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had changed its name to the Qvale

Automotive Group Srl (QAG).

Accordingly, Mr. Tunick, acting on

behalf of DeTomaso/QAG requested that

the agency, in issuing its final decision,

grant the exemption to QAG rather than

DeTomaso. Accordingly, all references

to DeTomaso in the proposed decision

have been changed in this final decision

to recognize that the final decision

applies to QAG.

NHTSA Final Determination

The agency is adopting the tentative

conclusions set forth in the proposed

decision as its final conclusions, for the

reasons set forth in the proposed

decision. Based on these conclusions,

the maximum feasible average fuel

economy level for QAG is 22.0 mpg for

MY 2000 and 22.0 mpg for MY 2001.

NHTSA has determined that other

Federal motor vehicle standards will not

affect achievable fuel economy beyond

the extent considered in the proposed

decision and that the national effort to

conserve energy will not be affected by

granting this exemption. NHTSA hereby

exempts QAG from the generally

applicable passenger automobile

average fuel economy standard for the

2000 and 2001 model years and

establishes an alternative standard of

22.0 for MYs 2000 and 2001 for QAG.

Regulatory Impact Analyses

NHTSA has analyzed this decision

and determined that neither Executive

Order 12866 nor the Department of

Transportation’s regulatory policies and

procedures apply. Under Executive

Order 12866, the decision would not

establish a ‘‘rule,’’ which is defined in

the Executive Order as ‘‘an agency

statement of general applicability and

future effect.’’ The decision is not

generally applicable, since it would

apply only to the Qvale Automotive

Group Srl., as discussed in this notice.

Under DOT regulatory policies and

procedures, the decision is not a

‘‘significant regulation.’’ If the Executive

Order and the Departmental policies

and procedures were applicable, the

agency would have determined that this

decision is neither major nor significant.

The principal impact of this decision is

that the exempted company will not be

required to pay civil penalties if its

maximum feasible average fuel economy

were achieved, and purchasers of those

vehicles would not have to bear the

burden of those civil penalties in the

form of higher prices. Since this

decision sets an alternative standard at

the level determined to be the maximum

feasible levels for QAG for MYs 2000

and 2001, no fuel would be saved by

establishing a higher alternative

standard. NHTSA finds in the Section

on ‘‘The Need of the United States to

Conserve Energy’’ that because of the

small size of the QAG fleet, that

incremental usage of gasoline by QAG’s

customers would not affect the United

States’s need to conserve gasoline.

There are not any impacts for the public

at large.

The agency has also considered the

environmental implications of this

decision in accordance with the

Environmental Policy Act and

determined that it does not significantly

affect the human environment.

Regardless of the fuel economy of the

exempted vehicles, they must pass the

emissions standards which measure the

amount of emissions per mile traveled.

Thus, the quality of the air is not

affected by the alternative standards.

Further, since the exempted passenger

automobiles cannot achieve better fuel

economy than is proposed herein, the

decision does not affect the amount of

fuel used.

Since the Regulatory Flexibility Act

may apply to a decision exempting a

manufacturer from a generally

applicable standard, I certify that this

decision will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. This decision

does not impose any burdens on QAG.

It relieves the company from having to

pay civil penalties for noncompliance

with the generally applicable standard

for MYs 2000 and 2001. Since the price

of 2000 and 2001 QAG automobiles will

not be affected by this decision, the

purchasers will not be affected.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 531

Energy conservation, Gasoline,

Imports, Motor vehicles.

In consideration of the foregoing, 49

CFR part 531 is amended to read as

follows:

Part 531—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 531

is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 32902, delegation of

authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

2. In § 531.5, the introductory text of

paragraph (b) is republished for the

convenience of the reader and

paragraph (b)(14) is added to read as

follows:

§ 531.5 Fuel economy standards.

* * * * *

(b) The following manufacturers shall

comply with the standards indicated

below for the specified model years:

* * * * *

(14) QVALE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP SRL

Model year

Average

fuel economy standard (miles

per gallon)

2000 .......................................... 22.0

2001 .......................................... 22.0

Issued on: September 12, 2000.

Stephen R. Kratzke,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

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Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 000623193-0193-01; I.D.

111899B, 060800D]

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands; Final 2000 Harvest

Specifications for Groundfish;

Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Final 2000 harvest

specifications; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects table

3 of the allocations of the pollock total

allowable catch and directed fishing

allowance to the inshore, catcher/

processor, mothership, and community

development quota components and

table 7 of the final 2000 prohibited

species catch (PSC) allowances

specified for trawl groundfish fisheries

of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

(BSAI).

DATES: Correction to table 3 is effective

February 15, 2000, through 2400 hrs

A.l.t. December 31, 2000, and correction

to table 7 is effective June 15, 2000,

through 2400 hrs A.l.t. December 31,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew N. Smoker, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

document contains corrections to the

final 2000 PSC allowances specified for

trawl groundfish fisheries of the BSAI..

The Final 2000 Harvest Specifications

for Groundfish (65 FR 8282, February

18, 2000) as amended (65 FR 42302, July

10, 2000; 65 FR 56502, September 10,

2000) established PSC allowances under

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regulations implementing Amendment

57 to the Fishery Management Plan for

the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering

Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FR 65

31105, May 16, 2000). The 2000 Pacific

halibut and crab PSC limits for the BSAI

trawl fisheries were reduced to the

following amounts: Pacific halibut,

3,675 mt; Zone 1 red king crab, 97,000

animals; Chionoecetes(C.) opilio,

4,350,000 animals; C. bairdi Zone

1,830,000; and C. bairdi Zone 2,

2,520,000 animals.

Correction

1. In the Final 2000 Harvest

Specifications for Groundfish, Fisheries

of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off

Alaska; published on February 18, 2000

(65 FR 8282), FR Doc. 00-3912,

mathematical errors were made in table

3.

Table 3 is corrected to read as follows:

Table 3 to Part 679—[Corrected]

In the second column, under the

heading, ‘‘2000 DFA’’, the eighth entry

‘‘1,848’’ that corresponds with

‘‘Restricted C/P cap5’’, is corrected to

read ‘‘1,948’’. In the sixth column,

under the heading ‘‘C/D DFA’’, the

seventh entry ‘‘1,069’’ is corrected to

read ‘‘1,169’’.

2. In the document, 2000 harvest

specifications; technical amendment,

published on July 10, 2000 (65 FR

42302), FR Doc. 00-17269, on page

42303, an incorrect entry was made in

Table 7. Table 7 is corrected to read as

follows:

Table 7 to Part 679—[Corrected]

In the third column, under the

heading, ‘‘Herring (mt) BSAI’’,’’ the

fourth entry, ‘‘22,665’’ that corresponds

with ‘‘RKC Savings subarea3’’ is

corrected to read ‘‘...............’’ and in the

fourth column, under the heading ‘‘Red

King Crab (animals) Zone 1’’ in the

second blank entry, that corresponds

with ‘‘RKC savings subarea3’’ is

corrected to read ‘‘22,665’’.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

William T. Hogarth,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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