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Import Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Room 1870, within 30

days of the publication of this notice.

Requests should contain: (1) The party’s

name, address, and telephone number;

(2) the number of participants; and (3)

a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral

presentations will be limited to issues

raised in the briefs.

We will make our final determination

no later than 135 days after the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register.

This determination is published

pursuant to sections 733(f) and 777(i) of

the Act.

Dated: December 19, 2001.

Bernard T. Carreau,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–32000 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 121801G]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meetings and Hearings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and

hearings.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold public hearings to receive public

comment on the draft fishery

management plan (FMP) for West Coast

highly migratory species (HMS)

fisheries. This notice announces the

dates and locations of these public

hearings. The draft FMP will be

available after December 31, 2001.

DATES: Public hearings will be held

January 28–February 4, 2002 at seven

West Coast locations. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

date and time information.

ADDRESSES: Documents will be available

from and written comments should be

sent to Dr. Donald McIsaac, Executive

Director, Pacific Fishery Management

Council, 7700 NE Ambassador Place,

Suite 200, Portland, OR 97220; phone:

503–326–6352 or fax: 503–326–6831.

For specific meeting and hearing

locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan

Waldeck; phone: 503–326–6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

hearings will be held to receive

comments on the draft FMP at the

following locations and times:

January 28, 2002, 4 p.m.: Natural

Resources Building, 1111 Washington

Street, Room 172, Olympia, WA 98501.

January 29, 2002, 7 p.m.: Red Lion

Inn, Pacific Room, 400 Industry,

Astoria, OR 97103.

January 30, 2002, 7 p.m.: Red Lion

Hotel, South Umpqua Room, 1313 N

Bayshore Drive, Coos Bay, OR 97420.

January 31, 2002, 7 p.m.: Red Lion

Hotel Eureka, Evergreen Room, 1929

Fourth Street, Eureka, CA 95501.

February 1, 2002, 7 p.m.: Moss

Landing Community Center, 8071 Moss

Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA

95039.

February 2, 2002, 11 a.m.: Hilton Port

of Los Angeles/San Pedro, Terrasini

Room, 2800 Via Cabrillo Marina, San

Pedro, CA 90731.

February 4, 2002, 7 p.m.: Hubbs-Sea

World Research Institute, 2595

Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA 92109.

The public may also provide oral and

written comments on the draft FMP

during the March 2002 Council meeting,

which will be held March 11-15, 2002

at the Red Lion Hotel Sacramento, 1401

Arden Way, Sacramento, CA 95815. At

that time, the Council is scheduled to

take final action on the HMS FMP.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this hearing notice may

arise for discussion, those issues may

not be the subject of formal action

during these hearings. Action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

listed in this document and to any

issues arising after publication of this

notice that require emergency action

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has

been notified of the Council’s intent to

take final action to address the

emergency.

Special Accommodations

The 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 (voice), or 503–326–

6831 (fax) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: December 19, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–31974 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 121901C]

Permits; Foreign Fishing

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of foreign

fishing applications.

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes for public

review and comment a summary of

applications submitted by the

Government of the Russian Federation

requesting authorization to conduct

fishing operations in the U.S. Exclusive

Economic Zone (EEZ) in 2002 under

provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted to NMFS, Office of

Sustainable Fisheries, International

Fisheries Division, 1315 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; and/

or to the Regional Fishery Management

Councils listed here:

Paul J. Howard, Executive Director,

New England Fishery Management

Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2,

Newburyport, MA 01905, Phone (978)

465–0492, Fax (978) 465–3116;

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council, Federal Building, Room 2115,

300 South New Street, Dover, DE 19904,

Phone (302) 674–2331, Fax (302) 674–

4136.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert A. Dickinson, Office of

Sustainable Fisheries, (301) 713–2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with a Memorandum of

Understanding with the Secretary of

State, NMFS publishes, for public

review and comment, summaries of

applications received by the Secretary of

State requesting permits for foreign

fishing vessels to fish in the U.S. EEZ

under provisions of the MagnusonStevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).

This notice concerns the receipt of

two applications from the Government

of the Russian Federation requesting

authorization to conduct joint venture

(JV) operations in 2001 in the Northwest

Atlantic Ocean for Atlantic herring and

Atlantic mackerel. The stern trawler/

processors KAPITAN GORBACHEV,

PATROKL and RYBACHIY are

identified as the Russian vessels that

would receive Atlantic herring and

Atlantic mackerel from U.S. vessels in