Ocean and coastal resource management: Marine sanctuaries— Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, CA; correction,

[Federal Register: August 2, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 148)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 42316-42317]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr02au07-16]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

15 CFR Part 922

[Docket No. 0612242956-7411-02]

RIN 0648-AT18

Establishment of Marine Reserves and a Marine Conservation Area Within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary; Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: NOAA published a final rule on May 24, 2007 that established marine reserves and a marine conservation area in the Channel Islands Natioal Marine Sanctuary. That document contained a few clerical and printing errors. This document corrects and clarifies those three errors.

DATES: Pursuant to section 304(b) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the final rule published on May 24, 2007 and the revised terms of designation shall take effect and become final after the close of a review period of 45 days of continuous session of Congress, that began on May 24, 2007. This correction only makes three non-substantive corrections and clarifications to that rule and does not change the calculation of the effective date. Announcement of the effective date of the final rule will be published in the Federal Register at a later date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Hastings, (805) 884-1472; e-mail: Sean.Hastings@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA published a document in the Federal Register on May 24, 2007 (72 FR 29208) establishing marine reserves and a marine conservation area in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. There was a printing error that requires clarification and two clerical errors that are being corrected by this document as described below.

Clarification of Changes to the Designation Document

The printing error affected the way in which the changes to the original designation document were portrayed to the reader. They did not, however, affect the substance of the actual revision. The following clarifies for the reader the changes that were made to the designation document by the May 24, 2007 Federal Register notice. In this notice, certain conventions have been used to highlight the revisions that were made via the preamble to the May 24, 2007 rule. New language is shown inside boldfaced arrows while language that was deleted is set off with bold-faced brackets:

Beginning of Revised Designation Document

Preamble

Under the authority of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92-532, (the Act) the waters surrounding the northern Channel Islands and Santa Barbara Island are hereby designated a Marine Sanctuary for the purposes of preserving and protecting this unique and fragile ecological community.

Article 1. Effect of Designation

Within the area designated as the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (the Sanctuary), described in Article 2, the Act authorizes the promulgation of such regulations as are reasonable and necessary to protect the values of the Sanctuary. Article 4 of this Designation lists those activities which may require regulation, but the listing of any activity does not by itself prohibit or restrict it. Restrictions or prohibitions may be accomplished only through regulation, and additional activities may be regulated only by amending Article 4.

Article 2. Description of the Area

The Sanctuary consists of an area of the waters off the coast of California, of approximately [1252.5] >1,128(nmi)approximately 6

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nmitravelingg. Within a marine reserve, marine park, or marine conservation area, harvesting, removing, taking, injuring, destroying, possessing, collecting, moving, or causing the loss of any Sanctuary resource, including living or dead organisms or historical resources, or attempting any of these activities

h. Within a marine reserve, marine park, or marine conservation area, possessing fishing gear, except within portions of the Sanctuary designated as marine reserves, marine parks, or marine conservation areas established pursuant to the goals and objectives of the Sanctuary and within the scope of the State of California's Final Environmental Document ``Marine Protected Areas in NOAA's Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary'' (California Department of Fish and Game, October 2002), certified by the California Fish and Game Commission