DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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13 CFR Ch. III 

15 CFR Subtitle A; Subtitle B, Chs. I, II, III, VII, VIII, IX and XI 

19 CFR Ch. III 

37 CFR Chs. I, IV, and V 

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50 CFR Chs. II, III, IV, and VI 

Spring 2011 Semiannual Agenda of Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Commerce. 

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Executive Order 12866, entitled “Regulatory Planning and Review,” and 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended, the Department of Commerce (Department), in the spring and 

fall of each year, publishes in the Federal Register an agenda of regulations under development of 

review over the next 12 months. Rulemaking actions are grouped according to prerulemaking, proposed 

rules, final rules, long-term actions, and rulemaking actions completed since the fall 2010 agenda. The 

purpose of the agenda is to provide information to the public on regulations currently under review, being 

proposed, or issued by the Department. The agenda is intended to facilitate comments and views by 

interested members of the public. 

 The Department’s spring 2011 regulatory agenda includes regulatory activities that are expected to be 

conducted during the period April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Specific: For additional information about specific regulatory actions listed in the agenda, contact the 

individual identified as the contact person. 

General: Comments or inquiries of a general nature about the agenda should be directed to Asha 

Mathew, Chief Counsel for Regulation, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation and 

Regulation, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-3151. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866 requires agencies to publish an agenda of 

those regulations that are under consideration pursuant to this order. By memorandum of January 21, 

2011, the Office of Management and Budget issued guidelines and procedures for the preparation and 

publication of the spring 2011 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., requires agencies to publish, in the spring and fall of each 

year, a regulatory flexibility agenda that contains a brief description of the subject of any rule likely to 

have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The agenda also identifies 

those entries that have been selected for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act. 

 In addition, beginning with the fall 2007 edition, the Internet became the basic means for disseminating 

the Unified Agenda. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov, in a format 

that offers users a greatly enhanced ability to obtain information from the Agenda database. 

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 Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas 

required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), the Department of Commerce’s printed agenda 

entries include only: 

(1) Rules that are in the Agency’s regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number 

of small entities; and 

(2) Rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

 Printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act’s Agenda requirements. Additional information on these entries is available in the Unified 

Agenda published on the Internet. In addition, for fall editions of the Agenda, the entire Regulatory Plan 

will continue to be printed in the Federal Register, as in past years, including the Department of 

Commerce’s Regulatory Plan. 

 Within the Department, the Office of the Secretary and various operating units may issue regulations. 

Operating units, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bureau of 

Industry and Security, and the Patent and Trademark Office issue the greatest share of the Department’s 

regulations. 

 A large number of regulatory actions reported in the Agenda deal with fishery management programs 

of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). To avoid repetition of programs and definitions, as 

well as to provide some understanding of the technical and institutional elements of the NMFS programs, 

an “Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS Regulatory Entries” is provided below. 

Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS Regulatory Entries

 The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) (the Act) 

governs the management of fisheries within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The EEZ refers to 

those waters from the outer edge of the State boundaries, generally 3 nautical miles, to a distance of 200 

nautical miles. Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) are to be prepared for fisheries that require 

conservation and management measures. Regulations implementing these FMPs regulate domestic 

fishing and foreign fishing where permitted. Foreign fishing may be conducted in a fishery in which there 

is no FMP only if a preliminary fishery management plan has been issued to govern that foreign fishing. 

Under the Act, eight Regional Fishery Management Councils (Councils) prepare FMPs or amendments to 

FMPs for fisheries within their respective areas. In the development of such plans or amendments and 

their implementing regulations, the Councils are required by law to conduct public hearings on the draft 

plans and to consider the use of alternative means of regulating. 

 The Council process for developing FMPs and amendments makes it difficult for NMFS to determine 

the significance and timing of some regulatory actions under consideration by the Councils at the time the 

semiannual regulatory agenda is published. 

 The Department’s spring 2011 regulatory agenda follows. 

NAME: Cameron F. Kerry,

General Counsel. 

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The 315 Regulatory Agendas

General Administration - Final Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Guidance for Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (Financial Assistance) 0605-AA28

Bureau of the Census - Proposed Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Procedure for Requesting a Population Estimates Review and Update 0607-AA46

Bureau of the Census - Final Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Cutoff Dates for Recognition of Boundary Changes for Census 2000 and for the Intercensal Period 0607-AA35

Establishment of the 2010 Census Redistricting Program 0607-AA42

Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR): Mandatory Automated Export System Filing for all Shipments Requiring Shipper's

Export Declaration Information; Substantive Changes and Corrections 0607-AA50

International Trade Administration - Final Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Procedures for Conducting Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders 0625-AA51

Canadian Softwood Lumber Import Licensing System 0625-AA76

Withdrawal of Regulation Governing Treatment of Tollers and Subcontractors in Antidumping Duty Determinations 0625-AA77

Withdrawal of Regulation Governing Targeted Dumping in Antidumping Duty Investigations 0625-AA79

Foreign-Trade Zones in the United States 0625-AA81

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; APO Procedures 0625-AA84

Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain

Antidumping Duty Proceedings 0625-AA87

International Trade Administration - Long-term Action

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Commercial Availability of Fabric and Yarn 0625-AA59

Amendment to Certification of Factual Information to Import Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Proceedings 0625-AA66

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - PreRule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Requirements for Importation of Fish and Fish Product Under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act 0648-AY15

Amendment 31 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs 0648-BA61

Revision of the National Standard 10 Guidelines 0648-BA74

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Proposed Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

American Lobster Fishery; Fishing Effort Control Measures To Complement Interstate Lobster Management

Recommendations by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission 0648-AT31

Reducing Disturbances to Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins from Human Interactions 0648-AU02

Potential Revisions to the Turtle Excluder Device Requirements 0648-AV04

High Seas Fishing Compliance Act; Amendment of Regulations 0648-AV12

Collection and Use of Tax Identification Numbers from Holders of and Applicants for National Marine Fisheries Service

Permits 0648-AV76

Confidentiality of Information 0648-AV81

Marine Mammal Protection Act Permit Regulation Revisions 0648-AV82

Comprehensive Review and Update of National Marine Sanctuary Program Regulations 0648-AV85

Regulations on Conducting Interagency Consultation Pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries 0648-AV89

Modification to the Geographic Boundaries of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Management Subarea 0648-AW00

Measures To Limit Fishing in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 0648-AW01

Marine Mammal Protection Act Stranding Regulation Revisions 0648-AW22

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Amendment 16 to the Pelagics Fishery Management

Plan; Framework Process 0648-AW35

Capital Construction Fund; Fishing Vessel Capital Construction Fund Procedures 0648-AW57

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; Purse Seine Closed Areas Around American Samoa 0648-AW66

Changes to the Coastal Zone Management Act Program Change Procedures 0648-AW74

Amendment 4 to the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan; Caribbean Amendment 0648-AW83

Take and Import of Marine Mammals: Take of Marine Mammals Incidental to Operations of an Liquefied Natural Gas

Port Facility in Massachusetts Bay 0648-AW89

Regulatory Amendment To Correct and Clarify Amendment 13 and Subsequent Frameworks of the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 0648-AW95

Amendment 11 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Fishery Management Plan 0648-AX05

Marine Mammal Protection Act; Petition To Ban Importation of Commercial Fish or Fish Products Caught With

Commercial Fishing Technology That Has Marine Mammal Bycatch 0648-AX36

Amendment 30 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs Arbitration

Regulations 0648-AX47

Trade Monitoring Procedures for Fishery Products 0648-AX63

Revisions to Permit Regulations in the Groundfish, Crab, and Halibut Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone Off

Alaska 0648-AX78

Changes to National Marine Sanctuary Regulations on Overflights 0648-AX79

Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Klamath River Fall Chinook Salmon Rebuilding Plan 0648-AY06

Amendment 3 to the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan 0648-AY12

Generic Amendment for Annual Catch Limits 0648-AY22

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; American Samoa Longline Limited Entry Permits 0648-AY24

Amendment 14 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan 0648-AY26

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; American Samoa Longline Gear Requirements 0648-AY27

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; Purse Seine Fishing With Fish Aggregation Devices 0648-AY36

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limit and Allocation 0648-AY46

Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan 0648-AY47

Amendment 83 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska 0648-AY53

Designation of Critical Habitat for the North Atlantic Right Whale 0648-AY54

Amendment 2 to the FMP for the Queen Conch Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Amendment 5

to the Reef Fish FMP of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 0648-AY55

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 32 0648-AY56

Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch in Atlantic Trawl Fisheries 0648-AY61

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Operation of Offshore Oil and Gas

Facilities in the U.S. Beaufort Sea 0648-AY63

Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Lobster in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic 0648-AY72

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Comprehensive Annual Catch Limits Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of

the South Atlantic Region 0648-AY73

Amendment 20 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan of the South Atlantic Region 0648-AY74

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments and Corrections 0648-AY76

Amendment To Recover the Administrative Costs of Processing Permit Applications 0648-AY81

Amendment To Correct and Clarify Amendment 16 and Subsequent Frameworks of the Northeast Multispecies Fisheries

Management Plan 0648-AY95

Proposed 4(d) Protective Regulations for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Sturgeon 0648-AY96

Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery 0648-BA13

Licensing of Private Land Remote-Sensing Space Systems 0648-BA15

Amendment 93 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management

Area 0648-BA18

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Expansion 0648-BA21

Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery Management Plan 0648-BA22

Omnibus Amendment to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Plans To Implement Annual Catch Limits and

Accountability Measures 0648-BA23

Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Expansion 0648-BA24

False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan 0648-BA30

Amendment to Regulations Under the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan 0648-BA34

Amendment 2 of the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species 0648-BA35

National Appeals Office Rules of Procedure 0648-BA36

Regulatory Amendment To Implement a Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for International Pacific Halibut Commission Area

2C and Area 3A 0648-BA37

Implementation of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolution Establishing a Program for Transshipments

by Large-Scale Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean 0648-BA41

Regulatory Amendment To Revise the Maximum Retainable Amounts of Groundfish in the Arrowtooth Flounder Fishery

in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area 0648-BA43

Framework Adjustment 7 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan 0648-BA46

Amendment 6 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan 0648-BA50

Amendment 24 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region 0648-BA52

Amendment 22 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region 0648-BA53

Fisheries off West Coast States; Amendment 16 to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan 0648-BA55

American Lobster Area 1 Control Date and Limited Access Program 0648-BA56

Amendment 5 to the Golden Crab Fishery Management Plan of the South Atlantic 0648-BA60

Comprehensive Annual Catch Limit (ACL) Amendment for the U.S. Caribbean 0648-BA62

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Electronic Mobile Transmitting Unit Vessel Monitoring Systems 0648-BA64

Management Measures for Tuna Fisheries Operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean 0648-BA66

Amendment 13 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan 0648-BA68

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Implementing International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

Recommendations on Sharks 0648-BA69

Regulatory Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic

Region 0648-BA70

Amendment 15 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan 0648-BA71

Framework Adjustment 22 to the Scallop Fishery Management Plan 0648-BA72

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Construction of the Knik Arm Crossing, Cook Inlet, Alaska 0648-BA73

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Electronic Dealer Reporting Requirements 0648-BA75

List of Fisheries for 2012 0648-BA76

Revised Implementing Regulations for Requirements To Publish Textual Descriptions of Boundaries of Critical Habitat 0648-BA77

Interim Policy Interpreting the Phrase 'Significant Portion of its Range' in the Endangered Species Act's Definitions 0648-BA78

Catch Reporting Regulatory Rulemaking for the Atlantic Herring Fishery 0648-BA79

Bering Sea Chinook Salmon Economic Data Reporting Program 0648-BA80

Revision of Hawaiian Monk Seal Critical Habitat 0648-BA81

Amendment 41 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs 0648-BA82

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Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Restrictions on Fishing in Proximity to Data Buoys 0648-BA84

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Requirements for Transshipping and Bunkering,

Notification of Entry and Exit Into High Seas Special Management Area, and Discards 0648-BA85

Modification of Swordfish Retention Limits for the West Coast Deep-Set Tuna Longline Fishery Under Authority of the

Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species 0648-BA87

Regulatory Amendments To Implement the Shark Conservation Act and Revise the Definition of Illegal, Unreported, and

Unregulated Fishing 0648-BA89

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; North and South Atlantic 2011 Commercial Swordfish Quotas 0648-BA90

2011 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Recreational Management Measures and Scup Specification

Increase (Increased 2011 Total Allowable Landings) 0648-BA92

Removal of Regulatory Requirements for the Groundfish Retention Standard (GRS) Program in the BSAI 0648-BA93

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Final Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Resource Agency Hearings and Alternatives Development Procedures in Hydropower Licenses 0648-AU01

Protective Regulations for Killer Whales in the Northwest Region Under the Endangered Species Act and Marine

Mammal Protection Act 0648-AV15

Amending Regulations for the Pacific Halibut, Sablefish, and Pollock Fisheries Conducted Under the Western Alaska

Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program 0648-AV33

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (MSRA) Environmental Review

Procedure 0648-AV53

Consideration of a Research-Only Area in the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AV88

Scientific and Statistical Committees; Peer Review; National Standard Guidelines 0648-AW62

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; Purse Seine Prohibited Areas Around Guam and the Commonwealth

of the Northern Mariana Islands 0648-AW67

Amendment 4 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan 0648-AW75

Allowable Modifications to the Turtle Excluder Device Requirements 0648-AW93

Revision of Critical Habitat Designation for the Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle 0648-AX06

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction and Operation of a Liquefied

Natural Gas Facility off Massachusetts 0648-AX09

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport Range Complex Extension

Mission Activities 0648-AX11

Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Consolidation of

Regulations 0648-AX27

Critical Habitat Designation for Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Under the Endangered Species Act 0648-AX50

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish Fishery; Amendment 5 0648-AX70

Gulf of the Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries Regulations on Introduced Species 0648-AX83

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishery 0648-AX85

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Training Operations

Conducted Within the Gulf of Mexico Range Complex 0648-AX86

Revoke Inactive Quota Share and Annual Individual Fishing Quota from a Holder of Quota Share Under the Pacific

Halibut and Sablefish Fixed Gear Individual Fishing Quota Program 0648-AX91

Revisions to eLandings Regulations 0648-AX97

Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for Queen Conch Resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Establishing Compatible Regulations With U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial Waters 0648-AY03

Consolidation of Tables and Figures Related to Implementing Amendment 89 to the Fishery Management Plan for the

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area 0648-AY18

Amendment 34 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs 0648-AY33

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Regulations 0648-AY35

Addendum IV to the Weakfish Interstate Management Plan--Bycatch Trip Limit 0648-AY41

Endangered Species Act Listing of Nine Distinct Population Segments of Loggerhead Sea Turtles as Endangered or

Threatened 0648-AY49

Designating Critical Habitat for the Endangered Black Abalone 0648-AY62

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal School Training Operations at Eglin Air

Force Base, Florida 0648-AY64

Amendment to Limit Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Fixed Gear Catcher Processors Fishing for Pacific Cod in

State of Alaska Parallel Waters 0648-AY65

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Annual Catch Limit Process

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0648-AY93

Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2011 to 2012 Biennial Specifications and

Management Measures; FMP Amendment 16-5 and FMP Amendment 23 0648-BA01

Interim Rule To Set the 2010 Commercial Gag Quota, Set the Recreational Harvest, and Reduce or Rescind the Use of

Multi-Use Individual Fishing Quota Allocation 0648-BA02

Emergency Rule to Re-Open the Recreational Red Snapper Season in the Gulf of Mexico 0648-BA06

Amendment 37 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs 0648-BA11

Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Navy Training Exercises in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities

Area 0648-BA14

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Regulations Revisions 0648-BA20

2011 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications 0648-BA26

Framework Adjustment 45 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 0648-BA27

Revised Aleutian Islands Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for the Groundfish Fisheries 0648-BA31

Endangered and Threatened Species, Designation of Critical Habitat for Southern Distinct Population Segment of

Eulachon 0648-BA38

Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Trawl Rationalization Program; Partial Release of

Groundfish Quota for the Start of the 2011 Fishery 0648-BA40

Tilefish Cost Recovery Regulatory Amendment 0648-BA42

Modification of Regulations Governing the Retention of Incidentally-Caught Highly Migratory Species in Atlantic Trawl

Fisheries 0648-BA45

Amendment 17A to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region 0648-BA47

Implementation of a Recreational Seasonal Closure for Greater Amberjack; Regulatory Framework Action to the Fishery

Management Plan for Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP) 0648-BA48

Fisheries in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; Pelagic Fisheries; Vessel Identification Requirements 0648-BA49

Regulatory Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic

Region 0648-BA51

Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef To Set Total Allowable Catch for Red Snapper 0648-BA54

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas and Atlantic Tuna Fisheries Management Measures 0648-BA65

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals: U.S. Navy Training; U.S. Navy Training in the Southern California Range

Complex; and U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet Active Training 0648-BA67

Framework Adjustment 1 to the Northeast Skate Complex FMP 0648-BA91

2011 Gulf of Mexico Gag Recreational and Commercial Management Measures 0648-BA94

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2011 Tribal Fishery for Pacific Whiting 0648-BA95

Interpretive Rule for Charter Halibut Limited Access Program Regulations in Alaska 0648-BA96

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Long-term Action

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Permits for Capture, Transport, Import, and Export of Protected Species for Public Display, and for Maintaining a

Captive Marine Mammal Inventory 0648-AH26

Fishery Management Plan for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AS65

Effort Limitation for United States Commercial Fishing Vessels Targeting North Pacific Albacore Tuna 0648-AU74

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act Disaster

Assistance Programs 0648-AW38

Revision of Shoreside Processor and Stationary Floating Crab Processor Crab Economic Data Reports (EDRs) 0648-AX48

Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Rose Atoll Marine

National Monument 0648-AX64

Emergency Rule To Close a Portion of Federal Waters in the Gulf of Mexico in Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil

Spill 0648-AY87

Emergency Action to Close Portions of Federal Waters in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing Activities in Response to the

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 0648-AY90

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Future of the Atlantic Shark Fishery 0648-BA17

Amendment 21 to the Snapper-Grouper Fishery Management Plan of the South Atlantic Region 0648-BA59

Emergency Rule To Revise Butterfish Specifications 0648-BA86

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Completed Action

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Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals: Taking Marine Mammals Incidental To Conducting Oil and Gas Exploration

Activities in the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AQ71

Maximize Retention and Monitoring Program in the Shore-Based Pacific Whiting Fishery 0648-AR63

Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental To Deployment of a Naval At-Sea

Gunnery Scoring System 0648-AT78

Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Naval Training Operations at the East

Coast Shallow Water Training Range 0648-AT81

Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Air Force Air-to-Surface Gunnery

Exercises in the Northern Gulf of Mexico 0648-AT82

Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Naval Explosives Ordnance Testing

and Training Exercises in the Northern Gulf of Mexico 0648-AT83

Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction of the Knik Arm Bridge, Anchorage, Alaska 0648-AU96

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Essential Fish Habitat 0648-AV00

Certification of Nations Whose Fishing Vessels Are Engaged in IUU Fishing or Bycatch of Protected Living Marine

Resources 0648-AV51

Reorganization and Update of Federal West Coast Groundfish Regulations 0648-AV67

Marine Debris Definition 0648-AV68

Revise Regulations Governing the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program 0648-AW24

Take and Import Marine Mammals: Proposed Rule for Take of Marine Mammals Incidental to Routine Operations of 13

Power Generating Stations in Central and Southern California 0648-AW59

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Mission Activities 0648-AW80

Guidance for the Limited Access Privilege Program Provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 0648-AX13

Marine Sanitation Device Discharge Regulations for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AX58

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Navy Training Activities Conducted Within the Northwest Training Range

Complex 0648-AX88

Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Navy Training Activities Conducted Within the Mariana Island Range Complex 0648-AX90

Regulatory Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico Modifying the Bajo de

Sico Seasonal Closure 0648-AY05

Amendment 17A to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region 0648-AY10

Amendment 17B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region 0648-AY11

Fishing Vessel, Fishing Facility and Individual Fishing Quota Lending Program Regulations 0648-AY16

Maximized Retention Monitoring Program for Catcher Vessels in the Pacific Whiting Mothership Fishery in the Pacific

Coast Groundfish Fishery 0648-AY17

Reduce Bycatch of Sea Turtles in the Bottom Longline Component of the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery 0648-AY21

Amendment 94 for Bering Sea Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear Requirements, St. Matthew Island Habitat Conservation

Area Revision, and Modified Gear Trawl Zone 0648-AY34

Regulatory Amendment To Revise Charter Halibut Logbook Submission Requirements 0648-AY38

Amendment 86 to the Fishery Management Plan for Gulf of Alaska Groundfish 0648-AY42

Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Amendments 20 and 21; Trawl Rationalization

Program 0648-AY68

List of Fisheries for 2011 0648-AY69

To Open a Portion of the Georges Bank Closed Area to the Harvest of Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs 0648-AY71

Vessel Capacity Limits in the Purse Seine Fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean 0648-AY75

Removal of Redundant Requirements for the American Fisheries Act 0648-AY84

Emergency Action To Revise the Fishing Year 2010 Pollock Catch Limits in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-AY86

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery; 2010 Accountability

Measures for Greater Amberjack 0648-AY89

Implementation of Procedures To Request Licenses and a System to Allocate Licenses Under the South Pacific Tuna

Treaty 0648-AY91

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Hawaii Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish; Measures To Rebuild Overfished

Armorhead at Hancock Seamounts 0648-AY92

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 2011 Commercial Fishing Season and Adaptive Management for the Atlantic Shark

Fishery 0648-AY98

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Space Vehicle and

Missile Launch Operations at Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska 0648-AY99

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2011 Specifications for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery 0648-BA03

Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan To Set Total Allowable Catch for Red Grouper 0648-BA04

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework Adjustment 21; Correction 0648-BA08

Request for Comment on Discard Provision for Herring Midwater Trawl Vessels Fishing in Groundfish Closed Area I 0648-BA16

Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Hawaii-Based Shallow-Set Longline Fishery; Court Order 0648-BA19

Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan 0648-BA25

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; October 2010 Inseason

Adjustments to Fishery Management Measures 0648-BA28

Emergency Rule To Suspend Some Regulatory Requirements of the Groundfish Retention Standard Program in the

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area 0648-BA29

New Control Date for the King and Spanish Mackerel of the South Atlantic 0648-BA32

Establish a New Control Date for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 0648-BA33

Bluefin Tuna Bycatch Reduction in the Gulf of Mexico Pelagic Longline Fishery 0648-BA39

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; December 2010 Inseason

Adjustments to Fishery Management Measures 0648-BA44

Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish; Inseason Action for Early in 2011, Effective March 1, 2011 0648-BA57

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Hawaii Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries; Modification to Advance

Notification Period for Fishery Closures 0648-BA58

Control Date for the Golden Crab Fishery in the South Atlantic 0648-BA83

A Control Date for the Purpose of Limiting Excessive Accumulation of Control of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-BA88

Patent and Trademark Office - Proposed Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Changes to Representation of Others Before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 0651-AB55

Changes to Rules of Practice Before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 0651-AC35

Requirements for Amendments After Publication 0651-AC38

Sound Marks 0651-AC40

Revival and Reinstatement of Abandoned Applications 0651-AC41

Revision of USPTO Fees for Fiscal Year 2011 0651-AC43

Revision of USPTO Fees for Fiscal Year 2012 0651-AC44

Requirement for More Than One Specimen per Class and for Additional Information and Exhibits 0651-AC49

Paper Filing Surcharge 0651-AC50

Revision of United States Patent and Trademark Office Fees for Fiscal Year 2013 0651-AC54

Revision of United States Patent and Trademark Office Fees for Fiscal Year 2013 0651-AC55

Patent and Trademark Office - Final Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals; Request for Comments

and Notice of Roundtable 0651-AC37

Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments 0651-AC39

Interim Increase on Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2011 0651-AC42

Patent and Trademark Office - Long-term Action

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Changes To Implement Electronic Patent Publication 0651-AC19

Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office 0651-AC27

Revision of Fees for Application for Registration and for Registration 0651-AC32

Changes to Streamline the Electronic Priority Document Exchange Program 0651-AC45

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Changes to Information Disclosure Statement Practice Regarding Timeliness Statement and Submission of Copies 0651-AC47

Changes to Implement Optional Pre-Appeal Brief Procedures for Patent Applications 0651-AC48

Changes to Examination Fees and Implementation of Alternatives to the Request for Continued Examination 0651-AC53

Revision of Patent Term Extension and Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review and Information Disclosure

Statements 0651-AC56

Patent and Trademark Office - Completed Action

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Change to Disciplinary Proceeding Hearing 0651-AC31

Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control

Procedures 0651-AC52

National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Final Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Revision to the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management 0660-AA21

Revision to the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management 0660-AA22

Removal of Regulations that Implement and Administer a Coupon Program for Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes 0660-AA23

Bureau of Economic Analysis - Proposed Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

BE-120, Benchmark Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intangible Assets With Foreign Persons 0691-AA76

Removal of Reporting Requirements for Certain Surveys of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States 0691-AA77

Bureau of Economic Analysis - Completed Action

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

BE-11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad 0691-AA74

BE-577 Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad 0691-AA75

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Proposed Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Amendments to the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Regulations 0693-AB61

National Institute of Standards and Technology - Final Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Redelegations of Authority Resulting From the America COMPETES Act 0693-AB60

Bureau of Industry and Security - PreRule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Automated Export System and Shippers Export Declaration--Requirement to Show Paragraphs in Export Control

Classification Numbers 0694-AD89

Bureau of Industry and Security - Proposed Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

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Short Supply Controls: Crude Oil Exports 0694-AC25

License Exception AVS Clarifications and Shipments to International Waters 0694-AC33

Administrative Action Providing for Order to Stop Specific Exports or Reexports Otherwise Eligible Under Designation

NLR 0694-AC47

Addition of Non-Material Changes That May Be Made to Export Licenses; and Addition of Non-Material Changes

Requiring Prior BIS Notification and Approval 0694-AE80

Revisions to Defense Priorities and Allocations System Regulations 0694-AE81

Export Control Modernization Initiative: Clarifying the Meaning of the Term "Specially Designed" by Adopting a Single

Definition for the Entire CCL 0694-AF09

Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to Address the Movement of Less Significant Items From the

United States Munitions List (USML) to the Commerce Control List (CCL) 0694-AF17

Bureau of Industry and Security - Final Rule

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

De Minimis U.S. Content in Foreign Made Items 0694-AC17

Clarification of "Space-Qualified" Parts, Components, and Technology Subject to the Export Administration Regulations 0694-AD07

Implementation of the Understandings Reached at the 2004 and 2005 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary Meetings 0694-AD58

Implementation in the Export Administration Regulations of the United States' Rescission of Libya's Designation as a

State Sponsor of Terrorism and Revisions Applicable to Iraq 0694-AD81

December 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Agreement Implementation: Low Light Level

Entries and Reporting Requirements 0694-AE30

Addition of Export Control Classification Number 6A981 Passive Infrasound Sensors to the Export Administration

Regulations 0694-AE44

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Revision of the Export Administration Regulations to Impose Controls on

Exports, Reexports, and Transfers to Persons Pursuant to Executive Order 13413 0694-AE63

Five Axis Simultaneous Controlled Milling Machines: License Exception Eligibility and Fast Track Application Processing 0694-AE74

Encryption Export Controls 0694-AE89

Editorial Correction to the Export Administration Regulations 0694-AE90

Clarification Regarding the Jurisdictional Scope of Commodity Classification Determinations and Advisory Opinions

Issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security 0694-AE94

Editorial Corrections to the Export Administration Regulations 0694-AE96

Addition of Certain Persons on the Entity List: Addition of Persons Acting Contrary to the National Security or Foreign

Policy Interests of the United States 0694-AE97

Export Control Modernization: Strategic Trade Authorization License Exception 0694-AF03

Implementation of the Understandings Reached at the 2010 Australia Group (AG) Plenary Meeting and Other AGRelated Clarifications and Corrections to the EAR 0694-AF04

Paperwork Reduction Act: Updated List of Approved Information Collections and Removal of a Redundant Reporting

Requirement 0694-AF08

Wassenaar Arrangement 2010 Plenary Agreements Implementation: Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Parts I and II, 6, 7, 8 and

9 of the Commerce Control List, Definitions, Reports 0694-AF11

Addition of Certain Persons on the Entity List: Addition of Persons Acting Contrary to the National Security or Foreign

Policy Interests of the United States 0694-AF12

Implementation of Additional Changes From the Annual Review of the Entity List; Removal of Person Based on Removal

Request 0694-AF13

Implementation of a Decision Adopted Under the AG Intersessional Silent Approval Procedures in 2010 0694-AF14

Wassenaar Arrangement 2009 Plenary Agreements Implementation: ECCN 4A003, Movement of Albania and Croatia to

Computer Tier 1, and Related Revisions 0694-AF15

Bureau of Industry and Security - Long-term Action

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Export Administration Regulations: Support Documentation Consolidation and Reorganization 0694-AC04

Expansion of License Exception GOV; Exports and Reexports to International Organizations 0694-AC15

Revision to the Export Administration Regulations: Replacement Licenses 0694-AC23

Clarifications to Part 752: Special Comprehensive License Requirements 0694-AC34

Chemical Weapons Convention: Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations 0694-AC35

Imposition of License Requirement for Exports and Reexports of Missile Technology (MT)--Controlled Items to Canada

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0694-AC48

License Exception GOV Exports and Reexports for Official IAEA International Inspection and Verification Use in

Accordance With the U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, as Amended by the Additional Protocol 0694-AD27

Revision to General Restriction on All License Exceptions: Availability of Certain License Exceptions for Lightweight

Aircraft Engines 0694-AD80

Country Group C: Destinations of Diversion Concern 0694-AD93

Revision of the Regional Stability and Chemical and Biological Export Controls in the Export Administration Regulations 0694-AE04

Revisions to License Exception GOV for Support of Civil Aviation Authorities Responsible for Safety of Flight and

Revisions to General Restriction on all License Exceptions 0694-AE14

Export Administration Regulations: Establishment of License Exception Intra-Company Transfer (ICT) 0694-AE21

Revision of Commerce Control List Based on Application of Modern Technologies to Crime Control and Law

Enforcement Activities 0694-AE43

Bureau of Industry and Security - Completed Action

Title

Regulation 

Identifier 

Number

Export and Reexport Controls on Iraq 0694-AC84

Revisions to Methods of Service and Certain Deadlines in Administrative Enforcement Proceedings 0694-AE68

Implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) Task Force on Editorial Issues (TFEI) Revisions; Correction 0694-AE71

Publicly Available Mass Market Encryption Software and Other Specified Publicly Available Encryption Software in

Object Code 0694-AE82

Additions to the List of Validated End-Users in the People's Republic of China: Hynix Semiconductor China Ltd., Hynix

Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd. and Lam Research Corporation 0694-AE95

Simplified Network Application Processing System, On-Line Registration and Account Maintenance 0694-AE98

Implementation of Additional Changes From the Annual Review of the Entity List 0694-AF01

Amendment to Existing Validated End-User Authorization in the People's Republic of China: Semiconductor

Manufacturing Corporation 0694-AF02

Updated Statements of Legal Authority To Reflect Continuation of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12938 0694-AF05

Additions and Revisions to the List of Validated End-Users in the People's Republic of China: CSMC Technologies

Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices China, Inc. 0694-AF07

U.S. and India Bilateral Understanding: Revisions to U.S. Export and Reexport Controls Under the Export Administration

Regulations 0694-AF10

Amendment to the Export Administration Regulations: Part 750--Application Processing, Issuance, and Denial 0694-AF16

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

General Administration ( ADMIN ) RIN: 0605-AA28

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Title: Guidance for Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (Financial Assistance)

Abstract: The Department of Commerce is removing its regulation implementing the Governmentwide common rule on drugfree workplace requirements for financial assistance, currently located within part 29 of title 15 of the Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR), and issuing a new regulation to adopt the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance at 2 CFR

182. This regulatory action implements the OMB's initiative to streamline and consolidate into one title of the CFR all Federal

regulations on drug free workplace requirements for financial assistance. These changes constitute an administrative

simplification that would make no substantive change in Department of Commerce policy or procedures for drug-free workplace.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 2 CFR 182; 15 CFR 29 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 41 USC 701 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 05/25/2010 75 FR 29215 

NPRM Comment Period End 06/24/2010 

Final Rule 12/00/2011 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Gary W. Johnson 

Senior Policy Specialist

Department of Commerce

General Administration

HCHB, Room 6054 14th and Constitution Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-1679

FAX: 202 482-1844

E-Mail: gjohnso3@doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of the Census ( CENSUS ) RIN: 0607-AA46

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Title: Procedure for Requesting a Population Estimates Review and Update

Abstract: The Census Bureau amends the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to change the name of a current Census

program from "Procedure for Challenging of Certain Population and Income Estimates" to "Procedure for Requesting an

Estimates Review and Update." In addition, the Census Bureau updates references to the method by which population

estimates are officially released to reflect widespread use of the Internet for disseminating official demographic data. Finally, the

Census Bureau eliminates per capita income from the "Procedure for Requesting Population Estimates Review and Update."

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 90 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 13 USC 4; 13 USC 181

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Local; State

Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Rodger V. Johnson Department of Commerce

Bureau of the Census

Population Distribution Branch

Washington , DC 20233 

Phone: 301 763-2419

FAX: 301 457-2481

E-Mail: rodger.v.johnson@census.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of the Census ( CENSUS ) RIN: 0607-AA35

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Title: Cutoff Dates for Recognition of Boundary Changes for Census 2000 and for the Intercensal Period

Abstract: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is establishing cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes to

geographic entities for which the Census Bureau reports data in various surveys, estimates, censuses, programs, compilations,

and publications throughout the period between decennial censuses (years 2001 through 2009).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

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CFR Citation: 15 CFR 70 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 5 USC 553(b)(3)(A); 5 USC 604(a); 44 USC 35

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 01/25/2002 67 FR 3631 

NPRM Comment Period End 02/25/2002 

Final Action 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Local; State

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy F. Trainor 

Chief, Geography Division

Department of Commerce

Bureau of the Census

Room HQ-4H073, 4700 Silver Hill Road

Suitland , MD 20746 

Phone: 301 763-9161

FAX: 301 763-4710

E-Mail: timothy.f.trainor@census.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of the Census ( CENSUS ) RIN: 0607-AA42

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Title: Establishment of the 2010 Census Redistricting Program

Abstract: This action announces the establishment of the 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program. Required by law, the

program provides States with the opportunity to specify the small geographic areas for which they wish to receive 2010

decennial census population totals for the purpose of reapportionment and redistricting.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: None (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 13 USC 141(c)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice 05/13/2004 69 FR 26547 

Notice 02/15/2005 70 FR 7713 

Notice 04/20/2007 72 FR 19879 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal; State

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Catherine C. McCully 

Chief of the Census Redistricting Data Office

Department of Commerce

Bureau of the Census

Room HQ-8H019, 4700 Silver Hill Road

Suitland , MD 20746 

Phone: 301 763-6525

FAX: 301 763-3761

E-Mail: catherine.clark.mccully@census.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of the Census ( CENSUS ) RIN: 0607-AA50

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Title: Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR): Mandatory Automated Export System Filing for all Shipments Requiring Shipper's

Export Declaration Information; Substantive Changes and Corrections

Abstract: The Census Bureau proposes to amend its regulations to reflect new export reporting requirements. Specifically,

the Census Bureau is requiring mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System (AES) or through

AESDirect for all shipments of used vehicles and temporary exports, as well as modifying the postdeparture filing program and

the filing of household goods. In addition to the new export reporting requirements and the modifications to the postdeparture

filing program, the proposed rule makes remedial changes to the Foreign Trade Regulations.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 30 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 13 USC 301

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 01/21/2011 76 FR 4002 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/22/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William G. Bostic JrDepartment of Commerce

Bureau of the Census

Room 6K032, 4600 Silver Hill Road

Washington , DC 20233-6700 

Phone: 301 763-2255

FAX: 301 763-6638

E-Mail: william.g.bostic.jr@census.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

International Trade Administration ( ITA ) RIN: 0625-AA51

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Title: Procedures for Conducting Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders

Abstract: On May 19, 1997 (62 FR 27296), the Department of Commerce (the Department) published final rules on inter alia

procedures for conducting antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings to conform the Department's existing regulations to

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). Although these regulations contain provisions on the conduct of sunset reviews,

the Department is planning to amend the regulations to provide more guidance on the procedures for conducting sunset

reviews. Specifically, the Department amends the procedural regulations for participation in, and conduct of, sunset reviews to

add two definitions to provide shorthand expressions for 120-day and 240-day sunset reviews; provides deadlines for certain

submissions; clarifies the information to be provided by parties participating in a sunset review; clarifies when the Department

will conduct a 120-day or a 240-day sunset review; and provides time limits for actions to be taken by the Department.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 19 CFR 351 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 19 USC 1671 et seq; 19 USC 1673 et seq; 19 USC 1303

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 03/20/1998 63 FR 13516 

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Interim Final Rule Effective 03/20/1998 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: David Mason Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

Room 3627, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-5051

FAX: 202 482-4912

E-Mail: david_mason@ita.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

International Trade Administration ( ITA ) RIN: 0625-AA76

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Title: Canadian Softwood Lumber Import Licensing System

Abstract: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) publishes this interim final rule to implement a licensing system for

imports of softwood lumber from Canada. This licensing system is intended to enable Commerce to monitor the imports of

softwood lumber subject to the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA 2006 or Agreement).

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 19 CFR 362 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James Terpstra 

Supervisory International Trade Compliance Analyst

Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

1401 Constitution Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3965

FAX: 202 482-4001

E-Mail: james_terpstra@ita.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

International Trade Administration ( ITA ) RIN: 0625-AA77

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Title: Withdrawal of Regulation Governing Treatment of Tollers and Subcontractors in Antidumping Duty Determinations

Abstract: The International Trade Administration (ITA) takes this action to withdraw the provision at 19 CFR 351.401(h). ITA

takes this action to ensure that the Department of Commerce's (the Department) antidumping analysis focuses upon the party

setting the price of subject merchandise when the manufacture of such merchandise is subcontracted to another company. The

regulation has had the unintended effect of bestowing the status of foreign manufacturer or producer upon parties in the United

States that would have otherwise assumed the status of purchasers. If a party that customarily assumes the status of a

purchaser is bestowed the status of foreign manufacturer or producer, the proper application of the antidumping duty law would

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be thwarted. This effect is contrary to the Department's intent in promulgating the regulation and inconsistent with its statutory

mandate to provide relief to domestic industries suffering material injury from unfairly traded imports. The withdrawal of this rule

will allow the Department to avoid these effects and provide relief as intended under the statutory scheme.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 19 CFR 351 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 19 USC 1202; 19 USC 1303; 19 USC 1671; 19 USC 3538

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 03/28/2008 73 FR 16517 

Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 04/28/2008 

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: David Mason Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

Room 3627, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-5051

FAX: 202 482-4912

E-Mail: david_mason@ita.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

International Trade Administration ( ITA ) RIN: 0625-AA79

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Title: Withdrawal of Regulation Governing Targeted Dumping in Antidumping Duty Investigations

Abstract: The International Trade Administration publishes this rule to withdraw its regulations governing the criteria for

analyzing targeted dumping allegations in antidumping investigations (19 CFR 351.414(f) and (g)).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 19 CFR 351 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 19 USC 1673

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 12/10/2008 73 FR 74930 

Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 01/09/2009 

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Natasha Robinson Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

1401 Constitution Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-1643

E-Mail: natasha.robinson@mail.doc.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

International Trade Administration ( ITA ) RIN: 0625-AA81

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Title: Foreign-Trade Zones in the United States

Abstract: The Foreign-Trade Zones Board (Board) is revising its regulations issued pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones Act

of 1934, as amended (the Act). The revised regulations will improve the application and approval procedures for foreign-trade

zones and activity therein. The Board intends to institute new reporting requirements when zone participants begin using new

foreign components or finished products in zones, and it intends to clarify when Board approval is needed for new zone activity.

The revised regulations also will provide the zone community with guidance on the "public utility" and "uniform treatment"

provisions of the Act. The regulations will ensure that zone grantees apply uniform criteria in making decisions regarding use of

the zone and will set forth various rules to ensure that zone privileges are not abused for private profit. The Board is also

proposing to improve its regulations regarding imposition of fines for violations of the Act.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 400 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 19 USC 81a-u

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 12/30/2010 75 FR 82340 

NPRM Comment Period End 04/08/2011 

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Andrew McGilvray 

Executive Secretary

Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

1401 Constitution Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2862

E-Mail: andrew.mcgilvray@mail.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

International Trade Administration ( ITA ) RIN: 0625-AA84

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Title: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; APO Procedures

Abstract: This rule would amend the regulations of the Department of Commerce's (the Department) Import Administration

(IA) that relate to the filing requirements in antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) proceedings. This amendment would

allow interested parties to AD/CVD proceedings to submit their documents related to those matters electronically through the

Import Administration Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). Specifically,

the rule would change the filing requirements under 19 CFR 351.303(c)(1), which normally require parties to manually file one

original and five paper copies of public submissions for AD/CVD proceedings. Where the submission contains business

proprietary information, the rule currently allows parties to file one original and five copies of a business proprietary submission,

and three copies of the public version, to the Department. Through this amendment, parties will file all submissions

electronically via an internet connection. Parties seeking to manually file submissions must demonstrate that they meet an

exception to the electronic filing rule, and such exceptions will be granted only with prior approval, on a case-by-case basis. A

party that is allowed to file a manual submission will nonetheless need to file only one hard copy of the submission, along with

a cover page that is generated using IA ACCESS. Because this cover page and submission are part of an administrative

proceeding before the Department, it is not subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. Additional proposed amendments to the

regulations are directed at amending provisions where manual filing or paper copies of submissions are discussed in order to

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refer instead to the electronic filing requirement or electronic format of the submissions. The rule also includes minor corrections

and clarifications related to filing procedures.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 19 CFR 351 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 19 USC 1202 note; 19 USC 1303 note; 19 USC 1971 et seq; 19 USC 3538

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 07/28/2010 75 FR 44163 

NPRM Comment Period End 09/27/2010 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Evangeline Keenan 

Acting Director, APO/Dockets Unit

Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

1401 Constitution Avenue NW. Room 1870

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-9157

E-Mail: evangeline.keenan@trade.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

International Trade Administration ( ITA ) RIN: 0625-AA87

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Title: Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain

Antidumping Duty Proceedings

Abstract: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is requesting comments regarding the calculation of the weighted

average dumping margin and antidumping duty assessment rate in certain antidumping duty proceedings. Currently, in a review

of an antidumping duty order conducted under 19 CFR 351.213 (administrative review), 351.214 (new shipper review), 351.215

(expedited antidumping review) (collectively reviews), the Department usually makes comparisons between transaction-specific

export prices and average normal values and does not offset any dumping that is found with the results of comparisons for

which the transaction-specific export price exceeds the average normal value. In addition, in the most recent original

antidumping duty investigation in which the Department calculated the weighted average margins of dumping using transactionto-transactions comparisons, the Department did not grant offsets for non-dumped comparisons. Several World Trade

Organization (WTO) dispute settlement reports have found that the United States application of these methodologies was

inconsistent with our WTO obligations. In response to these reports, the Department proposes modification of its methodologies,

including changes to certain provisions of the Department's regulations.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 19 CFR 351 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 19 USC 1202; 19 USC 1303; 19 USC 1671; 19 USC 3538

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 12/28/2010 75 FR 81533 

NPRM Comment Period Extended 02/01/2011 76 FR 5518 

Final Action 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

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Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Quentin Baird 

Attorney

Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

1401 Constitution Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-5589 

E-Mail: quentin.baird@trade.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

International Trade Administration ( ITA ) RIN: 0625-AA59

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Title: Commercial Availability of Fabric and Yarn

Abstract: This rule implements certain provisions of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (the Act). Title I of the Act (the

African Growth and Opportunity Act or AGOA), title II of the Act (the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act or

CBTPA), and title XXXI of the Trade Act of 2002 (the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act or ATPDEA) provide

for quota- and duty-free treatment for qualifying apparel products from designated beneficiary countries. AGOA and CBTPA

authorize quota- and duty-free treatment for apparel articles that are both cut (or knit-to-shape) and sewn or otherwise

assembled in one or more designated beneficiary countries from yarn or fabric that is not formed in the United States or a

beneficiary country, provided it has been determined that such yarn or fabric cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in

commercial quantities in a timely manner. The President has delegated to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements (the Committee), which is chaired by the Department of Commerce, the authority to determine whether yarn or

fabric cannot be supplied by the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner under the AGOA, the ATPDEA,

and the CBTPA, and has authorized the Committee to extend quota- and duty-free treatment to apparel of such yarn or fabric.

The rule provides the procedure for interested parties to submit a request alleging that a yarn or fabric cannot be supplied by

the domestic industry in commercial quantities in a timely manner, the procedure for public comments, and relevant factors that

will be considered in the Committee's determination. The rule also outlines the factors to be considered by the Committee in

extending quota- and duty-free treatment.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 345 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: PL 106-200, sec 112(b)(5)(B); PL 106-200, sec 211; EO 13191; PL 107-210, sec 3103

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Janet Heinzen 

International Trade Specialist

Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

Office of Textiles and Apparel 1401 Constitution Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-4006 

E-Mail: janet_heinzen@ita.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

International Trade Administration ( ITA ) RIN: 0625-AA66

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Title: Amendment to Certification of Factual Information to Import Administration During Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Proceedings

Abstract: The Department of Commerce (Department) amends 19 CFR 351.303(g), which governs the certification of factual

information submitted to the Department by a person or their representative during antidumping and countervailing duty

proceedings. The amendments are intended to strengthen the current imprecise certification requirements so that it is clear what

has been certified, by whom, and when, and so that parties and their counsel are aware of the potential consequences of false

certifications.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 19 CFR 351 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 19 USC 1202 note; 19 USC 1303 note; 19 USC 1671 et seq; 19 USC 3538; . . .

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Next Action Undetermined

NPRM 09/22/2004 69 FR 56738 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/22/2004 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert E. Nielsen 

Senior Attorney

Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-5340

E-Mail: robert_neilsen@ita.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY15

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Title: Requirements for Importation of Fish and Fish Product Under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act

Abstract: With this action, NMFS is developing procedures to implement the provisions of section 101(a)(2) of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act for imports of fish and fish products. Those provisions require the Secretary of Treasury to ban imports

of fish and fish products from fisheries with bycatch of marine mammals in excess of U.S. standards. The provisions further

require the Secretary of Commerce to insist on reasonable proof from exporting nations of the effects on marine mammals of

bycatch incidental to fisheries that harvest the fish and fish products to be imported.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: PreRule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1371 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

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International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Kristy Long 

Fisheries Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 13738, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2322

FAX: 301 427-2522

E-Mail: kristy.long@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA61

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Title: Amendment 31 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs

Abstract: Amendment 31 would amend the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program by revising the active

participation requirements for C share acquisition and use. It would allow C shares to be acquired by an individual who received

an initial allocation of C shares, or an individual who demonstrates participation in the BSAI rationalization crab fisheries during

3 of the 5 season immediately preceding implementation of the program. It will also revise the rules governing active

participation requirements of C share holders. To receive an annual allocation of IFQ, a C share holder must have participated

in at least one delivery in a fishery in the 3 seasons preceding the application for IFQ, or have received an initial allocation of C

shares and participated in 30 days of State of Alaska or Alaska Federal fisheries in the 3 seasons preceding the application for

IFQ. This amendment also revokes C shares from holders who do not meet at least one of the active participation criteria: (1)

Participated in at least one delivery in one of the rationalized crab fisheries in the preceding 4 years or, (2) was an initial

recipient of C shares and participated in at least 30 days of fishing in state or federal fisheries. No QS will be revoked before 5

years from implementation of this amendment.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: PreRule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 680 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 06/00/2011 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Final Action 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James Balsiger 

Administrator, Alaska Region

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 West Ninth Street

Juneau , AK 99801 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7465

E-Mail: jim.balisger@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA74

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Title: Revision of the National Standard 10 Guidelines

Abstract: The action would revise the National Standard 10 (NS10) guidelines at 50 CFR 600.355. National Standard 10

states: "Conservation and management measures shall, to the extent practicable, promote the safety of human life at sea."

NMFS published guidelines for NS10 in 1998 (63 FR 24212; May 1, 1998). Major changes in fisheries management that change

the way fishing operations are conducted, including catch share programs, could impact the safety of fishermen, and those

impacts should be assessed during the management process. NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service will seek initial public

comment on potential adjustments to the guidelines through an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: PreRule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600.355 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: PL 94-265; 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM 09/00/2011 

Final Action 03/00/2012 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Debra Lambert Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2341

E-Mail: deb.lambert@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AT31

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Title: American Lobster Fishery; Fishing Effort Control Measures To Complement Interstate Lobster Management

Recommendations by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service announces that it is considering, and seeking public comment on, revisions

to Federal American lobster regulations for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) associated with effort control measures as

recommended for Federal implementation by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASFMC) and as outlined in the

Interstate Fishery Management Plan (ISFMP) for American Lobster. This action will evaluate effort control measures in certain

Lobster Conservation Management Areas including: Limits on future access based on historic participation criteria; procedures

to allow trap transfers among qualifiers and impose a trap reduction or conservation tax on any trap transfers; and a trap

reduction schedule to meet the goals of the ISFMP.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 5101 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 05/10/2005 70 FR 24495 

ANPRM Comment Period End 06/09/2005 

Notice of Public Meeting 05/03/2010 75 FR 23245 

NPRM 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

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Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

RIN Information URL: www.nero.noaa.gov/StateFedOff Public Comment

URL: www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/comments/index.html

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AU02

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Title: Reducing Disturbances to Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins from Human Interactions

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service proposes regulations to protect the essential resting habitat of wild spinner

dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in the main Hawaiian Islands, and to reduce the human activities that may cause "take," as

defined in the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and its implementing regulations, or from other actions that otherwise

adversely affect the dolphins, by proposing time-area closures in four bays on the island of Hawaii, and one on the island of

Maui.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 12/12/2005 70 FR 73426 

ANPRM Comment Period End 01/11/2006 

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Melissa Andersen 

Fishery Biologist, Management

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2322 Extension: 173 

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: melissa.andersen@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV04

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Title: Potential Revisions to the Turtle Excluder Device Requirements

Abstract: With this action, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces that it is considering technical changes

to the requirements for turtle excluder devices (TEDs) and solicits public comment. Specifically, NMFS would modify the size of

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the TED escape opening currently required in the summer flounder fishery; require the use of TEDs in the whelk, calico scallop,

and Mid-Atlantic scallop trawl fisheries; require the use of TEDs in flynets; and move the current northern boundary of the

Summer Flounder Fishery-Sea Turtle Protection Area off Cape Charles, Virginia, to a point farther north.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222; 50 CFR 223 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1533

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 02/15/2007 72 FR 7382 

ANPRM Comment Period Extended 03/19/2007 72 FR 12749 

ANPRM Comment Period End 03/19/2007 

NPRM 10/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: Federal; State

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV12

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Title: High Seas Fishing Compliance Act; Amendment of Regulations

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Services proposes regulatory changes to improve the administration of the High

Seas Fishing Compliance Act (HSFCA) program. The regulatory changes will include adjustments to permitting, reporting and

transshipping procedures; provisions for experimental or exploratory fisheries; specifications for vessel monitoring system

requirements; and the correction of obsolete references.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 5501

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Christopher Rogers 

Division Chief

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Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-9090 Extension: 117 

FAX: 301 713-9106

E-Mail: christopher.rogers@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV76

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Title: Collection and Use of Tax Identification Numbers from Holders of and Applicants for National Marine Fisheries Service

Permits

Abstract: Pursuant to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Debt Collection Act), the National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS) will issue a rule to require that each existing holder of and future applicant for a permit, license, endorsement,

authorization, transfer, or like instrument issued by the agency provide a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) (business,

employer identification number, or individual's social security number) and Date of Incorporation or Date of Birth, as appropriate.

Under the Debt Collection Act, NMFS is required to collect the TIN to report on and collect any delinquent non-tax debt owed to

the Federal Government. NMFS plans to use Date of Incorporation or Date of Birth information for administrative aspects of

permitting procedures with appropriate confidentiality safeguards pursuant to the Privacy Act. The rule will specify: (a) The

particular uses that may be made of the reported TIN; (b) the effects, if any, of not providing the required information; (c) how

the information will be used to ascertain if the permit holder or applicant owes delinquent non-tax debt to the Government

pursuant to the Debt Collection Act; (d) the effects on the permit holder or applicant when such delinquent debts are owed; and

(e) the agency's intended communications with the permit holder or applicant regarding the relationship of such delinquent debts

to its permitting process and the need to resolve such debts as a basis for completing permit issuance or renewal. The rule will

amend existing agency permit regulations and contain all appropriate modified and new collections-of-information pursuant to

the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216; 50 CFR 222; 50 CFR 229; 50 CFR 300; 50 CFR 600; 50 CFR 648; 50 CFR 660; 50 CFR 679;

50 CFR 680; 50 CFR 697 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 31 USC 7701; 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 1361 et seq; 16 USC 1531 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Merge with 0648-AV08

Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2334

FAX: 301 713-0596

E-Mail: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV81

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Title: Confidentiality of Information

Abstract: This rule would revise 50 CFR part 600 subpart E to conform to changes to the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This rule

will prescribe access requirements for confidential information for Marine Fisheries Commission employees, state employees

who are responsible for fishery management plan enforcement, to persons submitting confidential information in support of

homeland and national security activities; and to verify catch under a limited access program. The rule will also prescribe

regulations for disclosure of observer data.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal; State

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Samuel Rauch 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 14657 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2341

E-Mail: samuel.rauch@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV82

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Title: Marine Mammal Protection Act Permit Regulation Revisions

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is considering changes to its implementing regulations (50 CFR

216) governing the issuance of permits for scientific research and enhancement activities under section 104 of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act and is soliciting public comment to better inform the process. NMFS intends to streamline and clarify

general permitting requirements and requirements for scientific research and enhancement permits, simplify procedures for

transferring marine mammal parts, possibly apply the General Authorization (GA) to research activities involving Level A

harassment of non-endangered marine mammals, and implement a "permit application cycle" for application submission and

processing of all marine mammal permits. NMFS intends to write regulations for marine mammal photography permits and is

considering whether this activity should be covered by the GA.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1374

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 09/13/2007 72 FR 52339 

ANPRM Comment Period Extended 10/15/2007 72 FR 58279 

ANPRM Comment Period End 11/13/2007 72 FR 52339 

ANPRM Comment Period Extended End 12/13/2007 72 FR 58279 

NPRM 11/00/2011 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Required: Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal; Local; State;

Tribal

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AW22

Agency Contact: Dr. Michael Payne 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

P.O. Box 21668

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7235

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: michael.payne@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV85

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Title: Comprehensive Review and Update of National Marine Sanctuary Program Regulations

Abstract: This rulemaking makes several technical revisions to Office of National Marine Sanctuaries regulations, following a

comprehensive review and analysis of those rules. A few minor technical inconsistencies in wording throughout the regulations

were identified that has resulted in confusion and inconsistent application of the regulations amongst various national marine

sanctuaries in the system. The technical revisions will make the regulations internally consistent and will update language to

current standards consistent with modern regulation drafting guidelines.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1439

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: John Armor 

Legislative, Regulatory and NEPA Coordinator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910-3281 

Phone: 301 713-7234

FAX: 301 713-0404

E-Mail: john.armor@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV89

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Title: Regulations on Conducting Interagency Consultation Pursuant to the National Marine Sanctuaries

Abstract: Section 304(d) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act requires federal agencies to consult with the Secretary of

Commerce for any action that is likely to injure, cause the loss of, or destroy any sanctuary resource. This rulemaking would

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consider the need to have regulations to provide additional specificity regarding the procedures for conducting this consultation

process.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1434; 16 USC 1439; 16 USC 1441

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 08/26/2008 73 FR 50259 

ANPRM Comment Period End 10/31/2008 

NPRM 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: John Armor 

Legislative, Regulatory and NEPA Coordinator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910-3281 

Phone: 301 713-7234

FAX: 301 713-0404

E-Mail: john.armor@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW00

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Title: Modification to the Geographic Boundaries of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Management Subarea

Abstract: This regulatory amendment would redefine the outer boundary of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish

Management Subarea from the entire 200-nm exclusive economic zone to an area within approximately 50 nm from shore. This

action would make the boundary conform to that of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument and would provide

pelagic fishermen the opportunity to harvest bottomfish outside the bottomfish management area and monument. While

bottomfish permit holders rarely fish more than 50 nm from shore, commercial and recreational pelagic fishermen sometimes

use troll and handline gear beyond 50 nm, and they sometimes catch bottomfish management unit species. Currently, existing

regulations require these fish to be discarded because the catch of these bottomfish species is limited to holders of bottomfish

limited entry permits. A reduction in the outer boundary of the bottomfish management area will allow the retention of a few

bottomfish species by pelagic fishermen who fish beyond the bottomfish zone.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW01

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Title: Measures To Limit Fishing in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Abstract: This amendment will modify the Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), the

Precious Corals FMP, the Crustaceans FMP, and the Pelagics FMP by implementing regulatory measures that affect the

authorized fisheries managed under those plans. The modification will bring federal fishery regulations under the MagnusonStevens Act into compliance with the non-discretionary provisions contained in Proclamation No. 8031, which created the

Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, and further clarify discretionary fishing regulations.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW22

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Title: Marine Mammal Protection Act Stranding Regulation Revisions

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is considering changes to its implementing regulations (50 CFR

216) governing the taking of stranded marine mammals under section 109(h), section 112(c), and title IV of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act and is soliciting public comment to better inform the process. NMFS intends to clarify the requirements and

procedures for responding to stranded marine mammals and for determining the disposition of rehabilitated marine mammals,

which includes the procedures for the placement of non-releasable animals and for authorizing the retention of releasable

rehabilitated marine mammals for scientific research, enhancement, or public display. This action will be analyzed under the

National Environmental Policy Act with an Environmental Assessment.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

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Legal Authority: 16 USC 1379; 16 USC 1382; 16 USC 1421

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 01/31/2008 73 FR 5786 

ANPRM Comment Period End 03/31/2008 

NPRM 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Required: Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Split From 0648-AV82 Related Agencies: Common: DOC

Agency Contact: David Cottingham Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2322 Extension: 101 

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: david.cottingham@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW35

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Title: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Amendment 16 to the Pelagics Fishery

Management Plan; Framework Process

Abstract: Amendment 16 would revise the management framework process to allow effective and timely implementation of

fishing effort and harvest requirements for pelagic fisheries.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 07/00/2011 

NPRM 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW57

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Title: Capital Construction Fund; Fishing Vessel Capital Construction Fund Procedures

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service amends the Fishing Vessel Capital Construction Fund (FVCCF) Program

regulations to simplify and clarify them and to ease restrictions on reconstructions to promote fleet safety, reliability, and

efficiency.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 259 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 46 USC 1177

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Earl Bennett 

Program Leader

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

SSMC 3, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2390

FAX: 301 713-1306

E-Mail: earl.bennett@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW66

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Title: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; Purse Seine Closed Areas Around American Samoa

Abstract: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council recommends that U.S. tuna purse seine vessels be excluded

from operating within 75 nm around the islands of American Samoa. The amendment to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic

Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region intends to balance the needs and concerns of the American Samoa small-boat pelagic

fishery with those of the purse seine fishery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 04/06/2011 76 FR 19028 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW74

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Title: Changes to the Coastal Zone Management Act Program Change Procedures

Abstract: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration takes this action to implement changes to the Coastal Zone

Management Act (CZMA) program, and to change regulations and associated guidance.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 923 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1451 to 1465

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 05/20/2008 73 FR 29093 

ANPRM Comment Period End 08/18/2008 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Kerry Kehoe Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-3155

E-Mail: kerry.kehoe@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW83

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Title: Amendment 4 to the Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan; Caribbean Amendment

Abstract: This rule would re-evaluate the management measures for commercial and recreational highly migratory

species(HMS) fisheries operating in the U.S. Caribbean. This rulemaking could consider, among other things, changes to

existing vessel permitting requirements, dealer permitting requirements, catch reporting, authorized gear, and quotas. This

rulemaking is necessary to improve permitting of and data collection from vessels operating in the U.S. Caribbean.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 971 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Intent 05/27/2008 73 FR 30381 

Notice of Availability 07/14/2008 73 FR 40301 

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Notice of Intent Comment Period End 10/01/2008 

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Margo Schulze-Haugen 

Supervisory Fish Management Officer

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-0234

FAX: 301 713-1917

E-Mail: margo.schulze-haugen@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW89

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Title: Take and Import of Marine Mammals: Take of Marine Mammals Incidental to Operations of an Liquefied Natural Gas

Port Facility in Massachusetts Bay

Abstract: On February 28, 2008, NMFS received a request from Tetra Tech EC, on behalf of Northeast Gateway Energy

Bridge L.L.C. (Northeast Gateway) for an authorization to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to operation and

maintenance of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Massachusetts Bay. Since LNG Port operation and maintenance

activities have the potential to take marine mammals, a marine mammal take authorization under the Marine Mammal Protection

Act (MMPA) is warranted. NMFS has already issued a one-year incidental harassment authorization for this activity pursuant to

section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA, which does not require promulgation of regulations. However, since the LNG Port operation

and maintenance activities will be ongoing in the foreseeable future, NMFS proposes regulations pursuant to section

101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA to govern these incidental takes under a Letter of Authorization for up to five years. Under section

101(a)(5)(A), NMFS also must prescribe mitigation, monitoring, and reporting requirements in its regulations.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: Yes

Agency Contact: Dr. Michael Payne 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

P.O. Box 21668

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7235

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: michael.payne@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW95

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Title: Regulatory Amendment To Correct and Clarify Amendment 13 and Subsequent Frameworks of the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: This action would make corrections and clarifications to the final rule implementing Amendment 13 to the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan, as well as subsequent groundfish actions. These corrections are administrative in

nature and are intended to correct inaccurate references and other inadvertent errors and to clarify specific regulations to

maintain consistency with the intent of Amendment 13 and subsequent actions.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AN17; Related to 0648-

AV79

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX05

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Title: Amendment 11 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: Amendment 11 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Fishery Management Plan may consider: (1) Limited

access in the Atlantic mackerel (mackerel) fishery; (2) implementation of annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability

measures (AMs) for mackerel and butterfish required under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management

Reauthorization Act of 2006 (MSRA); (3) updating of the description and identification of essential fish habitat (EFH) for all life

stages of mackerel, Loligo squid, Illex squid, and butterfish (including gear impacts on Loligo squid egg EFH); and (4) possible

limitations on at-sea processing of mackerel.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Intent 08/11/2008 73 FR 46590 

NPRM 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

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Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX36

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Title: Marine Mammal Protection Act; Petition To Ban Importation of Commercial Fish or Fish Products Caught With

Commercial Fishing Technology That Has Marine Mammal Bycatch

Abstract: NMFS announces receipt of a petition for rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act. The Center for

Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network, non-governmental organizations, have petitioned the U.S.

Department of Commerce and other relevant Departments to initiate rulemaking to ban importation of commercial fish or

products from fish that have been caught with commercial fishing technology that results in incidental mortality or serious injury

of marine mammals in excess of United States standards.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Petition for Rulemaking 12/15/2008 73 FR 75988 

Notice Comment Period End 01/29/2009 

Reopening of Comment Period 02/04/2009 74 FR 6010 

Notice Comment Period Extended 03/23/2009 

NPRM 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Christopher Rogers 

Division Chief

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-9090 Extension: 117 

FAX: 301 713-9106

E-Mail: christopher.rogers@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX47

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Title: Amendment 30 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs Arbitration

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Regulations

Abstract: This action would implement Amendment 30 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

King and Tanner Crabs to make minor modifications to the arbitration system used to settle price and other disputes among

harvesters and processors in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands crab rationalization program.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 680 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1862; PL 109-241; PL 109-479

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 06/00/2011 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Final Rule 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX63

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Title: Trade Monitoring Procedures for Fishery Products

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is revising procedures to monitor international trade in certain

fishery products to meet requirements of the Security and Accountability For Every (SAFE) Port Act, the Magnuson-Stevens

Act, other applicable statutes, and obligations that arise from U.S. participation in regional fishery management organizations.

Specifically, NMFS intends to integrate its trade monitoring programs within the government-wide International Trade Data

System and to require electronic information collection through the automated internet portal maintained by Customs and Border

Protection. This rulemaking will consolidate several existing trade permits and additional seafood commodities will be included

under the consolidated permit requirement. International Trade Permits will be issued electronically through the NOAA Fisheries

Service National Permitting System. A subsequent rulemaking will address the electronic submission of documents for import

transactions.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1385; 16 USC 1826a; 16 USC 971a; 19 USC 1411

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 05/08/2009 74 FR 21615 

ANPRM Comment Period End 08/06/2009 

NPRM 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

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Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Christopher Rogers 

Division Chief

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-9090 Extension: 117 

FAX: 301 713-9106

E-Mail: christopher.rogers@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX78

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Title: Revisions to Permit Regulations in the Groundfish, Crab, and Halibut Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone Off

Alaska

Abstract: The rule would change procedures and criteria for surrendering permits and maintaining original copies of permits

onboard a vessel or at a fish processing site. The intent of this action is to provide greater efficiency, flexibility and clarity to

fishing and processing operations concerning permit conditions and requirements.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679; 50 CFR 679.4; 50 CFR 680; 50 CFR 680.4 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of

Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Final Rule 11/00/2011 

Final Action 12/00/2011 

Additional Information: Author: Patsy A. Bearden; Agency Contact: Robert Mecum

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX79

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Title: Changes to National Marine Sanctuary Regulations on Overflights

Abstract: This rule amends the regulations of the Channel Islands, Monterey Bay, Gulf of the Farallones, and Olympic Coast

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national marine sanctuaries to clarify the intent of the regulations governing overflights (to prohibit the harassment of marine

mammals or seabirds by flying motorized aircraft below certain altitudes within the boundaries of the listed sanctuaries, subject

to civil penalties) and to meet Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements for placement on FAA aeronautical charts.

Including a reference to the sanctuary overflight regulations on aeronautical charts will provide appropriate notice to pilots and

ensure the protection of resources under NOAA's stewardship.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1436; 16 USC 1439

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: John Armor 

Legislative, Regulatory and NEPA Coordinator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910-3281 

Phone: 301 713-7234

FAX: 301 713-0404

E-Mail: john.armor@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY06

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Title: Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Klamath River Fall Chinook Salmon Rebuilding Plan

Abstract: This action would adopt a rebuilding plan for the Klamath River fall Chinook salmon (KRFC) stock, which failed to

meet conservation objectives specified in the Fishery Management Plan for the 3-year period from 2004 to 2006.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1854

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2334

FAX: 301 713-0596

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E-Mail: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY12

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Title: Amendment 3 to the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: The New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils (Councils) announce their intention to prepare,

in cooperation with NMFS, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act

to assess potential effects on the human environment of alternative measures to address several issues regarding the Spiny

Dogfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Issues that may be addressed include: initiating a Research Set-Aside provision;

specifying the spiny dogfish quota and/or possession limits by sex; adding a recreational fishery to the FMP; identifying

commercial quota allocation alternatives; and establishing a limited access fishery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Intent 08/05/2009 74 FR 39063 

Notice of Intent Comment Period End 09/04/2009 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 05/13/2010 75 FR 26920 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business; Organizations Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

RIN Information URL: www.nero.noaa.gov

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY22

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Title: Generic Amendment for Annual Catch Limits

Abstract: The generic amendment is intended to modify five of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's Fishery

Management Plans (FMPs). These include FMPs for: Reef Fish Resources, Shrimp, Stone Crab, Coral and Coral Reef

Resources, and Red Drum. NMFS and the Council will develop these Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) in co-operation with the

Scientific and Statistical Committee and the Southeast Fisheries Science Center. NMFS, in collaboration with the Council, will

develop a Draft Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate alternatives and actions for the ACLs. Some examples of these

actions include: establishing sector specific ACLs, selecting levels of risk associated with species yields, considering removal or

withdrawal of species from FMPs, and delegating species or species assemblages to state regulators.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

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Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Intent 08/04/2009 74 FR 47206 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY24

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Title: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; American Samoa Longline Limited Entry Permits

Abstract: NMFS takes this action to modify the requirements for participating in the American Samoa limited entry longline

fishery to reopen the application process to allow additional opportunities to apply for permits, consistent with the initial criteria,

and eliminating the minimum landing requirements which are required for permit retention. The action would maintain opportunity

for substantial participation by indigenous islanders and other qualified participants in the fishery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Public Comment URL: www.regulation.gov

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY26

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Title: Amendment 14 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: The purpose of Amendment 14 is to consider catch shares in the Loligo and Illex fisheries and

monitoring/mitigation for river herring bycatch in mackerel, squid and butterfish (MSB) fisheries.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY27

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Title: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; American Samoa Longline Gear Requirements

Abstract: Through this action, American Samoa Class B, C, and D longline vessels would be required to use 30 m or longer

float lines, maintain a minimum of 70 m between float lines and branch lines, use 15 or more branch lines between any two

floats, and keep no more than 10 swordfish per fishing trip. This rule is intended to reduce interactions between American

Samoa-based longline fishing operations and green sea turtles.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 06/00/2011 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

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Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY36

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Title: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; Purse Seine Fishing With Fish Aggregation Devices

Abstract: The Western Pacific Council is amending the Pelagics Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) to (1) define fish aggregating

devices (FADs) as purposefully deployed or instrumented floating objects; (2) require FADs to be registered; and (3) prohibit

purse seine fishing using FADs in the US EEZ of the western Pacific. The objective of this action is to appropriately balance the

needs and concerns of the western Pacific pelagic fishing fleets and associated fishing communities with the conservation of

tuna stocks in the western Pacific.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY46

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Title: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limit and Allocation

Abstract: This action amends the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific (FEP) to establish

catch limits for bigeye tuna caught on longlines for American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands (collectively, the

territories), provide the territories limited authority under the FEP to allocate longline bigeye catch limits, and establish criteria for

integrating chartered vessels with a territory's domestic fleet. The amendment intends to recognize, implement, and manage the

special provisions and responsibilities of the territories under the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission's

Conservation and Management Measure 2008-01, to reduce fishing mortality on bigeye tuna, while ensuring responsible fishing.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

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Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY47

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Title: Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan will consider: catch monitoring programs;

interactions with river herring; access by herring midwater trawl vessels in groundfish closed areas; and interactions with the

mackerel fishery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal; State

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY53

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Title: Amendment 83 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska

Abstract: This rulemaking establishes Pacific cod allocations in the Gulf of Alaska among the jig, trawl, hook-and-line, and

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pot sectors. This action also would limit access to the parallel fishery for Federal fishery participants. This action is necessary to

reduce uncertainty and contribute to stability across the sectors, while providing consideration of fishing communities and entrylevel opportunities for the jig sector.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Notice of Availability 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200 

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY54

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Title: Designation of Critical Habitat for the North Atlantic Right Whale

Abstract: In June 1970, the Northern right whale was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Conservation Act,

the precursor to the Endangered Species Act (ESA)(35 FR 8495; codified at 50 CFR 17.11). Subsequently, right whales were

listed as endangered under the ESA in 1973, and as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) the same year.

In 1994, NMFS designated critical habitat for the Northern right whale, a single species thought at the time to include right

whales in both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific. In 2006, NMFS published a comprehensive right whale status review

that concluded that recent genetic data provided unequivocal support to distinguish three right whale lineages (including the

southern right whale) as separate phylogenetic species (Rosenbaum et al. 2000). Rosenbaum et al. (2000) concluded that the

right whale should be regarded as the following three separate species: (1) The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

ranging in the North Atlantic Ocean; (2) the North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica), ranging in the North Pacific Ocean;

and (3) the southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), historically ranging throughout the southern hemisphere's oceans. Based

on these findings, NMFS published a proposed and final determination listing right whales in the North Atlantic and North Pacific

as separate endangered species under the ESA (71 FR 77704, December 27, 2006; 73 FR 12024, March 6, 2008). Based on

the new listing determination, NMFS is required by the ESA to designate critical habitat separately for both the North Atlantic

right whale and the North Pacific right whale. In April 2008, a final critical habitat determination was published for the North

Pacific right whale (73 FR 19000, April 8, 2008). At this time, NMFS is preparing a proposal to designate critical habitat for the

North Atlantic right whale.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226; 50 CFR 229 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq; 16 USC 1531 to 1543

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

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NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Marta Nammack 

Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-1401 Extension: 180 

FAX: 301 427-2523

E-Mail: marta.nammack@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY55

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Title: Amendment 2 to the FMP for the Queen Conch Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and Amendment 5

to the Reef Fish FMP of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Abstract: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSRA: Pub. L. 94-265), as amended through

January 12, 2007, requires the establishment of annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs) during 2010 for

all species that are considered to be overfished or undergoing overfishing. The present amendment is being promulgated to

meet those MSRA mandates as well as to establish framework procedures with which to effect future changes to the

management plan and to restructure the fisheries management units for grouper and snapper. Various alternatives are included

in the draft amendment, including maintenance of the status quo for each action as well as various alternatives regarding the

year-sequences used to establish ACLs and the strategies to be employed to account for overages and to respond to needed

changes in management methods.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: Federal

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AW15; Related to 0648-

AX82

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY56

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Title: Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 32

Abstract: The main purpose of this amendment is to provide potential alternatives to end overfishing of gag, create a

rebuilding plan for the gag stock that will restore the stock to its maximum sustainable yield level, and to minimize to the extent

practicable discards and discard mortality. The amendment also examines adjustments to red grouper annual catch limits and

annual catch targets and determines whether management changes in the red grouper fishery are needed. The accountability

measures adopted in Amendment 30B will also be reviewed for potential revisions. In addition to the typical management tools

used to rebuild an overfished stock, such as bag limits, size limits, and closed seasons, this amendment examines various

ways to meet the Council's goals including time and area closures, consideration of gear types in the commercial fishery, and in

the recreational fishery a keep the first fish regardless of size and a fish tag program. Other data collection and accountability

measures that will be explored in this document include, recreational sector separation of the for-hire and private fishery, vessel

monitoring system, telephone or web based reporting system, electronic logbooks, as well as grouper endorsements pending

separation in the for-hire recreational sector.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS 02/02/2010 75 FR 5282 

Notice of Availability 06/00/2011 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: State

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY61

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Title: Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch in Atlantic Trawl Fisheries

Abstract: NMFS is initiating a rulemaking action to reduce injury and mortality to endangered and threatened sea turtles

resulting from incidental take, or bycatch, in trawl fisheries in the Atlantic waters. NMFS will likely address the size of the turtle

excluder device (TED) escape opening currently required in the summer flounder trawl fishery, the definition of a summer

flounder trawler, and the use of TEDs in this fishery; the use of TEDs in the croaker and weakfish flynet, whelk, Atlantic sea

scallop, and calico scallop trawl fisheries of the Atlantic Ocean; and new seasonal and temporal boundaries for TED

requirements. In addition, this rule will address the definition of the Gulf Area applicable to the shrimp trawl fishery in the

southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of the rule is to aid in the protection and recovery of listed sea turtle

populations by reducing mortality in trawl fisheries through the use of TEDs.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 200 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

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Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: Federal; State

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alexis Gutierrez 

Foreign Affairs Specialist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2322 Extension: 158 

FAX: 301 713-4060

E-Mail: alexis.gutierrez@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY63

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Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Operation of Offshore Oil and Gas

Facilities in the U.S. Beaufort Sea

Abstract: In November 2009, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received an application from BP Exploration

(Alaska) Inc. (BPXA) for the promulgation of regulations and subsequent issuance of Letters of Authorization (LOAs) to take

individuals of six species of marine mammals incidental to operation of offshore oil and gas facilities in the U.S. Beaufort Sea,

Alaska, over the course of five years. The likely or possible impacts of the planned offshore oil and gas developments at

BPXA's facility on marine mammals involve both non-acoustic and acoustic effects. Potential non-acoustic effects could result

from the physical presence of personnel, structures and equipment, construction or maintenance activities, and the occurrence

of oil spills. Petroleum development and associated activities in marine waters introduce sound into the environment, produced

by island construction, maintenance, and drilling, as well as vehicles operating on the ice, vessels, aircraft, generators,

production machinery, gas flaring, and camp operations. BPXA requests authorization to take six marine mammal species by

harassment and also requests lethal takes of one pinniped species.

Priority: Routine and Frequent Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 217 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Receipt 03/17/2010 75 FR 12734 

Comment Period End 04/16/2010 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

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Phone: 301 713-2332 

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY72

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Title: Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Lobster in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic

Abstract: The 2006 Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA)

included a number of changes to improve conservation of managed fishery resources. Included in these changes are

requirements that the Regional Councils must establish both a mechanism for specifying annual catch limits (ACLs) at a level

such that overfishing does not occur in the fishery, and accountability measures (AMs) to correct if overages occur.

Accountability measures are management controls to prevent the ACLs from being exceeded and to correct by either in-season

or post-season measures if they do occur. The Spiny Lobster fishery is jointly managed by the Gulf and South Atlantic Councils.

Amendment 10 to the FMP will set ACLs and AMs, review current regulations, and implement reasonable and prudent

measures from the Biological Opinion.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Intent 03/12/2010 75 FR 11843 

Notice of Intent Comment Period End 04/12/2010 

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business; Governmental

Jurisdictions; Organizations Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY73

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Title: Comprehensive Annual Catch Limits Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of

the South Atlantic Region

Abstract: The purpose of this amendment is to establish Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) and Accountability Measures (AMs) for

species not undergoing overfishing, including management measures to reduce the probability that catches will exceed the

stocks' ACLs pursuant to reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act)

requirements. Proposed actions include removal of species from the South Atlantic Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Unit;

designating some Snapper Grouper species as ecosystem component species; considering multi-species groupings for

specifying ACLs, ACTs, and AMs; specifying allocations among the commercial, recreational, and for-hire sectors for species not

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undergoing overfishing; and modifying management measures to limit total mortality to the ACL.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY74

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Title: Amendment 20 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan of the South Atlantic Region

Abstract: Amendment 20 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

consists of regulatory actions that focus on modifications to the wreckfish individual transferable quota (ITQ) program, bringing

the program into compliance with the Reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MagnusonStevens Act), and make other administrative, monitoring, and enforcement changes.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY76

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Title: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments and Corrections

Abstract: In the November 20, 2008 JMPR final rule (73 FR 70488) ONMS published the coordinates for certain zones in the

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS). Since then, several buoys have been moved or failed, and as such, NOAA

is changing the boundary coordinates for these zones. In addition, several other items were not included in the 2008 final

regulations.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1431

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM-Correction and Amendments 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: John Armor 

Legislative, Regulatory and NEPA Coordinator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910-3281 

Phone: 301 713-7234

FAX: 301 713-0404

E-Mail: john.armor@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY81

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Title: Amendment To Recover the Administrative Costs of Processing Permit Applications

Abstract: This action amends the fishery management plans of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and revises

federal regulations at 50 CFR 679 to recover the administrative costs of processing applications for permits required under

those plans.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 1853; 16 USC 1854; 16 USC 3631 et seq; 16 USC 773 et seq; PL 108-447

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/00/2011 

Final Rule 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

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Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY95

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Title: Amendment To Correct and Clarify Amendment 16 and Subsequent Frameworks of the Northeast Multispecies

Fisheries Management Plan

Abstract: This action corrects and clarifies the final rule implementing Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Management Plan, as well as subsequent groundfish actions. These corrections are administrative in nature and are intended to

correct inaccurate references and other inadvertent errors and to clarify specific regulations to maintain consistency with the

intent of Amendment 16 and subsequent actions.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: Federal; State

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY96

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Title: Proposed 4(d) Protective Regulations for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Sturgeon

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing to establish protective regulations for the Gulf of Maine

Distinct Population Segment (GOM DPS) of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) under Section 4(d) of the

Endangered Species Act (ESA). NMFS has determined that the GOM DPS of Atlantic sturgeon is at risk of becoming

endangered in the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. Consequently, a draft rule proposing to

list the GOM DPS as a threatened species has been prepared, cleared by the Region, and is currently undergoing clearance

and review in Headquarters. In the case of threatened species, section 4(d) of the ESA requires that the Secretary of

Commerce (Secretary) determine whether and to what extent to extend the statutory 9(a) "take" prohibitions, and directs the

agency to issue regulations it considers necessary and advisable for the conservation of the species. The 4(d) protective

regulations may prohibit, with respect to threatened species, some or all of the acts which Section 9(a) of the ESA prohibits with

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respect to endangered species. In the case of the GOM DPS, NMFS is proposing to apply all of the Section 9 prohibitions

(sections 9(a)(1)(A) through 9(a)(1)(G)) except for certain activities related to research, stranding, and salvage which can result

in "take" of Atlantic sturgeon belonging to the GOM DPS. Specifically, the rule, if implemented as proposed, would not apply the

Section 9(a)(1)(B) prohibitions to taking Atlantic sturgeon within the riverine range of the GOM DPS for: (a) Scientific research

when conducted in the manner specified in the proposed rule; and, (b) salvaging dead, and aiding/resuscitating live Atlantic

sturgeon by NMFS personnel or their designated agents as specified in the proposed rule.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq; 16 USC 1531 to 1543

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: State

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: Yes

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Lisa Manning 

Ecologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-1401

FAX: 301 427-2523

E-Mail: lisa.manning@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA13

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Title: Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery

Abstract: This rule would implement a Capacity Reduction Program for the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery,

which is a state controlled fishery. This program is voluntary and holders of valid limited entry permits issued by the Alaska

Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to operate in the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery are eligible to

participate. Permit holders in the program will receive up to $23.5 million, in the aggregate, in exchange for relinquishing

permits. NMFS would issue a 30-year loan to finance the buyback and the loan would be repaid by those harvesters remaining

in the fishery. The intent of this rule is to permanently reduce the most harvesting capacity in the fishery at the least cost, which

should result in increased harvesting productivity for post-reduction permit holders participating in the fishery and should

improve flexibility in the conservation and management of the fishery. The rule would also establish a fee collection system to

ensure repayment of the loan.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 46 USC 53701 et seq; PL 108-447; PL 109-447; PL 110-161

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: State

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Gary C Reisner 

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Director, Office of Management and Budget

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2259 Extension: 139 

FAX: 301-713-1464

E-Mail: gary.reisner@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA15

 View Related Documents

Title: Licensing of Private Land Remote-Sensing Space Systems

Abstract: NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service proposes to revise its Final Rule issued on

April 26, 2006, addressing the licensing of private land remote sensing space systems. The purpose of this revision is to modify

NOAA's requirements for the licensing, monitoring and compliance of operators of private land remote sensing space systems

under Title II of the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992. These modifications are intended to address changes in remote

sensing technology and business practices since the issuance of the Final Rule. The revision is intended to facilitate the further

development of the U.S. commercial remote sensing industry, while preserving essential U.S. national security interests, foreign

policy and international obligations.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: Yes Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 960 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 15 USC 5621 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Jane D'Aguanno 

Director Commercial Remote Sensing

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1335 East West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-3385 Extension: 116 

FAX: 301 713-9209

E-Mail: jane.daguanno@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA18

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Title: Amendment 93 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management

Area

Abstract: This regulation would amend the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Amendment 80 Program to modify the criteria for

forming and participating in a harvesting cooperative, and the method for calculating a minimum groundfish retention standard

applicable to cooperatives. This action is necessary to encourage greater participation in harvesting cooperatives, provide for

more precise total allowable catch management, and facilitate compliance with the groundfish retention standard. This action is

intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Fishery

Management Plans, and other applicable law.

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Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 08/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA21

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Title: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Expansion

Abstract: The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) conducted scoping in association with the Management Plan

Review of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS or Sanctuary). Among the actions identified by this

scoping was to expand the Sanctuary and apply regulations to the new areas. In order to accomplish this goal, ONMS is

developing a draft environmental impact statement to expand the network of protected areas within the FGBNMS by

incorporating selected reefs and banks in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico for their long-term protection and management. This

action would extend sanctuary regulations currently in place in the FGBNMS, as well as several new regulations to the

expanded areas.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1439

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: John Armor 

Legislative, Regulatory and NEPA Coordinator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910-3281 

Phone: 301 713-7234

FAX: 301 713-0404

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E-Mail: john.armor@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA22

 View Related Documents

Title: Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: This action is required to bring the Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab FMP into compliance with the reauthorized

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act by incorporating an annual catch limit (ACL) and accountability

measures (AMs). The Red Crab FMP may also be modified to implement a "hard quota" (or total allowable landings (TAL)) in

place of the current target total allowable catch (TAC) and days-at-sea (DAS) system. Other management measures currently in

place may be modified or eliminated.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648.260 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA23

 View Related Documents

Title: Omnibus Amendment to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Plans To Implement Annual Catch Limits and

Accountability Measures

Abstract: This comprehensive omnibus amendment will modify all Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council fishery

management plans to contain Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) and Accountability Measures (AMs) in compliance with the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 and revised National Standard 1

guidance.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: 

Action Source Description Date

Other Statutory Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management

Reauthorization Act of 2006 01/01/2011 

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Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Notice of Availability 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA24

 View Related Documents

Title: Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary Boundary Expansion

Abstract: NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) is proposing to revise the regulations for the Fagatele Bay

National Marine Sanctuary (FBNMS). The revisions will modify the restrictions for the FGNMS and add new regulations to

manage several additional geographic areas that are being added to the area of the sanctuary.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1433; 16 USC 1434; 16 USC 1436

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: John Armor 

Legislative, Regulatory and NEPA Coordinator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910-3281 

Phone: 301 713-7234

FAX: 301 713-0404

E-Mail: john.armor@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA30

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Title: False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan

Abstract: NMFS is undertaking rulemaking to implement a False Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan (FKWTRP). The

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FKWTRP is based on consensus recommendations submitted by the False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team (FKWTRT). This

action is necessary because current serious injury and mortality rates of the Hawaii Pelagic stock of false killer whales

incidental to the Category I Hawaii-based deep-set (tuna target) longline fishery and Category II Hawaii-based shallow-set

(swordfish target) fishery are above the stock's potential biological removal (PBR) level, and therefore inconsistent with the

short-term goal of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Additionally, serious injury and mortality rates of the Hawaii

Insular stock and Palmyra Atoll stocks of false killer whales incidental to the Hawaii-based deep-set longline fishery are above

insignificant levels approaching a zero mortality and serious injury rate, and therefore inconsistent with the long-term goal of the

MMPA. The FKWTRP is intended to meet the statutory mandates and requirements of the MMPA through both regulatory and

non-regulatory measures, and research and data collection priorities.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229; 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Kristy Long 

Fisheries Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 13738, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2322

FAX: 301 427-2522

E-Mail: kristy.long@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA34

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Title: Amendment to Regulations Under the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan

Abstract: Serious injury and mortality of the Western North Atlantic bottlenose dolphin stocks incidental to Category I and II

fisheries continue at levels potentially exceeding Potential Biological Removal (PBR) levels, requiring additional management

measures under the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan (BDTRP). Therefore, the purpose of the proposed actions is to

amend the BDTRP to reduce serious injury and mortality of bottlenose dolphins in the Virginia pound net fishery (Category II)

and mid-Atlantic gillnet fishery (Category I) in North Carolina, specifically, the spiny dogfish fishery. The need for the proposed

actions is to ensure the BDTRP meets its MMPA mandated short- and long-term goals. NMFS will examine a number of

management measures, including consensus recommendations from the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Team, designed to

reduce the incidental mortality or serious injury of bottlenose dolphins taken in both the Virginia pound net fishery and spiny

dogfish fishery in North Carolina to below PBR, as well as other updates supporting the objectives of the BDTRP.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229.2; 50 CFR 229.35 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: Federal; State

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Federalism: Yes

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Stacey Leah Carlson 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

St. Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5312

FAX: 727 824-5309

E-Mail: stacey.carlson@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA35

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Title: Amendment 2 of the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species

Abstract: This action would implement the preferred alternative under Amendment 2 of the Pacific Fishery Management

Council's (Council) Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS FMP).

Amendment 2 would revise part of the HMS FMP to ensure that it is consistent with new guidelines to meet the objectives of

MSA National Standard 1 in order to more effectively prevent overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks, or stocks that may

become overfished. The proposed rule would change the list of Management Unit Species codified in the HMS FMP final rule

and modify the process the Council would use for the adoption of the numerical estimates of maximum sustainable yield,

optimal yield, and status determination criteria. Adoption of updated numerical estimates would be submitted as

recommendations for NMFS to provide the opportunity for Secretarial review.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 03/14/2011 76 FR 13592 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Mark Helvey 

Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

501 West Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach , CA 90802 

Phone: 562 980-4040

FAX: 562 980-4047

E-Mail: mark.helvey@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA36

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Title: National Appeals Office Rules of Procedure

Abstract: Establishes rules of procedure for a National Appeals Office within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. The rules of procedure are intended to establish fair processes for filing,

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reviewing and deciding administrative appeals.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 906 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Eileen Jones 

Chief, National Appeals Office

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East West Highway, Room 9552

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2259 Extension: 155 

FAX: 301 713-1306

E-Mail: eileen.jones@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA37

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Title: Regulatory Amendment To Implement a Halibut Catch Sharing Plan for International Pacific Halibut Commission Area

2C and Area 3A

Abstract: NMFS proposes regulations that would implement a catch sharing plan for the commercial and guided (charter)

sport fisheries for Pacific halibut in waters of International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) Regulatory Areas 2C (Southeast

Alaska) and 3A (Central Gulf of Alaska). If approved, this regulatory amendment would establish: (1) A combined catch limit

annually specified by the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) that is allocated between the commercial and charter

halibut fisheries using percentage allocations proposed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council); (2) annual

management measures for the charter halibut fishery that are intended to maintain harvest to the charter allocation and

specified annually by the IPHC using a non-discretionary process proposed by the Council; and (3) the opportunity for

commercial halibut individual fishing quota (IFQ) holders to lease (transfer on an annual basis) halibut IFQ to charter halibut

permit holders as Guided Angler Fish (GAF).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300; 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 773 to 773k

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA41

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Title: Implementation of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Resolution Establishing a Program for Transshipments

by Large-Scale Tuna Longline Fishing Vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Abstract: The rule would implement Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) Resolution C-08-02 that establishes

a program to monitor transshipments of tuna and tuna-like species by large-scale tuna longline fishing vessels and carrier

vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This rule would impose the following requirements on large-scale (24 meters in length or

greater) longline vessels: (1) Adhere to criteria for transshipping in port; (2) adhere to criteria for transshipping at sea; (3)

whether at-sea or in-port, contact an appropriate federal official (probably a NMFS official) and obtain prior approval before any

transshipment; and (4) submit a Transshipment Declaration Form after any transshipment. This rule would not be applicable to

the transshipment of fresh fish at sea and would not apply to the transshipment activities other than by large longline vessels.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Craig Heberer 

Fisheries Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

501 West Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach , CA 90802 

Phone: 760 431-9440 Extension: 303 

FAX: 562 980-4047

E-Mail: craig.heberer@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA43

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Title: Regulatory Amendment To Revise the Maximum Retainable Amounts of Groundfish in the Arrowtooth Flounder Fishery

in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Abstract: NMFS proposes a regulatory amendment to revise the maximum retainable amounts (MRAs) of groundfish using

arrowtooth flounder as a basis species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action would increase the

MRAs from 0 percent to 20 percent for pollock, Pacific cod, Atka mackerel, Alaska plaice, yellowfin sole, other flatfish, rock sole,

flathead sole, and squid; from 0 percent to 7 percent for Greenland turbot; from 0 percent to 1 percent for sablefish; from 0

percent to 2 percent for shortraker and rougheye rockfish (combined); from 0 percent to 5 percent for aggregated rockfish; and

from 0 percent to 3 percent for other species. These species and species groups are defined in the footnotes to Table 11 to

Part 679-BSAI Retainable Percentages. The intended effect of this action is to reduce regulatory discards of otherwise

marketable groundfish in the arrowtooth flounder fishery. NMFS also proposes revisions to Table 11 to identify Kamchatka

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flounder as a basis species, consistent with the annual harvest specifications, and revisions to trawl fishery categories for

prohibited species catch management and groundfish fishing seasons to continue management of Kamchatka flounder identical

to arrowtooth flounder. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Management Area, and other applicable law.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: PL 109-479; PL 94-265

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Final Action 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA46

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Title: Framework Adjustment 7 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: Framework Adjustment 7 to the Monkfish FMP would adjust the annual catch target (ACT) for the Northern Fishery

Management Area (NFMA) to be consistent with the most recent scientific advice regarding the acceptable biological catch

(ABC) for monkfish. The New England Fishery Management Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) has

recommended a revision to the ABC, based on the recent stock assessment (SARC 50), that is lower that the ACT for the

NFMA proposed in Amendment 5 to the Monkfish FMP. Specifically, the SSC recommended a revised NFMA ABC of 7,592 mt,

which is 29 percent lower than the NFMA ACT of 10,750 mt proposed in Amendment 5. Conversely, the recalculated ABC for

the Southern Fishery Management Area (SFMA) is 850 mt higher than the Council's recommended ACT for that area. Thus, no

change is proposed for the SFMA. Framework 7 would also specify a new day-at-sea (DAS) allocation and trip limits for the

NFMA commensurate with the new ACT (as necessary), and adopt revised biomass reference points based on the

recommendations of SARC 50 and the SSC.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Organizations Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

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Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA50

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Title: Amendment 6 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: The purpose of Amendment 6 to the Monkfish FMP is to consider developing a catch share management program

for this fishery. This would very likely also involve the development of a referendum for such a program, as required under the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Organizations Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA52

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Title: Amendment 24 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

Abstract: The purpose of the amendment is to implement a rebuilding plan for red grouper in the South Atlantic that would

specify annual catch targets and annual catch limits by sector. NMFS notified the Council of the stock status on June 9, 2010;

the Magnuson-Stevens Act specifies that measures must be implemented within two years of notification.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

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Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: Federal

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA53

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Title: Amendment 22 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

Abstract: The purpose of the amendment is to establish a long-term red snapper fishery management program in the South

Atlantic to optimize yield and rebuild the stock, while minimizing socioeconomic impacts. More specifically, these alternatives will

consider the elimination of harvest restrictions on red snapper as the stock increases in biomass.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Intent 01/03/2011 76 FR 101 

Notice of Intent Comment Period End 02/14/2011 

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA55

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Title: Fisheries off West Coast States; Amendment 16 to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: This rule will implement Amendment 16 to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan (Pacific Fishery Management

Council) to comply with new National Standard 1 Guidelines establishing new requirements to end and prevent overfishing

through the use of annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1851

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal; Local; State;

Tribal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Barry Thom 

Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Building 1, 7600 Sand Point Way NE.

Seattle , WA 48115-0070 

Phone: 206 526-6150

FAX: 206 526-6426

E-Mail: barry.thom@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA56

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Title: American Lobster Area 1 Control Date and Limited Access Program

Abstract: NMFS is developing a proposed and final rulemaking to analyze the impacts of, and garner public comment on,

measures to restrict the shift of federal lobster permits into American Lobster Conservation Management Area 1 (LCMA 1). In

0648-AX40, NMFS published an ANPRM in the Federal Register which served as a control date announcement to inform the

public and interested parties that deliberations have begun that may affect business investments or restrict future access into the

lobster trap fishery in the EEZ waters of LCMA 1, which encompasses the nearshore waters of the Gulf of Maine. Ultimately

this regulatory action may result in a limited entry program for Federal American lobster vessels in LCMA 1.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 5101 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AX40

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

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Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA60

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Title: Amendment 5 to the Golden Crab Fishery Management Plan of the South Atlantic

Abstract: Golden Crab Amendment 5 examines alternatives for a catch share program to limit participation in the golden

crab fishery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 03/00/2012 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA62

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Title: Comprehensive Annual Catch Limit (ACL) Amendment for the U.S. Caribbean

Abstract: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MRSA: Pub. L. 94-265), as amended through

January 12, 2007, requires the establishment of annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs) during 2011 for

those species that are not considered to be overfished or undergoing overfishing. This amendment is being promulgated to meet

those MSRA mandates, as well as to establish framework procedures with which to effect future changes to the management

plan and to restructure the fisheries management units for various species and species groups in the reef fish, lobster, conch,

and corals fishery management plans. Alternatives are included in the draft amendment that provide for maintenance of the

status quo for each action as well as for various modifications as necessary to achieve MSRA mandates.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: 

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Action Source Description Date

NPRM Statutory Magnuson-Stevens Act 12/31/2011 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA64

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Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Electronic Mobile Transmitting Unit Vessel Monitoring Systems

Abstract: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is preparing a rule that considers requiring the replacement of currently

required Mobile Transmitting Unit (MTU) Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) units with Electronic Mobile Transmitting Unit (EMTU) VMS units in Atlantic HMS fisheries. The rule would also consider implementing a declaration system where vessels

declare target species and gear type used and requiring that a certified marine electrician install all E-MTU VMS units. The

purpose of this rulemaking would be to remove out-dated MTU VMS units from service in Atlantic HMS fisheries, provide the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Office of Law Enforcement (NOAA OLE) with enhanced communication with

HMS vessels at sea, improve enforcement capabilities of current regulations, provide additional flexibility for future management

options, and provides a secondary safety capability that has proven useful, but does not replace, primary safety tools such as

Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 06/00/2011 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Emily Menashes 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2234

E-Mail: emily.menashes@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA66

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Title: Management Measures for Tuna Fisheries Operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Abstract: NMFS proposes regulations under the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, as amended, to implement decisions of the

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). At its eighty-first meeting, in September 2010, the IATTC adopted the

following three recommendations: (1) Recommendation on Tuna Conservation 2011-2013 (C-10-01); (2) Recommendation on

Seabirds (C-10-02); and (3) Recommendation Prohibiting Fishing on Data Buoys (C-10-03). The United States already has

domestic seabird conservation measures in place for U.S. longline fisheries that operate in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) that

satisfy the requirements under Recommendation C-10-02. Thus, this rule would implement IATTC Recommendations C-10-01

and C-10-03, and update vessel monitoring system (VMS) requirements in the EPO in accordance with IATTC Resolution C-04-

06. This rule would amend current tuna conservation measures in the longline and purse seine fisheries by (1) reducing the

duration of the purse seine closure period in the EPO from 73 to 62 days in 2011 and continuing this purse seine closure period

in 2012 and 2013; (2) allowing vessel owners to choose between two closure periods each year rather than requiring the entire

U.S. fleet to adhere to one closure period; (3) continuing the 500 metric ton bigeye tuna quota for large-scale longline vessels

for 2011-2013; (4) renewing the tuna retention program in the purse seine fishery (5) prohibiting tuna fishing vessels from fishing

within one nautical mile of data buoys in the EPO; and (6) requiring tuna fishing vessels over 24 meters in length to install and

operate VMS.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 951 to 961 and 971 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Mark Helvey 

Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

501 West Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach , CA 90802 

Phone: 562 980-4040

FAX: 562 980-4047

E-Mail: mark.helvey@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA68

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Title: Amendment 13 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: The intent of Amendment 13 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan is to revise relevant

sections of the plan to ensure they are consistent with the advisory guidelines published in Federal regulations at 50 CFR

600.310. The guidelines describe fishery management approaches to meet the objectives of National Standard 1 (NS1) found in

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), Section 301. Amendment 13 includes mechanisms

for annual catch limits and accountability measures and other provisions for preventing and ending overfishing.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

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CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Mark Helvey 

Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

501 West Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach , CA 90802 

Phone: 562 980-4040 

FAX: 562 980-4047

E-Mail: mark.helvey@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA69

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Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Implementing International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

Recommendations on Sharks

Abstract: This action would implement two recommendations adopted at the 2010 annual meeting of the International

Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Recommendation 10-07 prohibits the retention, transshipping,

landing, storing, or selling of oceanic whitetip sharks. Recommendation 10-08 prohibits the retention, transshipping, landing,

storing, or selling of hammerhead sharks in the family Sphyrnidae, except for Sphyrnidae tiburo, taken in the Convention area in

association with ICCAT fisheries.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 971 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Margo Schulze-Haugen 

Supervisory Fish Management Officer

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-0234 

FAX: 301 713-1917

E-Mail: margo.schulze-haugen@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA70

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Title: Regulatory Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic

Region

Abstract: The purpose of this regulatory amendments is to prevent the progressive shortening of fishing seasons for black

sea bass, vermilion snapper, gag, and greater amberjack through the establishment of trip limits, split season quotas, and a

spawning season closure for the black sea bass, under the current Framework Procedure for Setting Total Allowable Catch for

Snapper Grouper.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA71

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Title: Amendment 15 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: Amendment 15 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (Scallop FMP) was developed by the New

England Fishery Management Council (Council) to implement annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs) to

come into compliance with new requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). In

addition, Amendment 15 the Scallop FMP includes measures that would make management of the scallop fishery more

effective including: Modification of the overfishing definition for scallops; an increase in the possession limit for limited access

general category (LAGC) vessels; an allowance for carryover of individual fishing quota (IFQ) for LAGC vessels; a provision to

enable LAGC vessel owners to permanently transfer IFQ separate from the vessel's LAGC permit; revision of the essential fish

habitat closures under the Scallop FMP; and several changes to the scallop research set aside program.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 03/24/2011 76 FR 16595 

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Final Action 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: Federal; State

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA72

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Title: Framework Adjustment 22 to the Scallop Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: Framework 22 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP (Framework 22) would set management measures for the scallop

fishery for the 2011 to 2013 fishing years (FYs), including the annual catch limits (ACL) and annual catch targets for the limited

access and limited access general category fleets based on the ACL framework proposed in Amendment 15 to the FMP. In

addition, Framework 22 will revise the scallop access area schedules for FYs 2011 to 2013, set the scallop days-at-sea (DAS)

allocations and sea scallop access area trip allocations, and set measures to minimize impacts of incidental take of sea turtles

in the Mid-Atlantic total allowable catches (TACs) for the Northern Gulf of Maine management area, observer set-aside, and

incidental landings (target TAC).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 06/00/2011 

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Organizations Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA73

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Title: Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Construction of the Knik Arm Crossing, Cook Inlet, Alaska

Abstract: NMFS has received a request from the Knik Arm Bridge Toll Authority, in coordination with the Department of

Transportation Federal Highways Administration, for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to construction of a bridge

across Knik Arm, named the Knik Arm Crossing, Alaska, over the course of five construction seasons; approximately spring

2013 through autumn 2017. Authorization for incidental takings may be granted if NMFS finds that the taking will have a

negligible impact on the species or stock(s), will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or

stock(s) for certain subsistence uses, and that the permissible methods of taking and requirements pertaining to the mitigation,

monitoring and reporting of such taking are set forth.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1371

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Dr. Michael Payne 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

P.O. Box 21668

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7235

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: michael.payne@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA75

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Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Electronic Dealer Reporting Requirements

Abstract: This rulemaking would require all federally-permitted Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) dealers to report

commercially-caught HMS (i.e., Atlantic sharks, tunas, and swordfish) to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) through

an electronic reporting system. In addition, this rulemaking would clarify that a dealer is only authorized to buy commerciallycaught HMS if the dealer reports have been submitted to NMFS in a timely manner. Any delinquent reports would need to be

submitted and accepted before a dealer could buy commercially-caught HMS. Finally, this rulemaking would require that all

commercially harvested HMS caught by federally-permitted fishermen be offloaded to federally-permitted and certified HMS

dealers, who must report the associated catch to NMFS. These measures are necessary to ensure timely and accurate

reporting, which is critical for quota monitoring and management of HMS.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/2011 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Margo Schulze-Haugen 

Supervisory Fish Management Officer

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-0234

FAX: 301 713-1917

E-Mail: margo.schulze-haugen@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA76

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Title: List of Fisheries for 2012

Abstract: This action would publish the annual List of Fisheries (LOF), as required by section 118 of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act (MMPA). The LOF for 2012 reflects new information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine

mammals. The National Marine Fisheries Service must categorize each commercial fishery on the LOF into one of three

categories under the MMPA based upon the levels of mortality and serious injury of marine mammals that occurs within each

fishery. The categorization of a fishery in the LOF determines whether participants in that fishery are subject to certain

provisions of the MMPA, such as registration, observer coverage, and take reduction plan requirements.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/2011 

Final Rule 12/00/2011 

Final Action Effective 01/00/2012 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Melissa Andersen 

Fishery Biologist, Management

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2322 Extension: 173 

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: melissa.andersen@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA77

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Title: Revised Implementing Regulations for Requirements To Publish Textual Descriptions of Boundaries of Critical Habitat

Abstract: We (FWS and NMFS; also collectively referred to as the Services) propose to revise the implementing regulations

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contained within title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, sections 17.94(b), 226.101, 424.12(c), 424.16(b) and (c)(ii), and

424.18(a), as they relate to publishing textual descriptions of proposed and final critical habitat boundaries in the Federal

Register. In the interest of efficiency, saving taxpayer monies, and making the process of designating critical habitat more userfriendly for affected parties, the public as a whole, and the Services, we are proposing to maintain the publication of maps of

proposed and final critical habitat designations, but make optional the inclusion of any textual description of the boundaries of

the designation in the Federal Register. Although the boundaries of critical habitat as mapped or otherwise described in the

Regulation Promulgation section of a future rulemaking that is published in the Federal Register will be the official delineation of

the designation, we will provide the public with easier to use and more accessible tools that represent the Services'

interpretation of which areas are covered by the designation. These tools will be available on the Internet and at the applicable

FWS or NMFS office.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17; 50 CFR 226; 50 CFR 424 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1533

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Marta Nammack 

Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-1401 Extension: 180 

FAX: 301 427-2523

E-Mail: marta.nammack@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA78

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Title: Interim Policy Interpreting the Phrase 'Significant Portion of its Range' in the Endangered Species Act's Definitions

Abstract: The proposed policy interprets the phrase "significant portion of its range" in the Endangered Species Act's

definitions of "endangered species" and "threatened species." The phrase is ambiguous and is not defined in the ESA, and its

interpretation and application have been subject to litigation. The FWS's current interpretation, which NMFS did not adopt, has

been rejected by the court. FWS therefore needs to propose an alternative interpretation and seek public review and comment,

and because both agencies implement the ESA, we are doing this jointly so that we will have the same guidance.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 424.02 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal; Local; State;

Tribal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

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Energy Affected: No

Related Agencies: Joint : FWS

Agency Contact: Marta Nammack 

Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-1401 Extension: 180 

FAX: 301 427-2523

E-Mail: marta.nammack@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA79

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Title: Catch Reporting Regulatory Rulemaking for the Atlantic Herring Fishery

Abstract: The goal of the catch reporting rulemaking is to improve monitoring of the annual catch limit (ACL) and sub-ACLs

for each management area in the Atlantic herring fishery. Requirements under consideration include: Daily reporting via vessel

monitoring systems for limited access herring vessels, weekly reporting via the interactive voice response system for open

access vessels, and weekly submission of vessel trip reports for limited access and/or open access vessels.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA80

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Title: Bering Sea Chinook Salmon Economic Data Reporting Program

Abstract: NMFS proposes to implement the Chinook Salmon Economic Data Program to evaluate the effectiveness of

Chinook salmon bycatch management measures for the Bering Sea pollock fishery that were implemented under Amendment

91 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). The

proposed rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the FMP, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act and other applicable law. To collect the data, NMFS would require submission of each of the following three

reports/surveys. These would be in a fillable electronic format available on the NMFS AKR website. Representatives of AFA

catcher/processor and mothership sectors, inshore cooperatives, the inshore open access fishery, and CDQ groups would be

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responsible to submit the Chinook EDR. The Reports/Surveys are: Chinook Salmon PSC Allocation Compensated Transfer

Report (CTR); Vessel Fuel Survey; and the Vessel Master Survey. In addition to these reports/surveys, NMFS would collect

new information concerning vessel movements on the fishing grounds and more general data on pollock allocations and

transfers through revisions of requirements to the existing IPA Annual Report.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 1851; 16 USC 3631 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Final Rule 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Required: Organizations Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James Balsiger 

Administrator, Alaska Region

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 West Ninth Street

Juneau , AK 99801 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7465

E-Mail: jim.balisger@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA81

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Title: Revision of Hawaiian Monk Seal Critical Habitat

Abstract: On July 9, 2008, NMFS received a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, Kahea, and the Ocean

Conservancy to revise the Hawaiian monk seal critical habitat designation by adding the following areas in the main Hawaiian

Islands (MHI): Key beach areas, sand spits and islets, including all beach crest vegetation to its deepest extent inland, lagoon

waters, inner reef waters, and ocean waters out to a depth of 200 m. In addition, the Petitioners requested that designated

critical habitat in the NWHI be extended to include Sand Island at Midway, as well as ocean waters out to a depth of 500

meters. On October 3, 2008, NMFS announced in the 90-day finding that the petition presented substantial scientific information

indicating that a revision to the current critical habitat designation may be warranted. On June 12, 2009, in the 12-month finding,

NMFS announced that a revision to critical habitat is warranted, on account of new information available regarding habitat use

by the Hawaiian monk seal, and announced our intention to proceed towards a proposed rule. This proposed rule describes the

proposed critical habitat designation, including supporting information on Hawaiian monk seal biology, distribution, and habitat

use, and the methods used to develop the proposed revision to Hawaiian monk seal critical habitat.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1533

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

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Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: Federal; Local; State

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AX23

Agency Contact: Marta Nammack 

Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-1401 Extension: 180 

FAX: 301 427-2523

E-Mail: marta.nammack@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA82

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Title: Amendment 41 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs

Abstract: This action would modify the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program by establishing a process

for eligible fishery participants to request that NMFS exempt holders of regionally-designated individual fishing quota (IFQ) and

individual processor quota (IPQ) in the Bristol Bay red king crab, Bering Sea snow crab, Saint Matthew Island blue king crab,

Eastern Aleutian Islands golden king crab, Western Aleutian Islands red king crab, and Pribilof red and blue king crab fisheries

from regional delivery requirements.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 680 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1862; PL 109-241; PL 109-479

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Final Action Effective 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James Balsiger 

Administrator, Alaska Region

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 West Ninth Street

Juneau , AK 99801 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7465

E-Mail: jim.balisger@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA84

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Title: Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Restrictions on Fishing in Proximity to Data Buoys

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Abstract: Pursuant to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, the Secretary of Commerce

is authorized to implement regulations to carry out the obligations of the United States under the Western and Central Pacific

Fisheries Convention (Convention), including the implementation of decisions of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries

Commission (Commission). At its Sixth Regular Session, in December 2009, the Commission adopted a conservation and

management measure (CMM) to restrict fishing on and near data buoys in the Commission's area of competence, CMM 2009-

05 Conservation and Management Measure Prohibiting Fishing on Data Buoys. This rule would implement the following

provisions of CMM 2009-05: Prohibit highly migratory species (HMS) fishing vessels of the United States, while on the high

seas in the Commission's area of competence, from fishing within one nautical mile of a data buoy and from interacting with a

data buoy through activities such as encircling a data buoy with fishing gear, tying up to or attaching the vessel, or any fishing

gear, part or portion of the fishing vessel, to a data buoy or its mooring, or cutting a data buoy anchor line; prohibit HMS fishing

vessels of the United States from taking on board a data buoy while in the Commission's area of competence; and require HMS

fishing vessels of the United States that become entangled with data buoys while in the Commission's area of competence to

remove the entangled fishing gear with as little damage to the data buoy as possible. This rule would also correct outdated

cross references to other regulations that are in the existing 50 CFR part 300 subpart O.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 6901 et seq

Legal Deadline: 

Action Source Description Date

NPRM Statutory Rules implementing the WCPFC Implementation Act must be effective as

soon as possible to satisfy the United State's international obligations. 05/15/2011 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella 

Pacific Islands Area Office

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Suite 1110, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814-4700 

Phone: 808 973-2985

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: charles.karnella@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA85

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Title: Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Requirements for Transshipping and Bunkering,

Notification of Entry and Exit Into High Seas Special Management Area, and Discards

Abstract: Pursuant to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, the Secretary of Commerce

is authorized to implement regulations to carry out the obligations of the United States under the Western and Central Pacific

Fisheries Convention (Convention), including the implementation of decisions of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries

Commission (Commission). At its Sixth Regular Session, in December 2009, the Commission adopted provisions for

transshipments of highly migratory species (HMS) fish in the Commission's area of competence and of HMS fish caught in the

Commission's area of competence but transshipped elsewhere, as well as provisions regarding bunkering and other support

activities with certain vessels and provisions regarding the reporting of discards from purse seine fishing vessels. At its Seventh

Regular Session, in December 2010, the Commission adopted provisions for a high seas special management area. This rule

would implement these decisions adopted by the Commission by establishing the following requirements: Reporting

requirements for transshipments of HMS fish in the Commission's area of competence and of fish caught in the Commission's

area of competence but transshipped elsewhere; requirements to provide prior notice of transshipments on the high seas;

requirements to provide notice of emergency transshipments that would otherwise be prohibited; requirements for observer

coverage for transshipments at sea; prohibitions on transshipments and bunkering and other support activities with certain

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foreign-flagged vessels; requirements to provide notice before entering and exiting a high seas special management area;

reporting requirements for discards of catch from purse seine vessels; and requirements regarding net sharing between purse

seine vessels.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 6901 et seq

Legal Deadline: 

Action Source Description Date

NPRM Statutory Rules implementing the WCPFC Implementation Act must be effective as

soon as possible to satisfy the United State's international obligations. 05/13/2011 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella 

Pacific Islands Area Office

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Suite 1110, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814-4700 

Phone: 808 973-2985

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: charles.karnella@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA87

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Title: Modification of Swordfish Retention Limits for the West Coast Deep-Set Tuna Longline Fishery Under Authority of the

Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species

Abstract: This action would implement the Pacific Fishery Management Council's recommendation to modify HMS FMP

regulations pertaining to possession and landing limits for swordfish captured in the deep-set tuna longline fishery, contingent on

hook type and observer presence. If using J-hooks (tuna hooks), the trip limit would be ten swordfish. If using circle hooks, the

trip limit would be 25 swordfish. If carrying an observer, there would be no limit. Regulations prohibiting shallow-set longline to

target swordfish would remain in place. The current trip limit is 10 regardless of hook type or observer presence.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660.712 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Craig Heberer 

Fisheries Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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501 West Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach , CA 90802 

Phone: 760 431-9440 Extension: 303 

FAX: 562 980-4047

E-Mail: craig.heberer@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA89

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Title: Regulatory Amendments To Implement the Shark Conservation Act and Revise the Definition of Illegal, Unreported, and

Unregulated Fishing

Abstract: NMFS is amending identification and certification procedures under the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium

Protection Act to help achieve shark conservation in international fisheries. NMFS must identify nations whose fishing vessels

have engaged in high seas fisheries targeting or incidentally catching sharks not subject to a regulatory program for the

conservation of sharks comparable to that of the United States, taking into account different conditions, as required under the

Shark Conservation Act (Pub. L. 111-348). NMFS would subsequently certify whether identified nations have adopted regulatory

programs governing the conservation of sharks that are comparable to U.S. programs, taking into account different conditions,

and established management plans for sharks. The absence of sufficient steps may lead to prohibitions on the importation of

certain fisheries products into the United States and other measures. NMFS is also amending the regulatory definition of "illegal,

unreported, and unregulated fishing" under the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act. The procedures for

identification and certification would entail a multilateral approach of consultations and negotiations with other nations to achieve

shark conservation. This proposed action is not expected to have adverse economic impacts, and any such impacts would be

well below the economic threshold of impact pursuant to E.O. 12866. In addition, there are no novel legal or policy issues

associated with this action since identification and certification procedures have already been established in regulations (50 CFR

part 300). Thus, this action is not significant under the meaning of Executive Order 12866.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1826; PL 111-348

Legal Deadline: 

Action Source Description Date

Other Statutory The rule needs to be published by December 4, 2011, due to the 30-

day delay in effectiveness. 01/04/2012 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Final Action 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Christopher Rogers 

Division Chief

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-9090 Extension: 117 

FAX: 301 713-9106

E-Mail: christopher.rogers@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA90

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Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; North and South Atlantic 2011 Commercial Swordfish Quotas

Abstract: This proposed rule would modify the 2011 fishing season quotas for North and South Atlantic swordfish based on

recent updated landings information. This action will also implement recommendations from the 2010 annual meeting of the

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). This proposed rule may also include other minor

regulatory clarifications. This rule is necessary to ensure that current swordfish quotas account for underharvests from the 2010

fishing year, consistent with regulations at 50 CFR 635 and ICCAT recommendations that establish the U.S. North and South

Atlantic swordfish allocations. This action is not significant under the meaning of Executive Order 12866 since it is below the

economic threshold of impact, and has no novel or legal policy issues associated with it.

Priority: Routine and Frequent Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 971 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Margo Schulze-Haugen 

Supervisory Fish Management Officer

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-0234

FAX: 301 713-1917

E-Mail: margo.schulze-haugen@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA92

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Title: 2011 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Recreational Management Measures and Scup Specification

Increase (Increased 2011 Total Allowable Landings)

Abstract: This rulemaking would conduct two related actions: It would publish a proposed increase to the previously

established 2011 scup TAC and TAL and would propose management measures to achieve recreational harvest limits for the

summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass recreational fisheries. Recreational management measures include recreational

possession limits, minimum fish sizes, and seasonal closures.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

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Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA93

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Title: Removal of Regulatory Requirements for the Groundfish Retention Standard (GRS) Program in the BSAI

Abstract: This alternative would remove the minimum groundfish retention standards from the GRS program for the

Amendment 80 sector. Specifically, this alternative would remove from 50 CFR 679.27(j) sections (1) through (4) which requires

the owners and operators of Amendment 80 vessels and any other catcher/processor not listed in 50 CFR 679.4(1)(i) and

Amendment 80 cooperatives using trawl gear in the BSAI to comply with the annual minimum groundfish retention standards.

The alternative would also require the Amendment 80 sector, on an annual basis, to report to the Council its groundfish

retention performance. In addition, while selecting a preferred alternative, the Council has made it clear that a third party audit of

the sector 's annual groundfish retention performance should be included in the annual Council report. The Council noted that

the performance standard and results from the third party audit could be included amongst the other information included in the

annual Amendment 80 cooperative report requirement noted in 50 CFR 679.5(s)(6)(iii). The proposed alternative is not intended

to change observer requirements for the Amendment 80 sector or eliminate the requirement to weigh all groundfish on a

certified flow scale; these and other requirements were established under the final rule to implement Amendment 80 and must

remain in effect to ensure proper catch accounting under the quota-based catch share program.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 08/00/2011 

Final Rule 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James Balsiger 

Administrator, Alaska Region

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 West Ninth Street

Juneau , AK 99801 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7465

E-Mail: jim.balisger@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AU01

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Title: Resource Agency Hearings and Alternatives Development Procedures in Hydropower Licenses

Abstract: The Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, and Commerce are jointly revising the procedures they established in

November 2005 for expedited trial-type hearings required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct). The hearings are conducted

to resolve disputed issues of material fact with respect to conditions or prescriptions that one or more of the Departments

develop for inclusion in a hydropower license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under the Federal

Power Act (FPA). The three Departments are also revising the procedures they established in November 2005 for the

consideration of alternative conditions and prescriptions submitted by any party to a license proceeding, pursuant to EPAct.

Three substantially similar rules are being promulgated--one for each agency--with a common preamble. The rules and

preamble reflect changes to the Department's November 2005 interim final rules in response to public comments and the

Department's own experience in implementing the interim final rules. This rule is required by statute (EPAct) and, thus,

consideration of alternatives is neither proper nor warranted.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 221 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 797(e); 16 USC 791a, et seq; 16 USC 811

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 11/17/2005 70 FR 69804 

Second Interim Final Rule 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0596-AC42; Related to 1094-

AA51 Related Agencies: Joint: OHA; Joint: USDA

Agency Contact: Melanie Harris 

Marine Habitat Resource Specialist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NMFS, Office of Habitat Conservation 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-4300 Extension: 154 

FAX: 301 713-4305

E-Mail: melanie.harris@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV15

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Title: Protective Regulations for Killer Whales in the Northwest Region Under the Endangered Species Act and Marine

Mammal Protection Act

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is considering whether to propose regulations to protect killer

whales (Orcinus orca) in the Pacific Northwest. The Southern Resident killer whale distinct population segment (DPS) was listed

as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on November 18, 2005 (70 FR 69903). In the final rule announcing

the listing, NMFS identified vessel effects, including direct interference and sound, as a potential contributing factor in the recent

decline of this population. Both the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the ESA prohibit take, including harassment, of

killer whales, but these statutes do not prohibit specified acts. NMFS is now considering whether to propose regulations that

would prohibit certain acts, under our general authorities under the ESA and MMPA and their implementing regulations. The

Proposed Recovery Plan for Southern Resident killer whales (71 FR 69101; November 29, 2006) includes as a management

action the evaluation of current guidelines and the need for regulations and/or protected areas. The scope of this ANPRM

encompasses the activities of any person or conveyance that may result in the unauthorized taking of killer whales and/or that

may cause detrimental individual-level and population-level impacts. NMFS requests comments on whether--and if so, what

type of--conservation measures, regulations, and, if necessary, other measures would be appropriate to protect killer whales

from the effects of these activities.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

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CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216; 50 CFR 224 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq; 16 USC 1531-1543

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 03/22/2007 72 FR 13464 

ANPRM Comment Period End 04/23/2007 

NPRM 07/29/2009 74 FR 37674 

NPRM Comment Period Extended 10/19/2009 74 FR 53454 

NPRM Comment Period End 10/27/2009 

NPRM Comment Period End Extended 01/15/2010 

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: State

Federalism: Yes

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV33

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Title: Amending Regulations for the Pacific Halibut, Sablefish, and Pollock Fisheries Conducted Under the Western Alaska

Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program

Abstract: NMFS proposes to amend regulations that govern fisheries managed under the Western Alaska Community

Development Quota (CDQ) Program. These revisions are needed to comply with certain changes made to the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) in 2006. Proposed changes include revising

regulations associated with recordkeeping, vessel licensing, catch retention requirements, and fisheries observer requirements to

ensure that they are no more restrictive than the regulations in effect for comparable non-CDQ fisheries managed under

individual fishing quotas or cooperative allocations. In addition, NMFS proposes to remove CDQ Program regulations that now

are inconsistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, including regulations associated with the CDQ allocation process, transfer of

groundfish CDQ and halibut prohibited species quota, and the oversight of CDQ groups' expenditures.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679; 50 CFR 680 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 773 et seq; 16 USC 3631 et seq; PL 108-447

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 07/13/2010 75 FR 39892 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/12/2010 

Final Rule 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

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Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV53

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Title: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (MSRA) Environmental Review

Procedure

Abstract: Section 107 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (MSRA)

(Pub.L. 109-479) requires NOAA Fisheries to revise and update agency procedures for complying with the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in context of fishery management actions. It further requires that NOAA Fisheries consult with

the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Regional Fishery Management Councils (Councils), and involve the public

in the development of the revised procedures. The MSRA provides that the resulting procedures will be the sole environmental

impact assessment procedure for fishery management actions, and that they must conform to the time lines for review and

approval of fishery management plans and plan amendments. They must also integrate applicable environmental analytical

procedures, including the time frames for public input, with the procedure for the preparation and dissemination of fishery

management plans, plan amendments and other actions taken or approved pursuant to this Act in order to provide for timely,

clear and concise analysis that is useful to decision makers and the public, reduce extraneous paperwork, and effectively

involve the public. This rule would revise and update the NMFS procedures for complying with NEPA in the context of fishery

management actions developed pursuant to MSRA.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 700 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 05/14/2008 73 FR 27998 

NPRM Comment Period End 06/13/2008 

Final Action 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Steve Leathery Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2239

E-Mail: steve.leathery@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV88

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Title: Consideration of a Research-Only Area in the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Abstract: This rulemaking considers the establishment of a research-only area in the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary

based on the recommendations of the sanctuary advisory council. An area that is available primarily for research in the

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Sanctuary will provide scientists with a control area useful for the comparison of natural processes with human-induced change

in the sanctuary.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1434; 16 USC 1439

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/14/2010 75 FR 55692 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 12/13/2010 

Final Action 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: George Sedberry Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

10 Ocean Science Circle

Savannah , GA 31411 

Phone: 912 598-2439

E-Mail: george.sedberry@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW62

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Title: Scientific and Statistical Committees; Peer Review; National Standard Guidelines

Abstract: The purpose of this action is to update National Standard 2 guidelines regarding scientific information, in light of

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) provisions. Specifically, it is to: Provide guidance for

Secretarial/Council-established peer review processes pursuant to section 302(g)(1)(E) of the reauthorized MSA; clarify the

relationship between the scientific and statistical committees (SSCs) of the Regional Fishery Management Councils and peer

review processes established under section 302(g)(1)(E) of the MSA; and resolve inconsistencies between the Secretary's

responsibilities under existing NS2 Guidelines and SSC responsibilities under MSA section 302(g)(B).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600.315 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 09/18/2008 73 FR 54132 

ANPRM Comment Period End 12/17/2008 

NPRM 12/11/2009 74 FR 65724 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/11/2010 

Final Action 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William Michaels 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

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Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2363

FAX: 301 713-1875

E-Mail: william.michaels@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW67

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Title: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Pelagic Fisheries; Purse Seine Prohibited Areas Around Guam and the Commonwealth

of the Northern Mariana Islands

Abstract: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council recommended that U.S. tuna purse seine fishing be prohibited in

the U.S. EEZ around the Mariana Islands, including Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and

that pelagic longline fishing be prohibited within 30 nm of the CNMI. Amendment 1 to the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic

Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region intends to minimize localized stock depletion by the purse seine fishery and to reduce

catch competition between the purse seine and small-boat pelagic (e.g., troll and handline) fisheries. Amendment 1 also intends

to reduce competition for target species and gear conflicts between small-boat pelagic fisheries and the longline fishery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 03/11/2011 76 FR 13330 

NPRM 03/31/2011 76 FR 17811 

NPRM Comment Period End 05/16/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW75

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Title: Amendment 4 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: The goal of Amendment 4 is to improve catch monitoring and ensure compliance with the Reauthorized MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSRA). The management measures developed in this amendment may

address one or more of the following objectives: (1) To implement measures to improve the long-term monitoring of catch

(landings and bycatch) in the herring fishery; (2) to implement annual catch limits and accountability measures consistent with

the MSRA; (3) to implement other management measures as necessary to ensure compliance with the new provisions of the

MSRA; (4) to develop a sector allocation process or other limited access privilege program for the herring fishery; and (5) in the

context of objectives 1-4 (above), to consider the health of the herring resource and the important role of herring as a forage

fish and a predator fish throughout its range. The New England Fishery Management Council will develop conservation and

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management measures to address the issues identified above and meet the goals/objectives of the amendment. Any

conservation and management measures developed in this amendment also must comply with all applicable laws.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Intent 05/08/2008 73 FR 26082 

Notice of Availability 08/12/2010 75 FR 48920 

Notice of Availability Comment Period End 10/12/2010 

NPRM 10/18/2010 75 FR 63791 

NPRM Comment Period End 12/02/2010 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW93

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Title: Allowable Modifications to the Turtle Excluder Device Requirements

Abstract: NMFS proposes to revise the Turtle Excluder Device (TED) requirements to allow new materials and modifications

to existing approved TED designs. Specifically, proposed allowable modifications include the use of flat bar, box pipe, and oval

pipe for use in currently-approved TED grids; an increase in mesh size on escape flaps from 1-5/8 inches to 2 inches; the use of

the Boone single straight cut and triangular escape openings; specifications on the use of TED grid brace bars; and the use of

the Chauvin Shrimp Kicker to improve shrimp retention.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/02/2010 75 FR 53925 

NPRM Comment Period End 10/18/2010 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Michael Barnette 

Fishery Biologist

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Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 Thirteenth Avenue South

St. Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 551-5794

FAX: 727 824-5583

E-Mail: michael.barnette@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX06

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Title: Revision of Critical Habitat Designation for the Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service announces a rule to revise leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) critical

habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. The leatherback is currently listed as endangered throughout

its range, and critical habitat consists of Sandy Point Beach and adjacent waters, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. This rule would

revise critical habitat to include waters along the U.S. West Coast.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq

Legal Deadline: 

Action Source Description Date

NPRM Judicial Required by Settlement Agreement 12/04/2009 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 01/05/2010 75 FR 319 

Notice of Public Hearings 02/01/2010 75 FR 5015 

NPRM Comment Period Extension 02/19/2010 75 FR 7434 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/08/2010 

NPRM Comment Period Extension End 04/19/2010 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Required: Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal; Local; State

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sara McNulty 

Ecologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2322 Extension: 125 

FAX: 301 713-4060

E-Mail: sara.mcnulty@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX09

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Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction and Operation of a

Liquefied Natural Gas Facility off Massachusetts

Abstract: On December 27, 2007, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received an application from Neptune LNG

LLC (Neptune) for an incidental harassment authorization and regulations, under sections 101(a)(5)(D) and (A) of the Marine

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Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), respectively, to take small numbers of several species of marine mammals, by Level B

harassment, for a period of one year, incidental to construction of the Neptune offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility and

for a period of five years incidental to construction and operation of the Port, respectively. The project has the potential to

disrupt the behavior patterns of marine mammals due to the noise that will be generated by the construction of the Port and

pipeline and from dynamic positioning through the use of thrusters during operation. MARAD and the United States Coast Guard

(USCG) released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Neptune LNG Deepwater Port. NMFS was a

cooperating agency in the preparation of the Draft and Final EISs. NMFS has adopted the USCG and MARAD FEIS and issued

a separate Record of Decision for issuance of the IHA.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 217 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Receipt of Application for Rulemaking 02/19/2008 73 FR 9092 

NPRM 12/21/2010 75 FR 80260 

NPRM Comment Period 02/04/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Candace Nachman Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

F/PR1, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2289 Extension: 156 

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: candace.nachman@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX11

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Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport Range Complex Extension

Mission Activities

Abstract: On May 15, 2008, NMFS received an application from the Navy requesting an authorization for the take of marine

mammal species/stocks incidental to the proposed research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) activities within the

NAVSEA NUWC Keyport Range Complex Extension over the course of 5 years. The Navy proposes to extend the Keyport

Range Complex Extension operating areas, which is composed of Keyport Range Site, Dabob Bay Range Complex (DBRC)

Site, and Quinault Underwater Tracking Range (QUTR) Site, outside existing range boundaries. This proposed extension would

allow the Navy to support existing and future range activities including evolving manned and unmanned vehicle program needs

in multiple marine environments. With the proposed extension of the Keyport and QUTR range sites, the range sites could

support more activities, which include increases in the numbers of tests and days of testing. No additional operational tempo is

proposed for the DBRC Site. Existing and proposed additional range activities include testing, training, and evaluation of system

capabilities such as guidance, control, and sensor accuracy of manned and unmanned vehicles in multiple marine environments

(e.g., differing depths, salinity levels, temperatures, sea states, etc.).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

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NPRM 07/07/2009 74 FR 32264 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/06/2009 

Final Action 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Dr. Michael Payne 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

P.O. Box 21668

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7235

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: michael.payne@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX27

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Title: Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Consolidation of

Regulations

Abstract: The Office of Protected Resources of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue a rule

redesignating regulations governing the small take of marine mammals, incidental to conducting specified activities (other than

commercial fishing) in the marine environment. In recent years, NMFS has promulgated an increasing volume of activity-specific

incidental take regulations, and it expects this trend to continue. Therefore, there will be a need for additional subparts to

accommodate future incidental take regulations. In order to create more space for additional incidental take regulations in a

logically organized manner, NMFS is transferring regulations in subparts I, J, K, N, O, R, S, and U of part 216 to a new part 217,

and transferring regulations in subparts P, Q, V, and X of part 216 to a new part 218. This will open the rest of subpart 216 for

additional regulations unrelated to incidental take under MMPA section 101(a)(5)(A) and (D), and create a dedicated subpart for

incidental take regulations. However, we anticipate that even part 217 will not be sufficient to contain all future regulations for

specified activities that incidentally take marine mammals. Therefore, NMFS also expects to use part 218 for new regulations for

specified activities related to military ranges and part 219 in the near future for specified activities related to offshore oil

exploration. The purpose of this action is to make the regulations better organized and easier for the public to use.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216; 50 CFR 217; 50 CFR 218 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations )

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Dr. Michael Payne 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

P.O. Box 21668

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7235

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: michael.payne@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX50

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Title: Critical Habitat Designation for Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Under the Endangered Species Act

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) listed the Cook Inlet beluga whale Distinct Population Segment as

endangered under the Endangered Species Act on October 17, 2009. NMFS is required to designate critical habitat no later

than one year after the publication of a listing. NMFS intends to publish a proposed rule by October 17, 2009.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 04/14/2009 74 FR 17131 

ANPRM Comment Period End 05/14/2009 

NPRM 12/02/2009 74 FR 63080 

NPRM Comment Period Extended 01/12/2010 75 FR 1582 

NPRM Comment Period End 02/01/2010 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Federal; Local; State;

Tribal

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Marta Nammack 

Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-1401 Extension: 180 

FAX: 301 427-2523

E-Mail: marta.nammack@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX70

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Title: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish Fishery; Amendment 5

Abstract: The goals of Amendment 5 are to bring the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) into compliance with the new

requirements of the reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), specifically to establish

annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs), and to manage the fishery at long-term sustainable levels.

Amendment 5 will establish revised biological and management reference points to be consistent with the MSA and recent

scientific advice; establish ACLs that are equivalent to the acceptable biological catch (ABC) for each management area;

establish a reactive AM that requires the ACL to be adjusted if an overage occurs; establish annual catch targets (ACTs) for

each management area as proactive AMs account for management uncertainty; specify days-at-sea (DAS) allocations and trip

limits for each management area; authorize the landing of monkfish heads separate from the rest of the fish; and establish a

provision that would authorize a vessel to land one additional day's worth of monkfish and have its DAS usage charged

accordingly.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

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Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Intent 02/20/2009 74 FR 7880 

Notice of Intent Comment Period End 03/31/2010 

Notice of Availability 02/01/2011 76 FR 5555 

NPRM 03/03/2011 76 FR 11737 

NPRM Comment Period End 04/04/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business; Organizations Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX83

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Title: Gulf of the Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries Regulations on Introduced Species

Abstract: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is proposing to revise its regulations on the

introduction of introduced species into the Gulf of the Farallones and Monterey Bay national marine sanctuaries (GFNMS and

MBNMS, respectively). This action is being taken in response to a letter received by the Governor of California on December 23,

2008. The Governor certified that the terms of designation to regulate introduced species in these sanctuaries was unacceptable

in state waters of the sanctuaries. The Governor's letter specifically asked NOAA to modify its regulations to exempt all statepermitted aquaculture activities throughout the two sanctuaries and research involving the introduction of introduced species into

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary only. Both of the criteria for exemption in the MBNMS needed to be satisfied in order

to fulfill the Governor's objection for MBNMS. This action is being taken in response to the action of the governor of California.

NOAA has limited ability to proceed otherwise.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922.132; 15 CFR 922.82 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1434; 16 USC 1439

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/01/2009 74 FR 50740 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/16/2009 

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AT14; Related to 0648-

AT15

Agency Contact: John Armor 

Legislative, Regulatory and NEPA Coordinator

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Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910-3281 

Phone: 301 713-7234 

FAX: 301 713-0404

E-Mail: john.armor@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX85

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Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fishery

Abstract: This action would adjust regulations governing the U.S. Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery to enable more thorough

utilization of the available U.S. quota, while continuing efforts to end BFT overfishing by 2010, rebuild the BFT stock by 2019,

and minimize bycatch and bycatch mortality to the extent practicable. The U.S. BFT quota is derived from the recommendations

of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and implemented under the authority of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act. For the past several

years, the U.S. Atlantic BFT fishery has not fully harvested the available quota, particularly the BFT commercial subquotas. This

action follows consideration of public comment collected via an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on several issues

regarding Atlantic highly migratory species fisheries, and contains measures raised during the 2009 BFT quota specifications

rulemaking and at recent meetings of the Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801; 16 USC 971

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 06/01/2009 74 FR 26174 

ANPRM Comment Period End 08/31/2009 

NPRM 11/04/2009 74 FR 57128 

NPRM Comment Period Extended 12/24/2009 74 FR 68414 

NPRM Comment Period End 12/21/2009 

NPRM Comment Period Extended End 03/31/2010 

Final Action 08/00/2011 

Additional Information: Agency Contact: Alan D. Risenhoover Title: Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS

Address: 1315 East-West Highway #13350, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2334 

FAX: 301 713-0596

E-Mail: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX86

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Title: Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Training Operations

Conducted Within the Gulf of Mexico Range Complex

Abstract: NMFS has received requests from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for authorizations for the take of marine mammals

incidental to training and operational activities conducted by the Navy's Atlantic Fleet within Gulf of Mexico (GOMEX) Range

Complex for the period beginning December 3, 2009, and ending December 2, 2014. Pursuant to the implementing regulations

of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is proposing regulations to govern that take and requesting information,

suggestions, and comments on these proposed regulations.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 218 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 07/14/2009 74 FR 33960 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/13/2009 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Required: Governmental Jurisdictions Government Levels Affected: Federal

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX91

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Title: Revoke Inactive Quota Share and Annual Individual Fishing Quota from a Holder of Quota Share Under the Pacific

Halibut and Sablefish Fixed Gear Individual Fishing Quota Program

Abstract: This action would amend existing commercial fishing regulations for the fixed-gear Pacific Halibut and sablefish

individual fishing quota program at 50 CFR 679. The amendment would revoke inactive quota share unless the quota share

permit holder affirmatively notices NMFS in writing within 60 days of the agency's preliminary determination of inactivity that they

choose to (a) retain the inactive IFQ quota share, (b) activate the quota share through transfer or by fishing, or (c) appeal the

preliminary determination. Quota share that is not activated through this process and is revoked would be proportionally

distributed to the quota share pool. This regulatory revision is based on the recommendations of the North Pacific Fishery

Management Council in June 2006 and again in February 2009. Amending the regulations would improve the efficiency of the

Pacific Halibut and Sablefish IFQ program and augment operational flexibility of participating fisherman.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300; 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 773

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

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NPRM 08/23/2010 75 FR 51741 

NPRM Comment Period End 09/22/2010 

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AU85; Related to 0648-

AV64

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX97

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Title: Revisions to eLandings Regulations

Abstract: NMFS implemented an interagency electronic reporting system with a data entry component, eLandings, for

reporting Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab in March 2005 and groundfish in December 2008. Using the eLandings webbased application, processors report production, landings, and discard/disposition data. NMFS finds it necessary to make some

improvements to the eLandings regulations. This rule would add a requirement for a stationary floating processor (SFP) to enter

at-sea operation type, port, and crab regional designation under specific conditions. In addition, this rule would correct time

limits for submitting some data, add a new definition, and revise some tables to part 679 to support eLandings and to correct

errors.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679.2; 50 CFR 679.5 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1862 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 02/11/2011 76 FR 7788 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/14/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY03

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Title: Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for Queen Conch Resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Establishing Compatible Regulations With U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial Waters

Abstract: At the June 2009 Council meeting, the Caribbean Fishery Management Council decided to amend the Fishery

Management Plan for Queen Conch Resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (U.S.V.I.) to establish compatible

regulations with U.S.V.I. territorial regulations. Currently, fishing for and possession of Queen Conch is prohibited in the

Exclusive Economic Zone, with the exception of an area known as Lang Bank east of St. Croix, which is open to harvest of

Queen Conch from October 1 through June 30. In U.S.V.I. territorial waters, Queen Conch is managed under a 50,000 pound

quota. This action would implement compatible regulations which will close the harvest of Queen Conch in Federal waters,

including Lang Bank, once the quota has been reached in the U.S.V.I. and the fishery is closed in territorial waters.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 01/20/2011 76 FR 3596 

NPRM Comment Period End 02/22/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

RIN Information URL: sero.nmfs.noaa.gov

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY18

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Title: Consolidation of Tables and Figures Related to Implementing Amendment 89 to the Fishery Management Plan for the

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service amends its regulations to combine data in certain tables and figures related

to the areas closed to nonpelagic trawling that was implemented by Amendment 89 to the Fishery Management Plan for

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area. This rule would place all of the descriptive information for

certain habitat conservation and research areas in one place, i.e., combine the figure with the map of the area and the table

with the exact coordinates of the same area. Under this action, Figure 16 would be combined with the coordinates provided in

Table 42 for the Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area. Figure 17 would be combined with Tables 43 and 45 for the Northern

Bering Sea Research Area and St. Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area. Figure 21 would be combined with Table 44 for

the Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area. Table 46 does not have a comparable figure

and therefore would be redesignated as Table 42. Tables 43, 44, and 45 would be removed. This action would make the figures

and associated tables less cumbersome to use by combining them. This combination of data would place all of the descriptive

information for certain habitat conservation and research areas in one place.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

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Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY33

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Title: Amendment 34 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs

Abstract: Amendment 34 to the FMP would amend the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program to exempt

additional fishery participants from harvest limits, called sideboards, which apply to some vessels that participate in Gulf of

Alaska groundfish fisheries. Amendment 34 would revise the criteria that enable some vessels to operate exempt from

sideboards in the Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod fishery. Amendment 34 would also establish criteria to enable certain vessels to

operate exempt from sideboards in the Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery. The current sideboards impose an economic burden on

some fishery participants that received relatively small amounts of quota share in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab

Rationalization Program and are dependent on Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod or pollock fisheries. This action is intended to promote

the goals of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 680 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1862

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 03/14/2011 76 FR 13593 

NPRM 03/28/2011 76 FR 17088 

NPRM Comment Period End 04/27/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

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FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY35

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Title: Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Regulations

Abstract: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration proposes to amend the regulations for the Flower Garden

Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS or sanctuary) to improve vessel and user safety, protect sanctuary resources from

user impacts, and clarify vessel pollution discharge language, and make other technical changes and corrections.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1434; 16 USC 1439

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/22/2010 75 FR 65256 

NPRM Comment Period End 01/20/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: John Armor 

Legislative, Regulatory and NEPA Coordinator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910-3281 

Phone: 301 713-7234

FAX: 301 713-0404

E-Mail: john.armor@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY41

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Title: Addendum IV to the Weakfish Interstate Management Plan--Bycatch Trip Limit

Abstract: NMFS proposes regulations that would modify management restrictions in the Federal weakfish fishery in a

manner consistent with the Commission's Weakfish Management Board's (Board) approved Addendum IV to Amendment 4 to

the ISFMP for Weakfish. In short, the proposed Federal regulatory change would decrease the incidental catch allowance for

weakfish in the EEZ in non-directed fisheries using smaller mesh sizes, from 150 pounds to no more than 100 pounds per day

or trip, whichever is longer in duration. In addition it would impose a one fish possession limit on recreational fishers.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 5101

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

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NPRM 05/12/2010 75 FR 26703 

NPRM Comment Period End 06/11/2010 

NPRM Comment Period Re-Opened 06/16/2010 75 FR 34092 

NPRM Comment Period Re-Opened End 06/30/2010 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2334

FAX: 301 713-0596

E-Mail: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY49

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Title: Endangered Species Act Listing of Nine Distinct Population Segments of Loggerhead Sea Turtles as Endangered or

Threatened

Abstract: NMFS and USFWS have determined that the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is composed of nine distinct

population segments (DPSs) that qualify as "species" for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act

(ESA), two as threatened and seven as endangered. This action also constitutes the 12-month findings on two petitions to: (1)

Reclassify loggerhead turtles in the North Pacific Ocean as a DPS with endangered status and designate critical habitat; and (2)

reclassify loggerhead turtles in the Northwest Atlantic as a DPS with endangered status and designate critical habitat. Critical

habitat for the two loggerhead sea turtle DPSs occurring within the United States will be designated in a subsequent Federal

Register notice.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 to 1543; 16 USC 1361

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 03/16/2010 75 FR 12598 

NPRM Comment Period Extension 06/02/2010 75 FR 30769 

NPRM Comment Period Extension End 09/03/2010 

NPRM Comment Period End 09/13/2010 

NPRM Comment Period Extended 03/22/2011 76 FR 15932 

NPRM Comment Period Extended End 04/11/2011 

Final Action 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Kristy Long 

Fisheries Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 13738, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2322

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FAX: 301 427-2522

E-Mail: kristy.long@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY62

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Title: Designating Critical Habitat for the Endangered Black Abalone

Abstract: Under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) shall designate

critical habitat for species listed as threatened or endangered. This rulemaking would designate critical habitat for the

endangered black abalone. Once critical habitat is designated, Federal agencies would be required to comply with section 7 of

the ESA to ensure activities they carry out, authorize, or fund do not destroy or adversely affect this designated critical habitat.

An economic analysis report, biological report, and ESA section 4(b)(2) analysis report prepared in support of this rulemaking

would be available for public review and comment.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 226 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 to 1543

Legal Deadline: 

Action Source Description Date

Other Judicial Required by Settlement Agreement With Center for Biological Diversity 07/18/2011 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/28/2010 75 FR 59900 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/29/2010 

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Final Action 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business; Governmental

Jurisdictions; Organizations Federalism: No

Energy Affected: Yes

Agency Contact: Melissa Neuman 

Fish Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Suite 4200, 501 West Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach , CA 90802 

Phone: 562 980-4115

FAX: 562 980-4027

E-Mail: melissa.neuman@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY64

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Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal School Training Operations at Eglin Air

Force Base, Florida

Abstract: On November 6, 2009, NMFS received a letter from the U.S. Air Force requesting an authorization for the take of

marine mammals incidental to NEODS training operations. The requested regulations would establish a framework for

authorizing incidental take with future Letters of Authorization (LOAs). These LOAs, if approved, would authorize the take, by

Level B (behavioral) harassment, of Atlantic bottle dolphins incidental to conducting NEODS training operations and testing at

Eglin Gulf Test and Training Range at property off Santa Rosa Island, Florida, in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Based on the

application, pre-mitigation take would average approximately 10 animals per year; and approximately 50 animals over the five

year period. NMFS issued an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) for almost identical activities in 2005, 2006, 2007, and

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2008. The past missions have been delayed due to safety issues concerning bringing demolition charges under a bridge and no

missions have occurred to date under any of the IHAs. NEODS missions would involve underwater detonations of small, live

explosive charges adjacent to inert mines. The NEODS training activities are classified as military readiness activities. The U.S.

Air Force states that noise associated with underwater detonation of the specified explosive charges may expose bottlenose

dolphins in the area to noise and pressure resulting in non-injurious temporary threshold shift.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 217 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: 

Action Source Description Date

NPRM Statutory 16 USC 1361 et seq 10/01/2010 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/01/2010 75 FR 60694 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/01/2010 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Howard Goldstein 

Fisheries Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2289 Extension: 172 

FAX: 301 427-2521

E-Mail: howard.goldstein@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY65

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Title: Amendment to Limit Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Fixed Gear Catcher Processors Fishing for Pacific Cod in

State of Alaska Parallel Waters

Abstract: NMFS proposes to limit access by federally permitted pot and hook-and-line catcher/processors to the Pacific cod

fishery in State of Alaska parallel waters in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management area. The parallel fishery

occurs off the coast of Alaska within 3 nautical miles of shore, and is concurrent with the federal fishery for Pacific cod in the

BSAI. This measure is necessary to deter some catcher/processors from catching more Pacific cod than have been allocated to

their sector. It would reduce the risk of exceeding seasonal and area allocations of Pacific cod, improve NMFS's ability to

manage existing sector allocations, and increase information collected about Pacific cod catch in the parallel fishery. It also

would create more secure sector allocations of Pacific cod to prevent vessels fishing in the parallel fishery from eroding

previously established sector allocations, and improve vessel owners' ability to repay loans under the BSAI longline

catcher/processor capacity reduction program. This rule would limit access to the parallel fishery for Pacific cod by requiring a

federally permitted pot or hook-and-line catcher/processor to hold the same endorsements required on their federal fisheries

permit or license limitation program license for catching Pacific cod in the parallel fishery as currently required for catching

Pacific cod in the federal waters of the BSAI. Any pot or hook-and-line catcher/processor fishing for Pacific cod in the parallel

fishery also would be required to comply with seasonal closures of Pacific cod that apply to federally permitted vessels

regardless of whether they are fishing in the federal or parallel fishery. Vessel owners of pot and hook-and-line

catcher/processors who surrender federal fisheries permit would not be reissued a new federal fisheries permit within the 3-year

term of the permit.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

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Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 03/11/2011 76 FR 13331 

NPRM Comment Period End 04/11/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY93

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Title: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Annual Catch Limit Process

Abstract: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council proposes to amend the American Samoa, Hawaii, Marianas,

Pacific Remote Island Areas and western Pacific Pelagic fishery ecosystem plans to establish a process for specifying annual

catch limits (ACL) and accountability measures for each western Pacific fishery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 03/11/2011 76 FR 14367 

NPRM 03/31/2011 76 FR 17808 

NPRM Comment Period End 05/16/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA01

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Title: Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2011 to 2012 Biennial Specifications and

Management Measures; FMP Amendment 16-5 and FMP Amendment 23

Abstract: This rule sets the 2011 to 2012 harvest specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S.

exclusive economic zone off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. This rule also implements Pacific Coast

Groundfish Fishery Management Plan Amendments 16-5 and 23.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: 

Action Source Description Date

Other Judicial Establish a rebuilding plan for overfished petrale sole. 04/29/2011 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 10/01/2010 75 FR 60709 

NPRM 11/03/2010 75 FR 67810 

Notice of Availability Comment Period End 11/30/2010 

NPRM Comment Period End 12/03/2010 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Frank Lockhart 

Program Analyst

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

7600 Sand Point Way NE.

Seattle , WA 98115 

Phone: 206 526-6142

FAX: 206 526-6736

E-Mail: frank.lockhart@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA02

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Title: Interim Rule To Set the 2010 Commercial Gag Quota, Set the Recreational Harvest, and Reduce or Rescind the Use of

Multi-Use Individual Fishing Quota Allocation

Abstract: On August 11, 2009, the Regional Administrator for the Southeast Regional Office notified the Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council (Council) of his determination that the Gulf of Mexico gag stock was both overfished and

undergoing overfishing, based on the results of the 2009 update stock assessment. Therefore, the stock needs to be rebuilt and

overfishing ended. The Council is currently developing Amendment 32 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Reef Fish

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico to address stock rebuilding and ending overfishing; however, management measures proposed

in this amendment will not be ready for implementation prior to January 1, 2011. Therefore, temporary measures to reduce or

end overfishing of gag are needed. The Council requested the rule reduce the gag quota to a level consistent with the goals and

objectives of the Council's reef fish management strategy, temporarily rescind the use of multi-use individual fishing quota

allocation so it cannot be used to harvest gag, and temporarily halt the recreational harvest of gag until recreational fishing

management measures being developed in Amendment 32 can be implemented to allow harvest at the appropriate levels.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

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CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/18/2010 75 FR 63786 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/02/2010 

Final Action 12/01/2010 75 FR 74650 

Final Rule Extension 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: State

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA06

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Title: Emergency Rule to Re-Open the Recreational Red Snapper Season in the Gulf of Mexico

Abstract: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) has requested that NOAA Fisheries Service publish an

emergency rule that will provide authority to the Regional Administrator to re-open the recreational red snapper season after the

September 30, 2010, end of the fishing season, if it is determined that landings during the June 1-July 23 open season did not

meet the quota.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 08/16/2010 75 FR 49883 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/31/2010 

Final Emergency Rule 09/24/2010 75 FR 58335 

Final Emergency Rule Extension 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA11

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Title: Amendment 37 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs

Abstract: If approved, Amendment 37 would amend the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program by

establishing a process for quota share holders, processor quota share holders, and the municipalities of Adak and Atka to

agree to and notify NMFS when Western Aleutian Islands golden king crab fishery deliveries should be exempt from the West

regional designation. Under the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program, golden king crab harvested with

individual fishing quota (IFQ) with a West regional designation must be delivered to a processor with West-designated individual

processor quota (IPQ) in the West region of the Aleutian Islands. Federal regulations require that a portion of crab taken in this

fishery be delivered and processed in the West region; however, a reliable shoreside processing capacity may not be available

each season. Amendment 37 is necessary to prevent disruption to the Aleutian Islands golden king crab fishery and to protect

the interest of communities. This action would allow fishermen to deliver crab harvested with West designated IFQ to

processors outside the West region and allow processors with West designated IPQ to process that crab outside the West

region when specific parties agree to waive regional delivery requirements. This action is intended to promote the goals and

objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Fishery Management Plan for Bering

Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs, and other applicable law.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 680 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 02/01/2011 76 FR 5556 

NPRM 02/15/2011 76 FR 8700 

NPRM Comment Period End 04/01/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James Balsiger 

Administrator, Alaska Region

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 West Ninth Street

Juneau , AK 99801 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7465

E-Mail: jim.balisger@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA14

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Title: Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Navy Training Exercises in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities

Area

Abstract: In March, 2009, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received an application from the U.S. Navy (Navy)

for the promulgation of regulations and subsequent issuance of Letters of Authorization (LOAs) to take individuals of 20 species

of marine mammals incidental to upcoming Navy training activities to be conducted in the Gulf of Alaska TMAA, over the course

of 5 years. These training activities are classified as military readiness activities and may result in the incidental take of marine

mammals present within the Gulf of Alaska TMAA by exposing them to sound from mid-frequency or high-frequency active

sonar (MFAS/HFAS) or to underwater detonations at levels that NMFS associates with the take of marine mammals.

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Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 218 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Receipt of Petition 02/03/2010 75 FR 5575 

NPRM 10/19/2010 75 FR 64508 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/18/2010 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA20

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Title: Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Regulations Revisions

Abstract: Pursuant to section 304(e) of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA; 16 U.S.C. 1434(e)), the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is conducting a review of the management plan and regulations for the

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS or sanctuary), located off the outer coast of the Olympic Peninsula in the

state of Washington. As a result of the review, NOAA determined that it was necessary to consider the revision of the

management plan and regulations for the Sanctuary. NOAA is proposing changes to the regulations for the Olympic Coast

National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS or sanctuary). This rule proposes to revise the regulations to prohibit wastewater

discharges from cruise ships; to update the language referring to tribal welfare considerations when issuing permits; to correct

the size of the sanctuary based on new area estimates; to update the list of definitions; and to update obsolete sections. NOAA

also proposes additional changes to the grammar and wording of several sections of the regulations to ensure clarity and

consistency with the NMSA and other sanctuaries' regulations.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1434(e)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 01/14/2011 76 FR 2611 

NPRM Comment Period Extension 02/04/2011 76 FR 6368 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/15/2011 

NPRM Comment Period Extension End 03/25/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

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Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: John Armor 

Legislative, Regulatory and NEPA Coordinator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910-3281 

Phone: 301 713-7234

FAX: 301 713-0404

E-Mail: john.armor@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA26

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Title: 2011 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications

Abstract: This action will establish 2011 Atlantic bluefish specifications, including State-by-State commercial quotas, a

recreational harvest limit, and recreational possession limits for Atlantic bluefish off the east coast of the United States. The

action also revises the Atlantic bluefish regulations for the specification of overall total allowable landings and the target fishing

mortality rate to more clearly reflect the intent of the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 01/14/2011 76 FR 2640 

NPRM Comment Period End 01/31/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA27

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Title: Framework Adjustment 45 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

Abstract: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is developing Framework Adjustment 45 to the

Northeast Multispecies FMP to implement measures to update status determination criteria for pollock; revise the rebuilding

program for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder; revise annual catch limits for several stocks; implement additional sectors,

including state-sponsored permit banks; modify a scallop exemption area; revise monitoring requirements; and implement a

spawning closure area in the Gulf of Maine. These measures are expected to continue efforts to rebuild overfished stocks,

minimize costs to industry, and increase the economic efficiency of vessel operations.

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Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 03/03/2011 76 FR 11858 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/18/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: Federal; State

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA31

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Title: Revised Aleutian Islands Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for the Groundfish Fisheries

Abstract: The rule revises the Atka mackerel and Pacific cod fisheries management in the Aleutian Islands subarea to ensure

the Alaska groundfish fisheries are not likely to cause jeopardy of extinction or adverse modification or destruction of designated

critical habitat for the endangered western distinct population segment of Steller sea lions. Fishery closures, harvest restrictions,

and season dates are revised with this action. The rule also includes a 3 nautical mile closure to groundfish fishing around

Kanaga Island/Ship Rock rookery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 12/13/2010 75 FR 77535 

Correction Notice 12/29/2010 75 FR 81921 

Interim Final Rule Effective 01/01/2011 

Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 01/12/2011 

Interim Final Rule Comment Period Extension 01/12/2011 76 FR 2027 

Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 02/28/2011 

Extension of Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James Balsiger 

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Administrator, Alaska Region

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 West Ninth Street

Juneau , AK 99801 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7465

E-Mail: jim.balisger@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA38

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Title: Endangered and Threatened Species, Designation of Critical Habitat for Southern Distinct Population Segment of

Eulachon

Abstract: We, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), propose to designate critical habitat for the southern Distinct

Population Segment (DPS) of Pacific eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus), which was recently listed as threatened under the

Endangered Species Act (ESA). We have proposed 12 specific areas for designation as critical habitat within the states of

California, Oregon, and Washington. The proposed areas are a combination of freshwater creeks and rivers and their associated

estuaries which comprise approximately 470 km (292 mi) of habitat. Three particular areas are proposed for exclusion after

evaluating the impacts and benefits associated with tribal land ownership and management by Indian tribes, but no areas are

proposed for exclusion based on economic impacts.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1533

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 01/05/2011 76 FR 515 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/07/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

RIN Information URL: www.nwr.noaa.gov/

Agency Contact: Marta Nammack 

Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-1401 Extension: 180 

FAX: 301 427-2523

E-Mail: marta.nammack@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA40

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Title: Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Trawl Rationalization Program; Partial Release of

Groundfish Quota for the Start of the 2011 Fishery

Abstract: The trawl rationalization program would create an individual fishing quota (IFQ) program for the shore-based trawl

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fleet; and cooperative (coop) programs for the at-sea trawl fleet in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery. Implementation of the

2011 to 2012 harvest specifications which would distribute portions of the 2011 harvest for a number of groundfish stocks

among the trawl fishery participants has been delayed. This emergency rulemaking would allow issuance of quota pounds

based on the lower of either the existing 2010 harvest level or the proposed 2011 harvest level. This allows quota pounds to be

issued without risk of exceeding the ultimate annual harvest level; any additional quota allowed by the final 2011 harvest levels

will be issued at the time of the 2011 to 2012 harvest specifications final rule. The rule would also lower the harvest level of one

of the groundfish species, based on the most recent science, in order to avoid excess harvest before the final harvest levels are

in place. The delay of the 2011 harvest specifications was unanticipated, and therefore NMFS will be using its emergency

authority to implement this rule.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Emergency Rule 12/30/2010 75 FR 82296 

Emergency Rule Comment Period End 01/31/2011 

Emergency Action, Extension 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Frank Lockhart 

Program Analyst

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

7600 Sand Point Way NE.

Seattle , WA 98115 

Phone: 206 526-6142

FAX: 206 526-6736

E-Mail: frank.lockhart@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA42

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Title: Tilefish Cost Recovery Regulatory Amendment

Abstract: The regulatory amendment to the Tilefish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) will change the cost recovery

regulations to require the first year fee percentage to be calculated based on the actual costs associated with the management,

data collection and analysis, and enforcement of the individual fishing quota (IFQ) allocation program (not to exceed 3 percent)

rather than be set at a fixed 3 percent. The rule would also clarify the payment compliance language. An APA waiver to go

straight to final rule and skip the cooling off period is currently being sought.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 12/28/2010 75 FR 81505 

Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 01/24/2011 

Interim Final Rule Extension 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

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Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA45

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Title: Modification of Regulations Governing the Retention of Incidentally-Caught Highly Migratory Species in Atlantic Trawl

Fisheries

Abstract: This rule proposes to modify the regulations governing Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) to address the

retention of incidentally-caught North Atlantic swordfish in squid trawl fisheries, and the retention of incidentally caught species

in the smoothhound shark complex (which includes smooth dogfish and Florida smoothhound (genus Mustelus)) in all Atlantic

trawl fisheries. Trawl gear is not authorized in Atlantic HMS fisheries, but an allowance for the retention of incidentally-caught

swordfish in trawl gears has been established to reduce regulatory discards. This rule would consider modifying the allowance

for incidentally-caught HMS in trawl gears to reduce regulatory dead discards, to the extent practicable, by converting discards

into landings, improve fishery data collection, provide additional opportunities for the U.S. swordfish quota to be caught, and

accommodate traditional fishing methods (i.e., trawls) that incidentally capture North Atlantic swordfish and smoothhound shark

species.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 03/18/2011 76 FR 14884 

NPRM Comment Period End 04/17/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Margo Schulze-Haugen 

Supervisory Fish Management Officer

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-0234

FAX: 301 713-1917

E-Mail: margo.schulze-haugen@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA47

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Title: Amendment 17A to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

Abstract: The purpose of this emergency action is to delay implementation of a large area closure in order to allow the South

Atlantic Fishery Management Council time to consider the results of a new stock assessment for South Atlantic red snapper.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Emergency Rule 12/09/2010 75 FR 76890 

Emergency Action, Correction Notice 12/20/2010 75 FR 79309 

Comment Period End 01/03/2011 

Emergency Action, Extension 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA48

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Title: Implementation of a Recreational Seasonal Closure for Greater Amberjack; Regulatory Framework Action to the Fishery

Management Plan for Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP)

Abstract: To reduce the probability of early in-season closures for recreational greater amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico, the

rule would close the greater amberjack recreational fishing season annually from June 1 through July 31. The intended effect of

this rule is to maintain the rebuilding plan targets for the overfished greater amberjack, prevent the annual catch limit from being

exceeded, and maximize the number of fishing days available to the recreational sector.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 01/24/2011 76 FR 4084 

NPRM Comment Period End 02/23/2011 

NPRM Reopening Comment Period 03/10/2011 76 FR 13122 

NPRM Reopening Comment Period End 03/25/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

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Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA49

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Title: Fisheries in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; Pelagic Fisheries; Vessel Identification Requirements

Abstract: This rule would allow vessels that fish for highly migratory species (HMS) on the high seas off the U.S. West Coast

to be marked with the vessel's International Telecommunication Union Radio Call Sign (IRCS). The revisions would also provide

that if an IRCS has not been assigned to the vessel, the marking may consist of the vessel's Federal, state, or tribal official

number, preceded by the characters "USA." The intent of the proposed action is to bring the existing vessel identification

requirements at 50 CFR 660.704 [general HMS fisheries regulations under a fishery management plan] and 300.173 [regulations

governing fishing under the U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty] into conformity with the binding vessel identification requirements

adopted by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), and which were imposed in early 2010 on U.S.

fishing vessels fishing in the Convention Area under the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention (75 FR 3335,

January 21, 2010). This action would allow U.S. HMS fishing vessels in the Eastern Pacific that also fish in the WCPFC

Convention Area to comply with a consistent vessel marking and identification scheme and avoid the burden of switching vessel

markings when crossing between ocean areas. Vessels could opt to continue using their current vessel identification (the only

vessels likely to make this choice are those that do not fish in the WCPFC Convention Area).

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300.173; 50 CFR 660.704 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 2431 et seq; 16 USC 7001 et seq; 31 USC 9701 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 04/05/2011 76 FR 18706 

NPRM Comment Period End 05/05/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Final Rule Effective 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Heidi Hermsmeyer 

IATTC Coordinator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

501 West Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach , CA 90802 

Phone: 562 980-4036

FAX: 562 980-4047

E-Mail: heidi.hermsmeyer@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA51

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Title: Regulatory Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic

Region

Abstract: The purpose of the amendment is to reduce the spatial and temporal coverage of the regulations proposed in

Amendment 17A to the Snapper Grouper FMP based on the most recent scientific information concerning the red snapper stock

in the South Atlantic. The inclusion of a sunset provision to eliminate the prohibition to snapper grouper species in the closure

area is also under consideration.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 02/18/2011 76 FR 9530 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/21/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: Federal

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA54

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Title: Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef To Set Total Allowable Catch for Red Snapper

Abstract: This action would adjust the commercial and recreational quotas of red snapper to 3.66 and 3.525 MP,

respectively, consistent with the 51:49 ratio for the commercial and recreational allocation of red snapper established in

Amendment 1 to the FMP. NOAA Fisheries Service's will provide an estimated projection for the number of days in the 2011

recreational fishing season after the 2010 harvest numbers are received. In addition, NOAA Fisheries Service proposes to make

administrative adjustments to the reef fish individual fishing quota program via the authority in 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Act. This action would revise the definition of "actual ex-vessel value" in 622.2 of the regulations. The intent of this revision is to

allow NOAA Fisheries Service to more accurately analyze the total value of the Gulf red snapper and grouper and tilefish

fisheries. Similarly, NOAA Fisheries Service is proposing to revise regulations at 622.16 and 622.20 to extend the existing 12-

hour maintenance window with an additional 8 hours to allow for more time to conduct end of year maintenance. It also clarifies

how fishermen can submit an IFQ landing notification during the maintenance window. Lastly, NOAA Fisheries Service is

proposing to remove an obsolete regulation. Regulations implementing Amendment 30B to the FMP, removed the February 15

to March 15 seasonal closure of the commercial sector of the Gulf reef fish fishery for gag, red grouper, and black grouper.

However, NOAA Fisheries Service inadvertently did not remove S 622.45(c)(4) in the final rule for Amendment 30B, which

includes the prohibition on the sale/purchase of gag, black grouper, or red grouper harvested from the Gulf by a vessel with a

valid Federal commercial permit for Gulf reef fish from February 15 until March 15, each year. This action proposes to remove

this obsolete paragraph.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

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Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 02/22/2011 76 FR 9735 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/24/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305 

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA65

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Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas and Atlantic Tuna Fisheries Management Measures

Abstract: This action would modify Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) base quotas for all domestic fishing categories; establish BFT

quota specifications for the 2011 fishing year; reinstate pelagic longline target catch requirements for retaining BFT in the

Northeast Distant Gear Restricted Area (NED); amend the Atlantic tunas possession at sea and landing regulations to allow

removal of tail lobes; and clarify the transfer at sea regulations for Atlantic tunas. This action is necessary to implement

recommendations of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), as required by the Atlantic

Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), and to achieve domestic management objectives under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). NMFS solicits written comments and will hold public hearings to

receive oral comments on these actions.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 971 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 03/14/2011 76 FR 13583 

NPRM--Correction 03/21/2011 76 FR 15276 

NPRM Comment Period End 04/14/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End--Correction 04/28/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Margo Schulze-Haugen 

Supervisory Fish Management Officer

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-0234 

FAX: 301 713-1917

E-Mail: margo.schulze-haugen@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA67

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Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals: U.S. Navy Training; U.S. Navy Training in the Southern California Range

Complex; and U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet Active Training

Abstract: In January 2009, pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS issued three 5-year final

regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to Navy training and associated activities conducted

in the Hawaii Range Complex (HRC), the Southern California Range Complex (SOCAL Range Complex), and the Atlantic Fleet

Active Sonar Training (AFAST) Study Area. These regulations, which allow for the issuance of "Letters of Authorization" (LOAs)

for the incidental take of marine mammals during the specified activities and described timeframes, prescribe the permissible

methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and

their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking. The specified activities in these

rules are strictly quantified by amounts of individual sound sources that will be used over the course of the 5-year rules, and the

rules indicate that marine mammal take may only be authorized in an LOA incidental to the source types and amounts

described. Specifically, no language was initially included expressly allowing for deviation from those precise levels of source

use if the total number of takes remain within the analyzed and authorized limits. Since the issuance of the 2009 rules, the

Navy realized that their evolving training programs, which are linked to real world events, necessitate greater flexibility in the

types and amounts of sound sources that they use. In response to this need, when the Navy requested incidental take

authorizations for other areas (e.g., the Mariana Islands and the Northwest Training Range Complexes), NMFS included

language explicitly allowing for greater flexibility. NMFS has, through this interim final rule, amended the HRC, SOCAL Range

Complex, and AFAST regulations to explicitly allow for greater flexibility in the types and amount of sound sources that they use.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 02/08/2011 76 FR 6699 

Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 03/10/2011 

Final Action 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA91

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Title: Framework Adjustment 1 to the Northeast Skate Complex FMP

Abstract: Framework Adjustment 1 to the Skate FMP would adjust the possession limits for the skate wing fishery in order to

slow the rate of skate wing landings, so that the available Total Allowable Landings limit (TAL) is taken by the fishery over a

longer duration in the fishing year than occurred in 2010. The action would also allow vessels that process skate wings at sea to

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land skate carcasses for sale into the bait market, without counting the carcass landings against the TAL (skate wings are

already converted to live weight for monitoring).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 04/04/2011 76 FR 18505 

NPRM Comment Period End 04/19/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Michael Pentony 

Senior Fishery Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

One Blackburn Drive

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9283

E-Mail: michael.pentony@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA94

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Title: 2011 Gulf of Mexico Gag Recreational and Commercial Management Measures

Abstract: On August 11, 2009, the NMFS Regional Administrator notified the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council

(Council) of his determination that the gag stock was both overfished and undergoing overfishing, based on the results of the

2009 update assessment of the Gulf of Mexico gag stock. Therefore, the stock needs to be rebuilt. The Council is currently

developing Amendment 32 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico to address stock

rebuilding and ending overfishing; however, management measures proposed in this amendment will not ready for

implementation until 2012. In addition, questions with how discarded fish were applied in the assessment delayed final

management recommendations until these issues could be resolved. Therefore, the Council requested an interim rule effective

January 1, 2011, to set a conservative gag quota, temporarily rescind the use of multi-use individual fishing quota allocation so

it cannot be used to harvest gag, and set the gag recreational harvest to zero with the intent to increase the quota and allow a

recreational season once the assessment was finalized. The assessment was rerun in December 2010 addressing the problems

with discards and was reviewed in January 2011. Based on the assessment, the Council has recommended another interim rule

that would raise the commercial quota to 430,000 pounds gutted weight, continue to rescind the use of multi-use individual

fishing quota allocation, and allow a fall recreational season using the current bag limit. Long-term measures including a

rebuilding plan are still being developed in Amendment 32 for implementation in 2012.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Final Rule 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

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Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-BA02

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA95

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Title: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2011 Tribal Fishery for Pacific Whiting

Abstract: NMFS proposes this rule for the 2011 Pacific whiting tribal fishery under the authority of the Pacific Coast

Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

(Magnuson Act). Through this action, NMFS would establish an interim 2011 tribal whiting allocation, reporting and closure

regulations, and refine existing regulations on tribal whiting reapportionment.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 04/05/2011 76 FR 18709 

NPRM Comment Period End 04/19/2011 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Frank Lockhart 

Program Analyst

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

7600 Sand Point Way NE.

Seattle , WA 98115 

Phone: 206 526-6142

FAX: 206 526-6736

E-Mail: frank.lockhart@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA96

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Title: Interpretive Rule for Charter Halibut Limited Access Program Regulations in Alaska

Abstract: This interpretive rule clarifies regulations that apply to vessels operating in the guided sport (charter) fishery for

halibut in International Pacific Halibut Commission Management Area 2C (Southeast Alaska) and Area 3A (Central Gulf of

Alaska). Under regulations implementing the charter halibut limited access program, all vessel operators in Area 2C and Area

3A with charter vessel anglers on board catching and retaining halibut must have a valid charter halibut permit that was issued

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by NMFS on board the vessel. This interpretive rule clarifies that charter halibut limited access program regulations require a

vessel operator to have a charter halibut permit on board at all times when the charter vessel guide on board the vessel is

being compensated to provide sport fishing assistance to anglers catching and retaining halibut. A charter vessel guide is not

required to have a CHP on board a vessel during a recreational halibut fishing trip on which he or she is not being

compensated to provide sport fishing assistance to the anglers on board.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 773

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James Balsiger 

Administrator, Alaska Region

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 West Ninth Street

Juneau , AK 99801 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7465

E-Mail: jim.balisger@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AH26

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Title: Permits for Capture, Transport, Import, and Export of Protected Species for Public Display, and for Maintaining a

Captive Marine Mammal Inventory

Abstract: This rule will revise and simplify criteria and procedures specific to permits for taking, transporting, importing, and

exporting protected species for public display, and provide convenient formats for reporting marine mammal captive holdings

and transports as required by amendments made in 1994 to the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1372(c)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 00/00/0000 

NPRM 07/03/2001 66 FR 35209 

NPRM Comment Period Extended 08/22/2001 66 FR 44109 

NPRM Comment Period End 09/04/2001 

NPRM Comment Period Extended 11/02/2001 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Dr. Michael Payne 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

P.O. Box 21668

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7235

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: michael.payne@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AS65

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Title: Fishery Management Plan for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico

Abstract: The purpose of this fishery management plan (FMP) is to develop a regional permitting process for regulating and

promoting environmentally sound and economically sustainable aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) exclusive economic

zone. This FMP consists of ten actions, each with an associated range of management alternatives, which would facilitate the

permitting of an estimated 5 to 20 offshore aquaculture operations in the Gulf over the next 10 years, with an estimated annual

production of up to 64 million pounds. By establishing a regional permitting process for aquaculture, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council will be positioned to achieve their primary goal of increasing maximum sustainable yield and optimum

yield of federal fisheries in the Gulf by supplementing harvest of wild caught species with cultured product.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 00/00/0000 

Notice of Availability 06/04/2009 74 FR 26829 

NOA Comment Period End 08/03/2009 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AU74

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Title: Effort Limitation for United States Commercial Fishing Vessels Targeting North Pacific Albacore Tuna

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service is considering regulations to fulfill the United States' obligation under InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) Resolution to cap effort in the North Pacific albacore surface hook-and-line

fishery managed under the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. The IATTC Resolution recommends that

member nations and cooperating parties take this action to address potential overfishing concerns for North Pacific albacore.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

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CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Mark Helvey 

Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

501 West Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach , CA 90802 

Phone: 562 980-4040

FAX: 562 980-4047

E-Mail: mark.helvey@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW38

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Title: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act Disaster

Assistance Programs

Abstract: In accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), as amended, and

the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (IFA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes regulations to govern the

application for and determination of commercial fishery failures as a basis for acquiring potential disaster assistance. The

regulations would establish definitions and characteristics of commercial fishery failures; serious disruptions affecting future

production, and harm incurred by fishermen; fishery resource disasters, requirements for initiating a review by NMFS; and the

administrative process it will follow in processing such applications. The intended effect of these procedures and requirements is

to clarify the fishery disaster assistance provisions of the MSA and the IFA through rulemaking and thereby facilitate the

processing of requests.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1861; 16 USC 4107

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 00/00/0000 

NPRM 01/15/2009 74 FR 2467 

NPRM Comment Period Extended 02/06/2009 74 FR 6257 

NPRM Comment Period End 02/17/2009 

NPRM Comment Period Extended End 04/20/2009 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Local; State; Tribal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

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Phone: 301 713-2334 

FAX: 301 713-0596

E-Mail: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX48

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Title: Revision of Shoreside Processor and Stationary Floating Crab Processor Crab Economic Data Reports (EDRs)

Abstract: Crab economic data reports (EDRs) were created to aid the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and NMFS

to assess the success of the Crab Rationalization (CR) Program. An EDR contains cost, revenue, ownership, and employment

data. These data are collected annually from the crab harvesting and processing sectors, including owners and lessees of

catcher vessels, catcher/processors, shoreside processors, and stationary floating crab processors. The data are used to study

the economic impacts of the CR Program on harvesters, processors, and communities. With limited exceptions, participation in

the data collection program is mandatory for all participants in the crab fisheries. Payment of fees and submission of an EDR

are application requirements that must be completed before a processor quota share or quota share (QS) holder may receive

individual processor quota (IPQ) or individual fishing quota (IFQ). This action would amend regulations in 50 CFR part 680 that

govern the requirements for an annual EDR. Currently, the 680 regulations state that on or before June 28 of each year, any

owner or leaseholder of a stationary floating crab processor (SFCP) or shoreside processor that processed crab from a CR

fishery must submit an EDR for annual data for the previous calendar year. A problem exists with this regulatory language that

results in exempting a few crab processors from the EDR requirement that shouldn't be exempt. A few SFCP or shoreside

processor owners or leaseholders with substantial shares of crab IPQ "purchase" crab but do not "process" the crab; they have

it all custom processed. These participants incur a number of substantial costs and revenues, which go unreported because

they avoid the "processing" trigger in the regulations. This rule would correct this by replacing the word "processed" with

"purchased" in paragraphs 680.6(f)(1) and 680.6(h)(1).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 680 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1862; PL 109-479; PL 109-241

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX64

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Title: Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, Rose Atoll Marine

National Monument

Abstract: NOAA and USFWS are issuing final regulations for the new Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific

Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and Rose Atoll Marine National Monument. This action codifies certain provisions

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set forth in Presidential Proclamations 8335, 8336, and 8337, issued on January 6, 2009, establishing the monuments. The

Proclamations specified certain provisions on governance of the monuments, including prohibitions on commercial fishing.

Additional prohibitions and regulations may be developed and codified at a later date.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 404 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801; 16 USC 431; 16 USC 460(k); 16 USC 668(dd)-(ee)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY87

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Title: Emergency Rule To Close a Portion of Federal Waters in the Gulf of Mexico in Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil

Spill

Abstract: An oil spill occurred on April 23, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 50 miles off of the Louisiana coast.

NOAA is estimating that oil leaking from the incident site may be as much as 5,000 barrels a day or more. Several agencies are

responding to the oil spill and conducting clean-up activities in the vicinity. To prevent interference with safety personnel, an

emergency rule is necessary to close the Federal Waters to all fishing activities near the incident site and the oil slick. Under

MSA 305(c), this emergency rule would remain in effect until the circumstances that created the emergency no longer exist.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Next Action Undetermined

1st Interim Final Rule Effective 05/03/2010 

1st Emergency Rule 05/06/2010 75 FR 24822 

2nd Emergency Rule 05/12/2010 75 FR 26679 

2nd Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 05/17/2010 

1st Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 06/11/2010 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal; Local; State

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

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Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY90

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Title: Emergency Action to Close Portions of Federal Waters in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing Activities in Response to the

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Abstract: On April 20, 2010, an incident involving a deepwater drilling platform occurred approximately 51 miles southeast of

Venice, Louisiana. Due to the inherent dangers associated with this emergency situation, for both the public and the response

personnel, NMFS is promulgating emergency regulations to restrict fishing activities in portions of the exclusive economic zone

(EEZ) affected by the oil spill. NMFS anticipates a potential need to adjust the spatial and temporal boundaries of the closed

area as conditions change to the extent of the oil pollution. Alternatives evaluated in the environmental assessment include a

(1) no action alternative to allow status quo fishing activities in the EEZ, and (2) an alternative to restrict fishing activities in

portions of the EEZ affected by the oil spill.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Next Action Undetermined

Temporary Rule; Emergency Action 1 05/14/2010 75 FR 27217 

Temporary Rule; Emergency Action 2 08/18/2010 75 FR 50934 

Temporary Rule; Emergency Action 4 12/08/2010 75 FR 76300 

Temporary Rule; Emergency Action 3 12/01/2010 75 FR 74648 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal; Local; State

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AY87

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA17

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Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Future of the Atlantic Shark Fishery

Abstract: NMFS is issuing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to provide background information and

request public comment on potential adjustments to the regulations governing the U.S. Atlantic shark fishery to address current

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fishery issues and to identify specific shark fishery goals for the future. NMFS is requesting public comment regarding the

potential implementation of changes to the quota and/or permit structure that are currently in place for the Atlantic shark fishery.

NMFS is also requesting comments on various catch share programs such as limited access privilege programs, individual

fishing quotas, and sectors for the Atlantic shark fishery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 971 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Next Action Undetermined

ANPRM 09/20/2010 75 FR 57235 

ANPRM Comment Period End 01/14/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Margo Schulze-Haugen 

Supervisory Fish Management Officer

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-0234

FAX: 301 713-1917

E-Mail: margo.schulze-haugen@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA59

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Title: Amendment 21 to the Snapper-Grouper Fishery Management Plan of the South Atlantic Region

Abstract: Amendment 21 examines measures to limit participation in the snapper grouper fishery including endorsements,

trip limits, and catch share programs.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2012 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

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E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA86

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Title: Emergency Rule To Revise Butterfish Specifications

Abstract: NMFS is issuing a final rule to issue emergency measures to increase the butterfish Acceptable Biological Catch

(ABC) from 1,500 mt to 1,811 mt. The butterfish ABC sets the butterfish mortality cap on the Loligo squid fishery. This

adjustment is based on best available science, and is intended to provide additional fishing opportunities to the Loligo fleet.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Next Action Undetermined

Emergency Rule 03/15/2011 76 FR 13887 

Emergency Rule Comment Period End 04/14/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Aja Peters-Mason Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Drive

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9195

E-Mail: aja.peters-mason@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AQ71

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Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals: Taking Marine Mammals Incidental To Conducting Oil and Gas Exploration

Activities in the Gulf of Mexico

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received an application from the Bureau of Ocean Energy

Management, Regulation and Enforcement (formerly the U.S. Minerals Management Service) for regulations under section

101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to authorize the taking of marine mammals incidental to conducting

oil and gas exploration activities by U.S. citizens in the Gulf of Mexico. Without this authorization, the taking of marine mammals

is prohibited by the MMPA. In order to authorize the taking and issuing of authorizations, NMFS must, through regulations,

determine that the proposed activity will have no more than a negligible impact on the affected species and stocks of marine

mammals.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1371(a)(5)(A)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/24/2011 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AR63

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Title: Maximize Retention and Monitoring Program in the Shore-Based Pacific Whiting Fishery

Abstract: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) at their October 21-25, 1996, meeting in San Francisco,

California, addressed the treatment and disposition of salmon in the groundfish trawl fisheries, specifically the shore-based

whiting fishery. At that meeting, the Pacific Council discussed the retention of salmon in the shore-based whiting fishery and

took action to maintain a viable shore-based whiting fishery by using exempted fishing permits (EFPs). These EFPs allowed the

shore-based whiting fleet to temporarily deliver unsorted catch to processing plants and provided for the monitoring of

incidentally taken salmon until a permanent monitoring program could be implemented. In keeping with the Pacific Council's

recommendation, NMFS is proceeding with implementing a monitoring program for the shore-based whiting fishery. This action

will aid in the sustainable management of Pacific Coast salmon and groundfish fisheries while providing an important economic

opportunity to those associated with the harvest, processing, and selling of whiting taken by the shore-based whiting fleet. The

need for implementing a permanent monitoring program in the shore-based Pacific whiting fishery is to provide for a full

retention fishery by enabling the shore-based whiting fleet, comprised exclusively of catcher vessels, to deliver unsorted catch to

processing plants. This practice is necessary to ensure that whiting landings are of market quality, while abiding by Federal

groundfish regulations and those implementing the Pacific Coast salmon and groundfish fishery management plans (FMPs).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/07/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: D. Robert Lohn 

Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

7600 Sand Point Way NE Building 1

Seattle , WA 48115-0070 

Phone: 206 526-6150

FAX: 206 526-6426

E-Mail: robert.lohn@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AT78

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Title: Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental To Deployment of a Naval At-Sea

Gunnery Scoring System

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received a request from the U.S. Navy for an authorization

under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to deployment of a Naval At-Sea

Gunnery Scoring System for the purpose of proficiency certification of U.S. Atlantic Fleet ships for naval surface fire support

both within and seaward of established military operating areas. As a result of this request, NMFS is proposing regulations that,

if implemented, would govern the incidental taking of marine mammals by the Navy. In order to promulgate regulations and

issue Letters of Authorization thereunder, NMFS must determine that these takings will have a negligible impact on the affected

species and stocks of marine mammals.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.101 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/11/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AT81

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Title: Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Naval Training Operations at the East

Coast Shallow Water Training Range

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received a request from the U.S. Navy for an authorization

under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to naval vessels conducting

shallow water anti-submarine training exercises in a specified area along the U.S. East Coast. As a result of this request, NMFS

is proposing regulations that, if implemented, would govern the incidental taking of marine mammals by harassment and nonserious auditory impairment. In order to promulgate regulations and issue Letters of Authorization thereunder, NMFS must

determine that these takings will have a negligible impact on the affected species and stocks of marine mammals.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.101 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/11/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

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Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AT82

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Title: Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Air Force Air-to-Surface Gunnery

Exercises in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received a request from the U.S. Air Force, Eglin Air Force

Base (AFB), for an authorization under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental

to conducting air-to-surface gunnery testing and training exercises from an AC-130 gunship within the waters of the northern

Gulf of Mexico adjacent to Eglin AFB. As a result of this request, NMFS will propose regulations that, if implemented, would

govern the incidental taking of marine mammals by Eglin AFB for this activity. In order to promulgate regulations and issue a

Letter of Authorization (LOA) thereunder, NMFS must determine that the takings will have a negligible impact on the affected

species and stocks of marine mammals.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.101 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/11/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AT83

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Title: Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Naval Explosives Ordnance Testing

and Training Exercises in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received a request from the U.S. Air Force, Eglin Air Force

Base (AFB) for an authorization under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to

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conducting naval explosives ordnance disposal school exercises within the waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico adjacent to

Eglin AFB. As a result of this request, NMFS will propose regulations that if implemented, would govern the incidental taking of

marine mammals by Eglin AFB for this activity. In order to promulgate regulations and issue a Letter of Authorization (LOA)

thereunder, NMFS must determine that the takings will have a negligible impact on the affected species and stocks of marine

mammals.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.101 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/11/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AU96

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Title: Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction of the Knik Arm Bridge, Anchorage, Alaska

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received a request from the Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority

for an authorization to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to construction of the Knik Arm Bridge in Alaska during

the period 2007 through 2012. In order to issue regulations and authorize the take, NMFS must determine that the taking will

have a negligible impact on the affected species and stocks of marine mammals, will not have an unmitigable adverse impact

on subsistence uses of marine mammals and will be at the lowest level practicable.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216.100 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Duplicate of RIN 0648-BA73 02/11/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal; State

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Duplicate of 0648-BA73

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV00

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Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Essential Fish Habitat

Abstract: This amendment would update Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS). This

amendment considers alternatives for different EFH identifications and descriptions, considers designating Habitat Areas of

Particular Concern (HAPCs), and analyzes fishing and non-fishing impacts on any resulting changes to EFH. EFH for Atlantic

HMS was originally identified and described in the 1999 Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and

Sharks, and in the 1999 Amendment 1 to the Atlantic Billfish FMP. As part of the 5-year review and update required by the EFH

regulatory guidelines, NMFS reviewed all new and existing EFH data in the Consolidated HMS FMP and determined that

changes to existing EFH may be warranted. This amendment would constitute the second phase of the 5-year review and

update by potentially modifying some of the existing EFH.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Intent 11/07/2006 71 FR 65087 

Notice of Intent Comment Period End 12/22/2006 

Notice of Availability for EIS 09/19/2008 73 FR 54384 

Notice of Availability for EIS Comment Period Extended 11/12/2008 73 FR 66844 

Notice of Availability for EIS Comment Period End 11/18/2008 

Notice of Availability for EIS Comment Period Extended End 12/12/2008 

Notice of Availability; Final Action 06/12/2009 74 FR 28018 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2334

FAX: 301 713-0596

E-Mail: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV51

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Title: Certification of Nations Whose Fishing Vessels Are Engaged in IUU Fishing or Bycatch of Protected Living Marine

Resources

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is establishing a process of identification and certification to

address illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) activities and bycatch of protected species in international fisheries. Nations

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whose fishing vessels engage, or have been engaged, in IUU fishing or bycatch of protected living marine resources would be

identified in a biennial report to Congress, as required under section 403 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Reauthorization Act (MSRA) of 2006 which amended the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act.

Under the final regulations, NMFS would subsequently certify whether identified nations have taken appropriate corrective action

with respect to the activities of its fishing vessels.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 1826(d) to1826(k)

Legal Deadline: Report on countries identified as having vessels engaged in IUU fishing.

Action Source Description Date

Other Statutory Report due to Congress 16 USC 1826h 01/12/2011 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 06/11/2007 72 FR 33436 

NPRM 01/14/2009 74 FR 2019 

NPRM Comment Period End 05/14/2009 

Final Action 01/12/2011 76 FR 2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AV23 Related Agencies: Common: AFA

Agency Contact: Christopher Rogers 

Division Chief

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-9090 Extension: 117 

FAX: 301 713-9106

E-Mail: christopher.rogers@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV67

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Title: Reorganization and Update of Federal West Coast Groundfish Regulations

Abstract: Several sections of the Federal groundfish regulations at 50 CFR 660 are outdated and should be updated. This

rulemaking corrects outdated regulatory references, updates Federal permit regulations at 660.331-.341 to reflect the closure of

the sablefish tier application period, and consolidates those regulations so that they read more clearly. This rulemaking also

updates participation rules for the tier sablefish fishery to reflect more recent changes in reporting technology. This rule is

needed to update the regulations so that they are more user-friendly for the regulated public.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/23/2011 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Barry Thom 

Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Building 1, 7600 Sand Point Way NE.

Seattle , WA 48115-0070 

Phone: 206 526-6150

FAX: 206 526-6426

E-Mail: barry.thom@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AV68

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Title: Marine Debris Definition

Abstract: The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were directed to jointly

promulgate a definition of marine debris for the purposes of 33 U.S.C. 1951.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 909; 33 CFR 151 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 33 USC 1951 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 05/27/2008 73 FR 30322 

NPRM Comment Period End 07/28/2008 

Final Action 09/03/2009 74 FR 45555 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 1625-AB24 Related Agencies: Joint: USCG

Agency Contact: Holly Bamford Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1305 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910-3282 

Phone: 301 713-2989 Extension: 106 

E-Mail: holly.bamford@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW24

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Title: Revise Regulations Governing the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program

Abstract: This rulemaking revises Federal regulations relevant to numerous administrative and procedural requirements

applicable to observer providers, observers, and industry participating in the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program.

Specifically, this action: Modifies the current permit issuance process so that observer and observer provider permit issuance is

a discretionary National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) decision; amends current Federal regulations addressing observer

behavior involving drugs, alcohol, and physical sexual conduct to remove NMFS oversight of observer behavior that does not

affect job performance; requires that observer providers submit policies related to these activities and continue to notify NMFS

upon learning of an incident; revises Federal regulations so that observer providers are allowed to provide observers or

technical staff for purposes of exempted fishing permits, scientific research permits, or other scientific research activities; revises

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the definition of "fishing day" in Federal regulations; requires observer providers to annually submit detailed economic

information to NMFS; specifies a date by which observers who have collected data in the previous fishing year would be

required to be available for debriefing; and implements housekeeping issues related to errors or clarifications in existing

regulations at 50 CFR 679.50.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679; 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 118 Stat 110; 16 USC 773 et seq; 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 3631 et seq; PL 108-199

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/30/2009 74 FR 50155 

NPRM Comment Period End 10/31/2009 

Final Action 11/10/2010 75 FR 69016 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW59

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Title: Take and Import Marine Mammals: Proposed Rule for Take of Marine Mammals Incidental to Routine Operations of 13

Power Generating Stations in Central and Southern California

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to govern the take of marine mammals by Level A

harassment (injury) and mortality from 13 power generating stations located on the coast of central and southern California

incidental to routine power plant operations for a period of five years, under the authority of section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act. Under that authority NMFS also must prescribe mitigation, monitoring, and reporting requirements in

connection with take authorizations. Incidental takings of marine mammals, including California sea lions, harbor seals, and

northern elephant seals can and do occur as a result of the operation of circulating water systems (CWS) by the electrical power

generation plants located on the coast of central and southern California described in the incidental take authorization

applications. These CWS are an integral part of these power stations that provide continuous cooling water necessary for power

generation and safety of the facility. The typical location of entrainment occurs as water is taken into the plant via submerged

structures or canals. Intake velocities may be strong enough to pull live animals into the plant, particularly if they are actively

seeking prey in the vicinity of intake structures. Confinement within intake plumbing could lead to confusion and panic,

especially for young, immature animals. If the animal is unable to escape, it could (1) drown or become fatally injured in transit

between intake and large sedimentation basins within the plants known as forebays; (2) survive the transit and succumb in the

forebay due to exhaustion, illness, or disease; or (3) survive the transit and be rescued by plant personnel using cages specially

designed for such an activity. It is also likely that previously dead animals may end up entrained as well.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

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Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/24/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: State

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: Yes

Agency Contact: Dr. Michael Payne 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

P.O. Box 21668

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7235

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: michael.payne@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AW80

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Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division Mission Activities

Abstract: On April 3, 2008, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received an application from the Navy requesting

an authorization for the take of 15 species/stocks of cetacean incidental to the proposed mission activities in the Naval Surface

Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) study area over the course of five years. These mission activities are

classified as military readiness activities. The purpose of the proposed mission activities is to enhance NSWC PCD's capability

and capacity to meet littoral and expeditionary warfare requirements by providing Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

(RDT&E) and in service engineering for expeditionary maneuver warfare, operations in extreme environments, mine warfare,

maritime operations, and coastal operations. The Navy states that these training activities may cause various impacts to marine

mammal species in the NSWC PCD study area. The Navy requests an authorization to take individuals of these cetacean

species by Level B Harassment. Further, the Navy requests an authorization to take 1 individual each of bottlenose, Atlantic

spotted, and pantropical spotted dolphins per year by injury, as a result of the proposed mission activities. NMFS is issuing a

proposed rule to govern the take of these marine mammals by Level B harassment (behavior) and Level A harassment (injury)

incidental to the aforementioned mission activities in the Naval NSWC PCD study area for a period of five years, under the

authority of section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Under that authority NMFS also must prescribe

mitigation, monitoring, and reporting requirements in connection with take authorizations.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 04/30/2009 74 FR 20156 

NPRM Comment Period End 06/01/2009 

Final Action 01/21/2010 75 FR 3395 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: Federal

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Dr. Michael Payne 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

P.O. Box 21668

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7235 

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FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: michael.payne@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX13

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Title: Guidance for the Limited Access Privilege Program Provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Reauthorization Act of 2006

Abstract: This rule will provide regions with interpretive guidance on the use of Limited Access Privilege Programs (LAPPs)

as fishery management tools. The guidance is intended to assist the fishery management councils and NMFS regional offices in

developing and implementing LAPPs.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 600 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/07/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Previously Reported as 0648-AV48

Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Room 13362, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2334

FAX: 301 713-0596

E-Mail: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX58

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Title: Marine Sanitation Device Discharge Regulations for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Abstract: This rulemaking implements vessel discharge regulations in Federal waters of the Florida Keys National Marine

Sanctuary (FKNMS) to achieve appropriate consistency with EPA No Discharge Zone regulations.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 922 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1439; 16 USC 1634

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/16/2009 74 FR 58923 

NPRM Comment Period End 02/17/2010 

Final Rule 11/26/2010 75 FR 72655 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Previously Reported as 0648-AV87

Agency Contact: Sean Morton 

Sanctuary Superintendent

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

33 East Quay Road

Key West , FL 33040 

Phone: 305 809-4696 

FAX: 305-293-5011

E-Mail: sean.morton@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX88

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Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Navy Training Activities Conducted Within the Northwest Training Range

Complex

Abstract: In September 2008, the U.S. Navy applied for 5-year regulations and a Letter of Authorization (LOA) to take

marine mammals incidental to conducting military readiness training in the NWTRC. LOAs issued under the regulations would

authorize the take of individuals of 26 species of marine mammals by harassment incidental to upcoming Navy training activities

to be conducted within the NWTRC over the course of 5 years and commencing in February 2010. NMFS considered a range

of mitigation measures and the proposed rule will include, among other measures, exclusion zones for explosives and shutdown

zones for sonar use. The proposed rule also includes a plan for monitoring the effects of this action along with an adaptive

management component that will allow for the modification of both mitigation and monitoring measures based on monitoring

results and new science.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 218 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 07/13/2009 74 FR 33828 

NPRM Comment Period Extended End 08/19/2009 

NPRM Comment Period Extended 08/12/2009 74 FR 40560 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/12/2009 

Final Action 11/10/2010 75 FR 69296 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332 

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AX90

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Title: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Navy Training Activities Conducted Within the Mariana Island Range Complex

Abstract: Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act directs the Secretary of Commerce to allow, upon

request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a

specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographical region if certain findings are made and

regulations are issued. Authorization shall be granted if NMFS finds that the taking will have a negligible impact on the species

or stock(s) and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or stock(s) for subsistence uses,

and sets forth the permissible methods of taking and requirements pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring and reporting of such

takings. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2004 (NDAA) (Pub. L. 108-136) removed the "small numbers" and "specified

geographical region" limitations for military readiness activities, such as the activities in this action. In September 2008, the U.S.

Navy applied for a Letter of Authorization (LOA) to take marine mammals incidental to training activities (including midfrequency sonar), maintenance, and RDT&E conducted at the Mariana Islands Range Complex (MIRC). This action would

consider whether to grant the Navy an LOA to conduct their activities.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 218 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/20/2009 74 FR 53796 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/19/2009 

Final Action 08/03/2010 75 FR 45527 

Additional Information: Agency Contact: Jolie M. Harrison Title: Biologist Telephone: (301) 71302289 x 166 Email:

jolie.harrison@noaa.gov

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

RIN Information

URL: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/incidental.htm

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY05

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Title: Regulatory Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico Modifying the Bajo

de Sico Seasonal Closure

Abstract: This rule modifies the seasonal closure of Bajo de Sico, an area off the west coast of Puerto Rico that has been

identified as critically important habitat for commercially exploited snappers and groupers. Current regulations prohibit all fishing

activities, including for Highly Migratory Species (HMS), from December 1 through the end of February each year, as well as

impose a year-round prohibition of bottom tending gear (i.e., traps, pots, gillnets, trammel nets, and bottom longlines). This

action prohibits fishing for and possession of council managed reef fish species from October 1 through March 31. Queen

Conch and coral reef resources are already prohibited year-round and will not be affected by this rule. Restrictions on bottomtending gear will also not be affected by this rule. A year-round prohibition of anchoring within Bajo de Sico will also be

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implemented through this rule to provide further protection of established essential fish habitat.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 07/28/2010 75 FR 44209 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/27/2010 

Final Action 11/02/2010 75 FR 67247 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY10

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Title: Amendment 17A to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

Abstract: The most recent red snapper stock assessment, completed February 2008, determined the species was

undergoing overfishing and was overfished. Biomass shows a sharp decline during the 1950s and 1960s, continued decline

during the 1970s, and stable but low levels since 1980. The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) is required by

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) to implement rebuilding plans for

overfished species. Therefore, Amendment 17A is being developed to establish a rebuilding plan and updated management

reference points for red snapper in the South Atlantic. Additionally, revisions to the Magnuson-Stevens Act in 2006 require that

by 2010, Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for fisheries determined by the Secretary to be subject to overfishing establish a

mechanism for specifying Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) at a level that prevents overfishing and does not exceed the

recommendations of the respective Councils Scientific and Statistical Committee or other established peer review processes.

These FMPs are also required to establish within this timeframe measures to ensure accountability. To comply with this

Magnuson-Stevens Act requirement, Amendment 17A would establish an ACL and accountability measures for red snapper, and

implement management measures to ensure harvest does not exceed the ACL.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline:

Action Source Description Date

Other Statutory ACLs for overfished species must be in place in the year 2010. 12/31/2010 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 07/29/2010 75 FR 44753 

NPRM 08/13/2010 75 FR 49447 

Notice of Availability Comment Period End 09/27/2010 

NPRM Comment Period End 09/27/2010 

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Final Action--Correction 03/09/2011 76 FR 12883 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

RIN Information URL: sero.nmfs.noaa.gov

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY11

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Title: Amendment 17B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

Abstract: Revisions to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) in 2006

require that by 2010, Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for fisheries determined by the Secretary to be subject to overfishing

establish a mechanism for specifying Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) at a level that prevents overfishing and does not exceed the

recommendations of the respective Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee or other established peer review processes.

These FMPs are also required to establish within this timeframe measures to ensure accountability. To comply with this

Magnuson-Stevens Act requirement Amendment 17B would: (1) Establish ACLs and accountability measures for snowy grouper,

speckled hind, Warsaw grouper, black grouper, red grouper, golden tilefish, black sea bass, gag, and vermilion snapper; (2)

implement management measures to ensure harvest of these snapper-grouper species does not exceed the ACLs; (3) specify

allocations for golden tilefish; and (4) modify the current snapper-grouper framework procedure to include ACLs, AMs, and

annual catch targets.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline:

Action Source Description Date

Other Statutory ACLs must be implemented during 2010. 12/31/2010 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 09/22/2010 75 FR 57734 

NPRM 10/12/2010 75 FR 62488 

Notice of Availability Comment Period End 11/22/2010 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/26/2010 

Final Rule 12/30/2010 75 FR 82280 

Correcting Amendment 03/08/2011 76 FR 12605 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

RIN Information URL: sero.nmfs.noaa.gov

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

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Phone: 727 824-5305 

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY16

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Title: Fishing Vessel, Fishing Facility and Individual Fishing Quota Lending Program Regulations

Abstract: This action provides regulations for the Fishing Vessel, Fishing Facility and Individual Fishing Quota Lending

Program (FFP). FFP lending can now finance sustainable fisheries efforts, including activities that assist in the transition to

reduced fishing capacity, technologies or upgrades to improve collection and reporting of fisheries data, to improve or reduce

adverse affects of fishing gear, or to improve safety. The FFP collects loan principal, interest and fees in order to repay monies

borrowed from the U.S. Treasury, and FFP lending maintains a negative subsidy under Federal Credit Reform Act. Additionally,

FFP maintains fixed interest rates that are comparable to those of private sector lenders; however the FFP allows borrowers to

prepay without penalty and may carry longer repayment periods that are more advantageous to borrowers. The FFP does not

make loans for new vessel construction nor for vessel refurbishments that would increase harvesting capacity. This action does

not substantively change eligibility or lending criteria. FFP applicants must continue to demonstrate they have the required

licenses or permits and that they will continue to comply with all applicable fisheries management measures. The FFP performs

due diligence investigations that check credit histories, fisheries violations records, criminal background, among others, to insure

borrowers use FFP loans to operate legally and in an environmentally sound manner. This action also includes eligibility criteria

and lending guidelines for two additional loan programs, lending for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries and lending

for entities who participate in the Alaska Region's Community Development Quota program.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 253 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1853a(g); 46 USC 53701 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 05/05/2010 75 FR 24549 

NPRM Comment Period Extension 08/25/2010 75 FR 52300 

NPRM Comment Period End 09/08/2010 

Final Action 12/16/2010 75 FR 78619 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Earl Bennett 

Program Leader

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

SSMC 3, 1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2390

FAX: 301 713-1306

E-Mail: earl.bennett@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY17

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Title: Maximized Retention Monitoring Program for Catcher Vessels in the Pacific Whiting Mothership Fishery in the Pacific

Coast Groundfish Fishery

Abstract: The action would implement a monitoring program for catcher vessels in the mothership sector of the Pacific

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whiting fishery off the coast of Washington, Oregon, and California. The monitoring program would consist of a camera and

other sensors to monitor fishing activity in order to maintain the integrity of the maximized retention requirements found at 50

CFR 660.306 (f)(7). Maximized retention encourages full retention of all catch while allowing minor discard events to occur. This

ensures that unsorted catch is available for observers to monitor on board the mothership processors and thereby maintains the

integrity of data collected under the observer program.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/07/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business;

Governmental Jurisdictions; Organizations Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AV72

Agency Contact: Frank Lockhart 

Program Analyst

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

7600 Sand Point Way NE.

Seattle , WA 98115 

Phone: 206 526-6142

FAX: 206 526-6736

E-Mail: frank.lockhart@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY21

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Title: Reduce Bycatch of Sea Turtles in the Bottom Longline Component of the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery

Abstract: This rule implements an area closure and associated gear restrictions applicable to the bottom longline component

of the reef fish fishery in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico to reduce incidental take and mortality of sea

turtles. Specifically, this rule prohibits the use of bottom longline gear for the harvest of reef fish shoreward of a line

approximating the 35-fathom depth contour in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and limits bottom longline vessels operating in the reef

fish fishery east of longitude 85"30'W to 1,000 hooks onboard, of which only 750 may be actively fished or rigged for fishing.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531; 16 USC 1361 et seq; 16 USC 1543, subpart B

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action Effective 10/16/2009 

Final Action 10/21/2009 74 FR 53889 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AX68; Related to 0648-

AX66

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Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY34

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Title: Amendment 94 for Bering Sea Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear Requirements, St. Matthew Island Habitat Conservation

Area Revision, and Modified Gear Trawl Zone

Abstract: This regulation implements Amendment 94 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). The regulation would require gear modification for nonpelagic trawl vessels targeting

flatfish in the Bering Sea subarea. The modified gear would have elevating devices on trawl sweeps to raise the sweeps off the

seafloor and reduce the potential impact on bottom habitat. This action also would change the Southern boundary of the

Northern Bering Sea Research Area to create the Modified Gear Trawl Zone, where anyone fishing with nonpelagic trawl gear

must use modified trawl sweeps. The regulation also would change the eastern boundary of the Saint Matthew Island Habitat

Conservation Area to further protect blue king crab habitat.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; 16 USC 3631 et seq; 16 USC 773 et seq; PL 108-447

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 06/29/2010 75 FR 37371 

NPRM 07/15/2010 75 FR 41123 

Notice of Availability Comment Period End 08/30/2010 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/30/2010 

Final Action 10/06/2010 75 FR 61642 

Final Action Effective 01/20/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY38

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Title: Regulatory Amendment To Revise Charter Halibut Logbook Submission Requirements

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Abstract: The rule clarifies and revises the charter halibut logbook submission requirements at 50 CFR part 300 to better

match the submission schedule and reporting format of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game saltwater charter logbook.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 2431 et seq; 31 USC 9701 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 04/27/2010 75 FR 22070 

NPRM Comment Period End 05/12/2010 

Final Rule 02/07/2011 76 FR 6567 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY42

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Title: Amendment 86 to the Fishery Management Plan for Gulf of Alaska Groundfish

Abstract: This action would add a Pacific cod endorsement on licenses issued under the license limitation program in specific

management areas if those licenses have been used on vessels that met minimum recent landing requirements using non-trawl

gear, commonly known as fixed gear. This action would provide exemptions to the requirements to hold a Pacific cod

endorsement for vessels that use jig gear, modify the maximum length designation on a specific set of fixed gear licenses, and

would allow entities representing specific communities to receive a limited number of fixed gear licenses with Pacific cod

endorsements for use on vessels designated by entities representing the communities. This action is intended to promote the

goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Fishery Management Plan, and

other applicable law.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 07/02/2010 75 FR 38452 

NPRM 07/23/2010 75 FR 43118 

Notice of Availability Comment Period End 08/31/2010 

NPRM Comment Period End 09/07/2010 

Final Action 03/22/2011 76 FR 15826 

Final Action Effective 04/21/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

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Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert D Mecum 

Deputy Acting Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 W. 9th Street Room 420

Juneau , AK 99802 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7249

E-Mail: robert.mecum@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY68

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Title: Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Amendments 20 and 21; Trawl Rationalization

Program

Abstract: The trawl rationalization program creates an individual fishing quota (IFQ) program for the shore-based trawl fleet;

and cooperative (coop) programs for the at-sea trawl fleet in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery. This rulemaking includes

regulations to implement Amendments 20 and 21 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP).

Amendment 20 creates the structure and management details of the trawl rationalization program, which would be a limited

access privilege program (LAPP) under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), as

reauthorized in 2007. Amendment 21, intersector allocation, allocates the groundfish stocks between trawl and non-trawl

fisheries.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 05/12/2010 75 FR 26702 

First NPRM 06/10/2010 75 FR 32994 

NPRM Correction 06/30/2010 75 FR 37744 

Notice of Availability Comment Period End 07/12/2010 

First NPRM Comment Period End 07/12/2010 

Second NPRM 08/31/2010 75 FR 53379 

Second NPRM Comment Period End 09/30/2010 

Correction to Initial Issuance Final Rule 11/01/2010 75 FR 67032 

First Final Rule 12/15/2010 75 FR 78344 

Second Final Action 12/20/2010 75 FR 79459 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business; Organizations Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AX98

Agency Contact: Frank Lockhart 

Program Analyst

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

7600 Sand Point Way NE.

Seattle , WA 98115 

Phone: 206 526-6142

FAX: 206 526-6736

E-Mail: frank.lockhart@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY69

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Title: List of Fisheries for 2011

Abstract: This action would publish the annual List of Fisheries (LOF), as required by section 118 of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act (MMPA). The LOF for 2011 reflects new information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine

mammals. The National Marine Fisheries Service must categorize each commercial fishery on the LOF into one of three

categories under the MMPA, based upon the levels of mortality and serious injury of marine mammals that occurs within each

fishery. The categorization of a fishery in the LOF determines whether participants in that fishery are subject to certain

provisions of the MMPA, such as registration, observer coverage, and take reduction plan requirements.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 229 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/25/2010 75 FR 36318 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/24/2010 

Final Rule 11/08/2010 75 FR 68468 

Final Rule Effective 01/01/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Melissa Andersen 

Fishery Biologist, Management

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2322 Extension: 173 

FAX: 301 713-2521

E-Mail: melissa.andersen@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY71

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Title: To Open a Portion of the Georges Bank Closed Area to the Harvest of Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs

Abstract: NMFS proposes to open a portion of the Georges Bank (GB) Closure Area, as specified at 50 CFR 648.73(a)(4),

to the harvest of Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The

FDA has indicated that recent testing of clams from the GB Closed Area known as Cultivator Shoal has demonstrated that PSP

toxin levels are well below the regulatory limit established for public health safety. As a result, the FDA has determined that

harvesting of surfclams and ocean quahogs for human consumption from the area described below is once again safe. The FDA

requests NMFS open the Federal waters south of 41" 40' N. latitude, west of 67" 55' W. longitude, north of 41" 25' N. latitude,

and east of 68" 25' W. longitude. The remaining portion of the GB Closure Area would remain closed.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

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Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/30/2010 75 FR 37745 

NPRM Comment Period End 07/30/2010 

Withdrawn 12/08/2010 75 FR 76351 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY75

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Title: Vessel Capacity Limits in the Purse Seine Fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Abstract: NMFS is proposing regulations under authority of the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to revise the vessel capacity

limit in the purse seine fishery operating in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) so it is consistent with the amount authorized by the

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) under IATTC Resolution C-02-03. For the United States, a vessel capacity

limit of 31,775 cubic meters, or 27,147 metric tons (mt), would be established per Resolution C-02-03. Currently, the U.S. fleet

capacity limit is 8,969 mt, or 10,498 cubic meters. This revision would ensure that the United States is satisfying its obligations

as a member of the IATTC and not exceeding its allotted capacity in the fishery, and that the U.S. industry is not being

unreasonably burdened if U.S. participation in the fishery in the EPO increased in the future. While an increase in U.S.

participation in this fishery would not be anticipated since currently only two purse seine vessels are on the IATTC Vessel

Register, and when excess U.S. capacity has been available in the past there has not been a surge to use this capacity by

outside vessels, there is a potential for an increase in fishing effort and resultant fishing mortality to target (i.e., yellowfin,

skipjack, and bigeye tunas) and non-target species in the purse seine fishery operating in the EPO. In addition, there is also the

potential for insignificant, positive socioeconomic impacts if the proposed action led to an increase in catch and revenue for

fishermen participating in the fishery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300.22 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 971 et seq; 16 USC 951 to 961

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/03/2010 75 FR 54078 

NPRM Comment Period End 10/04/2010 

Final Action 01/04/2011 76 FR 283 

Final Action Effective 02/03/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Heidi Hermsmeyer 

IATTC Coordinator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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501 West Ocean Boulevard

Long Beach , CA 90802 

Phone: 562 980-4036

FAX: 562 980-4047

E-Mail: heidi.hermsmeyer@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY84

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Title: Removal of Redundant Requirements for the American Fisheries Act

Abstract: This rule would remove the requirement in 50 CFR part 679 for the American Fisheries Act (AFA) cooperatives

participating in the Bering Sea pollock fishery to submit a preliminary annual report to the North Pacific Fishery Management

Council. Regulations currently require the AFA cooperatives to submit a preliminary annual report to the Council by December 1

of each year, and a final annual report by February 1 of the following year. Since implementation of the requirement in 2002,

the Council has found that the final annual report provides the Council with adequate information about the activities of the AFA

cooperatives, so a preliminary report is no longer necessary.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 12/20/2010 75 FR 79330 

NPRM Comment Period End 01/04/2011 

Final Action 03/09/2011 76 FR 12884 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AY28

Agency Contact: James Balsiger 

Administrator, Alaska Region

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 West Ninth Street

Juneau , AK 99801 

Phone: 907 586-7221

FAX: 907 586-7465

E-Mail: jim.balisger@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY86

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Title: Emergency Action To Revise the Fishing Year 2010 Pollock Catch Limits in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Abstract: An emergency action is being initiated to revise the fishing year 2010 pollock catch limits in the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery. Revision to the pollock catch limits for fishing year 2010 may be warranted based upon a new stock

assessment for pollock that will be completed in June 2010. This action is being initiated based upon preliminary information,

prior to completion of the pertinent stock assessment process (i.e., compilation of data, analysis, and peer review) in order to

expedite the implementation of any changes to catch limits that may be warranted.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

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CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Emergency Rule 07/20/2010 75 FR 41996 

Emergency Rule Comment Period End 08/19/2010 

Emergency Action, Extension 12/01/2010 75 FR 74661 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY89

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Title: Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery; 2010 Accountability

Measures for Greater Amberjack

Abstract: In accordance with the regulations regarding annual catch limits and accountability measures for greater amberjack

in the Gulf of Mexico, this temporary rule would adjust recreational and commercial quotas for the 2010 season. In addition, the

temporary rule would establish a closure date for the recreational fishery based on projections of when the adjusted recreational

quota will be met. The commercial fishery is monitored by NOAA Fisheries on a bi-weekly basis and will be closed once the

quota has been met. The intended effect of the temporary rule is to maintain the rebuilding plan targets for the overfished

greater amberjack and meet the regulatory requirements established in Amendment 30A to the fishery management plan.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Temporary Rule Effective 06/22/2010 

Temporary Rule 06/22/2010 75 FR 35335 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY91

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Title: Implementation of Procedures To Request Licenses and a System to Allocate Licenses Under the South Pacific Tuna

Treaty

Abstract: Under authority of the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (SPTA; 16 U.S.C. 973-973r), this rule modifies the

procedures used to request licenses for U.S. vessels in the western and central Pacific Ocean purse seine fishery, which is

managed under the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the

United States of America (Treaty). The rule also establishes a system for allocating licenses in the event more applications are

received than there are licenses available. The rule also modifies the SPTA implementing regulations to require that the vessel

monitoring system units carried on vessels licensed under the Treaty be type-approved by NMFS. The Treaty provides for the

issuance of 45 licenses, five of which are reserved for joint venture arrangements with one or more of the 16 Pacific Island

Parties to the Treaty. During the 22 years that the Treaty has been in effect, no joint venture licenses have been issued.

Licenses are issued by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), which acts as the Treaty administrator on behalf of

the Pacific Island Parties to the Treaty. License applications are first submitted to the NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office and

approved by the NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Administrator for forwarding to the FFA. The allocation system and

modifications to the license application procedures pertain only to the application process up to the point of approval by the

NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Administrator.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 973

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/28/2010 75 FR 36619 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/12/2010 

Final Rule 12/01/2010 75 FR 74640 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AW41

Agency Contact: Dr. Charles Karnella 

Pacific Islands Area Office

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Suite 1110, 1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814-4700 

Phone: 808 973-2985

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: charles.karnella@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY92

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Title: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Hawaii Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish; Measures To Rebuild Overfished

Armorhead at Hancock Seamounts

Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service and Western Pacific Fishery Management Council are amending the Fishery

Ecosystem Plan for the Hawaiian Archipelago. This action: (1) Continues a moratorium indefinitely on fishing for armorhead

(Pseudopentaceros wheeleri) until the stock is rebuilt; (2) establishes a minimum rebuilding time of 35 years for the U.S. portion

of the armorhead stock; and (3) classifies the portion of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone surrounding the Hancock

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Seamounts as an ecosystem management area.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Availability 08/19/2010 75 FR 51237 

NPRM 08/30/2010 75 FR 52921 

Notice of Availability Comment Period End 10/18/2010 

NPRM Comment Period End 10/14/2010 

Final Rule 11/10/2010 75 FR 69015 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY98

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Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 2011 Commercial Fishing Season and Adaptive Management for the Atlantic Shark

Fishery

Abstract: This rule would adjust quotas and opening dates for the 2011 fishing season for large coastal sharks (LCS), small

coastal sharks (SCS), and pelagic sharks managed the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) and its amendments. These measures are necessary to ensure that quotas are based upon the most

recent landings information and to account for over- or under-harvests from the 2010 fishing season. In addition to setting

annual quotas, adaptive management measures, such as delaying the fishing season, will be considered to ensure equitable

fishing opportunities for commercial shark fishermen in all regions and areas.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 635 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/20/2010 75 FR 57240 

NPRM Comment Period End 10/20/2010 

Final Action 12/08/2010 75 FR 76302 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Margo Schulze-Haugen 

Supervisory Fish Management Officer

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Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-0234

FAX: 301 713-1917

E-Mail: margo.schulze-haugen@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-AY99

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Title: Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Space Vehicle and

Missile Launch Operations at Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska

Abstract: NMFS has received an application from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) for authorization to take marine

mammals incidental to launching space launch vehicles, long range ballistic target missiles, and other smaller missile systems

at Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) for the period of February 2011 through February 2016.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 217 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1361

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice of Receipt 07/07/2010 75 FR 38991 

Notice of Receipt Comment Period End 08/06/2010 

NPRM 12/23/2010 75 FR 80773 

NPRM Comment Period End 01/24/2011 

Final Action 03/23/2011 76 FR 16311 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James H. Lecky 

Director, Office of Protected Resources

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-2332

FAX: 301 427-2520

E-Mail: jim.lecky@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA03

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Title: 2011 Specifications for the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery

Abstract: NMFS proposes specifications for the 2011 fishing year for Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish (MSB).

Regulations governing these fisheries require NMFS to publish proposed specifications for the upcoming fishing year and to

provide an opportunity for public comment. The intent of this action is to fulfill this requirement and to promote the development

and conservation of the MSB resources.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

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CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/17/2010 75 FR 70187 

NPRM Comment Period End 12/17/2010 

Final Action 02/14/2011 76 FR 8306 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA04

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Title: Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan To Set Total Allowable Catch for Red Grouper

Abstract: The 2009 update stock assessment of the red grouper stock indicated that although the stock continues to be

neither overfished or undergoing overfishing, the stock has declined since 2005. This decline was attributed to a 2005 episodic

mortality event resulting in a little over 20 percent mortalities. Therefore, there is a need to improve the stock condition to a level

where, at equilibrium, the stock can be harvested at optimum yield (OY). In addition, there is a need to implement rulemaking

resulting from this amendment prior to January 1, 2011. This is so the 2011 commercial red grouper quota can be set and allow

individual fishing quota (IFQ) shares to be adjusted to reflect any change in the total allowable catch (TAC). The purpose of this

regulatory amendment is to adjust TAC and the resulting commercial quota consistent with the goals and objectives of the

Council's reef fish management strategy and achieve the mandates of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/18/2010 75 FR 63780 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/02/2010 

Final Action 12/01/2010 75 FR 74656 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: State

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

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Phone: 727 824-5305 

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA08

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Title: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Framework Adjustment 21; Correction

Abstract: On June 28, 2010, NMFS published in the Federal Register the final rule to Framework Adjustment 21 (Framework

21) to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (FMP), that implemented management measures for the 2010 scallop

fishing year (FY). Following publication, NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) identified that the regulations

implemented through the Framework 21 contain a few inadvertent errors, omissions, and ambiguities that are inconsistent with

the information stated in the preamble of the final rule. In addition, this rule inadvertently deleted regulations pertaining to limited

access general category (LAGC) possession and landing limits, which were implemented through the final rule to Amendment

11 to the Scallop FMP that published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2008. This correcting amendment corrects these

errors and reinstates the Amendment 11 prohibitory language regarding LAGC possession and landing limits.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule, Correcting Amendment 10/18/2010 75 FR 63721 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AY43

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA16

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Title: Request for Comment on Discard Provision for Herring Midwater Trawl Vessels Fishing in Groundfish Closed Area I

Abstract: This action seeks additional public comment on a provision of the regulations implemented by a November 2,

2009, final rule (74 FR 56562). The specific provision allows a midwater trawl vessel with an All Areas and/or Areas 2 and 3

Atlantic herring limited access permit fishing in Northeast multispecies Closed Area I to release fish that cannot be pumped from

the net and, thus, remain in the net at the end of pumping operations, without those fish being sampled by a NMFS at-sea

observer. Based on comments received, NMFS may keep the current provision unchanged, modify the provision, or remove the

provision entirely. This action is part of a Court approved joint motion to stay in the case of Taylor et al. v Locke (No. 09-CV02289-HHK).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

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CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: Deadline set by judicial order.

Action Source Description Date

NPRM Judicial Proposed Rule Deadline 09/01/2010 

Other Judicial Final Rule Deadline 11/30/2010 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/07/2010 75 FR 54292 

NPRM Comment Period End 10/07/2010 

Final Action 11/30/2010 75 FR 73979 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AX93

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA19

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Title: Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Hawaii-Based Shallow-Set Longline Fishery; Court Order

Abstract: This final rule revises the annual number of allowable incidental interactions that may occur between the Hawaiibased pelagic shallow-set longline fishery and loggerhead sea turtles. This final rule is a result of a settlement approved by the

U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii that directs NMFS to revise the annual interaction limit for loggerhead turtles from 46

to 17. The intent of this final rule is to ensure that the fishery complies with the Court Order.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Direct Final Rule-Court Ordered 03/11/2011 76 FR 13297 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AW49

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

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FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA25

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Title: Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan

Abstract: NMFS proposes to approve and implement changes to the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan (Plan) for the

International Pacific Halibut Commission's (IPHC) regulatory Area 2A off Washington, Oregon, and California (Area 2A). NMFS

proposes to implement the portions of the Plan and management measures that are not implemented through the IPHC, which

includes the sport fishery management measures for Area 2A. These actions are intended to enhance the conservation of

Pacific halibut, to protect yelloweye rockfish and other overfished groundfish species from incidental catch in the halibut

fisheries, and to provide greater angler opportunity where available.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 773 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 01/18/2011 76 FR 2871 

NPRM Comment Period End 02/02/2011 

Final Action 03/16/2011 76 FR 14300 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Sarah Joy McAvinchey 

Fishery Biologist

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

7600 Sand Point Way NE. Building 1

Seattle , WA 98115 

Phone: 206 526-4323

FAX: 206 526-6736

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA28

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Title: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; October 2010 Inseason

Adjustments to Fishery Management Measures

Abstract: This rule takes routine and frequent action to modify the 2009 to 2010 Pacific coast groundfish harvest

specifications and management measure that published in the Federal Register on March 6, 2010 (74 FR 9874).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

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Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule--Inseason Action 10/04/2010 75 FR 61102 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0648-AX24; Related to 0648-

AY94

Agency Contact: Frank Lockhart 

Program Analyst

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

7600 Sand Point Way NE.

Seattle , WA 98115 

Phone: 206 526-6142

FAX: 206 526-6736

E-Mail: frank.lockhart@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA29

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Title: Emergency Rule To Suspend Some Regulatory Requirements of the Groundfish Retention Standard Program in the

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area

Abstract: Through this emergency rule, NMFS is suspending the groundfish retention standard (GRS) program in the Bering

Sea and Aleutian Island management area for trawl catcher/processor vessels (C/Ps) that are not listed in the American

Fisheries Act (AFA) as catcher/processors at 50 CFR 679.4(l)(2)(i), referred to throughout this rule as non-AFA trawl C/Ps. The

GRS program was implemented to increase the retention and utilization of groundfish caught by the non-AFA trawl C/Ps and

respond to bycatch reduction goals described in National Standard 9. An emergency exists because the regulatory stipulations

used to monitor and enforce the 85 percent GRS established for 2011 require a level of retention much higher than that

intended by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, could undermine fishing cooperative formation activities because

some vessels are unable to meet this retention standard, and could require other vessels to operate in a manner that is

economical unviable or stop fishing altogether. Further, the enforcement costs of the GRS program have escalated with

application of the GRS to fishing cooperative(s) and undermine effective enforcement and prosecution of non-compliance. This

emergency rule is necessary to suspend the regulatory provisions of the GRS program and allow non AFA trawl C/Ps to

maintain ongoing incentives to minimize groundfish discard through cooperative agreements. This action is intended to promote

the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Fishery Management Plan

for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutians Islands Area, and other applicable law.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Emergency Rule 12/15/2010 75 FR 78172 

Emergency Rule Comment Period End 01/14/2011 

Final Action 03/21/2011 76 FR 17789 

Final Action Effective 05/02/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: James Balsiger 

Administrator, Alaska Region

Department of Commerce

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

709 West Ninth Street

Juneau , AK 99801 

Phone: 907 586-7221 

FAX: 907 586-7465

E-Mail: jim.balisger@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA32

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Title: New Control Date for the King and Spanish Mackerel of the South Atlantic

Abstract: NMFS announces that it is establishing a new control date to control future access to the king and Spanish

mackerel components of the coastal migratory pelagic fishery operating in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South

Atlantic. If changes to the management regime are developed and implemented under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), a control date could be used to further limit the number of

participants in the fishery. This announcement is intended, in part, to promote awareness of the potential eligibility criteria for

future access so as to discourage speculative entry into the fishery while the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council

(Council) and NMFS consider whether and how access to the fishery should be controlled.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action--Control Date 01/31/2011 76 FR 5326 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305 

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA33

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Title: Establish a New Control Date for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic

Abstract: NMFS announces that it is establishing a new control date to control future access to the snapper-grouper fishery

operating in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. If changes to the management regime are developed and

implemented under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), a control date

could be used to further limit the number of participants in the fishery. This announcement is intended, in part, to promote

awareness of the potential eligibility criteria for future access so as to discourage speculative entry into the fishery while the

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and NMFS consider whether and how access to the snapper-grouper

fishery should be controlled.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

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Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action--Control Date 01/31/2011 76 FR 5325 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA39

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Title: Bluefin Tuna Bycatch Reduction in the Gulf of Mexico Pelagic Longline Fishery

Abstract: This rule will consider requiring the use of weak hooks by pelagic longline (PLL) vessels fishing in the Gulf of

Mexico. The dual intent of this rule is to provide a new gear technology for PLL vessels to continue routine fishing operations in

the Gulf of Mexico on directed fisheries such as yellowfin tuna while increasing the live release of incidentally caught Atlantic

bluefin tuna to further stock recovery of this historically overfished species.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 639 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 01/13/2011 76 FR 2313 

NPRM Comment Period End 02/12/2011 

Final Action 04/05/2011 76 FR 18653 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Margo Schulze-Haugen 

Supervisory Fish Management Officer

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1315 East-West Highway

Silver Spring , MD 20910 

Phone: 301 713-0234

FAX: 301 713-1917

E-Mail: margo.schulze-haugen@noaa.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA44

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Title: Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; December 2010 Inseason

Adjustments to Fishery Management Measures

Abstract: On March 6, 2009, NMFS published a final rule to implement the 2009 to 2010 West Coast groundfish harvest

specifications and management measures (74 FR 9874). This action takes routine and frequent management action to modify

harvest specifications and management measures to meet the mandates outlined by the Magnuson Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq; MSCFMA

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action--Inseason Adjustment 12/03/2010 75 FR 75417 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Frank Lockhart 

Program Analyst

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

7600 Sand Point Way NE.

Seattle , WA 98115 

Phone: 206 526-6142

FAX: 206 526-6736

E-Mail: frank.lockhart@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA57

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Title: Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish; Inseason Action for Early in 2011, Effective March 1, 2011

Abstract: On March 6, 2009, NMFS published a final rule to implement the 2009 to 2010, and beyond West Coast

groundfish harvest specifications and management measures (74 FR 9874). This action takes routine and frequent

management action to modify harvest specifications and management measures to meet the mandates outlined by the

Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 660 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action--Inseason Adjustment 03/02/2011 76 FR 11381 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Frank Lockhart 

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Program Analyst

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

7600 Sand Point Way NE.

Seattle , WA 98115 

Phone: 206 526-6142

FAX: 206 526-6736

E-Mail: frank.lockhart@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA58

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Title: Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Hawaii Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries; Modification to Advance

Notification Period for Fishery Closures

Abstract: NMFS proposes to modify the advance notification period when closing the Hawaii bottomfish fishery from 14 days

to 7 days.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 665 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 02/14/2011 76 FR 8330 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/01/2011 

Final Action 03/21/2011 76 FR 15222 

Final Action Effective 04/20/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Alvin Katekaru 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1601 Kapiolani Boulevard

Honolulu , HI 96814 

Phone: 808 944-2207

FAX: 808 973-2941

E-Mail: alvin.katekaru@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA83

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Title: Control Date for the Golden Crab Fishery in the South Atlantic

Abstract: The purpose of this action is to establish a control date of December 7, 2010, for the golden crab fishery.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801

Legal Deadline: None

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Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action--ANPRM for a Control Date 03/21/2011 76 FR 15275 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Roy E Crabtree 

Southeast Regional Administrator

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg , FL 33701 

Phone: 727 824-5305

FAX: 727 824-5308

E-Mail: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) RIN: 0648-BA88

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Title: A Control Date for the Purpose of Limiting Excessive Accumulation of Control of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Abstract: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) voted at its January 2011, meeting to establish a control

date for accumulation limits in the NE multispecies fishery. This Federal Register document will establish the control date as the

date of publication in the Federal Register, and promote awareness of the potential development of management measures that

would restrict excessive consolidation in the fishery and to discourage speculative behavior in the market for quota or days-atsea while the Council considers whether and how management measures should be developed.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action--Control Date 04/07/2011 76 FR 19305 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul 

Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

55 Great Republic Way

Gloucester , MA 01930 

Phone: 978 281-9200

FAX: 978 281-9117

E-Mail: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AB55

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Title: Changes to Representation of Others Before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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Abstract: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) amends its regulations to update the procedures regarding

enrollment and discipline. The office also replaces the current USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility, which is based on

the Model Code of Professional Responsibility of the American Bar Association, with USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct,

which are based largely on the Model Rules of Professional Conduct of the American Bar Association.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1; 37 CFR 2; 37 CFR 10; 37 CFR 11 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal

Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 5 USC 500(a); 35 USC 2(b)(2)(D)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 12/12/2003 68 FR 66648 

NPRM Comment Period End 02/12/2004 

Notice 03/03/2004 69 FR 9986 

Notice Comment Period End 06/11/2004 

Final Action - Part I 06/24/2004 69 FR 35428 

Supplemental NPRM (Disciplinary) 02/28/2007 72 FR 9196 

NPRM Comment Period End (Disciplinary) 05/29/2007 

Final Rule (Disciplinary) 08/14/2008 73 FR 47650 

Final Action Effective (Disciplinary) 09/15/2008 

Final Rule; Correction (Disciplinary) 10/09/2008 73 FR 59513 

Final Rule (Annual Fee) 11/17/2008 73 FR 67750 

Second NPRM (Ethics) 08/00/2011 

Final Rule; Correcting Amendment (Disciplinary) 05/00/2012 

Final Rule (Ethics) 11/00/2013 

Additional Information: See 69 FR 9986-9987. Final rules: disciplinary; annual fee; continuing education; ethics.

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0651-AB38

Agency Contact: Harry I. Moatz 

Director, Office of Enrollment and Discipline

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313 

Phone: 571 272-4097

FAX: 571 273-6069

E-Mail: harry.moatz@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC35

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Title: Changes to Rules of Practice Before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), is taking this

action to revise the Trademark Rules of Practice (37 CFR Part 2) to set forth requirements for service of notices of opposition to

applications for trademark registration and of petitions to cancel trademark registrations. The purpose of these service rules is to

codify and clarify current practice. This action would also codify and revise certain rules by which parties in opposition,

cancellation, and concurrent use proceedings (inter partes proceedings) before the TTAB can make of record, by means of

notice of reliance, various types of materials as evidence. Further, this action will revise and clarify rules specifying what

materials are automatically of record as evidence in inter partes and therefore need not be made of record by any party to a

proceeding.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

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Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.101; 37 CFR 2.111; 37 CFR 2.122 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal

Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 15 USC 1123; 35 USC 2

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 08/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 10/00/2011 

Final Rule 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Gerard F. Rogers 

Acting Chief Administrative Trademark Judge

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria , VA 22313-1415 

Phone: 571 272-4299

E-Mail: gerard.rogers@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC38

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Title: Requirements for Amendments After Publication

Abstract: This action amends 37 CFR (part 2) to mandate that a proposed amendment of a trademark application after its

approval for publication be filed electronically, using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). The rationale for

requiring filing by TEAS stems from the time-sensitive nature of amendments to an application at this point in the process, and

the need for the USPTO to receive and process such proposed amendments as quickly as possible.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 15 USC 1123; 35 USC 2

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Cynthia C. Lynch 

Administrator for Trademark Examination Policy

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria , VA 22313-1451 

Phone: 571 272-8742

FAX: 571 273-8742

E-Mail: cynthia.lynch@uspto.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC40

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Title: Sound Marks

Abstract: The Office amends 37 CFR (part 2) to set forth the requirements for applying to register a sound mark.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 15 USC 1123; 35 USC 2

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 02/00/2012 

NPRM Comment Period End 04/00/2012 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Cynthia C. Lynch 

Administrator for Trademark Examination Policy

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria , VA 22313-1451 

Phone: 571 272-8742

FAX: 571 273-8742

E-Mail: cynthia.lynch@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC41

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Title: Revival and Reinstatement of Abandoned Applications

Abstract: The Office amends 37 CFR (part 2) to revise the requirements for reviving a trademark application and to set forth

the requirements for reinstating abandoned applications.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.66 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 15 USC 1123; 37 USC 2

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

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International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Cynthia C. Lynch 

Administrator for Trademark Examination Policy

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria , VA 22313-1451 

Phone: 571 272-8742

FAX: 571 273-8742

E-Mail: cynthia.lynch@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC43

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Title: Revision of USPTO Fees for Fiscal Year 2011

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) takes this action to adjust certain patent and trademark

fee amounts set in the aggregate to recover the estimated cost to the USPTO for processing activities and services and

materials relating to patents and trademarks, respectively, including proportionate shares of the administrative costs of the

USPTO.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.16; 37 CFR 1.17; 37 CFR 1.18; 37 CFR 1.20; 37 CFR 1.492; 37 CFR 41.20 (To search for a

specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 41, 119, 120, 132(b) and 376; PL 109-383; PL 110-116; PL 110-137; PL 110-149; PL 110-161;

PL 110-5; PL 110-92

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0651-AC42

Agency Contact: Walter Schlueter 

Budget Analyst-Fees and Forecasting

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313 

Phone: 571 272-6299

FAX: 571 273-6299

E-Mail: walter.schlueter@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC44

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Title: Revision of USPTO Fees for Fiscal Year 2012

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) takes this action to adjust certain patent fee amounts for

fiscal year 2012 to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The patent statute

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provides for the annual CPI-U adjustment of patent fees set by statute to recover the higher costs associated with doing

business.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.17(a(1-5)); 37 CFR 1.17(e); 37 CFR 1.17(l); 37 CFR 1.17(m); 37 CFR 1.17(r-t); 37 CFR 1.16(a-e)

and 1.16(h-s); 37 CFR 1.18 (a-c); 37 CFR 1.20 (c(3-4)); 37 CFR 1.20 (e-g); 37 CFR 1.492(a); 37 CFR 1.492(b(2-4)); 37 CFR

1.492(c)(2); 37 CFR 1.492(d-f); 37 CFR 1.492(j); 37 CFR 41.20 (b(1-3)) (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of

Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 119; PL 109-383; PL 110-116; PL 110-137; PL 110-149; PL 110-161; PL 110-5; PL 110-92; 35

USC 376; 35 USC 120; 35 USC 41; 35 USC 132(b)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/2011 

Final Action 07/00/2011 

Final Action Effective 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0651-AC42; Related to 0651-

AC43

Agency Contact: Walter Schlueter 

Budget Analyst-Fees and Forecasting

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313 

Phone: 571 272-6299

FAX: 571 273-6299

E-Mail: walter.schlueter@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC49

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Title: Requirement for More Than One Specimen per Class and for Additional Information and Exhibits

Abstract: The Office proposes to amend 37 CFR (parts 2 and 7) to require the submission of as many specimens as may be

necessary, and any additional information and exhibits that may be reasonably necessary, for the proper examination of an

application under 15 USC 1051, an amendment to allege use under 37 CFR 2.76, a statement of use under 37 CFR 2.88, an

affidavit or declaration of use or excusable nonuse under 37 CFR 2.161 or 7.37, and an amendment of a registration under 37

CFR 2.173(b)(3).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.161; 37 CFR 2.173(b)(3; 37 CFR 2.56; 37 CFR 7.37 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of

Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 15 USC 1123; 35 USC 2

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

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Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Cynthia C. Lynch 

Administrator for Trademark Examination Policy

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria , VA 22313-1451 

Phone: 571 272-8742

FAX: 571 273-8742

E-Mail: cynthia.lynch@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC50

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Title: Paper Filing Surcharge

Abstract: The Office proposes to amend 37 CFR (parts 2 and 7) to require a surcharge for any filing submitted on paper

when a Trademark Electronic Application System form exists for the filing.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.23; 37 CFR 2.24; 37 CFR 2.6; 37 CFR 2.62; 37 CFR 2.66; 37 CFR 2.68; 37 CFR 2.74; 37 CFR

2.76; 37 CFR 2.87 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 15 USC 112; 35 USC 2

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Cynthia C. Lynch 

Administrator for Trademark Examination Policy

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria , VA 22313-1451 

Phone: 571 272-8742

FAX: 571 273-8742

E-Mail: cynthia.lynch@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC54

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Title: Revision of United States Patent and Trademark Office Fees for Fiscal Year 2013

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) takes this action to adjust certain patent and trademark

fee amounts set in the aggregate to recover the estimated cost to the USPTO of processing activities and services and

materials relating to patents and trademarks, respectively, including proportionate shares of the administrative costs of the

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USPTO.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.16 (h-g); 37 CFR 1.16(a-e); 37 CFR 1.17 (r-t); 37 CFR 1.17(a)(1-5); 37 CFR 1.17e(l-m); 37 CFR

1.18(a-c); 37 CFR 1.20(c(3-4; 37 CFR 1.492(a); 37 CFR 1.492(b2-4; 37 CFR 1.492(c)(2; 37 CFR 1.492(d-t); 37 CFR 41.20(b1-

3 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 41; 35 USC 119; PL 110-92; 35 USC 120; 35 USC 132(b); PL 110-5; 35 USC 376; PL 110-161;

PL 109; PL 110-137; PL 110-149

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 12/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 02/00/2012 

Final Action 09/00/2012 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0651-AC44

Agency Contact: Walter Schlueter 

Budget Analyst-Fees and Forecasting

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313 

Phone: 571 272-6299

FAX: 571 273-6299

E-Mail: walter.schlueter@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC55

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Title: Revision of United States Patent and Trademark Office Fees for Fiscal Year 2013

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) takes this action to adjust certain patent fee amounts for

fiscal year 2013 to reflect fluctuations in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The patent statute

provides for the annual CPI-U adjustment of patent fees set by statute to recover the higher costs associated with doing

business.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.16 to 18; 37 CFR 1.20; 37 CFR 1.492; 37 CFR 41.20 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code

of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 376; PL 110-161; 35 USC 41; 35 USC 119; PL 110-149; 35 USC 120; 35 USC 132(b); PL 109-

383; PL 110-116; PL 110-137; PL 110-5; PL 110-92

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 05/00/2012 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0651-AC43; Related to 0651-

AC44

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Agency Contact: Kyu S. Lee 

Associate Counsel

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

Office of the General Counsel Madison West, 8th Floor

Alexandria , VA 22313 

Phone: 571 272-6421

FAX: 571 273-0099

E-Mail: lee.kyu@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC37

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Title: Rules of Practice Before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Ex Parte Appeals; Request for Comments

and Notice of Roundtable

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is modifying the current rules of practice with respect to

ex parte appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. For example, this action: (1) Revises the rule so that

the Board will presume that an appeal is taken from the rejection of all claims under rejection unless cancelled by an

amendment filed by appellant; (2) revises the rule so that the Board will take jurisdiction upon the filing of a reply brief or the

expiration of time in which to file such a reply brief, whichever is earlier; (3) deletes many of the appeal brief requirements and

modifying the rules to make other requirements more flexible; (4) requires the examiner to designate any rejection in the answer

that relies upon new evidence as a new ground of rejection; (5) allows an appellant to await a decision on a petition seeking

review of an examiner's failure to designate a rejection in the answer as containing a new ground of rejection prior to filing a

reply brief; and (6) eliminates the examiner's response to a reply brief.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 41 A and B; 37 CFR 1.197 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 132 to 134; 35 USC 2(b)(2); 35 USC 305 and 306; 35 USC 6(6); 35 USC 6(b)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

ANPRM 12/22/2009 74 FR 67987 

Second ANPRM 02/01/2010 75 FR 5012 

ANPRM Comment Period End 02/12/2010 

Second ANPRM Comment Period End 02/26/2010 75 FR 5012 

NPRM 11/15/2010 75 FR 69828 

NPRM Comment Period End 01/14/2011 

Final Action 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0651-AC12

Agency Contact: Linda Horner 

Administrative Patent Judge

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria , VA 22313 

Phone: 571 272-9797

FAX: 571 273-0042

E-Mail: linda.horner@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC39

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Title: Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments

Abstract: The Office amends 37 CFR (part 2) to conform to the Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of

2010.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 7 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 15 USC 1123; 35 USC 2

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 06/24/2010 75 FR 35973 

Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 08/23/2010 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Final Action Effective 07/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Cynthia C. Lynch 

Administrator for Trademark Examination Policy

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria , VA 22313-1451 

Phone: 571 272-8742

FAX: 571 273-8742

E-Mail: cynthia.lynch@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC42

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Title: Interim Increase on Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2011

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is proposing an interim increase on certain patent fees to

fund the requirements for putting the USPTO on a sustainable path to fund agency operations, reduce patent inventory and

pendency, and invest in information technology.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.16 to 18; 37 CFR 1.20; 37 CFR 1.492; 37 CFR 41.20 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code

of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: PL 110-137; PL 110-149; PL 110-161; PL 110-5; PL 110-92; 35 USC 376; 35 USC 132(b); 35 USC 120;

35 USC 119; 35 USC 41; PL 109-383; PL 110-116

Legal Deadline: 

Action Source Description Date

Other Statutory 10 days after enactment of 2011 Appropriations Act. 09/00/2011 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Business Government Levels Affected: No

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Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0651-AC43

Agency Contact: Walter Schlueter 

Budget Analyst-Fees and Forecasting

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313 

Phone: 571 272-6299

FAX: 571 273-6299

E-Mail: walter.schlueter@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC19

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Title: Changes To Implement Electronic Patent Publication

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is revising the rules of practice to implement electronic

patent publication. The electronic patent publication process would permit the Office to issue patents and reexamination

certificates, publish statutory invention registrations more quickly, and reduce the pendency of the application or reexamination

proceeding by about two weeks. The electronic patent publication process would also increase the accessibility of patents and

reexamination certificates. A copy of the patent including the cover sheet and the reexamination certificate(s), if applicable,

would be electronically available upon the issuance. The patentees, the requesters and any member of the public would be able

to view and print a copy of the patent including the cover sheet in color, the reexamination certificate(s), and statutory invention

registrations through the Patent Application Image Retrieval (PAIR) system. The Office would no longer provide a ribbon copy of

the letters patent, paper copy of a reexamination certificate(s), paper copy of a statutory invention registration or paper copy of

a certificate of correction to the patentee or the requester. The Office is proposing to amend the rules to provide that patentees

may request paper bound copies of a patent including the cover sheet for a fee.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Joni Y. Chang 

Senior Legal Advisor

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P. O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313-1450 

Phone: 571 272-7720

FAX: 571 273-7720

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC27

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Title: Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office

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Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is amending its rules of practice to limit the types of

correspondence that may be submitted to the USPTO by facsimile. The USPTO would also implement a higher minimum font

size for use on paper submitted to the USPTO for a patent application or reexamination proceeding, and to clarify that papers

that are to become part of the file of a patent application or reexamination proceeding must be readily readable. These changes

will improve the legibility of documents in the USPTO's file of patent applications and reexamination proceedings.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1; 37 CFR 2; 37 CFR 3 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 00/00/0000 

NPRM 08/06/2008 73 FR 45662 

NPRM Comment Period End 10/06/2008 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Joni Y. Chang 

Senior Legal Advisor

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P. O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313-1450 

Phone: 571 272-7720

FAX: 571 273-7720

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC32

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Title: Revision of Fees for Application for Registration and for Registration

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office is taking this action to revise existing fees to recover the estimated

average cost of processing applications for registration as well as for the registration process.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1.21(a)(1); 37 CFR 1.21(a)(2) (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)(D); 35 USC 41(d)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 10/00/2012 

NPRM Comment Period End 12/00/2012 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Harry I. Moatz 

Director, Office of Enrollment and Discipline

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313 

Phone: 571 272-4097 

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FAX: 571 273-6069

E-Mail: harry.moatz@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC45

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Title: Changes to Streamline the Electronic Priority Document Exchange Program

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) proposes to revise the rule of practice to streamline the

priority document exchange process by providing as a default that the filing of a subsequent application with a foreign or

international intellectual property office that claims priority to a U.S. application will be considered an authorization for the Office

to provide access to the U.S. application to participating intellectual property offices. The changes would reduce request failures.

Applicants who do not want the filing of a subsequent application with a foreign or international intellectual property office that

claims priority to a U.S. application to be considered an authorization for the Office to provide access to the U.S. application to

participating intellectual property offices may opt out by filing a notice to that effect with the Office.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Joni Y. Chang 

Senior Legal Advisor

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P. O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313-1450 

Phone: 571 272-7720

FAX: 571 273-7720

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC47

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Title: Changes to Information Disclosure Statement Practice Regarding Timeliness Statement and Submission of Copies

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) revises information disclosure statement practice to

provide applicants an additional opportunity to file an information disclosure statement (IDS) without needing to file a fee before

the close of prosecution, or a request for continued examination (RCE) after the close of prosecution. In place of filing the fee or

RCE, applicants will be able to submit a statement identifying that the IDS contains only information that was cited in a

communication from the Office in another U.S. nonprovisional application. The Office is also revising IDS practice to eliminate

the copy requirement for published U.S. nonprovisional applications and Office communications issued in published U.S.

nonprovisional applications that are listed in an IDS. The changes in this notice reduce some of the burden related to the citation

of Office actions and related information in an application. While this is a first step in improving IDS practice, the Office

appreciates that there are further steps that could be taken to reduce the burden of IDS practice for both applicants and the

Office. Therefore, the Office is inviting public comment on any aspect of IDS practice that can be improved.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

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Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Joni Y. Chang 

Senior Legal Advisor

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P. O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313-1450 

Phone: 571 272-7720

FAX: 571 273-7720

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC48

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Title: Changes to Implement Optional Pre-Appeal Brief Procedures for Patent Applications

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented the pre-appeal brief conference pilot

program in which applicant has an option to request that a panel of experienced examining staff conducts a detailed review of

the rejections of record before the actual filing of an appeal brief if applicant feels that the examiner's rejections are clearly not

proper and are without basis. The USPTO is proposing to make permanent the pre-appeal brief conference pilot program, and

to provide an additional optional procedure in which applicant may present oral arguments to a panel of experienced examining

staff before the pre-appeal brief conference is conducted by filing a request and a specified fee. The optional pre-appeal brief

procedures may eliminate the need to file an appeal brief or a request for continued examination (RCE), and reduce the

pendency from notice of appeal to final decision by resolving some or all of the issues. The USPTO is proposing to revise the

rules of practice to provide for the fee to implement the optional procedure for pre-appeal brief conference and oral presentation

of arguments.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Joni Y. Chang 

Senior Legal Advisor

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P. O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313-1450 

Phone: 571 272-7720

FAX: 571 273-7720

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC53

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Title: Changes to Examination Fees and Implementation of Alternatives to the Request for Continued Examination

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing to amend the rules of practice to adjust the

request for continued examination fee. The current request for continued examination fee is not set at an amount that recovers

the Office's costs of the processing and examination provided when a request for continued examination is filed in an

application. The Office is proposing to adjust the request for continued examination fee so that it more accurately reflects the

Office's costs when a request for continued examination is filed in an application. In addition, the Office is proposing to revise

the rules of practice to implement a procedure under which applicant may obtain consideration of an amendment or evidence

filed after a final Office action or a notice of appeal by paying a specified fee. The Office is also proposing to revise the rules of

practice to provide a procedure under which an applicant may obtain consideration of an information disclosure statement filed

after payment of the issue fee by filing a petition to withdraw the application from issue including the petition fee, a certified

statement, and a specified fee. The procedures will reduce the number of situations where applicant would need to file a

request for continued examination.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2); 35 USC 41(d)(2)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Joni Y. Chang 

Senior Legal Advisor

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P. O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313-1450 

Phone: 571 272-7720

FAX: 571 273-7720

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC56

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Title: Revision of Patent Term Extension and Adjustment Provisions Relating to Appellate Review and Information Disclosure

Statements

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is proposing to revise the patent term adjustment and

extension provisions of the rules of practice in patent cases. The patent term adjustment provisions of the American Inventors

Protection Act of 1999 (AIPA) and the patent term extension provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) each

provide for patent term extension or adjustment if the issuance of the patent was delayed due to appellate review by the Board

of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) or by a Federal court and the patent was issued pursuant to or under a decision in

the review reversing an adverse determination of patentability. The Office is proposing to change the rules of practice to indicate

that in most circumstances an examiner reopening prosecution of the application after a notice of appeal has been filed will be

considered a decision in the review reversing an adverse determination of patentability for purposes of patent term adjustment

or extension purposes.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b) and 154(b)

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Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Next Action Undetermined

NPRM 04/06/2011 76 FR 18990 

NPRM Comment Period End 05/06/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Robert W. Bahr 

Acting Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313 

Phone: 571 272-8800

FAX: 571 273-0125

E-Mail: robert.bahr@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC31

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Title: Change to Disciplinary Proceeding Hearing

Abstract: This action would revise existing fees to recover the estimated average cost of processing applications for

registration as well as for the registration process.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 11.41(c) (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)(D)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 02/09/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Harry I. Moatz 

Director, Office of Enrollment and Discipline

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P.O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313 

Phone: 571 272-4097

FAX: 571 273-6069

E-Mail: harry.moatz@uspto.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO ) RIN: 0651-AC52

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Title: Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control

Procedures

Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) requested comments on a proposal to provide applicants

with greater control over when their utility and plant applications are examined and to promote greater efficiency in the patent

examination process (3-Track). The Office, in addition to requesting written comments, conducted a public meeting to collect

input, and has subsequently considered the wide range of comments received. The Office is in the process of refining the 3-

Track proposal in light of the input. While that process continues, and in light of that fact that the vast majority of public input

was supportive of the Track I portion of the 3-Track proposal, the Office proposes to proceed with immediate implementation of

the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I), providing fast examination for applicants desiring it, upon payment of the applicable

fee and compliance with the additional requirements as described below.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 37 CFR 1 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 35 USC 2(b)(2)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 02/04/2011 76 FR 6369 

NPRM Comment Period End 03/07/2011 

Final Action 04/04/2011 76 FR 18399 

Final Action Effective 05/04/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Joni Y. Chang 

Senior Legal Advisor

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

P. O. Box 1450

Alexandria , VA 22313-1450 

Phone: 571 272-7720

FAX: 571 273-7720

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration ( NTIA ) RIN: 0660-AA21

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Title: Revision to the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management

Abstract: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) hereby makes certain changes to its

regulations relating to revisions to and the public availability of the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio

Frequency Management (NTIA Manual). Specifically, NTIA updates the version of the Manual of Regulations and Procedures

for Federal Radio Frequency Management with which Federal agencies must comply when requesting use of the radio

frequency spectrum.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 47 USC 901 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

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Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William Mitchell 

Office of Spectrum Management

Department of Commerce

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

1401 Constitution Avenue NW

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-8124

E-Mail: wmitchell@ntia.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration ( NTIA ) RIN: 0660-AA22

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Title: Revision to the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management

Abstract: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) makes certain changes to its regulations,

which relate to the public availability of the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management

(NTIA Manual). Specifically, NTIA updates the version of the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio

Frequency Management with which federal agencies must comply when requesting use of the radio frequency spectrum.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 300 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 47 USC 901 et seq; EO 12046

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William Mitchell 

Office of Spectrum Management

Department of Commerce

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

1401 Constitution Avenue NW

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-8124

E-Mail: wmitchell@ntia.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration ( NTIA ) RIN: 0660-AA23

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Title: Removal of Regulations that Implement and Administer a Coupon Program for Digital-to-Analog Converter Boxes

Abstract: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issues this rule to remove its regulations

to implement and administer the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program (Coupon Program). The regulations implemented

provisions of section 3005 of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (the Act), as subsequently amended.

The final coupons were issued on August 12, 2009, and expired on November 9, 2009. NTIA is removing its regulations

because the Coupon Program is closed and the regulations are now obsolete.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 301 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

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Legal Authority: PL 109-171; PL 111-4

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Milton Brown 

Deputy Chief Counsel

Department of Commerce

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

14th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-1816

FAX: 202 501-8013

E-Mail: mbrown@ntia.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Economic Analysis ( BEA ) RIN: 0691-AA76

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Title: BE-120, Benchmark Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intangible Assets With Foreign Persons

Abstract: The BE-120 Benchmark Survey is intended to cover the universe of selected services transactions and

transactions in intangible assets with foreign persons. Transactions for several service types that previously were combined will

be collected separately.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 801.10 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101-3108

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 07/00/2011 

Final Action 08/00/2011 

Final Action Effective 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Christopher Emond 

Chief Special Surveys Branch

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Economic Analysis

1441 L Street

Washington , DC 20005 

Phone: 202 606-9826

E-Mail: christopher.emond@bea.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Economic Analysis ( BEA ) RIN: 0691-AA77

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Title: Removal of Reporting Requirements for Certain Surveys of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States

Abstract: This action amends existing rule 15 CFR 806 by revising section 806.15 to remove the reporting requirements for

the Initial Report on a Foreign Person's Direct or Indirect Acquisition, Establishment, or Purchase of the Operating Assets,

Including Real Estate, of a U.S. Business Enterprise (BE-13, BE-14, and BE-13 Supplement C); Survey of Foreign Direct

Investment in U.S. Enterprises Engaged in the Processing, Packaging, or Wholesale Distribution of Fish or Seafoods (BE-21);

and the Industry Classification Questionnaire (BE-607).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806.15 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/00/2011 

Final Action 08/00/2011 

Final Action Effective 10/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: David H. Galler 

Chief, Direct Investment Division

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Economic Analysis

1441 L Street NW.

Washington , DC 20005 

Phone: 202 606-9835

FAX: 202 606-5319

E-Mail: david.galler@bea.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Economic Analysis ( BEA ) RIN: 0691-AA74

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Title: BE-11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

Abstract: This rule revises regulations for the BE-11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad. Specifically, this rule

will discontinue the use of separate forms for foreign affiliates that are owned by U.S. Reporters that are banks--Annual survey

Form BE-11B(FN) would be discontinued. (Separate forms for banks were discontinued for the 2009 BE-10 benchmark survey.)

All foreign affiliates, regardless of industry, would be filed on one of the foreign affiliate forms listed below: Form BE-11B, Form

BE-11C, Form BE-11D, BE-11E.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806.14 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 to 3108

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/20/2010 75 FR 57217 

NPRM End Comment 11/20/2010 

Final Action 12/22/2010 75 FR 80294 

Final Action Effective 01/22/2011 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: David H. Galler 

Chief, Direct Investment Division

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Economic Analysis

1441 L Street NW.

Washington , DC 20005 

Phone: 202 606-9835 

FAX: 202 606-5319

E-Mail: david.galler@bea.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Economic Analysis ( BEA ) RIN: 0691-AA75

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Title: BE-577 Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

Abstract: This action amends existing rule 15 CFR 806.14 to bring reporting on the BE-577, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct

Investment Abroad, into conformity with the BE-10, Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad--2009, and to increase

the exemption level for reporting foreign affiliates to $60 million from $40 million.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 806.14 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 3101 to 3108

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/01/2010 75 FR 53611 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/01/2010 

Final Action 12/09/2010 75 FR 76630 

Final Action Effective 01/09/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: David H. Galler 

Chief, Direct Investment Division

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Economic Analysis

1441 L Street NW.

Washington , DC 20005 

Phone: 202 606-9835 

FAX: 202 606-5319

E-Mail: david.galler@bea.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) RIN: 0693-AB61

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Title: Amendments to the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Regulations

Abstract: The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States Department of

Commerce, is amending the regulations found at 15 CFR part 285 pertaining to the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation

Program (NVLAP) to change the description of how NVLAP establishes laboratory accreditation programs (LAPs). The

amendment is needed to clarify the original intent of this section and to improve the readability and understanding of the

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Agency's regulations.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 285 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 15 USC 272 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Melissa Lieberman 

Deputy Chief Counsel for NIST

Department of Commerce

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Mail Stop 1052, 100 Bureau Drive

Gaithersburg , MD 20899-1052 

Phone: 301 975-4783

E-Mail: melissa.lieberman@nist.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) RIN: 0693-AB60

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Title: Redelegations of Authority Resulting From the America COMPETES Act

Abstract: NIST issues a final rule that amends regulations found at 15 CFR parts 1150 to 1170 and the regulations found at

37 CFR parts 401, 404 and 501, reflecting the repeal of the Technology Administration and the resulting redelegations of

authority.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 272; 37 CFR 404; 37 CFR 501; 15 CFR 273; 37 CFR 401; 15 CFR 1150; 15 CFR 1160; 15 CFR 1170

(To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: PL 110-69

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Melissa Lieberman 

Deputy Chief Counsel for NIST

Department of Commerce

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Mail Stop 1052, 100 Bureau Drive

Gaithersburg , MD 20899-1052 

Phone: 301 975-4783

E-Mail: melissa.lieberman@nist.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AD89

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Title: Automated Export System and Shippers Export Declaration--Requirement to Show Paragraphs in Export Control

Classification Numbers

Abstract: The Export Administration Regulations currently require that the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) be

entered for certain exports from the United States. The lists of items in some ECCNs is further broken down by paragraphs that

describe the items covered by that ECCN with greater precision. In some instances, the export license requirements, availability

of license exceptions and license application review policy are affected by that paragraph designation. The Bureau of Industry

and Security (BIS) is considering requiring that paragraph designations be included in the ECCN field on the Automated Export

System. Requiring this information would, in some transactions, allow BIS to determine more quickly the accuracy of a claimed

use of authority to ship without a license or pursuant to a license exception. In addition, this information would enable BIS to

target its end use checks of exports more effectively because it could select items of the greatest significance without extensive

follow up information from the exporter. By taking advantage of the additional information, BIS could make more effective use of

its limited enforcement resources.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: PreRule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 758 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Notice 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William Arvin 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2096 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: warvin@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC25

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Title: Short Supply Controls: Crude Oil Exports

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the short supply provisions of the Export Administration

Regulations to revise the restrictions on exports of crude oil.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 750; 15 CFR 754 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 30 USC 185(s); 30 USC 185(u); 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 12/00/2011 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Willard Fisher 

Export Administration Specialist

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC33

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Title: License Exception AVS Clarifications and Shipments to International Waters

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to clarify the scope

of certain License Exception AVS provisions, and to clarify the requirements of the EAR with respect to shipments to

international waters.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 744 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; 50 USC 1701 et seq; EO 12002; EO 12058;

EO 12214; EO 12938; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 12/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Willard Fisher 

Export Administration Specialist

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC47

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Title: Administrative Action Providing for Order to Stop Specific Exports or Reexports Otherwise Eligible Under Designation

NLR

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding a

revocation and suspension order to part 750. This revocation and suspension order clarifies the authority of BIS to issue an

order informing any person that a license is required for the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of a specific item or items

subject to the EAR to a specific destination and/or consignee (ultimate or intermediate), that would otherwise be eligible for

export, reexport or transfer (in-country) under designation NLR, when BIS has reasonable grounds to believe a violation of the

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EAR has occurred, is about to occur, or is intended to occur in connection with the export, reexport or transfer (in-country) in

question. This rule also consolidates in that same section in part 750 the related administrative measure for the revision,

suspension or revocation of license exceptions that was formerly in section 740.2(b). In that same section of part 750, this rule

clarifies that BIS may suspend, revise or revoke a license for certain non-enforcement related reasons (e.g., administrative or

procedural error). This rule also clarifies several provisions of the EAR to indicate that "No License Required" is not an

authorization to export, but a designation that an export or reexport does not require a license from BIS.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 750; 15 CFR 764; 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 736; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 758

(To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 2151; PL 108-175; EO 12938; EO 13020; 30 USC 185(u); PL 108-117; 10 USC 7420; 10 USC

7430(e); 22 USC 2151 (note); 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 22 USC 6004; 30 USC 185(s); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC

6212; 43 USC 1354; 15 USC 1824a; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC 5; EO 13026; EO 13222; EO 13338;

PL 106-387; PL 107-56; PL 108-11

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE80

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Title: Addition of Non-Material Changes That May Be Made to Export Licenses; and Addition of Non-Material Changes

Requiring Prior BIS Notification and Approval

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by revising the

section of the EAR that specifies what changes may be made to BIS export and reexport licenses. First, under an existing

paragraph of this section, this rule expands the scope of non-material changes that are specified under this paragraph (i.e.,

non-material changes exporters and reexporters may self-determine are non-material provided the changes are within the

scope of specified parameters). Second, under a new paragraph in this section, this rule adds a new sub-set of changes that

may be made to an export or reexport license, provided the exporter or reexporter submits notification to BIS and BIS approves

the change in writing as a non-material change to the export or reexport license. Third, under another new paragraph in this

section, this rule adds provisions to clarify any changes not specified in this section are treated by BIS with a presumption of

being material changes to export and reexport licenses. Lastly, this rule makes conforming changes to other parts of the EAR to

conform with the revisions made to this section of the EAR.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 750; 15 CFR 758 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

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Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE81

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Title: Revisions to Defense Priorities and Allocations System Regulations

Abstract: This rule adds certain standards and procedures for assigning priority ratings to purchase orders or contracts and

for allocating materials, services and facilities to promote the national defense.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 700 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 2538; 42 USC 5195 et seq; 50 USC 82; 50 USC 2061 et seq; 50 USC 468; EO 12656; EO

12742; EO 12919; EO 13286

Legal Deadline: 

Action Source Description Date

NPRM Statutory sec 4 of the Defense Production Reauthorization Act of 2009, PL 111-

67 06/20/2010 

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/07/2010 75 FR 32122 

NPRM Comment Period End 07/07/2010 

Second NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William Arvin 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2096 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: warvin@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF09

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Title: Export Control Modernization Initiative: Clarifying the Meaning of the Term "Specially Designed" by Adopting a Single

Definition for the Entire CCL

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to clarify the meaning of the term "specially

designed" as used on the Commerce Control List (CCL). This action is being taken as part of the implementation of the export

control modernization announced by President Obama on August 13, 2009. Clarifying the meaning of the term "specially

designed" has been noted by the public and BIS's Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) as one of the most important

improvements that could be made to the CCL, so BIS decided to place a priority on clarifying the meaning of this term on the

CCL as part of export control modernization. In addition to proposing to clarify the meaning of the term "specially designed" in

this rule, BIS is consulting with the U.S. Departments of Defense and State and its Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) to

evaluate a number of other EAR defined terms to identify additional revisions that could be made to improve the clarity of these

other definitions, create greater harmonization for how these other terms are used on the CCL and on the United States

Munitions List (USML) and lay the groundwork for moving toward a single control list. BIS will likely publish additional rules in

2011 to implement some of these additional changes.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 15 USC 1824a; 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 22 USC 6004; 22

USC 7201 et seq; 22 USC 7210; 30 USC 185(s); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC

2401 et seq; 50 USC 5; EO 13026; EO 13222; EO 13222; 30 USC 185(u)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF17

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Title: Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to Address the Movement of Less Significant Items From the

United States Munitions List (USML) to the Commerce Control List (CCL)

Abstract: In August 2009, President Obama directed a fundamental review of the U.S. Export control system be conducted.

This review included a fundamental review of the two primary control lists of the U.S. Export control system (i.e., the Commerce

Control List (CCL) and the United States Munitions List (USML)). In December 2010, the Departments of Commerce and State

each published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM requesting public comments on creating more "positive"

and clear control lists and recommendations for how items listed on the two control lists could be tiered based on criteria

developed during the Export Control Reform (ECR) initiative. An integral part of creating a "positive" USML requires a proper

control structure be put into place under the EAR to appropriately control the less significant items moved from the USML to the

CCL, which is the subject of this proposed rule. This proposed rule outlines the control structure developed under the ECR

initiative to ensure appropriate controls are in place for these less significant items moved from the USML to the CCL.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 744; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the

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Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 7201 et seq; EO 13026; ...

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Mail Stop 2705

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC17

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Title: De Minimis U.S. Content in Foreign Made Items

Abstract: The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is revising the provisions of the Export

Administration Regulations (EAR) that pertain to foreign-made items that incorporate controlled U.S.-origin items, i.e., the EAR's

"de minimis" rules. This rule amends the EAR to change the de minimis calculation for foreign produced hardware that is

bundled with U.S.-origin software. This rule revises the definition of "incorporate" as it is applied to the de minimis rules and to

the medical statement of understanding. This rule also removes the requirement to submit a one-time report to BIS for foreignmade software that incorporates U.S.-origin software. In addition, this rule revises the "Steps for Using the EAR" and General

Prohibition Two with regard to the de minimis rules in order to reduce redundancies in the EAR and harmonize the provisions

with other revisions made by this rule.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730; 15 CFR 734; 15 CFR 736; 15 CFR 762; 15 CFR 774; 17 CFR 732 (To search for a specific

CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; EO 12002; EO 12058;

EO 12214; EO 12938; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 10/01/2008 73 FR 56964 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AD07

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Title: Clarification of "Space-Qualified" Parts, Components, and Technology Subject to the Export Administration Regulations

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Commerce Control

List entry for space launch vehicles and "spacecraft" to remove outdated notes and to clarify that "space qualified" parts,

components and technology subject to the EAR are controlled under other entries.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 18 USC 2510 et seq; 22 USC

287c; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 22 USC 6004; 30 USC 185(s); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 15 USC 1824a; 50

USC 5; PL 106-387; PL 107-56; EO 13026; EO 13222; 30 USC 185(u)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AD58

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Title: Implementation of the Understandings Reached at the 2004 and 2005 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary

Meetings

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is publishing this rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations

(EAR) to implement the understandings reached at the 2004 Goteborg and 2005 Oslo Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary

Meetings.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal

Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 18 USC 2510 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; PL

106-387; PL 107-56; PL 108-11,117 Stat. 559; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO 1293; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 12/00/2011 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: Federal

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Willard Fisher 

Export Administration Specialist

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AD81

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Title: Implementation in the Export Administration Regulations of the United States' Rescission of Libya's Designation as a

State Sponsor of Terrorism and Revisions Applicable to Iraq

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the

decision of the United States on June 29, 2006, to rescind Libya's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. To implement

that change, BIS amends the EAR by removing Libya from the list of terrorist supporting countries in Country Group E:1, and by

making other conforming amendments and related revisions throughout the EAR. In particular, Libya is added to Country Group

D:1, but remains in Country Groups D:2, D:3, and D:4. This rule is consistent with the President's May 12, 2006, report to

Congress certifying that Libya did not provide any support for international terrorism during the preceding six months, and that

Libya has provided assurances that it will not support future acts of international terrorism. This rule also revises the EAR to

reflect the fact that, in October 2004, the United States rescinded Iraq's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. As a result

of the rescission of this designation, BIS may no longer control for anti-terrorism (AT) reasons items for which BIS previously

required a license for export or reexport to Iraq, or for transfer within Iraq. Note that BIS now controls these items for regional

stability (RS) reasons and continues to require a license for their export or reexport to Iraq, or transfer within Iraq. This rule also

amends the EAR to delete all references to Iraq's status as a Designated State Sponsor of Terrorism.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 734; 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal

Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 1701; EO 12938; EO 13026

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 08/31/2006 71 FR 51714 

Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 10/02/2006 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE30

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Title: December 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Agreement Implementation: Low Light Level

Entries and Reporting Requirements

Abstract: This final rule revises the Commerce Control List (CCL) and definitions of terms used in the Export Administration

Regulations (EAR) to implement the agreements of the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and

Dual Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar Arrangement or WA) to the WA List that pertain to low light level (LLL) items

that were agreed upon in the December 2007 at the Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary Meetings, and subsequent changes to

ECCNs 6A002 and 6A003 in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In addition, this rule revises Wassenaar reporting requirements, as well as

special reporting requirements that pertain to low light level cameras and components.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations )

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430; 22 USC 287; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201; 22 USC 7210; 30

USC 185; 42 USC 2139; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 46 USC 466; 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 5; EO 12058; EO

12851; EO 12938; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE44

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Title: Addition of Export Control Classification Number 6A981 Passive Infrasound Sensors to the Export Administration

Regulations

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security proposes to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding

Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 6A981 to the Commerce Control List (CCL) to control passive infrasound sensors

because of their military and commercial utility. Items under this new ECCN will be controlled for Regional Stability (RS) and

Anti-Terrorism (AT) reasons. In addition, BIS proposes to control technology and software for the development, production, or

use of these items for RS and AT reasons under revised ECCNs 6D991 and 6E991, respectively.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 10 USC 7420

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

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Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 06/30/2010 75 FR 37742 

NPRM Comment Period End 08/30/2010 

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE63

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Title: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Revision of the Export Administration Regulations to Impose Controls on

Exports, Reexports, and Transfers to Persons Pursuant to Executive Order 13413

Abstract: This rule implements Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, which the President issued in response to

continuing widespread violence and atrocities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The rule is consistent with

several U.N. Security Council resolutions. This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to require a license for

exports, reexports and transfers of all items subject to the EAR to persons whose property and interests in property, as

determined by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13413.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744; 15 CFR 772 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; EO 13026

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE74

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Title: Five Axis Simultaneous Controlled Milling Machines: License Exception Eligibility and Fast Track Application Processing

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to ensure that U.S.

machine tool manufacturers are not competitively disadvantaged by export controls, while maintaining the national security of

the United States. This rule makes certain five axis simultaneous controlled milling machines controlled under Export Control

Classification Number (ECCN) 2B001 eligible for License Exceptions GBS and CIV. This rule also establishes a "fast-track"

review mechanism for certain five axis simultaneous controlled milling machines controlled under ECCNs 2B001.b.2 and

2B201.b.2.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 750; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations )

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 22 USC 287; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 7201; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 2139; 42 USC 6212; 46

USC 466; 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 5; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE89

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Title: Encryption Export Controls

Abstract: On June 25, 2010, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final encryption rule in the

Federal Register that requested comments from the public (75 FR 36482). This rule incorporates many of the recommendations

received from the public, as well as corrections to errors that BIS found. Many of the comments were recommendations for

future changes to the encryption controls or to License Exception ENC. These recommendations will be addressed in a future

rule.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific

CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 15 USC 1824; 22 USC 287; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201; 22 USC 7210; 30

USC 185; 42 USC 2139; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 5; EO 12058; EO 12938; EO

13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 06/25/2010 75 FR 36482 

Final Rule - Correction 07/27/2010 75 FR 43819 

Final Action 06/00/2011 

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE90

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Title: Editorial Correction to the Export Administration Regulations

Abstract: This final rule corrects inadvertent errors in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), which are editorial in

nature and do not affect license requirements. In addition to the editorial corrections, this rule adds new definitions to the EAR

that were inadvertently not incorporated by a previous rule.

Priority: Info./Admin./Other Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the

Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430; 22 USC 287; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201; 30 USC 185; 42

USC 2139; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 46 USC 466; 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 5; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE94

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Title: Clarification Regarding the Jurisdictional Scope of Commodity Classification Determinations and Advisory Opinions

Issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security

Abstract: In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security clarifies the jurisdictional scope of commodity classification

determinations and advisory opinions issued by the Agency.

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Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701 et seq; 59 USC 2401 et seq; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule Effective 08/02/2010 

Interim Final Rule 08/02/2010 75 FR 45052 

Final Rule 11/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE96

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Title: Editorial Corrections to the Export Administration Regulations

Abstract: This final rule corrects the country entry for Syria on the Commerce Country Chart, in addition to inadvertent errors

in the Commerce Control List. More specifically, this rule amends inaccurate references, spelling and technical errors, and

removes superfluous language to ensure accuracy in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 770; 15 CFR 774; 15 CFR 732 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal

Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201; 22 USC 7210;

30 USC 185(s); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 46 USC 466c; 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 5; EO

13026; EO13222; 30 USC 185(u)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

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E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE97

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Title: Addition of Certain Persons on the Entity List: Addition of Persons Acting Contrary to the National Security or Foreign

Policy Interests of the United States

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding persons to the Entity List (Supplement

No. 4 to part 744) on the basis of section 744.11 of the EAR. The persons who are added to the Entity List have been

determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.

The Entity List provides notice to the public that certain exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to parties identified on the

Entity List require a license from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and that availability of license exceptions in such

transactions is limited.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 7210; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 22 USC 7201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC

2401 et seq; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO 12938; EO 12947; EO 13026; EO 13099; EO 13222; EO 13224

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF03

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Title: Export Control Modernization: Strategic Trade Authorization License Exception

Abstract: This rule would implement the initial stage of the Administration's new licensing policies for dual-use items. The

new policies are part of the Administration's larger export control reform effort. The rule would implement the new licensing

policies by creating a new license exception that would allow certain dual-use items to be exported and reexported with

conditions to specific countries without a license that would otherwise be required. The conditions would likely include end-use

restrictions, reexport limitations, requirements for assurances by the consignee or end-user, reporting requirements that

distinguish between end-users and distributors, and recordkeeping requirements. The conditional license-free treatment of items

to specific countries where there are lower risks of diversion to end-uses and end-users of concern to the United States is part

of the larger Administration effort to focus export control resources at levels commensurate with the risk imposed by the

transaction.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

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Legal Authority: 22 USC 7201 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM Comment Period End 02/07/2010 

NPRM 12/09/2010 75 FR 76653 

NPRM-Correction 12/27/2010 75 FR 81152 

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: William Arvin 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2096 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: warvin@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF04

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Title: Implementation of the Understandings Reached at the 2010 Australia Group (AG) Plenary Meeting and Other AGRelated Clarifications and Corrections to the EAR

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is publishing this rule to amend the Export Administration Regulations

(EAR) to implement the understandings reached at the June 2010 plenary meeting of the Australia Group (AG), and to make

certain AG-related editorial clarifications and corrections to the EAR. Consistent with the June 2010 AG understandings, this rule

amends the chemical manufacturing equipment entry on the Commerce Control List (CCL) of the EAR to reflect the addition of

two parenthetical phrases that clarify the description of certain "materials" contained in items on the AG "Control List of DualUse Chemical Manufacturing Facilities and Equipment and Related Technology and Software." In addition, this rule makes

certain AG-related clarifications and corrections to the EAR. Specifically, this rule amends the human and zoonotic pathogens

and toxins entry and the animal pathogens entry on the CCL by making an update and a clarification, consistent with the

description of certain items on the AG "List of Biological Agents for Export Control" and the AG "List of Animal Pathogens for

Export Control," respectively. Finally, this rule amends the listing for "valves," in the chemical manufacturing equipment entry on

the CCL, to clarify that this entry controls "valves" for the "production" of chemicals, as well as "valves" for the "processing"

and/or "containment" of chemicals.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 15 USC 1824a; 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201; 22 USC

7210; 30 USC 185(s); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 5; 22 USC

3201 et seq; 30 USC 185(u)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

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Agency Contact: Willard Fisher 

Export Administration Specialist

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF08

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Title: Paperwork Reduction Act: Updated List of Approved Information Collections and Removal of a Redundant Reporting

Requirement

Abstract: This rule updates the list of approved information collections found at supplement 2 to part 730 of the EAR.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 15 USC 1824a; 22 USC 2151 note; 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201 et seq;

22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201 et seq; 22 USC 7210; 30 USC 185(s); 30 USC 185(u); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC

1354; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC 5; EO 11912; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12851; EO

12854; EO 12918; EO 12938; EO 12947; EO 12981; EO 13020; EO 13026; EO 13099; EO 13222; EO 13224; EO 13338

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William Arvin 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2096 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: warvin@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF11

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Title: Wassenaar Arrangement 2010 Plenary Agreements Implementation: Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Parts I and II, 6, 7, 8 and

9 of the Commerce Control List, Definitions, Reports

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) maintains the Commerce Control List (CCL), which identifies items

subject to Department of Commerce export controls. This final rule revises the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to

implement changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar List)

maintained and agreed to by governments participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional

Arms and Dual Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar Arrangement, or WA) at the December 2010 WA Plenary Meeting

(the Plenary). The Wassenaar Arrangement advocates implementation of effective export controls on strategic items with the

objective of improving regional and international security and stability. To harmonize with the changes made to the Wassenaar

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List at the Plenary, this rule revises the EAR by amending certain entries that are controlled for national security reasons in

Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Parts I & II, 6, 7, 8 and 9, revising reporting requirements, and adding and amending EAR Definitions.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 734; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the

Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430; 15 USC 1824a; 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201;

22 USC 7210; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 5; EO 12851;

EO 12938; EO 13020; EO 13026; EO 13058; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF12

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Title: Addition of Certain Persons on the Entity List: Addition of Persons Acting Contrary to the National Security or Foreign

Policy Interests of the United States

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding persons to the Entity List (Supplement

No. 4 to Part 744) on the basis of section 744.11 of the EAR. The persons who are added to the Entity List have been

determined by the U.S. Government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.

The Entity List provides notice to the public that certain exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to parties identified on the

Entity List require a license from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and that availability of license exceptions in such

transactions is limited. Lastly, this rule updates the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) legal authority citations for parts 730 and

744 of the EAR.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730; 15 CFR 744 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 30 USC 185(u); 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 15 USC 1824a; 22 USC 2151 note; 22 USC 287c; 22

USC 3201 et seq; 22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201 et seq; 22 USC 7210; 30 USC 185(s); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC

1354; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 5; 50 USC 2401 et seq; EO 11912; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12851; EO

12854; EO 12918; EO 12938; EO 12947; EO 12981; EO 13020; EO 13026; EO 13099; EO 13222; EO 13224; EO 13338

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

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Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF13

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Title: Implementation of Additional Changes From the Annual Review of the Entity List; Removal of Person Based on

Removal Request

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement additional changes to the Entity List

(Supplement No. 4 to part 744) on the basis of the annual review of the Entity List conducted by the End-User Review

Committee (ERC). The changes from the annual review are implemented in three rules. The first rule published on May 28, 2010

(75 FR 29884) implemented the results of the annual review for listed entities located in Canada, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong,

Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. The second rule published on 12/17/2010

(75 FR 7883) implemented the results of the annual review for entities located in China and Russia. The third rule, which is the

subject of this rulemaking, implements the results of the annual review for entities located in Iran, Pakistan, Syria and the United

Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). This rule also removes one person located in the United Kingdom from the Entity List. This person is

being removed from the Entity List as a result of a request for removal submitted by that person, a review of information

provided in the removal request in accordance with section 744.16 (Procedure for requesting removal or modification of an

Entity List entity), and further review conducted by the End-User Review Committee's (ERC) member agencies. The Entity List

provides notice to the public that certain exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to entities identified on the Entity List

require a license from the Bureau of Industry and Security and that availability of license exceptions in such transactions is

limited.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 3201 et seq; 22 USC 7201 et seq; 22 USC 7210; 42 USC 2139a; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC

2401 et seq; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO 12938; EO 12947; EO 13026; EO 13099; EO 13222; EO 13224

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

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Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF14

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Title: Implementation of a Decision Adopted Under the AG Intersessional Silent Approval Procedures in 2010

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement a decision based on a proposal that

was discussed at the 2010 AG Plenary and adopted under the AG intersessional silent approval procedures in November 2010.

This rule amends the EAR, consistent with the intersessional changes to the AG's "List of Biological Agents for Export Control,"

to clarify the scope of the AG-related controls in the EAR for "South American haemorrhagic fever (Sabia, Flexal, Guanarito)"

and "Pulmonary and renal syndrome-haemorrhagic fever viruses (Seoul, Dobrava, Puumala, Sin Nombre)." Specifically, this rule

amends the Commerce Control List (CCL) entry that controls human and zoonotic pathogens and "toxins" by revising the list of

viruses in the entry to remove these two fevers and replace them with ten viral causative agents for the fevers. These changes

are intended to more clearly identify the causative agents that are of concern for purposes of the controls maintained by the AG.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 15 USC 1824a; 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 22 USC 6004; 22

USC 7201 et seq; 22 USC 7210; 30 USC 185(s); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC

2401 et seq; 50 USC 5; EO 13026; EO 13222; 30 USC 185(u)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 09/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Willard Fisher 

Export Administration Specialist

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440 

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF15

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Title: Wassenaar Arrangement 2009 Plenary Agreements Implementation: ECCN 4A003, Movement of Albania and Croatia to

Computer Tier 1, and Related Revisions

Abstract: This rule revises the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement changes made to the Wassenaar

Arrangement's List of Dual Use Goods and Technologies (Wassenaar List) maintained and agreed to by governments

participating in the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods and Technologies

(Wassenaar Arrangement, or WA) at the December 2009 WA Plenary Meeting (the Plenary) that relate to Export Control

Classification Number (ECCN) 4A003. These changes agreed to at the Plenary pertain to raising the Adjusted Peak

Performance (APP) for digital computers in ECCN 4A003. The President's report for High Performance Computers was sent to

Congress on February 7, 2011, to set forth the new APP in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for

FY 1998. This rule also makes corresponding revisions to License Exception APP, the de minimis rule, and post shipment

verification reporting requirements in the EAR. This rule also moves Albania and Croatia from Computer Tier 3 to Computer Tier

1 in the section of the EAR dedicated to export control requirements for high performance computers. The Administration

believes Albania and Croatia are eligible to be treated as Computer Tier 1 countries because their governments have made the

necessary reforms to bring the countries into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and have adopted the accepted

global standards in export controls.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule

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Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 734; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 743; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal

Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430; 15 USC 1824a; 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201;

22 USC 7210; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 5; EO 12938;

EO 13020; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 06/00/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC04

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Title: Export Administration Regulations: Support Documentation Consolidation and Reorganization

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to consolidate and reorganize the support

documentation requirements.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; EO 13222; EO 13026; 50 USC 2401 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: Business Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise

be of international interest.

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC15

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Title: Expansion of License Exception GOV; Exports and Reexports to International Organizations

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security maintains the Export Administration Regulations. This rule expands availability

of License Exception GOV to allow certain exports and reexports to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and to the United

Nations for those organizations' official use.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; EO 12002; EO 12058;

EO 12214; EO 13026; EO 13222; EO 12938

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC23

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Title: Revision to the Export Administration Regulations: Replacement Licenses

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) licenses items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)

that are classified on the Commerce Control List (CCL) and require a license. The information on a license application is

deemed to be a continuing representation of the existing facts or circumstances of the transaction. If a license application is

under consideration by BIS, any material or substantive change in the terms of the order, or in the facts relating to the

transaction, must be promptly reported to BIS. However, if a license has been issued and information submitted on the original

license application has changed or will change, and these changes are not specifically excepted by the EAR, then the licensee

must apply for either a new license or a replacement license to obtain prior authorization for these changes before exporting or

reexporting. This rule clarifies the instructions for applying for a replacement license.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 750 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations )

Legal Authority: 22 USC 3201 et seq; 42 USC 2139a; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; EO 12002; EO

12058; EO 12214; EO 12938; EO 13222; EO 13026

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

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Final Action 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC34

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Title: Clarifications to Part 752: Special Comprehensive License Requirements

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security administers the Special Comprehensive License (SCL) program to provide an

effective export control mechanism for exporters who routinely ship to multiple end-users. This rule amends the SCL provisions

of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to conform to changes in the SCL licensing process, and to provide SCL

applicants and consignees with additional guidance on how to fill out the forms required to submit a license application or to

request changes in their SCLs. This rule also creates two new elements for SCL internal control programs. These new elements

require the establishment of procedures for screening customers and items to ensure that SCL transactions conform to the

antiboycott provisions of the EAR and with EAR provisions concerning entities involved in weapons of mass destruction

activities.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 752 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; EO 12002; EO 12938; 42 USC 2139a; 50 USC 1701 et seq;

EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Willard Fisher 

Export Administration Specialist

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC35

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Title: Chemical Weapons Convention: Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) administers export controls on certain toxic chemicals and precursors

that are listed in the Schedules of Chemicals contained within the Annex on Chemicals to the Convention on the Prohibition of

the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, also known as the

Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This rule amends the CWC provisions in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to

clarify BIS licensing requirements and policies for chemicals and precursors controlled for chemical weapons reasons.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 745 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701 et seq; 22 USC 3201 et seq; EO 12002; EO 12938; 42 USC 2139a; EO 12058; EO 12214

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Willard Fisher 

Export Administration Specialist

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC48

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Title: Imposition of License Requirement for Exports and Reexports of Missile Technology (MT)--Controlled Items to Canada

Abstract: This rule revises the existing license exemption in the Export Administration Regulations for the export of missile

technology controlled items to Canada. It implements recommendations contained in the General Accounting Office report

entitled Export Controls: Regulatory Change Needed to Comply with Missile Technology Licensing Requirements (GA-01-530).

Priority: Economically Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: Yes Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 742 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 18 USC 2501 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 00/00/0000 

ANPRM 12/20/2001 66 FR 65666 

NPRM 05/24/2005 70 FR 29660 

NPRM Comment Period End 06/23/2005 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William Arvin 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

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Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2096 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: warvin@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AD27

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Title: License Exception GOV Exports and Reexports for Official IAEA International Inspection and Verification Use in

Accordance With the U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, as Amended by the Additional Protocol

Abstract: This rule amends the License Exception GOV provisions in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to

authorize exports and reexports of certain items for official International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection and

verification use in accordance with the terms of the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International

Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United States, and Protocol thereto (U.S.-IAEA Safeguards

Agreement), as amended by the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol (Additional Protocol). These new License Exception GOV

provisions authorize exports and reexports of a broader range of items than those currently eligible under the IAEA-Euratom

provisions of License Exception GOV, because exports and reexports under these new License Exception GOV provisions are

authorized only in connection with official international inspection and verification activities by the IAEA under the terms of the

U.S.-IAEA Safeguards Agreement, as amended by the Additional Protocol.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 1701; EO 13026; EO 13222; PL 106-387

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0694-AD26

Agency Contact: Willard Fisher 

Export Administration Specialist

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: wfisher@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AD80

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Title: Revision to General Restriction on All License Exceptions: Availability of Certain License Exceptions for Lightweight

Aircraft Engines

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security amends the general restriction on using license exceptions for MT controlled

items by adding one Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 9A101.a to the list of ECCNs for which certain license

exceptions are available. Specifically, the commodities described in ECCN 9A101.a may be exported as part of a manned

aircraft, land vehicle or marine vehicle or in quantities appropriate for replacement parts for such applications under section

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740.9(a)(2)(ii) (License Exception TMP for kits consisting of replacement parts), section 740.10 (License Exception RPL), or

section 740.15(c) (License Exception AVS for equipment and spare parts for permanent use on an aircraft).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; PL 106-387; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AD93

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Title: Country Group C: Destinations of Diversion Concern

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security is amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to further the

national security interests of the United States by adding the title "Destinations of Diversion Concern" to Country Group C in

anticipation of adding destinations that support the diversion of items subject to the EAR and implementing restrictions on

exports to these destinations.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 1701; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

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Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE04

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Title: Revision of the Regional Stability and Chemical and Biological Export Controls in the Export Administration Regulations

Abstract: This final rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to revise the Regional Stability and Chemical

and Biological export controls for a number of countries. This rule removes certain export license requirements based on

regional stability controls for Austria, Finland, Ireland, South Korea, Sweden, and Switzerland, because these countries are

either members of or adhere to most, if not all, of the multilateral export control regimes; e.g., Wassenaar Arrangement, Nuclear

Suppliers Group, Missile Technology Control Regime, and the Australia Group. This rule also makes editorial corrections and

harmonizing revisions to the sections of the EAR that describe regional stability and chemical and biological controls, as well as

makes a license requirement correction to Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 0A018.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations )

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 30 USC 185

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE14

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Title: Revisions to License Exception GOV for Support of Civil Aviation Authorities Responsible for Safety of Flight and

Revisions to General Restriction on all License Exceptions

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the Export Administration Regulations to add new

provisions to License Exception GOV (governments, international organizations, and international inspections under the

Chemical Weapons Convention) to authorize the export or reexport of certain "use" technology for the support of civil aviation

authorities responsible for safety of flight under the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Convention. This rule also

makes revisions to the general restriction placed on the use of all license exceptions to make certain provisions of License

Exception GOV exempt from the general restriction placed on using license exceptions for Missile Technology (MT) controlled

items.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 3201; 42 USC 2139a; 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; EO 12851; EO 12938; EO 12947; EO 13026;

EO 13099; EO 13222; EO 13224; EO 12058; PL 106-387; PL 107-56

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Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 00/00/0000 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE21

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Title: Export Administration Regulations: Establishment of License Exception Intra-Company Transfer (ICT)

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to establish a new license exception entitled "IntraCompany Transfer (ICT)." This license exception allows a parent company and its wholly-owned or controlled-in-fact entities to

export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) many items on the Commerce Control List (CCL) among themselves for internal

company use. Prior authorization from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is required to use this license exception. This

rule describes the criteria pursuant to which entities are eligible to use License Exception ICT and the procedure by which they

must apply for such authorization.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 772 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; EO 13026; EO 13222; PL 106-387

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 00/00/0000 

NPRM 10/03/2008 73 FR 57554 

NPRM Comment Period End 11/17/2008 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

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Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE43

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Title: Revision of Commerce Control List Based on Application of Modern Technologies to Crime Control and Law

Enforcement Activities

Abstract: This rule revises the Commerce Control List to apply crime control license requirements to certain devices,

software and technology based on the roles that those items play in crime control and law enforcement activities. Many of the

changes in this rule are based in part on public comments to a notice of inquiry published by the Bureau of Industry and

Security (Request for Public Comment on Crime Control License Requirements in the Export Administration Regulations).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-term Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 22 USC 6004; 30 USC 185(s); 30

USC 185(u); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 15 USC 1824a; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC

5; EO 13026; EO 13222; PL 106-387; PL 107-56

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 09/00/2012 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0694-AE42

Agency Contact: William Arvin 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2096 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: warvin@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AC84

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Title: Export and Reexport Controls on Iraq

Abstract: This rule establishes new Export Control Policy for exports to Iraq under the licensing responsibility of the Bureau

of Industry and Security. The new export control policy reflects the changed circumstances in Iraq and is consistent with

changes in U.S. legal authorities concerning Iraq and actions taken by the United Nations Security Council with respect to the

embargo against Iraq.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 744; 15 CFR 746; 15 CFR 750; 15 CFR 752;

15 CFR 758; 15 CFR 762; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 1701; 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430; 18 USC 2510; 22 USC 287; 22 USC 3201; 22

USC 6004; 30 USC 185; 42 USC 2139; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 46 USC 466; 50 USC 5; PL 106-387; PL 107-56; EO

13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 07/30/2004 69 FR 46069 

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Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 08/30/2004 

No Further Action Needed 12/10/2010 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE68

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Title: Revisions to Methods of Service and Certain Deadlines in Administrative Enforcement Proceedings

Abstract: This rule makes certain changes to the procedures for administrative enforcement proceedings. This rule would

replace the registered mail, return receipt service of process provision in administrative enforcement proceedings with a

provision allowing service by any means that obtains written confirmation of receipt; remove Saturdays, Sundays and holidays

from the calculation when the specified time for filing or service of papers is ten days or less; require that discovery requests be

served at least 30 days prior to the scheduled hearing date (compared to the current 20 days); extend from 12 to 15 days the

time for parties to submit responses to the administrative law judge's recommended decision in enforcement cases; require that

BIS seek renewal of a temporary denial order 30 days (instead of the current 20 days) prior to its scheduled expiration; and

require that parties opposed to renewal of a temporary denial file a written submission with the Assistant Secretary for Export

Enforcement a minimum of 10 days before the expiration date of the order rather than the current seven days.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 766 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Withdrawn 01/25/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William Arvin 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2096 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: warvin@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE71

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Title: Implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) Task Force on Editorial Issues (TFEI) Revisions; Correction

Abstract: On December 10, 2009, the final rule, Implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) Task Force on

Editorial Issues (TFEI) Revisions, was published in the Federal Register (74 FR 65661). The amendments in that rule moved a

technical note from after 1C006.d to 1C006.a. The technical note was moved; however, a copy of paragraph e of the technical

note was left behind, and now in appearance looks like it is paragraph e in the items paragraph, i.e., 1C006.e. This correction

deletes paragraph e in the items paragraph of 1C006. In addition, the text of the Related Definition section of ECCN 3C001

should have been removed in the December 10th rule. This rule replaces the text with "N/A" (Not Applicable) in the Related

Definitions section of ECCN 3C001.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430; 22 USC 287; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201; 30 USC 185; 42

USC 2139; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 46 USC 466; 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 12/10/2009 74 FR 65662 

Merged With 0694-AF11 12/15/2010 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Related RINs: Related to 0694-AE58

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE82

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Title: Publicly Available Mass Market Encryption Software and Other Specified Publicly Available Encryption Software in

Object Code

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is removing from the scope of items subject to the Export Administration

Regulations (EAR) "publicly available" mass market encryption object code software with a symmetric key length greater than

64-bits, and "publicly available" encryption object code classified under Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 5D002 on

the Commerce Control List when the corresponding source code meets the criteria specified under License Exception TSU. This

change is being made pursuant to a determination by BIS that, because there are no regulatory restrictions on making such

software "publicly available," and because, once it is "publicly available," by definition it is available for download by any end

user without restriction, removing it from the jurisdiction of the EAR will have no effect on export control policy. This action will

not result in the decontrol of source code classified under ECCN 5D002, but it will result in a simplification of the regulatory

provisions for publicly available mass market software and specified encryption software in object code.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 732; 15 CFR 734; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 772; 15 CFR 774 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the

Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 22 USC 287; 22 USC 3201; 22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201; 22 USC 7210;

30 USC 185; 42 USC 2139; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 46 USC 466; 50 USC 1701; 50 USC 2401; 50 USC 5; EO 12938;

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EO 13026; EO 13222; EO 13020

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 01/07/2011 76 FR 1059 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sharron Cook 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: scook@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE95

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Title: Additions to the List of Validated End-Users in the People's Republic of China: Hynix Semiconductor China Ltd., Hynix

Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd. and Lam Research Corporation

Abstract: In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add

three end-users, Hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd., Hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd. and Lam Research Corporation to the list

of validated end-users in the People's Republic of China (PRC). With this rule, exports, reexports and transfers (in-country) of

certain items to one facility of Hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd., one facility of Hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) Ltd. and nine

facilities of Lam Research Corporation in the PRC are now authorized under Authorization Validated End-User (VEU).

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 10/12/2010 75 FR 53864 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AE98

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Title: Simplified Network Application Processing System, On-Line Registration and Account Maintenance

Abstract: This rule removes the paper- and facsimile-based procedures that the Export Administration Regulations currently

require when parties wish to open or revise an account for on-line submission of license applications and similar documents.

The rule mandates an on-line registration and account maintenance instead. The rule sets forth duties of parties to use the online system to keep their names and contact information in the on-line application processing system current.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC 2401 et seq; EO 13026; EO 13222

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM 11/23/2010 75 FR 71376 

NPRM Comment Period End 01/24/2011 

Final Rule 02/09/2011 76 FR 7102 

Final Rule Effective Date 03/11/2011 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William Arvin 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2096 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: warvin@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF01

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Title: Implementation of Additional Changes From the Annual Review of the Entity List

Abstract: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement additional changes to the Entity List

(Supplement No. 4 to Part 744) on the basis of the annual review of the Entity List conducted by the End-User Review

Committee (ERC). The changes from the annual review will be implemented in three rules. The first rule, published on May 28,

2010 (75 FR 29884), implemented the results of the annual review for listed entities located in Canada, Egypt, Germany, Hong

Kong, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. The second rule implements the

results of the annual review for entities located in China and Russia. This rule removes five entities from the Entity List under

Russia and makes twenty-one modifications to the Entity List (consisting of modifications to eighteen Chinese entries and three

Russian entries currently on the Entity List) by adding addresses, aliases and/or clarifying the names for these twenty-one

entities. The third rule, which will likely be published in early 2011, will implement the remaining results of the annual review.

The Entity List provides notice to the public that certain exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to entities identified on the

Entity List require a license from the Bureau of Industry and Security and that availability of license exceptions in such

transactions is limited.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 744 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 22 USC 3201 et seq; 22 USC 7201 et seq; 22 USC 7210; 42 USC 2139a; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC

2401 et seq; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO 12938; EO 12947; EO 13026; EO 13099; EO 13222; EO 13224

Legal Deadline: None

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Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 12/17/2010 75 FR 78883 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Timothy Mooney 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-3371

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: tmooney@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF02

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Title: Amendment to Existing Validated End-User Authorization in the People's Republic of China: Semiconductor

Manufacturing Corporation

Abstract: In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to

remove one facility from the list of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) facilities authorized to receive

certain items in the People's Republic of China (PRC) under SMIC's validated end-user authorization. Specifically, in this rule,

BIS removes Cension Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (Cension) from SMIC's list of approved facilities in the PRC

due to a material change at SMIC. This amendment is not the result of prohibited activities by Cension or by SMIC. This

amendment does not establish a new license requirement or a more restrictive licensing policy for exports, reexports or

transfers of items to the facility identified in this rule; license requirements set forth in the EAR continue to apply to this facility.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 US 2401 et seq; Notice of August 12, 2010 (75 FR 50681, August 16, 2010)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 11/01/2010 75 FR 67029 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF05

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Title: Updated Statements of Legal Authority To Reflect Continuation of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12938

Abstract: In Executive Order 12938, of November 14, 1994 (59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950), the President

declared a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy and

economy of the United States posed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and the means of

delivering such weapons. The authority for parts 730, 734, 736, 742, 744 and 745 of the Export Administration Regulations (15

CFR parts 730, 734, 736, 742, 744 and 745) is based in part on Exectuve Order 12983 (as amended) and successive annual

notices in which the President continued the emergency declared in that Executive order. The authority conveyed by most

recent such notice will expire on November 14, 2010. BIS expects that, before such expiration, the President will issue a notice

continuing the emergency declared in Executive Order 12938 for another year. This rule updates the authority citations

paragraphs for parts, 730, 734, 736, 742, 744 and 745 of the EAR to include a citation to the notice that BIS expects the

President to issue. The rule updating the authority citations must be published in 2010 for those citations to be included in the

January 1, 2011 compilation of Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This rule makes no changes to the text of the EAR.

This rule will not alter any right, obligation or prohibition that currently applies to any person under the EAR.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 730; 15 CFR 734; 15 CFR 736; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 744 and 745 (To search for a specific CFR,

visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 15 USC 1824a; 22 USC 2151 note; 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201 et seq;

22 USC 6004; 22 USC 7201 et seq; 22 USC 7210; 30 USC 185(s); 30 USC 185(u); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC

1354; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC app 2401 et seq; 50 USC app 5; EO 11912; EO 12002; EO 12058; EO 12214; EO 12851;

EO 12854; EO 12918; EO 12938; EO 12947; EO 12981; EO 13020; EO 13026; EO 13099; EO 13222; EO 13224; EO 13338

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 12/15/2010 75 FR 78154 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: William Arvin 

Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2096 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: warvin@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF07

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Title: Additions and Revisions to the List of Validated End-Users in the People's Republic of China: CSMC Technologies

Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices China, Inc.

Abstract: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to add one enduser, CSMC Technologies Corporation, to the list of validated end-users in the People's Republic of China (PRC). With this rule,

exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) of certain items to three additional facilities in the PRC are now authorized under

Authorization Validated End-User. In this rule, BIS also amends the EAR to revise the validated end-user authorization for

Advanced Micro Devices China, Inc. in the PRC by updating the address of one of the company's approved facilities.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 748 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq; 50 USC 1701 et seq; EO 13026; EO 13222

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Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 01/18/2011 76 FR 2802 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF10

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Title: U.S. and India Bilateral Understanding: Revisions to U.S. Export and Reexport Controls Under the Export Administration

Regulations

Abstract: In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to

implement several components of the bilateral understanding between the United States and India announced by President

Obama and Prime Minister Singh on November 8, 2010.

Priority: Other Significant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 738; 15 CFR 740; 15 CFR 742; 15 CFR 744 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal

Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 10 USC 7420; 10 USC 7430(e); 15 USC 1824a; 22 USC 287c; 22 USC 3201 et seq; 22 USC 6004; 22

USC 7201 et seq; 22 USC 7210; 30 USC 185(s); 42 USC 2139a; 42 USC 6212; 43 USC 1354; 50 USC 1701 et seq; 50 USC

2401 et seq; 50 USC 5; EO 12058; EO 12851; EO 12938; EO 13026; EO 13099; EO 13222; EO 13224; 30 USC 185(u)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule 01/25/2011 76 FR 4228 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

Department of Commerce (DOC) 

Bureau of Industry and Security ( BIS ) RIN: 0694-AF16

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Title: Amendment to the Export Administration Regulations: Part 750--Application Processing, Issuance, and Denial

Abstract: In this final rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by

revising the provisions in Part 750 (Application Processing, Issuance, and Denial) concerning the Bureau's authority to revise,

suspend or revoke licenses. Recent international events have demonstrated that there are situations in which BIS needs to be

able to revise, suspend or revoke licenses for reasons beyond those that pertain to violations of the EAR.

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Action

Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No

CFR Citation: 15 CFR 750 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations ) 

Legal Authority: 50 USC 2401 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action Date FR Cite

Final Action 03/07/2011 76 FR 12279 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No Government Levels Affected: No

Small Entities Affected: No Federalism: No

Energy Affected: No

Agency Contact: Sheila Quarterman 

Export Policy Analyst

Department of Commerce

Bureau of Industry and Security

HCHB Room 2092, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Washington , DC 20230 

Phone: 202 482-2440

FAX: 202 482-3355

E-Mail: squarter@bis.doc.gov

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