[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 37269-37270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15417]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 622

RIN 0648-BD81


Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; 
Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral, Coral Reefs, and 
Live/Hardbottom Habitats of the South Atlantic Region; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice of availability; correction.

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SUMMARY: NMFS published a notice of availability (NOA) for Amendment 8 
to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/
Hardbottom Habitats of the South Atlantic Region (FMP) (Amendment 8) on 
May 20, 2014. Amendment 8, in part, would expand portions of the 
northern and western boundaries of the Oculina Bank habitat area of 
particular concern (HAPC) (Oculina Bank HAPC). The NOA stated 
``Amendment 8 would increase the size of the Oculina Bank HAPC by 
405.42 square miles (1,050 square km), for a total area of 694.42 
square miles

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(1,798.5 square km)''. However, this is incorrect. Amendment 8 would 
actually increase the size of the Oculina Bank HAPC by 343.42 square 
miles (889.5 square km), for a total area of 632.42 square miles (1,638 
square km). This notification corrects these two values published in 
the NOA.

DATES: The public comment period for the NOA that published at 79 FR 
28880, May 20, 2014, ends on July 21, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Marie Eich, 727-824-5305; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 20, 2014, NMFS published a NOA in the 
Federal Register (79 FR 28880) for Amendment 8 that would expand 
portions of the northern and western boundaries of the Oculina Bank 
HAPC and allow transit through the Oculina Bank HAPC by fishing vessels 
with rock shrimp onboard; modify vessel monitoring systems requirements 
for rock shrimp fishermen transiting through the Oculina Bank HAPC; 
expand a portion of the western boundary of the Stetson Reefs, Savannah 
and East Florida Lithotherms, and Miami Terrace Deepwater Coral HAPC, 
including modifications to the shrimp fishery access area 1; and expand 
a portion of the northern boundary of the Cape Lookout Lophelia Banks 
Deepwater CHAPC. The purpose of Amendment 8 is to increase protection 
for deepwater coral based on new information for deepwater coral 
resources in the South Atlantic. The public comment period for the NOA 
ends on July 21, 2014.

Need for Correction

    During the comment period on the NOA, a member from the public 
identified to NMFS that the increase of the size of the Oculina Bank 
HAPC included in the preamble of the NOA was incorrect. NMFS agrees and 
publishes this notification to correct that mistake.

Correction

    In the Federal Register of May 20, 2014, in FR Doc. 2014-11622, on 
page 28881, in the first column, last paragraph, the fifth sentence is 
corrected to read as follows:
    ``If implemented, Amendment 8 would increase the size of the 
Oculina HAPC by 343.42 square miles (889.5 square km), for a total area 
of 632.42 square miles (1,638 square km) and would extend these 
prohibitions to the larger area (except for a limited transit provision 
described below) and increase the protection of coral.''

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

    Dated: June 25, 2014.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-15417 Filed 6-30-14; 8:45 am]
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