[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7814-7815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3684]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 990115017-9017-01; I.D. 011199A]
RIN 0648-AM08


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Steller Sea 
Lion Protection Measures for the Pollock Fisheries off Alaska; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the emergency interim 
rule to implement reasonable and prudent alternatives to avoid the 
likelihood that the pollock fisheries off Alaska will jeopardize the 
continued existence of the western population of

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Steller sea lions or adversely modify their critical habitat that was 
published in the Federal Register on January 22, 1999.

DATES: Effective February 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Lind, 907-586-7650.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An emergency interim rule was published in 
the Federal Register on January 22, 1999 (64 FR 3437), implementing 
reasonable and prudent alternatives to avoid the likelihood that the 
pollock fisheries off Alaska will jeopardize the continued existence of 
the western population of Steller sea lions or adversely modify their 
critical habitat.

Need for Correction

    The change to Sec. 679.23 is made to avoid conflict with the final 
rule to implement seasonal and area appotionments of Atka mackerel in 
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (63 FR 3446, 
January 22, 1999).


Sec. 679.20  [Corrected]

    1. On page 3443 and in Sec. 679.20:
    a. In the first column, in paragraph (a)(5)(i)(C)(2), in line 8, 
remove the reference ``Sec. 679.23 (e) (4) (ii)'' and add in its place, 
``Sec. 679.23 (e)(4)(i)''.
    b. In the second column, in paragraph (a)(5)(i)(C)(3), in line 3, 
remove the reference ``Sec. 679.23(e)(4)(iii)'' and add in its place, 
``Sec. 679.23(e)(4)(ii)''.


Sec. 679.22  [Corrected]

    2. On page 3443, in Sec. 679.22 and in the third column:
    a. In paragraph (a)(11)(iv)(A), in line 14, remove the reference 
``(a)(7)(iv)(C)'' and add in its place, ``(a)(11)(iv)(C)''.
    b. In paragraph (a)(11)(iv)(C)(1), in line 3, remove the reference 
``(a)(7)(iv)(A)'' and add in its place, ``(a)(11)(iv)(A)''.
    3. On page 3444, in Sec. 679.22 and in the first column:
    a. In paragraph (a)(11)(iv)(C)(2), in line 11, remove the reference 
``(a)(7)(iv)(C)(1)'' and add in its place, ``(a)(11)(iv)(C)(1)''.
    b. In paragraph (b)(3)(iii), in the next to last line, remove the 
reference ``(b)(2)(iii)(C)`` and add in its place, ``(b)(3)(iii)(C)''.


Sec. 679.23   [Corrected]

    4. On page 3444, in Sec. 679.23 and in the third column:
    a. In line 6, redesignate paragraph (e)(4) as (e)(5).

    Dated: February 9, 1999.
Andrew A. Rosenberg, Ph.D.,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-3684 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am]
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