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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Poyer (410) 786–2261.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In FR Doc. 2018–08705 of May 7,
2018 (83 FR 20164) there were a number
of technical and typographical errors
that are identified and corrected by the
Correction of Errors section of this
correcting document.
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II. Summary of Errors in the Preamble
On page 20165, in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section, we
inadvertently omitted the contact for the
Medicaid Promoting Interoperability
Program.
On pages 20384, 20385, and 20401,
we made errors that describe the notice
announcing the extension of changes to
the payment adjustment for low-volume
hospitals and the Medicare-dependent
hospital (MDH) program for fiscal year
(FY) 2018 (CMS–1677–N) as appearing
in the May 7, 2018 issue of the Federal
Register in which the proposed rule
appeared. This notice appeared in the
April 26, 2018 issue of the Federal
Register (83 FR 18301).
On pages 20483, 20484, and 20492, in
our discussion of the Hospital Inpatient
Quality Reporting (IQR) Program, we
made technical and typographical errors
in two website links and in referencing
the payment determination year
corresponding with the CY 2020
reporting period.
On page 20533, in our discussion of
the proposed new measure for the
Promoting Interoperability Programs,
Support Electronic Referral Loops by
Receiving and Incorporating Health
Information, we made a technical error
in our citation to the CEHRT capabilities
and standards that eligible hospitals and
CAHs must use. We erroneously cited
45 CFR 170.315(g)(1) and (2) instead of
45 CFR 170.315(b)(1) and (2).
On page 20557, in our discussion of
the information collection requirements
for the Hospital IQR Program, we made
a technical error by referring to an
outdated name of a form in our
description of burden estimates for
proposed removal of two structural
measures.
On page 20563, in our discussion of
the information collection burden
estimates for the Promoting
Interoperability Programs, we made a
technical error by incorrectly referring
to Title 45 instead of Title 42 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) when
describing proposed amendments to the
prior approval policy applicable in the
Medicaid Promoting Interoperability
Program.
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III. Correction of Errors in the Preamble
In FR Doc. 2018–08705 of May 7,
2018 (83 FR 20164), we are making the
following corrections:
1. On page 20165, first column, after
the second full paragraph, the text is
corrected by adding the following:
‘‘David Koppel, (214) 767–4403,
Medicaid Promoting Interoperability
Program Related Issues.’’
2. On page 20384, lower half of the
page—
a. Second column, last paragraph,
lines 27 and 28, the phrase ‘‘elsewhere
in this issue of the Federal Register’’ is
corrected to read ‘‘in a separate issue of
the Federal Register’’.
b. Third column, last paragraph, lines
11 and 12, the phrase ‘‘elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register’’ is
corrected to read ‘‘in a separate issue of
the Federal Register’’.
3. On page 20385, first partial
paragraph, lines 5 and 6, the phrase
‘‘elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register’’ is corrected to read ‘‘in a
separate issue of the Federal Register’’.
4. On page 20401, third column,
second full paragraph, lines 15 and 16,
the phrase ‘‘elsewhere in this issue of
the Federal Register’’ is corrected to
read ‘‘in a separate issue of the Federal
Register’’.
5. On page 20483, first column,
second footnoted paragraph (footnote
286), lines 1 through 4, the URL ‘‘https://
www.strokassociation.org/
STROKEORG/AboutStroke/Impact-ofStroke-Stroke-statistics_UCM_310728_
Article.jsp#.WtDzy42Wzg9.’’ is corrected
to read ‘‘https://
www.strokeassociation.org/
STROKEORG/AboutStroke/Impact-ofStroke-Stroke-statistics_UCM_310728_
Article.jsp#.WtDzy42Wzg9.’’.
6. On page 20484, top half of the page,
first column, second partial paragraph,
line 11, the phrase ‘‘CY 2020 reporting
period/FY 2021 payment
determination’’ is corrected to read ‘‘CY
2020 reporting period/FY 2022 payment
determination’’.
7. On page 20492, lower third of the
page, third column, first partial
paragraph, the URL ‘‘https://cms.gov/
Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-PatientAssessment-Instruments/Hospital
QualityInits/MeasureMethodology.html.’’ is corrected to read
‘‘https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/
Quality-Initiatives-Patient-AssessmentInstruments/MMS/PC-Updates-onPrevious-Comment-Periods.html’’.
8. On page 20533, second column,
third full paragraph, lines 5 and 6, the
citation ‘‘45 CFR 170.315(g)(1) and
(g)(2)’’ is corrected to read ‘‘45 CFR
170.315(b)(1) and (b)(2).’’
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9. On page 20557, first column, first
full paragraph, lines 30 and 31, the
phrase ‘‘Extraordinary Circumstances
Extension/Exemption Request Form’’ is
corrected to read ‘‘Extraordinary
Circumstances Exceptions Request
Form’’.
10. On page 20563, third column, first
paragraph, lines 3 and 4, the CFR
citation ‘‘45 CFR 495.324(b)(2) and
495.324(b)(3)’’ is corrected to read ‘‘42
CFR 495.324(b)(2) and 495.324(b)(3).’’
Dated: June 14, 2018.
Ann C. Agnew,
Executive Secretary to the Department,
Department of Health and Human Services.
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50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 170630613–8489–01]
RIN 0648–BH02
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Yellowfin Sole
Management in the Groundfish
Fisheries of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands; Correction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; request for
comments; correction.
AGENCY:
NMFS is correcting a
proposed rule that published on June 6,
2018, that would limit access to the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI)
Trawl Limited Access Sector (TLAS)
yellowfin sole directed fishery by
vessels that deliver their catch of
yellowfin sole to motherships for
processing. Two paragraphs in the
preamble and two tables in the
proposed regulatory text contained
errors.
SUMMARY:
Comments on the proposed rule
must be submitted on or before July 6,
2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this document, identified by FDMS
Docket Number NOAA–NMFS–2017–
0083, by any of the following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20170083, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
DATES:
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complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Glenn Merrill, Assistant Regional
Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries
Division, Alaska Region NMFS, Attn:
Ellen Sebastian. Mail comments to P.O.
Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous).
Electronic copies of Amendment 116
and the draft Environmental
Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review
prepared for this action (collectively the
‘‘Analysis’’) may be obtained from
www.regulations.gov. Electronic copies
of Amendments 80 and 39 to the BSAI
FMP, and the Environmental
Assessments/Regulatory Impact
Reviews prepared for those actions also
may be obtained from
www.regulations.gov.
Written comments regarding the
burden-hour estimates or other aspects
of the collection-of-information
requirements contained in this rule may
be submitted by mail to NMFS at the
above address; and by email to OIRA_
Submission@omb.eop.gov or by fax to
(202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bridget Mansfield, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
published a proposed rule to implement
Amendment 116 to the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (BSAI FMP) on June
6, 2018 (83 FR 26237). If approved,
Amendment 116 would limit access to
the BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed
fishery by vessels that deliver their
catch of yellowfin sole to motherships
for processing. This proposed rule
would (1) establish eligibility criteria
based on historical participation in the
BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed
fishery, (2) issue an endorsement to
those groundfish License Limitation
Program (LLP) licenses that meet the
eligibility criteria, and (3) authorize
delivery of BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole to
motherships by only those vessels
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designated on a groundfish LLP license
that is endorsed for the BSAI TLAS
yellowfin sole directed fishery. The
public comment period for the proposed
rule ends on July 6, 2018.
Need for Correction
Proposed Table 52 in the proposed
rule incorrectly identifies the
groundfish LLP licenses that would be
eligible to be credited with qualifying
landings and receive an endorsement
that allows catcher vessels to deliver
BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole to a
mothership. Proposed Table 53
incorrectly identifies the groundfish
LLP licenses that would be eligible for,
but would not be credited with,
qualifying landings and thus would not
receive a BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole
catcher vessel directed fishery
endorsement to deliver to a mothership
until notification from the vessel owner
is received by NMFS. Two paragraphs
in the preamble to the proposed rule
that describe these eligible groundfish
LLP licenses incorrectly identified the
number of groundfish LLP licenses that
would be eligible to be credited with
qualifying landings and receive a BSAI
TLAS yellowfin sole catcher vessel
directed fishery endorsement. These
corrections are necessary because the
proposed rule, if approved as published,
would result in a total of seven
groundfish LLP licenses that would
receive a BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole
directed fishery endorsement. However,
NMFS has determined that a total of
eight groundfish LLP licenses would
receive a BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole
directed fishery endorsement.
Based on the information provided in
the analysis and the official record,
NMFS has determined that 10
groundfish LLP licenses would be
eligible to be credited with qualifying
landing(s) and receive a BSAI TLAS
yellowfin sole directed fishery
endorsement. Six of these groundfish
LLP licenses, rather than two as
published in the proposed rule on June
6, 2018, would be immediately eligible
to be credited with a qualifying landing
and receive the endorsement
(groundfish LLP licenses 3741, 3944,
2913, 1667, 3714, and 1820). Therefore,
under this proposed rule, those six
groundfish LLP licenses would be
credited with a qualifying landing and
receive a BSAI TLAS directed fishery
endorsement. The remaining four
eligible groundfish LLP licenses
(groundfish LLP licenses 3838, 2702,
3902, and 3826), rather than eight as
published in the proposed rule on June
6, 2018, were each one of two
groundfish LLP licenses designated on a
vessel that made qualifying landings
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during the qualifying period; therefore,
those four groundfish LLP licenses
would be eligible to be credited with a
qualifying landing and receive an
endorsement. For any of those four
groundfish LLP licenses to be credited
with a qualifying landing and receive an
endorsement, the vessel owner would
be required to select one groundfish LLP
license that NMFS is to credit with all
qualifying landings made by that vessel.
Up to two of those four groundfish LLP
licenses could be credited with a
qualifying landing and receive an
endorsement from NMFS. Therefore,
NMFS anticipates that a total of eight
groundfish LLP licenses could receive a
BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed
fishery endorsement under the proposed
rule, resulting in up to eight vessels that
could participate in the BSAI TLAS
yellowfin sole directed fishery and
deliver their catch to a mothership.
Correction
In the proposed rule, published on
June 6, 2018 (83 FR 26237), the
following corrections are made:
1. On page 26245, beginning in
column 2, the last paragraph is
corrected to read as follows:
Based on the information provided in
the Analysis and the official record,
NMFS has determined that ten
groundfish LLP licenses would be
eligible to be credited with qualifying
landing(s) and receive a BSAI TLAS
yellowfin sole directed fishery
endorsement. Six of these were the sole
groundfish LLP license designated on a
vessel in a given year during the
qualifying period, for those vessels that
made a qualifying landing. Therefore,
under this proposed rule, those six
groundfish LLP licenses would be
credited with a qualifying landing and
receive a BSAI TLAS directed fishery
endorsement. The remaining four
eligible groundfish LLP licenses were
each one of two groundfish LLP licenses
designated on a vessel that made
qualifying landings during the
qualifying period; therefore, those four
groundfish LLP licenses would be
eligible to be credited with a qualifying
landing and receive an endorsement.
For any of those four groundfish LLP
licenses to be credited with a qualifying
landing and receive an endorsement, the
vessel owner would be required to
select one groundfish LLP license that
NMFS is to credit with all qualifying
landings made by that vessel. Up to two
of those four groundfish LLP licenses
could be credited with a qualifying
landing and receive an endorsement
from NMFS. Therefore, NMFS
anticipates that a total of eight
groundfish LLP licenses could receive a
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BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed
fishery endorsement under the proposed
rule, resulting in up to eight vessels that
could participate in the BSAI TLAS
yellowfin sole directed fishery and
deliver their catch to a mothership.
2. On page 26246, beginning in
column 2, the last paragraph is
corrected to read as follows:
Based on the official record, NMFS
has identified ten groundfish LLP
licenses that would be eligible to be
credited with qualifying landings. Six of
these eligible groundfish LLP licenses
were the sole groundfish LLP license on
which a given vessel was designated at
the time the vessel made qualifying
landings of BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole.
Therefore, NMFS would credit these six
groundfish LLP licenses with the
qualifying landings under this proposed
rule. NMFS proposes to list these six
groundfish LLP licenses in Table 52 to
part 679. The remaining four eligible
groundfish LLP licenses were not the
sole groundfish LLP license on which a
given vessel was designated at the time
the vessel made at least one trip target
in the BSAI TLAS fishery during the
qualifying period. Because this
proposed rule would require in such
cases that the vessel owner specify one
groundfish LLP license to receive credit
with the qualified landing(s) made by
that vessel, NMFS would not be able to
credit these groundfish LLP licenses
until NMFS receives notification from
the vessel owner which groundfish LLP
license should be credited with the
qualifying landing(s). NMFS proposes to
list in Table 53 to part 679 the four
groundfish LLP licenses that would be
eligible for, but would not be credited
with, qualifying landings until
notification from the vessel owner is
received by NMFS. The proposed
notification process is described in the
following section.
3. On page 26251, column 2, is
corrected to correctly identify the
groundfish LLP licenses that are eligible
to be assigned an endorsement for the
BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector
yellowfin sole fishery.
Table 52 is corrected and reprinted in
its entirety to read as follows:
TABLE 52 TO PART 679—GROUNDFISH LLP LICENSES ELIGIBLE FOR A BSAI TRAWL LIMITED ACCESS SECTOR
YELLOWFIN SOLE DIRECTED FISHERY ENDORSEMENT
[X indicates that Column A applies]
Column A
Column B
The Holder of Groundfish License No. ......................................................................................................................
Is eligible Under 50 CFR
679.4(k)(14)(ii) to be assigned
an Endorsement for the BSAI
Trawl Limited Access Sector
Yellowfin Sole Fishery
X
X
X
X
X
X
LLG
LLG
LLG
LLG
LLG
LLG
3944
2913
1667
3714
1820
3741
...................................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................................
...................................................................................................................................................................
4. On page 26251, column 3, is
corrected to correctly identify the
groundfish LLP licenses that require
qualified landings assignment to be
eligible for a BSAI Trawl Limited
Access Sector yellowfin sole directed
fishery endorsement.
Table 53 is corrected and reprinted in
its entirety to read as follows:
TABLE 53 TO PART 679—GROUNDFISH LLP LICENSES THAT REQUIRE QUALIFIED LANDINGS ASSIGNMENT TO BE ELIGIBLE
FOR A BSAT TRAWL LIMITED ACCESS SECTOR YELLOWFIN SOLE DIRECTED FISHERY ENDORSEMENT
[X indicates that Column A applies]
Column A
Column B
A single vessel was designated on the following pairs of groundfish LLP licenses during the qualifying period
identified in 50 CFR 679.4(k)(14)(ii)(A)(1) .............................................................................................................
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LLG 3838 and LLG 2702 ...........................................................................................................................................
LLG 3902 and LLG 3826 ...........................................................................................................................................
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 et
seq.; 3631 et seq.; Pub. L. 108–447; Pub. L.
111–281.
Dated: June 15, 2018.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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The owner of the vessel
designated on the pair of LLP
licenses in Column A must
notify NMFS which LLP
license from each pair in
Column A is to be credited
with qualifying landing(s) under
50 CFR 679.4(k)(14)(vi)(2).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 170630613-8489-01]
RIN 0648-BH02
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Yellowfin
Sole Management in the Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments; correction.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is correcting a proposed rule that published on June 6,
2018, that would limit access to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
(BSAI) Trawl Limited Access Sector (TLAS) yellowfin sole directed
fishery by vessels that deliver their catch of yellowfin sole to
motherships for processing. Two paragraphs in the preamble and two
tables in the proposed regulatory text contained errors.
DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be submitted on or before
July 6, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this document, identified by FDMS
Docket Number NOAA-NMFS-2017-0083, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2017-0083, click the
``Comment Now!'' icon,
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complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments.
Mail: Submit written comments to Glenn Merrill, Assistant
Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Alaska Region
NMFS, Attn: Ellen Sebastian. Mail comments to P.O. Box 21668, Juneau,
AK 99802-1668.
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered by NMFS. All comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on
www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address), confidential business information,
or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily by the sender
will be publicly accessible. NMFS will accept anonymous comments (enter
``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain anonymous).
Electronic copies of Amendment 116 and the draft Environmental
Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review prepared for this action
(collectively the ``Analysis'') may be obtained from
www.regulations.gov. Electronic copies of Amendments 80 and 39 to the
BSAI FMP, and the Environmental Assessments/Regulatory Impact Reviews
prepared for those actions also may be obtained from
www.regulations.gov.
Written comments regarding the burden-hour estimates or other
aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained in this
rule may be submitted by mail to NMFS at the above address; and by
email to [email protected] or by fax to (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bridget Mansfield, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS published a proposed rule to implement
Amendment 116 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP) on June 6,
2018 (83 FR 26237). If approved, Amendment 116 would limit access to
the BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed fishery by vessels that deliver
their catch of yellowfin sole to motherships for processing. This
proposed rule would (1) establish eligibility criteria based on
historical participation in the BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed
fishery, (2) issue an endorsement to those groundfish License
Limitation Program (LLP) licenses that meet the eligibility criteria,
and (3) authorize delivery of BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole to motherships
by only those vessels designated on a groundfish LLP license that is
endorsed for the BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed fishery. The public
comment period for the proposed rule ends on July 6, 2018.
Need for Correction
Proposed Table 52 in the proposed rule incorrectly identifies the
groundfish LLP licenses that would be eligible to be credited with
qualifying landings and receive an endorsement that allows catcher
vessels to deliver BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole to a mothership. Proposed
Table 53 incorrectly identifies the groundfish LLP licenses that would
be eligible for, but would not be credited with, qualifying landings
and thus would not receive a BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole catcher vessel
directed fishery endorsement to deliver to a mothership until
notification from the vessel owner is received by NMFS. Two paragraphs
in the preamble to the proposed rule that describe these eligible
groundfish LLP licenses incorrectly identified the number of groundfish
LLP licenses that would be eligible to be credited with qualifying
landings and receive a BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole catcher vessel directed
fishery endorsement. These corrections are necessary because the
proposed rule, if approved as published, would result in a total of
seven groundfish LLP licenses that would receive a BSAI TLAS yellowfin
sole directed fishery endorsement. However, NMFS has determined that a
total of eight groundfish LLP licenses would receive a BSAI TLAS
yellowfin sole directed fishery endorsement.
Based on the information provided in the analysis and the official
record, NMFS has determined that 10 groundfish LLP licenses would be
eligible to be credited with qualifying landing(s) and receive a BSAI
TLAS yellowfin sole directed fishery endorsement. Six of these
groundfish LLP licenses, rather than two as published in the proposed
rule on June 6, 2018, would be immediately eligible to be credited with
a qualifying landing and receive the endorsement (groundfish LLP
licenses 3741, 3944, 2913, 1667, 3714, and 1820). Therefore, under this
proposed rule, those six groundfish LLP licenses would be credited with
a qualifying landing and receive a BSAI TLAS directed fishery
endorsement. The remaining four eligible groundfish LLP licenses
(groundfish LLP licenses 3838, 2702, 3902, and 3826), rather than eight
as published in the proposed rule on June 6, 2018, were each one of two
groundfish LLP licenses designated on a vessel that made qualifying
landings during the qualifying period; therefore, those four groundfish
LLP licenses would be eligible to be credited with a qualifying landing
and receive an endorsement. For any of those four groundfish LLP
licenses to be credited with a qualifying landing and receive an
endorsement, the vessel owner would be required to select one
groundfish LLP license that NMFS is to credit with all qualifying
landings made by that vessel. Up to two of those four groundfish LLP
licenses could be credited with a qualifying landing and receive an
endorsement from NMFS. Therefore, NMFS anticipates that a total of
eight groundfish LLP licenses could receive a BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole
directed fishery endorsement under the proposed rule, resulting in up
to eight vessels that could participate in the BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole
directed fishery and deliver their catch to a mothership.
Correction
In the proposed rule, published on June 6, 2018 (83 FR 26237), the
following corrections are made:
1. On page 26245, beginning in column 2, the last paragraph is
corrected to read as follows:
Based on the information provided in the Analysis and the official
record, NMFS has determined that ten groundfish LLP licenses would be
eligible to be credited with qualifying landing(s) and receive a BSAI
TLAS yellowfin sole directed fishery endorsement. Six of these were the
sole groundfish LLP license designated on a vessel in a given year
during the qualifying period, for those vessels that made a qualifying
landing. Therefore, under this proposed rule, those six groundfish LLP
licenses would be credited with a qualifying landing and receive a BSAI
TLAS directed fishery endorsement. The remaining four eligible
groundfish LLP licenses were each one of two groundfish LLP licenses
designated on a vessel that made qualifying landings during the
qualifying period; therefore, those four groundfish LLP licenses would
be eligible to be credited with a qualifying landing and receive an
endorsement. For any of those four groundfish LLP licenses to be
credited with a qualifying landing and receive an endorsement, the
vessel owner would be required to select one groundfish LLP license
that NMFS is to credit with all qualifying landings made by that
vessel. Up to two of those four groundfish LLP licenses could be
credited with a qualifying landing and receive an endorsement from
NMFS. Therefore, NMFS anticipates that a total of eight groundfish LLP
licenses could receive a
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BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed fishery endorsement under the
proposed rule, resulting in up to eight vessels that could participate
in the BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed fishery and deliver their
catch to a mothership.
2. On page 26246, beginning in column 2, the last paragraph is
corrected to read as follows:
Based on the official record, NMFS has identified ten groundfish
LLP licenses that would be eligible to be credited with qualifying
landings. Six of these eligible groundfish LLP licenses were the sole
groundfish LLP license on which a given vessel was designated at the
time the vessel made qualifying landings of BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole.
Therefore, NMFS would credit these six groundfish LLP licenses with the
qualifying landings under this proposed rule. NMFS proposes to list
these six groundfish LLP licenses in Table 52 to part 679. The
remaining four eligible groundfish LLP licenses were not the sole
groundfish LLP license on which a given vessel was designated at the
time the vessel made at least one trip target in the BSAI TLAS fishery
during the qualifying period. Because this proposed rule would require
in such cases that the vessel owner specify one groundfish LLP license
to receive credit with the qualified landing(s) made by that vessel,
NMFS would not be able to credit these groundfish LLP licenses until
NMFS receives notification from the vessel owner which groundfish LLP
license should be credited with the qualifying landing(s). NMFS
proposes to list in Table 53 to part 679 the four groundfish LLP
licenses that would be eligible for, but would not be credited with,
qualifying landings until notification from the vessel owner is
received by NMFS. The proposed notification process is described in the
following section.
3. On page 26251, column 2, is corrected to correctly identify the
groundfish LLP licenses that are eligible to be assigned an endorsement
for the BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector yellowfin sole fishery.
Table 52 is corrected and reprinted in its entirety to read as
follows:
Table 52 to Part 679--Groundfish LLP Licenses Eligible for a BSAI Trawl
Limited Access Sector Yellowfin Sole Directed Fishery Endorsement
[X indicates that Column A applies]
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Column A Column B
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The Holder of Groundfish License No...... Is eligible Under 50 CFR
679.4(k)(14)(ii) to be
assigned an Endorsement for
the BSAI Trawl Limited Access
Sector Yellowfin Sole Fishery
LLG 3944................................. X
LLG 2913................................. X
LLG 1667................................. X
LLG 3714................................. X
LLG 1820................................. X
LLG 3741................................. X
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4. On page 26251, column 3, is corrected to correctly identify the
groundfish LLP licenses that require qualified landings assignment to
be eligible for a BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector yellowfin sole
directed fishery endorsement.
Table 53 is corrected and reprinted in its entirety to read as
follows:
Table 53 to Part 679--Groundfish LLP Licenses that Require Qualified
Landings Assignment To Be Eligible for a BSAT Trawl Limited Access
Sector Yellowfin Sole Directed Fishery Endorsement
[X indicates that Column A applies]
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Column A Column B
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A single vessel was designated on the The owner of the vessel
following pairs of groundfish LLP designated on the pair of LLP
licenses during the qualifying period licenses in Column A must
identified in 50 CFR notify NMFS which LLP license
679.4(k)(14)(ii)(A)(1).................. from each pair in Column A is
to be credited with
qualifying landing(s) under
50 CFR 679.4(k)(14)(vi)(2).
LLG 3838 and LLG 2702.................... X
LLG 3902 and LLG 3826.................... X
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 et seq.; 3631 et seq.;
Pub. L. 108-447; Pub. L. 111-281.
Dated: June 15, 2018.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-13249 Filed 6-19-18; 8:45 am]
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