[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 14 (Monday, January 23, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3224-3225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1259]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 622

[Docket No. 111104664-1798-01]
RIN 0648-BB61


Shrimp Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; 
Revisions of Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) Testing Protocols; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to a proposed rule that 
published on January 9, 2012, regarding proposed changes to shrimp 
regulations. The proposed rule stated that the ``Expanded Mesh BRD'' 
would be decertified for use by the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery after 
May 24, 2012. That information was not correct. The ``Extended Funnel 
BRD'' is the BRD design that will no longer be provisionally certified 
for use in the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery after May 24, 2012. This 
rule corrects that mistake. Both the Expanded Mesh and Extended Funnel 
BRDs remain certified for use in the South Atlantic shrimp fishery.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 8, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2011-0274, 
by any one of the following methods:
     Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public 
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov.
     Mail: Steve Branstetter, Southeast Regional Office, NMFS, 
263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.

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after the comment period has closed. 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 
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Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
    To submit comments through the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov, enter ``NOAA-NMFS-2011-0274'' in the 
keyword search, then select ``Send a Comment or Submission.'' NMFS will 
accept anonymous comments. Attachments to electronic comments will be 
accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, Wordperfect, or Adobe PDF file 
formats only.
    Comments received through means not specified in this rule will not 
be considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Marie Eich, telephone: (727) 209-
5968, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction

    In proposed rule FR Doc. 2012-153, published in the Federal 
Register issue of January 9, 2012 (77 FR 1045), under the heading ``BRD 
Certifications'', on page 1046, column 1, 1st and 12th lines, correct 
the reference ``Expanded Mesh'' to read as ``Extended Funnel''.

    Dated: January 17, 2012.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-1259 Filed 1-20-12; 8:45 am]
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