Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 28 / Thursday, February 10, 2000 / Rules and Regulations 6561

(1) For agreements that provide credit

toward SDB subcontracting goals for costs

incurred under the Program, to the Director,

SADBU, OUSD (AT&L), and the Defense

Contract Management Command (DCMC)

administrative contracting officer.

(2) For agreements that provide for

reimbursement of costs incurred under the

Program, to the Director, SADBU, OUSD

(AT&L), the contracting officer, the DCMC

administrative contracting officer, the

program office, and the cognizant Director,

SADBU.

I–112 Agreement reviews.

The Defense Contract Management

Command will conduct annual performance

reviews of the progress and accomplishments

realized under approved mentor-protege

agreements. These reviews must verify data

provided on the semiannual reports and must

provide information as to—

(a) Whether all costs reimbursed to the

mentor firm under the agreement were

reasonably incurred to furnish assistance to

the protege firm in accordance with the

mentor-protege agreement and applicable

regulations and procedures;

(b) Whether the mentor firm and protege

firm accurately reported progress made by

the protege firm in employment, revenues,

and participation in DoD contracts during the

Program participation term and for 2 fiscal

years following the expiration of the

agreement; and

(c) The amount of reimbursement, if any,

that the mentor firm is eligible to receive in

the remaining Program participation term of

the agreement.

[FR Doc. 00–2946 Filed 2–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 000119015–0015–01; I.D.

010500A]

RIN 0648–AM32

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; Steller Sea Lion

Protection Measures for the Pollock

Fisheries Off Alaska; 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 emergency interim

rule to implement reasonable and

prudent alternatives to avoid the

likelihood that the pollock fisheries off

Alaska will jeopardize the continued

existence of the western population of

Steller sea lions or adversely modify

their critical habitat that was published

in the Federal Register on January 25,

2000.

DATES: Effective February 4, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent

Lind, 907–586–7650.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An

emergency interim rule was published

in the Federal Register on January 25,

2000 (65 FR 3892), implementing

reasonable and prudent alternatives to

avoid the likelihood that the pollock

fisheries off Alaska will jeopardize the

continued existence of the western

population of Steller sea lions or

adversely modify their critical habitat.

Correction

PART 679—[CORRECTED]

On page 3902, in Table 20 to 50 CFR

part 679, titled Steller Sea Lion

Protection Areas in the Aleutian Islands

Subarea:

In the entry for ‘‘Seguam Island’’, in

the fifth column of the table, remove the

Longitude ‘‘172 33.06 W’’, and add in its

place ‘‘172 33.60 W’’.

Dated: February 3, 2000.

Penelope D. Dalton,

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–3004 Filed 2–4–00; 4:46 pm]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 991223348–9348–01; I.D.

020700A]

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by

Vessels Catching Pacific Cod for

Processing by the Offshore

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: Closure.

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed

fishing for Pacific cod by vessels

catching Pacific cod for processing by

the offshore component in the Western

Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

(GOA). This action is necessary to

prevent exceeding the interim amount

of the Pacific cod total allowable catch

(TAC) apportioned to vessels catching

Pacific cod for processing by the

offshore component of the Western

Regulatory Area of the GOA.

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local

time (A.l.t.), February 7, 2000, until

2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew Smoker, 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.

In accordance with § 679.20(c)(2)(i),

the interim Pacific cod TAC

apportioned to vessels catching Pacific

cod for processing by the offshore

component in the Western Regulatory

Area was established as 473 metric tons

(mt), by the Interim 2000 Harvest

Specifications of Groundfish for the

GOA (65 FR 65, January 3, 2000).

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i),

the Administrator, Alaska Region,

NMFS (Regional Administrator), has

determined that the interim amount of

the Pacific cod TAC apportioned to

vessels catching Pacific cod for

processing by the offshore component of

the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA

will be reached. Therefore, the Regional

Administrator is establishing a directed

fishing allowance of 450 mt, and is

setting aside the remaining 23 mt as

bycatch to support other anticipated

groundfish fisheries. In accordance with

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional

Administrator finds that this directed

fishing allowance will soon be reached.

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting

directed fishing for Pacific cod by

vessels catching Pacific cod for

processing by the offshore component in

the Western Regulatory Area of the

GOA.

Maximum retainable bycatch amounts

may be found in the regulations at

§ 679.20(e) and (f).

Classification

This action responds to the interim

TAC limitations and other restrictions

on the fisheries established in the

interim 2000 harvest specifications for

groundfish in the GOA. It must be

implemented immediately to prevent

overharvesting the interim amount of

the Pacific cod TAC apportioned to

vessels catching Pacific cod for

processing by the offshore component in

the Western Regulatory Area of the