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of the remedy requirements as well as 

recent site-wide studies adequately 

demonstrate that the Surface Deletion 

Area does not present a threat to the 

environment or human health and it is 

appropriate to delete the Surface 

Deletion Area from the RMA/NPL Site. 

EPA identifies sites that appear to 

present a significant risk to public 

health, welfare, or the environment and 

maintains the NPL as the list of those 

sites. Any site deleted from the NPL 

remains eligible for Fund-financed 

actions in the unlikely event that 

conditions at the site warrant such 

action. Section 300.425(e)(3) of the NCP 

states that Fund-financed actions may 

be taken at sites deleted from the NPL. 

Deletion of a site from the NPL does not 

affect responsible party liability or 

impede Agency efforts to recover costs 

associated with response efforts.

Lists of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous 

substances, Hazardous waste, 

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Superfund, Water 

pollution control, Water supply.

Dated: January 5, 2004. 

Robert E. Roberts, 

Regional Administrator, Region 8.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 192

[Docket No. RSPA–00–7666; Amendment 

192–95] 

RIN 2137–AD54

Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Integrity 

Management in High Consequence 

Areas (Gas Transmission Pipelines)

AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS), 

Research and Special Programs 

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the 

effective date of a final rule published 

in the Federal Register on December 15, 

2003 (68 FR 69778). That rule requires 

operators to develop integrity 

management programs for gas 

transmission pipelines located where a 

leak or rupture could do the most harm, 

i.e., could impact high consequence 

areas (HCAs). The rule requires gas 

transmission pipeline operators to 

perform ongoing assessments of 

pipeline integrity, to improve data 

collection, integration and analysis, to 

repair and remediate the pipeline as 

necessary, and to implement preventive 

and mitigative actions. The published 

effective date was in error. This 

document corrects the effective date 

from January 14, 2004, to February 14, 

2004, to meet the 60 day requirement for 

Congressional review of major rules. (5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(4).)

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date for 

the final rule published on December 

15, 2003, at 68 FR 69778 is corrected to 

read February 14, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Israni by phone at (202) 366–4571, 

by fax at (202) 366–4566, or by e-mail 

at mike.israni@rspa.dot.gov, regarding 

the subject matter of the final rule.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

22, 2003. 

Samuel G. Bonasso, 

Deputy Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 030227050–3082–02; I.D. 

010904C]

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Spiny Dogfish Fishery; 

Reopening of Commercial Fishery

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Commercial fishery reopening.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that spiny 

dogfish commercial fishery will reopen. 

Vessels issued a Federal moratorium 

permit to harvest spiny dogfish may 

possess up to 300 lb (136 kg) of spiny 

dogfish per trip per calendar day on 

0001 hours local time, January 12, 2004, 

through 2359 hours local time, April 30, 

2004. The intent of this action is to 

allow for the full utilization of the 

commercial quota allocated to the spiny 

dogfish fishery.

DATES: Effective 0001 hours local time, 

January 12, 2004, through 2359 hours 

local time, April 30, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

H. Jones, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978–

281–9273, fax 978–281–9135, e-mail 

paul.h.jones@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

648.231 of part 50 CFR requires NMFS 

to close the commercial fishery for 

spiny dogfish in the EEZ for each semiannual quota period when the quota is 

determined to be harvested. The 

Administrator, Northeast Region, 

NMFS, based on dealer reports, state 

data, and other available information, 

determined that the quota for Quota 

Period 2 would be harvested (68 FR 

41945, July 16, 2003), therefore, 

effective 0001 hours, July 18, 2003, the 

commercial fishery for spiny dogfish in 

the EEZ was closed. However, new 

projections indicate the quota of spiny 

dogfish may not be attained. Therefore, 

NMFS announces that the commercial 

fishery for spiny dogfish in the EEZ will 

reopen. Vessels issued a Federal 

moratorium permit to harvest spiny 

dogfish may possess up to 300 lb (136 

kg) of spiny dogfish per trip per 

calendar day effective 0001 hours local 

time, January 12, 2004, through 2359 

hours local time, April 30, 2004. 

Classification

This action is required by 50 CFR part 

648 and is exempt from review under 

E.O. 12866.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: January 12, 2003.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Offfice of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 04–900 Filed 1–12–04; 2:38 pm]

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