Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 41 / Friday, March 2, 2007 / Proposed Rules 9499 

§ 98.102 Content of Error Rate Reports. 

(a) Baseline Submission Report—At a 

minimum, States, the District of 

Columbia and Puerto Rico shall submit 

an initial error rate report to the 

Department, as required in § 98.100, 

which includes the following 

information on errors and resulting 

improper payments occurring in the 

administration of CCDF grant funds, 

including Federal Discretionary Funds 

(which includes any funds transferred 

from the TANF Block Grant), Mandatory 

and Matching Funds and State Matching 

and Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE 

Funds): 

(1) Percentage of cases with an error 

(regardless of whether such error 

resulted in an over or under payment), 

expressed as the total number of cases 

in the sample with an error compared to 

the total number of cases in the sample; 

(2) Percentage of cases with an 

improper payment (both over and under 

payments), expressed as the total 

number of cases in the sample with an 

improper payment compared to the total 

number of cases in the sample; 

(3) Percentage of improper payments 

(both over and under payments), 

expressed as the total dollar amount of 

improper payments in the sample 

compared to the total dollar amount of 

payments made in the sample; 

(4) Average amount of improper 

payments (gross over and under 

payments, divided by the total number 

of cases in the sample that had an 

improper payment (both over and under 

payments)); 

(5) Estimated annual amount of 

improper payments (which is a 

projection of the results from the sample 

to the universe of cases statewide during 

the 12-month review period) calculated 

by multiplying the percentage of 

improper payments by the total dollar 

amount of child care payments that the 

State, the District of Columbia or Puerto 

Rico paid during the 12-month review 

period; 

(6) For each category of data listed 

above, targets for errors and improper 

payments in the next reporting cycle 

(which must be lower than the most 

recent estimated error rates); 

(7) Summary of methodology used to 

arrive at estimate, including fieldwork 

preparation, sample generation, record 

review and error rate computation 

processes; 

(8) Discussion of the causes of 

improper payments identified and 

actions that will be taken to correct 

those causes in order to reduce the error 

rates; 

(9) Description of the information 

systems and other infrastructure that 

assist the State, the District of Columbia 

and Puerto Rico in identifying and 

reducing improper payments, or if the 

State, the District of Columbia or Puerto 

Rico does not have these tools, a 

description of actions that will be taken 

to acquire the necessary information 

systems and other infrastructure; and 

(10) Such other information as 

specified by the Secretary. 

(b) Standard Report—At a minimum, 

the State, the District of Columbia and 

Puerto Rico shall submit an error rate 

report to the Department, as required in 

§ 98.100, made subsequent to the 

baseline submission report as set forth 

in § 98.102(a) which includes the 

following information on errors and 

resulting improper payments occurring 

in the administration of CCDF grant 

funds, including Federal Discretionary 

Funds (which includes any funds 

transferred from the TANF Block Grant), 

Mandatory and Matching Funds and 

State Matching and Maintenance-ofEffort (MOE Funds): 

(1) All the information reported in the 

baseline submission, as set forth in 

§ 98.102(a), updated for the current 

cycle; 

(2) For each category of data listed in 

§ 98.102(a)(1) through (5), States, the 

District of Columbia and Puerto Rico 

must include data and targets from the 

prior cycle in addition to data from the 

current cycle and targets for the next 

cycle; 

(3) Description of whether the State, 

the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico 

met error rate targets set in the prior 

cycle and, if not, an explanation of why 

not; 

(4) Discussion of the causes of 

improper payments identified in the 

prior cycle and actions that were taken 

to correct those causes, in addition to a 

discussion on the causes of improper 

payments identified in the current cycle 

and actions that will be taken to correct 

those causes in order to reduce the error 

rates; and 

(5) Such other information as 

specified by the Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[I.D. 021507B] 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of additional public 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold an additional public hearing in a 

series of public hearings regarding 

Amendment 18 to the Fishery 

Management Plan for Coastal Migratory 

Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico 

and South Atlantic. Amendment 18 will 

modify the total allowable catch (TAC) 

for the Atlantic migratory group king 

mackerel and Spanish mackerel 

fisheries, and change the commercial 

trip limits for Spanish mackerel to 

reflect recent changes in the fishing 

year. 

DATES: The additional public hearing 

will be held March 18, 2007. Written 

comments regarding Amendment 18 

must be received in the Council office 

by close of business on April 10, 2007. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the 

date, time, and location of the public 

hearing. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to Bob Mahood, Executive 

Director, South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405, or via email to 

MackerelAmendment18@safmc.net. 

Copies of the public hearing document 

are available from Kim Iverson, South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 

4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: 843–

571–4366 or toll free at 866/SAFMC–10. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405; telephone: 843–571–4366; fax: 

843–769–4520; email address: 

kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council initiated a regulatory 

amendment in June 2006 to adjust the 

TAC following an assessment and report 

reflecting the need to reduce the current 

TACs for both Atlantic migratory group 

king and Spanish mackerel. The Council 

is proposing to reduce the current 

annual TAC for king mackerel from 10.0 

million pounds to 7.1 million pounds, 

and for Spanish mackerel from 7.04 

million pounds to 6.7 million pounds. 

Amendment 18 was changed from a 

regulatory amendment to a plan 

amendment in September 2006 to allow 

more flexibility for alternatives. While 

the title has changed, the alternatives 

and information contained in the plan 

amendment remain the same. 


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Information regarding the other public 

hearings was published at 72 FR 8145, 

February 23, 2007, remain unchanged 

and will not be repeated in this 

notification. 

Public Hearing, Date, and Location 

The additional public hearing will be 

held Sunday, March 18, 2007, at 6 p.m. 

The hearing will be held at the Hatteras 

Civic Center, Highway 12, Hatteras, NC 

27943. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) by March 16, 2007. 

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

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 665 

[Docket No. 070215037–7037–01; I.D. 

020907A] 

RIN 0648–AV26 

Fisheries in the Western Pacific; 

Western Pacific Precious Corals 

Fisheries; Control Date 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking; notification of control date; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that 

persons who enter the black coral 

fishery in the Au’au Channel, Hawaii, 

after December 21, 2006, (the ‘‘control 

date’’) are not guaranteed future 

participation in the fishery if the 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council (Council) recommends, and 

NMFS approves, a program that limits 

entry into the fishery or fishing effort. 

This action does not commit the 

Council or NMFS to limit entry, or 

prevent any other date from being 

selected for use when limiting eligibility 

to participate in the Au’au Channel 

black coral fishery. The Council or 

NMFS may also use other criteria to 

limit fishing effort or participation in a 

limited entry program that is developed 

in the future. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing by May 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this action identified by 0648–AV26 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: AV26BlackCoral@noaa.gov. 

Include 0648–AV26 in the subject line 

of the e-mail comment following 

document identifier: Black coral. 

Comments sent via e-mail, including all 

attachments, must not exceed a 10 

megabyte file size. 

• Federal e-Rulemaking portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: William L. Robinson, 

Regional Administrator, NMFS Pacific 

Islands Region (PIR), 1601 Kapiolani 

Blvd., Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Harman, NMFS PIR, 808–944–2271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At its 

136th meeting in December, 2006, the 

Council adopted a control date of 

December 21, 2006, applicable to 

persons who are contemplating entering 

the fishery for black corals in the Au’au 

Channel, Hawaii (south of Maui). The 

Council requested that this control date 

be published in the Federal Register to 

provide timely notice to fishermen and 

the general public. Anyone entering the 

fishery after December 21, 2006, will not 

be guaranteed future access, if a 

management regime that limits the 

number of participants in the fishery is 

prepared and implemented. 

Recent research has indicated that the 

biomass of the Au’au Channel black 

coral population has decreased by at 

least 25 percent in the last 30 years. 

Data collected in late 2001, during 

submersible dives, showed a decline in 

recruitment, as well as a decrease in the 

relative abundance of legal-sized coral 

colonies. The decline in recruitment 

may be related to an increase in 

abundance of the alien snowflake coral 

Carijoa riisei. This highly-invasive soft 

coral was found to be overgrowing large 

areas of black coral habitat and black 

coral colonies, especially at depths of 

80–110 meters (beyond the normal 

working depth of black coral 

harvesters). Directed fishing pressure on 

black corals in shallower areas of the 

Au’au Channel bed is also considered to 

be an important factor in the observed 

population and recruitment declines. 

Control dates are intended to 

discourage speculative entry into 

fisheries, as new participants entering 

the fisheries after the control date are 

forewarned that they are not guaranteed 

future participation in the fisheries. 

Establishment of this control date does 

not commit the Council or NMFS to any 

particular management regime or 

criteria for entry into the Au’au Channel 

black coral fishery. Fishermen are not 

guaranteed future participation in the 

fishery, regardless of their level of 

participation before or after the control 

date. The Council may choose a 

different control date, or it may choose 

a management regime that does not 

involve a control date. Other criteria, 

such as documentation of commercial 

landings and sales, may be used to 

determine eligibility for participation in 

a limited access fishery. The Council 

also may choose to take no further 

action to control entry or access to the 

fishery, in which case the control date 

may be rescinded. 

Classification 

This advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking has been determined to be 

not significant for the purposes of 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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