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action during this meeting. Action will

be restricted to those issues specifically

identified in this notice and any issues

arising after publication of this notice

that require emergency action under

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act, provided the public has been

notified of the Council’s intent to take

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Helen Allen, 907–

271–2809, at least 5 working days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: December 10, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 120701C]

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 Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council) Ad

Hoc Groundfish Multi-Year

Management Committee (GMMC) will

hold a work session, which is open to

the public.

DATES: The GMMC will meet Thursday,

January 10, 2002, from 10 a.m. until 5

p.m; and Friday, January 11, 2002, from

8 a.m. until business for the day is

completed.

ADDRESSES: The work session will be

held at the Pacific Fishery Management

Council, West Conference Room, 7700

NE Ambassador Place, Suite 200,

Portland, OR 97220; 503-326–6352.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 7700 NE

Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland,

OR 97220; 503-326–6352.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan

Waldeck or Don McIsaac, Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 503-326–

6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

formation of this ad hoc committee is in

response to the Council’s request for a

committee to scope multi-year

management approaches for the West

Coast groundfish fishery. Multi-year

management of the groundfish fishery

would be synchronized with a multiyear groundfish stock assessment

schedule. Full accommodation of

federal notice and comment

requirements would also be

incorporated into the multi-year cycle.

This is the second meeting of the

committee, and the primary purpose of

the meeting is to further develop the

purpose and objectives of multi-year

management, as well as alternative

multi-year management approaches.

Although nonemergency issues not

contained in the GMMC meeting agenda

may come before the GMMC for

discussion, those issues may not be the

subject of formal GMMC action during

the meeting. GMMC action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

listed in this document and any issues

arising after publication of this

document that require emergency action

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

Management Act, provided the public

has been notified of the GMMC’s intent

to take final action to address the

emergency.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms.

Carolyn Porter at (503) 326–6352 at least

5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: December 10, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 120701B]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Salmon Technical Team (STT) and

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC) Salmon Subcommittee will hold

two joint work sessions, which are open

to the public.

DATES: The work sessions will be held

Thursday, January 3, 2002, from 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday,

February 6, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 5

p.m.

ADDRESSES: Both work sessions will be

held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 7900

NE 82nd Ave., Portland, OR 97220.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 7700 NE

Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland,

OR 97220–1384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management Staff

Officer, Pacific Fishery Management

Council (503) 326–6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the work session is to brief

the STT and SSC on changes made to

or proposed for the coho Fishery

Regulation Assessment Model (FRAM)

and the Klamath Ocean Harvest Model

(KOHM), review the scientific bases for

those changes, and compare results from

the updated model with those from the

previous version. The coho FRAM will

be reviewed on January 3, 2002 and the

KOHM will be reviewed on February 6,

2002.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in the meeting agendas may

come before the STT and the SSC

subcommittee for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

action during these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act, provided the public

has been notified of the intent to take

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

These meetings 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) 326-6352 at least 5 days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: December 10, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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