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(2) A copy of the provisions of the

international agreement or treaty that

you believe is in conflict with this part;

(3) A detailed description of how the

provisions of the international

agreement or treaty conflict with this

part;

(4) For all petitions filed before

October 1, 2001, a certification that the

owner intends to transfer no ownership

interest in the vessel to a non-U.S.

citizen for the following year.

(5) For all petitions filed after October

1, 2001, a certification that no

ownership interest was transferred to a

non-U.S. citizen after September 30,

2001.

(c) You must file a separate petition

for each vessel requiring an exemption

unless the NVDC authorizes

consolidated filing. Petitions should

include two copies of all required

materials and should be sent to the

following address: National Vessel

Documentation Center, 792 TJ Jackson

Drive, Falling Water, West Virginia,

25419.

(d) Upon receipt of a complete

petition, the NVDC will review the

petition to determine whether the

effective international treaty or

agreement and the requirements of this

part are in conflict. If the NVDC

determines that this part conflicts with

the effective international treaty or

agreement, then the NVDC will inform

you of the guidelines and requirements

you must meet and maintain to qualify

for a fisheries endorsement.

(e) If the vessel is determined through

the petition process to be exempt from

all or sections of the requirements of

this part, then you must annually, from

the date of exemption, submit the

following evidence of its ownership

structure to the NVDC:

(1) The vessel’s current ownership

structure;

(2) The identity of all non-citizen

owners and the percentages of their

ownership interest in the vessel;

(3) Any changes in the ownership

structure that have occurred since you

last submitted evidence of the vessel’s

ownership structure to the NVDC; and

(4) A statement ensuring that no

interest in the vessel was transferred to

a non-citizen during the previous year.

§ 67.352 Applicability.

The exemption in this subpart shall

not be available to:

(a) Owners and mortgagees of a

fishing vessel less than 100 feet in

length who acquired an interest in the

vessel after October 1, 2001; or

(b) Owners of a fishing vessel less

than 100 feet in length, if any ownership

interest in that vessel is transferred to or

otherwise acquired by a non-U.S. citizen

after October 1, 2001.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Joseph J. Angelo,

Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine

Safety and Environmental Protection.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 000119014-0137-02; I.D.

113000E]

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Summer Flounder Fishery;

Commercial Quota Harvested for

Virginia

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Commercial quota harvest.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the

summer flounder commercial quota

available to the State of Virginia has

been harvested. Vessels issued a

commercial Federal fisheries permit for

the summer flounder fishery may not

land summer flounder in Virginia for

the remainder of calendar year 2000,

unless additional quota becomes

available through a transfer. Regulations

governing the summer flounder fishery

require publication of this notification

to advise the State of Virginia that the

quota has been harvested and to advise

vessel permit holders and dealer permit

holders that no commercial quota is

available for landing summer flounder

in Virginia.

DATES: Effective 0001 hours, December

7, 2000, through 2400 hours, December

31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

H. Jones, Fishery Policy Analyst, (978)

281-9273.

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 on a percentage basis

among the coastal states from North

Carolina through Maine. The process to

set the annual commercial quota and the

percent allocated to each state is

described in § 648.100.

The initial total commercial quota for

summer flounder for the 2000 calendar

year was set equal to 11,109,214 lb

(5,039,055 kg)(65 FR 33486, May 24,

2000). The percent allocated to vessels

landing summer flounder in Virginia is

21.31676 percent, or 2,368,546 lb

(1,074,354 kg).

Section 648.100(e)(4) stipulates that

any overages of commercial quota

landed in any state be deducted from

that state’s annual quota for the

following year. In the calendar year

1999, a total of 2,130,553 lb (966,403 kg)

were landed in Virginia, creating a 9,857

lb (4,471 kg) overage that was deducted

from the amount allocated for landings

in the State during 2000 (65 FR 33486,

May 24, 2000). The resulting 2000 quota

for Virginia is 2,358,689 lb (1,069,883

kg).

Section 648.101(b) requires the

Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

(Regional Administrator) to monitor

state commercial quotas and to

determine when a state’s commercial

quota is harvested. The Regional

Administrator is further required to

publish a notification in the Federal

Register advising a state and notifying

Federal vessel and dealer permit holders

that, effective upon a specific date, the

state’s commercial quota has been

harvested and no commercial quota is

available for landing summer flounder

in that state. The Regional

Administrator has determined, based

upon dealer reports and other available

information, that the State of Virginia

has attained its quota for 2000.

The regulations at § 648.4(b) provide

that Federal permit holders agree as a

condition of the permit not to land

summer flounder in any state that the

Regional Administrator has determined

no longer has commercial quota

available. Therefore, effective 0001

hours, December 7, 2000, further

landings of summer flounder in Virginia

by vessels holding summer flounder

commercial Federal fisheries permits

are prohibited for the remainder of the

2000 calendar year, unless additional

quota becomes available through a

transfer and is announced in the

Federal Register. Effective 0001 hours,

December 7, 2000, federally permitted

dealers are also advised that they may

not purchase summer flounder from

federally permitted vessels that land in

Virginia for the remainder of the

calendar year, or until additional quota

becomes available through a transfer.

Classification

This action is required by 50 CFR part

648 and is exempt from review under

E.O. 12866.

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

Bruce C. Morehead

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 00–31233 Filed 12–06–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 000119014-0137-02; I.D.

113000D]

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Summer Flounder Fishery;

Commercial Quota Harvested for New

York

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Commercial quota harvest.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the

summer flounder commercial quota

available to the State of New York has

been harvested. Vessels issued a

commercial Federal fisheries permit for

the summer flounder fishery may not

land summer flounder in New York for

the remainder of calendar year 2000,

unless additional quota becomes

available through a transfer. Regulations

governing the summer flounder fishery

require publication of this notification

to advise the State of New York that the

quota has been harvested and to advise

vessel permit holders and dealer permit

holders that no commercial quota is

available for landing summer flounder

in New York.

DATES: Effective 0001 hours, December

16, 2000, through 2400 hours, December

31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

H. Jones, Fishery Policy Analyst, (978)

281-9273.

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 on a percentage basis

among the coastal states from North

Carolina through Maine. The process to

set the annual commercial quota and the

percent allocated to each state is

described in § 648.100.

The initial total commercial quota for

summer flounder for the 2000 calendar

year was set equal to 11,109,214 lb

(5,039,055 kg)(65 FR 33486, May 24,

2000). The percent allocated to vessels

landing summer flounder in New York

is 7.64699 percent, or 849,672 lb

(385,405 kg).

Section 648.101(b) requires the

Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

(Regional Administrator) to monitor

state commercial quotas and to

determine when a state’s commercial

quota is harvested. The Regional

Administrator is further required to

publish a notification in the Federal

Register advising a state and notifying

Federal vessel and dealer permit holders

that, effective upon a specific date, the

state’s commercial quota has been

harvested and no commercial quota is

available for landing summer flounder

in that state. The Regional

Administrator has determined, based

upon dealer reports and other available

information, that the State of New York

has attained its quota for 2000.

The regulations at § 648.4(b) provide

that Federal permit holders agree as a

condition of the permit not to land

summer flounder in any state that the

Regional Administrator has determined

no longer has commercial quota

available. Therefore, effective 0001

hours, December 16, 2000, further

landings of summer flounder in New

York by vessels holding summer

flounder commercial Federal fisheries

permits are prohibited for the remainder

of the 2000 calendar year, unless

additional quota becomes available

through a transfer and is announced in

the Federal Register. Effective 0001

hours, December 16, 2000, federally

permitted dealers are also advised that

they may not purchase summer flounder

from federally permitted vessels that

land in New York for the remainder of

the calendar year, or until additional

quota becomes available through a

transfer.

Classification

This action is required by 50 CFR part

648 and is exempt from review under

E.O. 12866.

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

Bruce C. Morehead,

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. 991207325-0063-02; I.D.

112700C]

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic

Zone Off Alaska; A Cost Recovery

Program for the Individual Fishing

Quota Program

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notification of standard prices

and fee percentage for North Pacific

halibut and sablefish Individual Fishing

Quota (IFQ) cost recovery program.

SUMMARY: The National Marine

Fisheries Service publishes IFQ

standard prices and notification of

adjustment of the IFQ fee percentage for

the IFQ Cost Recovery Program in the

halibut and sablefish fisheries of the

North Pacific. This action is intended to

provide holders of halibut and sablefish

IFQs with information to calculate the

payments required for IFQ cost recovery

fees due by January 31, 2001.

DATES: The IFQ cost recovery fees for

calendar year 2000 are due on or before

January 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kristie Balovich, Fee Coordinator, 907-

586-7344.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

NMFS, Alaska Region, administers

the halibut and sablefish IFQ programs

in the North Pacific. The IFQ Programs

are limited access systems authorized by

section 303(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the

Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982.

Fishing under the IFQ Programs began

in March 1995. Regulations

implementing the IFQ Program are set

forth at 50 CFR part 679.

In 1996, the Magnuson-Stevens Act,

section 304(d)(2)(A), was amended

(Pub.L. 104-297) to require the Secretary

of Commerce to ‘‘collect a fee to recover

the actual costs directly related to the

management and enforcement of any . .

. individual fishing quota program.’’

Section 304(d)(2)(B) of the MagnusonStevens Act specifies an upper limit on

these fees, when the fees must be

collected, and where the fees must be

deposited. Section 303(d)(4) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Act allows NMFS to