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33 CFR Part 165
[Docket No. USCG–2019–0236]
Safety Zone; Pittsburgh Pirates
Fireworks, Allegheny River, Pittsburgh,
PA
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of enforcement of
regulation.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard will enforce
safety zones for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Fireworks on the Allegheny River,
extending the entire width of the river,
from mile 0.2 to 0.9 in Pittsburgh, PA.
The safety zones are necessary to protect
vessels transiting the area and event
spectators from the hazards associated
with the Pittsburgh Pirates barge-based
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home games throughout the season.
During the enforcement period, entry
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not registered with the sponsor as
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Captain of the Port Marine Safety Unit
Pittsburgh (COTP) or a designated
representative.
SUMMARY:
The regulations in 33 CFR
165.801, Table 1, Line 1 will be
enforced from 8 p.m. through 11:59 p.m.
on May 4, 2019, unless the firework
displays are postponed because of
adverse weather, in which case, this
rule will be enforced within 48 hours of
the scheduled date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
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enforcement, call or email MST1
Jennifer Haggins, Marine Safety Unit
Pittsburgh, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone
412–221–0807, email
Jennifer.L.Haggins@uscg.mil.
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Guard will enforce the safety zones for
the annual Pittsburgh Pirates Fireworks
listed in 33 CFR 165.801, Table 1, line
1 from 8 p.m. through 11:59 p.m. on
May 4, 2019. Should inclement weather
require rescheduling, the safety zone
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unless authorized by the Captain of the
Port Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh
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and updates via Marine Information
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Dated: April 22, 2019.
A.W. Demo,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of
the Port Marine Safety Unit Pittsburgh.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 181210999–9239–02]
RIN 0648–XG998
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery;
2019 Closure of the Northern Gulf of
Maine Scallop Management Area to the
Limited Access General Category
Fishery
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces the closure
of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop
Management Area for the remainder of
the 2019 fishing year for Limited Access
General Category vessels. Regulations
require this action once NMFS projects
that 100 percent of the Limited Access
General Category total allowable catch
for the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop
Management Area will be harvested.
This action is intended to prevent the
overharvest of the 2019 total allowable
catch allocated to the Limited Access
General Category Fishery.
DATES: Effective 0001 hr local time,
April 25, 2019, through March 31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shannah Jaburek, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 282–8456.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The reader
can find regulations governing fishing
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activity in the Northern Gulf of Maine
(NGOM) Scallop Management Area in
50 CFR 648.54 and 648.62. These
regulations authorize vessels issued a
valid federal scallop permit to fish in
the NGOM Scallop Management Area
under specific conditions, including a
total allowable catch (TAC) of 137,500
lb (62,369 kg) for the Limited Access
General Category (LAGC) fleet for the
2019 fishing year, and a State Waters
Exemption Program for the State of
Maine and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. Section 648.62(b)(2)
requires the NGOM Scallop
Management Area to be closed to
scallop vessels issued federal LAGC
scallop permits, except as provided
below, for the remainder of the fishing
year once the NMFS Greater Atlantic
Regional Administrator determines that
the LAGC TAC for the fishing year is
projected to be harvested. Any vessel
that holds a federal NGOM (category
LAGC B) or Individual Fishing Quota
(IFQ) (LAGC A) permit may continue to
fish in the Maine or Massachusetts state
waters portion of the NGOM Scallop
Management Area under the State
Waters Exemption Program found in
§ 648.54 provided it has a valid Maine
or Massachusetts state scallop permit
and fishes only in that state’s respective
waters.
Based on trip declarations by
federally permitted LAGC scallop
vessels fishing in the NGOM Scallop
Management Area and analysis of
fishing effort, we project that the 2019
LAGC TAC will be harvested as of April
25, 2019. Therefore, in accordance with
§ 648.62(b)(2), the NGOM Scallop
Management Area is closed to all
federally permitted LAGC scallop
vessels as of April 25, 2019. As of this
date, no vessel issued a federal LAGC
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scallop permit may fish for, possess, or
land scallops in or from the NGOM
Scallop Management Area after 0001
local time, April 25, 2019, unless the
vessel is fishing exclusively in state
waters and is participating in an
approved state waters exemption
program as specified in § 648.54. Any
federally permitted LAGC scallop vessel
that has declared into the NGOM
Scallop Management Area, complied
with all trip notification and observer
requirements, and crossed the VMS
demarcation line on the way to the area
before 0001, April 25, 2019, may
complete its trip and land scallops. This
closure is in effect until the end of the
2019 scallop fishing year, through
March 31, 2020. This closure does not
apply to the Limited Access (LA)
scallop fleet, which was allocated a
separate TAC of 67,500 lb (30,617 kg)
for the 2019 fishing year under
Framework Adjustment 30 to the
Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
Management Plan. Vessels that are
participating in the 2019 scallop
Research Set-Aside Program and have
been issued letters of authorization to
conduct compensation fishing activities
will harvest the 2019 LA TAC.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part
648 and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for
fisheries, NOAA, 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. NMFS also finds,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), good
cause to waive the 30-day delayed
effectiveness period for the reasons
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noted below. The NGOM Scallop
Management Area opened for the 2019
fishing year on April 1, 2019. The
regulations at § 648.60(b)(2) require this
closure to ensure that federally
permitted scallop vessels do not harvest
more than the allocated LAGC TAC for
the NGOM Scallop Management Area.
NMFS can only make projections for the
NGOM closure date as trips into the area
occur on a real-time basis and as activity
trends appear. As a result, NMFS can
typically make an accurate projection
only shortly before the TAC is
harvested. A rapid harvest rate, that has
occurred in the last 2 weeks, makes it
more difficult to project a closure well
in advance. To allow federally
permitted LAGC scallop vessels to
continue to take trips in the NGOM
Scallop Management Area during the
period necessary to publish and receive
comments on a proposed rule would
result in vessels harvesting more than
the 2019 LAGC TAC for the NGOM
Scallop Management Area. This would
result in excessive fishing effort in the
area thereby undermining conservation
objectives of the Atlantic Sea Scallop
Fishery Management Plan and requiring
more restrictive future management
measures to make up for the excessive
harvest. Also, the public had prior
notice and full opportunity to comment
on this closure process when we put the
NGOM management provisions in place
on March 27, 2019 (84 FR 11436).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 23, 2019.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2019)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 181210999-9239-02]
RIN 0648-XG998
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop
Fishery; 2019 Closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine Scallop Management
Area to the Limited Access General Category Fishery
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces the closure of the Northern Gulf of Maine
Scallop Management Area for the remainder of the 2019 fishing year for
Limited Access General Category vessels. Regulations require this
action once NMFS projects that 100 percent of the Limited Access
General Category total allowable catch for the Northern Gulf of Maine
Scallop Management Area will be harvested. This action is intended to
prevent the overharvest of the 2019 total allowable catch allocated to
the Limited Access General Category Fishery.
DATES: Effective 0001 hr local time, April 25, 2019, through March 31,
2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannah Jaburek, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 282-8456.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The reader can find regulations governing
fishing
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activity in the Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) Scallop Management Area
in 50 CFR 648.54 and 648.62. These regulations authorize vessels issued
a valid federal scallop permit to fish in the NGOM Scallop Management
Area under specific conditions, including a total allowable catch (TAC)
of 137,500 lb (62,369 kg) for the Limited Access General Category
(LAGC) fleet for the 2019 fishing year, and a State Waters Exemption
Program for the State of Maine and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Section 648.62(b)(2) requires the NGOM Scallop Management Area to be
closed to scallop vessels issued federal LAGC scallop permits, except
as provided below, for the remainder of the fishing year once the NMFS
Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator determines that the LAGC TAC
for the fishing year is projected to be harvested. Any vessel that
holds a federal NGOM (category LAGC B) or Individual Fishing Quota
(IFQ) (LAGC A) permit may continue to fish in the Maine or
Massachusetts state waters portion of the NGOM Scallop Management Area
under the State Waters Exemption Program found in Sec. 648.54 provided
it has a valid Maine or Massachusetts state scallop permit and fishes
only in that state's respective waters.
Based on trip declarations by federally permitted LAGC scallop
vessels fishing in the NGOM Scallop Management Area and analysis of
fishing effort, we project that the 2019 LAGC TAC will be harvested as
of April 25, 2019. Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 648.62(b)(2),
the NGOM Scallop Management Area is closed to all federally permitted
LAGC scallop vessels as of April 25, 2019. As of this date, no vessel
issued a federal LAGC scallop permit may fish for, possess, or land
scallops in or from the NGOM Scallop Management Area after 0001 local
time, April 25, 2019, unless the vessel is fishing exclusively in state
waters and is participating in an approved state waters exemption
program as specified in Sec. 648.54. Any federally permitted LAGC
scallop vessel that has declared into the NGOM Scallop Management Area,
complied with all trip notification and observer requirements, and
crossed the VMS demarcation line on the way to the area before 0001,
April 25, 2019, may complete its trip and land scallops. This closure
is in effect until the end of the 2019 scallop fishing year, through
March 31, 2020. This closure does not apply to the Limited Access (LA)
scallop fleet, which was allocated a separate TAC of 67,500 lb (30,617
kg) for the 2019 fishing year under Framework Adjustment 30 to the
Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan. Vessels that are
participating in the 2019 scallop Research Set-Aside Program and have
been issued letters of authorization to conduct compensation fishing
activities will harvest the 2019 LA TAC.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for fisheries, NOAA, 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. NMFS also finds, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(3), good cause to waive the 30-day delayed effectiveness
period for the reasons noted below. The NGOM Scallop Management Area
opened for the 2019 fishing year on April 1, 2019. The regulations at
Sec. 648.60(b)(2) require this closure to ensure that federally
permitted scallop vessels do not harvest more than the allocated LAGC
TAC for the NGOM Scallop Management Area. NMFS can only make
projections for the NGOM closure date as trips into the area occur on a
real-time basis and as activity trends appear. As a result, NMFS can
typically make an accurate projection only shortly before the TAC is
harvested. A rapid harvest rate, that has occurred in the last 2 weeks,
makes it more difficult to project a closure well in advance. To allow
federally permitted LAGC scallop vessels to continue to take trips in
the NGOM Scallop Management Area during the period necessary to publish
and receive comments on a proposed rule would result in vessels
harvesting more than the 2019 LAGC TAC for the NGOM Scallop Management
Area. This would result in excessive fishing effort in the area thereby
undermining conservation objectives of the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
Management Plan and requiring more restrictive future management
measures to make up for the excessive harvest. Also, the public had
prior notice and full opportunity to comment on this closure process
when we put the NGOM management provisions in place on March 27, 2019
(84 FR 11436).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 23, 2019.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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