[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 43297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20533]


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

DATES: Effective August 10, 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. An extension and revision of the emergency interim 
rule was subsequently published in the Federal Register on July 21, 
1999 (64 FR 39087).

Need for Correction

    In FR Doc. 99-1378, published on January 22, 1999 (64 FR 3437), 
incomplete seasonal references concerning protective measures for 
Steller sea lions were published. This document corrects those 
references.


Sec. 679.22  [Corrected]

    On page 3443, in the third column, in Sec. 679.22, in paragraph 
(a)(11)(iv)(C)(2), in the first, third, and fourth lines, after ``A1 
and A2'' insert ``and C'' in both places.

    Dated: August 4, 1999.
Andrew A. Rosenberg,
Deputy Asst. Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-20533 Filed 8-9-99; 8:45 am]
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