[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 52 (Friday, March 18, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13097-13098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5349]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

15 CFR Part 902

[Docket No. 040831251-5046-03; I.D. 082504A]
RIN 0648-AS47


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Allocating 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab Fishery Resources; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule, correcting amendment to the 
regulations governing the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab 
fisheries. This action is necessary to correct Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) control numbers for information collections previously 
approved under the Paperwork Reduction Act provided under an earlier 
rulemaking. This final rule in no way alters or amends those previously 
approved information collections. The sole purpose of this final rule 
is to display the appropriate control numbers for the approved 
information collections.

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DATES: Effective on April 1, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In January 2004, the U.S. Congress amended section 313(j) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act) through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 (Pub. 
L. 108-199, section 801). As amended, section 313(j)(1) requires the 
Secretary to approve and implement by regulation the so-called Crab 
Rationalization Program (Program), as it was approved by the North 
Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) between June 2002 and 
April 2003, and all trailing amendments, including those reported to 
Congress on May 6, 2003. In June 2004, the Council consolidated its 
actions on the Program into the Council motion, which is contained in 
its entirety in Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering 
Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (FMP). Additionally, in June 
2004, the Council developed Amendment 19 to the FMP, which represents 
minor changes necessary to implement the Program. The Notice of 
Availability for these amendments was published in the Federal Register 
on September 1, 2004 (69 FR 53397). NMFS approved Amendments 18 and 19 
on November 19, 2004. NMFS published a proposed rule to implement 
Amendments 18 and 19 in the Federal Register on October 29, 2004 (69 FR 
63200). NMFS published a final rule to implement Amendments 18 and 19 
on March 2, 2005 (70 FR 10174).

Need for Corrections

    In the final rule, published on March 2, 2005 (70 FR 10174), five 
of the eight OMB control numbers listed in the crab final rule 
classification section were incorrect. This final rule replaces the 
incorrect numbers with correct OMB control numbers in the 
classification section of the final rule and in the regulatory text at 
15 CFR part 902.1.
    On page 10231, column 2, third heading, replace OMB No. 0648-0272 
with OMB No. 0648-0517.
    On page 10231, column 3, first heading, replace OMB No. 0648-0503 
with OMB No. 0648-0516.
    On page 10231, column 3, second heading, replace OMB No. 0648-0504 
with OMB No. 0648-0514.
    On page 10231, column 3, third heading, replace OMB No. 0648-0503 
with OMB No. 0648-0515.
    On page 10231, column 3, fourth heading, replace OMB No. 0648 0506 
with OMB No. 0648-0518.

Classification

    The Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator), 
has determined that this final rule is necessary for the conservation 
and management of the BSAI crab fisheries. The Regional Administrator 
also has determined that this final rule is consistent with the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act and other applicable laws.
    This final rule has been determined to be not significant for the 
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Assistant Administrator of 
Fisheries, NOAA (AA) finds good cause to waive prior notice and 
opportunity for public comment otherwise required by the section. NOAA 
finds that prior notice and comment are unnecessary as this rule is 
purely technical in nature, having no substantive impact whatsoever. 
This action merely corrects OMB control numbers for approved 
collections-of-information, in no way altering those approved 
collections. NOAA finds that because of the non-substantive nature of 
the correction, no particular public interest exists in this final rule 
for which there is justification or need for prior notice and 
opportunity for comment.
    Because this correcting amendment does not institute any 
substantive obligations for the public, the requirement for a 30-day 
delay in the effective date to this action pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d) 
does not apply.
    Because prior notice and opportunity for public comment are not 
required for this rule by 5 U.S.C., or any other law, the analytical 
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., 
are inapplicable.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 902

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: March 11, 2005.
William T. Hogarth
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.

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For the reasons set out in the preamble, 15 CFR part 902 is amended as 
follows:

PART 902--NOAA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE 
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT; OMB CONTROL NUMBERS

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1. The authority citation for part 902 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.


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2. In Sec.  902.1, the table in paragraph (b) under 50 CFR is amended 
by revising in numerical order entries for Sec.  679.5(l)(3)(i), Sec.  
679.5(l)(4), Sec.  680.4, Sec.  680.5, Sec.  680.6, Sec.  680.20, Sec.  
680.21, Sec.  680.40(f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), and (m), Sec.  
680.41, Sec.  680.43, and Sec.  680.44 (a) through (f) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  902.1  OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

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    (b) * * *

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                                                   Current OMB control
   CFR part or section where the information       number (All numbers
       collection requirement is located            begin with 0648-)
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50 CFR                                          ........................
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679.5(l)(3)(i), (l)(4)                          -0272, -0517
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680.4                                           -0514
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680.5                                           -0515
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680.6                                           -0518
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680.20                                          -0516
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680.21                                          -0514
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* * * * *                                       ........................
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680.40(f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), and    -0514
 (m)
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680.41                                          -0514
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680.43                                          -0514
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680.44(a), (b), (c), (d), (e)                   -0515
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680.44(f)                                       -0514
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