[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 165 (Friday, August 23, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 43517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21378]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 216

[Docket No. 960318084-6199-02; I.D. 071596C]
RIN 0648-AG55


Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals 
Incidental to Naval Activities

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

ACTION: Correction to proposed regulations.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the proposed regulations 
(I.D. 071596C) which were published on August 2, 1996, (61 FR 40377). 
These corrections are necessary to make the preamble consistent with 
the proposed regulatory language, and to correct a typographical error.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received no later than 
September 17, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Chief, Marine Mammal 
Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Hollingshead, NMFS, (301) 
713-2055.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 2, 1996, NMFS published a proposed 
rule (61 FR 40377) that, if implemented, would authorize the take of a 
small number of marine mammals incidental to shock testing the USS 
SEAWOLF submarine in the offshore waters of the U.S. Atlantic coast in 
1997. Errors have been identified in the preamble to that document.

Need for Correction

    As published, the proposed regulations contains errors that are in 
need of clarification.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on August 2, 1996 of the proposed 
regulations (I.D. 071596C), which were the subject of FR Doc. 96-19659, 
are corrected as follows:
    Under the preamble SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 40378, in the 
second column, under the heading Summary of Proposed Mitigation and 
Monitoring Measures, paragraph one, line 13, NMFS would like to 
clarify, by adding, after the words ``(2.05 nmi),'' ``or a buffer zone 
of an additional 1.8 km (0.95 nmi) buffer zone, the detonation must be 
delayed unless the marine mammals are on a course within the buffer 
zone that is taking them away from the 3.8 km (2.05 nmi) safety zone, * 
* *.''
    Under the preamble SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, on page 40378, in the 
second column, under the heading Summary of Proposed Mitigation and 
Monitoring Measures, paragraph one, line fourteen, the conversion 
``(0.05 nmi)'' is corrected to read ``(0.95 nmi).''

    Dated: August 16, 1996.
P. Michael Payne,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources.
[FR Doc. 96-21378 Filed 8-22-96; 8:45 am]
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