[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23040]
[[Page 47821]]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
15 CFR Part 902
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 960313071-6237-03; I.D. 050996D]
RIN 0648-AI20
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Consolidation of Regulations
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: NMFS adopts as final with one correction an interim final rule
published July 3, 1996, which consolidated 11 CFR parts into one new
CFR part and amended references to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
information-collection requirements. The new part contains regulations
implementing management measures contained in the fishery management
plans (FMPs) for the following domestic fisheries in the Caribbean,
Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic: Caribbean coral, Caribbean reef
fish, Caribbean spiny lobster, Gulf red drum, Gulf reef fish, Gulf
shrimp, Gulf and South Atlantic coastal migratory pelagics, Gulf and
South Atlantic corals, South Atlantic red drum, South Atlantic snapper-
grouper, and South Atlantic shrimp. The intended effect of this final
rule is to make the regulations more concise, better organized, more
uniform among fisheries, and thereby easier for the public to use.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 11, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Perry Allen, 813-570-5326.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Domestic fisheries in the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic are managed under FMPs prepared by the
Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and/or South Atlantic Fishery Management
Councils under the authority of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). As part of the President's
Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, the interim final rule (61 FR 34930,
July 3, 1996) consolidated 11 sets of regulations into one new CFR
part, 50 CFR part 622 and made concomitant amendments to the references
for PRA requirements. The background and rationale for this action and
explanations of changes that were made to improve uniformity among the
regulations were included in the interim final rule and are not
repeated here.
The interim final rule provided a 30-day comment period for the
public to identify any significant, unforeseen regulatory effects. No
comments were received. Accordingly, that part of the interim final
rule that adds part 622 to 50 CFR Chapter VI is adopted as final
without change. That part of the interim final rule that amends the
references to the PRA information-collection requirements is adopted as
final with one correction. Specifically, the control number for the
OMB-approved dealer recordkeeping and reporting requirements, 0648-
0013, was omitted in the listing of OMB control numbers where it
applies to 50 CFR 622.15. This final rule corrects that omission.
Classification
This action has been determined to be not significant for purposes
of E.O. 12866.
List of Subjects
15 CFR Part 902
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
50 CFR Part 622
Fisheries, Fishing, Puerto Rico, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Virgin Islands.
Dated: September 4, 1996.
N. Foster,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, the interim final rule
amending 15 CFR part 902 and 50 CRF part 622 that was published at 61
FR 34930 on July 3, 1996, is adopted as final with the following
change.
15 CFR Chapter IX
PART 902--NOAA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT: OMB CONTROL NUMBERS
1. The authority citation for part 902 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Sec. 902.1 [Corrected]
2. In Sec. 902.1, paragraph (b) table, in the entries for 50 CFR,
in the right column, corresponding to entry 622.15 in the left column,
the entry ``-0262.'' is corrected to read ``-0013 and -0262.''.
[FR Doc. 96-23040 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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