[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 155 (Monday, August 11, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 46579-46580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18408]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 600

[Docket No. 071001548-7287-02]
RIN 0648-AW10


Marine Recreational Fisheries of the United States; National 
Saltwater Angler Registry Program

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: NMFS extends the comment period on the proposed rule to 
establish the National Saltwater Angler Registry Program. NMFS has 
received a request from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council 
to extend the deadline beyond its current 60-day comment period until a 
date following the Council's August 11-15 meeting. The extension of the 
comment period for ten days will allow the Council to adopt comments 
during its meeting and to submit them before the comment period closes, 
and will allow other interested parties additional time to submit 
comments. The comment deadline is extended from August 11, 2008, to 
August 21, 2008.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 21, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 0648-AW10, by any 
of the following methods:
     Electronic submissions: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov
     Fax: 301-713-1875, Attn: Gordon Colvin.
     Mail: John Boreman, Director, Office of Science and 
Technology, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 
Attn: Gordon Colvin.
    Instructions: All comments received are a part of the public record 
and will generally be posted to http://www.regulations.gov without 
change. All personal identifying information (for example, name, 
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly 
accessible. Do not submit confidential business information or 
otherwise sensitive or protected information. NMFS will accept 
anonymous comments (enter N/A in the required fields, if you wish to

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remain anonymous). Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted 
in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gordon Colvin, phone: 301-713-2367; 
fax: 301-713-1875; or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A proposed rule to implement the National 
Saltwater Angler Registry Program was published on June 12, 2008 (73 FR 
33381). The comment deadline established in the proposed rule was 
August 11, 2008. Subsequently, NMFS received a request from the Gulf of 
Mexico Fishery Management Council to extend the comment period until 
after the Council's scheduled August 8 to 11 meeting. The comment 
period is being extended for ten days until August 21, 2008, to 
accommodate the request of the Council, and to provide additional time 
for other interested parties to submit comments.

    Authority: Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1881.

    Dated: August 4, 2008.
John Oliver
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-18408 Filed 8-8-08; 8:45 am]
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