[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 24914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11614]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 030409081-3081-01; I.D. 032103B]
RIN 0648-AQ72


Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast (NE) 
Multispecies Fishery; Correction

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

ACTION:  Proposed emergency rule; correction.

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SUMMARY:  This document corrects the preamble and regulatory text to a 
proposed emergency rule published on April 24, 2003, regarding a 
proposed action to ensure that the regulations governing the Northeast 
Multispecies fishery continue to be in compliance with the Settlement 
Agreement Among Certain Parties, which was ordered to be implemented as 
ordered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Court) 
in a Remedial Order issued on May 23, 2002. This correction remedies 
certain typographical, editorial, and format errors contained in the 
proposed emergency rule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Warren, Fishery Policy Analyst, 
phone 978-281-9347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for Correction

    The proposed emergency rule published on April 24, 2003, which was 
the subject of FR Doc. 03-10163, contained information that may be 
confusing to the public. This document corrects those items as follows:
    1. On page 20097, in the first column under SUMMARY, in the 29th 
line down, add ``13'' following the word ``Amendment''.
    2. On page 20097, in the first column under ADDRESSES, remove the 
second paragraph in its entirety, and add in its place the following: 
``Written comments regarding the proposed collection-of-information 
requirements should be sent to the Regional Administrator and to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503 (Attn: NOAA Desk Officer).''
    3. On page 20097, in the first column under ADDRESSES, in the third 
paragraph, remove the first two lines, ``Written comments regarding the 
proposed collection-of-information''.
    4. On page 20098, under Regulated Mesh Areas (RMAs), at the end of 
the paragraph remove ``[gteqt]'' and add quotation marks in its place 
('').
    5. On page 20103, Table 3, seventh column heading, remove ``401-
65'' and add in its place ``401-650''.
    6. On page 20108, Table A, under Sec.  648.82(m)(4)(iii), seventh 
column heading, remove ``401-65'' and add in its place ``401-650''.

    Dated: May 1, 2003.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-11614 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
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