Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 167 / Monday, August 31, 2009 / Rules and Regulations 44771 

inseason orders of the Fraser River 

Panel. These orders establish fishing 

dates, times, and areas for the gear types 

of U.S. treaty Indian fisheries and for 

all-citizen fisheries during the period 

the Panel exercises jurisdiction over 

these fisheries. Section 300.97(b)(1) 

specifies a toll-free telephone hotline for 

NMFS to use to notify the public of 

orders applicable to all-citizen fisheries. 

The currently published all-citizen 

fisheries hotline is 1–800–562–6513. 

Due to changes in telephone technology, 

that telephone number is no longer 

correct. 

This action removes that incorrect 

number and amends the CFR to specify 

that the correct all-citizen fisheries 

hotline telephone number is included in 

the inseason notice procedures section 

of the annual management measures for 

West Coast Salmon Fisheries, published 

in the Federal Register. The treaty 

Indian fisheries hotline is unaffected by 

this correction. 

Classification 

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

Assistant Administrator finds good 

cause to waive prior notice and 

opportunity for additional public 

comment for this action because any 

delay of this action would be contrary 

to the public interest. As stated above, 

this rule removes the obsolete telephone 

number currently published in the CFR, 

and amends the CFR to specify that the 

correct hotline telephone number is 

published annually in the Federal 

Register with the annual management 

measures for West Coast Salmon. This 

correction notice will eliminate 

confusion regarding accessing 

regulatory information on the Fraser 

River sockeye salmon fisheries, 

projected to begin in July. Additionally, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d), the 

Assistant Administrator finds good 

cause to waive the 30–day delay in 

effective date because a delay in 

implementing this correction may 

negatively impact the public’s ability to 

access regulatory measures in a timely 

manner. No aspect of this action is 

controversial and no change in 

operating practices in the fishery is 

required. 

Because prior notice and opportunity 

for public comment are not required for 

this rule by 5 U.S.C. 553, or any other 

law, the analytical requirements of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq., are inapplicable. 

This final rule is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 300 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Fisheries, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: August 25, 2009. 

John Oliver, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator For 

Operations, National Marine Fisheries 

Service. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 50 CFR part 300 is amended 

as follows: 

PART 300—INTERNATIONAL 

FISHERIES REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 300 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Pacific Salmon Treaty Act, 16 

U.S.C. 3636(b). 

■ 2. In § 300.97, paragraph (b)(1) is 

revised to read as follows: 

§ 300.97 Inseason orders. 

* * * * * 

(b) Notice of inseason orders. (1) 

Official notice of such inseason orders 

is available from NMFS (for orders 

applicable to all-citizen fisheries) and 

from the Northwest Indian Fisheries 

Commission (for orders applicable to 

treaty Indian fisheries) through Area 

Code 206 toll-free telephone hotlines. 

All-citizen fisheries: the hotline 

telephone number is published in the 

inseason notice procedures section of 

the annual management measures for 

West Coast Salmon Fisheries, published 

in the Federal Register; Treaty Indian 

fisheries hotline: 1–800–562–6142. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 090206144–9697–02] 

RIN 0648–XQ95 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 

Quota Transfer 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason quota 

transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

Commonwealth of Virginia is 

transferring commercial bluefish quota 

to the State of New York from its 2009 

quota. By this action, NMFS adjusts the 

quotas and announces the revised 

commercial quota for New York and 

Virginia. 

DATES: Effective August 26, 2009 

through December 31, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Bland, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9257. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the Atlantic 

bluefish fishery are found at 50 CFR part 

648. The regulations require annual 

specification of a commercial quota that 

is apportioned among the coastal states 

from Florida through Maine. The 

process to set the annual commercial 

quota and the percent allocated to each 

state is described in § 648.160. 

Two or more states, under mutual 

agreement and with the concurrence of 

the Administrator, Northeast Region, 

NMFS (Regional Administrator), can 

transfer or combine bluefish commercial 

quota under § 648.160(f). The Regional 

Administrator is required to consider 

the criteria set forth in § 648.160(f)(1) in 

the evaluation of requests for quota 

transfers or combinations. 

Virginia has agreed to transfer 150,000 

lb (68,039 kg) of its 2009 commercial 

quota to New York. The Regional 

Administrator has determined that the 

criteria set forth in § 648.160(f)(1) have 

been met. The revised bluefish quotas 

for calendar year 2009 are: New York, 

1,126,384 lb (510,919 kg); and Virginia, 

1,005,945 lb (456,289 kg). 

Classification 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

part 648 and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: August 26, 2009. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–20930 Filed 8–26–09; 4:15 pm] 

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