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At the request of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, this notice announces a control date that may be applicable to, but not limited to, limiting the number of permits or traps a business entity may own in any Lobster Conservation Management Area of the American lobster fishery. This notice replaces a previous notice (79 FR 4319) that established a potential control date for this purpose on January 27, 2014. Now we are resuming this action and expanding the scope of issues and, therefore, this revised notice will establish a new control date. NMFS intends this notice to promote awareness of possible rulemaking, alert interested parties of potential eligibility criteria for future participation, and discourage speculative entry into and/or investment in the American lobster fishery.