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12. The Commission will send a copy
of this Order in a report to be sent to
Congress and the Government
Accountability Office, pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act.19
544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560,
561, 571, 572, 573.
D. Additional Information
13. For more information, contact
Raelynn Remy, Raelynn.Remy@fcc.gov,
Policy Division, Media Bureau, (202)
418–2936.
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14. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that,
pursuant to the authority found in
sections 4(i), 4(j), 303(r), 325 and 614 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j),
303(r), 325, and 534, and sections 101,
103 and 105 of the STELA
Reauthorization Act of 2014, Public Law
113–200, 128 Stat. 2059 (2014), this
Order IS ADOPTED and the
Commission’s rules ARE HEREBY
AMENDED as set forth below.
15. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that,
pursuant to the authority found in
sections 4(i), 4(j), 303(r), 325 and 614 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j),
303(r), 325, and 534, and sections 101,
103 and 105 of the STELA
Reauthorization Act of 2014, Public Law
113–200, 128 Stat. 2059 (2014), the rules
SHALL BE EFFECTIVE thirty (30) days
after the date of publication in the
Federal Register.
16. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that
the Commission shall send a copy of
this Order in MB Docket No. 15–37 in
a report to be sent to Congress and the
Government Accountability Office
pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 76
Cable television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
Final rules
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 76 as
follows:
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301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312,
315, 317, 325, 338, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521,
522, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544,
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2. Section 76.64 is amended by
revising paragraphs (b)(3)(ii) and (l) to
read as follows:
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(ii) The broadcast station is owned or
operated by, or affiliated with a
broadcasting network, and the
household receiving the signal is an
unserved household. This paragraph
shall terminate at midnight on
December 31, 2019, provided that if
Congress further extends this date, the
rules remain in effect until the statutory
authorization expires.
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(l) Exclusive retransmission consent
agreements are prohibited. No television
broadcast station shall make or negotiate
any agreement with one multichannel
video programming distributor for
carriage to the exclusion of other
multichannel video programming
distributors. This paragraph shall
terminate at midnight on January 1,
2020, provided that if Congress further
extends this date, the rules remain in
effect until the statutory authorization
expires.
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revising paragraph (b)(1)(viii) and by
adding paragraph (b)(1)(ix) and revising
paragraph (f) to read as follows:
§ 76.65 Good faith and exclusive
retransmission consent complaints.
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(viii) Coordination of negotiations or
negotiation on a joint basis by two or
more television broadcast stations in the
same local market (as defined in 17
U.S.C. 122(j)) to grant retransmission
consent to a multichannel video
programming distributor, unless such
stations are directly or indirectly under
common de jure control permitted
under the regulations of the
Commission.
(ix) The imposition by a television
broadcast station of limitations on the
ability of a multichannel video
programming distributor to carry into
the local market (as defined in 17 U.S.C.
122(j)) of such station a television signal
that has been deemed significantly
viewed, within the meaning of § 76.54
of this part, or any successor regulation,
or any other television broadcast signal
such distributor is authorized to carry
under 47 U.S.C. 338, 339, 340 or 534,
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(f) Termination of rules. This section
shall terminate at midnight on January
1, 2020, provided that if Congress
further extends this date, the rules
remain in effect until the statutory
authorization expires.
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4. Amend § 76.1601 by removing Note
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 101206604–1758–02]
RIN 0648–XD790
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal
Migratory Pelagic Resources of the
Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip
Limit Increase
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; in-season trip
limit increase.
AGENCY:
NMFS increases the trip limit
in the commercial sector for king
mackerel in the Florida east coast
subzone to 75 fish per day in or from the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This
trip limit increase is necessary to
maximize the socioeconomic benefits
associated with harvesting the quota.
DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m.,
local time, March 1, 2015, through
March 31, 2015, unless NMFS publishes
a superseding document in the Federal
Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Gerhart, NMFS Southeast
Regional Office, telephone: 727–824–
5305, email: susan.gerhart@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
fishery for coastal migratory pelagic fish
(king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and
cobia) is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the Coastal
Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf
of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP).
The FMP was prepared by the Gulf of
Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery
Management Councils (Councils) and is
implemented under the authority of the
SUMMARY:
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Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) by regulations
at 50 CFR part 622.
On January 30, 2012 (76 FR 82058,
December 29, 2011), NMFS
implemented a commercial quota of
1,102,896 lb (500,265 kg) for Gulf
migratory group king mackerel in the
Florida east coast subzone (50 CFR
622.384(b)(1)(i)(A)). From November 1
through March 31, the Florida east coast
subzone encompasses an area of the EEZ
south of a line extending due east of the
boundary between Flagler and Volusia
Counties, FL, and north of a line
extending due east of the boundary
between Miami-Dade and Monroe
Counties, FL. From November 1 through
the end of February, king mackerel in or
from the subzone may be possessed on
board or landed from a permitted vessel
in amounts not exceeding 50 fish per
day (50 CFR 622.385(a)(2)(i)(A)).
However, beginning on March 1, if
less than 70 percent of the Florida east
coast subzone king mackerel
commercial quota has been harvested by
that date, king mackerel in or from that
subzone may be possessed on board or
landed from a permitted vessel in
amounts not exceeding 75 fish per day
(50 CFR 622.385(a)(2)(i)(B)(2)).
NMFS has determined that less than
70 percent of the quota for Gulf
migratory group king mackerel in the
Florida east coast subzone will be
harvested by March 1, 2015.
Accordingly, a 75-fish trip limit applies
to vessels fishing for king mackerel in or
from the EEZ in the Florida east coast
subzone effective 12:01 a.m., local time,
March 1, 2015. The 75-fish trip limit
will remain in effect until the subzone
closes or until the end of the current
fishing year (March 31, 2015) for this
subzone.
Classification
The Regional Administrator,
Southeast Region, NMFS, has
determined this temporary rule is
necessary for the conservation and
management of Gulf migratory group
king mackerel and is consistent with the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and other
applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR
622.385(a)(2)(i)(B)(2) 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
scientific information available. The
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
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NOAA (AA), finds that the need to
immediately implement this
commercial trip limit increase
constitutes good cause to waive the
requirements to provide prior notice
and opportunity for public comment
pursuant to the authority set forth in 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), because prior notice
and opportunity for public comment on
this temporary rule is unnecessary and
contrary to the public interest. Such
procedures are unnecessary, because the
rule establishing the trip limits has
already been subject to notice and
comment, and all that remains is to
notify the public of the trip limit
increase. They are contrary to the public
interest, because prior notice and
opportunity for public comment would
require time, thus delaying fishermen’s
ability to catch more king mackerel than
the present trip limit allows and
preventing fishermen from reaping the
socioeconomic benefits associated with
this increased trip limit.
As this action allows fishermen to
increase their harvest of king mackerel
from 50 fish to 75 fish per day in or
from the EEZ of the Florida east coast
subzone, the AA finds it relieves a
restriction and may go into effect
without a 30-day delay in effectiveness,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 26, 2015.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
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. 141002822–5169–03]
RIN 0648–BE56
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
Provisions; Fisheries of the
Northeastern United States; Northeast
Groundfish Fishery; Fishing Year 2014;
Interim Gulf of Maine Cod Management
Measures; Correction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule, correcting
amendment.
AGENCY:
This document makes
corrections to the Gulf of Maine cod
SUMMARY:
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interim regulations published in the
Federal Register on November 13, 2014.
This document corrects regulatory text
by including the exemption from certain
seasonal interim closure areas for
vessels fishing for whiting in the Small
Mesh Area 1 and 2 Exempted Areas
with a raised footrope trawl. These two
exempted areas, which overlap with
certain seasonal closure areas, were
inadvertently overlooked in the interim
rule. This action does not make any
substantive changes to the interim rule
regulations.
DATES: Effective February 26, 2015, until
May 12, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Whitmore, Fishery Policy
Analyst, phone: 978–281–9182.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 13, 2014, we published
interim management measures (79 FR
67362) to increase protection for Gulf of
Maine (GOM) cod in response to a
recently updated stock assessment that
concluded the stock is severely
depleted. The management measures
included seasonal interim closure areas
where fishing for groundfish is
prohibited. The regulations
implemented through the GOM cod
interim rule allowed vessels fishing
with exempted gear or fishing in
exempted fisheries to continue to fish
within the seasonal interim closure
areas; however, the rule mistakenly did
not include the Small Mesh Area 1 and
2 Exemption Areas.
An exempted fishery is implemented
after it is determined that a specific
fishery utilizes a certain gear type, and/
or fishes in specific areas or times that
result in a groundfish bycatch that is
less than 5 percent and doesn’t
jeopardize fishing mortality objectives.
Vessels fishing in the Small Mesh Areas
must use raised footrope trawl nets that
result in minimal groundfish bycatch.
Vessels fishing in these areas may not
fish for, possess, or land any groundfish.
They are allowed to fish for and possess
only whiting, red hake, and a limited
number of other species.
Additional information on exempted
fisheries can be found online at
www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/
regs/info.html.
Correction
We recently recognized that the GOM
cod interim rule regulations
inadvertently omitted two small mesh
exemption areas utilized by groundfish
vessels. Groundfish vessels are allowed
to fish with small mesh nets using
raised footrope trawls in the Small Mesh
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 101206604-1758-02]
RIN 0648-XD790
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South
Atlantic; Trip Limit Increase
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; in-season trip limit increase.
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SUMMARY: NMFS increases the trip limit in the commercial sector for
king mackerel in the Florida east coast subzone to 75 fish per day in
or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This trip limit increase is
necessary to maximize the socioeconomic benefits associated with
harvesting the quota.
DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m., local time, March 1, 2015,
through March 31, 2015, unless NMFS publishes a superseding document in
the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Gerhart, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727-824-5305, email: susan.gerhart@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The fishery for coastal migratory pelagic
fish (king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and cobia) is managed under the
Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of
the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP). The FMP was prepared by
the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils
(Councils) and is implemented under the authority of the
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Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act) by regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
On January 30, 2012 (76 FR 82058, December 29, 2011), NMFS
implemented a commercial quota of 1,102,896 lb (500,265 kg) for Gulf
migratory group king mackerel in the Florida east coast subzone (50 CFR
622.384(b)(1)(i)(A)). From November 1 through March 31, the Florida
east coast subzone encompasses an area of the EEZ south of a line
extending due east of the boundary between Flagler and Volusia
Counties, FL, and north of a line extending due east of the boundary
between Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, FL. From November 1 through the
end of February, king mackerel in or from the subzone may be possessed
on board or landed from a permitted vessel in amounts not exceeding 50
fish per day (50 CFR 622.385(a)(2)(i)(A)).
However, beginning on March 1, if less than 70 percent of the
Florida east coast subzone king mackerel commercial quota has been
harvested by that date, king mackerel in or from that subzone may be
possessed on board or landed from a permitted vessel in amounts not
exceeding 75 fish per day (50 CFR 622.385(a)(2)(i)(B)(2)).
NMFS has determined that less than 70 percent of the quota for Gulf
migratory group king mackerel in the Florida east coast subzone will be
harvested by March 1, 2015. Accordingly, a 75-fish trip limit applies
to vessels fishing for king mackerel in or from the EEZ in the Florida
east coast subzone effective 12:01 a.m., local time, March 1, 2015. The
75-fish trip limit will remain in effect until the subzone closes or
until the end of the current fishing year (March 31, 2015) for this
subzone.
Classification
The Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, has determined
this temporary rule is necessary for the conservation and management of
Gulf migratory group king mackerel and is consistent with the Magnuson-
Stevens Act and other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR 622.385(a)(2)(i)(B)(2) 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 scientific information available.
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds that the
need to immediately implement this commercial trip limit increase
constitutes good cause to waive the requirements to provide prior
notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the authority set
forth in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), because prior notice and opportunity for
public comment on this temporary rule is unnecessary and contrary to
the public interest. Such procedures are unnecessary, because the rule
establishing the trip limits has already been subject to notice and
comment, and all that remains is to notify the public of the trip limit
increase. They are contrary to the public interest, because prior
notice and opportunity for public comment would require time, thus
delaying fishermen's ability to catch more king mackerel than the
present trip limit allows and preventing fishermen from reaping the
socioeconomic benefits associated with this increased trip limit.
As this action allows fishermen to increase their harvest of king
mackerel from 50 fish to 75 fish per day in or from the EEZ of the
Florida east coast subzone, the AA finds it relieves a restriction and
may go into effect without a 30-day delay in effectiveness, pursuant to
5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 26, 2015.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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