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proposed research location. The 

requested exemption would help ensure 

that adequate densities of fish are 

present to conduct valid testing and 

provide sound statistical evidence of 

gear performance within that area. 

Additionally, work outside the Special 

Access Program (SAP) area could offer 

further possibilities for an extended 

whiting fishery. An exemption from the 

use of NE multispecies DAS is necessary 

because, due to the small mesh size of 

the raised footrope trawl, landing NE 

multispecies under the DAS possession 

limits would be prohibited and thus 

inconsistent with the purposes of 

charging DAS. In lieu of fishing under 

a NE multispecies DAS, the project 

would be required to adhere to a 

multispecies bycatch cap of 10 percent 

of the total weight of fish caught overall 

during the course of the research. No NE 

multispecies would be landed for sale, 

with the exception of small–mesh 

multispecies. An exemption from the 

GOM Rolling Closure areas is necessary 

so that the net may be tested when 

targeted species are present in order to 

prove successful avoidance. 

Additionally, this EFP would include a 

temporary exemption from multispecies 

minimum size limits at § 648.86 for 

sampling purposes only. This 

exemption would allow measurement 

and recording biological information of 

undersized specimens prior to their 

discard. 

Small–mesh multispecies caught 

during the research would be landed 

and sold, up to the current possession 

limit, to provide additional funding for 

the project. All other organisms, 

including small–mesh multispecies 

with high expected survival rates, 

would be released as quickly and 

carefully as practicable. The applicant 

may request minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

year. EFP modifications and extensions 

may be granted without further notice if 

they are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initiallyapproved EFP request. Any 

fishing activity conducted outside the 

scope of the exempted fishing activity 

would be prohibited. 

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

Dated: May 18, 2009. 

Kristen C. Koch 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XP39 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic 

andAtmospheric Administration 

(NOAA), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council), its 

Research Set-Aside Committee (RSA), 

its Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish 

Committee (SMB), its Surfclam, Ocean 

Quahog, and Tilefish Committee, its 

Ecosystems and Ocean Planning 

Committee, its Executive Committee, 

and its Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and 

Accountability Measures (AM) 

Committee will hold public meetings. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Monday, June 8, 2009 through 

Thursday, June 11, 2009. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 

dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Radisson Martinique on Broadway, 

49 West 32nd Street, New York, NY 

10001; telephone: (212) 736–3800. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 300 S. New St., 

Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (302) 674–2331 ext. 

19. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

Monday, June 8 (in closed session) the 

RSA Committee will meet with NMFS 

officials from noon until 3 p.m. The 

RSA Committee will meet (in open 

session) NMFS Cooperative Research 

staff from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. On 

Tuesday, June 9, the Squid, Mackerel, 

Butterfish Committee will meet from 8 

a.m. until 11 a.m. The Surfclam, Ocean 

Quahog, and Tilefish Committee will 

meet from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The 

Ecosystems and Ocean Planning 

Committee will meet from 1:30 p.m. 

until 4:30 p.m. A scoping session for 

Sea Turtle Conservation and Recovery 

in Relation to the Atlantic Trawl 

Fisheries will be held from 7 p.m. until 

9 p.m. On Wednesday, June 10, the 

Council will hold its Business Session 

from 8 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. From 9:45 

a.m. until 10:30 a.m., NMFS officials 

will provide a presentation regarding 

the agency’s Sea Turtle Conservation 

and Recovery Strategy. From 10:30 a.m. 

until 12 p.m., the Council will discuss 

Amendment 11 to Squid, Mackerel, and 

Butterfish Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). From 1 p.m. until 3 p.m., the 

Council will discuss Amendment 5 to 

the Monkfish FMP. From 3 p.m. until 

4:30 p.m., Squid, Mackerel, and 

Butterfish Specifications for 2010 will 

be developed and adopted. From 4:30 

p.m. until 5:30 p.m., Surfclam and 

Ocean Quahog Specifications for 2010 

will be developed and adopted. On 

Thursday, June 11, the Executive 

Committee will meet from 8 a.m. until 

9 a.m. The ACL/AM Committee will 

meet from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. The 

Council will convene at 10:30 a.m. to 

receive a presentation on the New 

England Council’s Essential Fish Habitat 

(EFH) Omnibus Amendment from 10:30 

a.m. until noon. From 1 p.m. until 1:30 

p.m., the Council will receive a 

presentation from Rutgers University 

Scientists regarding ‘‘Developing 

Ecological Indicators for Spatial 

Fisheries Management’’. NMFS’ officials 

will provide a Marine Debris Program 

presentation from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 

p.m. From 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m., the 

Council will receive Committee Reports 

and discuss and act on any continuing 

or new business. 

Agenda items by day for the Council’s 

Committees and the Council itself are: 

Monday, June 8, the RSA Committee 

with the NMFS’ Cooperative Research 

Staff will hold a closed session to 

review and comment on 2010 RSA 

proposals. In open session, the RSA 

Committee will receive a presentation 

from the NMFS’ Cooperative Research 

Staff on NMFS’ draft Cooperative 

Research Strategic plan, review and 

discuss Mid-Atlantic RSA program 

performance and ways to improve 

program coordination with other 

cooperative research efforts, and 

develop comments as appropriate for 

Council consideration. On Tuesday, 

June 9, the Squid, Mackerel, and 

Butterfish Committee will meet with 

Advisors to review the Scientific and 

Statistical Committee’s (SSC) advice and 

Monitoring Committee’s 

recommendations for the 2010 quota 

levels and associated management 

measures; develop quota specifications 

and associated management measures 

for Council consideration and action; 

review and address status of 

Amendment 11; and, review and 

discuss butterfish bycatch in Hudson 

Canyon. The Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, 

and Tilefish Committee will meet with 

Advisors to review staff 

recommendations for the 2010 quota 

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management measures for surfclams and 

ocean quahogs; and, develop quota 

specifications and associated 

management measures for Council 

consideration and action. The 

Ecosystem and Ocean Planning 

Committee will meet to review and 

discuss NMFS’ Report to Congress [State 

of Science to Support an Ecosystem 

Approach to Regional Fishery 

Management—MSA Section 406(f)]; 

receive an update on status of proposed 

LNG facilities in the Mid-Atlantic 

Council’s jurisdiction off New Jersey/ 

New York; and, receive an overview of 

NMFS’ role and responsibilities 

regarding non-fishery uses of the ocean. 

An evening scoping session for Sea 

Turtle Conservation and Recovery in 

Relation to the Atlantic Trawl Fisheries 

will be held. On Wednesday, June 10, 

the Council will convene to conduct its 

regular Business Session, receive 

Organizational, Council Liaison, 

Executive Director Reports, and receive 

a report on the status of MAFMC’s 

FMPs. A presentation will be provided 

by NMFS officials on Sea Turtle 

Strategy and Potential Impacts on MidAtlantic Fisheries. The Council will 

review alternatives associated with the 

proposed management measures and 

select preferred alternatives for 

Amendment 11 to the Squid, Mackerel, 

and Butterfish FMP. The Council will 

also review and adopt the Public 

Hearing Document (PHD) and associated 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) regarding Amendment 11. The 

Council will review the Monkfish 

Advisory Panel, Oversight Committee, 

and the SSC recommendations, and 

identify measures to be developed and 

considered in the DEIS for Amendment 

5 to the Monkfish FMP. The Council 

will review the SMB Committee’s 

recommendations for 2010 quota 

specifications and associated 

management measures, and develop and 

adopt 2010 quota specifications and 

associated management measures for 

Atlantic mackerel, squids, and 

butterfish. The Council will review the 

Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 

Committee’s recommendations for 2010 

quota specifications (year 3 of the 

existing 2008–10 multi-year quota 

specifications) and associated 

management measures, and, as 

appropriate, adopt any changes to the 

2010 quota specifications. On Thursday 

June 11, the Executive Committee will 

meet to review highlights of the May 

2009 Council Coordination Committee 

(CCC) meeting, review and discuss 

proposed rules for Marine Protected 

Areas (MPA) designations and Council 

operations Statement of Operating 

Practices and Procedures (SOPP), and 

consider scheduling a one-day meeting 

to address ACL/AM options. The ACL 

/AM Committee will review comments 

received during the current scoping 

period, and discuss possible additions, 

deletions, or modifications to 

description of alternatives to be 

considered in the Omnibus Amendment 

based on comments received. The 

Council will then receive a presentation 

by a New England Council official 

regarding its Essential Fish Habitat 

(EFH) Omnibus Amendment and 

potential impact on Mid-Atlantic 

Fisheries. The Council will receive a 

presentation by Rutgers University 

Scientists regarding ‘‘Developing 

Ecological Indicators for Spatial 

Fisheries Management’’ and a 

presentation by a NMFS’ official 

regarding its Marine Debris Program. 

The Council will then hear Committee 

Reports and conduct any continuing 

and new business. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before the Council for discussion, these 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

Council action during this meeting. 

Council action will be restricted to those 

issues specifically listed in this notice 

and any issues arising after publication 

of this notice that require emergency 

action under Section 305(c) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the 

public has been notified of the Council’s 

intent to take final action to address 

such emergencies. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to M. 

Jan Bryan, (302) 674–2331 ext 18, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: May 19, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Regulations and Procedures Technical 

Advisory Committee; Notice of 

Partially Closed Meeting 

The Regulations and Procedures 

Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) 

will meet June 9, 2009, 9 a.m., Room 

3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 

14th Street between Constitution and 

Pennsylvania Avenues, NW., 

Washington, DC. The Committee 

advises the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Export Administration on 

implementation of the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) and 

provides for continuing review to 

update the EAR as needed. 

Agenda: 

Public Session 

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman. 

2. Presentation of papers or comments 

by the Public. 

3. Opening remarks by Bureau of 

Industry and Security. 

4. Export Enforcement update. 

5. Regulations update. 

6. Working group reports. 

7. Automated Export System (AES) 

update. 

Closed Session 

8. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the provisions relating 

to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 

app. 2 section 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference to 20 participants on 

a first come, first serve basis. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at 

Yspringer@bis.doc.gov no later than 

June 2, 2009. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent that time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

the distribution of public presentation 

materials to the Committee members, 

the Committee suggests that presenters 

forward the public presentation 

materials prior to the meeting to Ms. 

Springer via email. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on March 23, 2009, 

pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 

U.S.C. app. 2 section (10)(d)), that the 

portion of the meeting dealing with 

matters the disclosure of which would 

be likely to frustrate significantly 

implementation of an agency action as 

described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall 

be exempt from the provisions relating 

to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 

app. 2 section 10(a)1 and 10(a)(3). The 

remaining portions of the meeting will 

be open to the public. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Dated: May 18, 2009. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

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