49616 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 164 / Friday, August 22, 2008 / Rules and Regulations 

TABLE 1—EPA APPROVED NORTH CAROLINA REGULATIONS—Continued 

State citation Title/subject State effective 

date 

EPA approval 

date Explanation 

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[FR Doc. E8–19192 Filed 8–21–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Part 522 

[GSAR Amendment 2008–01; GSAR Case 

2006–G505; (Change 22); Correction; 

Docket FAR–2008—0007; Sequence 1] 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation; Correction 

AGENCIES: General Services 

Administration (GSA), Office of the 

Chief Acquisition Officer. 

ACTION: Correction. 

SUMMARY: The General Services 

Administration (GSA) is issuing a 

correction to GSAR Amendment 2008–

01; GSAR Case 2006–G505; (Change 22), 

which was published in the Federal 

Register at 73 FR 46202, August 8, 2008. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 22, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), Room 

4041, GS Building, Washington, DC, 

20405, (202) 501–4755, for information 

pertaining to status or publication 

schedules. For clarification of content, 

contact Mr. Ernest Woodson, 

Procurement Analyst, at (202) 501–

3775. Please cite GSAR Amendment 

2008–01; GSAR Case 2006–G505; 

(Change 22); Correction. 

Correction 

In the final rule document appearing 

in the issue of August 8, 2008: 

1. On page 46202, second column, last 

paragraph under ‘‘Background,’’ remove 

‘‘deleted in its entirety because of its 

potential for conflict’’ and add ‘‘revised 

to ensure consistency’’ in its place. 

Dated: August 18, 2008. 

Laurieann Duarte, 

Acting Director, Regulatory Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. E8–19501 Filed 8–21–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–61–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 216 

[Docket No. 080310408–81008–02] 

RIN 0648–AW55 

Marine Mammals; Subsistence Taking 

of Northern Fur Seals; Harvest 

Estimates 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final estimates of annual fur 

seal subsistence needs. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the regulations 

governing the subsistence taking of 

northern fur seals, NMFS is publishing 

the annual fur seal subsistence harvests 

on St. George and St. Paul Islands (the 

Pribilof Islands) for 2005 to 2007, and 

the annual estimates for the fur seal 

subsistence needs for 2008 through 

2010. NMFS estimates the annual 

subsistence needs are 1,645–2,000 seals 

on St. Paul and 300–500 seals on St. 

George. 

DATES: Effective September 22, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Williams, (907) 271–5117, 

email Michael.Williams@noaa.gov; Kaja 

Brix, (907) 586–7824, email 

Kaja.Brix@noaa.gov; or Tom Eagle, (301) 

713–2322, ext. 105, email 

Tom.Eagle@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

A Final Environmental Impact 

Statement is available on the Internet at 

the following address: http:// 

www.fakr.noaa.gov/protectedresources/ 

seals/fur.htm. 

The subsistence harvest from the 

depleted stock of northern fur seals on 

the Pribilof Islands, AK, is governed by 

regulations found in 50 CFR part 216, 

subpart F, Taking for Subsistence 

Purposes. The regulations require NMFS 

to publish every 3 years a summary of 

the harvest in the preceding 3 years and 

a discussion of the number of fur seals 

expected to be taken over the next 3 

years to satisfy the subsistence 

requirements of residents of the Pribilof 

Islands (St. Paul and St. George). After 

a 30-day comment period, NMFS must 

publish a final notification of the 

expected annual harvest levels for the 

next 3 years. 

On June 3, 2008 (73 FR 31666), NMFS 

published the summary of the 2005–

2007 fur seal harvests and provided a 

30-day comment period on proposed 

estimates of subsistence needs for 2008–

2010. One comment letter was received 

on the proposed estimates. The letter 

identified one substantive point: The 

northern fur seal harvest is unnecessary. 

NMFS responds that the harvest of 

northern fur seals meets the dietary and 

cultural needs of the Pribilof Island 

Alaska Native residents (Pribilovians). 

The harvest is authorized by the Fur 

Seal Act and the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act and continues a tradition 

as reported in numerous government 

documents dating back to the late 1800s. 

NMFS estimates the annual subsistence 

needs are 1,645–2,000 juvenile male fur 

seals on St. Paul and 300–500 juvenile 

male fur seals on St. George. 

Background information related to these 

estimates was included in the proposed 

harvest estimates published in the 

Federal Register on June 3, 2008. 

Classification 

National Environmental Policy Act 

NMFS prepared an EIS evaluating the 

impacts on the human environment of 

the subsistence harvest on northern fur 

seals. The final EIS is available on the 

Internet (see Electronic Access). 

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This action has been determined to be 

not significant under Executive Order 

(E.O.) 12866. The Chief Counsel for 

Regulation, Department of Commerce, 

certified to the Chief Counsel for 

Advocacy of the Small Business 

Administration at the proposed rule 

stage that this action would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Because the harvest of northern fur seals 

on the Pribilof Islands, AK, is for 

subsistence purposes only, the estimate 

of subsistence need would not have an 

economic effect on any small entities. 


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