Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 10969

and becomes effective on March 8, 2001.

Written comments on the interim final

rule must be submitted on or before

March 8, 2001. The interim final rule

may be changed in light of the

comments received.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Blane A. Workie, Office of the General

Counsel, C–50, (202) 366–4723,

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

interim final rule amending 49 CFR part

37, erroneously asks whether the

Department should ‘‘propose requiring

acquisition of accessible buses in some

situations where on-call service is not

permitted’’? Instead, the question

should have been whether the

Department should ‘‘propose requiring

acquisition of accessible buses in some

situations where on-call service is now

permitted’’? This correction notice is to

rectify this typographical mistake.

Issued in Washington, DC, this 9th day of

February, 2001 under authority delegated to

me by 49 CFR 1.57(l).

Rosalind A. Knapp,

Acting General Counsel.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 010112013-1013-01; I.D.

021301C]

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical

Area 630 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 pollock in Statistical Area

630 outside the Shelikof Strait

conservation area in the Gulf of Alaska

(GOA). This action is necessary to

prevent exceeding the A season

allowance of the pollock total allowable

catch (TAC) for Statistical Area 630

outside the Shelikof Strait conservation

area.

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local

time (A.l.t.), February 14, 2001, until

1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 15, 2001.

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.

The A season allowance of the

pollock TAC in Statistical Area 630

outside the Shelikof Strait conservation

area is 5,474 metric tons (mt) as

established by the Final 2001 Harvest

Specifications and Associated

Management Measures for the

Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska (66 FR

7276, January 22, 2001).

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i),

the Administrator, Alaska Region,

NMFS (Regional Administrator), has

determined that the A season allowance

of the pollock TAC in Statistical Area

630 outside the Shelikof Strait

conservation area will soon be reached.

Therefore, the Regional Administrator is

establishing a directed fishing

allowance of 4,874 mt, and is setting

aside the remaining 600 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 pollock in Statistical

Area 630 outside the Shelikof Strait

conservation area in the GOA.

Maximum retainable bycatch amounts

may be found in the regulations at §

679.20(e) and (f).

Classification

This action responds to the best

available information recently obtained

from the fishery. The Assistant

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA,

finds that the need to immediately

implement this action to prevent

exceeding the amount of the 2001 A

season pollock TAC specified for

Statistical Area 630 outside the Shelikof

Strait conservation area in the GOA

constitutes 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) and 50 CFR

679.20(b)(3)(iii)(A), as such procedures

would be unnecessary and contrary to

the public interest. Similarly, the need

to implement these measures in a timely

fashion to prevent exceeding the 2001 A

season pollock TAC specified for

Statistical Area 630 outside the Shelikof

Strait conservation area constitutes good

cause to find that the effective date of

this action cannot be delayed for 30

days. Accordingly, under 5 U.S.C.

553(d), a delay in the effective date is

hereby waived.

This action is required by 50 CFR

679.20 and is exempt from review under

Executive Order 12866.

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

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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