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(as described in § 54.502(a)) on behalf of 

eligible schools and libraries (as 

described in § 54.501) or consortia that 

include an eligible school or library. 

Such state telecommunications 

networks shall pass on such discounts 

to eligible schools and libraries and 

shall: 

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(6) Comply with the competitive bid 

requirements set forth in § 54.503. 

(b) Internet access and installation 

and maintenance of internal 

connections. State telecommunications 

networks either may secure discounts 

on Internet access and installation and 

maintenance of internal connections in 

the manner described in paragraph (a) of 

this section with regard to 

telecommunications, or shall be eligible, 

consistent with § 54.502(a), to receive 

universal service support for providing 

such services to eligible schools, 

libraries, and consortia including those 

entities. 

§ 54.522 [Removed and Reserved] 

■ 15. Remove and reserve § 54.522. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 635 

[Docket No. 0906221072–91425–02] 

RIN 0648–XA052 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Inseason Action To Close the 

Commercial Non-Sandbar Large 

Coastal Shark Fishery in the Atlantic 

Region 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Fishery closures. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is closing the 

commercial fishery for non-sandbar 

large coastal sharks (LCS) in the Atlantic 

region. This action is necessary because 

landings in this fishery have exceeded 

80 percent of the available quota. 

DATES: The commercial non-sandbar 

LCS fishery in the Atlantic region is 

closed effective 11:30 p.m. local time, 

December 5, 2010, until the effective 

date of the final 2011 shark season 

specifications, which NMFS will 

publish as a separate document in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karyl Brewster-Geisz or Guy DuBeck, 

301–713–2347; (fax) 301–713–1917. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Atlantic shark fisheries are managed 

under the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic 

Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP), its 

amendments, and its implementing 

regulations found at 50 CFR part 635 

issued under authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 

Under § 635.5(b)(1), shark dealers are 

required to report to NMFS all sharks 

landed every two weeks. Dealer reports 

for fish received between the 1st and 

15th of any month must be received by 

NMFS by the 25th of that month. Dealer 

reports for fish received between the 

16th and the end of any month must be 

received by NMFS by the 10th of the 

following month. Under § 635.28(b)(2), 

when NMFS projects that fishing season 

landings for a species group have 

reached or are about to reach 80 percent 

of the available quota, NMFS will file 

for publication with the Office of the 

Federal Register a notice of closure for 

that shark species group that will be 

effective no fewer than 5 days from the 

date of filing. From the effective date 

and time of the closure until NMFS 

announces, via a notice in the Federal 

Register, that additional quota is 

available and the season is reopened, 

the fishery for that species group is 

closed, even across fishing years. 

On January 5, 2010 (75 FR 250), 

NMFS announced that the non-sandbar 

LCS fishery quota in the Atlantic region 

for the 2010 fishing year would be 169.7 

metric tons (mt) dressed weight (dw) 

(374,121 lb dw). Dealer reports through 

October 31, 2010, indicate that 142 mt 

dw or 83.6 percent of the available 

quota for non-sandbar LCS Atlantic 

fishery has been landed. The fishery has 

to date reached 83.6 percent of the 

quota, which exceeds the 80 percent 

limit specified in the regulations. Dealer 

reports received to date indicate that 

13.1 percent of the quota was landed 

from the opening of the fishery on July 

15, 2010, through July 31, 2010; 31.9 

percent of the quota was landed in 

August; 22.9 percent of the quota was 

landed in September; and 15.7 percent 

of the quota was landed in October. 

Accordingly, NMFS is closing the 

commercial non-sandbar LCS fishery in 

the Atlantic region as of 11:30 p.m. local 

time, December 5, 2010. This closure 

does not affect any other shark fishery. 

As such, as of 11:30 p.m. local time, 

December 5, 2010, all commercial nonsandbar LCS fisheries in all regions and 

fisheries will be closed. All of the 

pelagic shark fisheries will remain open. 

During this closure, a fishing vessel, 

issued an Atlantic Shark LAP, pursuant 

to § 635.4, may not possess or sell a nonsandbar LCS. A shark dealer, issued a 

permit pursuant to § 635.4, may not 

purchase or receive non-sandbar LCS 

from a vessel issued an Atlantic Shark 

LAP, except that a permitted shark 

dealer or processor may possess sharks 

that were harvested, off-loaded, and 

sold, traded, or bartered, prior to the 

effective date of the closure and were 

held in storage. Additionally, a shark 

dealer issued a Federal permit, pursuant 

to § 635.4, may in accordance with state 

regulations, purchase or receive a nonsandbar LCS if the shark was harvested, 

off-loaded, and sold, traded, or bartered 

from a vessel that fishes only in state 

waters and had not been issued an 

Atlantic Shark LAP, HMS Angling 

permit, or HMS Charter/Headboat 

permit pursuant to § 635.4. 

Classification 

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

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NOAA (AA), finds that providing for 

prior notice and public comment for 

this action is impracticable and contrary 

to the public interest because the 

fisheries are currently under way, and 

any delay in this action would cause 

overharvest of the quotas and be 

inconsistent with management 

requirements and objectives. Similarly, 

affording prior notice and opportunity 

for public comment on this action is 

contrary to the public interest because if 

the quotas are exceeded, the affected 

public is likely to experience reductions 

in the available quotas and a lack of 

fishing opportunities in future seasons. 

Thus, for these reasons, the AA also 

finds good cause to waive the 30-day 

delay in effective date pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(3). This action is required 

under 50 CFR 635.28(b)(2) and is 

exempt from review under Executive 

Order 12866. 

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

Dated: November 30, 2010. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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