[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28553]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC654]


Endangered Species; File No. 27106; Correction

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

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is correcting a notice that appeared in the Federal 
Register on December 22, 2022 announcing that the North Carolina 
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Marine 
Fisheries (NCDMF) applied in due form for a permit pursuant to the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). There is an error in 
the description of NCDMF's monitoring program (Observer Program).

DATES: This correction is applicable January 5, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celeste Stout, NMFS, Office of 
Protected Resources at [email protected], 301-427-8403; Wendy 
Piniak, NMFS, Office of Protected Resources at [email protected], 
301-427-8402.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS published a notice in the Federal 
Register on December 22, 2022 (87 FR 78659) announcing that the NCDMF 
applied in due form for a permit pursuant to the ESA. NCDMF's 
application includes a conservation plan designed to minimize and 
mitigate take of endangered or threatened species. The permit 
application is for the incidental take of ESA-listed sea turtles and 
sturgeon associated with the otherwise lawful gill net fisheries 
operating in the inshore waters of North Carolina. NMFS provided the 
notice in order to allow other agencies and the public an opportunity 
to review and comment on the application materials.
    The notice incorrectly stated: ``NCDMF's monitoring program is 
largely funded through state appropriations and is supplemented through 
other sources such as the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics 
Program and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.'' (87 FR 78659, 
December 22, 2022; 87 FR 78661, December 22, 2022).
    While NCDMF's sampling programs are largely funded through state 
appropriations and are supplemented through other sources such as the 
Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program and the National Fish 
and Wildlife Foundation, the NCDMF Observer Program is funded 
completely by the North Carolina Commercial Fishing Resource Fund, 
where the funds come from an increase in NCDMF's commercial fishing 
license fees (G.S. 113-173.1). This information is correctly presented 
in the NCDMF's application, which is available for download and review 
at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/endangered-species-conservation/incidental-take-permits and at http://www.regulations.gov. 
The application is also available upon request (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT).

    Dated: December 28, 2022.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-28553 Filed 1-4-23; 8:45 am]
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