[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26514-26515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10841]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XB114


Notice of Availability of Draft Documents for Public Comment 
Related to a Fishery Conservation Plan and Research Permits for the 
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

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

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is reopening the comment period for a draft Environmental 
Assessment (EA) and Fishery Conservation Plan (Plan) related to 
scientific research and fisheries management measures in waters of the 
Puget Sound/Georgia Basin, Washington.

DATES: Written comments on the draft EA and proposed Plan and 
associated applications must be received on or before May 11, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Address all written comments to: Dan Tonnes, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building Number 1, Seattle, 
WA 98115-6349, facsimile (206) 526-6426. Comments may be submitted by 
email to the following address: [email protected]. In the subject 
line of the email, include the Document identifier: WDFWEA. Comments 
and materials received will be available for public inspection, by 
appointment, during normal business hours at the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Tonnes, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building Number 1, Seattle, WA 98115-
6349, facsimile (206) 526-6426, phone (206) 526-4643, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NMFS published a document in the Federal Register on March 30, 
2012, concerning the availability of a draft documents for public 
comment related to a Fishery Conservation Plan and Research Permits for 
the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The comment 
period for this action expired on April 23, 2012. The comment period is 
being reopened to provide additional opportunity for public comment.

Reopening of Comment Period

    The comment period is reopened through May 11, 2012.

Document Availability

    The documents are available electronically on the World Wide Web at 
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov.


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    Dated: May 1, 2012.
Dwayne Meadows,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-10841 Filed 5-3-12; 8:45 am]
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