Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 32 / Thursday, February 18, 2010 / Rules and Regulations 7205 

Register on January 21, 2010, at 75 FR 

3416, is April 21, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jarad Makaiau, NMFS Pacific Islands 

Region, 808–944–2108. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Need for Correction 

In the document published January 

21, 2010 (75 FR 3416), under the DATES

section, the effective date of the final 

rule was miscalculated. This document 

corrects the effective date to read as 

follows: 

DATES: This final rule is effective April 

21, 2010. 

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

Dated: February 12, 2010. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3074 Filed 2–17–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 09100091344–9056–02] 

RIN 0648–XU37 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by NonAmerican Fisheries Act Crab Vessels 

Catching Pacific Cod for Processing 

by the Inshore Component in the 

Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of 

Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for Pacific cod by non-American 

Fisheries Act (AFA) crab vessels 

catching Pacific cod for processing by 

the inshore component in the Western 

Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA). This action is necessary to 

prevent exceeding the A season 

allowance of the 2010 Pacific cod 

sideboard limits apportioned to nonAFA crab vessels catching Pacific cod 

for processing by the inshore 

component in the Western Regulatory 

Area of the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), February 12, 2010, through 

1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh 

Keaton, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

GOA exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of 

Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Regulations governing 

fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance 

with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 

CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679. 

The A season allowance of the 2010 

Pacific cod sideboard limits apportioned 

to non-AFA crab vessels catching 

Pacific cod for processing by the inshore 

component in the Western Regulatory 

Area of the GOA is 1,011 metric tons 

(mt) for the GOA, as established by the 

final 2009 and 2010 harvest 

specifications for groundfish of the GOA 

(74 FR 7333, February 17, 2009) and 

inseason adjustment (74 FR 68713, 

December 29, 2009). 

In accordance with § 680.22(e)(2)(i), 

the Regional Administrator, has 

determined that A season allowance of 

the 2010 Pacific cod sideboard limits 

apportioned to non-AFA crab vessels 

catching Pacific cod for processing by 

the inshore component in the Western 

Regulatory Area of the GOA will soon 

be reached. Therefore, the Regional 

Administrator is establishing a 

sideboard directed fishing allowance for 

Pacific cod as 1,001 mt for the inshore 

component in the Western Regulatory 

Area of the GOA. The remaining 10 mt 

for the inshore component in the 

Western Regulatory Area of the GOA 

will be set aside as bycatch to support 

other anticipated groundfish fisheries. 

In accordance with § 680.22(e)(3), the 

Regional Administrator finds that this 

sideboard directed fishing allowance 

has been reached. Consequently, NMFS 

is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific 

cod by non-AFA crab vessels catching 

Pacific cod for processing by the inshore 

component in the Western Regulatory 

Area of the GOA. 

After the effective date of this closure 

the maximum retainable amounts at 

§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time 

during a trip. 

Classification 

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 

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 

delay the sideboard directed fishing 

closure of Pacific cod apportioned to 

non-AFA crab vessels catching Pacific 

cod for processing by the inshore 

component in the Western Regulatory 

Area of the GOA. NMFS was unable to 

publish a notice providing time for 

public comment because the most 

recent, relevant data only became 

available as of February 9, 2010. 

The AA also finds good cause to 

waive the 30–day delay in the effective 

date of this action under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3). This finding is based upon 

the reasons provided above for waiver of 

prior notice and opportunity for public 

comment. 

This action is required by § 680.22 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: February 12, 2010. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3082 Filed 2–12–10; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

50 CFR Part 680 

[Docket No. 100106010–0074–01] 

RIN 0648–AY52 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization 

Program; Emergency Rule 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Emergency rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is exempting, through 

this emergency rule, individual fishing 

quota (IFQ) issued for the Western 

Aleutian Islands golden king crab 

fishery from the West regional 

designation and individual processing 

quota (IPQ) issued for this fishery from 

the West regional designation. Under 

the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab 

Rationalization Program, golden king 

crab harvested with IFQ with a West 

regional designation must be delivered 

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