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5. Delayed until publication of a
document announcing the effective
date, amend § 51.909 by adding
paragraphs (l) through (o) to read as
follows:
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§ 51.909 Transition of rate-of-return carrier
access charges.
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(l) 8YY Transition—Step 1. As of
December 28, 2020, each rate-of-return
carrier shall cap the rate for all intrastate
originating access charge rate elements
for Toll Free Calls, including for Toll
Free Database Query Charges.
(m) 8YY Transition—Step 2.
Beginning July 1, 2021, and
notwithstanding any other provision of
the Commission’s rules in this chapter,
each Rate-of-Return Carrier shall:
(1) Establish separate rate elements for
interstate and intrastate toll free
originating end office access service and
non-toll free originating end office
access service. Rate elements reflecting
fixed charges associated with
originating End Office Access Service
shall be treated as non-toll free charges.
(2) Reduce its intrastate toll free
originating end office access service
rates to its interstate toll free originating
end office access service rates as
follows:
(i) Calculate total revenue from End
Office Access Service, excluding nonusage-based rate elements, at the
carrier’s interstate access rates in effect
on June 30, 2020, using intrastate
switched access demand for each rate
element for the 12 months ending June
30, 2020.
(ii) Calculate total revenue from End
Office Access Service, excluding nonusage based rate elements, at the
carrier’s intrastate access rates in effect
on June 30, 2020, using intrastate
switched access demand for each rate
element for the 12 months ending June
30, 2020.
(iii) If the value in paragraph (m)(2)(ii)
of this section is less than or equal to
the value in paragraph (m)(2)(i) of this
section, the Rate-of-Return Carrier’s
intrastate End Office Access Service
rates shall remain unchanged.
(iv) If the value in paragraph (m)(2)(ii)
of this section is greater than the value
in paragraph (m)(2)(i) of this section, the
Rate-of-Return Carrier shall reduce
intrastate rates for End Office Access
Service so that they are equal to the
Rate-of-Return Carrier’s functionally
equivalent interstate rates for End Office
Access Rates and shall be subject to the
interstate rate structure and all
subsequent rate and rate structure
modifications.
(v) Except as provided in paragraph
(m)(2) of this section, nothing in this
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section allows a Rate-of-Return Carrier
that has intrastate rates lower than its
functionally equivalent interstate rates
to make any intrastate tariff filing or
intrastate tariff revisions to increase
such rates. If a Rate-of-Return Carrier
has an intrastate rate for an End Office
Access Service rate element that less
than the comparable interstate rate for
that element, the Rate-of-Return Carrier
may, if necessary as part of a
restructuring to reduce its intrastate
rates for End Office Access Service
down to parity with functionally
equivalent interstate rates, increase the
rate for an intrastate rate element that is
below the comparable interstate rate for
that element to the interstate rate on
July 1, 2021.
(3) Establish separate rate elements for
interstate and intrastate non-toll free
originating transport services for service
between an end office switch and the
tandem switch and remove its rate for
intrastate and interstate originating toll
free transport services consistent with a
bill-and-keep methodology (as defined
in § 51.713).
(4) Establish separate rate elements
respectively for interstate and intrastate
non-toll free originating tandem
switching services.
(5) Establish transitional interstate
and intrastate Joint Tandem Switched
Transport Access rate elements for Toll
Free Calls that are respectively no more
than $0.001 per minute.
(6) Reduce its interstate and intrastate
rates for Toll Free Database Query
Charges to no more than $0.004248 per
query. Nothing in this section obligates
or allows a Rate-of-Return carrier that
has Toll Free Database Query Charges
lower than this rate to make any
intrastate or interstate tariff filing
revision to increase such rates.
(n) 8YY Transition—Step 3.
Beginning July 1, 2022, and
notwithstanding any other provision of
the Commission’s rules in this chapter,
each Rate-of-Return Carrier shall:
(1) Reduce its interstate and intrastate
rates for all originating End Office
Access Service rate elements for Toll
Free Calls in each state in which it
provides such service by one-half of the
maximum rate allowed by paragraph (a)
of this section; and
(2) Reduce its rates for intrastate and
interstate Toll Free Database Query
Charges by one-half of the difference
between the rate permitted by paragraph
(m)(6) of this section and the
transitional rate of $0.0002 per query set
forth in paragraph (o)(2) of this section.
(o) 8YY Transition—Step 4. Beginning
on July 1, 2023, and notwithstanding
any other provision of the Commission’s
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rules in this chapter, each Rate-ofReturn Carrier shall:
(1) In accordance with a bill-and-keep
methodology, refile its interstate
switched access tariff and any state tariff
to remove any intercarrier charges for all
intrastate and interstate originating End
Office Access Service for Toll Free
Calls; and
(2) Reduce its rates for all intrastate
and interstate Toll Free Database Query
Charges to a transitional rate of no more
than $0.0002 per query.
■ 6. Amend § 51.911 by:
■ a. Effective December 28, 2020,
adding paragraphs (d); and
■ b. Delayed until publication of a
document announcing the effective
date, adding paragraph (e).
The additions read as follows:
§ 51.911 Access reciprocal compensation
rates for competitive LECs.
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(d) Cap on Database Query Charge. A
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
assessing a tariffed intrastate or
interstate Toll Free Database Query
Charge shall cap such charge at the rate
in effect on December 28, 2020.
(e) Transition of cap on Database
Query Charge. Beginning July 1, 2021,
notwithstanding any other provision of
the Commission’s rules in this chapter,
a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
assessing a tariffed intrastate or
interstate Toll Free Database Query
Charge shall revise its tariffs as
necessary to ensure that its intrastate
and interstate Toll Free Database Query
Charges do not exceed the rates charged
by the competing incumbent local
exchange carrier, as defined in
§ 61.26(a)(2) of this chapter.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 141107936–5399–02; RTID
0648–XA653]
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2020
Commercial Closure for South Atlantic
Gray Triggerfish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
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NMFS implements an
accountability measure for the
commercial sector of gray triggerfish in
the South Atlantic exclusive economic
zone (EEZ). NMFS projects commercial
landings of gray triggerfish will reach
the commercial annual catch limit
(ACL) for the July through December
season by November 29, 2020.
Therefore, NMFS is closing the
commercial sector for gray triggerfish in
the South Atlantic EEZ on November
29, 2020. This closure is necessary to
protect the gray triggerfish resource.
DATES: This temporary rule is effective
at 12:01 a.m., local time, on November
29, 2020, through December 31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email:
mary.vara@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
snapper-grouper fishery of the South
Atlantic includes gray triggerfish and is
managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared
by the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and 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. All
weights in this temporary rule are given
in round weight.
The commercial ACL (equivalent to
the commercial quota) for gray
triggerfish in the South Atlantic is
divided into two 6-month fishing
seasons. The total commercial ACL of
312,324 lb (141,668 kg) is allocated 50
percent to each commercial fishing
season, or 156,162 lb (70,834 kg) for
January through June, and the same
amount for July through December, as
specified in 50 CFR 622.190(a)(8)(i) and
(ii).
After the January through June 2020
fishing season, 25,468 lb (11,552 kg) of
the gray triggerfish commercial quota
remained unharvested. As specified in
50 CFR 622.190(a)(8)(iii), NMFS added
this unused portion of the gray
triggerfish commercial quota to the
commercial quota for the July through
December 2020 fishing season.
Therefore, the gray triggerfish
commercial quota for the July through
December 2020 fishing season is
181,630 lb (82,385 kg). Any unused
commercial quota for the July through
December fishing season becomes void
and will not be added to any subsequent
quota (622.190(a)(8)(iii)).
Under 50 CFR 622.193(q)(1)(i), NMFS
is required to close the commercial
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sector for gray triggerfish when the
commercial quota specified in 50 CFR
622.190(a)(8)(ii) is reached or is
projected to be reached by filing a
notification to that effect with the Office
of the Federal Register. NMFS has
determined that the commercial quota
for South Atlantic gray triggerfish for
the July through December 2020 fishing
season will be reached by November 29,
2020. Accordingly, the commercial
sector for South Atlantic gray triggerfish
is closed effective at 12:01 a.m., local
time, on November 29, 2020, and
remains closed until the start of the next
January through June fishing season on
January 1, 2021.
The operator of a vessel with a valid
Federal commercial vessel permit for
South Atlantic snapper-grouper with
gray triggerfish on board must have
landed and bartered, traded, or sold
such gray triggerfish prior to 12:01 a.m.,
local time, on November 29, 2020.
During the commercial closure, the
recreational bag limit specified in 50
CFR 622.187(b)(8), and the recreational
possession limits specified in 50 CFR
622.187(c), apply to all harvest or
possession of gray triggerfish in or from
the South Atlantic EEZ. Also during the
commercial closure, the sale or
purchase of gray triggerfish taken from
the South Atlantic EEZ is prohibited.
The prohibition on the sale or purchase
does not apply to gray triggerfish that
were harvested, landed ashore, and sold
prior to 12:01 a.m., local time, on
November 29, 2020, and were held in
cold storage by a dealer or processor.
For a person on board a vessel for
which a valid Federal commercial or
charter vessel/headboat permit for
South Atlantic snapper-grouper has
been issued, the bag and possession
limits and sale and purchase
prohibitions for gray triggerfish apply
regardless of whether the fish are
harvested in state or Federal waters, as
specified in 50 CFR 622.190(c)(1)(ii).
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to
section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. This action is required by 50 CFR
622.193(q)(1)(i), which was issued
pursuant to section 304(b) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, and is excempt
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.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there
is good cause to waive prior notice and
an opportunity for public comment as
such procedures are unnecessary and
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contrary to the public interest. Such
procedures are unnecessary because the
regulations associated with the
commercial quota for South Atlantic
gray triggerfish have already been
subject to notice and comment, and all
that remains is to notify the public of
the commercial closure for the
remainder of the July through December
2020 fishing season. Prior notice and
opportunity for public comment on this
action is contrary to the public interest
because of the need to immediately
implement the commercial closure to
protect South Atlantic gray triggerfish,
since the capacity of the fishing fleet
allows for rapid harvest of the
commercial quota. Prior notice and
opportunity for public comment would
require time and would potentially
result in a harvest that exceeds the
commercial quota.
For the aforementioned reasons, there
is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3)
to waive the 30-day delay in the
effective date of this action.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 23, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
50 CFR Part 635
[Docket No. 180117042–8884–02]
RTID 0648–XA652
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer.
AGENCY:
NMFS is transferring 19.5
metric tons (mt) of Atlantic bluefin tuna
(BFT) quota from the Reserve category
to the General category. This action is
intended to provide additional
opportunities for General category
fishermen to participate in the
December General category fishery,
which is scheduled to reopen on
December 1, 2020, and is based on
consideration of the regulatory
determination criteria regarding
inseason adjustments. This action
would affect Atlantic tunas General
category (commercial) permitted vessels
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 141107936-5399-02; RTID 0648-XA653]
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
2020 Commercial Closure for South Atlantic Gray Triggerfish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS implements an accountability measure for the commercial
sector of gray triggerfish in the South Atlantic exclusive economic
zone (EEZ). NMFS projects commercial landings of gray triggerfish will
reach the commercial annual catch limit (ACL) for the July through
December season by November 29, 2020. Therefore, NMFS is closing the
commercial sector for gray triggerfish in the South Atlantic EEZ on
November 29, 2020. This closure is necessary to protect the gray
triggerfish resource.
DATES: This temporary rule is effective at 12:01 a.m., local time, on
November 29, 2020, through December 31, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727-824-5305, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The snapper-grouper fishery of the South
Atlantic includes gray triggerfish and is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared by the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and 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. All weights in this
temporary rule are given in round weight.
The commercial ACL (equivalent to the commercial quota) for gray
triggerfish in the South Atlantic is divided into two 6-month fishing
seasons. The total commercial ACL of 312,324 lb (141,668 kg) is
allocated 50 percent to each commercial fishing season, or 156,162 lb
(70,834 kg) for January through June, and the same amount for July
through December, as specified in 50 CFR 622.190(a)(8)(i) and (ii).
After the January through June 2020 fishing season, 25,468 lb
(11,552 kg) of the gray triggerfish commercial quota remained
unharvested. As specified in 50 CFR 622.190(a)(8)(iii), NMFS added this
unused portion of the gray triggerfish commercial quota to the
commercial quota for the July through December 2020 fishing season.
Therefore, the gray triggerfish commercial quota for the July through
December 2020 fishing season is 181,630 lb (82,385 kg). Any unused
commercial quota for the July through December fishing season becomes
void and will not be added to any subsequent quota
(622.190(a)(8)(iii)).
Under 50 CFR 622.193(q)(1)(i), NMFS is required to close the
commercial sector for gray triggerfish when the commercial quota
specified in 50 CFR 622.190(a)(8)(ii) is reached or is projected to be
reached by filing a notification to that effect with the Office of the
Federal Register. NMFS has determined that the commercial quota for
South Atlantic gray triggerfish for the July through December 2020
fishing season will be reached by November 29, 2020. Accordingly, the
commercial sector for South Atlantic gray triggerfish is closed
effective at 12:01 a.m., local time, on November 29, 2020, and remains
closed until the start of the next January through June fishing season
on January 1, 2021.
The operator of a vessel with a valid Federal commercial vessel
permit for South Atlantic snapper-grouper with gray triggerfish on
board must have landed and bartered, traded, or sold such gray
triggerfish prior to 12:01 a.m., local time, on November 29, 2020.
During the commercial closure, the recreational bag limit specified in
50 CFR 622.187(b)(8), and the recreational possession limits specified
in 50 CFR 622.187(c), apply to all harvest or possession of gray
triggerfish in or from the South Atlantic EEZ. Also during the
commercial closure, the sale or purchase of gray triggerfish taken from
the South Atlantic EEZ is prohibited. The prohibition on the sale or
purchase does not apply to gray triggerfish that were harvested, landed
ashore, and sold prior to 12:01 a.m., local time, on November 29, 2020,
and were held in cold storage by a dealer or processor.
For a person on board a vessel for which a valid Federal commercial
or charter vessel/headboat permit for South Atlantic snapper-grouper
has been issued, the bag and possession limits and sale and purchase
prohibitions for gray triggerfish apply regardless of whether the fish
are harvested in state or Federal waters, as specified in 50 CFR
622.190(c)(1)(ii).
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305(d) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 622.193(q)(1)(i), which
was issued pursuant to section 304(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and
is excempt 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.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there is good cause to waive prior
notice and an opportunity for public comment as such procedures are
unnecessary and contrary to the public interest. Such procedures are
unnecessary because the regulations associated with the commercial
quota for South Atlantic gray triggerfish have already been subject to
notice and comment, and all that remains is to notify the public of the
commercial closure for the remainder of the July through December 2020
fishing season. Prior notice and opportunity for public comment on this
action is contrary to the public interest because of the need to
immediately implement the commercial closure to protect South Atlantic
gray triggerfish, since the capacity of the fishing fleet allows for
rapid harvest of the commercial quota. Prior notice and opportunity for
public comment would require time and would potentially result in a
harvest that exceeds the commercial quota.
For the aforementioned reasons, there is good cause under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in the effective date of this
action.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 23, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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