[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 52 (Friday, March 18, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13118-13119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5350]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 040830250-5062-03; I.D. 081304C]
RIN 0648-AS27


Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States 
and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial 
Specifications and Management Measures; Correction

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

ACTION:  Correcting amendment

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SUMMARY:  This document contains corrections to the final regulations 
that were published in the Federal Register on Thursday, December 23, 
2004. These regulations implemented the 2005-2006 fishery 
specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. 
exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and 
California.

DATES:  Effective on March 18, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Yvonne deReynier (Northwest Region, 
NMFS), phone: 206-526-6129; fax: 206-526-6736 and; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    This correcting notice also is accessible via the Internet at the 
Office of the Federal Register's website at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. Background information and documents are available at 
the NMFS Northwest Region website http://www.nwr.noaa.govlsustfsh/gdfsh01.htm and at the Council's website at http://www.pcouncil.org.

Background

    The final regulations that are the subject of these corrections 
revised portions of 50 CFR 660.302 through 660.373 and added Sec. Sec.  
660.380 through 660.394. These regulations affect persons operating 
fisheries for groundfish species off the U.S. West Coast.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulations contain errors that may prove 
to be misleading to the public and which need to be corrected. This 
action provides six corrections to the final regulations, all of which 
are either corrections of spelling mistakes, grammar mistakes, or to 
mis-numbered paragraphs.

Classification

    The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, finds good cause 
to waive the requirement to provide prior notice and opportunity for 
public comment on this action pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), 
because providing prior notice and opportunity for comment would be 
unnecessary and because all of the changes are non-substantive. Two of 
the corrections provided in this document correctly re-number 
misdesignated paragraphs within the Code of Federal Regulations. Re-
numbering these misdesignated paragraphs has no effect on the public 
except to eliminate any confusion that may have resulted from the mis-
designated paragraphs. One correction is to remove the word ``and'' 
from within a long list of latitude/longitude coordinates and to then 
place that word ``and'' after the penultimate coordinate in that same 
list. This correction has no effect on the public except to eliminate 
any confusion that may have occurred over the mis-placement of that 
word. Two corrections are to correct mis-spellings of the words 
``Hexagrammos,'' ``management,'' and ``fishery'' in Federal 
regulations, which also has no effect on the public except to eliminate 
any confusion that may have resulted from the incorrect spellings of 
these words. Therefore, it is unnecessary to provide prior notice and 
opportunity for public comment on these corrections.
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d), this non-substantive rule is not 
subject to a 30 day delay in effectiveness.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660

    Administrative practice and procedure, American Samoa, Fisheries, 
Fishing, Guam, Hawaiian Natives, Indians, Northern Mariana Islands, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.


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    Dated: March 14, 2005.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

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Accordingly, 50 CFR part 660 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES AND IN THE WESTERN 
PACIFIC

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1. The authority citation for part 660 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.


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2. In Sec.  660.302, in the definition for ``North-South management 
area,'' the second paragraph (1)(i) and paragraphs (1)(ii) through (iv) 
are correctly redesignated as paragraphs (1)(ii) through (v) and 
republished to read as follows:


Sec.  660.302  Definitions.

* * * * *
    North-South management area * * *
    (1) * * *
    (ii) Columbia. (A) The northern limit is 47[deg]30' N. lat.
    (B) The southern limit is 43[deg]00' N. lat.
     (iii) Eureka. (A) The northern limit is 43[deg]00' N. lat.
    (B) The southern limit is 40[deg]30' N. lat.
    (iv) Monterey. (A) The northern limit is 40[deg]30' N. lat.
    (B) The southern limit is 36[deg]00' N. lat.
    (v) Conception. (A) The northern limit is 36[deg]00' N. lat.
    (B) The southern limit is the U.S.-Mexico International Boundary, 
which is a line connecting the following coordinates in the order 
listed:

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                     Point                        N. Lat.      W. Long.
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                  1                             32[deg]35.3  117[deg]27.
                                                         7'          82'
                  2                             32[deg]37.6  117[deg]49.
                                                         2'          52'
                  3                             31[deg]07.9  118[deg]36.
                                                         7'          30'
                  4                             30[deg]32.5  121[deg]51.
                                                         2'          97'
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Sec.  660.373  [Corrected]

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3. In Sec.  660.373, amend paragraph (b)(4) so that the words 
``managmenet'' and ``fishey'' are correctly spelled as ``management and 
``fishery,'' respectively.


Sec.  660.384  [Corrected]

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4. In Sec.  660.384, amend paragraph (c)(3) so that the references to 
``Hexogrammos'' or ``Hexogrammas'' in the introductory text and in 
(c)(3)(i)(B) are correctly spelled as ``Hexagrammos.''


Sec.  660.393  [Corrected]

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5. In Sec.  660.393, redesignate paragraphs (i) and (j) as (j) and (k), 
respectively, and redesignate the second occurrence of paragraph (h) as 
paragragh (i).

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6. In Sec.  660.394, revise paragraph (m)(149) through (164) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  660.394  Latitude/longitude coordinates defining the 180-fm (329-
m) through 250-fm (457-m) depth contours.

    (m) * * *
    (149) 38[deg]46.81' N. lat., 123[deg]51.49' W. long.;
    (150) 38[deg]45.28' N. lat., 123[deg]51.55' W. long.;
    (151) 38[deg]42.76' N. lat., 123[deg]49.73' W. long.;
    (152) 38[deg]41.53' N. lat., 123[deg]47.80' W. long.;
    (153) 38[deg]41.41' N. lat., 123[deg]46.74' W. long.;
    (154) 38[deg]38.01' N. lat., 123[deg]45.74' W. long.;
    (155) 38[deg]37.19' N. lat., 123[deg]43.98' W. long.;
    (156) 38[deg]35.26' N. lat., 123[deg]41.99' W. long.;
    (157) 38[deg]33.38' N. lat., 123[deg]41.76' W. long.;
    (158) 38[deg]19.95' N. lat., 123[deg]32.90' W. long.;
    (159) 38[deg]14.38' N. lat., 123[deg]25.51' W. long.;
    (160) 38[deg]09.39' N. lat., 123[deg]24.39' W. long.;
    (161) 38[deg]10.09' N. lat., 123[deg]27.21' W. long.;
    (162) 38[deg]03.76' N. lat., 123[deg]31.90' W. long.;
    (163) 38[deg]02.06' N. lat., 123[deg]31.26' W. long.; and
    (164) 38[deg]00.00' N. lat., 123[deg]29.56' W. long.
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