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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