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considered among the other factors. The 

contracting officer shall determine the 

relative importance of price and other 

factors as appropriate to the acquisition. 

(e) Contractor support for meetings 

and conferences. A contract, order, 

work assignment or purchasing 

agreement that includes contractor 

support for meeting and conference 

planning and logistics must include a 

green meeting and conference 

requirement. The contracting officer 

shall ensure language is included in the 

tasking document work statement that 

requires the contractor to use the 

provision at 1552.223–71, or language 

approved by the contracting officer that 

is substantially the same as the 

provision, when soliciting quotes or 

offers for meeting and conference 

services on behalf of the EPA. 

(f) Solicitation Provision. The 

contracting officer shall insert the 

provision or language substantially the 

same as the provision at 1552.223–71, 

EPA Green Meetings and Conferences, 

in solicitations for meeting and 

conference services. Contracting officers 

issuing an oral solicitation must also use 

the provision, though it may be 

provided to the vendor orally or 

electronically. Contractors soliciting 

quotes or offers for meeting and 

conference services on behalf of EPA 

shall use the provision, or language 

approved by the contracting officer that 

is substantially the same as the 

provision. 

PART 1552—SOLICITATION 

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

■ 3. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 1552 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; Sec. 205(c), 63 

Stat. 390, as amended, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 

41 U.S.C. 418b. 

■ 4. Add § 1552.223–71 to read as 

follows. 

§ 1552.223–71 EPA Green Meetings and 

Conferences. 

As prescribed in 1523.703–1, insert 

the following provision or language 

substantially the same as the provision 

in solicitations for meetings and 

conference services. 

EPA GREEN MEETINGS AND 

CONFERENCES (May 2007) 

(a) The mission of the EPA is to protect 

human health and the environment. We 

expect that all Agency meetings and 

conferences will be staged using as many 

environmentally preferable measures as 

possible. Environmentally preferable means 

products or services that have a lesser or 

reduced effect on the environment when 

compared with competing products or 

services that serve the same purpose. 

(b) As a potential meeting or conference 

provider for EPA, we require information 

about environmentally preferable features 

and practices your facility will have in place 

for the EPA event described in the 

solicitation. 

(c) The following list is provided to assist 

you in identifying environmentally 

preferable measures and practices used by 

your facility. More information about EPA’s 

Green Meetings initiative may be found on 

the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/oppt/ 

greenmeetings/. Information about EPA 

voluntary partnerships may be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/partners/index.htm. 

(1) Do you have a recycling program? If so, 

please describe. 

(2) Do you have a linen/towel reuse option 

that is communicated to guests? 

(3) Do guests have easy access to public 

transportation or shuttle services at your 

facility? 

(4) Are lights and air conditioning turned 

off when rooms are not in use? If so, how do 

you ensure this? 

(5) Do you provide bulk dispensers or 

reusable containers for beverages, food and 

condiments? 

(6) Do you provide reusable serving 

utensils, napkins and tablecloths when food 

and beverages are served? 

(7) Do you have an energy efficiency 

program? Please describe. 

(8) Do you have a water conservation 

program? Please describe. 

(9) Does your facility provide guests with 

paperless check-in & check-out? 

(10) Does your facility use recycled or 

recyclable products? Please describe. 

(11) Do you source food from local growers 

or take into account the growing practices of 

farmers that provide the food? Please 

describe. 

(12) Do you use biobased or biodegradable 

products, including biobased cafeteriaware? 

Please describe. 

(13) Do you provide training to your 

employees on these green initiatives? Please 

describe. 

(14) What other environmental initiatives 

have you undertaken, including any 

environment-related certifications you 

possess, EPA voluntary partnerships in 

which you participate, support of a green 

suppliers network, or other initiatives? 

Include ‘‘Green Meeting’’ information in your 

quotation so that we may consider 

environmental preferability in selection of 

our meeting venue. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 300 

[Docket No. 070402076–7076–01; I.D. 

022007B] 

RIN 0648–AV23 

Illegal, Unreported, or Unregulated 

Fishing 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes this final 

rule to satisfy the requirement in section 

403 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management 

Reauthorization Act of 2006 (MSRA) to 

publish a definition of the term ‘‘illegal, 

unreported, or unregulated (IUU)’’

fishing for purposes of the MSRA. 

DATES: This final rule is effective April 

12, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Dean Swanson, Chief, 

International Fisheries Affairs Division, 

Office of International Affairs, NMFS, 

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dean Swanson at 301–713–2276, fax 

301–713–2313. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

403 of the MSRA amends the High Seas 

Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection 

Act (Driftnet Moratorium Protection 

Act), 16 U.S.C. 1826d et seq., by adding, 

among other things, a new section 609 

that addresses illegal, unreported, or 

unregulated fishing. Section 609 

requires the Secretary of Commerce 

(Secretary) to identify, and list in a 

biennial report to Congress, a nation if 

its fishing vessels are engaged, or have 

been engaged during the preceding 2 

years, in illegal, unreported, or 

unregulated fishing. Section 609 also 

provides for notification to and 

consultation with nations and an ‘‘IUU 

Certification Procedure’’ for determining 

if a nation or relevant international 

fishery management organization has 

taken specified action to address the 

IUU fishing activities. As an initial step, 

section 609(e)(2) requires the Secretary 

to ‘‘publish a definition of the term 

’illegal, unreported, or unregulated 

fishing,’ for purposes of this Act,’’

within 3 months after the date of 

enactment of MSRA, i.e., by April 12, 

2007. Publication of this definition is 

the focus of this rulemaking. NMFS 

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as needed, to implement other 

requirements such as the IUU 

certification procedure. 

Section 609(e)(3) states that ‘‘the 

Secretary shall include in the definition, 

at a minimum—

(A) fishing activities that violate 

conservation and management measures 

required under an international fishery 

management agreement to which the United 

States is a party, including catch limits or 

quotas, capacity restrictions, and bycatch 

reduction requirements; (B) overfishing of 

fish stocks shared by the United States, for 

which there are no applicable international 

conservation or management measures or in 

areas with no applicable international fishery 

management organization or agreement, that 

has adverse impacts on such stocks; and (C) 

fishing activity that has an adverse impact on 

seamounts, hydrothermal vents, and cold 

water corals located beyond national 

jurisdiction, for which there are no 

applicable conservation or management 

measures or in areas with no applicable 

international fishery management 

organization or agreement.’’

NMFS has decided to publish the 

definition exactly as set forth in section 

403 of MSRA (new section 609(e)(3) of 

the Driftnet Moratorium Protection Act). 

As noted above, NMFS will initiate 

separate rulemaking for the IUU 

certification procedure, and if needed, 

may promulgate additional 

implementing regulations for the 

definition of ‘‘illegal, unreported, or 

unregulated’’ fishing as that procedure 

is developed. 

Therefore, for purposes of the MSRA, 

this final rule defines ‘‘illegal, 

unreported, or unregulated’’ fishing as: 

(A) fishing activities that violate 

conservation and management measures 

required under an international fishery 

management agreement to which the 

United States is a party, including catch 

limits or quotas, capacity restrictions, 

and bycatch reduction requirements; (B) 

overfishing of fish stocks shared by the 

United States, for which there are no 

applicable international conservation or 

management measures or in areas with 

no applicable international fishery 

management organization or agreement, 

that has adverse impacts on such stocks; 

or (C) fishing activity that has an 

adverse impact on seamounts, 

hydrothermal vents, and cold water 

corals located beyond national 

jurisdiction, for which there are no 

applicable conservation or management 

measures or in areas with no applicable 

international fishery management 

organization or agreement. 

Classification 

This final rule is published under the 

authority of the MSRA. 

This rule has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

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

is good cause to waive prior notice and 

an opportunity for public comment on 

this action, as notice and comment is 

unnecessary. This rule publishes 

verbatim a definition that is already set 

forth in a statute, and NMFS has no 

authority to publish a definition that 

does not include the specific elements 

set forth in the statute. Thus, public 

comment would be unnecessary. For the 

same reason, the Assistant 

Administrator finds good cause to waive 

the 30-day delay in effectiveness 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1). This rule 

publishes verbatim a definition that is 

already set forth in a statute; thus, 

public comment would be unnecessary. 

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. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 300 

Fisheries; Fishing; Fishing vessels; 

Illegal, unreported, or unregulated 

fishing; Foreign relations. 

Dated: April 10, 2007. 

William T. Hogarth 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

■ For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, 50 CFR part 300 is amended 

as follows: 

PART 300—INTERNATIONAL 

FISHERIES REGULATIONS 

Subpart N—Definition of Illegal, 

Unreported, or Unregulated Fishing 

■ 1. Subpart N, consisting of §§ 300.200 

and 300.201, is added to read as follows: 

Subpart N—Definition of Illegal, Unreported, 

or Unregulated Fishing 

Sec. 

300.200 Purpose. 

300.201 Definition. 

Subpart N—Definition of Illegal, 

Unreported, or Unregulated Fishing 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1826d et seq. 

§ 300.200 Purpose. 

The purpose of this subpart is to 

satisfy the requirement in section 403 of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management 

Reauthorization Act of 2006 (‘‘Act’’) to 

publish a definition of the term ‘‘Illegal, 

unreported, or unregulated fishing’’ for 

purposes of the Act. 

§ 300.201 Definition. 

Illegal, unreported, or unregulated 

fishing means: 

(1) Fishing activities that violate 

conservation and management measures 

required under an international fishery 

management agreement to which the 

United States is a party, including catch 

limits or quotas, capacity restrictions, 

and bycatch reduction requirements; 

(2) Overfishing of fish stocks shared 

by the United States, for which there are 

no applicable international conservation 

or management measures or in areas 

with no applicable international fishery 

management organization or agreement, 

that has adverse impacts on such stocks; 

or 

(3) Fishing activity that has an 

adverse impact on seamounts, 

hydrothermal vents, and cold water 

corals located beyond national 

jurisdiction, for which there are no 

applicable conservation or management 

measures or in areas with no applicable 

international fishery management 

organization or agreement. 

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