Federal Register: October 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 189)
DOCID: fr01oc09-47 FR Doc E9-23746
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN ID: RIN 0648-XR96
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr01oc09-47
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, 2009 and conclude no later than 4 p.m.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a public meeting of the Louisiana/Mississippi Habitat Protection Advisory Panel (AP).
SUMMARY:
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
At this meeting, the AP will discuss the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program, deepwater coral in the Gulf of Mexico, projects associated with Individual Environmental Report 11 (Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Navigable Floodgates in Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes, LA), potential estuarine and marine impacts from the expansion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Richton, MS, open water disposal of dredge material in Mississippi Sound, and Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Plan projects in Planning Unit 1.
The Louisiana/Mississippi group is part of a three unit Habitat Protection AP 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.
Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the panel
for discussion, in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery [[Page 50778]]
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of
formal panel action during this meeting. Panel action will be
restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed as available by this notice.
A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling (813) 3481630. Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Tina O'Hern at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: September 28, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Jeff Rester, Habitat Support Specialist, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; telephone: (228) 8755912.