[Federal Register: October 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 199)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 223

[I.D. 061896A]
RIN 0648-AK34

 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; Sea Turtle Conservation 
Requirements; Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is making a correction to a final rule published on March 
23, 1999.

DATES: Effective on October 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Therese A. Conant, NMFS Office of 
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 
(ph. 301-713-1401, fax 301-713-0376, e-mail Therese.Conant@noaa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for Correction

    On March, 23, 1999 (64 FR 14052), NMFS published a final rule which 
consolidated and reorganized the Endangered Species Act regulations as 
part of the President's Regulatory Reinvention Initiative. With that 
publication, NMFS inadvertently added an `and' between 50 CFR 223.206 
(d)(2)(ii)(A)(3) and (4). This addition inappropriately links the 
conditions of both paragraphs when, in fact, they were separate prior 
to the publication of the March 23, 1999, final rule.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 223

    Administrative practice and procedure, Endangered and threatened 
species, Exports, Imports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: October 9, 2001.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.

    Accordingly, 50 CFR part 223 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 223--THREATENED MARINE AND ANADROMOUS SPECIES

    1. The authority citation for part 223 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

    2. In Sec. 223.206 (d)(2)(ii)(A)(3) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 223.206  Exceptions to prohibitions relating to sea turtles.

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    (d) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (ii) * * *
    (A) * * *
    (3) Has only a pusher-head trawl, skimmer trawl, or wing net rigged 
for fishing;
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