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Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Investigation
IV. Subsidies Valuation
V. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Recommendation
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Administration
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Fisheries Off West Coast States;
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery;
Trawl Rationalization Program; 2022
Cost Recovery Fee Notice
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice, 2022 cost recovery fee
percentages and average mothership
cooperative program pricing.
AGENCY:
This action provides
participants in the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Trawl Rationalization
Program with the 2022 cost recovery fee
percentages and the average mothership
(MS) price per pound to be used in the
catcher/processor (C/P) coop program to
calculate the fee amount for the
upcoming calendar year. For the 2022
calendar year, NMFS announces the
following fee percentages by sector
specific program: 3.0 percent for the
Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota
(IFQ) Program; 0.2 percent for the C/P
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Co-op Program; and 1.7 percent for the
MS Co-op Program. For 2022, the MS
pricing to be used as a proxy by the C/
P Co-op Program is $0.09/pound (lb) for
Pacific whiting.
DATES: Applicable January 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keeley Kent, (206) 247–8252,
keeley.kent@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
304(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) authorizes and requires NMFS to
collect fees to recover the costs directly
related to the management, data
collection and analysis, and
enforcement directly related to and in
support of a limited access privilege
program (LAPP) (16 U.S.C. 1854(d)(2)),
also called ‘‘cost recovery.’’ Cost
recovery fees recover the actual costs
directly related to the management, data
collection and analysis, and
enforcement of the programs (Section
303A(e)). Section 304(d) of the MSA
mandates that cost recovery fees not
exceed 3 percent of the annual ex-vessel
value of fish harvested by a program
subject to a cost recovery fee, and that
the fee be collected either at the time of
landing, filing of a landing report, or
sale of such fish during a fishing season
or in the last quarter of the calendar year
in which the fish is harvested.
The Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl
Rationalization Program is a LAPP,
implemented in 2011, and consists of
three sector-specific programs: The
Shorebased IFQ Program, the MS Co-op
Program, and the C/P Co-op Program. In
accordance with the MSA, and based on
a recommended structure and
methodology developed in coordination
with the Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council), NMFS began
collecting mandatory fees of up to 3
percent of the ex-vessel value of
groundfish from each program
(Shorebased IFQ Program, MS Co-op
Program, and C/P Co-op Program) in
2014. NMFS collects the fees to recover
the incremental costs of management,
data collection and analysis, and
enforcement of the Groundfish Trawl
Rationalization Program. Additional
background can be found in the cost
recovery proposed rule (78 FR 7371;
February 1, 2013), and final rule (78 FR
75268; December 11, 2013). The details
of cost recovery for the Groundfish
Trawl Rationalization Program are in
regulation at 50 CFR 660.115 (Trawl
fishery—cost recovery program),
§ 660.140 (Shorebased IFQ Program),
§ 660.150 (MS Co-op Program), and
§ 660.160 (C/P Co-op Program).
By December 31 of each year, NMFS
announces the next year’s fee
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percentages and the applicable MS
pricing for the C/P Co-op Program. To
calculate the fee percentages, NMFS
used the formula specified in regulation
at § 660.115(b)(1), where the fee
percentage by sector equals the lower of
3 percent or the direct program costs
(DPC) for that sector divided by total exvessel value (V) for that sector
multiplied by 100 (Fee percentage = the
lower of 3 percent or (DPC/V) × 100).
‘DPC,’ as defined in the regulations at
§ 660.115(b)(1)(i), are the actual
incremental costs for the previous fiscal
year directly related to the management,
data collection and analysis, and
enforcement of each program
(Shorebased IFQ Program, MS Co-op
Program, and C/P Co-op Program).
Actual incremental costs means those
net costs that would not have been
incurred but for the implementation of
the Groundfish Trawl Rationalization
Program, including both increased costs
for new requirements of the program
and reduced costs resulting from any
program efficiencies or adjustments to
costs from previous years.
‘‘V’’, as specified at § 660.115(b)(1)(ii),
is the total ex-vessel value, as defined at
§ 660.111, for each sector from the
previous calendar year. To determine
the ex-vessel value for the Shorebased
IFQ Program, NMFS used the ex-vessel
value for calendar year 2020 as reported
in the Pacific Fisheries Information
Network (PacFIN) from Shorebased IFQ
electronic fish tickets as this was the
most recent complete set of data. To
determine the ex-vessel value for the
MS Co-op Program and the C/P Co-op
Program, NMFS used the retained catch
estimates (weight) for each sector as
reported in the North Pacific Observer
Program database multiplied by the
average price of Pacific whiting as
reported by participants in the MS Coop Program for 2020.
The fee calculations for the 2022 fee
percentages are described below.
IFQ Program:
• 4.2 percent = ($1,689,034.21/
$40,008,494.00) × 100.
C/P Co-op Program:
• 0.2 percent = ($35,958.08/
$22,052,786.85) × 100.
MS Co-op Program:
• 1.7 percent = ($127,649.64/
$7,367,454.90) × 100.
However, the calculated fee
percentage cannot exceed the statutory
limit of 3 percent. The IFQ Program fee
calculation (4.2 percent) exceeds this
limit, therefore, the 2022 fee percentage
for the IFQ Program is 3 percent.
Therefore, the final 2022 fee percentages
are 3.0 percent for the IFQ Program, 0.2
percent for the C/P Co-op Program, and
1.7 percent for the MS Co-op Program.
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MS Average Pricing
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MS pricing is the average price per
pound that the C/P Co-op Program will
use to determine the fee amount due for
that sector. The C/P sector value (V) is
calculated by multiplying the retained
catch estimates (weight) of Pacific
whiting harvested by any vessel
registered to a C/P-endorsed limited
entry trawl permit by the MS pricing.
NMFS has calculated the 2022 MS
pricing to be used as a proxy by the CP
Co-op Program as: $0.09/lb for Pacific
whiting.
Cost recovery fees are submitted to
NMFS by fish buyers via Pay.gov
(https://www.pay.gov/). Fees are only
accepted in Pay.gov by credit/debit card
or bank transfers. Cash or checks cannot
be accepted. Fish buyers registered with
Pay.gov can login in the upper righthand corner of the screen. Fish buyers
not registered with Pay.gov can go to the
cost recovery forms directly from the
website below. The links to the Pay.gov
forms for each program (IFQ, MS, or C/
P) are listed below:
IFQ: https://www.pay.gov/public/
form/start/58062865;
MS: https://www.pay.gov/public/
form/start/58378422; and
C/P: https://www.pay.gov/public/
form/start/58102817.
As stated in the preamble to the cost
recovery proposed and final rules, in the
spring of each year, NMFS will release
an annual report documenting the
details and data used for the fee
percentage calculations. Annual reports
are available at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/
sustainable-fisheries/west-coastgroundfish-trawl-catch-shareprogram#cost-recovery.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16
U.S.C.773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et
seq.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Dated: November 30, 2021.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to Geophysical Surveys
Related to Oil and Gas Activities in the
Gulf of Mexico
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of letter of
authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended, its implementing
regulations, and NMFS’ MMPA
Regulations for Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Geophysical
Surveys Related to Oil and Gas
Activities in the Gulf of Mexico,
notification is hereby given that a Letter
of Authorization (LOA) has been issued
to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
(Anadarko) for the take of marine
mammals incidental to geophysical
survey activity in the Gulf of Mexico.
DATES: The LOA is effective from
January 15, 2022, through July 15, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The LOA, LOA request, and
supporting documentation are available
online at: www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
action/incidental-take-authorization-oiland-gas-industry-geophysical-surveyactivity-gulf-mexico. In case of problems
accessing these documents, please call
the contact listed below (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Corcoran, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
upon request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
authorization is provided to the public
for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s), will
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not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant), and if the permissible
methods of taking and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth. NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
resulting from the specified activity that
cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
not reasonably likely to, adversely affect
the species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.
Except with respect to certain
activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
defines ‘‘harassment’’ as: Any act of
pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
has the potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
the potential to disturb a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild by causing disruption of behavioral
patterns, including, but not limited to,
migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
feeding, or sheltering (Level B
harassment).
On January 19, 2021, we issued a final
rule with regulations to govern the
unintentional taking of marine
mammals incidental to geophysical
survey activities conducted by oil and
gas industry operators, and those
persons authorized to conduct activities
on their behalf (collectively ‘‘industry
operators’’), in Federal waters of the
U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) over the
course of 5 years (86 FR 5322; January
19, 2021). The rule was based on our
findings that the total taking from the
specified activities over the 5-year
period will have a negligible impact on
the affected species or stock(s) of marine
mammals and will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of those species or stocks for
subsistence uses. The rule became
effective on April 19, 2021.
Our regulations at 50 CFR 217.180 et
seq. allow for the issuance of LOAs to
industry operators for the incidental
take of marine mammals during
geophysical survey activities and
prescribe the permissible methods of
taking and other means of effecting the
least practicable adverse impact on
marine mammal species or stocks and
their habitat (often referred to as
mitigation), as well as requirements
pertaining to the monitoring and
reporting of such taking. Under 50 CFR
217.186(e), issuance of an LOA shall be
based on a determination that the level
of taking will be consistent with the
findings made for the total taking
allowable under these regulations and a
determination that the amount of take
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB572]
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery; Trawl Rationalization Program; 2022 Cost Recovery Fee Notice
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice, 2022 cost recovery fee percentages and average
mothership cooperative program pricing.
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SUMMARY: This action provides participants in the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program with the 2022 cost recovery
fee percentages and the average mothership (MS) price per pound to be
used in the catcher/processor (C/P) coop program to calculate the fee
amount for the upcoming calendar year. For the 2022 calendar year, NMFS
announces the following fee percentages by sector specific program: 3.0
percent for the Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program; 0.2
percent for the C/P Co-op Program; and 1.7 percent for the MS Co-op
Program. For 2022, the MS pricing to be used as a proxy by the C/P Co-
op Program is $0.09/pound (lb) for Pacific whiting.
DATES: Applicable January 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keeley Kent, (206) 247-8252,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 304(d) of the
Magnuson[hyphen]Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA)
authorizes and requires NMFS to collect fees to recover the costs
directly related to the management, data collection and analysis, and
enforcement directly related to and in support of a limited access
privilege program (LAPP) (16 U.S.C. 1854(d)(2)), also called ``cost
recovery.'' Cost recovery fees recover the actual costs directly
related to the management, data collection and analysis, and
enforcement of the programs (Section 303A(e)). Section 304(d) of the
MSA mandates that cost recovery fees not exceed 3 percent of the annual
ex-vessel value of fish harvested by a program subject to a cost
recovery fee, and that the fee be collected either at the time of
landing, filing of a landing report, or sale of such fish during a
fishing season or in the last quarter of the calendar year in which the
fish is harvested.
The Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program is a
LAPP, implemented in 2011, and consists of three sector-specific
programs: The Shorebased IFQ Program, the MS Co-op Program, and the C/P
Co-op Program. In accordance with the MSA, and based on a recommended
structure and methodology developed in coordination with the Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council), NMFS began collecting mandatory
fees of up to 3 percent of the ex[hyphen]vessel value of groundfish
from each program (Shorebased IFQ Program, MS Co-op Program, and C/P
Co-op Program) in 2014. NMFS collects the fees to recover the
incremental costs of management, data collection and analysis, and
enforcement of the Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program. Additional
background can be found in the cost recovery proposed rule (78 FR 7371;
February 1, 2013), and final rule (78 FR 75268; December 11, 2013). The
details of cost recovery for the Groundfish Trawl Rationalization
Program are in regulation at 50 CFR 660.115 (Trawl fishery--cost
recovery program), Sec. 660.140 (Shorebased IFQ Program), Sec.
660.150 (MS Co-op Program), and Sec. 660.160 (C/P Co-op Program).
By December 31 of each year, NMFS announces the next year's fee
percentages and the applicable MS pricing for the C/P Co-op Program. To
calculate the fee percentages, NMFS used the formula specified in
regulation at Sec. 660.115(b)(1), where the fee percentage by sector
equals the lower of 3 percent or the direct program costs (DPC) for
that sector divided by total ex-vessel value (V) for that sector
multiplied by 100 (Fee percentage = the lower of 3 percent or (DPC/V) x
100).
`DPC,' as defined in the regulations at Sec. 660.115(b)(1)(i), are
the actual incremental costs for the previous fiscal year directly
related to the management, data collection and analysis, and
enforcement of each program (Shorebased IFQ Program, MS Co-op Program,
and C/P Co-op Program). Actual incremental costs means those net costs
that would not have been incurred but for the implementation of the
Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program, including both increased
costs for new requirements of the program and reduced costs resulting
from any program efficiencies or adjustments to costs from previous
years.
``V'', as specified at Sec. 660.115(b)(1)(ii), is the total ex-
vessel value, as defined at Sec. 660.111, for each sector from the
previous calendar year. To determine the ex-vessel value for the
Shorebased IFQ Program, NMFS used the ex-vessel value for calendar year
2020 as reported in the Pacific Fisheries Information Network (PacFIN)
from Shorebased IFQ electronic fish tickets as this was the most recent
complete set of data. To determine the ex-vessel value for the MS Co-op
Program and the C/P Co-op Program, NMFS used the retained catch
estimates (weight) for each sector as reported in the North Pacific
Observer Program database multiplied by the average price of Pacific
whiting as reported by participants in the MS Co-op Program for 2020.
The fee calculations for the 2022 fee percentages are described
below.
IFQ Program:
4.2 percent = ($1,689,034.21/$40,008,494.00) x 100.
C/P Co-op Program:
0.2 percent = ($35,958.08/$22,052,786.85) x 100.
MS Co-op Program:
1.7 percent = ($127,649.64/$7,367,454.90) x 100.
However, the calculated fee percentage cannot exceed the statutory
limit of 3 percent. The IFQ Program fee calculation (4.2 percent)
exceeds this limit, therefore, the 2022 fee percentage for the IFQ
Program is 3 percent. Therefore, the final 2022 fee percentages are 3.0
percent for the IFQ Program, 0.2 percent for the C/P Co-op Program, and
1.7 percent for the MS Co-op Program.
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MS Average Pricing
MS pricing is the average price per pound that the C/P Co-op
Program will use to determine the fee amount due for that sector. The
C/P sector value (V) is calculated by multiplying the retained catch
estimates (weight) of Pacific whiting harvested by any vessel
registered to a C/P-endorsed limited entry trawl permit by the MS
pricing. NMFS has calculated the 2022 MS pricing to be used as a proxy
by the CP Co-op Program as: $0.09/lb for Pacific whiting.
Cost recovery fees are submitted to NMFS by fish buyers via Pay.gov
(https://www.pay.gov/). Fees are only accepted in Pay.gov by credit/
debit card or bank transfers. Cash or checks cannot be accepted. Fish
buyers registered with Pay.gov can login in the upper right-hand corner
of the screen. Fish buyers not registered with Pay.gov can go to the
cost recovery forms directly from the website below. The links to the
Pay.gov forms for each program (IFQ, MS, or C/P) are listed below:
IFQ: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/58062865;
MS: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/58378422; and
C/P: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/58102817.
As stated in the preamble to the cost recovery proposed and final
rules, in the spring of each year, NMFS will release an annual report
documenting the details and data used for the fee percentage
calculations. Annual reports are available at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/sustainable-fisheries/west-coast-groundfish-trawl-catch-share-program#cost-recovery.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16 U.S.C.773 et seq., and 16
U.S.C. 7001 et seq.
Dated: November 30, 2021.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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