[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18859]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 020311051-2135-02; I.D. 022002C]
RIN 0648-AN75


Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; 
Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Pelagic Longline Gear Restrictions, 
Seasonal Area Closure, and Other Sea Turtle Take Mitigation Measures; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final rule 
implementing pelagic longline gear restrictions for the Western Pacific 
pelagic fisheries published on June 12, 2002. This action would clarify 
amendatory instruction 4 that removes unneeded text.

DATES: Effective July 25, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Chappell, NMFS, at 301-713-
2341.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final rule under the Fishery Management Plan for the Pelagic 
Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region that implements the reasonable 
and prudent alternative of the March 29, 2001, Biological Opinion 
issued by NMFS under the Endangered Species Act, was published in the 
Federal Register on June 12, 2002 (67 FR 40232). This final rule did 
not clearly explain in amendatory instruction 4 that the introductory 
text of 50 CFR 660.32(a) was removed by the final rule.

Corrections

    In the rule FR Doc. 02-14749, in the issue of Wednesday, June 12, 
2002 (67 FR 40232), on page 40236, at the bottom of the first column, 
correct amendatory instruction 4 to read as follows:
    ``4. In Sec. 660.32, the introductory text of paragraph (a) is 
removed, paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) are redesignated as paragraphs 
(a)(4) and (a)(5) respectively, new paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) are 
added, and paragraph (a)(3) is revised to read as follows:''

    Dated: July 19, 2002.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-18859 Filed 7-24-02; 8:45 am]
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