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Table 1 of DHS Instruction Manual 023–
01–001–01, Rev. 1. Paragraph A3
pertains to the promulgation of rules of
the following nature: (a) those of a
strictly administrative or procedural
nature; (b) those that implement,
without substantive change, statutory or
regulatory requirements; (c) those that
implement, without substantive change,
procedures, manuals, and other
guidance documents; (d) those that
interpret or amend an existing
regulation without changing its
environmental effect; (e) those that
provide technical guidance on safety
and security matters; and (f) those that
provide guidance for the preparation of
security plans. Paragraph L54 pertains
to regulations which are editorial or
procedural.
This rule involves adjusting the
pilotage rates for the 2024 shipping
season to account for changes in district
operating expenses, changes in the
number of pilots, and anticipated
inflation. This rule is not part of a larger
action, and it will not result in
significant impacts to the human
environment. All changes are consistent
with the Coast Guard’s maritime safety
missions.
List of Subjects in 46 CFR Part 401
Administrative practice and
procedure, Great Lakes; Navigation
(water), Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Seamen.
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Coast Guard amends 46
CFR part 401 as follows:
00170.1, Revision No. 01.3, paragraphs
(II)(92)(a), (d), (e), (f).
2. Amend § 401.405 by revising
paragraphs (a)(1) through (6) to read as
follows:
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§ 401.405
Pilotage rates and charges.
(a) * * *
(1) The St. Lawrence River is $927;
(2) Lake Ontario is $608;
(3) Lake Erie is $597
(4) The navigable waters from
Southeast Shoal to Port Huron, MI is
$667;
(5) Lakes Huron, Michigan, and
Superior is $430; and
(6) The St. Mary’s River is $836.
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Dated: January 31, 2024.
W.R. Arguin,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant
Commandant for Prevention Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 240205–0038; RTID 0648–
XD564]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Monkfish Fishery; 2024
Monkfish Specifications
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
PART 401—GREAT LAKES PILOTAGE
REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 401
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104(a), 6101,
7701, 8105, 9303, 9304; DHS Delegation No.
NMFS is implementing
specifications for the 2024 monkfish
SUMMARY:
fishery. This action is necessary to
ensure allowable monkfish harvest
levels that will prevent overfishing and
allow harvesting of optimum yield. This
action is intended to establish the
allowable 2024 harvest levels,
consistent with the Monkfish Fishery
Management Plan and previously
announced multi-year specifications.
The final specifications for the
2024 monkfish fishery are effective May
1, 2024, through April 30, 2025.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Spencer Talmage, Fishery Policy
Analyst, (978) 281–9232.
The New
England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Councils (together, the
Councils) jointly manage the monkfish
fishery. The Monkfish Fishery
Management Plan includes a
specifications process that requires the
Councils to recommend quotas on a
triennial basis. This action finalizes
2024 specifications approved by the
Councils in Framework Adjustment 13
to the Monkfish Fishery Management
Plan, which included specifications for
fishing years 2023–2025.
On August 11, 2023, NMFS published
a final rule approving Framework 13
measures for the 2023 fishing year (88
FR 54495), based on a recent stock
assessment update and consistent with
the New England Council’s Scientific
and Statistical Committee
recommendations. At that time, NMFS
also projected a continuation of those
same specifications for 2024 and 2025.
The final total allowable landings in
both the Northern and Southern Fishery
Management Areas for 2024 are
summarized in table 1. The 2024
measures are the same as those
implemented in 2023.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
TABLE 1—MONKFISH SPECIFICATIONS FOR FISHING YEAR 2024
[in metric tons]
Northern
area
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Catch limits
Southern
area
Acceptable Biological Catch ............................................................................................................................................
Annual Catch Limit ..........................................................................................................................................................
Management Uncertainty (3 percent) ..............................................................................................................................
Annual Catch Target (Total Allowable Landings + discards) ..........................................................................................
Expected Discards ...........................................................................................................................................................
6,224
6,224
187
6,038
729
5,861
5,861
176
5,685
2,205
Total Allowable Landings .........................................................................................................................................
5,309
3,481
NMFS has reviewed the available
information on fishing years 2022 and
2023. There have been no annual catch
limit overages, nor is there any new
biological information that would
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require altering the projected 2024
specifications. Based on this, we are
implementing the fishing year 2024
specifications announced in the
Framework 13 final rule. The 2024
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specifications will be effective until
April 30, 2025.
This final rule makes no modification
to other management measures for the
monkfish fishery (e.g., trip limits, DaysAt-Sea allocations, etc.).
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Classification
Pursuant to section 304(b)(3) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), the NMFS
Assistant Administrator has determined
that this final rule is consistent with the
Monkfish Fishery Management Plan,
other provisions of the MagnusonStevens Act, and other applicable law.
This final rule is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), we
find good cause to waive prior public
notice and opportunity for public
comment on the catch limit and
allocation adjustments because allowing
time for notice and comment is
unnecessary. The Framework 13
proposed rule provided the public with
the opportunity to comment on the
2023–2025 specifications (88 FR 25351,
April 26, 2023). Two comments were
received on the proposed rule, only one
of which specifically addressed the
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2023–2025 specifications. This
comment supported these
specifications. Thus, the proposed and
final rules that contained the projected
2023–2025 specifications provided a
full opportunity for the public to
comment on the substance and process
of this action. No circumstances or
conditions have changed in the
monkfish fishery that would cause new
concern or necessitate reopening the
comment period and the final 2024
specifications being implemented by
this rule are unchanged from those
projected in the Framework 13 final
rule.
The Chief Counsel for Regulation,
Department of Commerce, previously
certified to the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration (SBA) that the 2023–
2025 monkfish specifications would not
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
Implementing status quo specifications
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for 2024 will not change the conclusions
drawn in that previous certification to
the SBA. Because advance notice and
the opportunity for public comment are
not required for this action under the
Administrative Procedure Act, or any
other law, the analytical requirements of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C.
601 et seq., do not apply to this rule.
Therefore, no new regulatory flexibility
analysis is required and none has been
prepared.
This final rule contains no
information collection requirements
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 5, 2024.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 240205-0038; RTID 0648-XD564]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish Fishery;
2024 Monkfish Specifications
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is implementing specifications for the 2024 monkfish
fishery. This action is necessary to ensure allowable monkfish harvest
levels that will prevent overfishing and allow harvesting of optimum
yield. This action is intended to establish the allowable 2024 harvest
levels, consistent with the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan and
previously announced multi-year specifications.
DATES: The final specifications for the 2024 monkfish fishery are
effective May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Spencer Talmage, Fishery Policy
Analyst, (978) 281-9232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Councils (together, the Councils) jointly manage the
monkfish fishery. The Monkfish Fishery Management Plan includes a
specifications process that requires the Councils to recommend quotas
on a triennial basis. This action finalizes 2024 specifications
approved by the Councils in Framework Adjustment 13 to the Monkfish
Fishery Management Plan, which included specifications for fishing
years 2023-2025.
On August 11, 2023, NMFS published a final rule approving Framework
13 measures for the 2023 fishing year (88 FR 54495), based on a recent
stock assessment update and consistent with the New England Council's
Scientific and Statistical Committee recommendations. At that time,
NMFS also projected a continuation of those same specifications for
2024 and 2025. The final total allowable landings in both the Northern
and Southern Fishery Management Areas for 2024 are summarized in table
1. The 2024 measures are the same as those implemented in 2023.
Table 1--Monkfish Specifications for Fishing Year 2024
[in metric tons]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Northern Southern
Catch limits area area
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Acceptable Biological Catch................... 6,224 5,861
Annual Catch Limit............................ 6,224 5,861
Management Uncertainty (3 percent)............ 187 176
Annual Catch Target (Total Allowable Landings 6,038 5,685
+ discards)..................................
Expected Discards............................. 729 2,205
-------------------------
Total Allowable Landings.................. 5,309 3,481
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NMFS has reviewed the available information on fishing years 2022
and 2023. There have been no annual catch limit overages, nor is there
any new biological information that would require altering the
projected 2024 specifications. Based on this, we are implementing the
fishing year 2024 specifications announced in the Framework 13 final
rule. The 2024 specifications will be effective until April 30, 2025.
This final rule makes no modification to other management measures
for the monkfish fishery (e.g., trip limits, Days-At-Sea allocations,
etc.).
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Classification
Pursuant to section 304(b)(3) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), the NMFS
Assistant Administrator has determined that this final rule is
consistent with the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan, other provisions
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other applicable law.
This final rule is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), we find good cause to waive
prior public notice and opportunity for public comment on the catch
limit and allocation adjustments because allowing time for notice and
comment is unnecessary. The Framework 13 proposed rule provided the
public with the opportunity to comment on the 2023-2025 specifications
(88 FR 25351, April 26, 2023). Two comments were received on the
proposed rule, only one of which specifically addressed the 2023-2025
specifications. This comment supported these specifications. Thus, the
proposed and final rules that contained the projected 2023-2025
specifications provided a full opportunity for the public to comment on
the substance and process of this action. No circumstances or
conditions have changed in the monkfish fishery that would cause new
concern or necessitate reopening the comment period and the final 2024
specifications being implemented by this rule are unchanged from those
projected in the Framework 13 final rule.
The Chief Counsel for Regulation, Department of Commerce,
previously certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration (SBA) that the 2023-2025 monkfish
specifications would not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. Implementing status quo
specifications for 2024 will not change the conclusions drawn in that
previous certification to the SBA. Because advance notice and the
opportunity for public comment are not required for this action under
the Administrative Procedure Act, or any other law, the analytical
requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.,
do not apply to this rule. Therefore, no new regulatory flexibility
analysis is required and none has been prepared.
This final rule contains no information collection requirements
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 5, 2024.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-02677 Filed 2-8-24; 8:45 am]
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