55134 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 183 / Thursday, September 21, 2006 / Rules and Regulations 

State and location Community 

No. 

Effective date authorization/cancellation of 

sale of flood insurance in community 

Current effective 

map date 

Date certain federal assistance 

no longer available in SFHAs 

Branson, City of, Taney County ............ 290436 December 10, 1971, Emerg; October 26, 

1976, Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Buckner, City of, Jackson County ......... 290170 March 29, 1976, Emerg; September 15, 

1978, Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Bull Creek, Village of, Taney County .... 290916 December 6, 1993, Emerg; September 30, 

1997, Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Grain Valley, City of, Jackson County .. 290737 October 9, 1979, Emerg; October 9, 1979, 

Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Grandview, City of, Jackson County ..... 290171 March 16, 1973, Emerg; June 15, 1979, 

Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Greenwood, City of, Jackson County .... 290711 October 11, 1977, Emerg; January 3, 1979, 

Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Hollister, City of, Taney County ............ 290437 February 14, 1975, Emerg; March 18, 1985, 

Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Independence, City of, Clay and Jackson Counties.290172 October 15, 1971, Emerg; February 1, 

1979, Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Jackson County, Unincorporated Areas 290492 June 19, 1974, Emerg; September 29, 

1978, Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Lake Lotawana, City of, Jackson County.290697 November 10, 1976, Emerg; November 1, 

1979, Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Lee’s Summit, City of, Jackson County 290174 February 4, 1972, Emerg; April 3, 1978, 

Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Levasy, City of, Jackson County ........... 290175 February 13, 1975, Emerg; September 29, 

1978, Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Oak Grove, City of, Jackson County ..... 290694 August 13, 1976, Emerg; September 5, 

1979, Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Raytown, City of, Jackson County ........ 290176 February 27, 1975, Emerg; September 15, 

1978, Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Rockaway Beach, Town of, Taney 

County.

290438 April 26, 1999, Emerg; March 1, 2000, Reg; 

September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Sugar Creek, City of, Clay and Jackson 

Counties.

290178 January 25, 1977, Emerg; January 3, 1979, 

Reg; September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Taney County, Unincorporated Areas ... 290435 June 20, 2002, Emerg; April 1, 2004, Reg; 

September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Region VIII 

Montana: Lincoln County, Unincorporated 

Areas.

300157 April 3, 1978, Emerg; August 1, 1980, Reg; 

September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Wyoming: 

Jackson, Town of, Teton County .......... 560052 August 8, 1975, Emerg; May 4, 1989, Reg; 

September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

Teton County, Unincorporated Areas .... 560094 April 19, 1978, Emerg; May 4, 1989, Reg; 

September 29, 2006, Susp.

......do ............... Do. 

*-do- = Ditto. 

Code for reading third column: Emerg.-Emergency; Reg.-Regular; Susp-Suspension. 

Dated: September 14, 2006. 

David I. Maurstad, 

Mitigation Division Director, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Department 

of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 06–7949 Filed 9–20–06; 8:45 am] 

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Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 060216044–6044–01; I.D. 

091806B] 

Fisheries of the Economic Exclusive 

Zone Off Alaska; Shallow-Water 

Species Fishery by Vessels Using 

Trawl Gear in the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason 

adjustment; opening; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is opening directed 

fishing for species that comprise the 

shallow-water species fishery by vessels 

using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA), effective 0700 hours, Alaska 

local time (A.l.t), September 20, 2006. 

This adjustment is necessary to allow a 

12–hour fishery for species that 

comprise the shallow-water species 

fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the 

GOA to resume, without exceeding the 

2006 Pacific halibut bycatch allowance 

specified for the shallow-water species 

fishery in the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 0700 hours, A.l.t., 

September 20, 2006, through 1900 

hours, A.l.t., September 20, 2006. 

Comments must be received at the 

following address no later than 4:30 

p.m., A.l.t., October 3, 2006. 


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ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sue 

Salveson, Assistant Regional 

Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries 

Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, Attn: 

Ellen Walsh. Comments may be 

submitted by: 

• Mail to: P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 

99802; 

• Hand delivery to the Federal 

Building, 709 West 9th Street, Room 

420A, Juneau, Alaska; 

• FAX to 907–586–7557; 

• E-mail to shallowtrawl2@noaa.gov 

and include in the subject line of the email comment the document identifier: 

goaswx4sroc (E-mail comments, with or 

without attachments, are limited to 5 

megabytes); or 

Webform at the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Hogan, 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 2006 Pacific halibut bycatch 

allowance specified for the shallowwater species fishery in the GOA is 900 

metric tons (mt) as established by the 

2006 and 2007 harvest specifications for 

groundfish of the GOA (71 FR 10870, 

March 3, 2006). NMFS closed directed 

fishing for species that comprise the 

shallow-water species fishery by vessels 

using trawl gear in the GOA under 

§ 679.21(d)(7)(i) on September 1, 2006 

(71 FR 51784, August 31, 2006) and 

September 6, 2006 (71 FR 53339, 

September 11, 2006). 

As of September 15, NMFS has 

determined that 206 mt of halibut 

bycatch allowance for the fishery 

remains. Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 679.25(a)(1)(i) and 679.25(a)(2)(i)(A), 

NMFS is adjusting the trawl shallowwater species fishery in the GOA by 

opening the fishery at 0700 hrs, A.l.t., 

September 20, 2006, and prohibiting 

directed fishing for shallow-water 

species by vessels using trawl gear in 

the GOA at 1900 hrs, A.l.t., September 

20, 2006. This action has the effect of 

opening the fishery for 12 hours. 

Regulations at § 679.23(b) specify that 

the time of all openings and closures of 

fishing seasons other than the beginning 

and end of the calendar fishing year is 

1200 hrs, A.l.t. Current information 

shows the expected trawl Pacific halibut 

bycatch rates observed in groundfish 

fisheries during the fourth season in the 

GOA to be 300 mt per day. The 

Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, 

has determined that the 2006 Pacific 

halibut bycatch allowance specified for 

the trawl fisheries could be exceeded if 

a 24–hour fishery were allowed to 

occur. NMFS intends that the halibut 

bycatch allowance not be exceeded and, 

therefore, will not allow a 24–hour 

directed fishery. 

NMFS is taking this action to allow a 

controlled fishery to occur, thereby 

preventing the overharvest of the Pacific 

halibut bycatch allowance specified for 

the trawl shallow-water species fishery 

designated in accordance with the 2006 

and 2007 harvest specifications for 

groundfish in the GOA (71 FR 10870, 

March 3, 2006) and § 679.21(d). In 

accordance with § 679.25(a)(2)(iii), 

NMFS has determined that prohibiting 

directed fishing at 1900 hrs, A.l.t., 

September 20, 2006, after a 12 hour 

opening is the least restrictive 

management adjustment to allow the 

fishing industry opportunity to harvest 

species that comprise the shallow-water 

species fishery without exceeding the 

fourth seasonal apportionment of the 

2006 Pacific halibut bycatch allowance 

for the shallow-water species fishery in 

the GOA. Pursuant to § 679.25(b)(5), 

NMFS has considered data regarding 

inseason prohibited species bycatch 

rates observed in groundfish fisheries in 

the GOA in making this adjustment. 

The species and species groups that 

comprise the shallow-water species 

fishery are pollock, Pacific cod, shallowwater flatfish, flathead sole, Atka 

mackerel, skates and ‘‘other species.’’

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 opening of the fishery, not 

allow the full utilization of the species 

and species groups that comprise the 

shallow-water species fishery, and 

therefore reduce the public’s ability to 

use and enjoy the fishery resource. 

NMFS was unable to publish a notice 

providing time for public comment 

because the most recent, relevant data 

only became available as of September 

15, 2006. 

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. 

Without this inseason adjustment, 

NMFS could not allow the shallowwater species fishery by vessels using 

trawl gear in the GOA to be harvested 

in an expedient manner and in 

accordance with the regulatory 

schedule. Under § 679.25(c)(2), 

interested persons are invited to submit 

written comments on this action to the 

above address until October 3, 2006. 

This action is required by § 679.21 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: September 18, 2006. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–7939 Filed 9–18–06; 2:59 pm] 

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