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Management, shall send a copy of the 

Second Report and Order and Order on 

Reconsideration 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 25 

Satellites. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Final Rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 25 as 

follows: 

PART 25—SATELLITE 

COMMUNICATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 25 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 301, 302, 303, 

307, 309, 310, 319, 332, 605, and 721, unless 

otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Amend § 25.261 by revising 

paragraphs (d) and (e) to read as follows: 

§ 25.261 Sharing among NGSO FSS space 

stations. 

* * * * * 

(d) Protection of earlier-round 

systems. Prior to commencing 

operations, an NGSO FSS licensee or 

market access recipient must either 

certify that it has completed a 

coordination agreement with any 

operational NGSO FSS system licensed 

or granted U.S. market access in an 

earlier processing round, or submit for 

Commission approval a compatibility 

showing which demonstrates by use of 

a degraded throughput methodology 

that it will not cause harmful 

interference to any such system with 

which coordination has not been 

completed. If an earlier-round system 

becomes operational after a later-round 

system has commenced operations, the 

later-round licensee or market access 

recipient must submit a certification of 

coordination or a compatibility showing 

with respect to the earlier-round system 

no later than 60 days after the earlierround system commences operations as 

notified pursuant to § 25.121(b) or 

otherwise. 

(1) Compatibility showings must 

contain the following elements: 

(A) A demonstration that the laterround system will cause no more than 

3 percent time-weighted average 

degraded throughput of the link to the 

earlier-round system, for links with a 

baseline link availability of 99.0 percent 

or higher at a C/N threshold of 0 dB; 

(B) A demonstration that the laterround system will cause no more than 

0.4 percent absolute change in link 

availability to the earlier-round system 

using a C/N threshold value of 0 dB, for 

links with a baseline link availability of 

99.0 percent link availability or higher; 

and 

(C) With respect to an earlier-round 

system that has not yet satisfied its 50 

percent deployment milestone pursuant 

to § 25.164(b)(1), the compatibility 

showing may consider only 50 percent 

deployment of the earlier-round system; 

if the 50 percent deployment milestone 

has been satisfied, the showing must 

consider 100 percent deployment of the 

authorized system. 

(2) Compatibility showings will be 

placed on public notice pursuant to 

§ 25.151(a)(13). 

(3) While a compatibility showing 

remains pending before the 

Commission, the submitting NGSO FSS 

licensee or market access recipient may 

commence operations on an 

unprotected, non-interference basis with 

respect to the operations of the system 

that is the subject of the showing. 

(4) A later-round NGSO FSS system 

will be required to conform its 

operations to its compatibility showing 

submitted for the protection of an 

earlier-round system to the extent 

necessary to protect the actual number 

of deployed and operating space 

stations of the earlier-round system. 

(e) Sunsetting. Ten years after the first 

authorization or grant of market access 

in a processing round, the systems 

approved in that processing round will 

no longer be required to protect earlierrounds systems under paragraph (d) of 

this section, and instead will be 

required to share spectrum with earlierround systems under paragraph (c) of 

this section. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 300 

[RTID 0648–XE447] 

Fraser River Sockeye Salmon 

Fisheries; In-Season Orders 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; in-season 

orders. 

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes in-season 

orders to regulate treaty tribal and nontribal (all citizen) commercial salmon 

fisheries in United States (U.S.) waters 

of the Fraser River Panel (Panel) Area. 

In 2024, a single order was issued by the 

Panel of the Pacific Salmon Commission 

(Commission) and approved and issued 

by NMFS for fisheries within the U.S. 

Panel Area. This order relinquished 

regulatory control of U.S. treaty tribal 

and all citizen commercial fisheries in 

U.S. Panel Area waters. 

DATES: The effective dates for the inseason order is set out in this document 

under the heading In-season Orders. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Siniscal at 971–322–8407, 

email: Anthony.siniscal@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Treaty between the Government of the 

United States of America and the 

Government of Canada concerning 

Pacific salmon was signed at Ottawa on 

January 28, 1985, and subsequently was 

given effect in the United States by the 

Pacific Salmon Treaty Act (Act) at 16 

U.S.C. 3631–3644. 

Under authority of the Act, Federal 

regulations at 50 CFR part 300, subpart 

F, provide a framework for the 

implementation of certain regulations of 

the Commission and in-season orders of 

the Commission’s Panel for U.S. sockeye 

and pink salmon fisheries in the Fraser 

River Panel Area. 

The regulations close the U.S. portion 

of the Panel Area to U.S. sockeye and 

pink salmon tribal and non-tribal 

commercial fishing unless opened by 

Panel regulations that are given effect by 

in-season orders issued by NMFS (50 

CFR 300.94(a)(1)). During the fishing 

season, NMFS may issue in-season 

orders that establish fishing times and 

areas consistent with the Commission 

agreements and regulations of the Panel. 

Such orders must be consistent with 

domestic legal obligations and are 

issued by the Regional Administrator, 

West Coast Region, NMFS. Official 

notification of these in-season actions is 

provided by two telephone hotline 

numbers described at 50 CFR 

300.97(b)(1) and in 89 FR 44553 (May 

21, 2024). The in-season orders are 

published in the Federal Register as 

soon as practicable after they are issued. 

Due to the frequency with which inseason orders are generally issued, 

publication of orders during the fishing 

season is impracticable. 

In-Season Orders 

The Fraser Panel did not issue any 

orders opening fisheries on sockeye or 

pink salmon in 2024. NMFS issued the 

following in-season order for U.S. 


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fisheries within Panel Area waters 

during the 2024 fishing season, 

consistent with the order adopted by the 

Panel. This order ended the period in 

which the Fraser Panel exerted 

regulatory jurisdiction. The in-season 

action was effective upon 

announcement on telephone hotline 

numbers as specified at 50 CFR 

300.97(b)(1) and in 89 FR 44553 (May 

21, 2024); those dates and times are 

listed herein. The times listed are in 

Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) and the 

areas designated are Puget Sound 

Management and Catch Reporting Areas 

as defined in the Washington State 

Administrative Code at Chapter 220– 

301–030. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2024– 

01: Issued 12 p.m. PDT, August 30, 2024 

Treaty Tribal Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Relinquish 

regulatory control effective 11:59 p.m. 

PDT, Monday, September 2, 2024. 

Treaty Tribal and All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Relinquish 

regulatory control effective 11:59 p.m. 

PDT, Wednesday, September 4, 2024. 

Classification 

The Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries NOAA (AA), finds that good 

cause exists for the in-season orders to 

be issued without affording the public 

prior notice and opportunity for 

comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as 

such prior notice and opportunity for 

comments is impracticable and contrary 

to the public interest. Prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment is 

impracticable because of insufficient 

time between the time the stock 

abundance information is available to 

determine how much fishing can be 

allowed and the time the fishery must 

open or close in order to harvest the 

appropriate amount of fish while they 

are available. 

The AA also finds good cause to 

waive the 30-day delay in the effective 

date, required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), 

of the in-season orders. A delay in the 

effective date of the in-season orders 

would not allow fishers appropriately 

controlled access to the available fish at 

that time they are available. 

This action is authorized by 50 CFR 

300.97, and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3636(b). 

Dated: December 10, 2024. 

Karen H. Abrams, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 200124–0029; RTID 0648– 

XE487] 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish 

Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 2025 

Red Snapper Private Angling 

Component Closure in Federal Waters 

Off Texas 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a closure 

for the 2025 fishing season for the red 

snapper recreational private angling 

component in the exclusive economic 

zone (EEZ) off Texas in the Gulf of 

Mexico (Gulf) through this temporary 

rule. The red snapper recreational 

private angling component in the Gulf 

EEZ off Texas will close at 12:01 a.m., 

local time, on January 1, 2025, until 

12:01 a.m., local time, on June 1, 2025. 

This closure is necessary to prevent the 

private angling component from 

exceeding the Texas regional 

management area annual catch limit 

(ACL) and to prevent overfishing of the 

Gulf red snapper resource. 

DATES: This closure is effective at 12:01 

a.m., local time, on January 1, 2025, 

until 12:01 a.m., local time, on June 1, 

2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Helies, NMFS Southeast Regional 

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

Frank.Helies@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

reef fish fishery, which includes red 

snapper, is managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the Reef Fish 

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP). 

The FMP was prepared by the Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Council, 

approved by the Secretary of Commerce, 

and is implemented by NMFS under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and 

through regulations at 50 CFR part 622. 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 40 to the FMP established 

two components within the recreational 

sector fishing for Gulf red snapper: the 

private angling component, and the 

Federal for-hire component (80 FR 

22422, April 22, 2015). Amendment 40 

also allocated the red snapper 

recreational ACL (recreational quota) 

between the components and 

established separate seasonal closures 

for the two components. On February 6, 

2020, NMFS implemented Amendments 

50 A–F to the FMP, which delegated 

authority to the Gulf states (Louisiana, 

Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and 

Texas) to establish specific management 

measures for the harvest of red snapper 

in Federal waters of the Gulf by the 

private angling component of the 

recreational sector (85 FR 6819, 

February 6, 2020). These amendments 

allocated a portion of the private angling 

ACL to each state, and each state is 

required to constrain landings to its 

allocation. 

As described at 50 CFR 622.23(c), a 

Gulf state with an active delegation may 

request that NMFS close all, or an area 

of, Federal waters off that state to the 

harvest and possession of red snapper 

by private anglers. The state is required 

to request the closure by letter to NMFS, 

providing dates and geographic 

coordinates for the closure. If the 

request is within the scope of the 

analysis in Amendment 50A, NMFS 

publishes a notice in the Federal 

Register implementing the closure for 

the fishing year. Based on the analysis 

in Amendment 50A, Texas may request 

a closure of all Federal waters off the 

state to allow a year-round fishing 

season in state waters. As described at 

50 CFR 622.2, ‘‘off Texas’’ is defined as 

the waters in the Gulf west of a rhumb 

line from 29°32.1′ N lat., 93°47.7′ W 

long. to 26°11.4′ N lat., 92°53′ W long., 

which line is an extension of the 

boundary between Louisiana and Texas. 

On November 12, 2024, NMFS 

received a request from the Texas Parks 

and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to 

close the EEZ off Texas to the red 

snapper recreational private angling 

component during the 2025 fishing year. 

Texas requested that the closure be 

effective from January 1 through May 

31, 2025. NMFS has determined that 

this request is within the scope of the 

analysis contained within Amendment 

50A, which analyzed the potential 

impacts of a closure of all Federal 

waters off Texas, consistent with 

Texas’s intent to maintain a year-round 

fishing season in state waters during 

which a part of Texas’ ACL could be 

caught. 

Therefore, the red snapper 

recreational private angling component 

in the Gulf EEZ off Texas will close at 

12:01 a.m., local time, on January 1, 

2025, until 12:01 a.m., local time, on 

June 1, 2025. This closure applies to all 

private-anglers (those on board vessels 

that have not been issued a valid 

Federal charter vessel/headboat permit 


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