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the term of the current tribal member

expires.

(5) The Secretary shall rotate the

appointment among the tribes taking

into consideration:

(i) The qualifications of the

individuals on the list referred to in

paragraph (b)(1) of this section.

(ii) The various rights of the Indian

tribes involved and judicial cases that

set out how those rights are to be

exercised.

(iii) The geographic area in which the

tribe of the representative is located.

(iv) No tribal representative shall

serve more than three consecutive terms

in the Indian tribal seat.

(6) Any vacancy occurring prior to the

expiration of any term shall be filled in

the same manner as described above

except that the Secretary may use the

list referred to in paragraph (b)(1) of this

section from which the vacating

member was chosen.

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[FR Doc. 97–23940 Filed 9–5–97; 10:40 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket Number; 970903221–7221–01; I.D.

081297C]

RIN 0648–XX89

Fisheries off West Coast States and in

the Western Pacific; Precious Corals

Fisheries; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

SUMMARY: This document contains a

correction to the regulations

implementing the Fishery Management

Plan for Precious Corals Fisheries of the

Western Pacific Region (FMP) which

were published in the Federal Register

on July 2, 1996. This amendment

corrects the coordinates for the location

of the Makapuu bed of precious corals

appearing under the category of

‘‘Established beds’’ in the definition of

‘‘Precious coral permit area’’.

DATES: Effective September 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Svein Fougner, 562–980–4034; or Alvin

Katekaru, 808–973–2985.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

original FMP the coordinates for the

center of the Makapuu bed contained a

typographical error. Instead of the

longitude being listed as 157° 32.5’ W.

it was incorrectly listed as 157° 35.5’ W.

longitude. This error placed the location

of the bed approximately three miles

away from its actual location.

There has been almost no fishing

under the FMP since its

implementation, and this error was only

recently discovered. This technical

amendment corrects the regulations

implementing the FMP (August 30,

1983, 48 FR 3923; consolidated by July

2, 1996, 61 FR 34570) to list the

coordinates for the center of the

Makapuu bed.

Classification

The Assistant Administrator for

Fisheries, NOAA (AA), under 5 U.S.C.

553(b)(B) finds that providing prior

notice and an opportunity for public

comment on this rule is unnecessary,

because the rule merely corrects

coordinates for the location of a

resource, and such notice and

opportunity for comment would serve

no useful purpose. Similarly, the AA,

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

delaying the effective date of the

correction for 30 days is unnecessary

because the location of the bed is fixed.

Because prior notice and opportunity

for public comment are not required for

this rule by 5 U.S.C. 553, or by any other

law, the analytical requirements of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601

et seq., are inapplicable. This rule is

exempt from review under E.O. 12866.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660

Fisheries, Fishing, Indians, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements,

Administrative practice and procedure,

American Samoa, Guam, Hawaiian

Natives, Northern Mariana Islands.

Dated: September 4, 1997.

David L. Evans,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for

Fisheries,National Marine Fisheries Service.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, 50 CFR Part 660 is amended

as follows:

PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST

COAST STATES AND THE WESTERN

PACIFIC

1. The authority citation for part 660

continues to read as follows:

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

2. In § 660.12, the category for’’

Established beds ‘‘under the definition

of ‘‘Precious coral permit area‘‘ is

corrected by revising the coordinates of

the point specified therein to read ‘‘21°

18.0’ N. lat, 157° 32.5’ W. long.’’

[FR Doc. 97–23941 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]

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