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collection requirements contained in 

this section and assigned OMB Control 

Number 1018–0167. Federal agencies 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Direct comments regarding the 

burden estimate or any other aspect of 

the information collection to the 

Service’s Information Collection 

Clearance Officer at the address 

provided at 50 CFR 2.1(b). 

* * * * * 

§ 22.80 [Amended] 

■ 71. Amend newly redesignated 

§ 22.80 in paragraph (b) introductory 

text by removing the number ‘‘22.3’’ and 

adding in its place the number ‘‘22.6’’. 

§ 22.85 [Amended] 

■ 72. Amend newly redesignated 

§ 22.85 by: 

■ a. In paragraph (b)(8) introductory 

text, removing the number 

‘‘22.26(c)(1)(iii)’’ and adding in its place 

the number ‘‘22.80(c)(1)(iii)’’; 

■ b. In paragraph (c)(1), by removing 

‘‘(http://www.fws.gov/permits/ 

mbpermits/addresses.html)’’; and 

■ c. In paragraph (e)(6)(iv), removing the 

number ‘‘22.25’’ and adding in its place 

the number ‘‘22.75’’. 

§ 22.90 [Amended] 

■ 73. Amend newly redesignated 

§ 22.90 in paragraphs (a) and (b) by 

removing the number ‘‘22.26’’ and 

adding in its place the number ‘‘22.80’’. 

§ 22.100 [Transferred to Subpart D] 

■ 74. Amend newly redesignated 

§ 22.100 by: 

■ a. Transferring it from subpart C to 

subpart D; and 

■ b. Revising the section heading. 

The revision reads as follows: 

§ 22.100 Eagle depredation permits. 

* * * * * 

Subpart D—Provisions for Depredating 

Eagles 

■ 75. Revise the heading of subpart D to 

read as set forth above. 

§§ 22.31 and 22.32 [Redesignated as 

§§ 22.120 and 22.122] 

■ 76. Redesignate §§ 22.31 and 22.32 as 

§§ 22.120 and 22.122, respectively. 

Shannon A. Estenoz, 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 217 

[Docket No. 211208–0254] 

RIN 0648–BK69 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to U.S. Navy 

Construction at Naval Station Newport 

in Newport, Rhode Island 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: On December 15, 2021, 

NOAA published a rule governing the 

take of marine mammals incidental to 

U.S. Navy (Navy) construction at Naval 

Station Newport in Newport, Rhode 

Island. The rule contained a systematic 

section numbering error in the 

regulatory text. This document corrects 

the section numbers to the added 

subpart. 

DATES: Effective May 15, 2022 through 

May 14, 2027. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Egger, 301–427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document contains corrections to the 

regulatory text to the final regulations 

published on December 15, 2021, 

governing the take of marine mammals 

incidental to the Navy construction at 

Naval Station Newport in Newport, 

Rhode Island. This action is necessary 

to correct an error in where regulatory 

text where the section numbers were 

mislabeled in the Federal Register. 

Correction 

■ In FR Rule Doc. No. 2021–27133, 

published December 15, 2021, at 86 FR 

71162, the section numbers for added 

subpart R are corrected from §§ 217.70 

through 217.79 to §§ 217.170 through 

217.179. In the following table, on pages 

71178 through 71180, remove the 

section number indicated in the left 

column from wherever it appears in the 

regulatory text and add in its place the 

section number indicated in the right 

column: 

Remove Add 

217.70 217.170 

217.71 217.171 

217.72 217.172 

217.73 217.173 

217.74 217.174 

Remove Add 

217.75 217.175 

217.76 217.176 

217.77 217.177 

217.78 217.178 

217.79 217.179 

Dated: January 4, 2022. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 300 

[Docket No. 210603–0121; RTID 0648– 

XB661] 

International Fisheries; Western and 

Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly 

Migratory Species; Extension of 

Emergency Decisions of the Western 

and Central Pacific Fisheries 

Commission 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary specifications. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is extending the 

effective date of temporary 

specifications that implement three 

short-notice decisions of the 

Commission on the Conservation and 

Management of Highly Migratory Fish 

Stocks in the Western and Central 

Pacific Ocean (Commission or WCPFC). 

NMFS issued temporary specifications 

on June 11, 2021, to implement shortnotice WCPFC decisions regarding 

purse seine observer coverage, purse 

seine transshipments at sea, and 

transshipment observer coverage. NMFS 

is extending the effective date of those 

temporary specifications until April 14, 

2022. NMFS is undertaking this action 

under the authority of the Western and 

Central Pacific Fisheries Convention 

Implementation Act (WCPFC 

Implementation Act) to satisfy the 

obligations of the United States as a 

Contracting Party to the Convention on 

the Conservation and Management of 

Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 

Western and Central Pacific Ocean 

(Convention). 

DATES: The temporary specifications are 

in effect from January 7, 2022, until 

April 14, 2022. 


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1A WCPFC Observer means a person authorized 

by the Commission in accordance with any 

procedures established by the Commission to 

undertake vessel observer duties as part of the 

Commission’s Regional Observer Programme, 

including an observer deployed as part of a NMFSadministered observer program or as part of another 

national or sub-regional observer program, provided 

that such program is authorized by the Commission 

to be part of the Commission’s Regional Observer 

Programme. See 50 CFR 300.211. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rini 

Ghosh, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional 

Office, 808–725–5033. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

authority of the WCPFC Implementation 

Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), NMFS 

published an interim final rule that 

established a framework to implement 

short-notice WCPFC decisions. NMFS 

simultaneously issued temporary 

specifications to implement three shortnotice WCPFC decisions until 

September 14, 2021. Additional 

background information on the 

Commission, the Convention, the 

interim final rule, and temporary 

specifications, is available in the 

Federal Register document that 

includes the interim final rule and 

temporary specifications (86 FR 31178; 

June 11, 2021). Pursuant to a WCPFC 

decision, NMFS extended the effective 

date of the temporary specifications 

until January 13, 2022 (86 FR 48916; 

September 1, 2021). 

WCPFC Emergency Decisions and 

NMFS Implementation 

On April 8, 2020, in response to the 

international concerns over the health of 

observers and vessel crews due to 

COVID–19, the Commission made an 

intersessional decision to suspend the 

requirements for observer coverage on 

purse seine vessels on fishing trips in 

the Convention Area through May 31, 

2020. The Commission subsequently 

extended that decision several times, 

and the current extension is effective 

until March 15, 2022. 

On April 20, 2020, in response to the 

international concerns over the health of 

vessel crews and port officials due to 

COVID–19, the Commission made an 

intersessional decision to modify the 

prohibition on at-sea transshipment for 

purse seine vessels as follows—purse 

seine vessels can conduct at-sea 

transshipment in an area under the 

jurisdiction of a port State, if 

transshipment in port cannot be 

conducted, in accordance with the 

domestic laws and regulations of the 

port State. The Commission 

subsequently extended that decision 

and the current extension is effective 

until March 15, 2022. NMFS waived the 

requirement under 50 CFR 300.216(b)(1) 

by temporary specification until January 

13, 2022. 

On May 13, 2020, in response to the 

international concerns over the health of 

observers and vessel crews due to 

COVID–19, the Commission made an 

intersessional decision to suspend the 

requirements for observer coverage for 

at-sea transshipments. The Commission 

subsequently extended that decision 

and the current extension is effective 

until March 15, 2022. NMFS waived the 

requirements under 50 CFR 300.215(d) 

and 50 CFR 300.216(b)(2) by temporary 

specification until January 13, 3022. 

Extension of Temporary Specifications 

NMFS is using the framework as set 

forth at 50 CFR 300.228 to extend the 

effective date of the temporary 

specifications implementing the three 

recent WCPFC intersessional decisions 

(WCPFC decisions dated April 8, 2020, 

April 20, 2020, and May 13, 2020), 

described above, that are in effect until 

March 15, 2022. The regulations to 

implement short-notice WCPFC 

decisions at 50 CFR 300.228 provide 

that temporary specifications to 

implement such short-notice decisions 

will remain in effect no longer than 30 

days after the expiration of the 

underlying Commission decision. 

Accordingly, the requirements of the 

following regulations are waived. Such 

waiver shall remain in effect until April 

14, 2022, unless NMFS earlier rescinds 

or extends this waiver by publication in 

the Federal Register: 

• 50 CFR 300.223(e)(1). During the 

term of this waiver, U.S. purse seine 

vessels are not required to carry WCPFC 

observers 1 on all fishing trips in the 

Convention Area. However, the 

regulations at 50 CFR 300.215(c)(1) that 

require all vessels with WCPFC Area 

Endorsements or for which WCPFC 

Area Endorsements are required to carry 

WCPFC observers when directed by 

NMFS remain in effect; 

• 50 CFR 300.216(b)(1). During the 

term of this waiver, U.S. purse seine 

fishing vessels are not prohibited from 

at-sea transshipment conducted within 

the national waters of the coastal state, 

in accordance with applicable national 

laws. Transshipment on the high seas 

remains prohibited; and 

• 50 CFR 300.216(b)(2) and 50 CFR 

300.215(d). During the term of this 

waiver, owners and operators of U.S. 

commercial fishing vessels fishing for 

highly migratory species in the 

Convention Area are not prohibited 

from at-sea transshipment without a 

WCPFC observer on board the 

offloading or receiving vessel. 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

the WCPFC Implementation Act and the 

regulations at 50 CFR 300.228. This 

action is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

553(b)(B) to waive prior notice and the 

opportunity for public comment on the 

interim final rule and temporary 

measures included in this action, 

because prior notice and the 

opportunity for public comment is 

unnecessary and would be contrary to 

the public interest. Opportunity for 

public comment is unnecessary because 

the regulations establishing the 

framework and providing notice of the 

Commission’s decisions described 

above have already been subject to 

notice and public comment, and all that 

remains is to notify the public of the 

extension of those Commission 

decisions. NMFS will be responding to 

public comments received on the 

framework and those Commission 

decisions in a separate rule. In addition, 

the opportunity for public comment is 

unnecessary because the extensions of 

effective date of three short-notice 

WCPFC decisions have already gone 

into effect and as a contracting party to 

the Convention, NMFS is obligated to 

carry out those extensions. 

For the reasons articulated above, 

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

553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in 

effective dates for the temporary 

measures. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. 

Dated: January 4, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

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 622 

[Docket No. 140819687–5583–02; RTID 

0648–XB688] 

Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources 

of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic 

Region; 2021–2022 Commercial 

Closure for Spanish Mackerel in the 

Atlantic Southern Zone; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 


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