12744 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 52 / Monday, March 19, 2007 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR 104, 105 and 106 

[Coast Guard–2006–24196] 

RIN 1652–AA41 

Transportation Worker Identification 

Credential (TWIC) Implementation in 

the Maritime Sector; Hazardous 

Materials Endorsement for a 

Commercial Driver’s License 

AGENCY: United States Coast Guard, 

DHS. 

ACTION: Confirmation of effective date; 

approval of new Collection of 

Information (COI). 

SUMMARY: In the final rule with this 

same title published January 25, 2007, 

we noted that the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) had not approved an 

extension and change to the collection 

of information associated with the 

amendments to 33 CFR 104.267, 

105.257 and 106.262, requiring vessel 

and facility owners and operators 

wishing to grant unescorted access to a 

new hire prior to receipt of a TWIC to 

enter the new employee information 

into a Coast Guard owned and 

maintained Web site, 

homeport.uscg.mil, and await results of 

an expedited threat assessment. OMB 

has since approved that collection of 

information as Information Collection 

number 1625–0110, Maritime 

Identification Credentials—Title 33 CFR 

Part 125. The change was requested to 

extend an existing collection that was 

due to expire, and expand the collection 

to include the collection of information 

for the ‘‘new hire’’ provisions. 

DATES: 33 CFR 104.267, 105.257, and 

106.262, published January 25, 2007 (72 

FR 3492) will be effective March 26, 

2007. The OMB approval was granted 

on January 12, 2007, and expires 

January 31, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this document, 

call Kathryn Sinniger, Coast Guard, 

telephone 202–372–3858. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket 

(USCG–2005–20258), call Renee V. 

Wright, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, telephone 202–493–0402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 

104.267, 105.257 and 106.262 of title 33 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

provide an option for owners, operators 

or security officers of MTSA regulated 

vessels or facilities to enter new 

employee information into a Coast 

Guard owned and maintained Web site, 

homeport.uscg.mil, and await the results 

of an expedited threat assessment in 

order to grant the new employee 

unescorted access prior to receipt of a 

TWIC. These sections are known as the 

‘‘new hire’’ provision. 

The ‘‘new hire’’ provision 

requirements affecting Homeport were 

added to collection 1625–0110 

‘‘Maritime Identification Credentials—

Title 33 CFR Part 125,’’ which expired 

on November 30, 2006. The three year 

renewal for 1625–0110 was submitted to 

OMB on October 6, 2006, and an 

amendment to that renewal reflecting 

changes due to the ‘‘new hire’’ provision 

was submitted to OMB on December 29, 

2006. The revision changed the 

collection, once the TWIC program goes 

into effect, to make the submission of 

new hire information voluntary but 

require owners and operators to wait 

until they receive a positive verification 

from Homeport before granting 

unescorted access to the new hire. The 

government’s need for the information, 

the type of information to be submitted, 

the method of submission, and the 

frequency of submission should not 

change from the previously approved 

collection. 

Submitting the new hire information 

is a collection of information under 

OMB control no. 1625–0110. The final 

rule that contained the provisions for 

these submissions was published in the 

Federal Register on January 25, 2007, 

and is available electronically through 

the docket (USCG–2006–24196) Web 

site at http://dms.dot.gov/ and will 

become effective on March 26, 2007. 

As required by 44 U.S.C. 3507(d), we 

submitted a copy of the final rule to 

OMB for its review. On January 12, 

2007, after reviewing the rule, OMB 

approved the collection of information 

required by this final rule under OMB 

control no. 1625–0110. 

Dated: March 12, 2007. 

J.G. Lantz, 

Director of National and International 

Standards, Assistant Commandant for 

Prevention. 

[FR Doc. E7–4847 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 061020273-7001-03; I.D. 

031207A] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

Quota Transfer 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason quota 

transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of North Carolina is transferring 

69,558 lb (31,551 kg) of commercial 

summer flounder quota to the 

Commonwealth of Virginia from its 

2007 quota. By this action, NMFS 

adjusts the quotas and announces the 

revised commercial quota for each state 

involved. 

DATES: Effective March 16, 2007 through 

December 31, 2007, unless NMFS 

publishes a superseding document in 

the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Potts, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9341, FAX (978) 

281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are found at 50 CFR 

part 648. The regulations require annual 

specification of a commercial quota that 

is apportioned among the coastal states 

from North Carolina through Maine. The 

process to set the annual commercial 

quota and the percent allocated to each 

state are described in § 648.100. 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan, which was published 

on December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), 

provided a mechanism for summer 

flounder quota to be transferred from 

one state to another. Two or more states, 

under mutual agreement and with the 

concurrence of the Administrator, 

Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional 

Administrator), can transfer or combine 

summer flounder commercial quota 

under § 648.100(d). The Regional 

Administrator is required to consider 

the criteria set forth in § 648.100(d)(3) in 

the evaluation of requests for quota 

transfers or combinations. 

North Carolina has agreed to transfer 

69,558 lb (31,551 kg) of its 2007 

commercial quota to Virginia to cover 


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