[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23798]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082699B]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will
convene a public meeting of the Florida/Alabama Habitat Protection
Advisory Panel (AP).
DATES: The meeting will begin at a.m. on Tuesday, September 28, 1999
and conclude by p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Tampa Aiport
Westshore, 2225 Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813-877-6688.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Rester, Gulf States Marine
Fisheries Commission; telephone: 228-875-5912.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Florida/Alabama group is part of a three
unit Habitat Protection Advisory Panel of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council. The principal role of the advisory panels is to
assist the Council in attempting to maintain optimum conditions within
the habitat and ecosystems supporting the marine resources of the Gulf
of Mexico. Advisory panels serve as a first alert system to call to the
Council's attention proposed projects being developed and other
activities which may adversely impact the Gulf marine fisheries and
their supporting ecosystems. The panels may also provide advice to the
Council on its policies and procedures for addressing environmental
affairs.
At this meeting, the AP will discuss revision of the Council's
Habitat Policy to include essential fish habitat (EFH) provisions, an
update on EFH assessments in Council fishery management plan
amendments, an update on the status of the EFH lawsuit, impact of two
new gas pipelines between Mobile, AL and central Florida, status of the
new marine reserves off the Florida panhandle, and an update on
Alabama's expansion of their artificial reef zone.
Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the AP for
discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of
formal action during this meeting. The AP's actions will be restricted
to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed as
available by this notice.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Anne Alford at the Council (see ADDRESSES) by
September 21, 1999.
Dated: September 7, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-23798 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]
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