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1Memorandum from John Calcagni, Air Quality

Management Division, and William G. Laxton,

Director, Technical Support Division, to Regional

Air Division Directors, Regions I–X, ‘‘Public

Hearing Requirements for 1990 Base-Year Emission

Inventories for Ozone and Carbon Monoxide

Nonattainment Areas,’’ September 29, 1992.

Director’s Authorities in 27 CFR Parts

270, 275 and 296.’’

Bradley A. Buckles,

Director.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[CO–001–0041a, CO–001–0042a, UT–001–

0032a; FRL–6889–2]

Approval and Promulgation of Air

Quality Implementation Plans;

Colorado and Utah; 1996 Periodic

Carbon Monoxide Emission

Inventories

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

SUMMARY: On May 10, 2000, the

Governor of Colorado submitted a

revision to the State Implementation

Plan (SIP) that addressed the Clean Air

Act (CAA) section 187(a)(5) requirement

for 1996 Periodic Emission Inventories

(PEI), for Carbon Monoxide (CO)

nonattainment areas, for Denver,

Colorado and Fort Collins, Colorado. On

June 14, 1999, the Governor of Utah

submitted a SIP revision for the 1996

CO PEI requirement for Utah County,

Utah. In this action, the EPA is

approving the 1996 CO PEIs for Denver,

Colorado, Fort Collins, Colorado, and

Utah County, Utah.

DATES: This direct final rule is effective

on December 26, 2000 without further

notice, unless EPA receives adverse

comments by November 24, 2000. If

adverse comments are received, EPA

will publish a timely withdrawal of the

direct final rule in the Federal Register

and inform the public that the rule will

not take effect.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

mailed to Richard R. Long, Director, Air

and Radiation Program, Mailcode 8P–

AR, Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), Region VIII, 999 18th Street,

Suite 300, Denver, Colorado, 80202.

Copies of the documents relevant to

this action are available for public

inspection during normal business

hours at the Air and Radiation Program,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 300,

Denver, Colorado 80202.

Copies of the State documents

relevant to this action are also available

for public inspection at the Colorado

Department of Public Health and

Environment, Air Pollution Control

Division, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive

South, Denver, Colorado 80246–1530;

and at the Utah Department of

Environmental Quality, Division of Air

Quality, 150 North 1950 West, Salt Lake

City, Utah 84114–4820.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Megan Williams, EPA, Region VIII, (303)

312–6431.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this document wherever

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ are used, we mean

the Environmental Protection Agency.

Table of Contents

I. Background Information

A. What Is the Purpose of This Action?

B. What Is the State’s Process To Submit

These Materials to the EPA?

C. How Did EPA Evaluate the 1996

Periodic CO Emission Inventories?

II. Final Action

III. Administrative Requirements

I. Background Information

A. What Is the Purpose of This Action?

In this action, we are approving the

1996 CO PEIs for Denver, Colorado, Fort

Collins, Colorado, and Utah County,

Utah.

On November 15, 1990, the Clean Air

Act Amendments of 1990 were enacted

(Public Law 101–549, 104 Stat. 2399,

codified at 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q).

Under section 187(a)(5) of the CAA,

States have the responsibility to

inventory emissions contributing to

NAAQS nonattainment, to track these

emissions over time, and to ensure that

control strategies are being implemented

that reduce emissions and move areas

toward attainment. The CAA required

States with moderate or serious CO

nonattainment areas to initially submit

a base year CO inventory that

represented actual emissions during the

peak CO season by November 15, 1992.

This base year inventory was for

calendar year 1990. Moderate and

serious CO nonattainment areas were

also required to submit a revised

emissions inventory periodically. The

1990 base year inventory was to serve as

the primary inventory from which the

periodic inventories were to be derived.

As per CAA section 187(a)(5), the

submittal of the first periodic emissions

inventory, as a revision to the SIP, was

required no later than September 30,

1995, and every three years thereafter

until the area is redesignated to

attainment. EPA approved the 1993

periodic CO emission inventories for

Denver and Fort Collins on July 15,

1998 (see 63 FR 38087) and for Utah

County on April 14, 1998 (see 63 FR

1812). As these three areas have not

been redesignated to attainment, the

CAA section 187(a)(5) requirement

continues to apply to Denver, Fort

Collins, and Utah County. Further

information on these inventories and

their purpose can be found in the

document ‘‘Emission Inventory

Requirements for Carbon Monoxide

State Implementation Plans,’’ USEPA,

Office of Air Quality Planning and

Standards, EPA–450/4–91–011, March

1991, the September 30, 1994, guidance

memorandum entitled ‘‘1993 Periodic

Emission Inventory Guidance,’’ signed

by J. David Mobley, Chief of the

Emission Inventory Branch (hereafter,

the Mobley Memorandum), the June 30,

1997, guidance memorandum

distributing the document ‘‘Preparation

of the 1996 Emission Inventory,’’ from

David Misenheimer, Acting Group

Leader, Emission Factor and Inventory

Group, and the document ‘‘Reporting

Guidance for 1996 Periodic Emissions

Inventories and National Emissions

Trends (NET) Inventories,’’ EPA–454/R–

97–005, June 1997.

The periodic inventories were to be

prepared in similar detail as was done

with the 1990 base year inventories and

were to address actual CO emissions for

the area during the peak CO season. The

peak CO season should reflect the

months when peak CO concentrations

occur. As winter is the peak CO season

for Denver, Fort Collins, and Utah

County, the 1996 periodic inventories

included the period November through

January. The periodic inventories are to

address emissions from stationary point,

area, on-road mobile, and non-road

mobile sources.

B. What Is the State’s Process To Submit

These Materials to the EPA?

Section 110(k) of the CAA addresses

our actions on submissions of revisions

to a SIP. The CAA also requires States

to observe certain procedural

requirements in developing SIP

revisions for submittal to us. Section

110(a)(2) of the CAA requires that each

SIP revision be adopted after reasonable

notice and public hearing (including

emission inventories) 1. This must occur

before the State submits the revision to

us.

The State of Colorado held a public

hearing for the Denver 1996 PEI on

April 15, 1999, directly after which the

inventory was adopted by the Air

Quality Control Commission (AQCC).

The State of Colorado held a public

hearing for the Fort Collins 1996 PEI on

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2Summary tables included in Utah County’s

point source section of the PEI, entitled ‘‘Geneva

Steel Total Emission Inventory Part 1— and

‘‘Geneva Steel Total Emission Inventory Part 2—

Other Emissions’’, present emissions for other

pollutants (i.e., PM10, SO2, NOX and VOCs) in

addition to CO. EPA is only acting on the CO

emission information presented in these tables.

April 15, 1999 at which a Motion and

Order to Continue the hearing on

October 21, 1999 was granted. Directly

after the October 21, 1999 hearing, the

inventory was adopted by the Air

Quality Control Commission (AQCC).

Both inventories were formally

submitted by the Governor on May 10,

2000. EPA determined the submittal

was complete on June 16, 2000.

The State of Utah held a public

hearing for the Utah County 1996 PEI on

August 11, 1998, directly after which

the inventory was adopted by the Air

Quality Board. The Utah County

inventory was formally submitted by the

Governor on June 14, 1999. The

Governor’s June 14, 1999, submittal

became complete on December 14, 1999,

by operation of law under section

110(k)(1)(B) of the CAA.

C. How Did EPA Evaluate the 1996

Periodic CO Emission Inventories?

Our review of the 1996 PEIs for

Denver, Fort Collins, and Utah County

was based on the September 30, 1994,

Mobley memorandum which allowed

for two options for the approach to

developing the PEI. If the PEI was to be

used for a regulatory purpose (i.e.,

milestone compliance demonstration,

rate of progress, maintenance plan

tracking, etc.) a rigorous, comprehensive

PEI was to be developed similar in

detail and documentation to that which

was done for the 1990 base year

inventory. If, however, EPA and the

State determined that the subsequent

PEI would not be used to support a

regulatory purpose other than to fulfill

the CAA section 187(a)(5) requirement,

a less rigorous approach could be

appropriate. Both Colorado and Utah

chose the latter option for the three PEIs

being approved in this action.

EPA has reviewed the 1996 PEIs for

Denver, Fort Collins, and Utah County.

Summary tables, calculations for all

identified sources in each source

category, and adequate documentation

were provided by the State of Colorado

and the State of Utah 2 for each of the

three PEIs. EPA has determined that the

Denver, Fort Collins, and Utah County

1996 PEIs satisfy the requirements of

section 187(a)(5) of the CAA. One issue,

however, arose with our review of the

Fort Collins 1996 PEI. The Fort Collins

PEI shows an increase of 64% in onroad mobile source emissions from 1990

to 1996. While Vehicle Miles Traveled

(VMT) increased from 1990 to 1996, this

increase is typically outweighed by

emission reductions from changes in the

fleet composition over the years (i.e.,

newer, lower emitting vehicles

comprising a higher percentage of the

total fleet; otherwise known as ‘‘fleet

turnover’’). The reason for this anomaly

became clear after evaluating the

methodology used by the North Front

Range Transportation & Air Quality

Planning Council (NFRT&AQPC), (the

Metropolitan Planning Organization

(MPO) for the Fort Collins area), to

generate the VMT and transportation

data sets for use by the State in

calculating mobile source emissions.

Since the development of the 1990 base

year CO inventory for the Fort Collins

nonattainment area, the NFRT&AQPC

had expanded the size of its

transportation modeling domain to

encompass additional growth in the

vicinity of Fort Collins (Fort Collins

Urban Growth Area). In addition, the

NFRT&AQPC used a less-sophisticated

transportation model, MinUTP, to

generate the VMT and used MinUTP in

a very conservative mode (i.e., slow

speeds and increased congestion)

which, when run in EPA’s Mobile5b

model, produced significant estimated

CO emissions. The above issues are

currently being resolved by the State

and NFRT&AQPC with the MPO

acquiring and using a more

sophisticated transportation model,

TRANSCAD. The MPO is currently

working with the State to prepare the

forthcoming Fort Collins CO

redesignation request and maintenance

plan. Through the development of this

redesignation request, the State and

MPO will reach agreement on the most

appropriate area to use for future

transportation planning for the Fort

Collins area and may request an

adjustment of the original

nonattainment boundaries as necessary

to agree with the modeling domain. In

the interim, both the State and MPO

agreed that it was not the best use of

resources to try to force fit the MPO’s

VMT data to the current Fort Collins

nonattainment boundary and, instead,

requested that EPA approve the

submitted 1996 Fort Collins PEI as a

non-regulatory inventory. As this 1996

PEI serves a planning, non-regulatory

purpose, EPA is accepting the inventory

as meeting the provisions of section

187(a)(5) of the CAA and looks to a fully

updated, comprehensive, regulatory

inventory to be submitted with the

future Fort Collins redesignation request

and maintenance plan.

The 1996 CO emissions from point

sources, area sources, on-road mobile

sources, and non-road mobile sources

for Denver, Fort Collins, and Utah

County are summarized in the following

table:

CARBON MONOXIDE SEASONAL EMISSIONS

[In tons per day]

Nonattainment area Point source

emissions

Area source

emissions

On-road mobile emissionsNon-road mobile emissionsTotal

emissions

Denver .................................................................................. * 14.66 90.66 973.35 262.74 1,341.41

Fort Collins ........................................................................... * 0.27 13.26 82.13 23.40 119.06

Utah County ......................................................................... ** 63.01 28.93 188.04 4.74 284.72

* Point sources with CO emissions equal or greater than 1 ton per year.

** Major CO point sources (i.e., CO emissions equal to or greater than 100 tons per year).

All supporting calculations and

documentation for these 1996 carbon

monoxide periodic inventories are

contained in the States’ Technical

Support Documents (TSDs) for this

action.

II. Final Action

EPA is approving the carbon

monoxide 1996 periodic emission

inventories for Denver, Fort Collins, and

Utah County as fulfilling the

requirements of section 187(a)(5) of the

CAA. The Denver and Fort Collins

inventories were submitted by the

Governor of Colorado with a letter dated

May 19, 2000. The Utah County

inventory was submitted by the

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Governor of Utah with a letter dated

June 14, 1999.

EPA is publishing this rule without

prior proposal because the Agency

views this as a noncontroversial

amendment and anticipates no adverse

comments. However, in the ‘‘Proposed

Rules’’ section of today’s Federal

Register publication, EPA is publishing

a separate document that will serve as

the proposal to approve the SIP revision

if adverse comments be filed. This rule

will be effective December 26, 2000

without further notice unless the

Agency receives adverse comments by

November 24, 2000. If the EPA receives

adverse comments, EPA will publish a

timely withdrawal in the Federal

Register informing the public that the

rule will not take effect. EPA will

address all public comments in a

subsequent final rule based on the

proposed rule. The EPA will not

institute a second comment period on

this action. Any parties interested in

commenting must do so at this time.

Please note that if EPA receives adverse

comment on an amendment, paragraph,

or section of this rule and if that

provision may be severed from the

remainder of the rule, EPA may adopt

as final those provisions of the rule that

are not the subject of an adverse

comment.

III. Administrative Requirements

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR

51735, October 4, 1993), this action is

not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and

therefore is not subject to review by the

Office of Management and Budget. This

action merely approves state law as

meeting Federal requirements and

imposes no additional requirements

beyond those imposed by state law.

Accordingly, the Administrator certifies

that this rule will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities under the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601

et seq.). Because this rule approves preexisting requirements under state law

and does not impose any additional

enforceable duty beyond that required

by state law, it does not contain any

unfunded mandate or significantly or

uniquely affect small governments, as

described in the Unfunded Mandates

Reform Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–4).

For the same reason, this rule also does

not significantly or uniquely affect the

communities of tribal governments, as

specified by Executive Order 13084 (63

FR 27655, May 10, 1998). This rule will

not have substantial direct effects on the

States, on the relationship between the

national government and the States, or

on the distribution of power and

responsibilities among the various

levels of government, as specified in

Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255,

August 10, 1999), because it merely

approves a state rule implementing a

federal standard, and does not alter the

relationship or the distribution of power

and responsibilities established in the

Clean Air Act. This rule also is not

subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR

19885, April 23, 1997), because it is not

economically significant.

In reviewing SIP submissions, EPA’s

role is to approve state choices,

provided that they meet the criteria of

the Clean Air Act. In this context, in the

absence of a prior existing requirement

for the State to use voluntary consensus

standards (VCS), EPA has no authority

to disapprove a SIP submission for

failure to use VCS. It would thus be

inconsistent with applicable law for

EPA, when it reviews a SIP submission,

to use VCS in place of a SIP submission

that otherwise satisfies the provisions of

the Clean Air Act. Thus, the

requirements of section 12(d) of the

National Technology Transfer and

Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C.

272 note) do not apply. As required by

section 3 of Executive Order 12988 (61

FR 4729, February 7, 1996), in issuing

this rule, EPA has taken the necessary

steps to eliminate drafting errors and

ambiguity, minimize potential litigation,

and provide a clear legal standard for

affected conduct. EPA has complied

with Executive Order 12630 (53 FR

8859, March 15, 1988) by examining the

takings implications of the rule in

accordance with the ‘‘Attorney

General’s Supplemental Guidelines for

the Evaluation of Risk and Avoidance of

Unanticipated Takings’ issued under the

executive order. This rule does not

impose an information collection

burden under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

The Congressional Review Act, 5

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small

Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides

that before a rule may take effect, the

agency promulgating the rule must

submit a rule report, which includes a

copy of the rule, to each House of the

Congress and to the Comptroller General

of the United States. EPA will submit a

report containing this rule and other

required information to the U.S. Senate,

the U.S. House of Representatives, and

the Comptroller General of the United

States prior to publication of the rule in

the Federal Register. A major rule

cannot take effect until 60 days after it

is published in the Federal Register.

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This rule

will be effective December 26, 2000

unless EPA receives adverse written

comments by November 24, 2000.

Under section 307(b)(1) of the Clean

Air Act, petitions for judicial review of

this action must be filed in the United

States Court of Appeals for the

appropriate circuit by December 26,

2000. Filing a petition for

reconsideration by the Administrator of

this final rule does not affect the finality

of this rule for the purposes of judicial

review nor does it extend the time

within which a petition for judicial

review may be filed, and shall not

postpone the effectiveness of such rule

or action. This action may not be

challenged later in proceedings to

enforce its requirements. (See section

307(b)(2).)

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52

Environmental protection, Air

pollution control, Carbon monoxide,

Intergovernmental relations, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements.

Dated: October 12, 2000.

Jack W. McGraw,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

Part 52, chapter I, title 40 of the Code

of Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 52—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 52

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Subpart G—Colorado

2. Section 52.348 is amended by

adding paragraph (d) to read as follows:

§ 52.348 Emission inventories.

* * * * *

(d) On May 10, 2000, the Governor of

Colorado submitted the 1996 Carbon

Monoxide Periodic Emission

Inventories for Denver and Fort Collins,

as a revision to the Colorado State

Implementation Plan. The inventories

address carbon monoxide emissions

from stationary point, area, non-road

mobile, and on-road mobile sources.

Subpart TT—Utah

3. Section 52.2350 is amended by

adding paragraph (c) to read as follows:

§ 52.2350 Emission inventories.

* * * * *

(c) On June 14, 1999, the Governor of

Utah submitted the 1996 Carbon

Monoxide Periodic Emission Inventory

for Utah County as a revision to the

Utah State Implementation Plan. The

inventory addresses carbon monoxide

emissions from stationary point, area,

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non-road mobile, and on-road mobile

sources.

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GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

41 CFR Part 101–45

[FPMR Amendment H–207]

RIN 3090–AH29

Sale, Abandonment, or Destruction of

Personal Property

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide

Policy, GSA.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The General Services

Administration revised the regulations

governing the abandonment and

destruction of Federal personal property

in the custody of executive agencies.

The revised regulations are found in the

Federal Management Regulation (FMR).

This final rule removes from the Federal

Property Management Regulations

(FPMR) the old regulations governing

use of the abandonment/destruction

authority. This action is necessary to

avoid duplicative coverage in the FPMR

and the FMR. A cross reference is added

to the FPMR to direct readers to the

location of the new regulations in the

FMR.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martha Caswell, Director, Personal

Property Management Policy Division

(MTP), 202–501–3828.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Executive Order 12866

The General Services Administration

(GSA) has determined that this final

rule is not a significant rule for the

purposes of Executive Order 12866 of

September 30, 1993.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

This final rule is not required to be

published in the Federal Register for

public comment. Therefore, the

Regulatory Flexibility Act does not

apply.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

The Paperwork Reduction Act (44

U.S.C. chapter 35) does not apply

because this final rule does not contain

any information collection requirements

that require the approval of the Office of

Management and Budget under 44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

D. Small Business Regulatory

Enforcement Fairness Act

This final rule is exempt from

Congressional review prescribed under

5 U.S.C. 801 since it relates solely to

agency management and personnel.

List of Subjects in 41 CFR 101–45

Government property management,

Surplus Government property.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, GSA amends 41 CFR part

101–45 as follows:

PART 101–45—SALE,

ABANDONMENT, OR DESTRUCTION

OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

1. The authority citation for part 101–

45 continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390 (40

U.S.C. 486(c)).

2. Subpart 101–45.9 is revised to read

as follows:

Subpart 101–45.9—Abandonment or

Destruction of Personal Property

§ 101–45.900 Cross-reference to the

Federal Management Regulation (FMR) (41

CFR chapter 102, parts 102–1 through 102–

220).

For information on the abandonment

or destruction of personal property

previously contained in this subpart, see

41 CFR part 102–36 (§§ 102–36.305

through 102–36.330).

Dated: September 26, 2000.

David J. Barram,

Administrator of General Services.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 000407096-0096-01; I.D.

101700A]

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Northeast Multispecies

Fishery; Commercial Haddock Harvest

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Removal of haddock daily trip

limit.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the

Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

(Regional Administrator), has projected

that less than 75 percent of the haddock

target total allowable catch (TAC) will

be harvested (4,689 metric tons (mt) of

the 6,252 mt target TAC) for the 2000

fishing year under the present landing

limit, so the daily landing limit is being

suspended until March 1, 2001.

Therefore, between October 26, 2000,

and February 28, 2001, vessels fishing

under a multispecies day-at-sea (DAS)

may possess no more than 50,000 lb

(22,680 kg) per trip, but are not

restricted to a limit per DAS. Unless

subsequent projections indicate some

other measure is required to ensure that

the haddock target TAC is harvested but

not exceeded, the existing daily trip

limit of 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) per DAS will

go back into effect on March 1.

DATES: Effective October 26, 2000,

through February 28, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick

Pearson, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978-

281-9279.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations implementing the haddock

trip limit in Framework Adjustment 33

(65 FR 21658, April 24, 2000) became

effective May 1, 2000. To ensure that

haddock landings remain within the

target TAC of 6,252 mt established for

the 2000 fishing year, Framework 33

established an initial landing limit of

3,000 lb (1,360.8 kg) per DAS fished and

30,000 lb (13,608 kg) per trip maximum,

followed by an increased landing limit

of 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) per DAS and

50,000 lb (22,680 kg) per trip from

October 1, 2000, through April 30, 2001.

Framework 33 also provided a

mechanism to adjust the haddock trip

limit based upon the percentage of TAC

which is projected to be harvested.

Section 648.86(a)(1)(iii)(B) specifies that

if the Regional Administrator has

projected that less than 75 percent

(4,689 mt) of the haddock target TAC

will be harvested in the 2000 fishing

year, the landing limit may be adjusted.

Further, this section stipulates that

NMFS will publish a notification in the

Federal Register informing the public of

the date of any changes to the landing

limit.

Based on the available information,

the Regional Administrator has

projected that 4,689 mt will not be

harvested by April 30, 2001, under the

existing landing limit. The Regional

Administrator has determined that

removal of the daily landing limit of

5,000 lb (2,268 kg) per DAS through

February 28, 2001, while retaining the

50,000 lb (22,680 kg) per trip possession

limit, provides the industry with the

opportunity to harvest at least 75

percent of the target TAC for the 2000

fishing year. However, because of

difficulties inherent in collecting realtime haddock landings information, the