Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 40 / Monday, March 2, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 11139 

D. Paperwork Reduction Act 

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. in accordance with 

The Paperwork Reduction Act. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Parts 1803, 

1816, and 1852 

Government procurement. 

Cynthia D. Boots, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison. 

PARTS 1803, 1816, AND 1852— 

[AMENDED] 

■ Accordingly, the interim rule 

amending 48 CFR parts 1803, 1816, and 

1852 which was published at 79 FR 

43958 on July 29, 2014, and technically 

amended by publication at 79 FR 51501, 

is adopted as a final rule without 

change. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 140117052–4402–02] 

RIN 0648–XD778 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

Quota Transfer 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of North Carolina is transferring a 

portion of its 2015 commercial summer 

flounder quota to the Commonwealth of 

Virginia and the State of New Jersey. 

These quota adjustments are necessary 

to comply with the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan quota transfer 

provision. This announcement is 

intended to inform the public of the 

revised commercial quota for each state 

involved. 

DATES: Effective February 25, 2015, 

through December 31, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reid 

Lichwell, Fishery Management 

Specialist, 978–281–9112. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are in 50 CFR 648.100 

through 648.110. These regulations 

require annual specification of a 

commercial quota that is apportioned 

among the coastal states from North 

Carolina through Maine. The process to 

set the annual commercial quota and the 

percent allocated to each state are 

described in § 648.10(c)(1)(i). 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan provided a 

mechanism for summer flounder quota 

to be transferred from one state to 

another (December 17, 1993; 58 FR 

65936). Two or more states, under 

mutual agreement and with the 

concurrence of the NMFS Greater 

Atlantic Regional Administrator, can 

transfer or combine summer flounder 

commercial quota under § 648.102(c)(2). 

The Regional Administrator is required 

to consider the criteria in 

§ 648.102(c)(2)(i) when evaluating 

requests for quota transfers or 

combinations. 

North Carolina has agreed to transfer 

23,480 lb (10,650 kg) of its 2015 

commercial quota to Virginia. This 

transfer was prompted by landings of 

the F/V Illusion and the F/V Jo Ann B, 

North Carolina vessels that were granted 

safe harbor in Virginia due to hazardous 

weather, medical emergencies, and 

mechanical failure on January 5 and 15, 

2015. As a result of these landings, a 

quota transfer is necessary to account 

for an increase in Virginia’s landings 

that would have otherwise accrued 

against the North Carolina quota. North 

Carolina has also agreed to transfer 

9,062 lb (4,110 kg) of its 2015 

commercial quota to New Jersey. This 

transfer was prompted by summer 

flounder landings of the F/V Bella Sky, 

a North Carolina vessel that was granted 

safe harbor in New Jersey due to 

mechanical failure on January 29, 2015. 

The quota transfer is necessary to 

account for an increase in New Jersey’s 

landings that would have otherwise 

accrued against the North Carolina 

quota. 

The Regional Administrator has 

determined that the criteria set forth in 

§ 648.102(c)(2)(i) have been met. These 

transfers are consistent with the criteria 

because they will not preclude the 

overall annual quota from being fully 

harvested, the transfers address an 

unforeseen variation or contingency in 

the fishery, and the transfers are 

consistent with the objectives of the 

FMP and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. The 

revised summer flounder commercial 

quotas for calendar year 2015 are: New 

Jersey, 1,860,420 lb (843,872 kg); 

Virginia, 2,383,120 lb (1,080,965 kg); 

and North Carolina, 3,005,551 lb 

(1,363,295 kg). 

Classification 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

part 648 and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: February 24, 2015. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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