[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 41044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19428]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 971208294-8154-02; I.D. 103097B]
RIN 0648-AJ20


Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Correction

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

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the Pacific Coast groundfish 
regulations at 50 CFR part 660, subpart G. The effect of this 
correction is to reinstate the following sentence to introductory 
paragraph (d) in Sec. 660.333: ``A permit holder applying to register a 
limited entry permit has the burden to submit evidence to prove that 
registration requirements are met.''

DATES: Effective July 29, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne de Reynier, NMFS, 206-526-6120.

Need for Correction

    In correction document 98-20011, on page 40067, in the Federal 
Register issue of Monday, July 27, 1998, contained an incorrect 
amendatory instruction 3. for Sec. 660.333(d), which improperly removed 
a sentence reading, ``A permit holder applying to register a limited 
entry permit has the burden to submit evidence to prove that 
registration requirements are met.''

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660

    Administrative practice and procedure, American Samoa, Fisheries, 
Fishing, Guam, Hawaiian Natives, Indians, Northern Mariana Islands, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: July 23, 1999.
Andrew A. Rosenberg,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
    Accordingly, 50 CFR part 660 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES AND IN THE WESTERN 
PACIFIC

    1. The authority citation for part 660 continues to read as 
follows:

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

    2. In Sec. 660.333, paragraph (d) introductory text is revised to 
read as follows:


Sec. 660.333  Limited entry fishery-general.

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    (d) Evidence and burden of proof. A vessel owner (or persons 
holding limited entry rights under the express terms of a written 
contract) applying for issuance, renewal, transfer, or registration of 
a limited entry permit has the burden to provide evidence that 
qualification requirements are met. The owner of a permit endorsed for 
longline or trap (or pot) gear applying for a sablefish endorsement or 
a tier assignment under Sec. 660.336, paragraph (c) or (d) has the 
burden to submit evidence to prove that qualification requirements are 
met. A permit holder applying to register a limited entry permit has 
the burden to submit evidence to prove that registration requirements 
are met. The following evidentiary standards apply:
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[FR Doc. 99-19428 Filed 7-28-99; 8:45 am]
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