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FIRE SUPPRESSION—Continued 

End-use Substitute Decision Further information 

—adequate ventilation should be in place to reduce airborne exposure to 

constituents of agent; 

—an eye wash fountain and quick drench facility should be close to the production area; 

—training for safe handling procedures should be provided to all employees 

that would be likely to handle containers of the agent or extinguishing units 

filled with the agent; 

—workers responsible for clean-up should allow for maximum settling of all 

particulates before reentering area and wear appropriate personal protective equipment; and 

—all spills should be cleaned up immediately in accordance with good industrial hygiene practices. 

As required by the manufacturer, units installed in normally occupied spaces 

will be equipped with features such as a system-isolate switch and crosszone detection system to reduce risk of accidental activation of an agent 

generator while persons are present in the protected space. Also, the manufacturer requires warning of pending discharge and delay in release to ensure egress prior to activation of the agent to reduce risk of exposure. 

See additional notes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

1EPA recommends that users consult Section VIII of the OSHA Technical Manual for information on selecting the appropriate types of personal protective equipment for all listed fire suppression agents. EPA has no intention of duplicating or displacing OSHA coverage related to the 

use of personal protective equipment (e.g., respiratory protection), fire suppression, hazard communication, worker training or any other occupational safety and health standard with respect to halon substitutes. 2 Use of all listed fire suppression agents should conform to relevant OSHA requirements, including 29 CFR part 1910, subpart L, §§ 1910.160 

and 1910.162. 3Per OSHA requirements, protective gear (SCBA) should be available in the event personnel should reenter the area. 

4 Discharge testing should be strictly limited to that which is essential to meet safety or performance requirements. 

5The agent should be recovered from the fire suppression system in conjunction with testing or servicing and recycled for later use or 

destroyed. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 140501394–5279–02; RTID 

0648–XD317] 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; ReOpening of the Commercial Sector for 

Blueline Tilefish in the South Atlantic 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; re-opening. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the reopening of the commercial sector for 

blueline tilefish in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ) of the South 

Atlantic through this temporary rule. 

The most recent data for commercial 

landings of blueline tilefish indicate the 

commercial annual catch limit (ACL) for 

the 2023 fishing year has not yet been 

reached. Therefore, NMFS re-opens the 

commercial sector to harvest blueline 

tilefish in the South Atlantic EEZ for 6 

days. The purpose of this temporary 

rule is to allow for the commercial ACL 

of blueline tilefish to be harvested while 

minimizing the risk of exceeding the 

commercial ACL. 

DATES: This temporary rule is effective 

from 12:01 a.m. eastern time on 

September 11, 2023, through September 

16, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email: 

mary.vara@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

snapper-grouper fishery of the South 

Atlantic includes blueline tilefish and is 

managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared 

by the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and is 

implemented by NMFS under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. All 

weights in this temporary rule are given 

in round weight. 

Regulations at 50 CFR 622.193(z)(1)(i) 

specify the commercial ACL for blueline 

tilefish of 117,148 lb (53,137 kg), and 

the commercial accountability measure 

for blueline tilefish. NMFS is required 

to close the commercial sector when its 

ACL is reached, or is projected to be 

reached, by filing a notification to that 

effect with the Office of the Federal 

Register. Recently in this 2023 fishing 

year, NMFS projected that commercial 

landings of blueline tilefish would reach 

the commercial ACL on August 2, 2023, 

and therefore closed commercial harvest 

for the rest of the year on that date (88 

FR 50806, August 2, 2023). However, a 

recent update of commercial landings 

data indicates that the commercial ACL 

for blueline tilefish was not reached on 

August 2, 2023. 

In accordance with 50 CFR 622.8(c), 

NMFS temporarily re-opens the 

commercial sector for blueline tilefish 

on September 11, 2023. The commercial 

sector will be open for 6 days or through 

September 16, 2023, to allow for the 

commercial ACL to be reached. The 

commercial sector will close again on 

September 17, 2023, and remain closed 

until January 1, 2024, the start of the 

next fishing year. NMFS has determined 

that this re-opening will allow for an 

additional opportunity to commercially 

harvest blueline tilefish while reducing 

the risk of exceeding the commercial 

ACL. 

The operator of a vessel with a valid 

Federal commercial vessel permit for 

South Atlantic snapper-grouper with 

blueline tilefish on the vessel must have 

landed and bartered, traded, or sold 

such blueline tilefish before September 

17, 2023. During the subsequent 

commercial closure from September 17 

through the rest of 2023, all sale or 


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purchase of blueline tilefish is 

prohibited. The recreational sector for 

blueline tilefish in the South Atlantic 

EEZ is closed each year from January 1 

through April 30, and from September 

1 through December 31, and during 

these periods the bag and possession 

limits for blueline tilefish in or from the 

South Atlantic EEZ are zero. 

Additionally, these bag and possession 

limits apply to the harvest of blueline 

tilefish in both state and Federal waters 

in the South Atlantic on a vessel with 

a valid Federal commercial or charter 

vessel/headboat permit for South 

Atlantic snapper-grouper. 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.8(c), issued pursuant to section 

304(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 

and is exempt from review under 

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. Such procedure is 

unnecessary, because the regulations 

associated with the commercial ACL of 

blueline tilefish and a re-opening to 

provide an opportunity for the 

commercial ACL to be harvested have 

already been subject to notice and 

public comment, and all that remains is 

to notify the public of the commercial 

sector re-opening. 

For the reasons stated earlier, the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries 

also finds good cause to waive the 30- 

day delay in the effectiveness of this 

action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). 

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

Dated: September 5, 2023. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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