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equipment. If a licensee has agreed that
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 050613158–5262–03; I.D.
090105A]
RIN 0648–AT48
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
Provisions; Fisheries of the
Northeastern United States; Extension
of Emergency Fishery Closure Due to
the Presence of the Toxin that Causes
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; emergency
action; extension of effective period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This action extends a
temporary final rule published on
October 18, 2005. The regulations
contained in the temporary rule,
emergency action, published on October
18, 2005, at the request of the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA), and
that were subsequently extended on
December 28, 2005, June 30, 2006, and
again on January 1, 2007, expire on July
1, 2007. This temporary rule extends a
closure of Federal waters through
December 31, 2007. The FDA has
determined that current oceanographic
conditions and alga sampling data
suggests that the northern section of the
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Temporary Paralytic Shellfish Poison
(PSP) Closure Area remain closed to the
harvest of bivalve molluscan shellfish
and that the southern area remain
closed to the harvest of whole or roe-on
scallops. NMFS is publishing the
regulatory text associated with this
closure in this temporary emergency
rule in order to ensure that current
regulations accurately reflect the
codified text that has been modified and
extended numerous times so that the
public is aware of the regulations being
extended through December 31, 2007.
DATES: The amendments to § 648.14 are
effective from July 1, 2007, through
December 31, 2007. The expiration date
of the temporary emergency action
published on January 4, 2007 (72 FR
291), is extended to December 31, 2007.
Comments must be received by July 27,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the small entity
compliance guide, the emergency rule,
the environmental assessment, and the
regulatory impact review prepared for
the October 18, 2005, reinstatement of
the September 9, 2005, emergency
action and subsequent extensions of the
emergency action, are available from
Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional
Administrator, National Marine
Fisheries Service, One Blackburn Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930. These
documents are also available via the
internet at www.nero.noaa.gov.
Comments may be submitted by any
of the following methods:
• E-mail: PSP2closure@NOAA.gov.
Include the subject line the following:
‘‘Comments on the July 2007 Emergency
Rule for Area closures Due to PSP.≥
• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail: Paper, disk, or CD-ROM
comments should be sent to Patricia A.
Kurkul, Regional Administrator,
National Marine Fisheries Service, One
Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Comments on July 2007 PSP Closure.’’
• Fax: (978) 281–9135.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Hooker, Fishery Policy Analyst,
phone: (978) 281–9220, fax: (978) 281–
9135.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This emergency closure is being
implemented at the request of the FDA
after samples of shellfish from the
inshore and offshore waters off of the
coasts of New Hampshire and
Massachusetts tested positive for the
toxins (saxotoxins) that cause PSP.
These toxins are produced by the alga
Alexandrium fundyense which can form
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blooms commonly referred to as red
tides. Red tide blooms, also known as
harmful algal blooms (HABs), can
produce toxins that accumulate in filterfeeding shellfish. Shellfish
contaminated with the toxin, if eaten in
large enough quantity, can cause illness
or death from PSP.
On June 10, 2005, the FDA requested
that NMFS close an area of Federal
waters off the coasts of New Hampshire
and Massachusetts to fishing for bivalve
shellfish intended for human
consumption. On June 16, 2005, NMFS
published an emergency rule (70 FR
35047) closing the area recommended
by the FDA, i.e., the Temporary PSP
Closure Area, through September 30,
2005. On July 7, 2005 (70 FR 39192), the
emergency rule was modified to
facilitate the testing of shellfish for the
toxin that causes PSP by the FDA and/
or FDA-approved laboratories through
the issuance of a Letter of Authorization
(LOA) from the NMFS Regional
Administrator. On September 9, 2005
(70 FR 53580), the emergency regulation
was once again modified by the division
of the Temporary PSP Closure Area into
northern and southern components. The
northern area remained closed to the
harvest of all bivalve molluscan
shellfish while the southern component
was reopened to the harvest of Atlantic
surfclams and ocean quahogs but
remained closed to the harvest of whole
or roe-on scallops. The rule was
extended as published on September 9,
2005, on October 3, 2005 (70 FR 57517),
reinstated on October 18, 2005 (70 FR
60450) to correct a technical error,
extended on December 28, 2005 (70 FR
76713), and subsequently on June 30,
2006 (71 FR 37505), and again on
January 4, 2007 (72 FR 291) through
June 30, 2007. On May 18, 2007, the
FDA indicated that it could not support
the re-opening of the Temporary PSP
Closure Area due to insufficient
analytical data from the area.
The boundaries of the northern
component of the Temporary PSP
Closure Area comprise Federal waters
bound by the following coordinates in
the order stated: (1) 43°00′ N. lat., 71°00′
W. long.; (2) 43° 00′ N. lat., 69° 00′ W.
long.; (3) 41°39′ N. lat., 69° 00′ W. long.;
(4) 41° 39′ N. lat., 71° 00′ W. long., and
then ending at the first point. Under this
emergency rule, this area would remain
closed to the harvest of Atlantic
surfclams, ocean quahogs, and whole or
roe-on scallops. The boundaries of the
southern component of the Temporary
PSP Closure Area comprise Federal
waters bound by the following
coordinates in the order stated: (1) 41°
39′ N. lat., 71° 00′ W. long.; (2) 41° 39′
N. lat., 69° 00′ W. long.; (3) 40° 00′ N.
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lat., 69° 00′ W. long.; (4) 40° 00′ N. lat.,
71° 00′ W. long., and then ending at the
first point. Under this emergency rule,
this southern component of the area
would remain closed only to the harvest
of whole or roe-on scallops.
Classification
This action is issued pursuant to
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C.
1855(c). Pursuant to section 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B) of the Administrative
Procedure Act, the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries finds there
is good cause to waive prior notice and
an opportunity for public comment on
this action as notice and comment
would be impracticable and contrary to
the public interest due to a public
health emergency, and public comment
has been solicited concurrently with
each of the extensions of this actions as
detailed and responded to below. In
addition, under section 553(d)(3) there
is good cause to waive the 30–day delay
in effectiveness due to a public health
emergency. The original emergency
closure was in response to a public
health emergency. Toxic algal blooms
are responsible for the marine toxin that
causes PSP in persons consuming
affected shellfish. People have become
seriously ill and some have died from
consuming affected shellfish under
similar circumstances. Pursuant to
section 305(c)(3)(C) of the MagnusonStevens Act, the closure to the harvest
of shellfish, as modified on September
9, 2005, and re-instated on October 18,
2005, may remain in effect until the
circumstances that created the
emergency no longer exist, provided the
public has had an opportunity to
comment after the regulation was
published, and, in the case of a public
health emergency, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services concurs
with the Commerce Secretary’s action.
During the initial comment period, June
16, 2005, through August 1, 2005, no
comments were received. One comment
was received after the re-opening of the
southern component of the Temporary
PSP Closure Area on September 9, 2005.
The commenter expressed reluctance to
re-opening a portion of the closure area
without seeing the results of the FDA
tests. Data used to make determinations
regarding closing and opening of areas
to certain types of fishing activity are
collected from Federal, state, and
private laboratories. NOAA maintains a
Red Tide Information Center (https://
www.cop.noaa.gov/news/fs/
nelhabl200605.html), which can be
accessed directly or through the website
listed in the ADDRESSES section.
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Information on test results, modeling of
algal bloom movement, and general
background on red tide can be accessed
through this information center. While
NMFS is the agency with the authority
to promulgate the emergency
regulations, it modified the regulations
on September 9, 2005, at the request of
the FDA, after the FDA has determined
that the results of its tests warranted
such action. If necessary, the regulations
may be terminated at an earlier date,
pursuant to section 305(c)(3)(D) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, by publication
in the Federal Register of a notice of
termination, or extended further to
ensure the safety of human health.
This emergency/interim rule is
exempt from the procedures of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act because the
rule is issued without opportunity for
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment.
The rule, as last published on October
18, 2005, was determined to be not
significant for the purposes of Executive
Order 12866.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 648
Fisheries, Fishing, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: June 21, 2007.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator For
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, 50 CFR part 648 is amended
to read as follows:
I
PART 648—FISHERIES OF THE
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
1. The authority citation for part 648
continues to read as follows:
I
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
2. In § 648.14, paragraphs (a)(170) and
(a)(171) are revised to read as follows:
I
§ 648.14
Prohibitions.
(a) * * *
(170) Fish for, harvest, catch, possess
or attempt to fish for, harvest, catch, or
possess any bivalve shellfish, including
Atlantic surfclams, ocean quahogs, and
mussels with the exception of sea
scallops harvested only for adductor
muscles and shucked at sea, or a vessel
issued and possessing on board a Letter
of Authorization (LOA) from the
Regional Administrator authorizing the
collection of shellfish for biological
sampling and operating under the terms
and conditions of said LOA, in the are
of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
bound by the following coordinates in
the order stated:
(i) 43° 00′ N. lat., 71° 00′ W. long.;
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(ii) 43° 00′ N. lat., 69° 00′ W. long.;
(iii) 41° 39′ N. lat., 69° 00′ W. long;
(iv) 41° 39′ N. lat., 71° 00′ W. long.,
and then ending at the first point.
(171) Fish for, harvest, catch, possess,
or attempt to fish for, harvest, catch, or
possess any sea scallops except for sea
scallops harvested only for adductor
muscles and shucked at sea, or a vessel
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issued and possessing on board a Letter
of Authorization (LOA) from the
Regional Administrator authorizing
collection of shellfish for biological
sampling and operating under the terms
and conditions of said LOA, in the area
of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
bound by the following coordinates in
the order stated:
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(i) 41° 39′ N. lat., 71° 00′ W. long.;
(ii) 41° 39′ N. lat., 69° 00′ W. long.;
(iii) 40° 00′ N. lat., 69° 00′ W. long.;
(iv) 40° 00′ N. lat., 71° 00′ W. long.,
and then ending at the first point.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 050613158-5262-03; I.D. 090105A]
RIN 0648-AT48
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Extension of
Emergency Fishery Closure Due to the Presence of the Toxin that Causes
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; emergency action; extension of effective
period.
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SUMMARY: This action extends a temporary final rule published on
October 18, 2005. The regulations contained in the temporary rule,
emergency action, published on October 18, 2005, at the request of the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and that were subsequently
extended on December 28, 2005, June 30, 2006, and again on January 1,
2007, expire on July 1, 2007. This temporary rule extends a closure of
Federal waters through December 31, 2007. The FDA has determined that
current oceanographic conditions and alga sampling data suggests that
the northern section of the Temporary Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP)
Closure Area remain closed to the harvest of bivalve molluscan
shellfish and that the southern area remain closed to the harvest of
whole or roe-on scallops. NMFS is publishing the regulatory text
associated with this closure in this temporary emergency rule in order
to ensure that current regulations accurately reflect the codified text
that has been modified and extended numerous times so that the public
is aware of the regulations being extended through December 31, 2007.
DATES: The amendments to Sec. 648.14 are effective from July 1, 2007,
through December 31, 2007. The expiration date of the temporary
emergency action published on January 4, 2007 (72 FR 291), is extended
to December 31, 2007. Comments must be received by July 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the small entity compliance guide, the emergency
rule, the environmental assessment, and the regulatory impact review
prepared for the October 18, 2005, reinstatement of the September 9,
2005, emergency action and subsequent extensions of the emergency
action, are available from Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional Administrator,
National Marine Fisheries Service, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930. These documents are also available via the internet at
www.nero.noaa.gov.
Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
E-mail: PSP2closure@NOAA.gov. Include the subject line the
following: ``Comments on the July 2007 Emergency Rule for Area closures
Due to PSP.
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Mail: Paper, disk, or CD-ROM comments should be sent to
Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries
Service, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside of
the envelope ``Comments on July 2007 PSP Closure.''
Fax: (978) 281-9135.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Hooker, Fishery Policy Analyst,
phone: (978) 281-9220, fax: (978) 281-9135.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This emergency closure is being implemented at the request of the
FDA after samples of shellfish from the inshore and offshore waters off
of the coasts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts tested positive for
the toxins (saxotoxins) that cause PSP. These toxins are produced by
the alga Alexandrium fundyense which can form
[[Page 35201]]
blooms commonly referred to as red tides. Red tide blooms, also known
as harmful algal blooms (HABs), can produce toxins that accumulate in
filter-feeding shellfish. Shellfish contaminated with the toxin, if
eaten in large enough quantity, can cause illness or death from PSP.
On June 10, 2005, the FDA requested that NMFS close an area of
Federal waters off the coasts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts to
fishing for bivalve shellfish intended for human consumption. On June
16, 2005, NMFS published an emergency rule (70 FR 35047) closing the
area recommended by the FDA, i.e., the Temporary PSP Closure Area,
through September 30, 2005. On July 7, 2005 (70 FR 39192), the
emergency rule was modified to facilitate the testing of shellfish for
the toxin that causes PSP by the FDA and/or FDA-approved laboratories
through the issuance of a Letter of Authorization (LOA) from the NMFS
Regional Administrator. On September 9, 2005 (70 FR 53580), the
emergency regulation was once again modified by the division of the
Temporary PSP Closure Area into northern and southern components. The
northern area remained closed to the harvest of all bivalve molluscan
shellfish while the southern component was reopened to the harvest of
Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs but remained closed to the harvest
of whole or roe-on scallops. The rule was extended as published on
September 9, 2005, on October 3, 2005 (70 FR 57517), reinstated on
October 18, 2005 (70 FR 60450) to correct a technical error, extended
on December 28, 2005 (70 FR 76713), and subsequently on June 30, 2006
(71 FR 37505), and again on January 4, 2007 (72 FR 291) through June
30, 2007. On May 18, 2007, the FDA indicated that it could not support
the re-opening of the Temporary PSP Closure Area due to insufficient
analytical data from the area.
The boundaries of the northern component of the Temporary PSP
Closure Area comprise Federal waters bound by the following coordinates
in the order stated: (1) 43[deg]00' N. lat., 71[deg]00' W. long.; (2)
43[deg] 00' N. lat., 69[deg] 00' W. long.; (3) 41[deg]39' N. lat.,
69[deg] 00' W. long.; (4) 41[deg] 39' N. lat., 71[deg] 00' W. long.,
and then ending at the first point. Under this emergency rule, this
area would remain closed to the harvest of Atlantic surfclams, ocean
quahogs, and whole or roe-on scallops. The boundaries of the southern
component of the Temporary PSP Closure Area comprise Federal waters
bound by the following coordinates in the order stated: (1) 41[deg] 39'
N. lat., 71[deg] 00' W. long.; (2) 41[deg] 39' N. lat., 69[deg] 00' W.
long.; (3) 40[deg] 00' N. lat., 69[deg] 00' W. long.; (4) 40[deg] 00'
N. lat., 71[deg] 00' W. long., and then ending at the first point.
Under this emergency rule, this southern component of the area would
remain closed only to the harvest of whole or roe-on scallops.
Classification
This action is issued pursuant to section 305(c) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act),
16 U.S.C. 1855(c). Pursuant to section 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) of the
Administrative Procedure Act, the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
finds there is good cause to waive prior notice and an opportunity for
public comment on this action as notice and comment would be
impracticable and contrary to the public interest due to a public
health emergency, and public comment has been solicited concurrently
with each of the extensions of this actions as detailed and responded
to below. In addition, under section 553(d)(3) there is good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in effectiveness due to a public health
emergency. The original emergency closure was in response to a public
health emergency. Toxic algal blooms are responsible for the marine
toxin that causes PSP in persons consuming affected shellfish. People
have become seriously ill and some have died from consuming affected
shellfish under similar circumstances. Pursuant to section 305(c)(3)(C)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the closure to the harvest of shellfish,
as modified on September 9, 2005, and re-instated on October 18, 2005,
may remain in effect until the circumstances that created the emergency
no longer exist, provided the public has had an opportunity to comment
after the regulation was published, and, in the case of a public health
emergency, the Secretary of Health and Human Services concurs with the
Commerce Secretary's action. During the initial comment period, June
16, 2005, through August 1, 2005, no comments were received. One
comment was received after the re-opening of the southern component of
the Temporary PSP Closure Area on September 9, 2005. The commenter
expressed reluctance to re-opening a portion of the closure area
without seeing the results of the FDA tests. Data used to make
determinations regarding closing and opening of areas to certain types
of fishing activity are collected from Federal, state, and private
laboratories. NOAA maintains a Red Tide Information Center (https://
www.cop.noaa.gov/news/fs/ne_hab_200605.html), which can be accessed
directly or through the website listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Information on test results, modeling of algal bloom movement, and
general background on red tide can be accessed through this information
center. While NMFS is the agency with the authority to promulgate the
emergency regulations, it modified the regulations on September 9,
2005, at the request of the FDA, after the FDA has determined that the
results of its tests warranted such action. If necessary, the
regulations may be terminated at an earlier date, pursuant to section
305(c)(3)(D) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, by publication in the Federal
Register of a notice of termination, or extended further to ensure the
safety of human health.
This emergency/interim rule is exempt from the procedures of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act because the rule is issued without
opportunity for prior notice and opportunity for public comment.
The rule, as last published on October 18, 2005, was determined to
be not significant for the purposes of Executive Order 12866.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 648
Fisheries, Fishing, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: June 21, 2007.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator For Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
0
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 648 is amended to
read as follows:
PART 648--FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
0
1. The authority citation for part 648 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
0
2. In Sec. 648.14, paragraphs (a)(170) and (a)(171) are revised to
read as follows:
Sec. 648.14 Prohibitions.
(a) * * *
(170) Fish for, harvest, catch, possess or attempt to fish for,
harvest, catch, or possess any bivalve shellfish, including Atlantic
surfclams, ocean quahogs, and mussels with the exception of sea
scallops harvested only for adductor muscles and shucked at sea, or a
vessel issued and possessing on board a Letter of Authorization (LOA)
from the Regional Administrator authorizing the collection of shellfish
for biological sampling and operating under the terms and conditions of
said LOA, in the are of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone bound by the
following coordinates in the order stated:
(i) 43[deg] 00' N. lat., 71[deg] 00' W. long.;
[[Page 35202]]
(ii) 43[deg] 00' N. lat., 69[deg] 00' W. long.;
(iii) 41[deg] 39' N. lat., 69[deg] 00' W. long;
(iv) 41[deg] 39' N. lat., 71[deg] 00' W. long., and then ending at
the first point.
(171) Fish for, harvest, catch, possess, or attempt to fish for,
harvest, catch, or possess any sea scallops except for sea scallops
harvested only for adductor muscles and shucked at sea, or a vessel
issued and possessing on board a Letter of Authorization (LOA) from the
Regional Administrator authorizing collection of shellfish for
biological sampling and operating under the terms and conditions of
said LOA, in the area of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone bound by the
following coordinates in the order stated:
(i) 41[deg] 39' N. lat., 71[deg] 00' W. long.;
(ii) 41[deg] 39' N. lat., 69[deg] 00' W. long.;
(iii) 40[deg] 00' N. lat., 69[deg] 00' W. long.;
(iv) 40[deg] 00' N. lat., 71[deg] 00' W. long., and then ending at
the first point.
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