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east along U.S. Highway 87 to its
junction with State Highway 35 at Port
Lavaca, then north and east along State
Highway 35 to the south end of the
Lavaca Bay Causeway, then south and
east along the shore of Lavaca Bay to its
junction with the Port Lavaca Ship
Channel, then south and east along the
Lavaca Bay Ship Channel to the Gulf of
Mexico, and then south and west along
the shore of the Gulf of Mexico to the
Kleberg-Nueces County line.
Wyoming
Regular-Season Open Area—
Campbell, Converse, Crook, Goshen,
Laramie, Niobrara, Platte, and Weston
Counties, and those portions of Johnson
County east of Interstates 25 and 90 and
Sheridan County east of Interstate 90.
Riverton-Boysen Unit—Portions of
Fremont County.
Park and Big Horn County Unit—
Portions of Park and Big Horn Counties.
Pacific Flyway
Special-Season Area—Game
Management Units 30A, 30B, 31, and
32.
LCRV Crane Hunt Area (Gillespie
Dam Hunt Area in Unit 39)—That
portion of the Gila River corridor in
Unit 39 south of Gillespie Dam and
north of Gila Bend located within the
following townships and ranges: T2S
R4W, T2S R5W, T3S R4W, T3S R5W,
T4S R4W, and T5S R4W.
Special-Season Area—See State
regulations.
Utah
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North Zone—State Game Management
Units 11–13 and 17–26.
Gulf Coast Zone—State Game
Management Units 5–7, 9, 14–16, and
10 (Unimak Island only).
Southeast Zone—State Game
Management Units 1–4.
Pribilof and Aleutian Islands Zone—
State Game Management Unit 10 (except
Unimak Island).
Kodiak Zone—State Game
Management Unit 8.
All Migratory Game Birds in the Virgin
Islands
All Migratory Game Birds in Puerto
Rico
Montana
Special-Season Area—Rich, Cache,
and Unitah Counties and that portion of
Box Elder County beginning on the
Utah–Idaho State line at the Box Elder–
Cache County line; west on the State
line to the Pocatello Valley County
Road; south on the Pocatello Valley
County Road to I–15; southeast on I–15
to SR–83; south on SR–83 to Lamp
Junction; west and south on the
Promontory Point County Road to the
tip of Promontory Point; south from
Promontory Point to the Box Elder–
Weber County line; east on the Box
Elder–Weber County line to the Box
Elder–Cache County line; north on the
Box Elder–Cache County line to the
Utah–Idaho State line.
Wyoming
Bear River Area—That portion of
Lincoln County described in State
regulations.
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Ruth Cay Closure Area—The island of
Ruth Cay, just south of St. Croix.
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Salt River Area—That portion of
Lincoln County described in State
regulations.
Farson-Eden Area—Those portions of
Sweetwater and Sublette Counties
described in State regulations.
Uinta County Area—That portion of
Uinta County described in State
regulations.
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Municipality of Culebra Closure
Area—All of the municipality of
Culebra.
Desecheo Island Closure Area—All of
Desecheo Island.
Mona Island Closure Area—All of
Mona Island.
El Verde Closure Area—Those areas
of the municipalities of Rio Grande and
Loiza delineated as follows: (1) All
lands between Routes 956 on the west
and 186 on the east, from Route 3 on the
north to the juncture of Routes 956 and
186 (Km 13.2) in the south; (2) all lands
between Routes 186 and 966 from the
juncture of 186 and 966 on the north, to
the Caribbean National Forest Boundary
on the south; (3) all lands lying west of
Route 186 for 1 kilometer from the
juncture of Routes 186 and 956 south to
Km 6 on Route 186; (4) all lands within
Km 14 and Km 6 on the west and the
Caribbean National Forest Boundary on
the east; and (5) all lands within the
Caribbean National Forest Boundary
whether private or public.
Cidra Municipality and adjacent
areas—All of Cidra Municipality and
portions of Aguas Buenas, Caguas,
Cayey, and Comerio Municipalities as
encompassed within the following
boundary: Beginning on Highway 172 as
it leaves the municipality of Cidra on
the west edge, north to Highway 156,
east on Highway 156 to Highway 1,
south on Highway 1 to Highway 765,
south on Highway 765 to Highway 763,
south on Highway 763 to the Rio
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Guavate, west along Rio Guavate to
Highway 1, southwest on Highway 1 to
Highway 14, west on Highway 14 to
Highway 729, north on Highway 729 to
Cidra Municipality boundary to the
point of the beginning.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 0908191244–91427ndash;02]
RIN 0648–XY35
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Commercial Quota Harvested for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
2010 summer flounder commercial
quota allocated to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts has been harvested.
Vessels issued a commercial Federal
fisheries permit for the summer
flounder fishery may not land summer
flounder in Massachusetts for the
remainder of calendar year 2010, unless
additional quota becomes available
through a transfer from another state.
Regulations governing the summer
flounder fishery require publication of
this notification to advise Massachusetts
that the quota has been harvested and to
advise vessel permit holders and dealer
permit holders that no commercial
quota is available for landing summer
flounder in Massachusetts.
DATES: Effective 0001 hours, September
1, 2010, through 2400 hours, December
31, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Heil, Fishery Management
Specialist,(978) 281–9257.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the summer
flounder fishery are found at 50 CFR
part 648. The regulations require annual
specification of a commercial quota that
is apportioned on a percentage basis
among the coastal states from North
Carolina through Maine. The process to
set the annual commercial quota and the
percent allocated to each state is
described in § 648.100.
The initial total commercial quota for
summer flounder for the 2010 calendar
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year was set equal to 13,278,001 lb
(6,023 mt) (74 FR 67978, December 22,
2009). The percent allocated to vessels
landing summer flounder in
Massachusetts is 6.82046 percent,
resulting in a commercial quota of
905,621 lb (411 mt). The 2010 allocation
was reduced to 846,667 lb (384 mt) after
deduction of research set-aside and
adjustment for 2009 quota overages.
Section 648.101(b) requires the
Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS
(Regional Administrator), to monitor
state commercial quotas and to
determine when a state’s commercial
quota has been harvested. NMFS then
publishes a notification in the Federal
Register to advise the state and to notify
Federal vessel and dealer permit holders
that, effective upon a specific date, the
state’s commercial quota has been
harvested and no commercial quota is
available for landing summer flounder
in that state. The Regional
Administrator has determined, based
upon dealer reports and other available
information, that Massachusetts has
harvested its quota for 2010.
The regulations at § 648.4(b) provide
that Federal permit holders agree, as a
condition of the permit, not to land
summer flounder in any state that the
Regional Administrator has determined
no longer has commercial quota
available. Therefore, effective 0001
hours, September 1, 2010, further
landings of summer flounder in
Massachusetts by vessels holding
summer flounder commercial Federal
fisheries permits are prohibited for the
remainder of the 2010 calendar year,
unless additional quota becomes
available through a transfer and is
announced in the Federal Register.
Effective 0001 hours, September 1,
2010, federally permitted dealers are
also notified that they may not purchase
summer flounder from federally
permitted vessels that land in
Massachusetts for the remainder of the
calendar year, or until additional quota
becomes available through a transfer
from another state.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part
648 and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 25, 2010.
Carrie Selberg,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 0910131362–0087–02]
RIN 0648–XY57
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical
Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for pollock in Statistical Area
630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This
action is necessary to prevent exceeding
the C season allowance of the 2010 total
allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for
Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local
time (A.l.t.), August 27, 2010, through
1200 hrs, A.l.t., October 1, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Obren Davis, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
GOA exclusive economic zone
according to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of
Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council
under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act. Regulations governing
fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance
with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50
CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679.
The C season allowance of the 2010
TAC of pollock in Statistical Area 630
of the GOA is 5,912 metric tons (mt) as
established by the final 2010 and 2011
harvest specifications for groundfish of
the GOA (75 FR 11749, March 12, 2010).
In accordance with § 679.20(a)(5)(iv)(B)
the Administrator, Alaska Region,
NMFS (Regional Administrator), hereby
decreases the C season pollock
allowance by 1,056 mt, to reflect the
total amount of pollock TAC that has
been caught prior to the C season in
Statistical Area 630. Therefore, the
revised C season allowance of the
pollock TAC in Statistical Area 630 is
4,856 mt (5,912 mt minus 1,056 mt).
In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i),
the Regional Administrator has
determined that the C season allowance
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of the 2010 TAC of pollock in Statistical
Area 630 of the GOA will soon be
reached. Therefore, the Regional
Administrator is establishing a directed
fishing allowance of 4,846 mt, and is
setting aside the remaining 10 mt as
bycatch to support other anticipated
groundfish fisheries. In accordance with
§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional
Administrator finds that this directed
fishing allowance has been reached.
Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting
directed fishing for pollock in Statistical
Area 630 of the GOA.
After the effective date of this closure
the maximum retainable amounts at
§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time
during a trip.
Classification
This action responds to the best
available information recently obtained
from the fishery. The Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA
(AA), finds good cause to waive the
requirement to provide prior notice and
opportunity for public comment
pursuant to the authority set forth at 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest. This requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest as it would prevent NMFS from
responding to the most recent fisheries
data in a timely fashion and would
delay the closure of pollock in
Statistical Area 630 of the GOA. NMFS
was unable to publish a notice
providing time for public comment
because the most recent, relevant data
only became available as of August 24,
2010.
The AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30–day delay in the effective
date of this action under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3). This finding is based upon
the reasons provided above for waiver of
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment.
This action is required by § 679.20
and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 25, 2010.
Carrie Selberg,
Acting 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
[Docket No. 0908191244-91427ndash;02]
RIN 0648-XY35
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder
Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 2010 summer flounder commercial quota
allocated to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been harvested.
Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer
flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in Massachusetts for the
remainder of calendar year 2010, unless additional quota becomes
available through a transfer from another state. Regulations governing
the summer flounder fishery require publication of this notification to
advise Massachusetts that the quota has been harvested and to advise
vessel permit holders and dealer permit holders that no commercial
quota is available for landing summer flounder in Massachusetts.
DATES: Effective 0001 hours, September 1, 2010, through 2400 hours,
December 31, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Heil, Fishery Management
Specialist,(978) 281-9257.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing the summer flounder
fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648. The regulations require annual
specification of a commercial quota that is apportioned on a percentage
basis among the coastal states from North Carolina through Maine. The
process to set the annual commercial quota and the percent allocated to
each state is described in Sec. 648.100.
The initial total commercial quota for summer flounder for the 2010
calendar
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year was set equal to 13,278,001 lb (6,023 mt) (74 FR 67978, December
22, 2009). The percent allocated to vessels landing summer flounder in
Massachusetts is 6.82046 percent, resulting in a commercial quota of
905,621 lb (411 mt). The 2010 allocation was reduced to 846,667 lb (384
mt) after deduction of research set-aside and adjustment for 2009 quota
overages.
Section 648.101(b) requires the Administrator, Northeast Region,
NMFS (Regional Administrator), to monitor state commercial quotas and
to determine when a state's commercial quota has been harvested. NMFS
then publishes a notification in the Federal Register to advise the
state and to notify Federal vessel and dealer permit holders that,
effective upon a specific date, the state's commercial quota has been
harvested and no commercial quota is available for landing summer
flounder in that state. The Regional Administrator has determined,
based upon dealer reports and other available information, that
Massachusetts has harvested its quota for 2010.
The regulations at Sec. 648.4(b) provide that Federal permit
holders agree, as a condition of the permit, not to land summer
flounder in any state that the Regional Administrator has determined no
longer has commercial quota available. Therefore, effective 0001 hours,
September 1, 2010, further landings of summer flounder in Massachusetts
by vessels holding summer flounder commercial Federal fisheries permits
are prohibited for the remainder of the 2010 calendar year, unless
additional quota becomes available through a transfer and is announced
in the Federal Register. Effective 0001 hours, September 1, 2010,
federally permitted dealers are also notified that they may not
purchase summer flounder from federally permitted vessels that land in
Massachusetts for the remainder of the calendar year, or until
additional quota becomes available through a transfer from another
state.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 25, 2010.
Carrie Selberg,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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