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TABLE—WASTES EXCLUDED FROM THE TREATMENT STANDARDS UNDER § 268.40
Wastewaters
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address
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United States Department of Energy (Energy),
Richland, WA 17.
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D022, D028–
D030, D033–
D036, D038–
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through process knowledge.
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18 The waste codes included in this column are those identified on the current version of the Dangerous Waste Permit Application Part A form
for the Hanford Double Shell Tank System, Rev. 04 (December 14, 2009), except for F039 which has not been accepted into the Double Shell
Tanks.
19 Sampling after treatment will be conducted at the treatment facility for the purpose of assessing the extent of treatment performance against
the NWW numerical standards at 40 CFR 268.40 and, as applicable, at 40 CFR 268.48. Waste treated using STABL may not be land disposed
until LDR constituents are below the non-wastewater numerical standards at 40 CFR 268.40 and 268.48.
20 Treatment using the STABL treatment method shall be performed, and the treated waste shall be disposed of, at EnergySolutions in Clive,
Utah, and/or Waste Control Specialists in Andrews County, Texas.
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long-term plan is developed. Extending
the experimental season requires no
revision of the regulations pertaining to
subsistence harvest of migratory birds in
Alaska; we are issuing this document
solely for the purpose of public
information.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
We make this announcement
May 1, 2024. The rule that published
April 19, 2021, at 86 FR 20311 setting
forth the regulations pertaining to the
experimental hunt was effective April
19, 2021.
DATES:
50 CFR Part 92
[Docket No. FWS–R7–MB–2020–0134;
FXMB12610700000–201–FF07M01000]
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Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in
Alaska
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Announcement.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service or we) announces that
we are extending the Kodiak Island
Roaded Area experimental season for
subsistence migratory bird hunting and
egg gathering by registration permit for
1 year (through the spring–summer
subsistence harvest season [hereafter,
‘‘season’’] in 2024). As set forth in a
2021 final rule, this experimental season
began in the 2021 season and was set to
terminate at the end of the 2023 season.
However, we are extending the
experimental season to provide
subsistence harvest opportunity for an
additional year while an evaluation of
harvest data from the first 3 years of the
experimental season is completed and a
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You may find
supplementary materials for the 2021
rulemaking action as well as the
comments received at the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov in Docket No.
FWS–R7–MB–2020–0134.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wendy Loya, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1011 E Tudor Road, Mail Stop
201, Anchorage, AK 99503; (907) 227–
2942. Individuals in the United States
who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing,
or have a speech disability may dial 711
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point of
contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
(16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.), the Secretary of
the Interior regulates the harvest of
certain species of migratory birds,
including establishing regulations for
fall–winter harvest and for take by the
indigenous inhabitants of the State of
Alaska for their essential needs. The
subsistence take of migratory birds in
Alaska occurs during the spring and
summer, when the harvest of migratory
birds is not allowed elsewhere in the
United States. Regulations governing the
subsistence take of migratory birds in
Alaska are in title 50 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) in part 92.
The regulations in 50 CFR 92.31 specify
when and where the harvesting of birds
for subsistence purposes may occur in
12 different regions of Alaska.
The migratory bird subsistence
harvest regulations are developed
cooperatively by the Alaska Migratory
Bird Co-Management Council (hereafter,
‘‘the Council’’), which consists of the
Service, the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game, and Alaska Native
representatives. The Council’s primary
purpose is to develop recommendations
pertaining to the subsistence harvest of
migratory birds.
Regulations for the Kodiak Archipelago
Region
On February 26, 2021, we published
a proposed rule (86 FR 11707), and on
April 19, 2021, we published the
subsequent final rule (86 FR 20311), to
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revise the Alaska subsistence harvest
regulations. The 2021 rulemaking action
incorporated regulatory amendments
that were recommended by the Council
in 2019 and approved by the Service in
2020 (85 FR 73233, November 17, 2020)
and included revisions to 50 CFR
92.31(e), pertaining to the Kodiak
Archipelago Region. The rule provided
for a 3-year experimental season for
subsistence migratory bird hunting and
egg gathering by registration permit only
within the Kodiak Island Roaded Area
(hereafter, ‘‘the Roaded Area’’). The
regulations allow residents of the
Kodiak Archipelago Region the
opportunity to participate in subsistence
harvest activities without the need for a
boat. Prior to the 2021 final rule, the
Roaded Area and marine waters
adjacent to the Roaded Area (within 500
feet from the water’s edge), were closed
to harvest. Under these regulations,
which are still in effect, the Roaded
Area is closed to hunting and egg
gathering for Arctic terns, Aleutian
terns, mew gulls, and emperor geese.
The Council expected that the 3-year
experimental season would begin in
2020 and continue through 2022, and
the preambles to the 2020 proposed and
final rules associated those years (2020–
2022) with the 3-year experimental
season. However, delays in the 2020
rulemaking process prevented the 3-year
experimental season from beginning in
2020 as initially planned. Therefore, in
the April 19, 2021, final rule (86 FR
20311), we stated that our intent to
allow a 3-year experimental season for
migratory bird hunting and egg
gathering by registration permit along
the Roaded Area remained the same, but
that this activity would now occur
during the 2021–2023 seasons with the
experimental season terminating at the
end of 2023. We further stated that
reopening the Roaded Area after the 3year experimental period would require
a subsequent proposal from the Council
for continuation of the season under
either operational or experimental
status.
Accordingly, in 2021, the Roaded
Area was opened to spring–summer
subsistence hunting of migratory birds
and egg gathering. Participants of this
experimental program first must obtain
a registration permit and later must
report their harvest.
Council Recommendation and Service
Decision
In spring of 2023, the Council
recommended to the Service that the 3year experimental season for
subsistence migratory bird hunting and
egg gathering by registration permit only
for the Roaded Area be extended an
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additional year. Because evaluation of
the first 3 years of harvest data will
extend into 2024, the Council
determined that the experimental period
should be extended through the 2024
season.
The 2023 subsistence harvest season
closed after August 31, 2023. The
Council is now assessing the effect of
the experimental season and will
develop a recommendation regarding
the operational status for the Roaded
Area in 2025 and beyond. The 1-year
extension will allow the current harvest
opportunity to continue until an
evaluation of the first 3 years of data
(2021–2023) is completed and a
proposal to guide future harvest
opportunity in the Roaded Area can be
developed.
The Service concurs with the Council
recommendation. Therefore, we
announce that we are extending the
experimental season through the end of
the 2024 season (August 31, 2024). No
revisions to the regulations pertaining to
the Kodiak Archipelago Region are
necessary because the regulations at 50
CFR 92.31(e) do not specify an end
point for the registration permit
program.
Authority: This document is published
under the authority of the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
Jerome Ford,
Assistant Director, Migratory Bird Program.
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50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 100217095–2081–04; RTID
0648–XD915]
Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of
Mexico; 2024 Recreational
Accountability Measure and Closure
for Gulf of Mexico Red Grouper
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS implements an
accountability measure (AM) for the red
grouper recreational sector in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the
Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) for the 2024
fishing year through this temporary rule.
NMFS has projected that the 2024
recreational annual catch target (ACT)
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for Gulf red grouper will have been
reached by July 1, 2024. Therefore,
NMFS closes the recreational sector for
Gulf red grouper on July 1, 2024, and it
will remain closed through the end of
the fishing year on December 31, 2024.
This closure is necessary to protect the
Gulf red grouper resource.
DATES: This temporary rule is effective
from 12:01 a.m., local time, on July 1,
2024, until 12:01 a.m., local time, on
January 1, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan
Luers, NMFS Southeast Regional Office,
telephone: 727–551–5719, email:
daniel.luers@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the Gulf reef fish fishery,
which includes red grouper, under the
Fishery Management Plan for the Reef
Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico
(FMP). The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council prepared the FMP,
which was approved by the Secretary of
Commerce, and NMFS implements the
FMP through regulations at 50 CFR part
622 under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act). All red
grouper weights discussed in this
temporary rule are in gutted weight.
In 2022, NMFS published a final rule
implementing a framework action under
the FMP (87 FR 40742, July 8, 2022),
which set the current red grouper
recreational annual catch limit (ACL) of
2.02 million lb (0.92 million kg) and the
ACT of 1.84 million lb (0.83 million kg)
(50 CFR part 622.41(e)(2)(iv)). Under
regulations at 50 CFR 622.41(e)(2)(i), if
red grouper recreational landings reach
or are projected to reach the recreational
ACL, NMFS will close the recreational
sector for the remainder of the fishing
year. However, as specified in 50 CFR
622.41(e)(2)(ii), in the year following a
recreational ACL overage, NMFS is
required to reduce the length of the
following year’s recreational fishing
season by the amount necessary to
ensure that the recreational ACT is not
exceeded in that following year.
Preliminary landings estimates indicate
that the Gulf red grouper recreational
ACL was exceeded in 2023 by 498,743
lb (226,226 kg).
NMFS projects that the 2024
recreational ACT for Gulf red grouper of
1.84 million lb (0.83 million kg) will be
reached as of July 1, 2024. This closure
date is based on projected harvest rates
using the average of recreational
landings from 2021 through 2023, and
the evaluation of four scenarios that
generated predicted closure dates
ranging from July 13, 2024, to August 2,
2024. NMFS is acting conservatively in
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 92
[Docket No. FWS-R7-MB-2020-0134; FXMB12610700000-201-FF07M01000]
RIN 1018-BF08
Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest in Alaska
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Announcement.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) announces
that we are extending the Kodiak Island Roaded Area experimental season
for subsistence migratory bird hunting and egg gathering by
registration permit for 1 year (through the spring-summer subsistence
harvest season [hereafter, ``season''] in 2024). As set forth in a 2021
final rule, this experimental season began in the 2021 season and was
set to terminate at the end of the 2023 season. However, we are
extending the experimental season to provide subsistence harvest
opportunity for an additional year while an evaluation of harvest data
from the first 3 years of the experimental season is completed and a
long-term plan is developed. Extending the experimental season requires
no revision of the regulations pertaining to subsistence harvest of
migratory birds in Alaska; we are issuing this document solely for the
purpose of public information.
DATES: We make this announcement May 1, 2024. The rule that published
April 19, 2021, at 86 FR 20311 setting forth the regulations pertaining
to the experimental hunt was effective April 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may find supplementary materials for the 2021 rulemaking
action as well as the comments received at the Federal eRulemaking
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. FWS-R7-MB-2020-0134.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Loya, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1011 E Tudor Road, Mail Stop 201, Anchorage, AK 99503; (907)
227-2942. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind,
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point of contact in
the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.), the
Secretary of the Interior regulates the harvest of certain species of
migratory birds, including establishing regulations for fall-winter
harvest and for take by the indigenous inhabitants of the State of
Alaska for their essential needs. The subsistence take of migratory
birds in Alaska occurs during the spring and summer, when the harvest
of migratory birds is not allowed elsewhere in the United States.
Regulations governing the subsistence take of migratory birds in Alaska
are in title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in part 92.
The regulations in 50 CFR 92.31 specify when and where the harvesting
of birds for subsistence purposes may occur in 12 different regions of
Alaska.
The migratory bird subsistence harvest regulations are developed
cooperatively by the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council
(hereafter, ``the Council''), which consists of the Service, the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, and Alaska Native representatives. The
Council's primary purpose is to develop recommendations pertaining to
the subsistence harvest of migratory birds.
Regulations for the Kodiak Archipelago Region
On February 26, 2021, we published a proposed rule (86 FR 11707),
and on April 19, 2021, we published the subsequent final rule (86 FR
20311), to
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revise the Alaska subsistence harvest regulations. The 2021 rulemaking
action incorporated regulatory amendments that were recommended by the
Council in 2019 and approved by the Service in 2020 (85 FR 73233,
November 17, 2020) and included revisions to 50 CFR 92.31(e),
pertaining to the Kodiak Archipelago Region. The rule provided for a 3-
year experimental season for subsistence migratory bird hunting and egg
gathering by registration permit only within the Kodiak Island Roaded
Area (hereafter, ``the Roaded Area''). The regulations allow residents
of the Kodiak Archipelago Region the opportunity to participate in
subsistence harvest activities without the need for a boat. Prior to
the 2021 final rule, the Roaded Area and marine waters adjacent to the
Roaded Area (within 500 feet from the water's edge), were closed to
harvest. Under these regulations, which are still in effect, the Roaded
Area is closed to hunting and egg gathering for Arctic terns, Aleutian
terns, mew gulls, and emperor geese.
The Council expected that the 3-year experimental season would
begin in 2020 and continue through 2022, and the preambles to the 2020
proposed and final rules associated those years (2020-2022) with the 3-
year experimental season. However, delays in the 2020 rulemaking
process prevented the 3-year experimental season from beginning in 2020
as initially planned. Therefore, in the April 19, 2021, final rule (86
FR 20311), we stated that our intent to allow a 3-year experimental
season for migratory bird hunting and egg gathering by registration
permit along the Roaded Area remained the same, but that this activity
would now occur during the 2021-2023 seasons with the experimental
season terminating at the end of 2023. We further stated that reopening
the Roaded Area after the 3-year experimental period would require a
subsequent proposal from the Council for continuation of the season
under either operational or experimental status.
Accordingly, in 2021, the Roaded Area was opened to spring-summer
subsistence hunting of migratory birds and egg gathering. Participants
of this experimental program first must obtain a registration permit
and later must report their harvest.
Council Recommendation and Service Decision
In spring of 2023, the Council recommended to the Service that the
3-year experimental season for subsistence migratory bird hunting and
egg gathering by registration permit only for the Roaded Area be
extended an additional year. Because evaluation of the first 3 years of
harvest data will extend into 2024, the Council determined that the
experimental period should be extended through the 2024 season.
The 2023 subsistence harvest season closed after August 31, 2023.
The Council is now assessing the effect of the experimental season and
will develop a recommendation regarding the operational status for the
Roaded Area in 2025 and beyond. The 1-year extension will allow the
current harvest opportunity to continue until an evaluation of the
first 3 years of data (2021-2023) is completed and a proposal to guide
future harvest opportunity in the Roaded Area can be developed.
The Service concurs with the Council recommendation. Therefore, we
announce that we are extending the experimental season through the end
of the 2024 season (August 31, 2024). No revisions to the regulations
pertaining to the Kodiak Archipelago Region are necessary because the
regulations at 50 CFR 92.31(e) do not specify an end point for the
registration permit program.
Authority: This document is published under the authority of the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.).
Jerome Ford,
Assistant Director, Migratory Bird Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-09430 Filed 4-30-24; 8:45 am]
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