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delivery terms; and
(b) The price does not change; and
(iv) Use Z only in position 2, and only
to identify a modification which
definitizes a letter contract or a
previously issued undefinitized
modification.
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positions are always numeric. Use a
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each type of modification listed in
paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this section.
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and receiving reports. The contractor
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reports. Task and delivery orders
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
204.1670 Cross reference to Federal
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PART 243—CONTRACT
MODIFICATIONS
AGENCY:
Detailed guidance on mapping PIID
and supplementary PIID numbers stored
in the Electronic Document Access
system to data elements reported in the
Federal Procurement Data System can
be found in PGI 204.1670.
(a) Circumstances may exist in which
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to a contract is not the order in which
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5. Amend section 243.172 by
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section F–301, by revising paragraph
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Appendix F to Chapter 2—Material
Inspection and Receiving Report
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(1) Contract no/delivery order no.
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Instrument Identifier (PIID) of the contract.
For task and delivery orders numbered in
accordance with FAR 4.1603 and DFARS
204.1603, enter the 13-character order
number. The contract or agreement number
under which the order was placed may be
omitted from the WAWF RR. Alternatively,
the contractor may choose to enter the
contract number on the WAWF RR in
addition to the 13-character order number. If
the order has only a four-position alphanumeric call or order serial number, enter
both the 13-position basic contract PIID and
the four-position order number.
(ii) Except as indicated in paragraph
(b)(1)(iii) of this appendix, do not enter
supplementary numbers used in conjunction
with basic PIIDs to identify—
(A) Modifications of contracts and
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(B) Modifications to calls or orders; or
(C) Document numbers representing
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(iii) When shipping instructions are
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comment in the Misc. Info Tab to this effect.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 130312235–3658–02]
RIN 0648–XE455
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
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, 555 lb (252 kg), round 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, March 2, 2016, until 12:01
a.m., local time, July 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick
DeVictor, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email:
rick.devictor@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
snapper-grouper fishery in the South
Atlantic includes vermilion snapper and
is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
Region (FMP). The South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council prepared
the FMP. The FMP is implemented by
NMFS 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, January through
June and July through December. For
the January 1 through June 30, 2016,
fishing season, the commercial quota is
388,703 lb (176,313 kg), gutted weight,
431,460 lb (195,707 kg), round weight
(50 CFR 622.190(a)(4)(i)(D)).
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, 1,110
lb (503 kg), round weight, when 75
percent of the fishing season
commercial quota is reached or
SUMMARY:
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projected to be reached, by filing a
notification to that effect with the Office
of the Federal Register, as established by
Regulatory Amendment 18 (78 FR
47574, August 6, 2013). The reduced
commercial trip limit is 500 lb (227 kg),
gutted weight, 555 lb (252 kg), round
weight. Based on current information,
NMFS has determined that 75 percent of
the available commercial quota for the
January 1 through June 30, 2016, fishing
season for vermilion snapper will be
reached by March 2, 2016. Accordingly,
NMFS is reducing the commercial trip
limit for vermilion snapper to 500 lb
(227 kg), gutted weight, 555 lb (252 kg),
round weight, in or from the South
Atlantic EEZ at 12:01 a.m., local time,
on March 2, 2016. This reduced
commercial trip limit will remain in
effect until the start of the next fishing
season on July 1, 2016, or until the
commercial quota is reached and the
commercial sector closes, 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 and
other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR
622.191(a)(6)(ii) 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 reduction
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 limit has
already been subject to notice and
comment, and all that remains is to
notify the public of the trip limit
reduction. Prior notice and opportunity
for public comment is contrary to the
public interest, because any delay in
reducing the commercial trip limit
could result in the commercial quota
being exceeded. There is a need to
immediately implement this action to
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protect the vermilion snapper resource,
since the capacity of the fishing fleet
allows for rapid harvest of the
commercial quota. Prior notice and
opportunity for public comment on this
action would require time and increase
the probability that the commercial
sector could exceed its quota.
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 23, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 141021887–5172–02]
RIN 0648–XE471
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod in the
Western Aleutian Islands District of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for Pacific cod, including for the
Community Development Quota
program (CDQ), in the Western Aleutian
Islands district of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands management area
(BSAI). This action is necessary to
prevent exceeding the Western Aleutian
Islands district Pacific cod harvest limit
of the 2016 total allowable catch (TAC)
in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the
BSAI.
SUMMARY:
Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local
time (A.l.t.), February 23, 2016, through
2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh
Keaton, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI according to the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (FMP) prepared by
the North Pacific Fishery Management
Council under authority of the
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Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act.
Regulations governing fishing by U.S.
vessels in accordance with the FMP
appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600
and 50 CFR part 679.
The Western Aleutian Islands district
Pacific cod harvest limit of the 2016
TAC in the Aleutian Islands subarea of
the BSAI is 3,377 metric tons (mt) as
established by the final 2015 and 2016
harvest specifications for groundfish in
the BSAI (80 FR 11919, March 5, 2015)
and inseason adjustment (81 FR 184,
January 5, 2016). In accordance with
§ 679.20(d)(1)(i), the Administrator,
Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined
that the Area 543 Pacific cod harvest
limit of the 2016 Pacific cod TAC in the
Aleutian Islands subarea of the BSAI
will soon be reached. Therefore, the
Regional Administrator is establishing a
directed fishing allowance of 2,377 mt,
and is setting aside the remaining 1,000
mt as incidental catch in directed
fishing for other species. In accordance
with § 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional
Administrator finds that this directed
fishing allowance has been reached.
Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting
directed fishing for Pacific cod in the
Western Aleutian Islands district of the
BSAI.
After the effective date of this closure
the maximum retainable amounts at
§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time
during a trip.
Classification
This action responds to the best
available information recently obtained
from the fishery. The Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA
(AA), finds good cause to waive the
requirement to provide prior notice and
opportunity for public comment
pursuant to the authority set forth at 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest. This requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest as it would prevent NMFS from
responding to the most recent fisheries
data in a timely fashion and would
delay the directed fishing closure of
Pacific cod in the Western Aleutian
Islands district of the BSAI. NMFS was
unable to publish a notice providing
time for public comment because the
most recent, relevant data only became
available as of February 22, 2016.
The AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in the effective
date of this action under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3). This finding is based upon
the reasons provided above for waiver of
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 130312235-3658-02]
RIN 0648-XE455
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, 555 lb (252 kg), round 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, March 2, 2016,
until 12:01 a.m., local time, July 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick DeVictor, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727-824-5305, email: rick.devictor@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The snapper-grouper fishery in the South
Atlantic includes vermilion snapper and is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
Region (FMP). The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council prepared
the FMP. The FMP is implemented by NMFS 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, January
through June and July through December. For the January 1 through June
30, 2016, fishing season, the commercial quota is 388,703 lb (176,313
kg), gutted weight, 431,460 lb (195,707 kg), round weight (50 CFR
622.190(a)(4)(i)(D)).
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, 1,110 lb (503 kg), round weight, when 75 percent of the
fishing season commercial quota is reached or
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projected to be reached, by filing a notification to that effect with
the Office of the Federal Register, as established by Regulatory
Amendment 18 (78 FR 47574, August 6, 2013). The reduced commercial trip
limit is 500 lb (227 kg), gutted weight, 555 lb (252 kg), round weight.
Based on current information, NMFS has determined that 75 percent of
the available commercial quota for the January 1 through June 30, 2016,
fishing season for vermilion snapper will be reached by March 2, 2016.
Accordingly, NMFS is reducing the commercial trip limit for vermilion
snapper to 500 lb (227 kg), gutted weight, 555 lb (252 kg), round
weight, in or from the South Atlantic EEZ at 12:01 a.m., local time, on
March 2, 2016. This reduced commercial trip limit will remain in effect
until the start of the next fishing season on July 1, 2016, or until
the commercial quota is reached and the commercial sector closes,
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 and other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR 622.191(a)(6)(ii) 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 reduction
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 limit has already been subject to notice and
comment, and all that remains is to notify the public of the trip limit
reduction. Prior notice and opportunity for public comment is contrary
to the public interest, because any delay in reducing the commercial
trip limit could result in the commercial quota being exceeded. There
is a need to immediately implement this action to protect the vermilion
snapper resource, since the capacity of the fishing fleet allows for
rapid harvest of the commercial quota. Prior notice and opportunity for
public comment on this action would require time and increase the
probability that the commercial sector could exceed its quota.
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 23, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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