Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 211 / Wednesday, November 1, 2006 / Proposed Rules 64213 

Flooding source(s) Location of referenced elevation 

*Elevation in feet 

(NGVD) 

+Elevation in feet 

(NAVD) 

#Depth in feet above 

ground 

Communities affected 

Effective Modified 

Approximately 3,560 feet upstream of the convergence 

with Blacklick Creek.

None *800 

* National Geodetic Vertical Datum. 

# Depth in feet above ground. 

+ North American Vertical Datum. 

ADDRESSES 

Village of Canal Winchester 

Maps are available for inspection at The Canal Winchester Municipal Building, 36 South High Street, Canal Winchester, Ohio. 

Send comments to The Honorable Jeffery J. Miller, Mayor, Village of Canal Winchester, 36 South High Street, Canal Winchester, Ohio 43110. 

City of Columbus 

Maps are available for inspection at The Building Services Division, 757 Carolyn Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. 

Send comments to The Honorable Michael B. Coleman, Mayor, City of Columbus, 90 West Broad Street, Room 247, Columbus, Ohio 43215. 

Franklin County (Unincorporated Areas) 

Maps are available for inspection at Franklin County Economic Development and Planning Department, 280 East Broad Street, Room 202, Columbus, Ohio. 

Send comments to Ms. Paula Brooks, President, Franklin County Board of Commissioners, 373 South High Street, 26th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 

43215. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: October 5, 2006. 

David I. Maurstad, 

Director, Mitigation Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Department 

of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E6–18325 Filed 10–31–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 635 

[I.D. 091106B] 

RIN 0648–AU84 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Atlantic Commercial Shark 

Management Measures 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: This action extends the 

comment period for 12 days on an 

October 5, 2006, proposed rule 

regarding the first 2007 fishing season 

for Atlantic sharks. Due to late dealer 

reports that may substantially change 

landings estimates of large and small 

coastal sharks during the first trimester 

of 2006 for the Gulf of Mexico, NMFS 

is extending the comment deadline on 

that proposed rule from November 1, 

2006, until November 13, 2006. 

DATES: The deadline for written 

comments on the October 5, 2006 (71 FR 

58778) proposed rule has been extended 

from November 1 to no later than 5 p.m. 

on November 13, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

proposed rule may be submitted to 

Michael Clark, Highly Migratory Species 

Management Division via: 

• Email: SF1.091106B@noaa.gov. 

• Mail: 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. Please mark 

on the outside of the envelope 

‘‘Comments on Proposed Rule for 2007 

1st Trimester Season Lengths and 

Quotas.’’

• Fax: 301–713–1917. 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Include in the 

subject line the following identifier: 

‘‘I.D. 091106B’’. 

Copies of the associated draft 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

other relevant documents are available 

on the Highly Migratory Species 

Management Division’s website at 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms or by 

contacting Michael Clark (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Clark or Karyl Brewster-Geisz 

by phone: 301–713–2347 or by fax: 301–

713–1917. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Atlantic shark fishery is managed under 

the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). NMFS 

recently finalized a Consolidated Highly 

Migratory Species Fishery Management 

Plan (HMS FMP) that consolidated and 

replaced previous FMPs for Atlantic 

Billfish and Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, 

and Sharks (October 2, 2006; 71 FR 

58058). The HMS FMP is implemented 

by regulations at 50 CFR part 635. 

On October 5, 2006 (71 FR 58778), 

NMFS published a proposed rule that 

requested comments on the draft EA 

and scheduled three public hearings 

throughout October 2006 to receive 

comments from fishery participants and 

other members of the public regarding 

the first 2007 fishing season for Atlantic 

sharks. Based on late dealer reports that 

may substantially change landings 

estimates of large and small coastal 

sharks in the Gulf of Mexico during the 

first trimester of 2006, NMFS is 

extending the comment period on this 

proposed rule. NMFS is still updating 

the landings estimates and will release 

them in a future Federal Register notice. 

At this time, NMFS does not expect the 

landings estimates or the proposed 

measures to change substantially in the 

South Atlantic or North Atlantic 

regions. In order to incorporate these 

updated landings and to provide 

adequate opportunities for public 

comment by constituents, NMFS is 

extending the public comment period 

on the proposed rule and draft EA to 5 

p.m., November 13, 2006. 

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

et seq. 


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64214 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 211 / Wednesday, November 1, 2006 / Proposed Rules 

Dated: October 26, 2006. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–9008 Filed 10–27–06; 2:36 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

RIN 0648–AU80 

[Docket No.061016268–6268–01; I.D. 

100506E] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Regulatory Amendment to 

Modify Recordkeeping and Reporting 

and Observer Requirements 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Upon a request received by 

the New England Fishery Management 

Council (Council), NMFS proposes 

measures to modify the existing 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements for federally permitted 

seafood dealers/processors, and the 

observer requirements for participating 

hagfish vessels. The Council has 

determined that the modifications are 

necessary to gather additional 

information on the unique aspects of the 

hagfish fishery and its interaction with 

other federally managed fisheries. The 

information collected from fishery 

participants (dealers/processors and 

vessels) would help the Council to 

determine the need for, and potentially 

develop , a hagfish Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received no later than 5 p.m. eastern 

standard time, on December 1, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: HagfishIC@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line the following 

identifier: ‘‘Comments on Hagfish 

Information Collection Program.’’

• Federal e-Rulemaking portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, Northeast 

Regional Office, One Blackburn Drive, 

Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside 

of the envelope: ‘‘Comments on Hagfish 

Information Collection Program.’’

• Fax: (978) 281–9135. 

Copies of the Regulatory Impact 

Review (RIR) and other supporting 

documents are available from Patricia A. 

Kurkul, Regional Administrator, NMFS, 

Northeast Regional Office, One 

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. 

Written comments regarding the 

burden-hour estimates or other aspects 

of the collection-of-information 

requirements contained in this proposed 

rule may be submitted to the Northeast 

Regional Office at the above address and 

by email to 

DavidlRostker@omb.eop.gov, or by fax 

to (202) 395 7285. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bonnie Van Pelt, Fishery Policy 

Analyst, (978) 281–9244. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

A request for an information 

collection on hagfish under the 

provisions of section 402(a) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) was received 

by the Council on October 3, 2006. The 

request is based on the need to improve 

upon the quality and quantity of 

information available on the hagfish 

resource and its fishery operations to 

enable the Council to determine the 

potential need to develop future 

management measures for hagfish under 

an FMP. Without this information 

collection on hagfish, future 

management measures may not capture 

accurately the geographic and seasonal 

aspects of the fishery, which reflect 

overseas demand, and ensure that the 

resource may be sustained in future 

years. This collection of information 

(with changes, as appropriate) may be 

extended through the development and 

implementation of a Hagfish FMP. 

NMFS has made a preliminary 

determination that the Council’s need 

for a collection of information program 

on hagfish is valid and justified, and is 

proposing to implement this request 

through the publication of this rule as 

required by section 402(a) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. The Atlantic 

hagfish (Myxine glutinosa) fishery in 

New England (hagfish fishery) was 

developed in the early 1990s, with the 

first reported landings of around 1 

million lb (454 mt) in 1993. Korean 

buyers quickly recognized that a fishery 

in the New England area could provide 

the high-quality hagfish skins used in 

making leather, as well as hagfish meat 

for human consumption. Reported 

hagfish landings quadrupled during the 

first 4 years of the fishery (1993–1996), 

exceeding the highest reported landings 

in other North American hagfish 

fisheries (including British Columbia, 

Oregon, Washington, California, and 

Nova Scotia) by 1994. 

Today the hagfish fishery relies on 

revenues from the export of whole 

frozen hagfish product overseas, 

primarily to South Korea, for meat 

consumption. The hagfish fishery 

prosecuted off the coast of Gloucester, 

MA, has changed from an inshore 

fishery comprised of small vessels to an 

offshore fishery that consists of large 

vessels. According to reports from a 

workshop that was held to identify the 

challenges in collecting information on 

this fishery, the reason for this change 

in the way the fishery is being 

conducted is that the fishery has 

experienced localized depletion in 

nearshore waters, necessitating 

movement of fishing effort to areas not 

historically fished for hagfish. 

Dealer/Processor Permitting and 

Reporting Requirements 

To meet the Council’s request for 

information, this proposed rule would 

require all seafood dealers who intend 

to purchase hagfish caught in or from 

the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to 

be permitted under § 648.6, and to 

submit, on a weekly basis, an electronic 

dealer report containing the required 

trip-level information for each purchase 

of hagfish made from fishing vessels as 

per the regulations at § 648.7. Hagfish 

dealers would be required to obtain an 

initial dealer permit upon 

implementation of the hagfish 

information collection requirements and 

to renew the permit annually thereafter. 

Reports furnished by permitted dealers 

would help determine the level of 

discards and discard mortality of 

hagfish culled at sea in response to 

rejection by the dealer in port. In 

addition, the collection of purchase 

reports would help to verify landings 

reported in Vessel Trip Reports (VTRs) 

for those vessels that have VTR 

requirements, and for those that do not, 

the dealers would be required to report 

vessel identifiers. It is unlikely that 

additional dealers would join the 

fishery because the fishery is driven by 

a narrowly focused export market 

(South Korea only), which is currently 

in equilibrium with supply. However, 

this permitting and reporting 

requirement would also enable the 

identification of any new vessel and/or 

dealer entrants into the fishery. 

Dealer/Processor Reports 

All federally permitted seafood 

dealers subject to this proposed rule 

would be required to complete all 

sections of the Annual Processed 

Products Report (§ 648.7). The report 


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