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as defined by 40 CFR part 75, that CEMS
data shall be treated as missing data,
and not used to calculate the emission
average. Each required CEMS must
obtain valid data for at least 90 percent
of the unit operating hours, on an
annual basis.
(B) The owner/operator of each unit
shall comply with the quality assurance
procedures for CEMS found in 40 CFR
part 75. In addition to these 40 CFR part
75 requirements, relative accuracy test
audits shall be calculated for both the
NOX and SO2 pounds per hour
measurement and the heat input
measurement. The CEMS monitoring
data shall not be bias adjusted. The inlet
SO2 and diluent monitors required by
this rule shall also meet the Quality
Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC)
requirements of 40 CFR part 75. The
testing and evaluation of the inlet
monitors and the calculations of relative
accuracy for lb/hr of NOX, SO2 and heat
input shall be performed each time the
40 CFR part 75 CEMS undergo relative
accuracy testing.
(ii) Compliance determinations for
NOX. (A) [Reserved]
(B) Coronado Generating Station.
Compliance with the NOX emission
limits for Coronado Unit 1 and
Coronado Unit 2 in paragraph (f)(3)(i) of
this section shall be determined on a
rolling 30 boiler-operating-day basis.
The 30-boiler-operating-day rolling NOX
emission rate for each unit shall be
calculated in accordance with the
following procedure: Step one, sum the
total pounds of NOX emitted from the
unit during the current boiler operating
day and the previous twenty-nine (29)
boiler operating days; Step two, sum the
total heat input to the unit in MMBtu
during the current boiler operating day
and the previous twenty-nine (29) boiler
operating days; Step three, divide the
total number of pounds of NOX emitted
from that unit during the thirty (30)
boiler operating days by the total heat
input to the unit during the thirty (30)
boiler operating days. A new 30-boileroperating-day rolling average NOX
emission rate shall be calculated for
each new boiler operating day. Each 30boiler-operating-day average NOX
emission rate shall include all emissions
that occur during all periods within any
boiler operating day, including
emissions from startup, shutdown, and
malfunction.
(C) If a valid NOX pounds per hour or
heat input is not available for any hour
for a unit, that heat input and NOX
pounds per hour shall not be used in the
calculation of the 30-day rolling
average.
(iii) Compliance determinations for
SO2. (A) The 30-day rolling average SO2
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emission rate for each coal-fired unit
shall be calculated in accordance with
the following procedure: Step one, sum
the total pounds of SO2 emitted from the
unit during the current boiler-operating
day and the previous twenty-nine (29)
boiler- operating days; step two, sum the
total heat input to the unit in MMBtu
during the current boiler- operating day
and the previous twenty-nine (29)
boiler-operating day; and step three,
divide the total number of pounds of
SO2 emitted during the thirty (30)
boiler-operating days by the total heat
input during the thirty (30) boileroperating days. A new 30-day rolling
average SO2 emission rate shall be
calculated for each new boiler-operating
day. Each 30-day rolling average SO2
emission rate shall include all emissions
and all heat input that occur during all
periods within any boiler-operating day,
including emissions from startup,
shutdown, and malfunction.
(B) [Reserved]
(C) If a valid SO2 pounds per hour at
the outlet of the FGD system or heat
input is not available for any hour for
a unit, that heat input and SO2 pounds
per hour shall not be used in the
calculation of the 30-day rolling
average.
(D) If both a valid inlet and outlet SO2
lb/MMBtu and an outlet value of lb/hr
of SO2 are not available for any hour,
that hour shall not be included in the
efficiency calculation.
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(10) Equipment operations. (i)
[Reserved]
(ii) Coronado Generating Station. At
all times, including periods of startup,
shutdown, and malfunction, the owner
or operator of Coronado Generating
Station Unit 1 and Unit 2 shall, to the
extent practicable, maintain and operate
each unit in a manner consistent with
good air pollution control practices for
minimizing emissions. The owner or
operator shall continuously operate
pollution control equipment at all times
the unit it serves is in operation, and
operate pollution control equipment in
a manner consistent with technological
limitations, manufacturer’s
specifications, and good engineering
and good air pollution control practices
for minimizing emissions.
Determination of whether acceptable
operating and maintenance procedures
are being used will be based on
information available to the Regional
Administrator which may include, but
is not limited to, monitoring results,
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procedures, and inspection of each unit.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 151211999–6343–02]
RIN 0648–XF313
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Northeast Multispecies
Fishery; Trip Limit Increase for the
Small Vessel Category of the Common
Pool Fishery
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason
adjustment.
AGENCY:
This action increases the Gulf
of Maine (GOM) cod trip limit for
Northeast multispecies common pool
small vessel category vessels for the
remainder of the 2016 fishing year. This
increase corrects a previous action that
did not raise the small vessel category
trip limit. Increasing the possession and
trip limits is intended to provide the
common pool fishery with additional
fishing opportunities through the end of
the fishing year.
DATES: The trip limit increase is
effective March 22, 2017, through April
30, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Spencer Talmage, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations at § 648.86(o) authorize the
Regional Administrator to adjust the
possession and trip limits for common
pool vessels in order to help prevent the
overharvest or underharvest of the
common pool quotas.
On March 16, 2017, the common pool
Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod and haddock
trip limits were increased (82 FR 14478,
March 21, 2017). In this action, we
incorrectly stated that the small vessel
category trip limit of GOM cod was
unchanged. However, this trip limit
should have increased from 25 lb (11.34
kg) per trip to 100 lb (45.36 kg) per trip.
To correct this error and allow the
common pool fishery to catch more of
its quota for GOM cod, effective March
22, 2017, the trip limit of GOM cod for
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the small vessel category is increased to
100 lb (45.36 kg) per trip. Vessels in the
small vessel category are still held to the
combined 300-lb (136.1 kg) trip limit for
cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder.
Common pool groundfish vessels that
have declared their trip through the
vessel monitoring system (VMS) or
interactive voice response system, and
crossed the VMS demarcation line prior
to March 22, 2017, may land the new
trip limit for that trip.
Weekly quota monitoring reports for
the common pool fishery can be found
on our Web site at: https://
www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/
ro/fso/MultiMonReports.htm. We will
continue to monitor common pool catch
through vessel trip reports, dealerreported landings, VMS catch reports,
and other available information and, if
necessary, we will make additional
adjustments to common pool
management measures.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part
648 and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, NOAA, finds good cause
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive prior notice
and the opportunity for public comment
and the 30-day delayed effectiveness
period because it would be
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest.
The regulations at § 648.86(o)
authorize the Regional Administrator to
adjust the Northeast multispecies
possession and trip limits for common
pool vessels in order to help prevent the
overharvest or underharvest of the
pertinent common pool quotas. The
error in a recent inseason action to
increase the GOM cod and haddock trip
limits was only recently discovered. As
a result, the time necessary to provide
for prior notice and comment, and a 30day delay in effectiveness, would
prevent NMFS from implementing the
necessary trip limit correction in a
timely manner, which could prevent the
fishery from achieving the OY, and
cause negative economic impacts to the
common pool fishery.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 22, 2017.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
RIN 0648–BG46
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery;
Framework Adjustment 28
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
NMFS approves and
implements through regulations the
measures included in Framework
Adjustment 28 to the Atlantic Sea
Scallop Fishery Management Plan,
which the New England Fishery
Management Council adopted and
submitted to NMFS for approval. The
purpose of Framework 28 is to prevent
overfishing, improve yield-per-recruit,
and improve the overall management of
the Atlantic sea scallop fishery.
Framework 28: Sets specifications for
the scallop fishery for fishing year 2017;
revises the way we allocate catch to the
limited access general category
individual fishing quota fleet to reflect
the spatial management of the scallop
fishery; and implements a 50-bushel
shell stock possession limit for limited
access vessels inshore of the days-at-sea
demarcation line north of 42° 20′ N. lat.
DATES: Effective March 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The Council developed an
environmental assessment (EA) for this
action that describes the action and
other considered alternatives and
provides a thorough analysis of the
impacts of these measures. Copies of the
Framework, the EA, and the Initial
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA),
are available upon request from Thomas
A. Nies, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council,
50 Water Street, Newburyport, MA
01950. The EA/IRFA is also accessible
via the Internet at: https://
www.nefmc.org/scallops/.
Copies of the small entity compliance
guide are available from John K.
Bullard, Regional Administrator, NMFS,
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries
Office, 55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930–2298, or
available on the internet at: https://
www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/
sustainable/species/scallop/.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Travis Ford, Fishery Policy Analyst,
978–281–9233.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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The Council adopted Framework 28
on November 17, 2016, and submitted a
draft of the framework to NMFS on
December 21, 2016, that presented
Council recommended measures,
rationale, impacts for review, and a draft
EA. NMFS published a proposed rule,
including a reference on how to obtain
the framework and the draft final EA,
for approving and implementing
Framework 28 on January 19, 2017 (82
FR 6472). The proposed rule included a
15-day public comment period that
closed on February 7, 2017. The Council
submitted a final EA to NMFS on March
10, 2017, for approval. This annual
action includes catch, effort, and quota
allocations and adjustments to the
rotational area management program for
fishing year 2017. Framework 28
specifies measures for fishing year 2017,
and includes fishing year 2018 measures
that will go into place as a default
should the next specifications-setting
framework be delayed beyond the start
of fishing year 2018. NMFS has
approved all of the measures
recommended by the Council and
described below. The MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act) permits NMFS to approve, partially
approve, or disapprove measures
proposed by the Council based only on
whether the measures are consistent
with the fishery management plan, the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and its National
Standards, and other applicable law. We
must defer to the Council’s policy
choices unless there is a clear
inconsistency with the law or the FMP.
Details concerning the development of
these measures were contained in the
preamble of the proposed rule and are
not repeated here.
Specification of Scallop Overfishing
Limit (OFL), Acceptable Biological
Catch (ABC), Annual Catch Limits
(ACLs), Annual Catch Targets (ACTs),
Annual Projected Landings (APLs) and
Set-Asides for the 2017 Fishing Year
and Default Specifications for Fishing
Year 2018
Table 1 outlines the scallop fishery
catch limits derived from the ABC
values and the projected landings of the
fleet.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 151211999-6343-02]
RIN 0648-XF313
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast
Multispecies Fishery; Trip Limit Increase for the Small Vessel Category
of the Common Pool Fishery
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason adjustment.
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SUMMARY: This action increases the Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod trip limit
for Northeast multispecies common pool small vessel category vessels
for the remainder of the 2016 fishing year. This increase corrects a
previous action that did not raise the small vessel category trip
limit. Increasing the possession and trip limits is intended to provide
the common pool fishery with additional fishing opportunities through
the end of the fishing year.
DATES: The trip limit increase is effective March 22, 2017, through
April 30, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Spencer Talmage, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978-281-9232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations at Sec. 648.86(o) authorize
the Regional Administrator to adjust the possession and trip limits for
common pool vessels in order to help prevent the overharvest or
underharvest of the common pool quotas.
On March 16, 2017, the common pool Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod and
haddock trip limits were increased (82 FR 14478, March 21, 2017). In
this action, we incorrectly stated that the small vessel category trip
limit of GOM cod was unchanged. However, this trip limit should have
increased from 25 lb (11.34 kg) per trip to 100 lb (45.36 kg) per trip.
To correct this error and allow the common pool fishery to catch more
of its quota for GOM cod, effective March 22, 2017, the trip limit of
GOM cod for
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the small vessel category is increased to 100 lb (45.36 kg) per trip.
Vessels in the small vessel category are still held to the combined
300-lb (136.1 kg) trip limit for cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder.
Common pool groundfish vessels that have declared their trip through
the vessel monitoring system (VMS) or interactive voice response
system, and crossed the VMS demarcation line prior to March 22, 2017,
may land the new trip limit for that trip.
Weekly quota monitoring reports for the common pool fishery can be
found on our Web site at: https://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/ro/fso/MultiMonReports.htm. We
will continue to monitor common pool catch through vessel trip reports,
dealer-reported landings, VMS catch reports, and other available
information and, if necessary, we will make additional adjustments to
common pool management measures.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, finds good cause
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive prior
notice and the opportunity for public comment and the 30-day delayed
effectiveness period because it would be impracticable and contrary to
the public interest.
The regulations at Sec. 648.86(o) authorize the Regional
Administrator to adjust the Northeast multispecies possession and trip
limits for common pool vessels in order to help prevent the overharvest
or underharvest of the pertinent common pool quotas. The error in a
recent inseason action to increase the GOM cod and haddock trip limits
was only recently discovered. As a result, the time necessary to
provide for prior notice and comment, and a 30-day delay in
effectiveness, would prevent NMFS from implementing the necessary trip
limit correction in a timely manner, which could prevent the fishery
from achieving the OY, and cause negative economic impacts to the
common pool fishery.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 22, 2017.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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