Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 193 / Thursday, October 5, 2006 / Proposed Rules 58767 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

15 CFR Part 922 

[Docket No. 060707188–6188–01] 

RIN 0648–AT18 

Consideration of Marine Reserves and 

Marine Conservation Areas Within the 

Channel Islands National Marine 

Sanctuary 

AGENCY: National Marine Sanctuary 

Program (NMSP), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: On August 11, 2006, NOAA 

published a proposed rule in the 

Federal Register to establish marine 

reserves and marine conservation areas 

within the Channel Islands National 

Marine Sanctuary (Sanctuary). The 

preamble of that rule contained 

inconsistent or inaccurate figures 

denoting the current size of the 

Sanctuary that need to be corrected. 

This document corrects and clarifies 

those figures. 

DATES: The deadline for submitting 

comments on the proposed rule and 

hearing dates remains October 10, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft 

environmental impact statement, 

regulatory impact review, and initial 

regulatory flexibility analyses may still 

be obtained from NOAA’s Channel 

Islands National Marine Sanctuary Web 

site at http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ 

or by writing to Sean Hastings, Resource 

Protection Coordinator, Channel Islands 

National Marine Sanctuary, 113 Harbor 

Way, Suite 150, Santa Barbara, CA 

93109; e-mail: Sean.Hastings@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Hastings, (805) 884–1472; e-mail: 

Sean.Hastings@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Need for Correction 

On August 11, 2006 (71 FR 46134), 

NOAA published a proposed rule to 

establish a network of marine zones 

within the Sanctuary. The proposed rule 

contained three inconsistent or 

inaccurate figures denoting the current 

size of the Sanctuary and the increase in 

total area of the Sanctuary that would 

result from the proposed rule. These 

descriptions appear in the preamble to 

that proposed rule and do not affect the 

substance of the regulatory text or 

modify NOAA’s proposal in any 

substantive way. 

The first reference that needs to be 

corrected appears in the SUMMARY

section of the proposed rule (page 

46135; first column), where the current 

size of the Sanctuary is cited as 

‘‘approximately 1268 square nautical 

miles.’’ When NOAA issued final 

regulations for the Sanctuary on October 

2, 1980, the area of the Sanctuary was 

estimated to be approximately 1252.5 

square nautical miles (45 FR 65198). 

NOAA updated the estimate to 

approximately 1243 square nautical 

miles using more accurate information 

and the North American Datum 1983. In 

a separate proposed rule issued earlier 

this year, NOAA proposed, among other 

things, to update the legal description of 

the Sanctuary boundary to reflect this 

change (71 FR 29096; May 19, 2006). 

This update does not constitute a 

change in the geographic area of the 

Sanctuary, but rather an improved 

estimate of its size. For these reasons, 

the current size of the Sanctuary should 

be cited as ‘‘approximately 1243 square 

nautical miles.’’

The second reference that needs to be 

clarified appears in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of the proposed 

rule on page 46135 (second column), 

where NOAA cites ‘‘1,252.5 square 

nautical miles’’ as the current size of the 

Sanctuary. For the reason discussed 

above, the proposed rule should have 

cited the current size of the Sanctuary 

as ‘‘approximately 1243 square nautical 

miles.’’

The third reference that needs to be 

clarified appears in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of the proposed 

rule on page 46138 (third column), 

where NOAA cites ‘‘1252 square 

nautical miles’’ as the current size of the 

Sanctuary and ‘‘16 square nautical 

miles’’ as the increase in area that 

would result from the proposed rule. 

For the reasons described above, the 

proposed rule should have cited the 

current size of the Sanctuary as 

‘‘approximately 1243 square nautical 

miles.’’ Similarly, the increase in the 

size of the Sanctuary that would result 

from the proposed rule should be cited 

as ‘‘approximately 25 square nautical 

miles’’ instead of ‘‘16 square nautical 

miles.’’ This increase in the difference 

between the proposed Sanctuary size 

and the current Sanctuary size is a 

product of the smaller size estimate of 

1,243 square nautical miles and does 

not result from an increase in the 

proposed area that would be added to 

the Sanctuary by the proposed rule. 

The draft environmental impact 

statement associated with the proposed 

rule, entitled ‘‘Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Consideration 

of Marine Reserves and Marine 

Conservation Areas’’ (71 FR 46220; 

August 11, 2006), also uses both ‘‘1,243’’

and ‘‘1252’’ square nautical miles to 

approximate the current size of the 

Sanctuary. As discussed above, when 

discussing the current size of the 

Sanctuary in general terms, those 

references should be ‘‘approximately 

1243 square nautical miles.’’ Similarly, 

references to the difference between the 

current size of the Sanctuary and its 

expanded size under the proposed rule 

should be cited as ‘‘approximately 25 

square nautical miles.’’

Dated: September 26, 2006. 

Elizabeth R. Scheffler, 

Assistant Administrator for Management, 

Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 06–8491 Filed 10–4–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–M 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

18 CFR Parts 35 and 37 

[Docket Nos. RM05–25–000 and RM05–17–

000] 

Preventing Undue Discrimination and 

Preference in Transmission Service 

September 28, 2006. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Proposed rule: notice of agenda 

for technical conference. 

SUMMARY: Commission staff proposes to 

convene a technical conference to 

discuss issues raised in the Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) issued in 

this proceeding. Preventing Undue 

Discrimination and Preference in 

Transmission Service, 71 FR 32636 

(June 6, 2006). This notice establishes 

the agenda and procedures for the 

technical conference to be held on 

Thursday, October 12, 2006, from 9 a.m. 

to 4 p.m. (EDT) at the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in 

the Commission Meeting Room. All 

interested persons are invited to attend, 

and registration is not required. This 

will be a staff conference, but 

Commissioners may attend. 

DATES: Commission staff will hold a 

technical conference on October 12, 

2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Hedberg, Office of Energy 

Markets and Reliability, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 


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