[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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