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6(c)(2))—As we discuss in the sectionby-section discussion preamble, we 

proposed in the NPRM to delay for an 

additional two fiscal years the date by 

which title IV–E agencies must comply 

with the 2016 final rule. Our balance to 

meet the states’ needs for a delay, as 

expressed in their comments, is to 

provide an additional one year. 

Assessment of Federal Regulations and 

Policies on Families 

Section 654 of the Treasury and 

General Government Appropriations 

Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–58) requires 

federal agencies to determine whether a 

policy or regulation may affect family 

well-being. If the agency’s 

determination is affirmative, then the 

agency must prepare an impact 

assessment addressing seven criteria 

specified in the law. This final rule will 

not have an impact on family well-being 

as defined in the law. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(44 U.S.C. 35, as amended) (PRA), all 

Departments are required to submit to 

OMB for review and approval any 

reporting or recordkeeping requirements 

inherent in a proposed or final rule. 

PRA rules require that ACF estimate the 

total burden created by this proposed 

rule regardless of what information is 

available. ACF provides burden and cost 

estimates using the best available 

information. Information collection for 

AFCARS is currently authorized under 

OMB number 0970–0422. This final rule 

does not make changes to the AFCARS 

requirements for title IV–E agencies; it 

delays the effective date and provides 

title IV–E agencies with additional time 

to comply with §§ 1355.41 through 

1355.47. Thus, the annual burden hours 

for recordkeeping and reporting does 

not change from those currently 

authorized under OMB number 0970– 

0422. Therefore, we are not seeking 

comments on any information collection 

requirements through this final rule. 

Tribal Consultation Statement 

ACF is committed to consulting with 

Indian tribes and tribal leadership to the 

extent practicable and permitted by law, 

prior to promulgating any regulation 

that has tribal implications. During the 

comment period, CB held an 

information session on April 5, 2018 

where the NPRM was presented by CB 

officials. Prior to this information 

session, the NPRM was linked to on the 

CB website, a link to the NPRM was 

emailed to CB’s tribal lists (on March 

13, 2018 when the NPRM was available 

for public inspection and March 15, 

2018 when the NPRM was published), 

and CB issued ACYF–CB–IM–18–01 

(issued March 16, 2018). Additionally, 

ACF held a tribal consultation on 

November 6, 2017 during which tribes 

requested that ACF leave the 2016 final 

rule in place, stating that the ICWArelated data elements are very important 

for accountability. At a meeting with 

tribal representatives at the Secretary’s 

Tribal Advisory Committee on May 9 

and 10, 2018, representatives stated the 

following: they support the 2016 final 

rule; they have concerns that states are 

not following ICWA; the ICWA-related 

data elements are critical to informing 

Congress, HHS, states, and tribes on 

how Native children and families are 

doing in state child welfare systems; 

and AFCARS information would help 

inform issues such as foster care 

disproportionality. 

As we developed this final rule, we 

carefully considered the comments from 

Indian tribes and organizations 

representing tribal interests, whose 

comments were to not delay the 

implementation of the 2016 final rule. 

However, we must balance the need for 

data with the needs of our grantees, the 

title IV–E agencies, that must revise 

their systems to meet new AFCARS 

requirements and will ultimately be 

held accountable via compliance and 

penalties to report the data. 

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 1355 

Adoption and foster care, Child 

welfare, Grant programs—social 

programs. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 93.658, Foster Care 

Maintenance; 93.659, Adoption Assistance; 

93.645, Child Welfare Services—State 

Grants). 

Dated: July 20, 2018. 

Steven Wagner, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Children and 

Families. 

Approved: July 25, 2018 

Alex M. Azar II, 

Secretary. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, we amend 45 CFR part 1355 

as follows: 

PART 1355—GENERAL 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1355 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 620 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 

670 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1302. 

■ 2. Amend § 1355.40 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 1355.40 Foster care and adoption data 

collection. 

(a) Scope. State and tribal title IV–E 

agencies must follow the requirements 

of this section and appendices A 

through E of this part until September 

30, 2020. As of October 1, 2020, state 

and tribal title IV–E agencies must 

comply with §§ 1355.41 through 

1355.47. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 170817779–8161–02] 

RIN 0648–XG428 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of 

Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands Management Area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is reallocating the 

projected unused amount of Pacific cod 

total allowable catch (TAC) from vessels 

using jig gear and catcher vessels greater 

than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) 

length overall (LOA) using hook-andline gear to catcher vessels less than 60 

feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line 

or pot gear in the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands management area. This 

action is necessary to allow the 2018 

TAC of Pacific cod to be harvested. 

DATES: Effective August 16, 2018, 

through 2400 hours, Alaska local time 

(A.l.t.), December 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh 

Keaton, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands Management Area 

(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council under 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

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. 

The 2018 Pacific cod TAC specified 

for vessels using jig gear in the BSAI is 

1,149 metric tons (mt) as established by 

the final 2018 and 2019 harvest 

specifications for groundfish in the 


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BSAI (83 FR 8365, February 27, 2018) 

and inseason adjustment (83 FR 2932, 

January 22, 2018). 

The 2018 Pacific cod TAC specified 

for catcher vessels greater than or equal 

to 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-andline gear in the BSAI is 363 mt as 

established by the final 2018 and 2019 

harvest specifications for groundfish in 

the BSAI (83 FR 8365, February 27, 

2018). 

The 2018 Pacific cod TAC allocated to 

catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) 

LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in 

the BSAI is 5,027 mt as established by 

final 2018 and 2019 harvest 

specifications for groundfish in the 

BSAI (83 FR 8365, February 27, 2018) 

and inseason adjustment (83 FR 2932, 

January 22, 2018). 

The Administrator, Alaska Region, 

NMFS, (Regional Administrator) has 

determined that jig vessels will not be 

able to harvest 900 mt of the 2018 

Pacific cod TAC allocated to those 

vessels under § 679.20(a)(7)(ii)(A)(1). 

The Regional Administrator has 

determined that catcher vessels greater 

than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA 

using hook-and-line gear will not be 

able to harvest 363 mt of the 2018 

Pacific cod TAC allocated to those 

vessels under § 679.20(a)(7)(ii)(A)(3). 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 679.20(a)(7)(iii)(A), NMFS apportions 

900 mt of Pacific cod from the jig vessel 

apportionment to the annual amount 

specified for catcher vessels less than 60 

feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line 

or pot gear. Also, in accordance with 

§ 679.20(a)(7)(iii)(A), NMFS apportions 

363 mt of Pacific cod from the catcher 

vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet 

(18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line gear 

apportionment to the annual amount 

specified for catcher vessels less than 60 

feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line 

or pot gear. 

The harvest specifications for Pacific 

cod included in final 2018 and 2019 

harvest specifications for groundfish in 

the BSAI (83 FR 8365, February 27, 

2018) and inseason adjustment (83 FR 

2932, January 22, 2018) are revised as 

follows: 249 mt to the annual amount 

for vessels using jig gear, 0 mt to catcher 

vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet 

(18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line gear, 

and 6,290 mt to catcher vessels less than 

60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-andline or pot gear. 

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) 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 reallocation of Pacific cod 

specified from jig vessels and catcher 

vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet 

(18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line gear 

to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 

m) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear. 

Since the fishery is currently open, it is 

important to immediately inform the 

industry as to the revised allocations. 

Immediate notification is necessary to 

allow for the orderly conduct and 

efficient operation of this fishery, to 

allow the industry to plan for the fishing 

season, and to avoid potential 

disruption to the fishing fleet as well as 

processors. NMFS was unable to 

publish a notice providing time for 

public comment because the most 

recent, relevant data only became 

available as of August 15, 2018. 

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. 

This action is required by § 679.20 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: August 16, 2018. 

Margo B. Schulze-Haugen, 

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 679 

[Docket No. 170817779–8161–02] 

RIN 0648–XG115 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch 

in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the 

Central Aleutian district (CAI) of the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

management area (BSAI) by vessels 

participating in the BSAI trawl limited 

access fishery. This action is necessary 

to prevent exceeding the 2018 total 

allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean 

perch in the CAI allocated to vessels 

participating in the BSAI trawl limited 

access fishery. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), August 16, 2018, through 

2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Whitney, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

BSAI exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands Management Area 

(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council under 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

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. 

The 2018 TAC of Pacific ocean perch, 

in the CAI, allocated to vessels 

participating in the BSAI trawl limited 

access fishery was established as a 

directed fishing allowance of 658 metric 

tons by the final 2018 and 2019 harvest 

specifications for groundfish in the 

BSAI (83 FR 8365, February 27, 2018). 

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

the Regional Administrator finds that 

this directed fishing allowance has been 

reached. Consequently, NMFS is 

prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific 

ocean perch in the CAI by vessels 

participating in the BSAI trawl limited 

access fishery. 

After the effective dates of this 

closure, the maximum retainable 

amounts at § 679.20(e) and (f) apply at 

any time during a trip. 

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) as such a 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 


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