received at the public hearings and a 

summary of oral comments at the 

hearings will be provided to the Pacific 

Council at its April meeting. 

All public hearings begin at 7 p.m. at 

the following locations: 

March 30, 2015: Chateau Westport, 

Beach Room, 710 West Hancock, 

Westport, WA 98595, telephone: (360) 

268–9101. 

March 30, 2015: Red Lion Hotel, 

South Umpqua Room, 1313 North 

Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay, OR 97420, 

telephone: (541) 267–4141. 

March 31, 2015: Motel 6, Convention 

Room, 400 South Main St, Fort Bragg, 

CA 95437, telephone: (707) 964–4761. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the STT meeting agendas 

may come before the STT for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal STT action during 

these meetings. STT action will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this document and to any 

issues arising after publication of this 

document requiring emergency action 

under Section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the STT’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These public meetings and hearings 

are physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt 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: December 23, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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