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(202) 418–2991 or Nicole. Ongele@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 3, 2022, OMB approved, for 

a period of three years, the information 

collection requirements in 47 CFR 

63.04(a)(4)(i) and (ii). These rule 

sections were adopted in the Process 

Reform for Executive Branch Review of 

Certain FCC Applications and Petitions 

Involving Foreign Ownership, Report 

and Order, FCC 20–133. The full text of 

this document is available on the 

Commission’s website at https://

docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC20-133A1.pdf. The Commission 

publishes this document as an 

announcement of the effective date for 

these amended rules. 

If you have any comments on the 

burden estimates listed below, or how 

the Commission can improve the 

collections and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Nicole 

Ongele, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. Please include 

the OMB Control Number 3060–0989 in 

your correspondence. The Commission 

also will accept your comments via 

email at PRA@fcc.gov. To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the Commission is notifying the public 

that it received final OMB approval on 

November 3, 2022 for the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

modifications to the Commission’s rules 

for filing procedures for domestic 

transfer of control applications in 47 

CFR 63.04(a)(4). 

Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

current, valid OMB Control Number. 

No person shall be subject to any 

penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act that does not 

display a current, valid OMB Control 

Number. The OMB Control Number for 

the information collection requirements 

in 47 CFR 63.04 (a)(4)(i) and (ii) is 

3060–0989. 

The foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, 

and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

The total annual reporting burdens 

and costs for the respondents are as 

follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0989. 

OMB Approval Date: November 03, 

2022. 

OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 

2025. 

Title: Sections 63.01, 63.03, and 

63.04, Procedures for Applicants 

Requiring Section 214 Authorization for 

Domestic Interstate Transmission Lines 

Acquired Through Corporate Control. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of currentlyapproved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 92 respondents; 92 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 11 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On-occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

The statutory authority for part 63 of 

this information collection is contained 

in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155, 

303(r), and 309. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,201 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $107,925. 

Needs and Uses: On September 30, 

2020, the Commission adopted a Report 

and Order (released on October 1, 2020) 

to reduce the need for supplemental 

requests and to ensure expeditious 

processing of applications by adding the 

requirements in section 63.04(a)(4) for 

carrier applicants seeking domestic 

section 214 authorization to transfer 

control to specify the pre-transaction 

and post-transaction direct and indirect 

equity and voting interests of any 

persons or entity owning 10 percent or 

more of the applicants, as well as 

provide an ownership diagram that 

illustrates the applicant’s vertical 

ownership structure. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 300 

[Docket No. 240506–0128] 

RTID 0648–XE279 

Pacific Halibut Fisheries of the West 

Coast; Inseason Action for the 2024 

Area 2A Pacific Halibut Directed 

Commercial Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason 

adjustment. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces inseason 

action for the 2024 Pacific halibut nonTribal directed commercial fishery in 

the International Pacific Halibut 

Commission’s (IPHC) regulatory Area 

2A. This action adds a fishing period, 

September 24 through September 26, 

2024, with a fishing period catch limit 

of 1,800 pounds (0.82 metric tons (mt)) 

per vessel, dressed weight. This action 

is intended to provide opportunity to 

achieve the 2024 non-Tribal directed 

commercial fishery allocation. 

DATES: Effective September 24, 2024, 

through December 7, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Fitch, West Coast Region, 

NMFS, (360) 320–6549, heather.fitch@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

10, 2024, NMFS published a final rule 

implementing fishing periods (i.e. 

season dates) and fishing period limits 

(i.e. catch limits), by vessel size class, 

for the IPHC Area 2A Pacific halibut 

non-Tribal directed commercial fishery 

that operates south of Point Chehalis, 

WA (lat. 46°53.30′ N) (89 FR 40417). 

The Area 2A non-Tribal directed 

commercial fishery allocation is 249,338 

pounds (113 mt), net weight (i.e., the 

weight of Pacific halibut that is without 

gills and entrails, head-off, washed, and 

without ice and slime) (89 FR 19275, 

March 18, 2024). 

The initial fishing periods occurred 

on June 25–27 and July 9–11, 2024, with 

fishing period limits ranging from 1,800 

pounds to 4,500 pounds (0.816 mt to 

2.041 mt), dressed weight, varied by 

vessel size class. A third fishing period 

occurred on August 6–8, 2024, with a 

fishing period limit of 1,000 pounds 

(0.45 mt), dressed weight, for all vessel 

size classes and a fourth fishing period 

occurred on August 27–29, 2024, with a 


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fishing period limit of 1,400 pounds 

(0.82 mt). Landings information to date 

indicates that sufficient allocation 

remains to warrant an additional fishing 

period. Approximately 221,750 pounds 

(100.6 mt), net weight, have been 

harvested of the 249,338-pound (113 mt) 

allocation (89 percent), leaving 27,588 

pounds (12.5 mt) remaining (11 

percent). 

NMFS is adopting an additional 

fishing period not previously 

implemented in the final rule on May 

10, 2024 (89 FR 40417), in accordance 

with 50 CFR 300.63(e)(1)(iii). Fishing 

period limits implemented through 

inseason action are equal across vessel 

size classes and are based on the 

allocation estimated to be remaining 

and the projected participation and 

catch rates in this additional fishing 

period. 

NMFS has determined the following 

inseason action is necessary to meet the 

management objective of attaining the 

allocation, is not anticipated to risk 

exceeding the allocation, and is 

consistent with the inseason 

management provisions allowing for 

additional fishing periods. 

Inseason Action 

This inseason action implements an 

additional fishing period, beginning 

September 24, 2024 at 8 a.m. and ending 

on September 26, 2024 at 6 p.m. This 

inseason action also implements a 

fishing period catch limit of 1,800 

pounds (0.82 mt) per vessel, dressed 

weight (head-on, with ice and slime), for 

all vessel size classes. 

Notice of this additional fishing 

period and fishing period limit will also 

be announced on the NMFS hotline at 

206–526–6667 or 800–662–9825. 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 

1982. This action is taken under the 

regulatory authority at 50 CFR 

300.63(e)(1)(iii), and is exempt from 

review under Executive Order 12866. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there 

is good cause to waive prior notice and 

an opportunity for public comment on 

this action, as notice and comment 

would be impracticable and contrary to 

the public interest. The California, 

Oregon, and Washington Departments of 

Fish and Wildlife provided estimated 

harvest data to NMFS inseason. As of 

September 4, 2024, the Area 2A nonTribal directed commercial fishery had 

caught only an estimated 89 percent of 

the fishery allocation. NMFS uses 

current fishery harvest and participation 

estimates, and fishing period catches 

from prior years, to determine if 

additional fishing periods are necessary 

to reach the allocation, and to set fishing 

period limits for those additional fishing 

periods. Given that harvest in the first 

four fishing periods is estimated to be 

well below the allocation, a fifth fishing 

period is considered necessary to 

maximize commercial fishing 

opportunity to attain the allocation. 

This action should be implemented as 

soon as possible for fishery participants 

to plan for the additional fishing. This 

fishery has historically had 2 weeks 

between fishing periods, or as close to 

2 weeks between them as is practicable. 

The fishery may close no later than 

December 7, 2024 (89 FR 19275, March 

18, 2024). As such, implementing this 

action through proposed and final 

rulemaking would limit the benefit this 

action would provide to fishery 

participants. Without implementation of 

an additional fishing period, the fishery 

allocation is unlikely to be reached, 

limiting economic benefits to the 

participants and not meeting the goals 

of the Catch Sharing Plan. It is necessary 

that this action be implemented in a 

timely manner so that planning for the 

additional fishing period can take place, 

and for business decision making by the 

regulated public impacted by this 

action, which includes commercial 

fishing operations and associated port 

businesses, among others. To ensure the 

regulated public is fully aware of this 

action, notice of this regulatory action 

will also be provided to fishery 

participants through a telephone 

hotline, and via email news release. No 

aspect of this action is controversial, 

and changes of this nature were 

anticipated in the process described in 

regulations at 50 CFR 300.63(e)(1)(iii) 

and in the final rule (89 FR 40417, May 

10, 2024). 

For the reasons discussed above, there 

is also good cause under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3) to establish an effective date 

less than 30 days after date of 

publication, as a delay in effectiveness 

of this action would constrain fishing 

opportunity and be inconsistent with 

the goals of the Catch Sharing Plan, as 

well as potentially limit the economic 

opportunity intended by this rule to the 

associated fishing communities. This 

inseason action is not expected to result 

in exceeding the Area 2A Pacific halibut 

non-Tribal directed commercial fishery 

allocation. NMFS regulations allow the 

Regional Administrator to add fishing 

periods and set fishing period limits 

inseason, provided that the action 

allows allocation objectives to be met 

and will not result in exceeding the 

catch limit for the fishery. NMFS 

recently received information on the 

progress of landings in the non-Tribal 

directed commercial fishery, indicating 

an additional fishing period with fishing 

period limits should be implemented in 

the fishery to ensure optimal and 

sustainable harvest of the allocation. As 

stated above, it is in the public interest 

that this action is not delayed, because 

a delay in the effectiveness of this 

additional fishing period would not 

allow the allocation objectives of the 

Area 2A Pacific halibut non-Tribal 

directed commercial fishery to be met. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773–773k. 

Dated: September 6, 2024. 

Lindsay Fullenkamp, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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