[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 52 (Friday, March 18, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13097-13098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5349]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
15 CFR Part 902
[Docket No. 040831251-5046-03; I.D. 082504A]
RIN 0648-AS47
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Allocating
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab Fishery Resources;
Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule, correcting amendment to the
regulations governing the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab
fisheries. This action is necessary to correct Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) control numbers for information collections previously
approved under the Paperwork Reduction Act provided under an earlier
rulemaking. This final rule in no way alters or amends those previously
approved information collections. The sole purpose of this final rule
is to display the appropriate control numbers for the approved
information collections.
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DATES: Effective on April 1, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In January 2004, the U.S. Congress amended section 313(j) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act) through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 (Pub.
L. 108-199, section 801). As amended, section 313(j)(1) requires the
Secretary to approve and implement by regulation the so-called Crab
Rationalization Program (Program), as it was approved by the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) between June 2002 and
April 2003, and all trailing amendments, including those reported to
Congress on May 6, 2003. In June 2004, the Council consolidated its
actions on the Program into the Council motion, which is contained in
its entirety in Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering
Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (FMP). Additionally, in June
2004, the Council developed Amendment 19 to the FMP, which represents
minor changes necessary to implement the Program. The Notice of
Availability for these amendments was published in the Federal Register
on September 1, 2004 (69 FR 53397). NMFS approved Amendments 18 and 19
on November 19, 2004. NMFS published a proposed rule to implement
Amendments 18 and 19 in the Federal Register on October 29, 2004 (69 FR
63200). NMFS published a final rule to implement Amendments 18 and 19
on March 2, 2005 (70 FR 10174).
Need for Corrections
In the final rule, published on March 2, 2005 (70 FR 10174), five
of the eight OMB control numbers listed in the crab final rule
classification section were incorrect. This final rule replaces the
incorrect numbers with correct OMB control numbers in the
classification section of the final rule and in the regulatory text at
15 CFR part 902.1.
On page 10231, column 2, third heading, replace OMB No. 0648-0272
with OMB No. 0648-0517.
On page 10231, column 3, first heading, replace OMB No. 0648-0503
with OMB No. 0648-0516.
On page 10231, column 3, second heading, replace OMB No. 0648-0504
with OMB No. 0648-0514.
On page 10231, column 3, third heading, replace OMB No. 0648-0503
with OMB No. 0648-0515.
On page 10231, column 3, fourth heading, replace OMB No. 0648 0506
with OMB No. 0648-0518.
Classification
The Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator),
has determined that this final rule is necessary for the conservation
and management of the BSAI crab fisheries. The Regional Administrator
also has determined that this final rule is consistent with the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and other applicable laws.
This final rule has been determined to be not significant for the
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Assistant Administrator of
Fisheries, NOAA (AA) finds good cause to waive prior notice and
opportunity for public comment otherwise required by the section. NOAA
finds that prior notice and comment are unnecessary as this rule is
purely technical in nature, having no substantive impact whatsoever.
This action merely corrects OMB control numbers for approved
collections-of-information, in no way altering those approved
collections. NOAA finds that because of the non-substantive nature of
the correction, no particular public interest exists in this final rule
for which there is justification or need for prior notice and
opportunity for comment.
Because this correcting amendment does not institute any
substantive obligations for the public, the requirement for a 30-day
delay in the effective date to this action pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)
does not apply.
Because prior notice and opportunity for public comment are not
required for this rule by 5 U.S.C., or any other law, the analytical
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.,
are inapplicable.
List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 902
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: March 11, 2005.
William T. Hogarth
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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For the reasons set out in the preamble, 15 CFR part 902 is amended as
follows:
PART 902--NOAA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT; OMB CONTROL NUMBERS
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1. The authority citation for part 902 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
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2. In Sec. 902.1, the table in paragraph (b) under 50 CFR is amended
by revising in numerical order entries for Sec. 679.5(l)(3)(i), Sec.
679.5(l)(4), Sec. 680.4, Sec. 680.5, Sec. 680.6, Sec. 680.20, Sec.
680.21, Sec. 680.40(f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), and (m), Sec.
680.41, Sec. 680.43, and Sec. 680.44 (a) through (f) to read as
follows:
Sec. 902.1 OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
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(b) * * *
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Current OMB control
CFR part or section where the information number (All numbers
collection requirement is located begin with 0648-)
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50 CFR ........................
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679.5(l)(3)(i), (l)(4) -0272, -0517
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680.4 -0514
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680.5 -0515
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680.6 -0518
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680.20 -0516
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680.21 -0514
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680.40(f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), and -0514
(m)
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680.41 -0514
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680.43 -0514
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680.44(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) -0515
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680.44(f) -0514
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