11288 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 48 / Tuesday, March 13, 2007 / Rules and Regulations 

procedure to add a new part 208. The 

amendment is an interim rule and 

became effective on the date of 

publication. The notice published in the 

Federal Register on February 27 

inadvertently identified two subsections 

as § 208.7(c). The Commission is 

amending § 208.7 by designating the 

second paragraph (c) as paragraph (d). 

DATES: Effective on March 13, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Gearhart, Senior Counsel, 

Office of the General Counsel, 202–205–

3091 (e-mail: 

william.gearhart@usitc.gov); or Marilyn 

R. Abbott, Secretary to the Commission, 

202–205–2000 (e-mail: 

marilyn.abbott@usitc.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 208 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Business and industry, 

Customs duties, Imports, Investigations. 

■ Accordingly, 19 CFR part 208 is 

corrected by making the following 

correcting amendment: 

PART 208—INVESTIGATIONS WITH 

RESPECT TO COMMERCIAL 

AVAILABILITY OF TEXTILE FABRIC 

AND YARN IN SUB-SAHARAN 

AFRICAN COUNTRIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 208 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1335; 19 U.S.C. 

3721(c). 

§ 208.7 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend § 208.7 by designating the 

second paragraph (c) as paragraph (d). 

Issued: March 6, 2007. 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 232 

Conduct on Postal Property; Postal 

Service Security Force 

AGENCY: Postal Service. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Postal Service is 

amending the enforcement provisions of 

the rules for conduct on Postal Service 

property to restate the statutory basis for 

the powers of members of the Postal 

Service security force. Enactment of 

permanent law defining these powers 

and authority necessitates this 

amendment. The Postal Service infers 

and intends no substantive change to 

the referenced powers and authority. 

DATES: Effective March 13, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lawrence Katz, Inspector in Charge, 

Office of Counsel, U.S. Postal Inspection 

Service, 202–268–7732. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As the law 

enforcement arm of the Postal Service, 

the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is 

responsible for enforcing the rules 

governing conduct on Postal Service 

property. The rules are published in 39 

CFR 232.1. With regard to the 

enforcement of these rules, subsection 

232.1(q) provides that (1) they are 

enforced by the Postal Service security 

force, (2) postal installation heads and 

postmasters may enter into agreements 

with state and local law enforcement 

agencies to enforce these rules, and (3) 

certain other designated persons may 

likewise enforce the rules. 

The security force is a component of 

the Postal Inspection Service and 

comprises those armed, uniformed 

employees whom the Postal Service has 

since 1971 been authorized by 39 U.S.C. 

1201 to employ as guards for the 

protection of postal premises. In lieu of 

a provision for the specific police 

powers of such guards in permanent 

legislation, their powers were provided 

through a general provision in annual 

appropriations acts, beginning with that 

of 1973 (Pub. L. 92–351, 86 Stat. 471, 

section 612). Such general provisions 

uniformly incorporated by reference the 

powers given to special policemen by 

title 40, United States Code. The most 

recent act to do so was the annual 

appropriations act for 2006 (Pub. L. 

109–115, 119 Stat. 2396, section 811). 

The Postal Accountability and 

Enhancement Act (Pub. L. 109–435, 120 

Stat. 3198, section 1001) contains a 

permanent provision for the 

enforcement authority of postal police 

officers, codified in new subsection (c) 

of 18 U.S.C. 3061. The enforcement 

provision at 39 CFR 232.1(q)(1) requires 

amendment accordingly. 

As amended, 18 U.S.C. 3061 provides 

the fundamental powers of postal police 

officers and gives the Postal Service 

authority to provide by regulation for 

certain additional powers. The 

fundamental powers parallel those 

given to postal police officers by 

previous law. The Postal Service 

intends by this amendment simply to 

maintain the status quo with regard to 

the powers of members of the postal 

security force, albeit through citation to 

the relevant provision of title 18, United 

States Code, as recently amended, rather 

than to provisions of title 40, United 

States Code, no longer applicable. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 232 

Authority delegations (Government 

agencies), Crime, Federal buildings and 

facilities, Government property, Law 

enforcement officers, Postal Service, 

Security measures. 

■ In view of the considerations 

discussed above, the Postal Service 

adopts the following amendment to 39 

CFR part 232: 

PART 232—CONDUCT ON POSTAL 

PROPERTY 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 232 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 13, 3061; 21 U.S.C. 

802, 844; 39 U.S.C. 401, 403(b)(3), 404(a)(7), 

1201(2). 

■ 2. In § 232.1, paragraph (q)(1) is 

revised to read as follows: 

§ 232.1 Conduct on postal property. 

* * * * * 

(q) Enforcement. (1) Members of the 

U.S. Postal Service security force shall 

exercise the powers provided by 18 

U.S.C. 3061(c)(2) and shall be 

responsible for enforcing the regulations 

in this section in a manner that will 

protect Postal Service property and 

persons thereon. 

* * * * * 

Stanley F. Mires, 

Chief Counsel, Legislative. 

[FR Doc. E7–4457 Filed 3–12–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 070213032–7032–01; I.D. 

030707B] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical 

Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 

610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This 

action is necessary to prevent exceeding 

the B season allowance of the 2007 total 

allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for 

Statistical Area 610 of the GOA. 


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DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), March 13, 2007, through 

1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 25, 2007. 

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 B season allowance of the 2007 

TAC of pollock in Statistical Area 610 

of the GOA is 4,511 metric tons (mt) as 

established by the 2007 and 2008 

harvest specifications for groundfish of 

the GOA (72 FR 9676, March 5, 2007). 

In accordance with § 679.20(a)(5)(iv)(B) 

the Administrator, Alaska Region, 

NMFS (Regional Administrator), hereby 

increases the B season pollock 

allowance by 902 mt, the remaining 

amount of the A season allowance of the 

pollock TAC in Statistical Area 610. 

Therefore, the revised B season 

allowance of the pollock TAC in 

Statistical Area 610 is 5,413 mt (4,511 

mt plus 902 mt). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Regional Administrator has 

determined that the B season allowance 

of the 2007 TAC of pollock in Statistical 

Area 610 of the GOA will soon be 

reached. Therefore, the Regional 

Administrator is establishing a directed 

fishing allowance of 5,213 mt, and is 

setting aside the remaining 200 mt as 

bycatch to support other anticipated 

groundfish fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for pollock in Statistical 

Area 610 of the GOA. 

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 closure of pollock in 

Statistical Area 610 of the GOA. NMFS 

was unable to publish a notice 

providing time for public comment 

because the most recent, relevant data 

only became available as of March 6, 

2007. 

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. 

This action is required by § 679.20 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–1169 Filed 3–8–07; 1:43 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 070213032–7032–01; I.D. 

030707A] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 

630 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This 

action is necessary to prevent exceeding 

the B season allowance of the 2007 total 

allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for 

Statistical Area 630 of the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), March 11, 2007, through 

1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 25, 2007. 

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 B season allowance of the 2007 

TAC of pollock in Statistical Area 630 

of the GOA is 1,753 metric tons (mt) as 

established by the 2007 and 2008 

harvest specifications for groundfish of 

the GOA (72 FR 9676, March 5, 2007). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Regional Administrator has 

determined that the B season allowance 

of the 2007 TAC of pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 of the GOA will soon be 

reached. Therefore, the Regional 

Administrator is establishing a directed 

fishing allowance of 1,453 mt, and is 

setting aside the remaining 300 mt as 

bycatch to support other anticipated 

groundfish fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 of the GOA. 

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 closure of pollock in 

Statistical Area 630 of the GOA. NMFS 

was unable to publish a notice 

providing time for public comment 

because the most recent, relevant data 

only became available as of March 6, 

2007. 

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. 

This action is required by § 679.20 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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


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