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(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)(3)(B) as such prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment is 

unnecessary and contrary to the public 

interest. Such procedures would be 

unnecessary because the rule itself 

already has been subject to notice and 

comment, and all that remains is to 

notify the public of the closure. 

Allowing prior notice and opportunity 

for public comment is contrary to the 

public interest because of the need to 

immediately implement this action in 

order to protect the fishery since the 

capacity of the fishing fleet allows for 

rapid harvest of the quota. Prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment 

will require time and would potentially 

result in a harvest well in excess of the 

established quota. For the 

aforementioned reasons, the AA also 

finds good cause to waive the 30–day 

delay in the effectiveness of this action 

under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.43(a) and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–1015 Filed 3–1–07; 3:27 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 665 

[Docket No. 061227341–7031–02; I.D. 

120406A] 

RIN 0648–AU99 

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; 

Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; 

Hawaii Shallow-Set Longline Fishery; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document contains 

corrections to the final regulations that 

were published in the Federal Register 

on February 26, 2007, and are effective 

March 28, 2007. The published rule 

amended CFR text that is effective only 

through March 19, 2007. This correction 

changes the amendatory instructions in 

the final rule to accurately reflect 

effective CFR parts as of March 28, 

2007. These changes ensure that the 7–

day delay in effectiveness is 

permanently removed when closing the 

Hawaii-based shallow-set longline 

fishery as a result of reaching 

interaction limits for sea turtles. 

DATES: Effective March 28, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Harman, NMFS Pacific Islands Region, 

808–944–2271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final 

rule published on February 26, 2007 (72 

FR 8289) and effective March 28, 2007, 

removes the 7-day delay in effectiveness 

when closing the Hawaii-based shallowset longline fishery as a result of 

reaching interaction limits for sea 

turtles. It allows for an immediate 

closure of the fishery to enhance 

protection of sea turtles. 

The amendatory instructions that are 

the subject of this correction refer to 

§ 665.22 and § 665.33 in the CFR. The 

amendatory instructions in the 

published final rule (72 FR 8289) were 

written to amend CFR text that is 

effective only through March 19, 2007. 

This correction makes two changes to 

the amendatory instructions to 

accurately reflect effective CFR parts as 

of March 28, 2007. In the amendatory 

instruction for § 665.22, ‘‘revise’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘add’’. This change is 

necessary to insert revisions of 

paragraphs (ss) and (tt) that were 

effective through March 19, 2007. In 

amendatory instruction for § 665.33, the 

phrase, ‘‘remove paragraphs (b)(2)(iii) 

and (iv)’’, is removed, since the subject 

paragraphs will no longer be effective 

on March 28, 2007. 

Correction 

■ Accordingly, the final rule 

amendatory instructions published on 

February 26, 2007 in 72 FR 8289 are 

corrected as follows: 

§ 665.22 [Amended] 

■ On page 8291, column 2, the second 

amendatory instruction is correctly 

revised as follows: 

■ 2. In § 665.22, add paragraphs (ss) and 

(tt) to read as follows: 

§ 665.33 [Amended] 

■ On page 8291, column 2, the third 

amendatory instruction is revised to 

read as follows: 

■ 3. In § 665.33, revise paragraphs 

(b)(2)(i) and (ii) to read as follows: 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3902 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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