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and adverse effects on communities 

with environmental justice concerns. 

This action is narrowly tailored to 

prevent the stranding of inventory of air 

conditioning and heat pump equipment 

while not affecting the demand for 

HFCs. 

Although this action does not concern 

human health or environmental 

conditions, the EPA identified and 

addressed environmental justice 

concerns within the Technology 

Transitions Rule (88 FR 73098; October 

24, 2023). 

K. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

This action is subject to the CRA, and 

the EPA will submit a rule report to 

each House of the Congress and to the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. The CRA allows the issuing 

agency to make a rule effective sooner 

than otherwise provided by the CRA if 

the agency makes a good cause finding 

that notice and comment rulemaking 

procedures are impracticable, 

unnecessary or contrary to the public 

interest (5 U.S.C. 808(2)). The EPA has 

made a good cause finding for this rule 

as discussed in the supplementary 

information section of the preamble 

where this is discussed, including the 

basis for that finding. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 84 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Air pollution control, Chemicals, 

Climate change, Emissions, Imports, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Michael S. Regan, 

Administrator. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, EPA amends 40 CFR part 84 

as follows: 

PART 84—PHASEDOWN OF 

HYDROFLUOROCARBONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 84 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Pub. L. 116–260, Division S, 

Sec. 103. 

■ 2. Amend § 84.54 by revising 

paragraph (c)(1) as follows: 

§ 84.54 Restrictions on the use of 

hydrofluorocarbons. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) Effective January 1, 2025, 

residential or light commercial airconditioning or heat pump systems 

using a regulated substance, or a blend 

containing a regulated substance, with a 

global warming potential of 700 or 

greater, except for variable refrigerant 

flow air-conditioning and heat pump 

systems. New residential and light 

commercial air-conditioning and heat 

pump systems using a regulated 

substance, or a blend containing a 

regulated substance, with a global 

warming potential of 700 or greater may 

be installed prior to January 1, 2026, 

where all specified components of that 

system are manufactured or imported 

prior to January 1, 2025. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 300 

[RTID 0648–XD573] 

Fraser River Pink Salmon Fisheries; 

Inseason Orders 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason 

orders. 

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes inseason 

orders to regulate treaty tribal and nontribal (all citizen) commercial salmon 

fisheries in United States (U.S.) waters 

of the Fraser River Panel (Panel) Area. 

The orders were issued by the (Panel) of 

the Pacific Salmon Commission 

(Commission) and subsequently 

approved and issued by NMFS during 

2023 for pink salmon fisheries within 

the U.S. Panel Area. These orders 

established fishing dates, times, and 

areas for the gear types of U.S. treaty 

tribal and all citizen commercial 

fisheries during the period the Panel 

exercised jurisdiction over these 

fisheries. 

DATES: The effective dates for the 

inseason orders are set out in this 

document under the heading Inseason 

Orders. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Siniscal at 971–322–8407, 

email: Anthony.siniscal@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Treaty between the Government of the 

United States of America and the 

Government of Canada concerning 

Pacific salmon was signed at Ottawa on 

January 28, 1985, and subsequently was 

given effect in the United States by the 

Pacific Salmon Treaty Act (Act) at 16 

U.S.C. 3631–3644. 

Under authority of the Act, Federal 

regulations at 50 CFR part 300, subpart 

F, provide a framework for the 

implementation of certain regulations of 

the Commission and inseason orders of 

the Commission’s Panel for U.S. sockeye 

and pink salmon fisheries in the Fraser 

River Panel Area. 

The regulations close the U.S. portion 

of the Panel Area to U.S. sockeye and 

pink salmon tribal and non-tribal 

commercial fishing unless opened by 

Panel regulations that are given effect by 

inseason orders issued by NMFS (50 

CFR 300.94(a)(1)). During the fishing 

season, NMFS may issue inseason 

orders that establish fishing times and 

areas consistent with the Commission 

agreements and regulations of the Panel. 

Such orders must be consistent with 

domestic legal obligations and are 

issued by the Regional Administrator, 

West Coast Region, NMFS. Official 

notification of these inseason actions is 

provided by two telephone hotline 

numbers described at 50 CFR 

300.97(b)(1) and in 84 FR 19729 (May 6, 

2019). The inseason orders are 

published in the Federal Register as 

soon as practicable after they are issued. 

Due to the frequency with which 

inseason orders are issued, publication 

of orders during the fishing season is 

impracticable. 

Inseason Orders 

NMFS issued the following inseason 

orders for U.S. fisheries within Panel 

Area waters during the 2023 fishing 

season, consistent with the orders 

adopted by the Panel. Each of the 

following inseason actions was effective 

upon announcement on telephone 

hotline numbers as specified at 50 CFR 

300.97(b)(1) and in 88 FR 30235 (May 

11, 2023); those dates and times are 

listed herein. The times listed are local 

times, and the areas designated are 

Puget Sound Management and Catch 

Reporting Areas as defined in the 

Washington State Administrative Code 

at Chapter 220–301–030. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2023– 

01: Issued 3:30 p.m., August 18, 2023 

Treaty Tribal Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Open for drift 

gillnet fishing from 12 p.m. (noon), 

Saturday, August 19, 2023, through 12 

p.m. (noon), Tuesday, August 22, 2023. 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net 

fishing from 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

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Fraser River Panel Order Number 2023– 

02: Issued 4:30 p.m., August 22, 2023 

Treaty Tribal Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift 

gillnet fishing from 12 p.m. (noon), 

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 through 12 

p.m. (noon), Friday, August 25, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net 

fishing from 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 and 5 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Friday, August 25, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for purse seine 

fishing from 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Thursday, August 24, 2023 and 5 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Friday, August 25, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for drift gillnet 

fishing from 8 a.m. through 11:59 p.m., 

Thursday, August 24, 2023 and 8 a.m. 

through 11:59 p.m., Friday, August 25, 

2023. Sockeye must be released. 

Areas 7: Open for reef net fishing 5 

a.m. through 9 p.m., Wednesday, 

August 23, 2023, 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Thursday, August 24, 2023, and 5 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Friday, August 25, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2023– 

03: Issued 2:30 p.m., August 25, 2023 

Treaty Tribal Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift 

gillnet fishing from 12 p.m. (noon), 

Friday, August 25, 2023 through 12 p.m. 

(noon), Wednesday, August 30, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net 

fishing 5 a.m., Saturday, August 26, 

2023 through 9 a.m., Wednesday, 

August 30, 2023. Sockeye must be 

released. 

All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for purse seine 

fishing 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., Saturday, 

August 26, 2023; 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Sunday, August 27, 2023; 5 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Monday, August 28, 

2023; and 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Sockeye 

must be released. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for drift gillnet 

fishing from 8 a.m. through 11:59 p.m., 

Saturday, August 26, 2023; 8 a.m. 

through 11:59 p.m., Sunday, August 27, 

2023; 8 a.m. through 11:59 p.m., 

Monday, August 28, 2023; and 8 a.m. 

through 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, August 29, 

2023. Sockeye must be released. 

Area 7: Open for reef net fishing 5 

a.m. through 9 p.m., Saturday, August 

26, 2023; 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., Sunday, 

August 27, 2023; 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Monday, August 28, 2023; and 5 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Tuesday, August 29, 

2023. Sockeye must be released. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2023– 

04: 1:30 p.m., Issued August 29, 2023 

Treaty Tribal Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift 

gillnet fishing from 12 p.m. (noon), 

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 through 12 

p.m. (noon), Friday, September 1, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Extend for net 

fishing from 9 a.m., Wednesday, August 

30, 2023 through 9 a.m., Saturday, 

September 2, 2023. Sockeye must be 

released. 

All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for purse seine 

fishing 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Wednesday, August 30, 2023; 5 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Thursday, August 31, 

2023; and 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., Friday, 

September 1, 2023. Sockeye must be 

released. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for drift gillnet 

fishing from 8 a.m. through 11:59 p.m., 

Wednesday, August 30, 2023; 8 a.m. 

through 11:59 p.m., Thursday, August 

31, 2023; and 8 a.m. through 11:59 p.m., 

Friday, September 1, 2023. Sockeye 

must be released. 

Area 7: Open for reef net fishing 5 

a.m. through 9 p.m., Wednesday, 

August 30, 2023; 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Thursday, August 31, 2023; and 5 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Friday, September 1, 

2023. Sockeye must be released. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2023– 

05: Issued 1:30 p.m., September 1, 2023 

Treaty Tribal Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift 

gillnet fishing from 12 p.m. (noon), 

Friday, September 1, 2023 through 12 

p.m. (noon), Wednesday, September 6, 

2023. Sockeye must be released. 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Extend for net 

fishing from 9 a.m., Saturday, 

September 2, 2023 through 9 a.m., 

Wednesday, September 6, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for purse seine 

fishing 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., Saturday, 

September 2, 2023; 5 a.m. through 9 

p.m., Sunday, September 3, 2023; 5 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Monday, September 4, 

2023; and 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Tuesday, September 5, 2023. Sockeye 

must be released. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for drift gillnet 

fishing from 8 a.m. through 11:59 p.m., 

Saturday, September 2, 2023; 8 a.m. 

through 11:59 p.m., Sunday, September 

3, 2023; 8 a.m. through 11:59 p.m., 

Monday, September 4, 2023; and 8 a.m. 

through 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, September 

5, 2023. Sockeye must be released. 

Area 7: Open for reef net fishing 5 

a.m. through 9 p.m., Saturday, 

September 2, 2023; 5 a.m. through 9 

p.m., Sunday, September 3, 2023; 5 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Monday, September 4, 

2023; and 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Tuesday, September 5, 2023. Sockeye 

must be released. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2023– 

06: Issued 12:00 p.m., September 5, 

2023 

Treaty Tribal Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift 

gillnet fishing from 12 p.m. (noon), 

Wednesday, September 6, 2023 through 

12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, September 9, 

2023. Sockeye must be released. 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Extend for net 

fishing from 9 a.m., Wednesday, 

September 6, 2023 through 9 a.m., 

Saturday, September 9, 2023. Sockeye 

must be released. 

All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for purse seine 

fishing 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Wednesday, September 6, 2023; 5 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Thursday, September 7, 

2023; and 5 a.m. through 9 p.m., Friday, 

September 8, 2023. Sockeye must be 

released. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for drift gillnet 

fishing from 8 a.m. through 11:59 p.m., 

Wednesday, September 6, 2023; 8 a.m. 

through 11:59 p.m., Thursday, 

September 7, 2023; and 8 a.m. through 

11:59 p.m., Friday, September 8, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

Area 7: Open for reef net fishing 5 

a.m. through 9 p.m., Wednesday, 

September 6, 2023; 5 a.m. through 9 

p.m., Thursday, September 7, 2023; 5 

a.m. through 9 p.m., and Friday, 

September 8, 2023. Sockeye must be 

released. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2023– 

07: Issued 12:00 p.m., September 8, 

2023 

Treaty Tribal Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Relinquish 

regulatory control effective 11:59 p.m., 

Saturday, September 9, 2023. 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Extend for net 

fishing from 9 a.m., Saturday, 

September 9, 2023 through 9 a.m., 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for purse seine 

fishing 5:30 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Saturday, September 9, 2023; 5:30 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Sunday, September 10, 

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September 11, 2023; and 5:30 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Tuesday, September 12, 

2023. Sockeye must be released. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for drift gillnet 

fishing from 8 a.m. through 9 p.m., 

Saturday, September 9, 2023; 8 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Sunday, September 10, 

2023; 8 a.m. through 9 p.m., Monday, 

September 11, 2023; and 8 a.m. through 

9 p.m., Tuesday, September 12, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

Area 7: Open for reef net fishing 5:30 

a.m. through 9 p.m., Saturday, 

September 9, 2023; 5:30 a.m. through 9 

p.m., Sunday, September 10, 2023; 5:30 

a.m. through 9 p.m., Monday, 

September 11, 2023; and 5:30 a.m. 

through 9 p.m., Tuesday, September 12, 

2023. Sockeye must be released. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2023– 

08: Issued 12:00 p.m., September 12, 

2023 

Treaty Tribal Fishery 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Extend for net 

fishing from 9 a.m. through 11:59 p.m., 

Wednesday, September 13, 2023. 

Sockeye must be released. 

Treaty Tribal and All Citizen Fisheries 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A, excluding the 

Apex: Relinquish regulatory control 

effective 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, 

September 13, 2023. The Apex is those 

waters north and west of the Area 7A 

‘‘East Point Line,’’ defined as a line 

projected from the low water range 

marker in Boundary Bay on the 

International Boundary through the east 

tip of Point Roberts in the state of 

Washington to the East Point light on 

Saturna Island in the Province of British 

Columbia. 

Classification 

The Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries NOAA (AA), finds that good 

cause exists for the inseason orders to be 

issued without affording the public 

prior notice and opportunity for 

comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as 

such prior notice and opportunity for 

comments is impracticable and contrary 

to the public interest. Prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment is 

impracticable because of insufficient 

time between the time the stock 

abundance information is available to 

determine how much fishing can be 

allowed and the time the fishery must 

open or close in order to harvest the 

appropriate amount of fish while they 

are available. 

The AA also finds good cause to 

waive the 30-day delay in the effective 

date, required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), 

of the inseason orders. A delay in the 

effective date of the inseason orders 

would not allow fishers appropriately 

controlled access to the available fish at 

that time they are available. 

This action is authorized by 50 CFR 

300.97, and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3636(b). 

Dated: December 19, 2023. 

Everett Wayne Baxter, 

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 648 

[Docket No. 221223–0282; RTID 0648– 

XD608] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

Quota Transfer From NC to NJ 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of quota transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of North Carolina is transferring a 

portion of its 2023 commercial summer 

flounder quota to the State of New 

Jersey. This adjustment to the 2023 

fishing year quota is necessary to 

comply with the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan quota transfer 

provisions. This announcement informs 

the public of the revised 2023 

commercial quotas for North Carolina 

and New Jersey. 

DATES: Effective December 21, 2023, 

through December 31, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Deighan, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9184. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are found in 50 CFR 

648.100 through 648.111. These 

regulations require annual specification 

of a commercial quota that is 

apportioned among the coastal states 

from Maine through North Carolina. The 

process to set the annual commercial 

quota and the percent allocated to each 

state is described in § 648.102 and final 

2023 allocations were published on 

January 3, 2023 (88 FR 11). 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP), as 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), 

provided a mechanism for transferring 

summer flounder commercial quota 

from one state to another. Two or more 

states, under mutual agreement and 

with the concurrence of the NMFS 

Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator, 

can transfer or combine summer 

flounder commercial quota under 

§ 648.102(c)(2). The Regional 

Administrator is required to consider 

three criteria in the evaluation of 

requests for quota transfers or 

combinations: the transfer or 

combinations would not preclude the 

overall annual quota from being fully 

harvested; the transfer addresses an 

unforeseen variation or contingency in 

the fishery; and the transfer is consistent 

with the objectives of the FMP and the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Regional 

Administrator has determined these 

three criteria have been met for the 

transfer approved in this notification. 

North Carolina is transferring 16,690 

pounds (lb; 7,570 kilograms (kg)) to New 

Jersey through a mutual agreement 

between the states. This transfer was 

requested to repay landings made by an 

out-of-state permitted vessel under a 

safe harbor agreement. The revised 

summer flounder quotas for 2023 are 

North Carolina, 3,131,074 lb (1,420,231 

kg), and New Jersey, 2,487,110 lb 

(1,128,134 kg). 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

648.102(c)(2)(i) through (iv), which was 

issued pursuant to section 304(b), and is 

exempted from review under Executive 

Order 12866. 

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

Dated: December 20, 2023. 

Everett Wayne Baxter, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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