13502 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 6, 2001 / Notices

Management Plan (FMP), which deals

with new surfclam overfishing

definition, fishing gear impacts on

essential fish habitat (EFH), multi-year

quotas, reversal of the requirement of

regulatory action to suspend the

surfclam size limit, development of a

vessel monitoring system; address

preparation of an EIS, or SEIS, to assess

potential effects on the human

environment owing to initiation of

Amendment 13 to the Summer

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

FMP, which deals with future

commercial fishery management

measures for black sea bass, and fishing

gear impacts on EFH; the Executive

Committee will review outcomes from

the February Coordinating Council

meeting, and review outcomes from

NMFS meeting on National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

requirements/responsibilities (potential

EFH and EIS impacts); the Law

Enforcement Committee will address

means to better integrate and

synchronize timing of law enforcement

comments regarding proposed

management actions and enforceability;

the Council will hear organizational and

committee reports including the New

England Council’s report where the

Council may address possible actions on

herring, groundfish, monkfish, red crab,

scallops, skates, and whiting. Council

may also address possible actions from

the South Atlantic Council meeting on

dolphin/wahoo; may discuss whiting

management and possible impacts on

the Mid-Atlantic Council fisheries; and

may address and recommend a position

regarding joint venture processing

allocation for mackerel.

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 actions to address

such emergencies.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: March 1, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 030101A]

North Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of committee meetings.

SUMMARY: Two committees of the North

Pacific Fishery Management Council

(Council) will meet in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

March 20-23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Hilton Hotel, 500 W. Third Avenue,

Anchorage, AK.

Council address: North Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 605 W.

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK

99501–2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Council Staff, North Pacific Fishery

Management Council; 907–271–2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Council’s Gulf of Alaska Rationalization

Committee will meet beginning at 8 a.m.

on Tuesday, March 20, and continue on

Wednesday, March 21, until their

agenda is completed. The Committee

will continue discussions on the aspects

of rationalizing the groundfish fisheries

in the Gulf of Alaska, focusing on the

following points:

1. Determine whether rationalization

in the Gulf of Alaska is needed;

2. If so, for what species and/or areas;

3. Determine the need for analyses of

the economic impacts of:

a. individual fishing quotas;

b. processor quotas;

c. cooperatives; and/or

d. community quotas.

The Council’s Bering Sea/Aleutian

Islands Crab Rationalization Committee

will also meet at the hotel, beginning at

10 a.m. on Thursday, March 22,

continuing through Friday, March 23.

The Committee will continue their task

of developing alternatives, elements,

and options for rationalization of the

Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands crab

fisheries. Committee recommendations

will be considered by the Council when

tasking staff with an analysis for future

crab management programs.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this group for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

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: March 1, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Procedures in Considering Requests

Under the Textile and Apparel ‘‘Short

Supply’’ Provisions of The African

Growth and Opportunity Act and The

United States-Caribbean Basin Trade

Partnership Act

March 2, 2001.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements.

ACTION: Notice of Procedures.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

procedures the Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(the Committee) will follow in

implementing certain provisions of the

Trade and Development Act of 2000 (the

Act). Title I of the Act (the African

Growth and Opportunity Act or the

AGOA) and Title II of the Act (the

United States-Caribbean Basin Trade

Partnership Act or the CBTPA) provide

for quota- and duty-free treatment for

qualifying textile and apparel products

from designated beneficiary countries.

Such treatment is generally limited to

products manufactured from yarns or

fabrics formed in the United States or a

beneficiary country. However, the

AGOA and the CBTPA authorize quotaand duty-free treatment for apparel