[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 53321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20735]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 010914227-2063-02; I.D. 080201E]
RIN 0648-AM40


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; License 
Limitation Program; 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 a correction to the regulatory text of 
the final rule published on April 15, 2002. The final rule implemented 
Amendment 67 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery 
of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP).

DATES: Effective August 14, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As published, the April 15, 2002 (67 FR 
18129) final rule, which implements Amendment 67 to the FMP, contains a 
paragraph designation error and must be corrected.

Classification

    The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, finds good cause 
to waive the requirement to provide prior notice and opportunity for 
public comment under the authority set forth at 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). 
The rationale for this finding is that prior notice and comment are 
unnecessary under the Administrative Procedure Act because the 
correction of a paragraph designation will have no substantive effect 
on the regulated public. Prior notice and comment would be contrary to 
the public interest because it would prolong the inaccurate paragraph 
designation that currently exists in the regulations. Therefore, the 
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, waives the 30-day delay in 
effective date under 5 U.S.C. 553(d).

Correction

    Accordingly, the publication on April 15, 2002 (67 FR 18129, FR 
Doc. 02-8961), is corrected as follows:
    On page 18138, column 3, in Sec. 679.4, paragraph (k)(9)(iii)(G), 
correct the paragraph designation ``679.4(k)(iii)(D)'' to read 
``679.4(k)(9)(iii)(D)''.

    Dated: August 9, 2002.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-20735 Filed 8-14-02; 8:45 am]
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