[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 185 (Friday, September 24, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58337-58338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24024]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 090511911-0307-02]
RIN 0648-AX89


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Chinook 
Salmon Bycatch Management in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to final rule.

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SUMMARY:  This document contains three corrections to the final rule 
pertaining to Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
Chinook Salmon Bycatch Management in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery 
published on August 30, 2010. These corrections amend content within 
tables to eliminate potential confusion by the public.

DATES:  Effective September 29, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Seanbob Kelly, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    A final rule was published in the Federal Register on August 30, 
2010 (75 FR 53026) that revises several sections of regulations that 
pertain to the management of Chinook salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea 
subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). 
This final rule applies to owners and operators of catcher vessels, 
catcher/processors, motherships, inshore processors, and the six 
Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program groups 
participating in the pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) fishery that is 
managed under the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI.
    The first error is an incorrect table number that exists within a 
table used to determine the amount of Chinook salmon associated with 
each CDQ group. The second and third errors occur in the ``locate and 
remove'' table. The ``locate and remove'' table is used to define 
specific technical changes in regulatory citations. The errors occurred 
in the listing of specific citation changes in this table. These 
changes are unnecessary and need to be removed because the citations 
are identified earlier for removal in the amendatory instructions. 
These errors should be corrected immediately to eliminate potential 
confusion by the regulated public.
    The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds good 
cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior notice and the 
opportunity for public comment because it would be unnecessary and 
contrary to the public interest. These errors should be corrected 
immediately to eliminate potential confusion by the regulated public. 
If the effective date for these corrections is delayed to solicit prior 
public comment, these technical errors will not be corrected by the 
effective date of this final rule, thereby undermining the conservation 
and management objectives of the FMP. The AA further finds, pursuant to 
5 U.S.C 553(d)(3), good cause to waive the thirty (30) day delayed 
effectiveness period for the reasons stated above.
    NMFS is correcting these errors and is not making substantive 
changes to the document in rule FR Doc. 2010-20618 published on August 
30, 2010 (75 FR 53026).

Need for Correction

    Accordingly, the final rule published on August 30, 2010 (75 FR 
53026), to be effective September 29, 2010, is corrected as follows:
    Sec.  679.21 [Corrected]
    1. On page 53061, in Sec.  679.21 (f)(4)(i)(D), in the fourth 
column of the table, under the column heading ``Reduce the B season 
allocation by the sum of the amount of Chinook salmon associated with 
each vessel or CDQ group not participating in an IPA:'', correct the 
reference to ``Table 43d'' to read as ``Table 47d''.
    Sec. Sec.  679.7 and 679.26 [Corrected]
    2. On page 53069, in the ``locate and remove'' table at the bottom 
of the page, under all four columns, remove line seven, that starts 
with, ``Sec.  679.7(d)(18)'' and remove line eleven that starts with 
``Sec.  679.26(c)(1).''


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    Dated: September 20, 2010.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-24024 Filed 9-23-10; 8:45 am]
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