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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: February 28, 2014.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014–04858 Filed 2–28–14; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 130528511–4171–03]
RIN 0648–BD31
Fisheries off West Coast States;
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Management Plan; Commercial,
Limited Entry Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery; Program Improvement and
Enhancement; Correction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; correcting
amendment.
AGENCY:
This action contains two
corrections to the limited entry Pacific
coast groundfish fishery’s Program
Improvement and Enhancement (PIE 2)
regulations that published in the
Federal Register on November 15, 2013.
This document adds a Vessel Limit table
that was inadvertently deleted and
revises a section to replace language that
was inadvertently removed by the
Pacific coast groundfish fishery’s Cost
Recovery final rule that published
December 11, 2013.
DATES: This rule is effective March 5,
2014.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ariel Jacobs, 206–526–4491;
Ariel.Jacobs@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The Program Improvement and
Enhancement rule (PIE 2) implemented
revisions to the Pacific coast groundfish
trawl rationalization program (program),
a catch share program, and included
clarifications of regulations that affect
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the limited entry trawl and limited entry
fixed gear sectors managed under the
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). Additional
background information regarding each
of these revisions and clarifications was
described in detail in the proposed rule
(78 FR 43125, July 19, 2013) and in the
final rule (78 FR 68764, November 15,
2013), and that information is not
repeated here.
An error in amendatory language
resulted in the deletion of the Vessel
Limit table at § 660.140 (e)(4)(i). This
correction restores the Vessel Limit
table to § 660.140 (e)(4)(i) following the
introductory paragraph.
Implementation of the Cost Recovery
Program for the Pacific coast groundfish
trawl rationalization program (78 FR
75268, December 11, 2013) revised
regulations at § 660.140 (f)(6) by adding
a requirement that cost recovery fees be
paid before a first receiver site license
will be reissued (‘‘NMFS will not
reissue a first receiver site license until
all required cost recovery program fees,
as specified at § 660.115, associated
with that license have been paid.’’). At
the time the cost recovery final rule
published, the PIE 2 final rule had
published but was not yet effective, and
the existing paragraph at § 660.140 (f)(6)
had not been revised to reflect necessary
changes implemented by PIE 2 to the
first receiver site license renewal
process. Consequently, in addition to
adding a necessary requirement for cost
recovery at § 660.140 (f)(6), the cost
recovery final rule also overwrote
necessary revisions contained in the PIE
2 regulations. This correction revises
§ 660.140 (f)(6) to reinstate language that
was implemented by PIE 2 (78 FR
68764, November 15, 2013) and
incorrectly removed by the cost
recovery rule (78 FR 75268, December
11, 2013); the correction includes the
language added by the Cost Recovery
final rule (‘‘NMFS will not reissue a first
receiver site license until all required
cost recovery program fees, as specified
at § 660.115, associated with that license
have been paid’’).
Classification
The Assistant Administrator (AA) for
Fisheries, NOAA, finds that pursuant to
5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there is good cause
to waive prior notice and an
opportunity for public comment on this
action, as notice and comment would be
unnecessary, and contrary to the public
interest. This document adds a Vessel
Limit table that was incorrectly deleted
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at § 660.140 (e)(4)(i) and revises
§ 660.140 (f)(6) to replace language that
was incorrectly removed or revised by
78 FR 75268 (December 11, 2013).
Providing notice and comment on these
changes is unnecessary because all are
non-substantive and have no effect on
the public or the operation of the
fishery. Moreover, allowing
inconsistencies in regulatory text is
contrary to the public interest, because
it could affect the enforceability of the
regulations, and because inaccurate
regulations could lead to public
confusion and potentially to incorrect
behavior. For the same reasons above,
the AA finds good cause under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in
effectiveness and makes this rule
effective immediately upon publication.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660
Fisheries, Fishing, and Indian
fisheries.
Dated: February 28, 2014.
Paul N. Doremus,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Operations, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is corrected
by making the following correcting
amendments:
PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST
COAST STATES
1. The authority citation for part 660
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16
U.S.C. 773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.
2. In § 660.140, revise paragraphs
(e)(4)(i) and (f)(6) to read as follows:
§ 660.140
Shorebased IFQ Program.
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(e) * * *
(4) * * *
(i) Vessel limits. For each IFQ species
or species group specified in this
paragraph, vessel accounts may not
have QP or IBQ pounds in excess of the
QP vessel limit (annual limit) in any
year, and, for species covered by unused
QP vessel limits (daily limit), may not
have QP or IBQ pounds in excess of the
unused QP vessel limit at any time. The
QP vessel limit (annual limit) is
calculated as all QPs transferred in
minus all QPs transferred out of the
vessel account. The unused QP vessel
limits (daily limit) is calculated as
unused available QPs plus any pending
outgoing transfer of QPs.
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VESSEL LIMITS
Arrowtooth flounder .................................................................................................................................
Bocaccio S. of 40°10′ N. lat. ...................................................................................................................
Canary rockfish ........................................................................................................................................
Chilipepper S. of 40°10′ N. lat. ................................................................................................................
Cowcod S. of 40°10′ N. lat. .....................................................................................................................
Darkblotched rockfish ..............................................................................................................................
Dover sole ................................................................................................................................................
English sole .............................................................................................................................................
Lingcod:
N. of 40°10′ N. lat. ............................................................................................................................
S. of 40°10′ N. lat. ............................................................................................................................
Longspine thornyhead:
N. of 34°27′ N. lat. ............................................................................................................................
Minor rockfish complex N. of 40°10′ N. lat.:
Shelf species ....................................................................................................................................
Slope species ...................................................................................................................................
Minor rockfish complex S. of 40°10′ N. lat.:
Shelf species ....................................................................................................................................
Slope species ...................................................................................................................................
Other flatfish complex ..............................................................................................................................
Pacific cod ...............................................................................................................................................
Pacific halibut (IBQ) N. of 40°10′ N. lat. .................................................................................................
Pacific ocean perch N. of 40°10′ N. lat. ..................................................................................................
Pacific whiting (shoreside) .......................................................................................................................
Petrale sole ..............................................................................................................................................
Sablefish:
N. of 36° N. lat. (Monterey north) .....................................................................................................
S. of 36° N. lat. (Conception area) ...................................................................................................
Shortspine thornyhead:
N. of 34°27′ N. lat. ............................................................................................................................
S. of 34°27′ N. lat. ............................................................................................................................
Splitnose rockfish S. of 40°10′ N. lat. .....................................................................................................
Starry flounder .........................................................................................................................................
Widow rockfish .........................................................................................................................................
Yelloweye rockfish ...................................................................................................................................
Yellowtail rockfish N. of 40°10′ N. lat. .....................................................................................................
Non-whiting groundfish species ...............................................................................................................
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(6) Re-registration of FRSL in
subsequent years. Existing first receiver
site license holders must reapply
annually by following the application
process specified in paragraph (f)(3) of
this section. If the existing license
holder fails to reapply, the first receiver
site license will expire as specified in
paragraph (f)(5) of this section. NMFS
will not reissue a first receiver site
license until all required cost recovery
program fees, as specified at § 660.115,
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associated with that license have been
paid. For existing first receiver site
license holders to continue to receive
IFQ landings without a lapse in the
effectiveness of their first receiver site
license, the following re-registration
deadlines apply:
(i) NMFS will mail a first receiver site
license application to existing license
holders on or about February 1 each
year.
(ii) Applicants who want to have their
new license effective for July 1 must
submit their complete re-registration
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application to NMFS by April 15. For
those first receiver site license holders
who do not submit a complete reregistration application by April 15,
NMFS may not be able to issue the new
license by July 1 of that calendar year,
and will issue the new license as soon
as practicable.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 130528511-4171-03]
RIN 0648-BD31
Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Management Plan; Commercial, Limited Entry Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery; Program Improvement and Enhancement; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: This action contains two corrections to the limited entry
Pacific coast groundfish fishery's Program Improvement and Enhancement
(PIE 2) regulations that published in the Federal Register on November
15, 2013. This document adds a Vessel Limit table that was
inadvertently deleted and revises a section to replace language that
was inadvertently removed by the Pacific coast groundfish fishery's
Cost Recovery final rule that published December 11, 2013.
DATES: This rule is effective March 5, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ariel Jacobs, 206-526-4491;
Ariel.Jacobs@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Program Improvement and Enhancement rule (PIE 2) implemented
revisions to the Pacific coast groundfish trawl rationalization program
(program), a catch share program, and included clarifications of
regulations that affect the limited entry trawl and limited entry fixed
gear sectors managed under the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). Additional background information regarding each
of these revisions and clarifications was described in detail in the
proposed rule (78 FR 43125, July 19, 2013) and in the final rule (78 FR
68764, November 15, 2013), and that information is not repeated here.
An error in amendatory language resulted in the deletion of the
Vessel Limit table at Sec. 660.140 (e)(4)(i). This correction restores
the Vessel Limit table to Sec. 660.140 (e)(4)(i) following the
introductory paragraph.
Implementation of the Cost Recovery Program for the Pacific coast
groundfish trawl rationalization program (78 FR 75268, December 11,
2013) revised regulations at Sec. 660.140 (f)(6) by adding a
requirement that cost recovery fees be paid before a first receiver
site license will be reissued (``NMFS will not reissue a first receiver
site license until all required cost recovery program fees, as
specified at Sec. 660.115, associated with that license have been
paid.''). At the time the cost recovery final rule published, the PIE 2
final rule had published but was not yet effective, and the existing
paragraph at Sec. 660.140 (f)(6) had not been revised to reflect
necessary changes implemented by PIE 2 to the first receiver site
license renewal process. Consequently, in addition to adding a
necessary requirement for cost recovery at Sec. 660.140 (f)(6), the
cost recovery final rule also overwrote necessary revisions contained
in the PIE 2 regulations. This correction revises Sec. 660.140 (f)(6)
to reinstate language that was implemented by PIE 2 (78 FR 68764,
November 15, 2013) and incorrectly removed by the cost recovery rule
(78 FR 75268, December 11, 2013); the correction includes the language
added by the Cost Recovery final rule (``NMFS will not reissue a first
receiver site license until all required cost recovery program fees, as
specified at Sec. 660.115, associated with that license have been
paid'').
Classification
The Assistant Administrator (AA) for Fisheries, NOAA, finds that
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there is good cause to waive prior
notice and an opportunity for public comment on this action, as notice
and comment would be unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest.
This document adds a Vessel Limit table that was incorrectly deleted at
Sec. 660.140 (e)(4)(i) and revises Sec. 660.140 (f)(6) to replace
language that was incorrectly removed or revised by 78 FR 75268
(December 11, 2013). Providing notice and comment on these changes is
unnecessary because all are non-substantive and have no effect on the
public or the operation of the fishery. Moreover, allowing
inconsistencies in regulatory text is contrary to the public interest,
because it could affect the enforceability of the regulations, and
because inaccurate regulations could lead to public confusion and
potentially to incorrect behavior. For the same reasons above, the AA
finds good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in
effectiveness and makes this rule effective immediately upon
publication.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660
Fisheries, Fishing, and Indian fisheries.
Dated: February 28, 2014.
Paul N. Doremus,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is
corrected by making the following correcting amendments:
PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES
0
1. The authority citation for part 660 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., and
16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.
2. In Sec. 660.140, revise paragraphs (e)(4)(i) and (f)(6) to read
as follows:
Sec. 660.140 Shorebased IFQ Program.
* * * * *
(e) * * *
(4) * * *
(i) Vessel limits. For each IFQ species or species group specified
in this paragraph, vessel accounts may not have QP or IBQ pounds in
excess of the QP vessel limit (annual limit) in any year, and, for
species covered by unused QP vessel limits (daily limit), may not have
QP or IBQ pounds in excess of the unused QP vessel limit at any time.
The QP vessel limit (annual limit) is calculated as all QPs transferred
in minus all QPs transferred out of the vessel account. The unused QP
vessel limits (daily limit) is calculated as unused available QPs plus
any pending outgoing transfer of QPs.
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Vessel Limits
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Unused QP vessel
QP vessel limit limit (daily
Species category (annual limit) (in limit) (in
percent) percent)
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Arrowtooth flounder..................................................... 20 ..................
Bocaccio S. of 40[deg]10' N. lat........................................ 15.4 13.2
Canary rockfish......................................................... 10 4.4
Chilipepper S. of 40[deg]10' N. lat..................................... 15 ..................
Cowcod S. of 40[deg]10' N. lat.......................................... 17.7 17.7
Darkblotched rockfish................................................... 6.8 4.5
Dover sole.............................................................. 3.9 ..................
English sole............................................................ 7.5 ..................
Lingcod:
N. of 40[deg]10' N. lat............................................. 5.3 ..................
S. of 40[deg]10' N. lat............................................. 13.3 ..................
Longspine thornyhead:
N. of 34[deg]27' N. lat............................................. 9 ..................
Minor rockfish complex N. of 40[deg]10' N. lat.:
Shelf species....................................................... 7.5 ..................
Slope species....................................................... 7.5 ..................
Minor rockfish complex S. of 40[deg]10' N. lat.:
Shelf species....................................................... 13.5 ..................
Slope species....................................................... 9 ..................
Other flatfish complex.................................................. 15 ..................
Pacific cod............................................................. 20 ..................
Pacific halibut (IBQ) N. of 40[deg]10' N. lat........................... 14.4 5.4
Pacific ocean perch N. of 40[deg]10' N. lat............................. 6 4
Pacific whiting (shoreside)............................................. 15 ..................
Petrale sole............................................................ 4.5 ..................
Sablefish:
N. of 36[deg] N. lat. (Monterey north).............................. 4.5 ..................
S. of 36[deg] N. lat. (Conception area)............................. 15 ..................
Shortspine thornyhead:
N. of 34[deg]27' N. lat............................................. 9 ..................
S. of 34[deg]27' N. lat............................................. 9 ..................
Splitnose rockfish S. of 40[deg]10' N. lat.............................. 15 ..................
Starry flounder......................................................... 20 ..................
Widow rockfish.......................................................... 8.5 5.1
Yelloweye rockfish...................................................... 11.4 5.7
Yellowtail rockfish N. of 40[deg]10' N. lat............................. 7.5 ..................
Non-whiting groundfish species.......................................... 3.2 ..................
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(f) * * *
(6) Re-registration of FRSL in subsequent years. Existing first
receiver site license holders must reapply annually by following the
application process specified in paragraph (f)(3) of this section. If
the existing license holder fails to reapply, the first receiver site
license will expire as specified in paragraph (f)(5) of this section.
NMFS will not reissue a first receiver site license until all required
cost recovery program fees, as specified at Sec. 660.115, associated
with that license have been paid. For existing first receiver site
license holders to continue to receive IFQ landings without a lapse in
the effectiveness of their first receiver site license, the following
re-registration deadlines apply:
(i) NMFS will mail a first receiver site license application to
existing license holders on or about February 1 each year.
(ii) Applicants who want to have their new license effective for
July 1 must submit their complete re-registration application to NMFS
by April 15. For those first receiver site license holders who do not
submit a complete re-registration application by April 15, NMFS may not
be able to issue the new license by July 1 of that calendar year, and
will issue the new license as soon as practicable.
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