[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 1999)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 7814-7815] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-3684] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 679 [Docket No. 990115017-9017-01; I.D. 011199A] RIN 0648-AM08 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for the Pollock Fisheries off Alaska; Correction
Agency
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
Action
Final rule; correction.
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Summary
This document contains corrections to the emergency interim rule to implement reasonable and prudent alternatives to avoid the likelihood that the pollock fisheries off Alaska will jeopardize the continued existence of the western population of
Steller sea lions or adversely modify their critical habitat that was published in the Federal Register on January 22, 1999.
Dates
Effective February 16, 1999.
For Further Information Contact
Kent Lind, 907-586-7650.
Supplementary Information
An emergency interim rule was published in the Federal Register on January 22, 1999 (64 FR 3437), implementing reasonable and prudent alternatives to avoid the likelihood that the pollock fisheries off Alaska will jeopardize the continued existence of the western population of Steller sea lions or adversely modify their critical habitat.
Need for Correction
The change to Sec. 679.23 is made to avoid conflict with the final rule to implement seasonal and area appotionments of Atka mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (63 FR 3446, January 22, 1999).
Sec. 679.20 [Corrected]
1. On page 3443 and in Sec. 679.20: a. In the first column, in paragraph (a)(5)(i)(C)(2), in line 8, remove the reference ``Sec. 679.23 (e) (4) (ii)'' and add in its place, ``Sec. 679.23 (e)(4)(i)''. b. In the second column, in paragraph (a)(5)(i)(C)(3), in line 3, remove the reference ``Sec. 679.23(e)(4)(iii)'' and add in its place, ``Sec. 679.23(e)(4)(ii)''.
Sec. 679.22 [Corrected]
2. On page 3443, in Sec. 679.22 and in the third column: a. In paragraph (a)(11)(iv)(A), in line 14, remove the reference ``(a)(7)(iv)(C)'' and add in its place, ``(a)(11)(iv)(C)''. b. In paragraph (a)(11)(iv)(C)(1), in line 3, remove the reference ``(a)(7)(iv)(A)'' and add in its place, ``(a)(11)(iv)(A)''. 3. On page 3444, in Sec. 679.22 and in the first column: a. In paragraph (a)(11)(iv)(C)(2), in line 11, remove the reference ``(a)(7)(iv)(C)(1)'' and add in its place, ``(a)(11)(iv)(C)(1)''. b. In paragraph (b)(3)(iii), in the next to last line, remove the reference ``(b)(2)(iii)(C)`` and add in its place, ``(b)(3)(iii)(C)''.
Sec. 679.23 [Corrected]
4. On page 3444, in Sec. 679.23 and in the third column: a. In line 6, redesignate paragraph (e)(4) as (e)(5).
Dated: February 9, 1999. Andrew A. Rosenberg, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 99-3684 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F