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powered wheelchair, or powered 

scooter) used by a driver or a passenger 

with a disability. 

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■ 5. Add § 595.8 to read as follows: 

§ 595.8 Modifications by rental companies. 

(a) A rental company that modifies a 

motor vehicle temporarily in order to 

rent a covered rental vehicle to a person 

with a disability to operate, or ride as 

a passenger in, the motor vehicle is 

exempted from the ‘‘make inoperative’’ 

prohibition in 49 U.S.C. 30122 to the 

extent that those modifications make 

inoperative any part of a device or 

element of design installed on or in the 

motor vehicle in compliance with the 

Federal motor vehicle safety standards 

or portions thereof specified in 

paragraph (d) of this section. 

Modifications that would make 

inoperative devices or elements of 

design installed in compliance with any 

other Federal motor vehicle safety 

standards, or portions thereof, are not 

covered by the exemption in this 

paragraph (a). 

(b) The exemption described in 

paragraph (a) of this section extends 

only for the period during which the 

covered rental vehicle is rented to a 

person with a disability and a 

reasonable period before and after the 

rental agreement in order to perform 

and reverse the modification described 

in paragraph (d) of this section. 

(c) Any rental company that 

temporarily modifies a motor vehicle to 

enable a person with a disability to 

operate, or ride as a passenger in, the 

motor vehicle in such a manner as to 

make inoperative any part of a device or 

element of design installed on or in the 

motor vehicle in compliance with a 

Federal motor vehicle safety standard or 

portion thereof specified in paragraph 

(d) of this section must affix to the 

motor vehicle a label of the type and in 

the manner described in paragraph (e) of 

this section and must retain documents 

of the type and in the manner described 

in paragraph (f) of this section. 

(d)(1) 49 CFR 571.208, in the case of 

the disablement of a knee bolster air bag 

to allow the installation of hand 

controls. 

(2) [Reserved] 

(e) The label required by paragraph (c) 

of this section shall: 

(1) Be affixed within the passenger 

compartment of the vehicle; 

(2) Be affixed in a location visible to 

the driver in a manner that does not 

obstruct the driver’s view while 

operating the vehicle; 

(3) Contain the statement 

‘‘WARNING—To accommodate 

installation of hand controls, this rental 

vehicle has had its knee bolster air bag 

temporarily disabled;’’ and, 

(4) Be removed when the 

modifications described in paragraph 

(d) of this section are reversed. 

(f) The retained documents required 

by paragraph (c) of this section shall: 

(1) Contain the name and physical 

address of the rental company and any 

entity making or reversing the 

temporary modifications on behalf of 

the rental company; 

(2) Be kept in original or photocopied 

paper form, or retained electronically, 

by the rental company for a period of 

not less than five years after the 

conclusion of the rental agreement for 

which the modification is made; 

(3) Be clearly identifiable as to the 

vehicle that has been modified; and 

(4) Identify the devices or elements of 

design installed on or in a motor vehicle 

in compliance with a Federal motor 

vehicle safety standard made 

inoperative by the rental company. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 

30117, 30122 and 30166; delegation of 

authority at 49 CFR 1.95. 

Steven S. Cliff, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 120404257–3325–02; RTID 

0648–XB878] 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2022 

Commercial Longline Closure for 

South Atlantic Golden Tilefish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS implements an 

accountability measure for the 

commercial longline component for 

golden tilefish in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ) of the South 

Atlantic. Commercial longline landings 

for golden tilefish are projected to reach 

the longline component’s commercial 

quota by March 16, 2022. Therefore, 

NMFS closes the commercial longline 

component of golden tilefish in the 

South Atlantic EEZ on March 16, 2022, 

at 12:01 a.m. local time. This closure is 

necessary to protect the golden tilefish 

resource. 

DATES: This temporary rule is effective 

from 12:01 a.m. local time on March 16, 

2022, until 12:01 a.m. local time on 

January 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email: 

mary.vara@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

snapper-grouper fishery of the South 

Atlantic includes golden tilefish and is 

managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared 

by the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and is 

implemented by NMFS under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. 

The commercial golden tilefish sector 

has two components, each with its own 

quota: The longline and hook-and-line 

components (50 CFR 622.190(a)(2)). The 

commercial golden tilefish annual catch 

limit (ACL) is allocated 75 percent to 

the longline component and 25 percent 

to the hook-and-line component. The 

total commercial ACL (equivalent to the 

commercial quota) is 331,740 lb 

(150,475 kg) gutted weight, and the 

longline component quota is 248,805 lb 

(112,856 kg) gutted weight. 

Under 50 CFR 622.193(a)(1)(ii), NMFS 

is required to close the commercial 

longline component for golden tilefish 

when the longline component’s 

commercial quota has been reached or 

is projected to be reached by filing a 

notification to that effect with the Office 

of the Federal Register. After this 

closure, golden tilefish may not be 

commercially fished or possessed by a 

vessel with a golden tilefish longline 

endorsement. NMFS has determined 

that the commercial quota for the golden 

tilefish longline component in the South 

Atlantic will be reached by March 16, 

2022. Accordingly, the commercial 

longline component of South Atlantic 

golden tilefish is closed effective at 

12:01 a.m. local time on March 16, 2022, 

and will remain closed until the start of 

the next fishing year on January 1, 2023. 

During the commercial longline 

closure, golden tilefish may still be 

commercially harvested using hookand-line gear on a vessel with a 

commercial South Atlantic Unlimited 

Snapper-Grouper permit without a 

longline endorsement until the hookand-line quota specified in 50 CFR 

622.190(a)(2)(ii) is reached. A vessel 

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endorsement is not eligible to fish for or 

possess golden tilefish using hook-andline gear under the hook-and-line 

commercial trip limit, as specified in 50 

CFR 622.191(a)(2)(ii). During the 

commercial longline closure, the 

recreational bag and possession limits 

specified in 50 CFR 622.187(b)(2)(iii) 

and (c)(1), respectively, apply to all 

harvest or possession of golden tilefish 

in or from the South Atlantic EEZ by a 

vessel with a golden tilefish longline 

endorsement. 

The sale or purchase of longlinecaught golden tilefish taken from the 

South Atlantic EEZ is prohibited during 

the commercial longline closure. The 

operator of a vessel with a valid Federal 

commercial vessel permit for South 

Atlantic snapper-grouper and a valid 

commercial longline endorsement for 

golden tilefish with golden tilefish on 

board must have landed and bartered, 

traded, or sold such golden tilefish prior 

to 12:01 a.m. local time on March 16, 

2022. The prohibition on sale or 

purchase does not apply to the sale or 

purchase of longline-caught golden 

tilefish that were harvested, landed 

ashore, and sold prior to 12:01 a.m. 

local time on March 16, 2022, and were 

held in cold storage by a dealer or 

processor. Additionally, the recreational 

bag and possession limits and the sale 

and purchase prohibitions under the 

commercial closure apply to a person on 

board a vessel with a golden tilefish 

longline endorsement, regardless of 

whether the golden tilefish are 

harvested in state or Federal waters, as 

specified in 50 CFR 622.190(c)(1). 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

622.193(a)(1)(ii), issued pursuant to 

section 304(b), 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 is 

unnecessary and contrary to the public 

interest. Such procedures are 

unnecessary because the regulations 

associated with the commercial closure 

of the golden tilefish longline 

component have already been subject to 

notice and public comment, and all that 

remains is to notify the public of the 

commercial component closure. Prior 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment on this action is contrary to 

the public interest because of the need 

to immediately implement the 

commercial component closure to 

protect the South Atlantic golden 

tilefish resource. The capacity of the 

longline fishing fleet allows for rapid 

harvest of the commercial longline 

component quota, and any delay in the 

commercial closure could result in the 

commercial longline component quota 

being exceeded. Prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment would 

require time and would potentially 

result in a harvest that exceeds the 

commercial quota. 

For the aforementioned reasons, the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries 

also finds good cause to waive the 30- 

day delay in the effectiveness of this 

action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). 

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

Dated: March 11, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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