65626 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 184 / Monday, September 25, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 

under subtitle C of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 

6921 et seq. 

■ 3. Appendix A to part 272, State 

Requirements, is amended by revising 

the listing for ‘‘Wyoming’’ to read as 

follows: 

Appendix A to Part 272—State 

Requirements 

* * * * * 

Wyoming 

The regulatory provisions include: 

Wyoming Hazardous Waste Rules and 

Regulations, as amended effective April 7, 

2022, Chapter 1, General Provisions, sections 

2(b), 2(c); 3; 4; 124(g)(v); 260 (except 

260(b)(ii)); 261; 262; 263; 264(a) through 

264(c), 264(d)(i) (except the citation ‘‘W.S. 

35–11–1607’’ and the phrase ‘‘or a signed 

remedy agreement pursuant to W.S. 35–11– 

1607’’ in the first sentence), 264(d)(iii), 264(e) 

through 264(j); 265; 266; 267; 268; 270(a) 

through 270(k); 273; and 279. 

Copies of the Wyoming regulations that are 

incorporated by reference are available from 

the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office, 

Herschler Building East, 122 West 25th 

Street, Suite 100, Cheyenne, WY 82002– 

0020, (Phone: (307) 777–5847; website: 

https://rules.wyo.gov/). 

[FR Doc. 2023–20523 Filed 9–22–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 140722613–4908–02;RTID 0648– 

XD394] 

Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources 

of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic 

Region; Commercial Closure for 

Atlantic Spanish Mackerel in the 

Northern Zone 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS implements an 

accountability measure (AM) for 

commercial Spanish mackerel in the 

northern zone of the Atlantic exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). NMFS projects 

that the commercial quota for Spanish 

mackerel in the northern zone of the 

Atlantic EEZ has been reached. 

Therefore, NMFS closes the northern 

zone for commercial harvest of Spanish 

mackerel to protect the Spanish 

mackerel resource in the Atlantic. 

DATES: This temporary rule is effective 

from 12:01 a.m. eastern time on 

September 25, 2023, through February 

29, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, or 

email: mary.vara@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

fishery for coastal migratory pelagic fish 

in the Atlantic includes king mackerel, 

Spanish mackerel, and cobia on the east 

coast of Florida, and is managed under 

the Fishery Management Plan for 

Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of 

the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region 

(FMP). The FMP was prepared by the 

Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Councils. The 

FMP is implemented by NMFS under 

the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) through 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. All 

weights described for Spanish mackerel 

in the Atlantic EEZ apply as either 

round or gutted weight. 

The commercial annual catch limit 

(equal to the commercial quota) for the 

Atlantic migratory group of Spanish 

mackerel (Atlantic Spanish mackerel) is 

3.33 million lb (1.51 million kg). 

Atlantic Spanish mackerel are divided 

into northern and southern zones for 

management purposes. The commercial 

quota for Atlantic Spanish mackerel in 

the northern zone is 662,670 lb (300,582 

kg) for the current fishing year, which 

is March 1, 2023, through February 29, 

2024 (50 CFR 622.384(c)(2)(i)). 

The northern zone for Spanish 

mackerel extends in the Atlantic EEZ 

from New York through North Carolina. 

The northern boundary of the northern 

zone extends from an intersection point 

off New York, Connecticut, and Rhode 

Island at 41°18′16.249′′ N latitude and 

71°54′28.477′′ W longitude, and 

proceeds southeast to 37°22′32.75′′ N 

latitude and the intersection point with 

the outward boundary of the EEZ. The 

southern boundary of the northern zone 

extends from the North Carolina and 

South Carolina state border along a line 

in a direction of 135°34′55′′ from true 

north beginning at 33°51′07.9′′ N 

latitude and 78°32′32.6′′ W longitude to 

the intersection point with the outward 

boundary of the EEZ (50 CFR 

622.369(b)(2)). See Figure 2 of appendix 

G to part 622—Spanish Mackerel for an 

illustration of the management zones. 

Regulations at 50 CFR 622.388(d)(1)(i) 

require NMFS to close the commercial 

sector for Atlantic Spanish mackerel in 

the northern zone when the commercial 

quota for that zone is reached, or is 

projected to be reached, by filing such 

a notification with the Office of the 

Federal Register. NMFS projects that the 

commercial quota of 662,670 lb (300,582 

kg) for Atlantic Spanish mackerel in the 

northern zone has been reached. 

Accordingly, the commercial sector for 

Atlantic Spanish mackerel in the 

northern zone is closed effective at 

12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 

25, 2023, through February 29, 2024, the 

end of the current fishing year. 

During the commercial closure, a 

person on a vessel that has been issued 

a valid Federal commercial permit to 

harvest Atlantic Spanish mackerel may 

continue to retain this species in the 

northern zone under the recreational 

bag and possession limits specified in 

50 CFR 622.382(a)(1)(iii) and (2)(i), if 

recreational harvest of Atlantic Spanish 

mackerel in the northern zone has not 

been closed (50 CFR 622.384(e)(1)). 

Also during the closure, Atlantic 

Spanish mackerel from the northern 

zone, including those fish harvested 

under the recreational bag and 

possession limits, may not be purchased 

or sold. This prohibition does not apply 

to Atlantic Spanish mackerel from the 

northern zone that were harvested, 

landed ashore, and sold prior to the 

closure and were held in cold storage by 

a dealer or processor (50 CFR 

622.384(e)(2)). 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

622.388(d)(1)(i), which was 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 are 

unnecessary and contrary to the public 

interest. Such procedures are 

unnecessary because the rule 

implementing the commercial quota and 

the associated AM has already been 

subject to notice and public comment, 

and all that remains is to notify the 

public of the closure. Such procedures 

are also contrary to the public interest 

because of the need to immediately 

implement the closure to protect 

Atlantic Spanish mackerel, because the 

capacity of the fishing fleet allows for 

rapid harvest of the commercial quota. 

Prior notice and opportunity for public 

comment would require time and could 

result in additional harvest in 

exceedance of the established 

commercial quota. 

For the same reasons, there is good 

cause to waive the 30-day delay in the 

effectiveness of this action under 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(3). 


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

Dated: September 20, 2023. 

Kelly Denit, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20715 Filed 9–20–23; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 160906822–7547–02; RTID 

0648–XD370] 

Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South 

Atlantic; 2023 Recreational Harvest 

Closure of Hogfish Off Georgia, South 

Carolina, and North Carolina in the 

South Atlantic 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS implements an 

accountability measure (AM) for the 

recreational harvest of hogfish off 

Georgia, South Carolina, and North 

Carolina in the South Atlantic exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). NMFS estimates 

that recreational landings of hogfish 

harvested off Georgia through North 

Carolina have exceeded the recreational 

annual catch limit (ACL). Therefore, 

NMFS closes the recreational sector for 

hogfish in the EEZ off Georgia through 

North Carolina to protect the hogfish 

resource. 

DATES: This temporary rule is effective 

from September 26, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Helies, NMFS Southeast Regional 

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

frank.helies@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

snapper-grouper fishery in the South 

Atlantic EEZ includes hogfish and is 

managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (FMP). The South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council and 

NMFS prepared the FMP, and NMFS 

implements the FMP under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. 

In the South Atlantic EEZ, hogfish are 

managed as two separate stocks: one 

stock that exists off Georgia, South 

Carolina, and North Carolina (GeorgiaNorth Carolina), and another stock that 

exists off the Florida Keys and east 

Florida. This temporary rule applies 

only to the recreational harvest of 

hogfish in the EEZ off Georgia-North 

Carolina. 

The recreational ACL for hogfish off 

Georgia-North Carolina is 988 fish (50 

CFR 622.193(u)(1)(iii)(B)). The AMs for 

hogfish off Georgia-North Carolina 

require NMFS to close the recreational 

harvest for the remainder of the fishing 

year if landings reach or are projected to 

reach the recreational ACL (50 CFR 

622.193(u)(1)(ii)(A)). The NMFS 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center 

estimates that recreational landings of 

hogfish harvested from the EEZ off 

Georgia-North Carolina have reached 

and likely exceeded the recreational 

ACL. Therefore, this temporary rule 

implements the AM to close the 

recreational harvest of hogfish in the 

EEZ off Georgia-North Carolina for the 

remainder of the fishing year, which 

continues through December 31, 2023. 

During this recreational closure, the 

recreational bag and possession limits 

for hogfish off Georgia-North Carolina in 

or from South Atlantic EEZ are zero 

fish. 

The recreational harvest for hogfish 

off Georgia-North Carolina for the 2024 

fishing year will open again on January 

1. 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

622.193(u)(1)(ii)(A), which was 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 are 

unnecessary and contrary to the public 

interest. Such procedures are 

unnecessary because the rule that 

established the recreational ACL and 

AMs for hogfish was already subject to 

notice and comment, and all that 

remains is to notify the public of the 

closure. Such procedures are contrary to 

the public interest because of the need 

to immediately implement this action to 

protect hogfish off Georgia-North 

Carolina. The recreational ACL for 

hogfish off Georgia-North Carolina in 

the South Atlantic has been reached and 

likely exceeded, and prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment would 

require more time and result in further 

recreational harvest in excess of the 

established ACL. 

For the reasons just stated, there is 

also 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 20, 2023. 

Kelly Denit, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20705 Filed 9–20–23; 4:15 pm] 

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