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GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Part 502
[GSAR Case 2022–G517, Docket No. GSA–
GSAR–2023–0028; Sequence No. 1]
RIN 3090–AK60
General Services Administration
Acquisition Regulation; Reduction of
Single-Use Plastic Packaging;
Correction
Office of Acquisition Policy,
General Services Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
GSA is issuing a correction to
GSAR Case 2022–G517, ‘‘Reduction of
Single-use Plastic Packaging,’’ which
published in the Federal Register on
June 6, 2024. This correction makes an
update to the definition ‘‘Packaging’’.
DATES: Effective July 8, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adina Torberntsson,
adina.torberntsson@gsa.gov or call (720)
475–0568. Please cite GSAR Case 2022–
G517; Correction.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Correction
In rule FR Doc. 2024–12192,
published in the Federal Register at 89
FR 48330, on June 6, 2024, on page
48336, in the second column,
amendatory instruction 2, section
502.101, correct paragraph 3 of the
definition of Packaging to read as
follows:
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502.101
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(3) Shipping packaging means
packaging that serves as protection for
the goods to ensure safe transport to the
end customer, including:
(i) Ancillary packaging or transport
packaging or tertiary packaging means
packaging intended to secure the
product, such as packing peanuts,
wrapping materials, or molded
materials. Ancillary packaging (or all
shipping packaging) is typically outside
of brand packaging.
(ii) Redundant packaging or
unnecessary packaging means packaging
that does not add any measurable
protection to the supply being shipped,
such as multiple layers of bubble wrap
to an already durable product that is
encased in a cardboard box. An example
of this is a home testing kit with all
plastic components already packaged in
a cardboard box with cardboard inserts
to absorb shock, that is then shipped in
multiple layers of bubble wrap. In this
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Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy, General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024–14683 Filed 7–3–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 229
[Docket No. 240624–0175]
RIN 0648–BN14
Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental
to Commercial Fishing Operations;
Amendment to the Atlantic Pelagic
Longline Take Reduction Plan
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective
date.
AGENCY:
We, NMFS, are delaying the
effective date of terminal gear
requirements that amend the Pelagic
Longline Take Reduction Plan (PLTRP)
regulations in a final rule that published
on June 6, 2023.
DATES: The effective date of the
regulatory requirements contained in 50
CFR 229.36(d) that was published in a
final rule at 88 FR 36965 on June 6,
2023, is delayed until January 1, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Fougères, NMFS, Southeast Region, at
727–824–5312 or erin.fougeres@
noaa.gov, or Kristy Long, NMFS, Office
of Protected Resources at 206–526–4792
or kristy.long@noaa.gov. Individuals
who use telecommunications devices
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–800–
877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
eastern time, Monday through Friday,
excluding Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6,
2023, we published a final rule to
amend the PLTRP (88 FR 36965). The
PLTRP is required under section 118 of
the Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) to reduce mortality and serious
injury (M/SI) of short-finned pilot
whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
incidental to the Atlantic portion of the
Category I Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean,
Gulf of Mexico large pelagics longline
fishery. Regulatory requirements in the
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amended PLTRP were effective on July
6, 2023, except for the requirements
contained in 50 CFR 229.36(d),
implementing terminal gear restrictions,
which were to become effective on July
8, 2024 (88 FR 36965).
The terminal gear requirements
contained in 50 CFR 229.36(d) require:
(1) circle hooks must have a round wire
diameter not to exceed 4.05 millimeters
(mm; 0.159 inches (in)) if the hooks are
size 16/0, or 4.40 mm (0.173 in) if the
hooks are size 18/0, and must have a
straightening force not to exceed 300
pounds (lb; 136.08 kilograms (kg)); and
(2) monofilament leaders and branch
lines (i.e., gangions) must have a
minimum diameter of 1.8 mm (0.071 in)
and a breaking strength of at least 300
lb (136.08 kg). These requirements
apply to the U.S. exclusive economic
zone (EEZ) portions of the Northeast
Coastal (NEC), Mid-Atlantic Bight
(MAB), South Atlantic Bight (SAB), and
Florida East Coast (FEC) pelagic
longline statistical areas, which together
compose the entirety of the U.S.
Atlantic EEZ (east of the line of
demarcation between the Atlantic
Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico as
defined in 50 CFR 600.105(c)).
In the proposed rule to amend the
PLTRP, we sought comments on the
length of time necessary for
manufacturers and industry to
implement the new terminal gear
regulations. Two commenters noted that
manufacturers may need time to
produce new hooks, but were concerned
about additional delays to implementing
regulations. Two additional commenters
suggested that at least 1 full year was
needed to plan and implement the hook
design and allow fishermen time to
work through existing inventories of
hooks that would not meet the new
regulatory requirements. These same
commenters recommended that the
fishery be given no less than 18 months
following the publication of the final
rule to implement the new hook
requirements. In an effort to balance the
conservation needs for the species and
the practical and economic needs of the
pelagic longline industry, we decided to
delay the implementation of these
terminal gear requirements by 12
months. Our final rule, which was
published on June 6, 2023, and became
effective on July 6, 2023, specified an
effective date for the new terminal gear
requirements of July 8, 2024.
Currently, some hooks that meet the
specifications contained in 50 CFR
229.36(d) are available, although they
are available in limited quantities and
are not preferred broadly across the
fishery. A primary hook manufacturer
for the Atlantic pelagic longline fishing
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Part 502
[GSAR Case 2022-G517, Docket No. GSA-GSAR-2023-0028; Sequence No. 1]
RIN 3090-AK60
General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; Reduction
of Single-Use Plastic Packaging; Correction
AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration
(GSA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: GSA is issuing a correction to GSAR Case 2022-G517,
``Reduction of Single-use Plastic Packaging,'' which published in the
Federal Register on June 6, 2024. This correction makes an update to
the definition ``Packaging''.
DATES: Effective July 8, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adina Torberntsson,
[email protected] or call (720) 475-0568. Please cite GSAR
Case 2022-G517; Correction.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
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In rule FR Doc. 2024-12192, published in the Federal Register at 89 FR
48330, on June 6, 2024, on page 48336, in the second column, amendatory
instruction 2, section 502.101, correct paragraph 3 of the definition
of Packaging to read as follows:
502.101 [Corrected]
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Packaging * * *
(3) Shipping packaging means packaging that serves as protection
for the goods to ensure safe transport to the end customer, including:
(i) Ancillary packaging or transport packaging or tertiary
packaging means packaging intended to secure the product, such as
packing peanuts, wrapping materials, or molded materials. Ancillary
packaging (or all shipping packaging) is typically outside of brand
packaging.
(ii) Redundant packaging or unnecessary packaging means packaging
that does not add any measurable protection to the supply being
shipped, such as multiple layers of bubble wrap to an already durable
product that is encased in a cardboard box. An example of this is a
home testing kit with all plastic components already packaged in a
cardboard box with cardboard inserts to absorb shock, that is then
shipped in multiple layers of bubble wrap. In this example the bubble
wrap is the redundant single-use plastic packaging.
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Jeffrey A. Koses,
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Government-wide Policy, General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-14683 Filed 7-3-24; 8:45 am]
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