[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37095-37096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-15802]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 011219306-2283-02; I.D. 110501A]
RIN 0648-AM44


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Revisions to 
Observer Coverage Requirements for Vessels and Shoreside Processors in 
the North Pacific Groundfish Fisheries; 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 corrects a January 7, 2003, final rule that 
implemented changes to regulations governing the North Pacific 
Groundfish Observer Program (Observer Program) under 50 CFR part 679. 
The action is necessary to correct an error in cross reference that 
occurred in the final rule.

DATES: Effective June 20, 2003.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A final rule implementing changes to 
regulations governing the Observer Program was published in the Federal 
Register January 7, 2003 (68 FR 715). The final rule contained a cross 
reference error caused by renumbering of paragraphs. This action 
corrects this error.

Need for Corrections

    The renumbering of paragraphs in the final rule erroneously 
affected a cross reference. Paragraph 679.50(a) is corrected by 
removing the reference to ``(d)(4)'' and adding in its place 
``(d)(5).''

Classification

    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), the Assistant Administrator of 
Fisheries (AA), NOAA, finds good cause to waive

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prior notice and comment procedures otherwise required by the section. 
NOAA finds that prior notice and comment are unnecessary as this rule 
has a non-substantive effect on the public. This rule corrects an error 
in a recent amendment to regulations. This error was technical in 
nature because it was an incorrect citation to another section of the 
amended and re-numbered regulation. The public is unaffected by the 
correction. NOAA finds that because of the technical, non-substantive 
nature of the correction, there is no particular public interest in 
this rule for which there is need for prior notice and comment. For 
these reasons, the AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delayed 
effectiveness requirement of 5 U.S.C. 553(d).

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 679

    Alaska, Fisheries, Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

    Dated: June 16, 2003.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

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Accordingly, 50 CFR part 679 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 679--FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA

    1. The authority citation for part 679 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., 1801 et seq.; 3631 et seq.; 
Title II of Division C, Pub. L. 105-277; Sec 3027, Pub. L. 106-31; 
113 Stat. 57; 16 U.S.C. 1540(f); and Sec. 209, Pub. L, 106-554.


Sec.  679.50  [Corrected]

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2. In Sec.  679.50, paragraph 679.50(a) is corrected by removing 
reference to ``(d)(4)'' and adding in its place ``(d)(5).''
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