[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23040]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

15 CFR Part 902

50 CFR Part 622

[Docket No. 960313071-6237-03; I.D. 050996D]
RIN 0648-AI20


Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 
Consolidation of Regulations

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: NMFS adopts as final with one correction an interim final rule 
published July 3, 1996, which consolidated 11 CFR parts into one new 
CFR part and amended references to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 
information-collection requirements. The new part contains regulations 
implementing management measures contained in the fishery management 
plans (FMPs) for the following domestic fisheries in the Caribbean, 
Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic: Caribbean coral, Caribbean reef 
fish, Caribbean spiny lobster, Gulf red drum, Gulf reef fish, Gulf 
shrimp, Gulf and South Atlantic coastal migratory pelagics, Gulf and 
South Atlantic corals, South Atlantic red drum, South Atlantic snapper-
grouper, and South Atlantic shrimp. The intended effect of this final 
rule is to make the regulations more concise, better organized, more 
uniform among fisheries, and thereby easier for the public to use.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 11, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Perry Allen, 813-570-5326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Domestic fisheries in the Caribbean, Gulf of 
Mexico, and South Atlantic are managed under FMPs prepared by the 
Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and/or South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Councils under the authority of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). As part of the President's 
Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, the interim final rule (61 FR 34930, 
July 3, 1996) consolidated 11 sets of regulations into one new CFR 
part, 50 CFR part 622 and made concomitant amendments to the references 
for PRA requirements. The background and rationale for this action and 
explanations of changes that were made to improve uniformity among the 
regulations were included in the interim final rule and are not 
repeated here.
    The interim final rule provided a 30-day comment period for the 
public to identify any significant, unforeseen regulatory effects. No 
comments were received. Accordingly, that part of the interim final 
rule that adds part 622 to 50 CFR Chapter VI is adopted as final 
without change. That part of the interim final rule that amends the 
references to the PRA information-collection requirements is adopted as 
final with one correction. Specifically, the control number for the 
OMB-approved dealer recordkeeping and reporting requirements, 0648-
0013, was omitted in the listing of OMB control numbers where it 
applies to 50 CFR 622.15. This final rule corrects that omission.

Classification

    This action has been determined to be not significant for purposes 
of E.O. 12866.

List of Subjects

    15 CFR Part 902
    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    50 CFR Part 622
    Fisheries, Fishing, Puerto Rico, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Virgin Islands.

    Dated: September 4, 1996.
N. Foster,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
    For the reasons set out in the preamble, the interim final rule 
amending 15 CFR part 902 and 50 CRF part 622 that was published at 61 
FR 34930 on July 3, 1996, is adopted as final with the following 
change.

15 CFR Chapter IX

PART 902--NOAA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE 
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT: OMB CONTROL NUMBERS

    1. The authority citation for part 902 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.


Sec. 902.1  [Corrected]

    2. In Sec. 902.1, paragraph (b) table, in the entries for 50 CFR, 
in the right column, corresponding to entry 622.15 in the left column, 
the entry ``-0262.'' is corrected to read ``-0013 and -0262.''.
[FR Doc. 96-23040 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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