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Part 37, in the second line, remove
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Kathryn B. Thomson,
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This document corrects two
typographical errors in the final rule
that appeared in the Federal Register on
March 13, 2015, entitled
‘‘Transportation for Individuals With
Disabilities; Reasonable Modification of
Policies and Practices.’’
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SUMMARY:
I. Background
In FR Doc. 2015–05646 of March 13,
2015 (80 FR 13253), there were two
typographical errors, which are
identified and corrected in the
Correction of Errors section below. The
provisions in this correction document
are effective as if they had been
included in the document that appeared
in the March 13, 2015 Federal Register.
Accordingly, the corrections are
effective July 13, 2015.
II. Correction of Errors
In FR Doc. 2015–05646 of March 13,
2015 (80 FR 13253), make the following
corrections:
§ 37.169
[Corrected]
1. On page 13261, in the second
column, in the first paragraph of
§ 37.169, in the fourth line, remove
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in the first paragraph of Appendix E to
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
(HMS); 2006 Consolidated HMS
Fishery Management Plan (FMP);
Amendment 7
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Announcement of location for
installation of electronic monitoring
equipment.
AGENCY:
NMFS is announcing that the
final location for the May 2015
installations of electronic monitoring
(EM) systems required by Amendment 7
will be Fairhaven, MA, in addition to
the previously-announced Barnegat
Light, NJ. NMFS is also informing vessel
owners with Atlantic tunas permits that
funding for such EM installation and
training is now available on a ‘first
come, first served’ basis for a limited
number of pelagic longline vessels that
were not eligible for Individual Bluefin
Quota (IBQ) based on criteria in
Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated
HMS FMP (Amendment 7). Funding for
EM installation and training originally
was limited to the 135 vessels eligible
for IBQ shares.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for installation dates, times, and
locations.
SUMMARY:
Installation of EM systems
and equipment during May 2015 is
scheduled at the following ports:
Fairhaven, MA, and Barnegat Light, NJ.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
specific dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Warren or Brad McHale at 978–
281–9260; or Craig Cockrell at 301–427–
8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic
tuna fisheries are managed under the
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dual authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA).
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act,
NMFS must manage fisheries to
maintain optimum yield on a
continuing basis while preventing
overfishing. ATCA authorizes the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to
promulgate regulations as may be
necessary and appropriate to carry out
recommendations of the International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The authority
to issue regulations under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and ATCA has
been delegated from the Secretary to the
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NMFS. Management of these species is
described in the 2006 Consolidated
HMS FMP, which is implemented by
regulations at 50 CFR part 635.
Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated
HMS FMP may be found online at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/
documents/fmp/am7/.
On December 2, 2014, NMFS
published the final rule for Amendment
7 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP
to, among other things, take actions
related to the operation and
management of the Atlantic bluefin tuna
fishery, including measures applicable
to the pelagic longline fishery, such as
establishing IBQs and expanding
monitoring requirements, including
electronic monitoring by camera (79 FR
71510). The regulations implementing
the final rule require that an owner or
operator of a commercial vessel
permitted or required to be permitted in
the Atlantic Tunas Longline category
and that has pelagic longline gear on
board have installed, operate, and
maintain an EM system on the vessel.
Although most Amendment 7 measures
were effective as of January 1, 2015, EM
installation must be completed by June
1, 2015, to fish with pelagic longline
gear. To facilitate compliance with these
requirements and ease any burden on
vessel owners, NMFS identified funding
for EM equipment, installation and
training for the 135 vessels eligible for
IBQ under Amendment 7 criteria. NMFS
scheduled multiple dates and locations
for installation and training on the
operation of EM equipment during the
months of January through May (79 FR
78310; December 30, 2014). The dates
and locations were chosen to reduce the
potential for interference with fishing
trips and to minimize the distances
vessels may have to travel. One of the
two locations during the scheduled May
time periods (May 11–17; and 19–25)
was left undetermined to provide
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flexibility to consider status of
installations from January to the
present, and the location of vessels still
requiring installation. Based on input
from vessel owners, NMFS has
determined that the final location will
be Fairhaven, MA.
To encourage vessels to sign up for
installation and determine how many of
the eligible 135 vessels intended to have
an EM system installed, NMFS notified
the pelagic longline fleet and set an
administrative deadline of April 20,
2015, for eligible vessels to sign up for
installation. Based on the number of
vessels that already installed EM
systems or signed up for installation by
the deadline, NMFS has determined that
funds are available to pay for
installation of EM equipment on a
limited number of vessels with a valid
Atlantic Tunas Longline permit that
were not eligible for IBQ shares under
Amendment 7 (‘‘non-eligible vessels’’).
Funding for non-eligible vessels is not
guaranteed and will be available on a
‘first come-first served’ basis, as
determined by the date scheduled and
agreed upon by the vessel owner/
operator and Saltwater, Inc. All vessel
owners and/or operators must call
Saltwater, Inc., the NMFS-approved
contractor, at 800–770–3241, to
schedule EM installation and training
for their vessels at one of the ports
specified in Table 1, and to discuss
logistics (time, precise location, etc.)
with the contractor. All vessel owners
and/or operators must call at least a
week in advance of the desired date of
installation, but are encouraged to
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contact Saltwater Inc. as soon as
possible.
If a vessel owner and/or operator of a
pelagic longline vessel is not able to
coordinate installation with the NMFSapproved contracter, Saltwater, Inc., on
one of the dates and locations listed in
Table 1, the vessel operator is advised
to contact Saltwater, Inc., as soon as
possible to determine whether another
mutually-agreed upon location and date
is possible for installation and training.
NMFS cannot guarantee that an
alternate date will be possible given the
limited funding and time available to
complete installation of and training on
the operation of the EM equipment.
Therefore, vessel owners and/or
operators will be advised make a
concerted effort to adhere to the EM
installation schedule in Table 1.
TABLE 1—DATES AND LOCATIONS OF REMAINING PRE-SCHEDULED ELECTRONIC MONITORING INSTALLATIONS
Date range (2015)
Name of port
May 11 through 17, and May 19 through 25 ........................................................................................................
May 11 through 17, and May 19 through 25 ........................................................................................................
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801
et seq.
Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
Barnegat Light, New Jersey.
Dated: May 1, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
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 635
RIN 0648-BC09
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS); 2006 Consolidated HMS
Fishery Management Plan (FMP); Amendment 7
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Announcement of location for installation of electronic
monitoring equipment.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is announcing that the final location for the May 2015
installations of electronic monitoring (EM) systems required by
Amendment 7 will be Fairhaven, MA, in addition to the previously-
announced Barnegat Light, NJ. NMFS is also informing vessel owners with
Atlantic tunas permits that funding for such EM installation and
training is now available on a `first come, first served' basis for a
limited number of pelagic longline vessels that were not eligible for
Individual Bluefin Quota (IBQ) based on criteria in Amendment 7 to the
2006 Consolidated HMS FMP (Amendment 7). Funding for EM installation
and training originally was limited to the 135 vessels eligible for IBQ
shares.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for installation dates, times, and
locations.
ADDRESSES: Installation of EM systems and equipment during May 2015 is
scheduled at the following ports: Fairhaven, MA, and Barnegat Light,
NJ. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Warren or Brad McHale at 978-
281-9260; or Craig Cockrell at 301-427-8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic tuna fisheries are managed under
the dual authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the Atlantic Tunas Convention
Act (ATCA). Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, NMFS must manage fisheries
to maintain optimum yield on a continuing basis while preventing
overfishing. ATCA authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to
promulgate regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out
recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The authority to issue regulations under the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and ATCA has been delegated from the Secretary to
the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS. Management of these
species is described in the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP, which is
implemented by regulations at 50 CFR part 635. Amendment 7 to the 2006
Consolidated HMS FMP may be found online at: https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/documents/fmp/am7/.
On December 2, 2014, NMFS published the final rule for Amendment 7
to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP to, among other things, take actions
related to the operation and management of the Atlantic bluefin tuna
fishery, including measures applicable to the pelagic longline fishery,
such as establishing IBQs and expanding monitoring requirements,
including electronic monitoring by camera (79 FR 71510). The
regulations implementing the final rule require that an owner or
operator of a commercial vessel permitted or required to be permitted
in the Atlantic Tunas Longline category and that has pelagic longline
gear on board have installed, operate, and maintain an EM system on the
vessel. Although most Amendment 7 measures were effective as of January
1, 2015, EM installation must be completed by June 1, 2015, to fish
with pelagic longline gear. To facilitate compliance with these
requirements and ease any burden on vessel owners, NMFS identified
funding for EM equipment, installation and training for the 135 vessels
eligible for IBQ under Amendment 7 criteria. NMFS scheduled multiple
dates and locations for installation and training on the operation of
EM equipment during the months of January through May (79 FR 78310;
December 30, 2014). The dates and locations were chosen to reduce the
potential for interference with fishing trips and to minimize the
distances vessels may have to travel. One of the two locations during
the scheduled May time periods (May 11-17; and 19-25) was left
undetermined to provide
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flexibility to consider status of installations from January to the
present, and the location of vessels still requiring installation.
Based on input from vessel owners, NMFS has determined that the final
location will be Fairhaven, MA.
To encourage vessels to sign up for installation and determine how
many of the eligible 135 vessels intended to have an EM system
installed, NMFS notified the pelagic longline fleet and set an
administrative deadline of April 20, 2015, for eligible vessels to sign
up for installation. Based on the number of vessels that already
installed EM systems or signed up for installation by the deadline,
NMFS has determined that funds are available to pay for installation of
EM equipment on a limited number of vessels with a valid Atlantic Tunas
Longline permit that were not eligible for IBQ shares under Amendment 7
(``non-eligible vessels''). Funding for non-eligible vessels is not
guaranteed and will be available on a `first come-first served' basis,
as determined by the date scheduled and agreed upon by the vessel
owner/operator and Saltwater, Inc. All vessel owners and/or operators
must call Saltwater, Inc., the NMFS-approved contractor, at 800-770-
3241, to schedule EM installation and training for their vessels at one
of the ports specified in Table 1, and to discuss logistics (time,
precise location, etc.) with the contractor. All vessel owners and/or
operators must call at least a week in advance of the desired date of
installation, but are encouraged to contact Saltwater Inc. as soon as
possible.
If a vessel owner and/or operator of a pelagic longline vessel is
not able to coordinate installation with the NMFS-approved contracter,
Saltwater, Inc., on one of the dates and locations listed in Table 1,
the vessel operator is advised to contact Saltwater, Inc., as soon as
possible to determine whether another mutually-agreed upon location and
date is possible for installation and training. NMFS cannot guarantee
that an alternate date will be possible given the limited funding and
time available to complete installation of and training on the
operation of the EM equipment. Therefore, vessel owners and/or
operators will be advised make a concerted effort to adhere to the EM
installation schedule in Table 1.
Table 1--Dates and Locations of Remaining Pre-Scheduled Electronic
Monitoring Installations
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Date range (2015) Name of port
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May 11 through 17, and May 19 Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
through 25.
May 11 through 17, and May 19 Barnegat Light, New Jersey.
through 25.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 1, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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