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 100 STAT. 3712

PUBLIC LAW 99-659—NOV. 14, 1986 "(1) to Federal employees and Council employees who are responsible for management plan development and monitoring; "(2) when required by court order.".


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SEC. 106. ACTION BY SECRETARY REGARDING FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS.

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, Section 304 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1854) is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended— (A) by striking out "(the date of receipt of which is ^,. hereafter in this section referred to as the 'receipt date')" in '^'^ paragraph (1); ^, (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of oi V, paragraph (1) as subparagraphs (B), (CJ), and (D), respec? tively; (C) by inserting immediately before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, of paragraph (1) the following new ' ^ ^ subparagraph: ^ '  "(A) immediately make a preliminary evaluation of the management plan or amendment for purposes of deciding if it is consistent with the national standards and sufficient in T scope and substance to warrant review under this subsecb tion and— "(i) if that decision is affirmative, implement subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) with respect to the plan or "'' amendment, or "(ii) if that decision is negative— . ' ' ... "(I) disapprove the plan or amendment, and "(II) notify the Council, in writing, of the disapproval and of those matters specified in subsec-,.ction (b)(2)(A), (B) and (C) as they relate to the plan or amendment;"; ,.. (, (D) by amending subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) of paragraph (1) by striking out "75-day" and inserting "60-

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(E) by amending subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated) of paragraph (1) by striking out "30th day" and inserting "15th day"; (F) by amending paragraph (2)— ,, (i) by striking out "(I)(A)" and inserting "(I)(B)"; and '1 ' " (ii) by striking out the period at the end of subpara'; graph (C) and inserting "and to fishery access adjust' ' ' ments referred to in section 303(a)(6)."; and (G) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(3)(A) The Secretary shall take action under this section on any fishery management plan or amendment to a plan which the Council characterizes as being a final plan or amendment. "(B) For purposes of this section, the term 'receipt date' means the 5th day after the day on which a Council transmits to the Secretary a fishery management plan, or an amendment to a plan, that it characterizes as a final plan or amendment." (2) Subsection (b) is amended— au (A) by amending paragraph (I)(A) to read as follows: ffi "(A) the Secretary does not notify the (Douncil in writing "(i) his disapproval under subsection (a)(l)(A)(ii), or

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