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, 11428-11429 [2018-05288]

Download as PDF 11428 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 51 / Thursday, March 15, 2018 / Rules and Regulations 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. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with RULES 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 & VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:08 Mar 14, 2018 Jkt 244001 Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference 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. * * * * * § 64.1320 [Removed] 4. Remove § 64.1320. 1. The authority citation for part 64 continues to read as follows: ■ 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. BILLING CODE 6712–01–P ■ 2. Section 64.1301 is revised to read as follows: ■ § 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 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 [FR Doc. 2018–05201 Filed 3–14–18; 8:45 am] 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: E:\FR\FM\15MRR1.SGM 15MRR1 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 51 / Thursday, March 15, 2018 / Rules and Regulations 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:08 Mar 14, 2018 Jkt 244001 11429 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. [FR Doc. 2018–05288 Filed 3–12–18; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 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: E:\FR\FM\15MRR1.SGM 15MRR1

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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.
[FR Doc. 2018-05288 Filed 3-12-18; 4:15 pm]
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