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63The hourly cost figures are based on data for 

salary plus benefits. We think industry is similarly 

situated to FERC in terms of the average cost of a 

full time employee, and we are using $70.50 per 

hour for salary plus benefits. 

The estimates for cost per response are derived 

using the following formula: Average Burden Hours 

per Response * $70.50 per Hour = Average Cost per 

Response. 

64We estimate that one FPA section 205 filing 

may be made annually subject to the Proposed 

Policy Statement. 

assign an OMB control number and an 

expiration date. Respondents subject to 

the filing requirements of an agency rule 

will not be penalized for failing to 

respond to these collections of 

information unless the collections of 

information display a valid OMB 

control number. 

The following table shows the 

Commission’s estimates for the 

additional burden and cost, as 

contained in the Proposed Policy 

Statement: 

REVISIONS, IN THE PROPOSED POLICY STATEMENT IN DOCKET NO. PL15–3 

Requirements 

Number and 

type of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number 

of responses 

Average burden 

hours & cost 

per response 63

Total burden hours & 

total cost 

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) 

FERC–519 (FPA Section 203 Filings) .......... 18 1 18 20 hrs.; $1,410 .......... 360 hrs.; $25,380. 

FERC–516 (FPA Section 205, Rate and 

Tariff Filings).

1 1 64 1 103.26 hrs.; 

$7,279.83.

103.26 hrs.; 

$7,279.83. 

FERC–555, Record Retention ...................... 18 1 18 4 hrs.; $282 ............... 72 hrs.; $5,076. 

TOTAL ................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ................................... 535.26 hrs.; 

$37,735.83. 

Title: FERC–519, Application under 

Federal Power Act Section 203; FERC– 

516, Electric Rate Schedules and Tariff 

Filings; and FERC–555, Preservation of 

Records for Public Utilities and 

Licensees, Natural Gas and Oil Pipeline 

Companies. 

Action: Revised Collections of 

Information. 

OMB Control No: 1902–0082 (FERC– 

519), 1902–0096 (FERC–516), and 1902– 

0098 (FERC–555). 

Respondents: Business or other for 

profit, and not for profit institutions. 

Frequency of Responses: As needed 

and ongoing. 

Necessity of the Information: To 

protect ratepayers and to mitigate 

possible adverse effects on rates that 

may result from mergers or certain other 

transactions that are subject to section 

203 of the FPA, we propose 

clarifications and additional 

information collection requirements 

related to hold harmless commitments 

offered by applicants. 

Internal review: The Commission has 

reviewed the changes included in the 

Proposed Policy Statement and has 

determined that the additional reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements are 

necessary. 

Interested persons may obtain 

information on the reporting 

requirements by contacting: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426 

[Attention: Ellen Brown, Office of the 

Executive Director, email: 

DataClearance@ferc.gov, Phone: (202) 

502–8663, fax: (202) 273–0873]. 

By the Commission. Commissioner 

Honorable is voting present. 

Issued: January 22, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01423 Filed 1–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 2 and 90 

[PS Docket Nos. 13–87, 06–229; WT Docket 

No. 96–86, RM–11433, RM–11577; Report 

No. 3013] 

Petition for Reconsideration of Action 

in Rulemaking Proceeding 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Petition for reconsideration. 

SUMMARY: In this document, a Petition 

for Reconsideration (Petition) has been 

filed in the Commission’s Rulemaking 

proceeding by Danielle Coffey, on behalf 

of Telecommunications Industry 

Association. 

DATES: Oppositions to the Petition must 

be filed on or before February 11, 2015. 

Replies to an opposition must be filed 

on or before February 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by PS Docket Nos. 13–87, 06– 

229; WT Docket No. 96–86, by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web site: http://fjallfoss.

fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact the 

FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 

418–0432. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

A. Evanoff, Esq., Public Safety and 

Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418– 

0848, email John.Evanoff@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of Commission’s document, 

Report No. 3013, released January 14, 

2015. The full text of this document is 

available for viewing and copying in 

Room CY–B402, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC or may be purchased 

from the Commission’s copy contractor, 

Best Copy and Printing, Inc. (BCPI) (1– 

800–378–3160). The Commission will 

not send a copy of this Notice pursuant 

to the Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) because this notice 

does not have an impact on any rules of 

particular applicability. 

Subject: Proposed Amendments to the 

Service Rules Governing Public Safety 

Narrowband Operations in the 769–775/ 

799–805 MHz Bands (PS Docket No. 13– 

87); National Public Safety 

Telecommunications Council Petition 

for Rulemaking on Aircraft Voice 

Operations at 700 MHz (RM–11433); 

National Public Safety 

Telecommunications Council Petition 

for Rulemaking to Revise 700 MHz 

Narrowband Channel Plan (RM–11433); 

Region 24 700 MHz Regional Planning 

Committee Petition for Rulemaking (WT 

Docket No. 96–86 and PS Docket No. 

06–229); and State of Louisiana Petition 

for Rulemaking (RM–11577), published 

at 79 FR 71321, December 2, 2014, and 

published pursuant to 47 CFR 1.429(e). 

See also 47 CFR 1.4(b)(1) of the 

Commission’s rules. 


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Number of Petitions Filed: 1. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01345 Filed 1–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 150105013–5013–01] 

RIN 0648–BE62 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish 

Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Red 

Grouper Recreational Management 

Measures 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to implement 

management measures described in a 

framework action to the Fishery 

Management Plan for the Reef Fish 

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP), 

as prepared by the Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council (Council). 

If implemented, this rule would revise 

the daily bag limit for red grouper in the 

Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) and remove the 

recreational post-season bag-limit 

reduction accountability measure (AM) 

for Gulf red grouper. Additionally, this 

rule would correct an error in the Gulf 

individual fishing quota (IFQ) multi-use 

provisions for the Grouper/Tilefish IFQ 

program. The purpose of this rule is to 

modify the Gulf red grouper recreational 

management measures to improve 

recreational fishing opportunities by 

achieving optimal yield for the red 

grouper resource. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 26, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the proposed rule, identified by 

‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2014–0153’’ by any of 

the following methods: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

NOAA-NMFS-2014-0153, click the 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Richard Malinowski, Southeast Regional 

Office, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, 

St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ 

A’’ in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

file formats only. 

Electronic copies of the framework 

action, which includes an 

environmental assessment, a regulatory 

impact review, and a Regulatory 

Flexibility Act analysis may be obtained 

from the Southeast Regional Office Web 

site at http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/

sustainable_fisheries/gulf_fisheries/

reef_fish/index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Malinowski, Southeast Regional 

Office, NMFS, telephone: 727–824– 

5305, email: rich.malinowski@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

reef fish fishery is managed under the 

FMP. The FMP was prepared by the 

Council and is implemented through 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622 under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). 

Background 

In April 2014, NMFS announced that 

the Gulf red grouper recreational annual 

catch limit (ACL) was exceeded in 2013. 

In accordance with recreational AMs 

adopted in Amendment 32 to the FMP 

(77 FR 6988, February 10, 2012), this 

triggered a reduction in the bag limit in 

2014 from four fish to three fish, and a 

recreational closure was implemented 

on October 4, 2014, to ensure that 

landings did not exceed the recreational 

annual catch target (ACT). In response 

to the in-season recreational closure, the 

Council, at its June 2014 meeting, 

directed staff to begin development of a 

framework action to potentially reduce 

the recreational bag limit, and adjust the 

recreational AMs in an effort to extend 

the red grouper recreational fishing 

season. 

Prior to implementation of 

Amendment 32 to the FMP, the red 

grouper recreational allocation had not 

been met in recent years. The red 

grouper recreational allocation of the 

total allowable catch (TAC) was initially 

set at 1.25 million lb (0.567 million kg), 

gutted weight, in 2004, was increased to 

1.82 million lb (0.826 million kg), gutted 

weight, in 2009, and was then reduced 

to 1.36 million lb (0.617 million kg), 

gutted weight, in 2011. In 2012, 

Amendment 32 to the FMP replaced the 

red grouper TAC with an ACL and ACT, 

and management measures intended to 

allow harvest to achieve the ACT. The 

red grouper recreational ACL and ACT 

were set for 2012 and beyond at 1.9 

million lb (0.862 million kg), gutted 

weight, and 1.73 million lb (0.785 

million kg), gutted weight, respectively. 

Also in 2012, the red grouper bag limit 

was increased from two fish to four fish 

per person, under the four-fish aggregate 

grouper bag limit, to allow the 

recreational sector to fully harvest its 

allocation and achieve optimum yield. 

The post-season AM that was 

implemented in 2012, was a reduction 

in the bag limit by one fish, if at the end 

of any season, NMFS determined that 

the recreational sector has exceeded its 

red grouper ACL. Therefore, the bag 

limit would be reduced to three fish in 

the following season, and could be 

reduced to two fish the season after that, 

if the ACL was again exceeded. The bag 

limit would not be reduced below two 

fish. 

Management Measures Contained in 

This Proposed Rule 

This rule would reduce the Gulf red 

grouper recreational bag limit from four 

fish to two fish within the four-fish 

aggregate grouper bag limit, and remove 

the post-season AM that reduces the 

daily bag limit the next fishing season 

when the previous fishing year’s ACL is 

exceeded. The other post-season AMs 

currently codified in the regulations 

would remain in effect without change. 

The first post-season AM currently 

codified in the regulations applies 

regardless of whether red grouper are 

overfished and requires that NMFS will 

publish a notification to reduce the 

length of the recreational red grouper 

fishing season the following fishing year 

by the amount necessary to ensure red 

grouper recreational landings do not 

exceed the recreational ACT. The 

second post-season AM currently 

codified in the regulations applies if red 

grouper are overfished, and requires 

NMFS to reduce the recreational ACL 

and recreational ACT the following 

fishing year by the prior fishing year’s 

recreational ACL overage. 


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