[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 101 (Thursday, May 23, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 25833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12786]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 641

[Docket No. 951221305-6038-02; I.D. 020296B]


Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to emergency interim rule.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the delay of effective date in an 
emergency interim rule published on February 29, 1996 (61 FR 7751). The 
emergency interim rule delayed indefinitely the effective date for 
implementation of the red snapper Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) 
system for the Gulf of Mexico, previously scheduled to begin April 1, 
1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The delay of effective date published February 29, 1996 
(61 FR 7751) for amendments originally published on November 29, 1995 
(60 FR 61202) is corrected as of February 23, 1996, to extend through 
May 29, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert A, Sadler, Fishery Management 
Specialist, Southeast Regional Office, 813-570-5305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In issuing an emergency interim rule on February 29, 1996, NMFS 
inadvertently indicated that the scheduled April 1, 1996, effective 
date for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper ITQ system, implemented under 
FMP Amendment 8 (60 FR 61200, November 29, 1995), would be delayed 
indefinitely. Because an emergency interim rule issued under section 
305(c) of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act can 
amend a fishery management plan or plan amendment and its implementing 
rule only for the emergency period (limited to 90 days), the indefinite 
delay was in error.

Need for Correction

    Accordingly, this action corrects the emergency interim rule to 
specify the correct ending date for the delay in the effective date for 
the final rule implementing the ITQ system. As published, the effective 
date section and amendatory instruction 2 are incorrect and need to be 
changed.

Correction of Publication

    The publication on February 29, 1995, of the emergency interim rule 
(I.D. 020296B), which was the subject of FR DOC. 96-4432, is corrected 
as follows:
    On page 7751, in the third column, under the preamble caption 
EFFECTIVE DATES, in the last paragraph, the phrase ``are delayed 
indefinitely.'' is corrected to read ``is delayed through May 29, 
1996.''
    On page 7753, in the third column, on the last line of the 
introductory text of the amendatory instruction 2, the word 
``indefinitely'' is corrected to read ``through May 29, 1996.''

    Dated: May 15, 1996.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Acting, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-12786 Filed 5-22-96; 8:45 am]
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