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S2. Application. This standard

applies to passenger cars that have a

trunk compartment.

S3. Definitions.

Trunk compartment means a space

that:

(a) Is intended to be used for carrying

luggage,

(b) Is wholly separated from the

occupant compartment of a passenger

car by a permanently attached partition

or by a fixed or fold-down seat back

and/or partition,

(c) Has a trunk lid, and

(d) Is large enough so that the threeyear-old child dummy described in

Subpart C of Part 572 can be placed

inside the trunk compartment and, with

the test dummy in the trunk

compartment, the trunk lid can be

closed and latched. (Note: For purposes

of this standard, the Part 572 Subpart C

test dummy need not be equipped with

the accelerometers specified in Part

572.21.)

Trunk lid means a movable body

panel that provides access from outside

a motor vehicle to a trunk compartment.

S4. Requirements. 

S4.1 Each passenger car with a trunk

compartment must have an automatic or

manual release mechanism inside the

trunk compartment that unlatches the

trunk lid.

S4.2(a) Each manual release

mechanism installed pursuant to S4.1 of

this section must include a feature, like

lighting or phosphorescence, that allows

the release mechanism to be easily seen

inside the closed trunk.

(b) Each automatic release mechanism

installed pursuant to S4.1 of this section

must unlatch the trunk lid within 5

minutes of when the lid is closed with

a person inside the trunk compartment.

S4.3 Actuation of each release

mechanism required by S4.1 of this

section must completely release the

trunk lid from all latching positions of

the trunk lid latch, notwithstanding the

requirements of any other standards in

part 571 of this title.

Issued on October 17, 2000.

Sue Bailey,

Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 635

[I.D. 101300B]

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species

Fisheries; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Inseason transfer.

SUMMARY: NMFS adjusts the OctoberDecember subquota for the General

category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT)

fishery by transferring 25 metric tons

(mt) from the Reserve, 15 mt from the

Longline North subcategory quota, and

60 mt from the Angling category (large

school size class for the northern area),

for a revised coastwide General category

subquota of approximately 264.4 mt for

October-December, including addition

of underharvest from the previous time

periods. These actions are being taken to

allow for maximum utilization of the

U.S. landings quota of BFT while

maintaining a fair distribution of fishing

opportunities, preventing overharvest of

the adjusted subquotas for the affected

fishing categories, helping achieve

optimum yield in the General category

fishery, and allowing the collection of a

broad range of data for stock monitoring

purposes, consistent with the objectives

of the Fishery Management Plan for

Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks

(HMS FMP).

DATES: Effective October 17, 2000 until

December 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat

Scida, 978-281-9208.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations implemented under the

authority of the Atlantic Tunas

Convention Act (16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.)

and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (16

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) governing the

harvest of BFT by persons and vessels

subject to U.S. jurisdiction are found at

50 CFR part 635. Section 635.27

subdivides the U.S. BFT quota

recommended by the International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas among the various

domestic fishing categories.

Under the implementing regulations

at 50 CFR 635.27 (a)(7), NMFS has the

authority to allocate any portion of the

Reserve to any category quota in the

fishery, other than the Angling category

school BFT subquota (for which there is

a separate reserve), after considering the

following factors: (1) The usefulness of

information obtained from catches in

the particular category for biological

sampling and monitoring of the status of

the stock; (2) the catches of the

particular category quota to date and the

likelihood of closure of that segment of

the fishery if no allocation is made; (3)

the projected ability of the vessels

fishing under the particular category

quota to harvest the additional amount

of BFT before the end of the fishing

year; (4) the estimated amounts by

which quotas established for other gear

segments of the fishery might be

exceeded; (5) effects of the transfer on

BFT rebuilding and overfishing; and (6)

effects of the transfer on accomplishing

the objectives of the HMS FMP.

NMFS is also authorized under 50

CFR 635.27(a)(8) to transfer quotas

among categories, or, as appropriate,

subcategories, of the fishery. If it is

determined, based on the factors listed

here and the probability of exceeding

the total quota, that vessels fishing

under any category or subcategory quota

are not likely to take that quota, NMFS

may transfer inseason any portion of the

remaining quota of that fishing category

to any other fishing category or to the

reserve.

Quota Adjustments

Annual BFT quota specifications

issued under § 635.27 provide for a

quota of 634.3 mt of large medium and

giant BFT to be harvested from the

regulatory area by vessels fishing under

the General category quota during the

2000 fishing year. The General category

BFT quota is further subdivided into

time period subquotas to provide for

broad temporal and geographic

distribution of scientific data collection

and fishing opportunities. The OctoberDecember subquota was initially set at

62.4 mt for the 2000 fishing year, and

is currently 164.4 mt, after the addition

of approximately 102 mt of unharvested

subquota from previous periods. As of

October 10, 2000, General category

landings against this adjusted OctoberDecember subquota have totaled

approximately 79 mt, reducing the

available quota for the remainder of the

season to 85.4 mt. An additional 10 mt

has been set aside for the traditional fall

New York Bight fishery.

After considering the factors for

making transfers between categories and

from the Reserve, NMFS has determined

that 25 mt of the remaining 34.4 mt of

Reserve should be transferred to the

General category. In addition, NMFS has

determined that 15 mt of the remaining

Longline North subcategory quota of

approximately 26 mt should be

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transferred to the General category.

Finally, NMFS has determined that 60

mt of the remaining Angling North large

school/small medium subcategory quota

of approximately 161.1 mt should be

transferred to the General category.

Thus, a total of 100 mt is transferred to

the General category for an adjusted

annual quota of 734.3 mt (including the

10 mt New York Bight set-aside). The

adjusted subquota for the coastwide

General category fishery for the OctoberDecember period is 264.4 mt.

Once the General category subquota

for the October-December period has

been attained, the coastwide fishery will

be closed and NMFS will take action to

reopen the New York Bight fishery.

Announcement of the closure will be

filed with the Office of the Federal

Register, stating the effective date of

closure, and further communicated

through the Highly Migratory Species

Fax Network, the Atlantic Tunas

Information Line, NOAA weather radio,

and Coast Guard Notice to Mariners.

Although notification of closure will be

provided as far in advance as possible,

fishermen are encouraged to call the

Atlantic Tunas Information Line at (888)

USA-TUNA or (978) 281-9305, to check

the status of the fishery before leaving

for a fishing trip.

Classification

This action is taken under 50 CFR

635.27 and is exempt from review under

Executive Order 12866.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801

et seq.

Dated: October 17, 2000.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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