Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Final 2024 and 2025 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish; 2024 Rockfish Program Cooperative Allocations, 33284-33287 [2024-09042]

Download as PDF 33284 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 83 / Monday, April 29, 2024 / Rules and Regulations Vienna, VA 22180; phone: (703) 281– 6613; website: www.mss-hq.org/. (1) MSS SP–75–2019 Standard Practice, High-Strength, Wrought, ButtWelding Fittings, published December 2019, (MSS SP–75); IBR approved for § 195.118(a). (2) [Reserved] (g) Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP), 15835 Park Ten Place, Houston, TX 77084; phone: (800) 797–6223; website: https://ampp.org/standards. * * * * * (4) NACE SP0204–2015, Stress Corrosion Cracking (SSC) Direct Assessment Methodology, Revised March 14, 2015, (NACE SP0204); IBR approved for § 195.588(c). § 195.5 [AMENDED] 33. In § 195.5 paragraph (a)(1)(i), remove the text ‘‘ASME/ANSI B31.8’’ and add, in its place, the text ‘‘ASME B31.8’’. ■ 34. In § 195.58, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows: ■ § 195.58 Reporting submission requirements. (a) General. Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (e) of this section, an operator must submit each report required by this part electronically to PHMSA at https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov unless an alternative reporting method is authorized in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section. * * * * * ■ 35. In § 195.59, revise paragraph (a) to read as follows: § 195.59 Abandonment or deactivation of facilities. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES * * * * * (a) The preferred method to submit data on pipeline facilities abandoned after October 10, 2000, is to the National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) in accordance with the NPMS ‘‘Standards for Pipeline and Liquefied Natural Gas Operator Submissions.’’ To obtain a copy of the NPMS standards, please refer to the NPMS homepage at https:// www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov. A digital data format is preferred, but hard copy submissions are acceptable if they comply with the NPMS Standards. In addition to the NPMS-required attributes, operators must submit the date of abandonment, diameter, method of abandonment, and certification that, to the best of the operator’s knowledge, all of the reasonably available information requested was provided and, to the best of the operator’s knowledge, the abandonment was completed in accordance with VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:46 Apr 26, 2024 Jkt 262001 applicable laws. Refer to the NPMS Standards for details in preparing your data for submission. The NPMS Standards also include details of how to submit data. Alternatively, operators may submit reports by mail, fax or email to the Office of Pipeline Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Information Resources Manager, PHP–10, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 0001; fax: (202) 366–4566; email: InformationResourcesManager@dot.gov. The information in the report must contain all reasonably available information related to the facility, including information in the possession of a third party. The report must contain the location, size, date, method of abandonment, and a certification that the facility has been abandoned in accordance with all applicable laws. * * * * * § 195.106 [AMENDED] 36. In § 195.106, amend paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (e)(1) by removing the text ‘‘ANSI/API Spec 5L’’ and adding, in its place, the text ‘‘API Spec 5L’’. ■ § 195.110 [AMENDED] 37. In § 195.110 paragraph (a), remove the text ‘‘ASME/ANSI B31.4’’ and add, in its place, the words ‘‘ASME B31.4’’. ■ § 195.116 appears, and add, in its place, the text ‘‘API RP 2026’’. § 195.406 [AMENDED] 42. In § 195.406 paragraph (a)(1)(i), remove the text ‘‘ASME/ANSI B31.8’’ and add, in its place, the text ‘‘ASME B31.8’’. ■ § 195.428 [AMENDED] 43. In § 195.428 paragraph (c), remove the text ‘‘API RP 2350’’, wherever it appears, and add, in its place, the text ‘‘API Std 2350’’. ■ § 195.565 [AMENDED] 44. In § 195.565, remove the text ‘‘ANSI/API RP 651’’, wherever it appears, and add, in its place, the text ‘‘API RP 651’’. ■ § 195.588 [AMENDED] 45. In § 195.588 paragraph (c), remove the text ‘‘NACE SP0204–2008’’, wherever it appears, and add, in its place, the text ‘‘NACE SP0204’’. ■ Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2024, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. Tristan H. Brown, Deputy Administrator. [FR Doc. 2024–08624 Filed 4–26–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–60–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [AMENDED] 38. In § 195.116 paragraph (d), remove the text ‘‘ANSI/API Spec 6D’’ and add, in its place, the text ‘‘API Spec 6D’’. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration § 195.214 50 CFR Part 679 ■ [AMENDED] 39. In § 195.214 paragraph (a), remove the text ‘‘section 5’’ and add, in its place, the text ‘‘section 5 (except for Note 2 in section 5.4.2.2)’’. ■ 40. Amend § 195.307 by: ■ a. Revising paragraph (c); and ■ b. Removing in paragraph (d), the text ‘‘API Standard 653’’ and adding, in its place, the text ‘‘API Std 653’’. The revision reads as follows: ■ § 195.307 Pressure testing aboveground breakout tanks. * * * * * (c) For aboveground breakout tanks built to API Std 650 (incorporated by reference, see § 195.3) that were first placed into service after October 2, 2000, testing must be conducted in accordance with Sections 7.3.6 and 7.3.7 of API Std 650. * * * * * § 195.405 [AMENDED] 41. In § 195.405 paragraph (b), remove the text ‘‘API Pub 2026’’, wherever it ■ PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 [Docket No. 240227–0061; RTID 0648– XD879] Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; Final 2024 and 2025 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish; 2024 Rockfish Program Cooperative Allocations National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Temporary rule. AGENCY: NMFS is providing notification for the Rockfish Program cooperative allocations as described in the final rule that published on March 4, 2024, implementing the final 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). These allocations are necessary to provide the Rockfish Program cooperative amounts for 2024, thus allowing commercial fishermen to SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\29APR1.SGM 29APR1 33285 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 83 / Monday, April 29, 2024 / Rules and Regulations maximize their economic opportunities in this fishery. This notification comports with the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the GOA (GOA FMP). DATES: Effective 1,200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), May 1, 2024, through 1,200 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abby Jahn, 907–586–7228. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fishery in the GOA exclusive economic zone according to the FMP prepared by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council under authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). Regulations governing fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600 and 50 CFR parts 679 and 680. As described in the final 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications for groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, allocations among vessels belonging to catcher vessel (CV) cooperatives or catcher/processor (CP) cooperatives are not included in the final harvest specifications (March 4, 2024, 89 FR 15484). Rockfish Program applications for CV cooperatives and CP cooperatives are not due to NMFS until March 1 of each calendar year; therefore, NMFS cannot calculate 2024 and 2025 allocations in conjunction with the final harvest specifications (§ 679.81(f)). NMFS has received the 2024 Rockfish Program applications and has calculated the 2024 allocations for CV cooperatives and CP cooperatives, as set forth in § 679.81(b), (c), and (e). NMFS is listing the 2024 allocations in table 1. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Table 1 -- 2024 Rockfish Program Cooperative Allocations Entry Level Group code Rockfish Program Entry Level 401 Species Group Metric tons Pacific Ocean Perch 5 Northern Rockfish 5 Dusky Rockfish 50 Catcher/Processor Cooperatives 412 Pacific Ocean Perch 9898.095 Thornyhead Rockfish 183.645 Halibut 74.1 Sablefish 338.75 Northern Rockfish 791.509 Rougheye/Blackspotted Rockfish Shortraker Rockfish 185.441 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES Dusky Rockfish VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:46 Apr 26, 2024 Jkt 262001 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\29APR1.SGM 75.6 2665.296 29APR1 ER29AP24.013</GPH> Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Best Use Cooperative 33286 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 83 / Monday, April 29, 2024 / Rules and Regulations Catcher Vessel Cooperatives 407 Pacific Cod 146.372 Pacific Ocean Perch Thornyhead Rockfish North Pacific Rockfish Cooperative 408 29.183 162.791 277.527 Dusky Rockfish Pacific Cod 966.522 94.923 Pacific Ocean Perch Halibut 409 105.572 170.51 Dusky Rockfish Pacific Cod 724.616 129.555 273.706 Dusky Rockfish 1068.762 Pacific Cod Pacific Ocean Perch 57.915 1881.135 Thornyhead Rockfish Halibut Sablefish Northern Rockfish Dusky Rockfish 411 Pacific Cod Pacific Ocean Perch Sablefish Northern Rockfish khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Through previous actions, the FMP and regulations are designed to authorize NMFS to take this action. See 50 CFR part 679. This action is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866. The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, finds good cause to waive the requirement to provide prior notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the authority set forth at 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), as such VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:46 Apr 26, 2024 Jkt 262001 requirement is unnecessary and contrary to the public interest. This notification provides information on the 2024 Rockfish Program cooperative allocations, and does not change operating practices in the fisheries. This notification is consistent with the harvest specifications recommended by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council in December 2023 and implemented by NMFS in the final rule for the 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications (89 FR 15484, March 4, 2024). Those harvest specifications specify the final total allowable catch (TAC) limits from which NMFS calculates the Rockfish Program PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 159.575 3634.013 14.736 31.815 177.475 378.079 1359.067 Dusky Rockfish Classification 5.348 11.547 64.412 83.669 280.738 Thornyhead Rockfish Halibut BILLING CODE 3510–22–C 3189.151 11.964 25.83 144.088 Northern Rockfish Star of Kodiak Rockfish Cooperative 8.766 Sablefish Northern Rockfish Halibut Sablefish 410 2583.116 18.925 Pacific Ocean Perch Thornyhead Rockfish Western Alaska Fisheries Rockfish Cooperative 13.517 Halibut Sablefish Northern Rockfish Thornyhead Rockfish OBSI Rockfish Cooperative 4066.489 cooperative allocations based on existing regulations, which were implemented through prior notice and comment rulemaking (§ 679.81(b), (c), and (e)). The public was provided with notice and opportunity to comment during the public comment period for the proposed harvest specifications (88 FR 85184, December 7, 2023) and has had notice of the final harvest specifications implementing the final TAC limits (89 FR 15484, March 4, 2024). Because the public already had a meaningful opportunity to comment on the TAC limits from which these allocations are derived, further opportunity for public comment is E:\FR\FM\29APR1.SGM 29APR1 ER29AP24.014</GPH> Silver Bay Seafoods Rockfish Cooperative Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 83 / Monday, April 29, 2024 / Rules and Regulations khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES unnecessary and would not be meaningful. This notification announces the Rockfish Program cooperative allocations based on applications received after the publication of the 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications. If this notification is delayed to allow for notice and comment it could also result in confusion for participants in the Rockfish Program given that the final VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:46 Apr 26, 2024 Jkt 262001 rule implementing the 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications is effective and the Rockfish Program fishery opens May 1, 2024. Therefore, the Assistant Administrator finds good cause to waive the requirement to provide prior notice and opportunity for public comment. For the reasons above, the Assistant Administrator also finds good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in effective date and make PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 9990 33287 this rule effective immediately upon publication. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: April 23, 2024. Everett Wayne Baxter, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2024–09042 Filed 4–26–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P E:\FR\FM\29APR1.SGM 29APR1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33284-33287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09042]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 240227-0061; RTID 0648-XD879]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of 
Alaska; Final 2024 and 2025 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish; 2024 
Rockfish Program Cooperative Allocations

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Temporary rule.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is providing notification for the Rockfish Program 
cooperative allocations as described in the final rule that published 
on March 4, 2024, implementing the final 2024 and 2025 harvest 
specifications and prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish 
fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). These allocations are necessary to 
provide the Rockfish Program cooperative amounts for 2024, thus 
allowing commercial fishermen to

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maximize their economic opportunities in this fishery. This 
notification comports with the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for 
Groundfish of the GOA (GOA FMP).

DATES: Effective 1,200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), May 1, 2024, 
through 1,200 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abby Jahn, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fishery in the 
GOA exclusive economic zone according to the FMP prepared by the North 
Pacific Fishery Management Council under authority of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). 
Regulations governing fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance with the 
FMP appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600 and 50 CFR parts 679 and 
680.
    As described in the final 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications for 
groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, allocations among vessels belonging 
to catcher vessel (CV) cooperatives or catcher/processor (CP) 
cooperatives are not included in the final harvest specifications 
(March 4, 2024, 89 FR 15484). Rockfish Program applications for CV 
cooperatives and CP cooperatives are not due to NMFS until March 1 of 
each calendar year; therefore, NMFS cannot calculate 2024 and 2025 
allocations in conjunction with the final harvest specifications (Sec.  
679.81(f)). NMFS has received the 2024 Rockfish Program applications 
and has calculated the 2024 allocations for CV cooperatives and CP 
cooperatives, as set forth in Sec.  679.81(b), (c), and (e). NMFS is 
listing the 2024 allocations in table 1.
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Classification

    NMFS issues this action pursuant to section 305(d) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. Through previous actions, the FMP and regulations are 
designed to authorize NMFS to take this action. See 50 CFR part 679. 
This action is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
    The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, finds good cause 
to waive the requirement to provide prior notice and opportunity for 
public comment pursuant to the authority set forth at 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B), as such requirement is unnecessary and contrary to the 
public interest. This notification provides information on the 2024 
Rockfish Program cooperative allocations, and does not change operating 
practices in the fisheries. This notification is consistent with the 
harvest specifications recommended by the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council in December 2023 and implemented by NMFS in the 
final rule for the 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications (89 FR 15484, 
March 4, 2024). Those harvest specifications specify the final total 
allowable catch (TAC) limits from which NMFS calculates the Rockfish 
Program cooperative allocations based on existing regulations, which 
were implemented through prior notice and comment rulemaking (Sec.  
679.81(b), (c), and (e)). The public was provided with notice and 
opportunity to comment during the public comment period for the 
proposed harvest specifications (88 FR 85184, December 7, 2023) and has 
had notice of the final harvest specifications implementing the final 
TAC limits (89 FR 15484, March 4, 2024). Because the public already had 
a meaningful opportunity to comment on the TAC limits from which these 
allocations are derived, further opportunity for public comment is

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unnecessary and would not be meaningful.
    This notification announces the Rockfish Program cooperative 
allocations based on applications received after the publication of the 
2024 and 2025 harvest specifications. If this notification is delayed 
to allow for notice and comment it could also result in confusion for 
participants in the Rockfish Program given that the final rule 
implementing the 2024 and 2025 harvest specifications is effective and 
the Rockfish Program fishery opens May 1, 2024. Therefore, the 
Assistant Administrator finds good cause to waive the requirement to 
provide prior notice and opportunity for public comment. For the 
reasons above, the Assistant Administrator also finds good cause under 
5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in effective date and make 
this rule effective immediately upon publication.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: April 23, 2024.
Everett Wayne Baxter,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-09042 Filed 4-26-24; 8:45 am]
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