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[Federal Register: November 21, 1994]


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Part III





Department of the Interior





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Fish and Wildlife Service



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50 CFR Part 20




Migratory Bird Hunting; Late Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for 
Certain Migratory Game Birds; Final Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 20

RIN 1018-AA24

 
Migratory Bird Hunting; Late Seasons and Bag and Possession 
Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds

agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

action: Final rule; correction.

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summary: The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service) is 
correcting errors in the rule prescribing the late open season, hunting 
hours, hunting areas, and daily bag and possession limits for general 
waterfowl seasons in seven States that appeared in the Federal Register 
on October 3, 1994 (59 FR 50424).

effective date: Effective on September 30, 1994.

for further information contact: Paul R. Schmidt, Chief, Office of 
Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 
of the Interior, ms 634-ARLSQ, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20240, (703) 358-1714.

supplementary information: In the October 3, 1994, Federal Register (59 
FR 50424), the Service published a final rule prescribing the late open 
season, hunting hours, hunting areas, and daily bag and possession 
limits for general waterfowl seasons and certain other migratory bird 
seasons in the conterminous United States. The rule contained errors in 
the waterfowl season entries for Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, North 
Dakota, Oklahoma, Kansas, and California, which are discussed briefly 
below and corrected by this notice.
    Public comment was received on the proposed rules for the seasons 
and limits contemplated herein. These comments were addressed in the 
Federal Register dated August 17, 1994 (59 FR 42474) and September 27, 
1994 (59 FR 49304). The corrections are typographical in nature and 
involve no change in substance in the contents of the prior proposed 
and final rules.

PART 20--[AMENDED]

    The following corrections are made in Migratory Bird Hunting; Late 
Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds 
published in the October 3, 1994, Federal Register (59 FR 50424).


Sec. 20.105  [Corrected]

    1. On page 50434 under the heading Louisiana, subheading Geese, 
``White-fronted and Brant (3)'' is corrected to read ``White-fronted 
(3) and Brant.''
    2. On page 50438 under the heading North Dakota, the subheading 
Ducks should be followed by ``(5).''
    3. On page 50439 following footnote (4), footnote (5) is inserted 
and reads ``In North Dakota, the daily bag limit may include no more 
than 1 wood duck.''
    4. On page 50439 under the heading PACIFIC FLYWAY, subheading 
Flyway-wide Restrictions, the Duck and Merganser Limits is corrected to 
read ``A daily bag limit of 4 ducks (including mergansers) may include 
no more than 3 mallards but only 1 female mallard, 1 pintail, 2 
redheads, and 1 canvasback. A daily bag limit of 5 ducks (including 
mergansers) may include no more than 4 mallards but only 1 female 
mallard, 1 pintail, 2 redheads, and 1 canvasback. The possession limit 
is twice the daily limit.''
    5. On page 50440 under the heading Montana, subheading Ducks, the 
season dates of ``Dec. 7-Jan. 1'' are corrected to read as ``Dec. 17-
Jan. 1.''


Sec. 20.106  [Corrected]

    1. On page 50442, following the heading Kansas, the heading 
Oklahoma is inserted; under the heading Oklahoma, season dates for 
sandhill cranes of ``Oct. 15-Jan. 15'' and daily bag and possession 
limits of ``3'' and ``6'' are inserted.


Sec. 20.109  [Corrected]

    1. On page 50446 under the heading Minnesota, subheading Canada 
Geese, ``Olmstead County'' is corrected to read ``Olmsted County.''
    2. On page 50446 under the heading Minnesota subheading ``White-
fronted Geese'' is corrected to read ``White-fronted Geese and Brant.''
    3. On page 50447, the headings Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee, are 
corrected to be in the Mississippi Flyway not the Central Flyway.
    4. On page 50447 under the heading Central Flyway, the heading 
Kansas is inserted above the heading Montana; under the heading Kansas, 
the subheading ``Ducks, mergansers, and coots'' and the subheadings 
``High Plains'' and ``Low Plains'' are inserted; the extended falconry 
dates are then inserted for the High Plains of ``Sept. 19-Oct. 14'' and 
for the Low Plains of ``Sept. 19-Oct. 21'' following each respective 
zone.
    5. On page 50449 under the heading California, subheadings Canada 
Geese, White-fronted Geese, Brant, and Light Geese, the Colorado River 
Zone and season dates are deleted.

    Dated: November 9, 1994.
George T. Frampton, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 94-28699 Filed 11-18-94; 8:45 am]
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