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rebates under this adjustment, a predetermined revenue amount of Standard
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end of the current contract year.
d. Rebate on First-Class Mail: If the
mailer holding the agreement exceeds
the adjusted revenue thresholds in any
given year of the contract, it will earn
rebates on its qualifying First-Class Mail
postage. The rebate will be equal to a
negotiated percent of the increase in
postage as a result of a subsequent
cumulative price increase (relative to
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the initiation of the agreement) for all
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mailer holding the agreement exceeds
the adjusted revenue thresholds in any
given year of the contract, it will earn
rebates on its qualifying Standard Mail
postage. The rebate will be equal to a
negotiated percent of the increase in
postage as a result of a subsequent
cumulative price increase (relative to
Standard Mail prices in existence at the
initiation of the agreement) for all
qualifying pieces.
1.4.3
General Requirements
Any proposed First-Class Mail and
Standard Mail NSA under this
classification must also contain, at a
minimum, the following general
candidate requirements and conditions:
a. The NSA expires three years from
the effective date. Either party can
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penalty, for convenience, in the first
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termination date to the other party.
b. The NSA will contain a merger and
acquisition clause, which adjusts the
threshold to account for increased
mailing activity (or decreased, in the
case of a sale or closure).
1.4.4
Initial Proposal
The proposal must explain how the
candidate meets the requirements in
1.4.2 and also must meet the following
conditions:
a. The candidate must submit a
written proposal that includes
appropriate supporting documentation
to the USPS Manager of Correspondence
& Transactions (see 608.8.0 for address).
b. The proposal must be initiated by
the mailer and include a summary of the
information responding to the
applicable candidate features and
general requirements described in 1.4.3.
c. A nondisclosure agreement must be
signed before any substantive
discussion of the proposal begins.
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We will publish an appropriate
amendment to 39 CFR Part 111 to reflect
these changes.
Neva R. Watson,
Attorney, Legislative.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 100201058–0260–02]
RIN 0648–XA333
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Spiny Dogfish Fishery; Annual
Quota Harvested
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure of
spiny dogfish fishery.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
spiny dogfish commercial quota
available to the coastal states from
Maine through Florida for the 2010
fishing year (FY), May 1, 2010–April 30,
2011, has been harvested. Therefore,
effective 0001 hours, April 1, 2011,
federally permitted spiny dogfish
vessels may not fish for, possess,
transfer, or land spiny dogfish until May
1, 2011, when the quota for FY 2011
becomes available. Regulations
governing the spiny dogfish fishery
require publication of this notification
to advise the coastal states from Maine
through Florida that the quota has been
harvested and to advise vessel permit
holders and dealer permit holders that
no Federal commercial quota is
available for landing spiny dogfish in
these states. This action is necessary to
prevent the fishery from exceeding its
annual quota and to allow for effective
management of this stock.
DATES: The spiny dogfish fishery is
closed effective 0001 hr local time,
April 1, 2011, through 2400 hr local
time April 30, 2011. Effective April 1,
2011, federally permitted dealers are
also advised that they may not purchase
spiny dogfish from federally permitted
spiny dogfish vessels.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lindsey Feldman at (978) 675–2179, or
Lindsey.Feldman@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the spiny dogfish
fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648.
The regulations require annual
specification of a commercial quota,
which is allocated into two quota
periods based upon percentages
specified in the fishery management
plan. The fishery is managed from
Maine through Florida, as described in
§ 648.230.
The total commercial quota for spiny
dogfish for FY 2010 is 15 million lb
SUMMARY:
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(6,803.89 mt) (75 FR 36012, June 24,
2010). The commercial quota is
allocated into two periods (May 1
through October 31, and November 1
through April 30). Vessel possession
limits were set at 3,000 lb (1.36 mt) for
both Quota Periods 1 and 2. Quota
Period 1 was allocated 8,685,000 lb
(3,943.45 mt), and Quota Period 2 was
allocated 6,315,000 lb (2,864.44 mt) of
the commercial quota. The total quota
cannot be exceeded, so landings in
excess of the amount allocated to Period
1 have the effect of reducing the quota
available to the fishery during Period 2.
The Administrator, Northeast Region,
NMFS (Regional Administrator)
monitors the commercial spiny dogfish
quota for each quota period and, based
upon dealer reports, state data, and
other available information, determines
when the total commercial quota will be
harvested. NMFS is required to publish
a notification in the Federal Register
advising and notifying commercial
vessels and dealer permit holders that,
effective upon a specific date, the
Federal spiny dogfish commercial quota
has been harvested and no Federal
commercial quota is available for
landing spiny dogfish for the remainder
of that quota period.
Section 648.4(b) provides that Federal
spiny dogfish permit holders agree, as a
condition of their permit, not to land
spiny dogfish in any state after NMFS
has published notification in the
Federal Register that the commercial
quota has been harvested and that no
commercial quota for the spiny dogfish
fishery is available. Therefore, effective
0001 hr local time, April 1, 2011,
landings of spiny dogfish in coastal
states from Maine through Florida by
vessels holding commercial Federal
fisheries permits will be prohibited
through April 30, 2011, 2400 hr local
time. The FY 2011 quota will be
available for commercial spiny dogfish
harvest on May 1, 2011. Effective April
1, 2011, federally permitted dealers are
also advised that they may not purchase
spiny dogfish from vessels issued
Federal spiny dogfish permits that land
in coastal states from Maine through
Florida.
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 (AA), finds good cause
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive
prior notice and the opportunity for
public comment because it would be
contrary to the public interest. The
regulations at § 648.231 require such
action to ensure that spiny dogfish
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vessels do not exceed the FY 2010
quota. Data indicating the spiny dogfish
fleet will have landed the FY 2010 quota
have only recently become available. If
implementation of this closure was
delayed to solicit prior public comment,
the FY 2010 quota would be exceeded,
thereby undermining the conservation
objectives of the FMP. The AA further
finds, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3),
good cause to waive the 30-day delayed
effectiveness period for the reasons
stated above.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 28, 2011.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 101228634–1149–02]
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 2011
Atlantic Bluefish Specifications;
Regulatory Amendment
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; final specifications
for the 2011 Atlantic bluefish fishery.
AGENCY:
NMFS issues final
specifications for the 2011 Atlantic
bluefish fishery, including total
allowable landings (TAL), a commercial
quota and recreational harvest limit
(RHL), and a recreational possession
limit. The intent of this action is to
establish the allowable 2011 harvest
levels and other management measures
to achieve the target fishing mortality
rate (F), consistent with the Atlantic
Bluefish Fishery Management Plan
(FMP). The final rule also amends the
bluefish regulations that specify the
process for setting the annual TAL and
target F to more clearly reflect the intent
of the FMP.
DATES: This rule is effective May 2,
2011. The final specifications for the
2011 Atlantic bluefish fishery are
effective May 2, 2011, through
December 31, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the specifications
document, including the Environmental
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Assessment and Initial Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis (EA/IRFA) and
other supporting documents for the
specifications, are available from Dr.
Christopher M. Moore, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, Suite 201, 800 N.
State Street, Dover, DE 19901. The
specifications document is also
accessible via the Internet at: https://
www.nero.noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason Berthiaume, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9177.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Atlantic bluefish fishery is
managed cooperatively by the MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council
(Council) and the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission (Commission).
The management unit for bluefish
specified in the FMP is U.S. waters of
the western Atlantic Ocean. Regulations
implementing the FMP appear at 50
CFR part 648, subparts A and J. The
regulations requiring annual
specifications are found at § 648.16.
The FMP requires the Council to
recommend, on an annual basis, a total
allowable catch (TAC) and a TAL that
will control fishing mortality. An
estimate of annual discards is deducted
from the TAC to calculate the TAL that
can be made during the year by the
commercial and recreational fishing
sectors combined. The FMP requires
that 17 percent of the TAL be allocated
to the commercial fishery, as a quota
(further allocated to the States from
Maine to Florida in specified shares),
with the remaining 83 percent of the
TAL allocated as an RHL. The Council
may also recommend a research setaside (RSA) quota, which is deducted
from the bluefish TAL (after any
applicable transfer) in an amount
proportional to the percentage of the
overall TAL as allocated to the
commercial and recreational sectors.
Pursuant to § 648.162, the annual
review process for bluefish requires that
the Council’s Bluefish Monitoring
Committee (Monitoring Committee) and
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) review and make
recommendations based on the best
available data, including, but not
limited to, commercial and recreational
catch/landing statistics, current
estimates of fishing mortality, stock
abundance, discards for the recreational
fishery, and juvenile recruitment. Based
on the recommendations of the
Monitoring Committee and SSC, the
Council makes a recommendation to the
NMFS Northeast Regional
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 100201058-0260-02]
RIN 0648-XA333
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Spiny Dogfish
Fishery; Annual Quota Harvested
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure of spiny dogfish fishery.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the spiny dogfish commercial quota
available to the coastal states from Maine through Florida for the 2010
fishing year (FY), May 1, 2010-April 30, 2011, has been harvested.
Therefore, effective 0001 hours, April 1, 2011, federally permitted
spiny dogfish vessels may not fish for, possess, transfer, or land
spiny dogfish until May 1, 2011, when the quota for FY 2011 becomes
available. Regulations governing the spiny dogfish fishery require
publication of this notification to advise the coastal states from
Maine through Florida that the quota has been harvested and to advise
vessel permit holders and dealer permit holders that no Federal
commercial quota is available for landing spiny dogfish in these
states. This action is necessary to prevent the fishery from exceeding
its annual quota and to allow for effective management of this stock.
DATES: The spiny dogfish fishery is closed effective 0001 hr local
time, April 1, 2011, through 2400 hr local time April 30, 2011.
Effective April 1, 2011, federally permitted dealers are also advised
that they may not purchase spiny dogfish from federally permitted spiny
dogfish vessels.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lindsey Feldman at (978) 675-2179, or
Lindsey.Feldman@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing the spiny dogfish
fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648. The regulations require annual
specification of a commercial quota, which is allocated into two quota
periods based upon percentages specified in the fishery management
plan. The fishery is managed from Maine through Florida, as described
in Sec. 648.230.
The total commercial quota for spiny dogfish for FY 2010 is 15
million lb
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(6,803.89 mt) (75 FR 36012, June 24, 2010). The commercial quota is
allocated into two periods (May 1 through October 31, and November 1
through April 30). Vessel possession limits were set at 3,000 lb (1.36
mt) for both Quota Periods 1 and 2. Quota Period 1 was allocated
8,685,000 lb (3,943.45 mt), and Quota Period 2 was allocated 6,315,000
lb (2,864.44 mt) of the commercial quota. The total quota cannot be
exceeded, so landings in excess of the amount allocated to Period 1
have the effect of reducing the quota available to the fishery during
Period 2.
The Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator)
monitors the commercial spiny dogfish quota for each quota period and,
based upon dealer reports, state data, and other available information,
determines when the total commercial quota will be harvested. NMFS is
required to publish a notification in the Federal Register advising and
notifying commercial vessels and dealer permit holders that, effective
upon a specific date, the Federal spiny dogfish commercial quota has
been harvested and no Federal commercial quota is available for landing
spiny dogfish for the remainder of that quota period.
Section 648.4(b) provides that Federal spiny dogfish permit holders
agree, as a condition of their permit, not to land spiny dogfish in any
state after NMFS has published notification in the Federal Register
that the commercial quota has been harvested and that no commercial
quota for the spiny dogfish fishery is available. Therefore, effective
0001 hr local time, April 1, 2011, landings of spiny dogfish in coastal
states from Maine through Florida by vessels holding commercial Federal
fisheries permits will be prohibited through April 30, 2011, 2400 hr
local time. The FY 2011 quota will be available for commercial spiny
dogfish harvest on May 1, 2011. Effective April 1, 2011, federally
permitted dealers are also advised that they may not purchase spiny
dogfish from vessels issued Federal spiny dogfish permits that land in
coastal states from Maine through Florida.
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 (AA), finds good
cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior notice and the
opportunity for public comment because it would be contrary to the
public interest. The regulations at Sec. 648.231 require such action
to ensure that spiny dogfish vessels do not exceed the FY 2010 quota.
Data indicating the spiny dogfish fleet will have landed the FY 2010
quota have only recently become available. If implementation of this
closure was delayed to solicit prior public comment, the FY 2010 quota
would be exceeded, thereby undermining the conservation objectives of
the FMP. The AA further finds, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), good
cause to waive the 30-day delayed effectiveness period for the reasons
stated above.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 28, 2011.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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