19912 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 69 / Monday, April 11, 2011 / Rules and Regulations 

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in 

this preamble as being available in the 

docket are part of docket USCG–2011– 

0095 and are available online by going 

to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting 

USCG–2011–0095 in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box 

and then clicking ‘‘Search’’. They are 

also available for inspection or copying 

at the Docket Management Facility (M– 

30), U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

e-mail Kay Wade, Bridge 

Administration Branch, Coast Guard; 

telephone 504–671–2128, e-mail 

Kay.B.Wade@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Union 

Pacific Railroad has requested a 

temporary deviation from the operating 

schedule for the swing span bridge 

across the Calcasieu River, mile 36.4, at 

Westlake, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. 

The swing span bridge has a vertical 

clearance of 1.07 feet above mean high 

water, elevation 3.56 feet Mean Gulf 

Level in the closed-to-navigation 

position. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.5, the 

bridge currently opens on signal for the 

passage of vessels. This deviation allows 

the swing span of the bridge to remain 

closed to navigation from 11 p.m. 

Sunday, April 17, 2011, through 5 a.m. 

on Monday, April 25, 2011, and from 

11 p.m. on Sunday, May 8, 2011, 

through 5 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 

2011. 

The closure is necessary in order to 

perform maintenance and updates to the 

bridge’s operating system while 

minimizing the exposure of personnel to 

hazards associated with performing 

work of a complicated nature in the 

dark. This maintenance is essential for 

the continued operation of the bridge. 

Notices will be published in the Eighth 

Coast Guard District Local Notice to 

Mariners and will be broadcast via the 

Coast Guard Broadcast Notice to 

Mariners System. 

Navigation on the waterway is 

minimal at the bridge site. The very 

limited commercial traffic at the bridge 

site consists of commercial tugs with 

tows. There are only two companies that 

transit above the bridge. The bridge will 

be able to open for emergencies if 

necessary. There are no alternate 

waterway routes available. Based on 

experience and coordination with 

waterway users, it has been determined 

that this closure will not have a 

significant effect on vessels that use the 

waterway. 

In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e), 

the drawbridge must return to its regular 

operating schedule immediately at the 

end of the designated time period. This 

deviation from the operating regulations 

is authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. 

Dated: March 31, 2011. 

David M. Frank, 

Bridge Administrator. 

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50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 101126522–0640–02] 

RIN 0648–XA362 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in the West 

Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for pollock in the West Yakutat 

District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). 

This action is necessary to prevent 

exceeding the 2011 total allowable catch 

(TAC) of pollock in the West Yakutat 

District of the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), April 5, 2011, through 2400 

hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Obren Davis, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

GOA exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of 

Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Regulations governing 

fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance 

with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 

CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679. 

The 2011 TAC of pollock in the West 

Yakutat District of the GOA is 2,339 

metric tons (mt) as established by the 

final 2011 and 2012 harvest 

specifications for groundfish of the GOA 

(76 FR 11111, March 1, 2011). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Regional Administrator has 

determined that the 2011 TAC of 

pollock in the West Yakutat District of 

the GOA will soon be reached. 

Therefore, the Regional Administrator is 

establishing a directed fishing 

allowance of 2,239 mt, and is setting 

aside the remaining 100 mt as bycatch 

to support other anticipated groundfish 

fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for pollock in the West 

Yakutat District of the GOA. 

After the effective date of this closure 

the maximum retainable amounts at 

§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time 

during a trip. 

Classification 

This action responds to the best 

available information recently obtained 

from the fishery. The Assistant 

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA 

(AA), finds good cause to waive the 

requirement to provide prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment 

pursuant to the authority set forth at 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest. This requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest as it would prevent NMFS from 

responding to the most recent fisheries 

data in a timely fashion and would 

delay the closure of pollock in the West 

Yakutat District of the GOA. NMFS was 

unable to publish a notice providing 

time for public comment because the 

most recent, relevant data only became 

available as of April 4, 2011. 

The AA also finds good cause to 

waive the 30-day delay in the effective 

date of this action under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3). This finding is based upon 

the reasons provided above for waiver of 

prior notice and opportunity for public 

comment. 

This action is required by § 679.20 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: April 6, 2011. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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