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Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 35–1
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V. Review Under Executive Order
13132, Federalism
Dated: December 16, 2024.
Xavier Becerra,
Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 5b
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Technical Corrections for
62 Wildlife and Plant Species on the
Lists of Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife and Plants; Hawaiian Hoary
Bat; Correction
50 CFR Part 17
[Docket No. FWS–R1–ES–2022–0062;
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Privacy.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, the Department of Health and
Human Services amends its Privacy Act
Regulations, 45 CFR part 5b, as follows:
PART 5b—PRIVACY ACT
REGULATIONS
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), are
publishing this document to correct an
error in the listing of the Hawaiian
hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus).
DATES: This document is effective
December 23, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carolyn Menke, Recovery Manager, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific
Regional Office, Ecological Services, 911
NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232;
telephone 503–231–6131. 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-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 2, 2023, we published in the
Federal Register (88 FR 7134) a direct
final rule to make technical corrections
to 62 wildlife and plant species on the
Lists of Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife and Plants in title 50 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at
§§ 17.11 and 17.12, respectively. One of
these species was the Hawaiian hoary
bat. We planned to update its scientific
name to Aeorestes semotus and add the
common name ‘ōpe‘ape‘a to its listing.
On April 24, 2023, based on
comments we received on the February
2, 2023, direct final rule relating to
SUMMARY:
1. The authority citation for part 5b
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 5 U.S.C. 552a.
2. Section 5b.11 is amended by adding
paragraph (b)(4) to read as follows:
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(4) The following systems of records
are exempt from the following
provisions of the Act and this part: 5
U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and § 5b.9(c)(3), which
require a subject individual to be
granted access to an accounting of
disclosures of a record; 5 U.S.C.
552a(d)(1) through (4) and (f) and
§§ 5b.6, 5b.7, and 5b.8, relating to
notification of or access to records and
correction or amendment of records;
and 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G) through (I)
which require inclusion of information
about Department procedures for
notification, access, and correction or
amendment of records and categories of
record sources in the notice for the
systems of records.
(i) Pursuant to subsection (k)(2) of the
Privacy Act:
(A) ORR Unaccompanied Children
Bureau (UCB) Child Abuse or Neglect
Investigation Records and Central
Registry, 09–80–0323.
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scientific research relevant to the
Hawaiian hoary bat’s taxonomic
classification, we published a document
in the Federal Register (88 FR 24712)
withdrawing the amendment in the
direct final rule for the Hawaiian hoary
bat only.
In 2024, during an internal Service
review, we erroneously identified the
Hawaiian hoary bat listing in the
February 2, 2023, direct final rule as an
amendment that had not been properly
codified in the Code of Federal
Regulations. We requested that the
Office of the Federal Register publish a
correction to update the listing of the
Hawaiian hoary bat as it appeared in the
February 2, 2023, direct final rule. The
Office of the Federal Register’s
correction published on September 17,
2024, at 89 FR 75976.
Since that time, we discovered our
error, and we are correcting it in this
document by restoring the listing of the
Hawaiian hoary bat to its original
scientific name and omitting the
common name we included in the
February 2, 2023, direct final rule.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and threatened species,
Exports, Imports, Plants, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements,
Transportation, Wildlife.
Signing Authority
Martha Williams, Director of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, approved this
action on November 26, 2024. Acting
Director Steve Guertin approved these
packages December 15, 2024. On
December 16, 2024, the acting Director
authorized the undersigned to sign the
document electronically and submit it
to the Office of the Federal Register for
publication as an official document of
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Regulation Promulgation
For the reasons given in the preamble,
we amend part 17, subchapter B of
chapter I, title 50 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, as set forth below:
PART 17—ENDANGERED AND
THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS
1. The authority citation for part 17
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361–1407; 1531–
1544; and 4201–4245, unless otherwise
noted.
2. In § 17.11, in paragraph (h), amend
the List of Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife, under MAMMALS, by revising
the entry for ‘‘Bat, Hawaiian hoary’’ to
read as follows:
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Scientific name
Where listed
Status
Listing citations and applicable rules
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Madonna Baucum,
Regulations and Policy Chief, Division of
Policy, Economics, Risk Management, and
Analytics of the Joint Administrative
Operations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 231215–0305; RTID 0648–
XE552]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
2024 Commercial Quota Harvested for
the State of New York
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
2024 summer flounder commercial
quota allocated to the State of New York
has been harvested. Vessels issued a
commercial Federal fisheries permit for
the summer flounder fishery may not
land summer flounder in New York for
the remainder of calendar year 2024,
unless additional quota becomes
available through a transfer from
another state. Regulations governing the
summer flounder fishery require
publication of this notification to advise
New York that the quota has been
harvested, and to advise vessel permit
holders and dealer permit holders that
no Federal commercial quota is
available for landing summer flounder
in New York.
DATES: Effective 0001 hours December
21, 2024, through December 31, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Rigdon, (978) 281–9336, or
Matthew.Rigdon@noaa.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the summer
flounder fishery are found at 50 CFR
648.100 through 648.111. The
regulations require annual specification
of a commercial quota that is
apportioned on a percentage basis
among the coastal states from Maine
through North Carolina. The process to
set the annual commercial quota and the
percent allocated to each state is
described in § 648.102.
The commercial quota for summer
flounder for 2024 was set equal to
8,789,830 pounds (lb; 3,987,000
kilograms (kg)) (88 FR 88266, December
23, 2023). The amount allocated to
vessels landing summer flounder in
New York is 672,157 lb (304,885 kg).
The NMFS Regional Administrator for
the Greater Atlantic Region monitors the
state commercial landings and
determines when a state’s commercial
quota has been harvested. NMFS is
required to publish notification in the
Federal Register advising and notifying
commercial vessels and dealer permit
holders that, effective upon a specific
date, the state’s commercial quota has
been harvested and no commercial
quota is available for landing summer
flounder in that state. Based on dealer
reports and other available information,
the Regional Administrator has
determined that the available quota has
been harvested. The Marine Resources
Division of the New York State
Department of Environmental
Conservation is closing the state fishery
on December 21, 2024, and this action
promotes consistency between the state
and Federal management measures.
The regulations at 50 CFR 648.14(n)
prohibit federally permitted vessels
from landing summer flounder for sale
in a state, and prohibit all persons from
purchasing or otherwise receiving
summer flounder for a commercial
purpose after the effective date
published in the Federal Register
notification that commercial quota is no
longer available in that state. Therefore,
effective 0001 hours on December 21,
2024, landings of summer flounder in
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summer flounder commercial fishery
permits are prohibited for the remainder
of the 2024 calendar year, unless
additional quota becomes available
through a transfer and is announced in
the Federal Register. Effective 0001
hours on December 21, 2024, federally
permitted dealers are also notified that
they may not purchase summer flounder
from federally permitted vessels that
land in New York for the remainder of
the calendar year, or until additional
quota becomes available through a
transfer from another state.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part
648 and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, NOAA, finds good cause
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive
prior notice and the opportunity for
public comment because it would be
contrary to the public interest. This
action closes the commercial summer
flounder fishery for New York until
January 1, 2025, under current
regulations. The regulations at 50 CFR
648.103(b) require such action to ensure
that summer flounder vessels do not
exceed quotas allocated to the states. If
implementation of this closure was
delayed to solicit prior public comment,
the quota for this fishing year will be
exceeded, thereby undermining the
conservation objectives of the Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Fishery Management Plan. The
Assistant Administrator further finds,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), good
cause to waive the 30-day delayed
effectiveness period for the reason
stated above.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 18, 2024.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2022-0062; FXES11130900000C6-256-FF09E42000]
RIN 1018-BG77
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Technical
Corrections for 62 Wildlife and Plant Species on the Lists of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Hawaiian Hoary Bat;
Correction
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are
publishing this document to correct an error in the listing of the
Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus).
DATES: This document is effective December 23, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Menke, Recovery Manager, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional Office, Ecological
Services, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232; telephone 503-231-
6131. 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: On February 2, 2023, we published in the
Federal Register (88 FR 7134) a direct final rule to make technical
corrections to 62 wildlife and plant species on the Lists of Endangered
and Threatened Wildlife and Plants in title 50 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at Sec. Sec. 17.11 and 17.12, respectively. One of
these species was the Hawaiian hoary bat. We planned to update its
scientific name to Aeorestes semotus and add the common name
`[omacr]pe`ape`a to its listing.
On April 24, 2023, based on comments we received on the February 2,
2023, direct final rule relating to scientific research relevant to the
Hawaiian hoary bat's taxonomic classification, we published a document
in the Federal Register (88 FR 24712) withdrawing the amendment in the
direct final rule for the Hawaiian hoary bat only.
In 2024, during an internal Service review, we erroneously
identified the Hawaiian hoary bat listing in the February 2, 2023,
direct final rule as an amendment that had not been properly codified
in the Code of Federal Regulations. We requested that the Office of the
Federal Register publish a correction to update the listing of the
Hawaiian hoary bat as it appeared in the February 2, 2023, direct final
rule. The Office of the Federal Register's correction published on
September 17, 2024, at 89 FR 75976.
Since that time, we discovered our error, and we are correcting it
in this document by restoring the listing of the Hawaiian hoary bat to
its original scientific name and omitting the common name we included
in the February 2, 2023, direct final rule.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and threatened species, Exports, Imports, Plants,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Transportation, Wildlife.
Signing Authority
Martha Williams, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
approved this action on November 26, 2024. Acting Director Steve
Guertin approved these packages December 15, 2024. On December 16,
2024, the acting Director authorized the undersigned to sign the
document electronically and submit it to the Office of the Federal
Register for publication as an official document of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Regulation Promulgation
For the reasons given in the preamble, we amend part 17, subchapter
B of chapter I, title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as set
forth below:
PART 17--ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS
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1. The authority citation for part 17 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361-1407; 1531-1544; and 4201-4245, unless
otherwise noted.
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2. In Sec. 17.11, in paragraph (h), amend the List of Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife, under MAMMALS, by revising the entry for ``Bat,
Hawaiian hoary'' to read as follows:
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Common name Scientific name Where listed Status and applicable
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Bat, Hawaiian hoary.............. Lasiurus cinereus Wherever found..... E 35 FR 16047, 10/13/
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Madonna Baucum,
Regulations and Policy Chief, Division of Policy, Economics, Risk
Management, and Analytics of the Joint Administrative Operations, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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