Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 42 / Monday, March 5, 2007 / Rules and Regulations 9675 

and (d) and 21 CFR 10.40(d) and (e), the 

agency finds good cause to dispense 

with notice and public procedure and to 

proceed to an immediately effective 

regulation. Such notice and procedures 

are unnecessary and are not in the 

public interest, because the final rule is 

merely codifying the new name and 

expanded function of the advisory 

committee to reflect the current 

committee charter. 

List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 14 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Advisory committees, Color 

additives, Drugs, Radiation protection. 

■ Therefore, under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act and under 

authority delegated to the Commissioner 

of Food and Drugs, 21 CFR part 14 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 14—PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE 

A PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

■ 1. The authority citation for 21 CFR 

part 14 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2; 15 U.S.C. 

1451–1461, 21 U.S.C. 41–50, 141–149, 321–

394, 467f, 679, 821, 1034; 28 U.S.C. 2112; 42 

U.S.C. 201, 262, 263b, 264; Pub. L. 107–109; 

Pub. L. 108–155. 

■ 2. Section 14.100 is amended by 

revising the heading of paragraph (c)(16) 

and paragraph (c)(16)(ii) to read as 

follows: 

§ 14.100 List of standing advisory 

committees. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(16) Advisory Committee for 

Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical 

Pharmacology. 

(i) * * * 

(ii) Function: The committee shall 

provide advice on scientific, clinical 

and technical issues related to safety 

and effectiveness of drug products for 

use in the treatment of a broad spectrum 

of human diseases, the quality 

characteristics which such drugs 

purport or are represented to have and 

as required, any other product for which 

the Food and Drug Administration has 

regulatory responsibility, and make 

appropriate recommendations to the 

Commissioner of Food and Drugs. The 

Committee may also review agency 

sponsored intramural and extramural 

biomedical research programs in 

support of FDA’s drug regulatory 

responsibilities and its critical path 

initiatives related to improving the 

efficacy and safety of drugs and 

improving the efficiency of drug 

development. 

* * * * * 

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

Randall W. Lutter, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy and 

Planning. 

[FR Doc. E7–3716 Filed 3–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 67 

[Docket No. FEMA–B–7456] 

Withdrawal of Final Flood Elevation 

Determination for Lexington/Fayette 

County, Kentucky and Incorporated 

Areas 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) withdraws 

the final flood elevation determination 

published in 71 FR 60865, October 17, 

2006 for the Lexington/Fayette County, 

Kentucky and Incorporated Areas, 

hereafter referred to as ‘‘LFC’’. A final 

flood elevation determination will be 

made at a later date. 

DATES: Effective Date: This rule is 

effective March 5, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William R. Blanton, Jr., Engineering 

Management Section, Mitigation 

Division, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3151. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

17, 2006, FEMA issued a letter to LFC 

finalizing the flood elevation 

determinations. In addition, the July 17, 

2006 letter established a January 17, 

2007 effective date for the Flood 

Insurance Study (FIS) and Flood 

Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the 

listed community. The reason for this 

rescission is to allow FEMA to complete 

a thorough review and revision of the 

preliminary maps in light of recent 

identification of potential errors in the 

FIRMs. Contradictions have been 

identified in some areas between the 

printed maps and the digital data base 

that supports the maps. There are also 

questions concerning the locations of 

stream cross sections on the maps. 

These discrepancies could lead to 

incorrect interpretation of the flood risk 

portrayed in the maps, or even incorrect 

flood insurance determinations. Due to 

these issues, it is prudent for FEMA to 

complete a review and revision of these 

maps prior to them becoming effective. 

Until FEMA completes their review 

and revision of the aforementioned 

FIRMs, and digital data base, the final 

flood elevation published in 71 FR 

60865, October 17, 2006 for the listed 

community is hereby withdrawn in 

accordance with section 110 of the 

Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 

42 U.S.C. 4104. Until further notice, the 

release of the FIS and FIRM for the 

listed communities has been postponed. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

This rule is categorically excluded 

from the requirements of 44 CFR part 

10, Environmental Consideration. No 

environmental impact assessment has 

been prepared. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

As flood elevation determinations are 

not within the scope of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, a 

regulatory flexibility analysis is not 

required. 

Regulatory Classification 

This final rule is not a significant 

regulatory action under the criteria of 

section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 of 

September 30, 1993, Regulatory 

Planning and Review, 58 FR 51735. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism 

This rule involves no policies that 

have federalism implications under 

Executive Order 13132. 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform 

This rule meets the applicable 

standards of Executive Order 12988. 

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Flood insurance, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

■ Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 67—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 67 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; 

Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 3 CFR, 

1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127, 44 FR 19367, 

3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 376. 

§ 67.11 [Amended] 

■ 2. The tables published under the 

authority of § 67.11 are amended to 

withdraw the following: 

The final flood elevation 

determination published in 71 FR 

60865, October 17, 2006 for the 

Lexington/Fayette County, Kentucky 

and Incorporated Areas. 


erjones on PRODPC74 with RULES
9676 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 42 / Monday, March 5, 2007 / Rules and Regulations 

Dated: February 22, 2007. 

David I. Maurstad, 

Director, Mitigation Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Department 

of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E7–3724 Filed 3–2–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 070213032–7032–01; I.D. 

022807A] 

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; modification of 

a closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is reopening directed 

fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 

630 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 24 

hours. This action is necessary to fully 

use the A season allowance of the 2007 

total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock 

specified for Statistical Area 630 of the 

GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), March 1, 2007, through 

1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 2, 2007. 

Comments must be received at the 

following address no later than 4:30 

p.m., A.l.t., March 15, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sue 

Salveson, Assistant Regional 

Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries 

Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, Attn: 

Ellen Sebastian. Comments may be 

submitted by: 

• Mail to: P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 

99802; 

• Hand delivery to the Federal 

Building, 709 West 9th Street, Room 

420A, Juneau, Alaska; 

• FAX to 907–586–7557; 

• E-mail to 630pollock2@noaa.gov 

and include in the subject line of the email comment the document identifier: 

‘‘g63plkro4’’ (E-mail comments, with or 

without attachments, are limited to 5 

megabytes); or 

• Webform at the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions at that site for submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh 

Keaton, 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. 

NMFS closed the directed fishery for 

pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the 

GOA under § 679.20(d)(1)(iii) on 

January 22, 2007 (72 FR 2793, January 

23, 2007). The fishery was subsequently 

reopened on February 6, 2007 and 

closed on February 8, 2007 (72 FR 5346, 

February 6, 2007), reopened on 

February 12, 2007 and closed on 

February 14, 2007 (72 FR 7353, 

February 15, 2007), and reopened on 

February 20, 2007 and closed on 

February 22, 2007 (72 FR 8132, 

February 23, 2007). 

NMFS has determined that 

approximately 2,850 mt of pollock 

remain in the directed fishing allowance 

in Statistical Area 630 of the GOA. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 679.25(a)(1)(i), (a)(2)(i)(C) and 

(a)(2)(iii)(D), and to fully utilize the A 

season allowance of the 2007 TAC of 

pollock in Statistical Area 630, NMFS is 

terminating the previous closure and is 

reopening directed fishing for pollock in 

Statistical Area 630 of the GOA. In 

accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the 

Regional Administrator finds that this 

directed fishing allowance will be 

reached after 24 hours. Consequently, 

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for 

pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the 

GOA after the 24 hours, effective 1200 

hrs, A.l.t., March 2, 2007. 

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) and 679.25(c)(1)(ii) 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 

opening 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 February 27, 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. 

Without this inseason adjustment, 

NMFS could not allow the fishery for 

pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the 

GOA to be harvested in an expedient 

manner and in accordance with the 

regulatory schedule. Under 

§ 679.25(c)(2), interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

this action to the above address until 

March 15, 2007. 

This action is required by § 679.25 

and § 679.20 and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–988 Filed 2–28–07; 12:48 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No.070213032–7032–01; I.D. 

112206B] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Gulf of Alaska; 2007 

and 2008 Final Harvest Specifications 

for Groundfish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule; closures. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces 2007 and 

2008 final harvest specifications, 

reserves and apportionments thereof, 

Pacific halibut prohibited species catch 

(PSC) limits, and associated 

management measures for the 

groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA). This action is necessary to 

establish harvest limits and associated 

management measures for groundfish 

during the 2007 and 2008 fishing years 

and to accomplish the goals and 

objectives of the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of 

Alaska (FMP). The intended effect of 

this action is to conserve and manage 

the groundfish resources in the GOA in 


erjones on PRODPC74 with RULES