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identified using existing innate serialized 

identity until an event occurs requiring 

physical marking with the DoD compliant 2D 

data matrix. 

(4) The Contractor shall assign and register 

a UII and the master item data for any 

subassembly, component, or part that does 

not have an existing UII when it is removed 

from a parent item and remains with the 

Contractor as a stand-alone item. 

(5) Contractor-acquired PIPC is excluded 

from the IUID Registry. The Contractor shall 

report to the IUID Registry as Governmentfurnished PIPC any Contractor-acquired PIPC 

that—

(i) Is delivered to the Government; or 

(ii) Is transferred by contract modification 

or other contract provision/requirement to 

another contract (including items that are 

transferred in place). 

(6) If the initial transfer of Contractoracquired PIPC is a delivery to DoD, the 

requirements of the Item Identification and 

Valuation clause of this contract (DFARS 

252.211–7003) shall be applied when 

determining the requirement for item unique 

identification. 

(7) The Contractor shall submit the UII and 

the master item data into the IUID Registry 

in accordance with the data submission 

procedures in the Item Unique Identification 

of Government Property Guidebook at 

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/UID/ 

guides.htm. 

(i) The following data is required for 

Government-furnished PIPC items received 

without a UII: 

(A) UII type. 

(B) Concatenated UII. 

(C) Item description. 

(D) Foreign currency code. 

(E) Unit of measure. 

(F) Acquisition cost. 

(G) Mark information. 

(1) Bagged or tagged code. 

(2) Contents. 

(3) Effective date. 

(4) Added or removed flag. 

(5) Marker code. 

(6) Marker identifier. 

(7) Medium code. 

(8) Value. 

(H) Custody information. 

(1) Prime contractor identifier. 

(2) Accountable contract number. 

(3) Category code. 

(4) Received date. 

(5) Status code. 

(ii) The following data is required only for 

Government-furnished PIPC items received 

without a UII for specific ‘‘UII types,’’ as 

specified in the Item Unique Identification of 

Government Property Guidebook: 

(A) Issuing agency code. 

(B) Enterprise identifier. 

(C) Original part number. 

(D) Batch/lot number. 

(E) Serial number. 

(iii) The following data is optional for 

Government-furnished PIPC items received 

without a UII: 

(A) Acquisition contract number. 

(B) Contract line item number/subline item 

number/exhibit line item number. 

(C) Commercial and Government Entity 

(CAGE) code or Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number in the acquisition 

contract. 

(D) Current part number. 

(E) Current part number effective date 

(required if current part number is provided). 

(F) Acceptance location. 

(G) Acceptance date. 

(H) Ship-to code. 

(I) Sent date. 

(J) Manufacturer identifier. 

(K) Manufacturer code (required if 

manufacturer identifier is provided). 

(L) Parent UII (for embedded items). 

(c) Procedures for updating. (1) The 

Contractor shall update the IUID Registry for 

changes in status, mark, custody, or 

disposition of Government-furnished PIPC 

under this contract, for PIPC–

(i) Delivered or shipped from the 

Contractor’s plant, under Government 

instructions, except when shipment is to a 

subcontractor or other location of the 

Contractor; 

(ii) Consumed or expended, reasonably and 

properly, or otherwise accounted for, in the 

performance of the contract as determined by 

the Government property administrator, 

including reasonable inventory adjustments; 

(iii) Disposed of; or 

(iv) Transferred to a follow-on or other 

contract. 

(2) The Contractor shall update the IUID 

Registry for changes to the mark information 

to add or remove other serialized 

identification marks and to update a virtual 

UII to a fully compliant UII when the 2D data 

matrix symbol is added to the item. 

(3) The Contractor shall update the IUID 

Registry for any changes to the current part 

number or the current part number effective 

date. 

(4) The Contractor shall update the IUID 

Registry for any changes to the parent item 

of a DoD serially managed embedded 

subassembly, component, or part. 

(5) The Contractor shall update the IUID 

Registry for all Government-furnished PIPC 

under this contract, so that the IUID Registry 

reflects the same information that is recorded 

in the Contractor’s property records for 

Government-furnished PIPC as transactions 

occur, or at least semi-annually by March 31 

and September 30 of each year. 

(d) Procedures for marking. (1) When an 

event occurs that requires the physical 

marking of the item with the 2D data matrix 

symbol, the Contractor shall use the 

previously assigned virtual UII as the 

permanent UII. 

(2) The Contractor shall use MIL–STD–

130M (or later version) when physically 

marking existing PIPC with the compliant 2D 

data matrix symbol. The Contractor that has 

possession of the PIPC shall use due 

diligence to maintain the integrity of the UII 

and shall replace a damaged, destroyed, or 

lost mark with a replacement mark that 

contains the same UII data elements, as 

necessary. The Contractor shall apply the 

required 2D data matrix symbol to an 

identification plate, band, tag, or label 

securely fastened to the item, or directly to 

the surface of the item to be compliant. 

(3) When an item cannot be physically 

marked or tagged due to a lack of available 

space to mark identifying information or 

because marking or tagging would have a 

deleterious effect, the Contractor shall—

(i) Attach to the item a tag that has the 

identifying information marked on the tag; 

(ii) Place the item in a supplemental bag 

or other package that encloses the item and 

has a tag attached to the bag or package that 

has the identifying information marked on 

the tag; or 

(iii) Apply the identifying information to 

the unit pack in addition to, or in 

combination with, the identification marking 

information specified in MIL–STD–129. 

When combining marking requirements for a 

unit pack, the Contractor shall follow the 

manner, method, form, and format of MIL–

STD–129 and shall fulfill the informational 

requirements of that standard. 

(4) When the item has the tag removed or 

the item is removed from the bag to be 

installed as an embedded item in a parent 

item, the Contractor shall—

(i) Assign a UII or a virtual UII to the 

parent item if a UII does not already exist; 

(ii) Mark the parent item with the DoD 

compliant 2D data matrix symbol, if feasible; 

and 

(iii) Update the IUID Registry to indicate 

that the tagged or bagged UII item has 

become an embedded item within the parent 

item. 

(5) In the event a previously tagged or 

bagged embedded item is subsequently 

removed from use, the Contractor shall tag or 

bag and mark the item again with the original 

UII. 

(End of clause) 

252.245–7001 [Removed] 

■ 8. Section 252.245–7001 is removed. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 070213032–7032–01] 

RIN 0648–XC46 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical 

Area 620 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 

620 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This 

action is necessary to prevent exceeding 

the C season allowance of the 2007 total 

allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for 

Statistical Area 620 of the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), September 10, 2007, 


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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 C season allowance of the 2007 

TAC of pollock in Statistical Area 620 

of the GOA is 2,304 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 

decreases the C season pollock 

allowance by 849 mt, the amount of the 

B season allowance of the pollock TAC 

that was exceeded in Statistical Area 

620. Therefore, the revised C season 

allowance of the pollock TAC in 

Statistical Area 620 is 1,455 mt (2,304 

mt minus 849 mt). 

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

the Regional Administrator has 

determined that the C season allowance 

of the 2007 TAC of pollock in Statistical 

Area 620 of the GOA will soon be 

reached. Therefore, the Regional 

Administrator is establishing a directed 

fishing allowance of 1,435 mt, and is 

setting aside the remaining 20 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 620 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 620 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 September 

7, 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: September 7, 2007. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–4498 Filed 9–10–07; 1:15 pm] 

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