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Common name
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Physaria pallida ................................
Physaria thamnophila .......................
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White bladderpod .............................
Zapata bladderpod ...........................
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Sclerocactus mariposensis ...............
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Lloyd’s mariposa cactus ...................
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Styrax platanifolius ssp. texanus ......
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Texas snowbells ...............................
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§ 17.95
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Critical habitat—plants.
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Family Asteraceae: Packera franciscana
(San Francisco Peaks ragwort)
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map is equivalent to ‘‘ragwort.’’ Map follows:
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Principal Deputy Director, Exercising the
Delegated Authority of the Director, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
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4. Amend § 17.95 by:
a. In paragraph (a), removing the
heading ‘‘Mount Graham Red Squirrel
(Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
grahamensis)’’ and adding ‘‘Mount
Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus
fremonti grahamensis)’’ in its place; and
■ b. In paragraph (g), removing the
heading ‘‘Government Canyon Bat Cave
Spider (Neoleptoneta microps)’’ and
adding ‘‘Government Canyon Bat Cave
Spider (Tayshaneta microps)’’ in its
place.
■ 5. Amend § 17.96, paragraph (a), by:
■ a. Removing the heading ‘‘Family
Asteraceae: Senecio franciscanus (San
Francisco Peaks groundsel)’’ and adding
in its place the heading ‘‘Family
Asteraceae: Packera franciscana (San
Francisco Peaks ragwort)’’;
■ b. In the entry ‘‘Family Asteraceae:
Packera franciscana (San Francisco
Peaks ragwort)’’, revising the note;
■ c. Removing the heading ‘‘Family
Brassicaceae: Lesquerella thamnophila
(Zapata bladderpod)’’ and adding in its
place the heading ‘‘Family Brassicaceae:
Physaria thamnophila (Zapata
bladderpod)’’; and
■ d. Removing the heading ‘‘Family
Cactaceae: Pediocactus peeblesianus
var. fickeiseniae (Fickeisen plains
cactus)’’ and adding in its place the
heading ‘‘Family Cactaceae: Pediocactus
peeblesianus ssp. fickeiseniae
(Fickeisen plains cactus)’’.
The revision reads as follows:
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50 CFR Part 648
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Quota Transfers From VA to CT and
NC to RI
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of quota transfer.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
Commonwealth of Virginia and the
State of North Carolina are transferring
a portion of their 2021 commercial
summer flounder quota to the states of
Connecticut and Rhode Island,
respectively. This adjustment to the
2021 fishing year quota is necessary to
comply with the Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery
Management Plan quota transfer
provisions. This announcement informs
the public of the revised 2021
commercial quotas for Virginia, North
Carolina, Connecticut, and Rhode
Island.
SUMMARY:
Effective November 22, 2021
through December 31, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Hansen, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the summer
flounder fishery are found in 50 CFR
648.100 through 648.110. These
regulations require annual specification
of a commercial quota that is
apportioned among the coastal states
from Maine through North Carolina. The
process to set the annual commercial
quota and the percent allocated to each
state is described in § 648.102 and final
2021 allocations were published on
December 21, 2020 (85 FR 82946).
DATES:
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Listing citations and
applicable rules
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52 FR 7424, 3/11/1987.
64 FR 63745, 11/22/1999; 50 CFR
17.96(a).CH
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44 FR 64247, 11/6/1979.
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49 FR 40035, 10/12/1984.
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The final rule implementing
Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder
Fishery Management Plan (FMP), as
published in the Federal Register on
December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936),
provided a mechanism for transferring
summer flounder commercial quota
from one state to another. Two or more
states, under mutual agreement and
with the concurrence of the NMFS
Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator,
can transfer or combine summer
flounder commercial quota under
§ 648.102(c)(2). The Regional
Administrator is required to consider
three criteria in the evaluation of
requests for quota transfers or
combinations: The transfer or
combinations would not preclude the
overall annual quota from being fully
harvested; the transfer addresses an
unforeseen variation or contingency in
the fishery; and the transfer is consistent
with the objectives of the FMP and the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act. The
Regional Administrator has determined
these three criteria have been met for
the transfers approved in this
notification.
Virginia is transferring 30,000 lb
(13,608 kg) of summer flounder to
Connecticut through mutual agreement
of the states. This transfer was requested
so that Connecticut would not exceed
its 2021 commercial quota. North
Carolina is transferring 22,158 lb
(10,051 kg) to Rhode Island to repay
landings made by a North Carolinapermitted vessel under a safe harbor
agreement. The revised summer
flounder quotas for 2021 are: Virginia,
2,359,776 lb (1,070,376 kg);
Connecticut, 629,376 lb (285,480 kg);
North Carolina, 2,952,765 lb (1,339,352
kg); and Rhode Island, 1,883,708 lb
(854,436 kg).
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to
section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. This action is required by 50 CFR
648.162(e)(1)(i) through (iii), which was
issued pursuant to section 304(b), and is
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 22, 2021.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries,National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 225 (Friday, November 26, 2021)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[RTID 0648-XB608]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder
Fishery; Quota Transfers From VA to CT and NC to RI
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of quota transfer.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State
of North Carolina are transferring a portion of their 2021 commercial
summer flounder quota to the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island,
respectively. This adjustment to the 2021 fishing year quota is
necessary to comply with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Fishery Management Plan quota transfer provisions. This announcement
informs the public of the revised 2021 commercial quotas for Virginia,
North Carolina, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
DATES: Effective November 22, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Hansen, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281-9225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing the summer flounder
fishery are found in 50 CFR 648.100 through 648.110. These regulations
require annual specification of a commercial quota that is apportioned
among the coastal states from Maine through North Carolina. The process
to set the annual commercial quota and the percent allocated to each
state is described in Sec. 648.102 and final 2021 allocations were
published on December 21, 2020 (85 FR 82946).
The final rule implementing Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder
Fishery Management Plan (FMP), as published in the Federal Register on
December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), provided a mechanism for transferring
summer flounder commercial quota from one state to another. Two or more
states, under mutual agreement and with the concurrence of the NMFS
Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator, can transfer or combine summer
flounder commercial quota under Sec. 648.102(c)(2). The Regional
Administrator is required to consider three criteria in the evaluation
of requests for quota transfers or combinations: The transfer or
combinations would not preclude the overall annual quota from being
fully harvested; the transfer addresses an unforeseen variation or
contingency in the fishery; and the transfer is consistent with the
objectives of the FMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act. The Regional Administrator has determined these three
criteria have been met for the transfers approved in this notification.
Virginia is transferring 30,000 lb (13,608 kg) of summer flounder
to Connecticut through mutual agreement of the states. This transfer
was requested so that Connecticut would not exceed its 2021 commercial
quota. North Carolina is transferring 22,158 lb (10,051 kg) to Rhode
Island to repay landings made by a North Carolina-permitted vessel
under a safe harbor agreement. The revised summer flounder quotas for
2021 are: Virginia, 2,359,776 lb (1,070,376 kg); Connecticut, 629,376
lb (285,480 kg); North Carolina, 2,952,765 lb (1,339,352 kg); and Rhode
Island, 1,883,708 lb (854,436 kg).
Classification
NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305(d) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 648.162(e)(1)(i) through
(iii), which was issued pursuant to section 304(b), and is
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exempted from review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 22, 2021.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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