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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Additional Scoping Meetings

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 [Federal Register: August 1, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 148)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 46885]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr01au00-23]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 635

[I.D. 070500C]


Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Additional Scoping
Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Scoping meetings.

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SUMMARY: On July 19, 2000, NMFS published a notice of intent to prepare
a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS); notice of
availability of Biological Opinion (BO); and an announcement of scoping
meetings. NMFS also announced that additional scoping meetings may be
scheduled at a later date. NMFS herewith announces two additional
scoping meetings.
    To accommodate people unable to attend a scoping meeting or wishing
to provide written comments, NMFS also solicits written comments on
these documents.

DATES: The additional scoping meetings are scheduled as follows:
    1. Wednesday, August 16, 2000-Manteo, NC 7-9:30 p.m.
    2. Thursday, August 18, 2000-Cape Canaveral, FL 7-9:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The locations for the additional scoping meetings are as
follows:
    1. N.C. Aquariums, Roanoke Island, Neptune Theater, 374 Airport
Road, Manteo, NC 27954.
    2. Radisson Resort at the Port & Conference Ctr. 8701 Astronaut
Boulevard, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920.
    Written comments on the proposal to prepare the SEIS and requests
for copies of the BO should be sent to: Rebecca Lent, Chief, Highly
Migratory Species Management Division (F/SF1), Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Comments also may be sent via facsimile (fax) to (301) 713-1917.
Comments will not be accepted if submitted via e-mail or the Internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margo Schulze-Haugen or Karyl
Brewster-Geisz, 301-713-2347; fax 301-713-1917.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background information about the
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), the Biological
Opinion, and a list of other scoping meetings are contained in the
announcement published July 19,2000 (65 FR 44753) and is not repeated
here.

Public Hearings and Special Accommodations

    The public is reminded that NMFS expects participants at the public
hearings to conduct themselves appropriately. At the beginning of each
public hearing, a NMFS representative will explain the ground rules
(e.g., alcohol is prohibited from the hearing room; attendees will be
called to give their comments in the order in which they registered to
speak; each attendee will have an equal amount of time to speak; and
attendees should not interrupt one another). The NMFS representative
will attempt to structure the hearing so that all attending members of
the public will be able to comment, if they so choose, regardless of
the controversial nature of the subject(s). Attendees are expected to
respect the ground rules, and, if they do not, they will be asked to
leave the hearing.

Special Accommodations

    The scoping meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Margo Schulze-Haugen or Karyl
Brewster-Geisz (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 7 days
prior to the hearing or meeting.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: July 27, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-19389 Filed 7-31-00; 8:45 am]
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