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2. A new temporary § 165.T08–0698 is
added to read as follows:
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§ 165.T08–0698_Safety Zone; Port of
Galveston, Pelican Island Bridge Repair.
(a) Definition. As used in this section,
Public boaters means all recreational
boaters and their vessels.
(b) Safety Zone. This area includes all
waters of Galveston Channel enclosed
within an area extending 50 feet out
from the position 29°18′38.23″ N,
094°49′24.84″ W. All coordinates are
based on NAD83.
(c) Effective date. This rule is effective
and will be enforced from October 1,
2013 to December 15, 2015.
(d) Regulations. (1) In accordance
with the general regulations in § 165.23
of this part, entry into this zone is
prohibited to all vessels except
participant vessels and those vessels
specifically authorized by the Captain of
the Port, Houston-Galveston or a
designated representative.
(2) Persons or vessels requiring entry
into or passage through must request
permission from the Captain of the Port,
Houston-Galveston, or a designated
representative. They may be contacted
on VHF Channel 13 or 16, or by
telephone at (713) 671–5103.
(3) All persons and vessels shall
comply with the instructions of the
Captain of the Port, Houston-Galveston,
designated representatives and
designated on-scene U.S. Coast Guard
patrol personnel. On-scene U.S. Coast
Guard patrol personnel include
commissioned, warrant and petty
officers of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Dated: September 23, 2013.
B.K. Penoyer,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port Houston-Galveston.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 130312235–3658–02]
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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Resources of the South
Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
AGENCY:
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; trip limit
reduction.
NMFS reduces the
commercial trip limit for vermilion
snapper in or from the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ) of the South
Atlantic to 500 lb (227 kg), gutted
weight. This trip limit reduction is
necessary to protect the South Atlantic
vermilion snapper resource.
DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m.,
local time, October 16, 2013, until 12:01
a.m., local time, January 1, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Catherine Hayslip, telephone: 727–824–
5305, email: Catherine.Hayslip@
noaa.gov.
SUMMARY:
The
snapper-grouper fishery includes
vermilion snapper in the South Atlantic
and is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared
by the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and is
implemented under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) by regulations
at 50 CFR part 622.
The commercial ACL (commercial
quota) for vermilion snapper in the
South Atlantic is divided into two, 6month time periods, and is 466,480 lb
(211,592 kg), round weight, for the
January 1 through June 30, 2013, fishing
season, and 466,480 lb (211,592 kg),
round weight, for the July 1 through
December 31, 2013, fishing season, as
specified in 50 CFR 622.190(a)(4)(i)(A)
and (a)(4)(ii)(A), respectively. Any
unused portion of the January 1 through
June 30, 2013, fishing season quota is
added to the July 1 through December
31, 2013, fishing season quota, as
specified in 50 CFR 622.190(a)(4)(iii).
The unused portion of the January 1
through June 30, 2013, fishing season
quota was 146,798 lb (66,586 kg), round
weight. Therefore 146,798 lb (66,586
kg), round weight, was added to the July
1 through December 31, 2013 fishing
season quota of 466,480 lb (211,592 kg),
round weight, for a total of 613,278 lb
(278,178 kg), round weight.
Under 50 CFR 622.191(a)(6)(ii), NMFS
is required to reduce the commercial
trip limit for vermilion snapper from
1,000 lb (454 kg), gutted weight, to 500
lb (227 kg), gutted weight, when 75
percent of the fishing season quota is
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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reached or projected to be reached, by
filing a notification to that effect with
the Office of the Federal Register, as
implemented by the final rule for
Regulatory Amendment 18 (78 FR
47574, August 6, 2013). Based on
current statistics, NMFS has determined
that 75 percent of the available
commercial quota for the July 1 through
December 31, 2013, fishing season, for
vermilion snapper will be reached on or
before October 16, 2013. Accordingly,
NMFS is reducing the commercial trip
limit for vermilion snapper to 500 lb
(227 kg), gutted weight, in or from the
South Atlantic EEZ at 12:01 a.m., local
time, on October 16, 2013. This 500-lb
(227-kg) trip limit will remain in effect
until the quota is reached and the
commercial sector closes, or through
December 31, 2013, whichever occurs
first.
Classification
The Regional Administrator,
Southeast Region, NMFS, has
determined this temporary rule is
necessary for the conservation and
management of South Atlantic
vermilion snapper and is consistent
with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the
FMP, and other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR
622.191(a)(6) and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
These measures are exempt from the
procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility
Act because the temporary rule is issued
without opportunity for prior notice and
comment.
This action responds to the best
available scientific information recently
obtained from the fishery. Pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA,
(AA), finds good cause to waive the
requirements to provide prior notice
and the opportunity for public comment
on this temporary rule. Such procedures
are unnecessary because the rule itself
has already been subject to notice and
comment, and all that remains is to
notify the public of the trip limit
reduction.
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Allowing prior notice and
opportunity for public comment is
contrary to the public interest because
of the need to immediately implement
this action to protect vermilion snapper
because the capacity of the fishing fleet
allows for rapid harvest of the ACL
(quota). Prior notice and opportunity for
public comment for this trip limit
reduction would require time and
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would result in the trip limit reduction
not being implemented, and increase
the probability that the commercial ACL
(commercial quota) will be exceeded.
For the aforementioned reasons, the
AA also finds good cause to waive the
30-day delay in the effectiveness of this
action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Dated: October 2, 2013.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, performing the
functions and duties of the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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[FR Doc No: 2013-24390]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 130312235-3658-02]
RIN 0648-XC870
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Snapper-Grouper Resources of the South Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; trip limit reduction.
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SUMMARY: NMFS reduces the commercial trip limit for vermilion snapper
in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic to
500 lb (227 kg), gutted weight. This trip limit reduction is necessary
to protect the South Atlantic vermilion snapper resource.
DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m., local time, October 16, 2013,
until 12:01 a.m., local time, January 1, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Hayslip, telephone: 727-824-
5305, email: Catherine.Hayslip@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The snapper-grouper fishery includes
vermilion snapper in the South Atlantic and is managed under the
Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South
Atlantic Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared by the South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council and is implemented under the authority of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act) by regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
The commercial ACL (commercial quota) for vermilion snapper in the
South Atlantic is divided into two, 6-month time periods, and is
466,480 lb (211,592 kg), round weight, for the January 1 through June
30, 2013, fishing season, and 466,480 lb (211,592 kg), round weight,
for the July 1 through December 31, 2013, fishing season, as specified
in 50 CFR 622.190(a)(4)(i)(A) and (a)(4)(ii)(A), respectively. Any
unused portion of the January 1 through June 30, 2013, fishing season
quota is added to the July 1 through December 31, 2013, fishing season
quota, as specified in 50 CFR 622.190(a)(4)(iii). The unused portion of
the January 1 through June 30, 2013, fishing season quota was 146,798
lb (66,586 kg), round weight. Therefore 146,798 lb (66,586 kg), round
weight, was added to the July 1 through December 31, 2013 fishing
season quota of 466,480 lb (211,592 kg), round weight, for a total of
613,278 lb (278,178 kg), round weight.
Under 50 CFR 622.191(a)(6)(ii), NMFS is required to reduce the
commercial trip limit for vermilion snapper from 1,000 lb (454 kg),
gutted weight, to 500 lb (227 kg), gutted weight, when 75 percent of
the fishing season quota is reached or projected to be reached, by
filing a notification to that effect with the Office of the Federal
Register, as implemented by the final rule for Regulatory Amendment 18
(78 FR 47574, August 6, 2013). Based on current statistics, NMFS has
determined that 75 percent of the available commercial quota for the
July 1 through December 31, 2013, fishing season, for vermilion snapper
will be reached on or before October 16, 2013. Accordingly, NMFS is
reducing the commercial trip limit for vermilion snapper to 500 lb (227
kg), gutted weight, in or from the South Atlantic EEZ at 12:01 a.m.,
local time, on October 16, 2013. This 500-lb (227-kg) trip limit will
remain in effect until the quota is reached and the commercial sector
closes, or through December 31, 2013, whichever occurs first.
Classification
The Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, has determined
this temporary rule is necessary for the conservation and management of
South Atlantic vermilion snapper and is consistent with the Magnuson-
Stevens Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR 622.191(a)(6) and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
These measures are exempt from the procedures of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act because the temporary rule is issued without
opportunity for prior notice and comment.
This action responds to the best available scientific information
recently obtained from the fishery. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, (AA), finds good cause to
waive the requirements to provide prior notice and the opportunity for
public comment on this temporary rule. Such procedures are unnecessary
because the rule itself has already been subject to notice and comment,
and all that remains is to notify the public of the trip limit
reduction.
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Allowing prior notice and opportunity for public comment is
contrary to the public interest because of the need to immediately
implement this action to protect vermilion snapper because the capacity
of the fishing fleet allows for rapid harvest of the ACL (quota). Prior
notice and opportunity for public comment for this trip limit reduction
would require time and would result in the trip limit reduction not
being implemented, and increase the probability that the commercial ACL
(commercial quota) will be exceeded.
For the aforementioned reasons, the AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in the effectiveness of this action under 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 2, 2013.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, performing the
functions and duties of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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