[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19009]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 622

[Docket No. 140214145-5582-02]
RIN 0648-BD81


Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 
Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/Hard Bottom Habitats of the South Atlantic 
Region; Amendment 8; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: NMFS published a final rule on July 17, 2015, to, in part, 
implement provisions that would expand a portion of the northern 
boundary of the Cape Lookout Lophelia Banks Deepwater Coral Habitat 
Area of Particular Concern (Cape Lookout CHAPC). The final rule 
included coordinates for only the expansion of the Cape Lookout CHAPC 
instead of the coordinates for the existing CHAPC plus the expanded 
area. This notification corrects the coordinates for the Cape Lookout 
CHAPC to encompass the existing CHAPC plus the expanded area.

DATES: The correction is effective on August 17, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karla Gore, 727-824-5305; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 17, 2015, NMFS published a final 
rule in the Federal Register (80 FR 42423) to implement provisions for 
Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral, Coral Reefs, and 
Live/Hard Bottom Habitats of the South Atlantic Region (FMP) (Amendment 
8), that expands portions of the northern and western boundaries of the 
Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC) and allows 
transit through the Oculina Bank HAPC by fishing vessels with rock 
shrimp onboard; modifies vessel monitoring systems (VMS) requirements 
for rock shrimp fishermen transiting through the Oculina Bank HAPC; 
expands a portion of the western boundary of the Stetson Reefs, 
Savannah and East Florida Lithotherms, and Miami Terrace Deepwater 
Coral HAPC (Stetson-Miami Terrace CHAPC), including modifications to 
shrimp access area 1; and expands a portion of the northern boundary of 
the Cape Lookout CHAPC. The purpose of the final rule is to increase 
protection for deepwater coral based on new information for deepwater 
coral resources in the South Atlantic. The final rule is effective 
August 17, 2015.

Need for Correction

    After the final rule published, NMFS noticed that the coordinates 
that describe the CHAPC for ``Cape Lookout Lophelia Banks'' in Sec.  
622.224(c)(1)(i) set forth only the expanded CHAPC area of 10 square 
miles (26 square km) and not the total area that encompasses both the 
existing CHAPC and the expanded area, which totals 326 square miles 
(844 square km). Amendment 8 and the implementing proposed and final 
rules are clear that the CHAPC for Cape Lookout Lophelia Banks would 
consist of the existing area and the expanded area. NMFS publishes this 
notification to correct that mistake.

Correction

    In the Federal Register of July 17, 2015, in FR Doc. 2015-17617, on 
page 42432, in the first column, the table in Sec.  622.224(c)(1)(i) is 
corrected to read as follows:

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             Point                   North lat.           West long.
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Origin........................  34[deg]24'37''       75[deg]45'11''
1.............................  34[deg]10'26''       75[deg]58'44''
2.............................  34[deg]05'47''       75[deg]54'54''
3.............................  34[deg]21'02''       75[deg]41'25''
4.............................  34[deg]23'28.998''   75[deg]43'58.002''
5.............................  34[deg]27'00''       75[deg]41'45''
6.............................  34[deg]27'54''       75[deg]42'45''
Origin........................  34[deg]24'37''       75[deg]45'11''
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    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: July 28, 2015.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-19009 Filed 8-3-15; 8:45 am]
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