20290 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 65 / Thursday, April 4, 2013 / Proposed Rules 

in the NPRM on TWIC reader 

requirements. We will notify the public 

of the date(s), time(s), location(s), and 

other details of any such meeting(s) by 

publishing a separate notice in the 

Federal Register as soon as we have 

information available. 

You may view the NPRM, written 

comments, and supporting documents 

in the online docket by going to 

http://www.regulations.gov and using 

‘‘USCG–2007–28915’’ as your search 

term. Locate the NPRM among the 

search results and use the filters on the 

left side of the page to search for 

specific types of documents. If you do 

not have access to the Internet, you may 

view the docket online by visiting the 

Docket Management Facility in Room 

W12–140 on the ground floor of the 

Department of Transportation West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

Coast Guard has an agreement with the 

Department of Transportation to use its 

Docket Management Facility. 

We encourage you to participate by 

submitting comments either orally at the 

meeting or in writing. If you bring 

written comments to the meeting, you 

may submit them to Coast Guard 

personnel specified at the meeting to 

receive written comments. These 

comments will be submitted to our 

online public docket. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov and will 

include any personal information you 

have provided. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of comments received into any of 

our dockets by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment 

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on behalf of an association, business, 

labor union, or other entity). You may 

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2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 

FR 3316). 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

public meeting, contact LCDR Gregory 

Callaghan at the telephone number or 

email address indicated under the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this notice. 

Public Meeting 

The Coast Guard will hold a public 

meeting regarding the ‘‘Transportation 

Worker Identification Credential 

(TWIC)—Reader Requirements’’ NPRM 

(78 FR 17781) on Thursday, April 25, 

2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the 

Houston Marriott North, 255 N Sam 

Houston Parkway East, Houston, Texas 

77060. The building is accessible by 

taxi, public transit, and privately-owned 

conveyance. Please note that the session 

may adjourn early if all business, 

concerns, and questions are addressed. 

We will post a written summary of the 

meeting and oral comments in the 

docket. 

Authority 

This notice is issued under the 

authority of 46 U.S.C. 70105(k)(3) and 

5 U.S.C. 552(a). 

Dated: March 29, 2013. 

J.R. Morgan, 

Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Cargo 

and Facility Division (CG–FAC–2). 

[FR Doc. 2013–07733 Filed 4–3–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2013–0148; FRL–9798–7] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Nevada; 

Regional Haze Federal Implementation 

Plan; Reconsideration of BART 

Compliance Date for Reid Gardner 

Generating Station; Announcement of 

Public Hearing 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On March 26, 2013, EPA 

granted reconsideration of the 

compliance date for the Best Available 

Retrofit Technology (BART) emission 

limits for oxides of nitrogen (NOX) for 

Units 1, 2, and 3 at the Reid Gardner 

Generating Station (RGGS) and 

proposed to extend the compliance date 

by 18 months, from January 1, 2015, to 

June 30, 2016. EPA is holding a public 

hearing on April 29, 2013, to accept 

written and oral comments on this 

proposed action. The comment period 

for this action was scheduled to close on 

May 28, 2013. EPA is extending the 

comment period to May 30, 2013 to 

allow for a full 30-day period for the 

submission of additional public 

comment following the public hearing. 

DATES: The public hearing will be held 

on April 29, 2013. Comments must be 

postmarked no later than May 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be 

held at the Big Auditorium in the 

Moapa Band of Paiute Indians 

Administration Building on 1 Lincoln 

Street (cross-street is Reservation Road) 

in Moapa, Nevada. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Lee, EPA Region 9, (415) 972– 

3958, r9_airplanning@epa.gov. 

If you require reasonable 

accommodation at the public hearing, 

please contact Terisa Williams, EPA 

Region 9 Reasonable Accommodations 

Coordinator, at (415) 972–3829, or 

Williams.Terisa@epa.gov, by April 15, 

2013. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public hearing will provide interested 

parties the opportunity to present views 

or arguments concerning the proposed 

rule to extend the compliance date, from 

January 1, 2015, to June 30, 2016, for 

Units 1, 2, and 3 at RGGS to meet 

emission limits for NOX required under 

the BART provision of the Regional 

Haze Rule. Written statements and 

supporting information submitted 

during the comment period will be 

considered with the same weight as any 

oral comments and supporting 

information presented at the public 

hearing. Written comments must be 

postmarked on or before the last day of 

the comment period, May 30, 2013. 

The public hearing will be held at the 

Big Auditorium in the Moapa Band of 

Paiute Indians Administration Building 

on 1 Lincoln Street (cross-street is 

Reservation Road) in Moapa, Nevada. 

The hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m. 

(local time) and end at 8:00 p.m. (local 

time). Oral testimony may be limited to 

five minutes for each commenter to 

address the proposed rule. We will not 

be providing equipment to commenters 

to show overhead slides or make 

computerized slide presentations. Any 

person may provide written or oral 

comments and submit data pertaining to 

our proposed rule at this hearing. 

Verbatim transcripts of the hearing and 

copies of written statements or 

comments will be included in the 

docket for this proposed rulemaking. 

EPA will not respond to comments 

during the public hearing. When we 

publish our final action, we will provide 

written responses to all comments 

received on our proposal. EPA staff will 

be available during the hearing to 

informally answer questions on our 

proposed action. Any comments made 

to EPA staff must still be provided in 

writing or orally during the public 

hearing in order to be considered in the 

record. 

If you are unable to attend the hearing 

but wish to submit comments on the 

proposed rule, you may submit 

comments, identified by docket number 


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EPA–R09–OAR–2013–0148, by one of 

the following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

(2) Email: r9_airplanning@epa.gov. 

(3) Mail or deliver: Anita Lee (Air-2), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

For more detailed instructions 

concerning how to submit comments on 

this proposed rule, and for more 

information on our proposed rule, 

please see the notice of proposed 

rulemaking and notice of 

reconsideration of final rule, published 

in the Federal Register on March 26, 

2013 (78 FR 18280). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Nitrogen Dioxide. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: March 28, 2013. 

Deborah Jordan, 

Air Division Director, Region 9. 

[FR Doc. 2013–07869 Filed 4–3–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 600 

[Docket No. 121227743–3275–01] 

RIN 0648–BC86 

Fisheries of the United States; Billfish 

Conservation Act of 2012 

Implementing Regulations 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this advance 

notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) 

to provide background information and 

request public comment on potential 

issues related to the implementation of 

the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012. 

DATES: Written comments regarding the 

issues in this ANPR must be received by 

5 p.m., local time, on July 3, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document, identified by NOAA– 

NMFS–2013–0004, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=NOAA–NMFS–2013– 

0004, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Kim Marshall, 1315 East-West Highway, 

SSMC3, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

• Fax: 301–713–1193; Attn: Kim 

Marshall. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter 

‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you wish 

to remain anonymous). Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

file formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Marshall, Fishery Policy Analyst, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 301– 

427–8556. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 

(BCA), Public Law 112–183, 16 U.S.C. 

1827a, was signed into law on October 

5, 2012. The BCA defines ‘‘billfish’’ as 

any of the following: (1) Blue marlin; (2) 

striped marlin; (3) black marlin; (4) 

sailfish; (5) shortbill spearfish; (6) white 

marlin; (7) roundscale spearfish; (8) 

Mediterranean spearfish; or (9) longbill 

spearfish. It exempts swordfish from the 

definition of billfish. 

Section 4(a) of the BCA prohibits any 

person from offering billfish or billfish 

products for sale, selling them, or 

having custody, control, or possession 

of them for purposes of offering them for 

sale. It treats a violation of the BCA as 

an act prohibited by section 307 of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(MSA; 16 U.S.C. 1857). Individuals, 

including recreational fishermen may 

possess, but not sell billfish or billfish 

products or have custody, control, or 

possession for the purposes of offering 

them for sale, subject to limits imposed 

by existing state and federal regulations. 

Section 4(c) of the BCA exempts 

billfish caught by U.S. fishing vessels 

and landed in Hawaii or Pacific Insular 

Areas (as defined under the MSA) from 

the general prohibitions on sale and 

custody with the intent to sell in section 

4(a). It also exempts billfish landed by 

foreign vessels in the Pacific Insular 

Areas and exported to markets outside 

the U.S. or retained within Hawaii and 

the Pacific Insular Areas for local 

consumption. 

In passing the BCA, Congress 

recognized the conservation challenges 

facing billfish populations in the 

Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Congress 

found that, despite careful management 

of domestic billfish fisheries, global 

billfish populations have declined 

significantly because of overfishing 

primarily through retention of bycatch 

by non-U.S. fishing fleets. See 16 U.S.C. 

1827a note. In 2011, the International 

Union for the Conservation of Nature 

classified blue and white marlin as 

vulnerable to extinction and striped 

marlin as near threatened. The over 

harvest and export of billfish from 

foreign nations threatens the survival of 

billfish populations and the 

sustainability of the U.S. recreational 

billfish fishery. A report on trade of 

billfish published by the International 

Game Fish Association (IGFA) in June, 

2007 found that the legal sale of billfish 

caught in the Pacific Ocean may create 

a market that allows billfish caught in 

the Atlantic Ocean to enter 

illegitimately into U.S. markets. 

Existing federal regulations require 

the release of all Atlantic billfish caught 

by commercial fishing operations in the 

U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), 

prohibit the possession of billfish 

onboard commercial fishing vessels 

inside the U.S. EEZ, and prohibit the 

sale of Atlantic billfish. 50 CFR 

635.21(a) and (e)(2), 635.31(b). The BCA 

increases the protection for Atlantic 

billfish by prohibiting the import and 

sale of all billfish in the U.S., no matter 

where harvested, unless exempted 

pursuant to section 4(c) of the BCA. 

The only U.S. commercial fishery for 

billfish occurs in Hawaii and 

surrounding Pacific island areas. 

Section 4(c)(1) of the BCA exempts 

billfish caught by U.S. vessels and 

landed in Hawaii or Pacific Insular 

Areas from the general prohibition on 

sale of billfish. Under existing 

regulations, seafood dealers and 

processors are required to use the 

Billfish Certificate of Eligibility (COE) to 

document that billfish possessed or 

offered for sale were not harvested from 

the Atlantic Ocean. See 50 CFR 

635.31(b). NMFS is considering 

adapting the billfish COE requirements 

to implement the BCA by requiring that 

seafood dealers and processors 

document that billfish offered for sale 


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