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19See 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 

C. Congressional Review Act 

12. The Commission will send a copy 

of this Order in a report to be sent to 

Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office, pursuant to the 

Congressional Review Act.19

D. Additional Information 

13. For more information, contact 

Raelynn Remy, Raelynn.Remy@fcc.gov, 

Policy Division, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2936. 

IV. Ordering Clauses 

14. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, 

pursuant to the authority found in 

sections 4(i), 4(j), 303(r), 325 and 614 of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 

303(r), 325, and 534, and sections 101, 

103 and 105 of the STELA 

Reauthorization Act of 2014, Public Law 

113–200, 128 Stat. 2059 (2014), this 

Order IS ADOPTED and the 

Commission’s rules ARE HEREBY 

AMENDED as set forth below. 

15. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, 

pursuant to the authority found in 

sections 4(i), 4(j), 303(r), 325 and 614 of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 

303(r), 325, and 534, and sections 101, 

103 and 105 of the STELA 

Reauthorization Act of 2014, Public Law 

113–200, 128 Stat. 2059 (2014), the rules 

SHALL BE EFFECTIVE thirty (30) days 

after the date of publication in the 

Federal Register. 

16. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 

the Commission shall send a copy of 

this Order in MB Docket No. 15–37 in 

a report to be sent to Congress and the 

Government Accountability Office 

pursuant to the Congressional Review 

Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 76 

Cable television. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Final rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 76 as 

follows: 

PART 76—MULTICHANNEL VIDEO 

AND CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE 

■ 1. Amend the authority citation for 

part 76 to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 153, 154, 

301, 302, 302a, 303, 303a, 307, 308, 309, 312, 

315, 317, 325, 338, 339, 340, 341, 503, 521, 

522, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 543, 544, 

544a, 545, 548, 549, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 

561, 571, 572, 573. 

■ 2. Section 76.64 is amended by 

revising paragraphs (b)(3)(ii) and (l) to 

read as follows: 

§ 76.64 Retransmission consent. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(3) * * * 

(ii) The broadcast station is owned or 

operated by, or affiliated with a 

broadcasting network, and the 

household receiving the signal is an 

unserved household. This paragraph 

shall terminate at midnight on 

December 31, 2019, provided that if 

Congress further extends this date, the 

rules remain in effect until the statutory 

authorization expires. 

* * * * * 

(l) Exclusive retransmission consent 

agreements are prohibited. No television 

broadcast station shall make or negotiate 

any agreement with one multichannel 

video programming distributor for 

carriage to the exclusion of other 

multichannel video programming 

distributors. This paragraph shall 

terminate at midnight on January 1, 

2020, provided that if Congress further 

extends this date, the rules remain in 

effect until the statutory authorization 

expires. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Section 76.65 is amended by 

revising paragraph (b)(1)(viii) and by 

adding paragraph (b)(1)(ix) and revising 

paragraph (f) to read as follows: 

§ 76.65 Good faith and exclusive 

retransmission consent complaints. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(viii) Coordination of negotiations or 

negotiation on a joint basis by two or 

more television broadcast stations in the 

same local market (as defined in 17 

U.S.C. 122(j)) to grant retransmission 

consent to a multichannel video 

programming distributor, unless such 

stations are directly or indirectly under 

common de jure control permitted 

under the regulations of the 

Commission. 

(ix) The imposition by a television 

broadcast station of limitations on the 

ability of a multichannel video 

programming distributor to carry into 

the local market (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 

122(j)) of such station a television signal 

that has been deemed significantly 

viewed, within the meaning of § 76.54 

of this part, or any successor regulation, 

or any other television broadcast signal 

such distributor is authorized to carry 

under 47 U.S.C. 338, 339, 340 or 534, 

unless such stations are directly or 

indirectly under common de jure 

control permitted by the Commission. 

* * * * * 

(f) Termination of rules. This section 

shall terminate at midnight on January 

1, 2020, provided that if Congress 

further extends this date, the rules 

remain in effect until the statutory 

authorization expires. 

§ 76.1601 [Amended]. 

■ 4. Amend § 76.1601 by removing Note 

1. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04337 Filed 3–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 101206604–1758–02] 

RIN 0648–XD790 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal 

Migratory Pelagic Resources of the 

Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip 

Limit Increase 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; in-season trip 

limit increase. 

SUMMARY: NMFS increases the trip limit 

in the commercial sector for king 

mackerel in the Florida east coast 

subzone to 75 fish per day in or from the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This 

trip limit increase is necessary to 

maximize the socioeconomic benefits 

associated with harvesting the quota. 

DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m., 

local time, March 1, 2015, through 

March 31, 2015, unless NMFS publishes 

a superseding document in the Federal 

Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Gerhart, NMFS Southeast 

Regional Office, telephone: 727–824– 

5305, email: susan.gerhart@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

fishery for coastal migratory pelagic fish 

(king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and 

cobia) is managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the Coastal 

Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf 

of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP). 

The FMP was prepared by the Gulf of 

Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Councils (Councils) and is 

implemented under the authority of the 


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Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) by regulations 

at 50 CFR part 622. 

On January 30, 2012 (76 FR 82058, 

December 29, 2011), NMFS 

implemented a commercial quota of 

1,102,896 lb (500,265 kg) for Gulf 

migratory group king mackerel in the 

Florida east coast subzone (50 CFR 

622.384(b)(1)(i)(A)). From November 1 

through March 31, the Florida east coast 

subzone encompasses an area of the EEZ 

south of a line extending due east of the 

boundary between Flagler and Volusia 

Counties, FL, and north of a line 

extending due east of the boundary 

between Miami-Dade and Monroe 

Counties, FL. From November 1 through 

the end of February, king mackerel in or 

from the subzone may be possessed on 

board or landed from a permitted vessel 

in amounts not exceeding 50 fish per 

day (50 CFR 622.385(a)(2)(i)(A)). 

However, beginning on March 1, if 

less than 70 percent of the Florida east 

coast subzone king mackerel 

commercial quota has been harvested by 

that date, king mackerel in or from that 

subzone may be possessed on board or 

landed from a permitted vessel in 

amounts not exceeding 75 fish per day 

(50 CFR 622.385(a)(2)(i)(B)(2)). 

NMFS has determined that less than 

70 percent of the quota for Gulf 

migratory group king mackerel in the 

Florida east coast subzone will be 

harvested by March 1, 2015. 

Accordingly, a 75-fish trip limit applies 

to vessels fishing for king mackerel in or 

from the EEZ in the Florida east coast 

subzone effective 12:01 a.m., local time, 

March 1, 2015. The 75-fish trip limit 

will remain in effect until the subzone 

closes or until the end of the current 

fishing year (March 31, 2015) for this 

subzone. 

Classification 

The Regional Administrator, 

Southeast Region, NMFS, has 

determined this temporary rule is 

necessary for the conservation and 

management of Gulf migratory group 

king mackerel and is consistent with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and other 

applicable laws. 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.385(a)(2)(i)(B)(2) and is exempt 

from review under Executive Order 

12866. 

These measures are exempt from the 

procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act because the temporary rule is issued 

without opportunity for prior notice and 

comment. 

This action responds to the best 

scientific information available. The 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NOAA (AA), finds that the need to 

immediately implement this 

commercial trip limit increase 

constitutes good cause to waive the 

requirements to provide prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment 

pursuant to the authority set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B), because prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment on 

this temporary rule is unnecessary and 

contrary to the public interest. Such 

procedures are unnecessary, because the 

rule establishing the trip limits has 

already been subject to notice and 

comment, and all that remains is to 

notify the public of the trip limit 

increase. They are contrary to the public 

interest, because prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment would 

require time, thus delaying fishermen’s 

ability to catch more king mackerel than 

the present trip limit allows and 

preventing fishermen from reaping the 

socioeconomic benefits associated with 

this increased trip limit. 

As this action allows fishermen to 

increase their harvest of king mackerel 

from 50 fish to 75 fish per day in or 

from the EEZ of the Florida east coast 

subzone, the AA finds it relieves a 

restriction and may go into effect 

without a 30-day delay in effectiveness, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1). 

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

Dated: February 26, 2015. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04382 Filed 2–26–15; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 141002822–5169–03] 

RIN 0648–BE56 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

Provisions; Fisheries of the 

Northeastern United States; Northeast 

Groundfish Fishery; Fishing Year 2014; 

Interim Gulf of Maine Cod Management 

Measures; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule, correcting 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: This document makes 

corrections to the Gulf of Maine cod 

interim regulations published in the 

Federal Register on November 13, 2014. 

This document corrects regulatory text 

by including the exemption from certain 

seasonal interim closure areas for 

vessels fishing for whiting in the Small 

Mesh Area 1 and 2 Exempted Areas 

with a raised footrope trawl. These two 

exempted areas, which overlap with 

certain seasonal closure areas, were 

inadvertently overlooked in the interim 

rule. This action does not make any 

substantive changes to the interim rule 

regulations. 

DATES: Effective February 26, 2015, until 

May 12, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Whitmore, Fishery Policy 

Analyst, phone: 978–281–9182. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 13, 2014, we published 

interim management measures (79 FR 

67362) to increase protection for Gulf of 

Maine (GOM) cod in response to a 

recently updated stock assessment that 

concluded the stock is severely 

depleted. The management measures 

included seasonal interim closure areas 

where fishing for groundfish is 

prohibited. The regulations 

implemented through the GOM cod 

interim rule allowed vessels fishing 

with exempted gear or fishing in 

exempted fisheries to continue to fish 

within the seasonal interim closure 

areas; however, the rule mistakenly did 

not include the Small Mesh Area 1 and 

2 Exemption Areas. 

An exempted fishery is implemented 

after it is determined that a specific 

fishery utilizes a certain gear type, and/ 

or fishes in specific areas or times that 

result in a groundfish bycatch that is 

less than 5 percent and doesn’t 

jeopardize fishing mortality objectives. 

Vessels fishing in the Small Mesh Areas 

must use raised footrope trawl nets that 

result in minimal groundfish bycatch. 

Vessels fishing in these areas may not 

fish for, possess, or land any groundfish. 

They are allowed to fish for and possess 

only whiting, red hake, and a limited 

number of other species. 

Additional information on exempted 

fisheries can be found online at 

www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/

regs/info.html. 

Correction 

We recently recognized that the GOM 

cod interim rule regulations 

inadvertently omitted two small mesh 

exemption areas utilized by groundfish 

vessels. Groundfish vessels are allowed 

to fish with small mesh nets using 

raised footrope trawls in the Small Mesh 


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