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we previously sought specific comment
on how the Commission might further
reduce the information collection
burden for small business concerns with
fewer than 25 employees.
44. In this document, we have
assessed the effects of revising or
eliminating certain payphone
compensation procedural requirements,
and find that doing so will serve the
public interest and is unlikely to
directly affect businesses with fewer
than 25 employees.
C. Congressional Review Act
45. The Commission will send a copy
of this Report and Order, including a
copy of the Final Regulatory Flexibility
Certification, in a report to Congress and
the Government Accountability Office
pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
In addition, the Report and Order and
this final certification will be sent to the
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration (SBA), and
will be published in the Federal
Register.
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D. Contact Person
46. For further information about this
proceeding, please contact Michele Levy
Berlove, FCC Wireline Competition
Bureau, Competition Policy Division,
Room 5–C313, 445 12th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418–1477,
Michele.Berlove@fcc.gov.
VI. Ordering Clauses
47. Accordingly, it is ordered that,
pursuant to the authority contained in
sections 1–4, 11, and 276 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 161, 276,
this Report and Order is adopted.
48. It is further ordered that part 64
of the Commission’s rules is amended as
set forth in Appendix A, and that any
such rule amendments that contain new
or modified information collection
requirements that require approval by
the Office of Management and Budget
under the Paperwork Reduction Act
shall be effective after announcement in
the Federal Register of Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
rules, and on the effective date
announced therein.
49. It is further ordered that this
Report and Order shall be effective 30
days after publication in the Federal
Register, except for 47 CFR
64.1310(a)(3), which contains
information collection requirements
previously approved by OMB and
which provision shall become effective
as set forth in the preceding paragraph.
50. It is further ordered that the
Commission’s Consumer &
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Information Center, shall send a copy of
this Report and Order to Congress and
the Government Accountability Office
pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
51. It is further ordered that the
Commission’s Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference
Information Center, shall send a copy of
this Report and Order, including the
Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to
the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration, see 5
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64
Common carriers, Communications,
Telecommunications, Telephone.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary.
Final Rules
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 64 as
follows:
PART 64—MISCELLANEOUS RULES
RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS
official with the authority to bind the
Completing Carrier shall submit to each
payphone service provider to which
compensation is tendered a sworn
statement that the payment amount for
that quarter is accurate and is based on
100% of all completed calls that
originated from that payphone service
provider’s payphones. Instead of
transmitting individualized statements
to each payphone service provider, a
Completing Carrier may provide a
single, blanket sworn statement
addressed to all payphone service
providers to which compensation is
tendered for that quarter and may notify
the payphone service providers of the
sworn statement through any electronic
method, including transmitting the
sworn statement with the § 64.1310(a)(4)
quarterly report, or posting the sworn
statement on the Completing Carrier or
clearinghouse website. If a Completing
Carrier chooses to post the sworn
statement on its website, the Completing
Carrier shall state in its § 64.1310(a)(4)
quarterly report the web address of the
sworn statement.
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§ 64.1320
[Removed]
4. Remove § 64.1320.
1. The authority citation for part 64
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 202, 225, 251(e),
254(k), 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, Pub. L.
104–104, 110 Stat. 56. Interpret or apply 47
U.S.C. 201, 202, 218, 222, 225, 226, 227, 228,
254(k), 276, 616, 620, and the Middle Class
Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Pub.
L. 112–96, unless otherwise noted.
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2. Section 64.1301 is revised to read
as follows:
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§ 64.1301
Per-payphone compensation.
In the absence of a negotiated
agreement to pay a different amount,
each entity listed in Appendix C of the
Fifth Order on Reconsideration and
Order on Remand in CC Docket No. 96–
128, FCC 02–292, must pay default
compensation to payphone service
providers for access code calls and
payphone subscriber 800 calls for the
period beginning April 21, 1999, in the
amount listed in Appendix C for any
payphone for any month during which
per-call compensation for that payphone
for that month was or is not paid by the
listed entity. A complete copy of
Appendix C is available at www.fcc.gov.
■ 3. Section 64.1310 is amended by
revising paragraph (a)(3) to read as
follows:
§ 64.1310 Payphone compensation
procedures.
(a) * * *
(3) When payphone compensation is
tendered for a quarter, a company
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 151215999–6960–02]
RIN 0648–XG087
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; 2018
River Herring and Shad Catch Cap
Reached for Midwater Trawl Vessels in
the Mid-Atlantic/Southern New
England Catch Cap Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS is reducing the
Atlantic herring possession limit for
federally permitted vessels fishing with
midwater trawl gear in the MidAtlantic/Southern New England Catch
Cap Closure Area, based on a projection
that the threshold catch for the
corresponding catch cap area has been
reached. This action is necessary to
comply with the regulations
SUMMARY:
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implementing the Atlantic Herring
Fishery Management Plan and is
intended to limit the harvest of river
herring and shad in the Mid-Atlantic/
Southern New England Catch Cap Area.
DATES: Effective 00:01 hr local time,
March 14, 2018, through December 31,
2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Luers, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 282–8457.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the Atlantic
herring fishery can be found at 50 CFR
part 648, including requirements for
setting annual catch cap allocations for
river herring and shad. NMFS set the
2018 catch cap in the Mid-Atlantic/
Southern New England Catch Cap Area
at 129.6 mt. NMFS established this
value in the 2016 through 2018 herring
specifications (81 FR 75731, November
1, 2016).
The NMFS Administrator of the
Greater Atlantic Region (Regional
Administrator) monitors the herring
fishery in each of the catch cap areas
based on vessel and dealer reports, state
data, and other available information.
The regulations at § 648.201 require that
when the Regional Administrator
projects that river herring and shad
catch will reach 95 percent of a catch
cap for vessels fishing with a specified
gear type in a specified catch cap area,
NMFS must prohibit, through
notification in the Federal Register,
federally permitted herring vessels
fishing with that gear type from fishing
for, possessing, catching, transferring, or
landing more than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of
herring per trip or calendar day in or
from that specified catch cap closure
area for the remainder of the fishing
year.
The Regional Administrator has
determined, based on available
information, that the herring midwater
trawl vessels will have caught 95
percent of the river herring and shad
catch cap allocated to the Mid-Atlantic/
Southern New England Catch Cap Area
by March 14, 2018. Therefore, effective
00:01 hr local time, March 14, 2018,
federally permitted vessels fishing with
midwater trawl gear may not fish for,
catch, possess, transfer, or land more
than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of herring per
trip or calendar day, in or from the MidAtlantic/Southern New England Catch
Cap Closure Area through December 31,
2018. Midwater trawl vessels that have
entered port before 00:01 hr local time,
March 14, 2018, may land and sell more
than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of herring from
the Cap Closure Area from that trip.
Midwater trawl vessels may transit
through the Mid-Atlantic/Southern New
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England Catch Cap Closure Area with
more than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of herring
on board, provided all herring in excess
of 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) was caught outside
of this area and all fishing gear is
stowed and not available for immediate
use as defined by § 648.2.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Classification
RIN 0648–XG076
This action is required by 50 CFR part
648 and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
NMFS finds good cause pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior notice
and the opportunity for public comment
because it would be contrary to the
public interest and impracticable. This
action restricts the catch of herring in
the Mid-Atlantic/Southern New
England Catch Cap Closure Area for the
remainder of the fishing year. Data have
only recently become available
indicating that herring midwater trawl
vessels will have caught 95 percent of
the river herring and shad catch cap
allocated to that gear type in the Catch
Cap Area. Once NMFS projects that
river herring and shad catch will reach
95 percent of the cap for the Catch Cap
Area, NMFS is required by Federal
regulation to implement a 2,000-lb
(907.2-kg) herring trip and calendar day
possession limit for Cap Closure Area
through December 31, 2018. The
regulations at § 648.201(a)(4)(ii) require
such action to ensure that herring
vessels do not exceed the river herring
and shad catch cap allocated to
midwater trawl vessels in the MidAtlantic/Southern New England Catch
Cap Area. If implementation of this
closure is delayed to solicit prior public
comment, the midwater trawl catch cap
for the Mid-Atlantic/Southern New
England Catch Cap Area for this fishing
year will be exceeded, thereby
undermining the conservation
objectives of the Atlantic Herring
Fishery Management Plan. For the
reasons stated above, NMFS further
finds, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 553(d)(3),
good cause to waive the 30-day delayed
effectiveness period.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical
Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 12, 2018.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 170816769–8162–02]
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for pollock in Statistical Area
610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This
action is necessary to prevent exceeding
the B season allowance of the 2018 total
allowable catch of pollock for Statistical
Area 610 in the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska
local time (A.l.t.), March 12, 2018,
through 1200 hours, A.l.t., May 31,
2018.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Josh
Keaton, 907–586–7228.
NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
GOA exclusive economic zone
according to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of
Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council
under authority of the MagnusonStevens 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 B season allowance of the 2018
total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock in
Statistical Area 610 of the GOA is 1,317
metric tons (mt) as established by the
final 2018 and 2019 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the GOA
(83 FR 8768, March 1, 2018).
In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i),
the Regional Administrator has
determined that the B season allowance
of the 2018 TAC of pollock in Statistical
Area 610 of the GOA will soon be
reached. Therefore, the Regional
Administrator is establishing a directed
fishing allowance of 1,217 mt and is
setting aside the remaining 100 mt as
bycatch to support other anticipated
groundfish fisheries. In accordance with
§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional
Administrator finds that this directed
fishing allowance has been reached.
Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 151215999-6960-02]
RIN 0648-XG087
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring
Fishery; 2018 River Herring and Shad Catch Cap Reached for Midwater
Trawl Vessels in the Mid-Atlantic/Southern New England Catch Cap Area
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is reducing the Atlantic herring possession limit for
federally permitted vessels fishing with midwater trawl gear in the
Mid-Atlantic/Southern New England Catch Cap Closure Area, based on a
projection that the threshold catch for the corresponding catch cap
area has been reached. This action is necessary to comply with the
regulations
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implementing the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan and is
intended to limit the harvest of river herring and shad in the Mid-
Atlantic/Southern New England Catch Cap Area.
DATES: Effective 00:01 hr local time, March 14, 2018, through December
31, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Luers, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 282-8457.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing the Atlantic herring
fishery can be found at 50 CFR part 648, including requirements for
setting annual catch cap allocations for river herring and shad. NMFS
set the 2018 catch cap in the Mid-Atlantic/Southern New England Catch
Cap Area at 129.6 mt. NMFS established this value in the 2016 through
2018 herring specifications (81 FR 75731, November 1, 2016).
The NMFS Administrator of the Greater Atlantic Region (Regional
Administrator) monitors the herring fishery in each of the catch cap
areas based on vessel and dealer reports, state data, and other
available information. The regulations at Sec. 648.201 require that
when the Regional Administrator projects that river herring and shad
catch will reach 95 percent of a catch cap for vessels fishing with a
specified gear type in a specified catch cap area, NMFS must prohibit,
through notification in the Federal Register, federally permitted
herring vessels fishing with that gear type from fishing for,
possessing, catching, transferring, or landing more than 2,000 lb
(907.2 kg) of herring per trip or calendar day in or from that
specified catch cap closure area for the remainder of the fishing year.
The Regional Administrator has determined, based on available
information, that the herring midwater trawl vessels will have caught
95 percent of the river herring and shad catch cap allocated to the
Mid-Atlantic/Southern New England Catch Cap Area by March 14, 2018.
Therefore, effective 00:01 hr local time, March 14, 2018, federally
permitted vessels fishing with midwater trawl gear may not fish for,
catch, possess, transfer, or land more than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of
herring per trip or calendar day, in or from the Mid-Atlantic/Southern
New England Catch Cap Closure Area through December 31, 2018. Midwater
trawl vessels that have entered port before 00:01 hr local time, March
14, 2018, may land and sell more than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of herring
from the Cap Closure Area from that trip. Midwater trawl vessels may
transit through the Mid-Atlantic/Southern New England Catch Cap Closure
Area with more than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of herring on board, provided
all herring in excess of 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) was caught outside of this
area and all fishing gear is stowed and not available for immediate use
as defined by Sec. 648.2.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
NMFS finds good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior
notice and the opportunity for public comment because it would be
contrary to the public interest and impracticable. This action
restricts the catch of herring in the Mid-Atlantic/Southern New England
Catch Cap Closure Area for the remainder of the fishing year. Data have
only recently become available indicating that herring midwater trawl
vessels will have caught 95 percent of the river herring and shad catch
cap allocated to that gear type in the Catch Cap Area. Once NMFS
projects that river herring and shad catch will reach 95 percent of the
cap for the Catch Cap Area, NMFS is required by Federal regulation to
implement a 2,000-lb (907.2-kg) herring trip and calendar day
possession limit for Cap Closure Area through December 31, 2018. The
regulations at Sec. 648.201(a)(4)(ii) require such action to ensure
that herring vessels do not exceed the river herring and shad catch cap
allocated to midwater trawl vessels in the Mid-Atlantic/Southern New
England Catch Cap Area. If implementation of this closure is delayed to
solicit prior public comment, the midwater trawl catch cap for the Mid-
Atlantic/Southern New England Catch Cap Area for this fishing year will
be exceeded, thereby undermining the conservation objectives of the
Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. For the reasons stated above,
NMFS further finds, pursuant to 5 U.S.C 553(d)(3), good cause to waive
the 30-day delayed effectiveness period.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 12, 2018.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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