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able to confirm that the multiple 

licensees in fact cover the entirety of the 

GIA in question and that, when 

reviewing related part 25 license 

applications, the entire area of the 

proposed service is covered by the 

associated leases. This collection will 

thereby enable the Commission to 

monitor and enforce the entry criteria 

that SCS providers must satisfy, and 

which are designed to minimize the 

possibility of harmful interference. 

Finally, the collection will play a 

critical role in the Commission’s effort 

to review and track leasing 

arrangements that will result in entities 

providing SCS. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 231221–0314; RTID 0648– 

XE492] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 

Quota Transfer From Massachusetts to 

North Carolina 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts is 

transferring a portion of their 2024 

commercial bluefish quota to the State 

of North Carolina. This quota 

adjustment is necessary to comply with 

the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) quota transfer 

provisions. This announcement informs 

the public of the revised 2024 

commercial bluefish quotas for 

Massachusetts and North Carolina. 

DATES: Effective November 29, 2024, 

through December 31, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Rigdon, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9336. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the Atlantic 

bluefish fishery are found in 50 CFR 

648.160 through 648.167. These 

regulations require annual specification 

of a commercial quota that is 

apportioned among the coastal states 

from Maine through Florida. The 

process to set the annual commercial 

quota and the percent allocated to each 

state is described in § 648.162, and the 

final 2024 allocations were published 

on January 2, 2024 (89 FR 34). 

The final rule implementing 

amendment 1 to the FMP, as published 

in the Federal Register on July 26, 2000 

(65 FR 45844), provided a mechanism 

for transferring bluefish commercial 

quota from one state to another. Two or 

more states, under mutual agreement 

and with the concurrence of the NMFS 

Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator, 

can request approval to transfer or 

combine bluefish commercial quota 

under § 648.162(e). The Regional 

Administrator is required to consider 

three criteria in the evaluation of 

requests for quota transfers or 

combinations: (1) the transfers would 

not preclude the overall annual quota 

from being fully harvested; (2) the 

transfers address an unforeseen 

variation or contingency in the fishery; 

and (3) the transfers are consistent with 

the objectives of the FMP and the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Regional 

Administrator has determined these 

criteria have been met for the transfers 

approved in this notification. 

Massachusetts is transferring 65,000 

lb (29,484 kg) to North Carolina through 

mutual agreement of the states. This 

transfer was requested to ensure North 

Carolina would not exceed its 2024 state 

quota. The revised bluefish quotas for 

2024 are: Massachusetts, 155,862 lb 

(70,698 kg) and North Carolina, 

1,030,996 lb (467,652 kg). 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

648.162(e)(1)(i) through (iii), which was 

issued pursuant to section 304(b), and is 

exempted from review under Executive 

Order 12866. 

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

Dated: November 26, 2024. 

Karen H. Abrams, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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