Federal Register: January 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 6)
DOCID: fr09ja09-7 FR Doc E9-222
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
CFR Citation: 50 CFR Part 679
Docket ID: [Docket No. 071106673-8011-02]
RIN ID: RIN 0648-XM47
NOTICE: RULES
DOCID: fr09ja09-7
ACTION: Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Correction to a temporary rule; inseason adjustment; request for comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to the 2009 Bering Sea Pollock Total Allowable Catch Amount; Correction
DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 29, 2008, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2009, unless otherwise modified or superceded through publication of a notification in the Federal Register.
Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., January 13, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This document corrects the comment period and a date for a temporary rule that published in the Federal Register on January 2, 2009 (74 FR 38). That rule adjusted the 2009 total allowable catch amount (TAC) for the Bering Sea pollock fishery to ensure the Bering Sea pollock TAC does not exceed the appropriate amount based on the best available scientific information for pollock in the Bering Sea subarea. One typographical error specifies that comments are due on the date of publication and another typographical error specifies that comments are due on January 13, 2008. The correct date is January 13, 2009. The date that data became available is also corrected.
SUMMARY:
Inseason Adjustment to the 2009 Bering Sea Pollock Total Allowable Catch Amount; Correction,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Correction
The final rule, identified as FR Doc. E831224 that published in the Federal Register on January 2, 2009 (74 FR 38) is corrected by fixing three typographical errors as follows.
1. On page 38, in the second column, the second paragraph under the DATES caption is corrected to read:
``Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., January 13, 2009.''
2. On page 39, column 2, in the last line the date ``December 19, 2007'' is corrected to read ``December 19, 2008''.
3. On page 40, in the first column, line 2, the date ``January 13, 2008'' is corrected to read ``January 13, 2009''.
Classification
This action corrects three typographical errors and does not otherwise change the requirements in the January 2, 2009 (74 FR 38) temporary rule.
This action responds to the best available information recently
obtained from the fishery. The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NOAA (AA), finds good cause to waive the requirement to provide prior
notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the authority set
forth at 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is impracticable and contrary to the public interest. This requirement is
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impracticable and contrary to the public interest as it would prevent
NMFS from responding to the most recent fisheries data in a timely
fashion and would allow for harvests that exceed the appropriate
allocations for pollock based on the best scientific information
available. NMFS was unable to publish a notice providing time for
public comment because the most recent, relevant data only became
available as of December 19, 2008, and additional time for prior public
comment would result in conservation concerns for the ESAlisted Steller sea lions.
The AA also finds good cause to waive the 30day delay in the effective date of this action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). This finding is based upon the reasons provided in the January 2, 2009 (74 FR 38) rule and is not repeated here.
This action is required by Sec. 679.22 and Sec. 679.25 and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 6, 2009.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9222 Filed 1809; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Mary Furuness, 907-586-7228.