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(ii) Invoices issued as a result of an 

allocation adjustment shall include all 

of the information set forth in 

paragraphs (c)(2)(i)(A) through (F) of 

this section that may be relevant, as well 

as an explanation of the change from the 

prior invoices that are affected, and the 

reason(s) for the adjustment. 

(d) Late reporting. The MLC shall 

promptly notify the DLC of any known 

Licensees who have not timely 

submitted reports of usage as required 

each month pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 

115(d) and 37 CFR part 210. 

(e) Recalculation of Allocated 

Assessment invoices. The MLC may, in 

its discretion, recalculate allocations 

and adjust prior invoices, with the 

written consent of the DLC, within 

twelve months after the initial issuance 

of such invoices, in circumstances 

including, but not limited to, where new 

usage reporting is received or where a 

correction would alter one or more of 

any Licensee’s Quarterly Allocation 

shares by at least 10%. 

(f) Recoupment of minimum-fee. Each 

Allocated Licensee’s minimum fee will 

be offset against its Quarterly Allocation 

shares, if any, and additional payment 

will not be due from a Licensee unless 

and until its total Quarterly Allocation 

shares exceed its annual minimum fee 

payment. To the extent that an 

Allocated Licensee’s minimum fee 

exceeds that Licensee’s Quarterly 

Allocation shares for a given 

Assessment period, the excess amounts 

will be pooled and credited pro rata to 

all Allocated Licensees based on the 

Quarterly Allocation shares for the first 

quarter of the following year. 

(g) Reports to DLC. The MLC shall 

report to the DLC no later than 75 days 

after the end of every quarter the 

Aggregate Sound Recordings Count for 

that quarter. 

(h) Startup Assessment allocation and 

payment. The Startup Assessment shall 

be allocated and paid in the same 

manner and on the same dates as the 

2021 Annual Assessment, including as 

to each of the applicable provisions 

above, and shall be separately itemized 

in invoices from the MLC to Licensees. 

Pursuant to § 390.3, a single annual 

minimum fee shall be assessed for the 

2021 Annual Assessment, and no 

additional annual minimum fee shall be 

assessed for the Startup Assessment. 

Dated: December 29, 2020. 

Jesse M. Feder, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

Approved by: 

Carla D. Hayden, 

Librarian of Congress. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 200227–0066; RTID 0648– 

XA770] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Pot 

Catcher/Processors in the Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands Management Area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/ 

processors using pot gear in the Bering 

Sea and Aleutian Islands management 

area (BSAI). This action is necessary to 

prevent exceeding the A season 

apportionment of the 2021 Pacific cod 

total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to 

catcher/processors using pot gear in the 

BSAI. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska 

local time (A.l.t.), January 16, 2021, 

through 1200 hours, A.l.t., September 1, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krista Milani, 907–581–2062. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

BSAI exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands Management Area 

(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council under 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

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 A season apportionment of the 

2021 Pacific cod TAC allocated to 

catcher/processors using pot gear in the 

BSAI is 850 metric tons (mt) as 

established by the final 2020 and 2021 

harvest specifications for groundfish in 

the BSAI (85 FR 13553, March 9, 2020) 

and inseason adjustment (85 FR 83473, 

December 22, 2020). 

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

the Administrator, Alaska Region, 

NMFS (Regional Administrator), has 

determined that the A season 

apportionment of the 2021 Pacific cod 

TAC allocated as a directed fishing 

allowance to catcher/processors using 

pot gear in the BSAI will soon be 

reached. Consequently, NMFS is 

prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific 

cod by pot catcher/processors in the 

BSAI. 

While this closure is effective the 

maximum retainable amounts at 

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

during a trip. 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

part 679, which was issued pursuant to 

section 304(b), and is exempt from 

review under Executive Order 12866. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there 

is good cause to waive prior notice and 

an opportunity for public comment on 

this action, as notice and comment 

would be 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 Pacific 

cod by catcher processors using pot gear 

in the BSAI. NMFS was unable to 

publish a notice providing time for 

public comment because the most 

recent, relevant data only became 

available as of January 14, 2021. 

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

Dated: January 15, 2021. 

Kelly Denit, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01354 Filed 1–15–21; 4:15 pm] 

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