[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 102 (Friday, May 26, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 30299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8173]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 665

[Docket No. 060327086-6130-02; I.D. 032306A]
RIN 0648-AU21


NOAA Information Collection Requirements Under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act; OMB Control Numbers; Fisheries off West Coast States; 
Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This rule amends the regulations for fisheries in the western 
Pacific to correct errors that resulted from a recent regulatory 
reorganization. This action is necessary to remedy incorrect cross-
references and administrative titles, and will result in accurately 
worded regulations.

DATES: Effective May 26, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Harman, Pacific Islands Region, 
NMFS, 808 944-2271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS published in the Federal Register a 
final rule that reorganized fishery regulations by creating a new part 
665 for the regulations covering fisheries in the western Pacific (71 
FR 17985, April 10, 2006). Regulations for western Pacific fisheries 
were formerly found in part 660, with west coast regulations. The 
instructions for implementing that reorganization rule contained 
several errors. Most important was that the internal cross-references 
to other sections of the new part 665 still incorrectly referred to 
sections in old part 660 that no longer existed after the 
reorganization. Other errors included administrative titles that were 
not changed during the previous reorganization rule. This final rule 
corrects those errors. No substantive changes are being made to the 
regulations.

Classification

    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Assistant Administrator for 
Fisheries, NOAA, (AA) finds good cause to waive prior notice and 
opportunity for public comment, as such notice and comment would be 
unnecessary. These procedures are unnecessary because the regulations 
were subject to notice and comment when originally implemented, and no 
substantive changes are being made pursuant to this final rule. The 
only actions currently being taken are to correct errors in cross 
references created during the reorganization of the western Pacific 
regulations into a new part, and to correct several administrative 
titles. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d), the 30-day delay in effectiveness 
does not apply to this rule because it is not a substantive rule.
    This rule is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.

    Dated: May 22, 2006.
James W. Balsiger,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

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For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 665 is correctly 
amended as follows:

PART 665--[CORRECTED]

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1. The authority citation for part 665 continues to read as follows:

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

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2. In part 665, remove all references to ``660'' every place it appears 
and replace it with ``665''.


Sec.  665.41  [Corrected]

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3. In Sec.  665.41, paragraph (c), remove ``Pacific Area Office'' and 
replace it with``Pacific Islands Regional Office''.

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4. In Sec.  665.41, paragraphs (g)(4)(i), and (g)(4)(ii), remove 
``Regional Director'' and replace it with ``Regional Administrator''.
[FR Doc. E6-8173 Filed 5-25-06; 8:45 am]
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