Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 49 / Tuesday, March 13, 2012 / Rules and Regulations 14697 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0714; FRL–9645–6] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Delaware, New Jersey, and 

Pennsylvania; Determinations of 

Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine 

Particulate Standard for the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington 

Nonattainment Area; Withdrawal of 

Direct Final Rule 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: Due to an adverse comment, 

EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule, 

published on January 23, 2012 (77 FR 

3147), that made two determinations 

regarding the Philadelphia-Wilmington 

fine particulate (PM2.5) nonattainment 

area (the Philadelphia Area), which is 

comprised of the New Castle County in 

Delaware; Burlington, Camden, and 

Gloucester Counties in New Jersey; and 

Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, 

and Philadelphia Counties in 

Pennsylvania. First, EPA made a 

determination that the Philadelphia 

Area attained the 1997 annual PM2.5

national ambient air quality standard 

(NAAQS) by its attainment date of April 

5, 2010. Second, EPA made a clean data 

determination, finding that the 

Philadelphia Area has attained the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS, based on quality assured 

and certified ambient air monitoring 

data for the 2007–2009 and 2008–2010 

monitoring periods. In the direct final 

rule, EPA stated that if we received 

adverse comment by February 22, 2012, 

the rule would be withdrawn and not 

take effect. EPA subsequently received 

adverse comments. EPA will address the 

comments received in a subsequent 

final action based upon the proposed 

action also published on January 23, 

2012 (77 FR 3223). EPA will not 

institute a second comment period on 

this action. 

DATES: The direct final rule published 

on January 23, 2012 (77 FR 3147) is 

withdrawn as of March 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established docket 

number EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0714 for 

this action. The index to this action is 

available electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 

at Air Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions concerning EPA’s 

action related to Delaware or 

Pennsylvania, please contact Maria A. 

Pino, (215) 814–2181, or by email at 

pino.maria@epa.gov. If you have 

questions concerning EPA’s action 

related to New Jersey, please contact 

Henry Feingersh, (212) 637–3382, or by 

email at feingersh.henry@epa.gov. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: February 6, 2012. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

Accordingly, the addition of 40 CFR 

52.425, 52.427, 52.1576, 52.1602(d), 

52.2056(f), and 52.2059(e), published on 

January 23, 2012 (77 FR 3147), is 

withdrawn as of March 13, 2012. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Judith A. Enck, 

Regional Administrator, Region II. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5880 Filed 3–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 0910051338–0151–02] 

RIN 0648–XB059 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Northeast Multispecies 

Fishery; Trip Limit Adjustments for the 

Common Pool Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason 

adjustment of landing limits. 

SUMMARY: NMFS increases the 

possession limits for Georges Bank (GB) 

cod and Southern New England (SNE)/ 

Mid-Atlantic (MA) yellowtail flounder 

for Northeast (NE) multispecies 

common pool vessels for the remainder 

of the 2011 fishing year (FY), through 

April 30, 2012. This is intended to 

facilitate the harvest of GB cod and 

SNE/MA yellowtail flounder to allow 

the total catch of these stocks to 

approach their pertinent common pool 

sub-annual catch limits (sub-ACLs). 

DATES: Effective March 8, 2012, through 

April 30, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brett Alger, Fisheries Management 

Specialist, (978) 675–2153, fax (978) 

281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the NE 

multispecies fishery are found at 50 CFR 

part 648, subpart F. The regulations at 

§ 648.86(o) authorize the NE Regional 

Administrator (RA) to adjust the 

possession limits for common pool 

vessels in order to optimize the harvest 

of NE regulated multispecies by 

preventing the overharvest or 

underharvest of the pertinent common 

pool sub-ACLs. For FY 2011, the 

common pool sub-ACLs for GB cod is 

205,030 lb (93 mt). The initial FY 2011 

trip limit for GB cod was 2,000 lb (907.2 

kg) per day-at-sea (DAS), up to 20,000 

lb (9,071.8 kg) per trip, for Category A 

DAS vessels. However, the intended 

initial trip limit for GB cod for FY 2011 

under Framework Adjustment 45 to the 

NE Multispecies Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP) was 3,000 lb (1,360.8 kg) per 

DAS, up to 30,000 lb (13,607.8 kg) per 

trip. Therefore, an inseason action that 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 19, 2011 (76 FR 30035) increased 

the trip limit to 3,000 lb (1,360.8 kg) per 

DAS, up to 30,000 (13,607.8 kg) per trip 

to adjust for this inadvertent error. 

Subsequently, an inseason action that 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 30, 2011 (76 FR 53832), reduced 

the GB cod trip limit to 300 lb (136.1 kg) 

per DAS, up to 600 lb (272.2 kg) per 

trip, for Category A DAS vessels. For 

Handgear B vessels, the GB cod trip 

limit was reduced to 25 lb (11.3 kg) per 

trip from 75 lb (34.0 kg) per trip on 

October 3, 2011 (76 FR 61060). 

For FY 2011, the common pool subACL for SNE/MA yellowtail flounder is 

265,555 lb (120 mt). The initial trip 

limit for SNE/MA yellowtail flounder 

was 500 lb (226.8 kg) per DAS up to 

2,000 lb (907.2 kg) per trip, and has not 

been revised for this fishing year. 

As of February 25, 2011, the best 

available catch information, including 

information from Vessel Monitoring 

System (VMS) reports and dealer 

reports, indicates that approximately 

58.5 percent of the GB cod and 1.2 

percent of the SNE/MA yellowtail 

flounder common pool sub-ACLs has 

been harvested. Based on this 

information, the RA has determined that 

additional measures are warranted to 

help facilitate the harvest of GB cod and 

SNE/MA yellowtail flounder to better 

allow the total catch of these stocks by 


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