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IV. Review Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 35–1 

et seq.) 

This direct final rule does not contain 

any information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. 

V. Review Under Executive Order 

13132, Federalism 

This direct final rule will not have 

any direct effects on States, on the 

relationship between the National 

Government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. Therefore, no 

federalism assessment is required. 

List of Subjects in 45 CFR Part 5b 

Privacy. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, the Department of Health and 

Human Services amends its Privacy Act 

Regulations, 45 CFR part 5b, as follows: 

PART 5b—PRIVACY ACT 

REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 5b 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 5 U.S.C. 552a. 

■ 2. Section 5b.11 is amended by adding 

paragraph (b)(4) to read as follows: 

§ 5b.11 Exempt systems. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(4) The following systems of records 

are exempt from the following 

provisions of the Act and this part: 5 

U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and § 5b.9(c)(3), which 

require a subject individual to be 

granted access to an accounting of 

disclosures of a record; 5 U.S.C. 

552a(d)(1) through (4) and (f) and 

§§ 5b.6, 5b.7, and 5b.8, relating to 

notification of or access to records and 

correction or amendment of records; 

and 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G) through (I) 

which require inclusion of information 

about Department procedures for 

notification, access, and correction or 

amendment of records and categories of 

record sources in the notice for the 

systems of records. 

(i) Pursuant to subsection (k)(2) of the 

Privacy Act: 

(A) ORR Unaccompanied Children 

Bureau (UCB) Child Abuse or Neglect 

Investigation Records and Central 

Registry, 09–80–0323. 

(B) [Reserved] 

(ii) [Reserved] 

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Dated: December 16, 2024. 

Xavier Becerra, 

Secretary, Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R1–ES–2022–0062; 

FXES11130900000C6–256–FF09E42000] 

RIN 1018–BG77 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Technical Corrections for 

62 Wildlife and Plant Species on the 

Lists of Endangered and Threatened 

Wildlife and Plants; Hawaiian Hoary 

Bat; Correction 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), are 

publishing this document to correct an 

error in the listing of the Hawaiian 

hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus). 

DATES: This document is effective 

December 23, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carolyn Menke, Recovery Manager, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific 

Regional Office, Ecological Services, 911 

NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232; 

telephone 503–231–6131. Individuals in 

the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 2, 2023, we published in the 

Federal Register (88 FR 7134) a direct 

final rule to make technical corrections 

to 62 wildlife and plant species on the 

Lists of Endangered and Threatened 

Wildlife and Plants in title 50 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 

§§ 17.11 and 17.12, respectively. One of 

these species was the Hawaiian hoary 

bat. We planned to update its scientific 

name to Aeorestes semotus and add the 

common name ‘o ̄pe‘ape‘a to its listing. 

On April 24, 2023, based on 

comments we received on the February 

2, 2023, direct final rule relating to 

scientific research relevant to the 

Hawaiian hoary bat’s taxonomic 

classification, we published a document 

in the Federal Register (88 FR 24712) 

withdrawing the amendment in the 

direct final rule for the Hawaiian hoary 

bat only. 

In 2024, during an internal Service 

review, we erroneously identified the 

Hawaiian hoary bat listing in the 

February 2, 2023, direct final rule as an 

amendment that had not been properly 

codified in the Code of Federal 

Regulations. We requested that the 

Office of the Federal Register publish a 

correction to update the listing of the 

Hawaiian hoary bat as it appeared in the 

February 2, 2023, direct final rule. The 

Office of the Federal Register’s 

correction published on September 17, 

2024, at 89 FR 75976. 

Since that time, we discovered our 

error, and we are correcting it in this 

document by restoring the listing of the 

Hawaiian hoary bat to its original 

scientific name and omitting the 

common name we included in the 

February 2, 2023, direct final rule. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17 

Endangered and threatened species, 

Exports, Imports, Plants, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, 

Transportation, Wildlife. 

Signing Authority 

Martha Williams, Director of the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, approved this 

action on November 26, 2024. Acting 

Director Steve Guertin approved these 

packages December 15, 2024. On 

December 16, 2024, the acting Director 

authorized the undersigned to sign the 

document electronically and submit it 

to the Office of the Federal Register for 

publication as an official document of 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

Regulation Promulgation 

For the reasons given in the preamble, 

we amend part 17, subchapter B of 

chapter I, title 50 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, as set forth below: 

PART 17—ENDANGERED AND 

THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 17 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361–1407; 1531– 

1544; and 4201–4245, unless otherwise 

noted. 

■ 2. In § 17.11, in paragraph (h), amend 

the List of Endangered and Threatened 

Wildlife, under MAMMALS, by revising 

the entry for ‘‘Bat, Hawaiian hoary’’ to 

read as follows: 


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§ 17.11 Endangered and threatened 

wildlife. 

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(h) * * * 

Common name Scientific name Where listed Status Listing citations and applicable rules 

MAMMALS 

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Bat, Hawaiian hoary ............. Lasiurus cinereus semotus Wherever found .................. E 35 FR 16047, 10/13/1970. 

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Madonna Baucum, 

Regulations and Policy Chief, Division of 

Policy, Economics, Risk Management, and 

Analytics of the Joint Administrative 

Operations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 231215–0305; RTID 0648– 

XE552] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

2024 Commercial Quota Harvested for 

the State of New York 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

2024 summer flounder commercial 

quota allocated to the State of New York 

has been harvested. Vessels issued a 

commercial Federal fisheries permit for 

the summer flounder fishery may not 

land summer flounder in New York for 

the remainder of calendar year 2024, 

unless additional quota becomes 

available through a transfer from 

another state. Regulations governing the 

summer flounder fishery require 

publication of this notification to advise 

New York that the quota has been 

harvested, and to advise vessel permit 

holders and dealer permit holders that 

no Federal commercial quota is 

available for landing summer flounder 

in New York. 

DATES: Effective 0001 hours December 

21, 2024, through December 31, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Rigdon, (978) 281–9336, or 

Matthew.Rigdon@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are found at 50 CFR 

648.100 through 648.111. The 

regulations require annual specification 

of a commercial quota that is 

apportioned on a percentage basis 

among the coastal states from Maine 

through North Carolina. The process to 

set the annual commercial quota and the 

percent allocated to each state is 

described in § 648.102. 

The commercial quota for summer 

flounder for 2024 was set equal to 

8,789,830 pounds (lb; 3,987,000 

kilograms (kg)) (88 FR 88266, December 

23, 2023). The amount allocated to 

vessels landing summer flounder in 

New York is 672,157 lb (304,885 kg). 

The NMFS Regional Administrator for 

the Greater Atlantic Region monitors the 

state commercial landings and 

determines when a state’s commercial 

quota has been harvested. NMFS is 

required to publish notification in the 

Federal Register advising and notifying 

commercial vessels and dealer permit 

holders that, effective upon a specific 

date, the state’s commercial quota has 

been harvested and no commercial 

quota is available for landing summer 

flounder in that state. Based on dealer 

reports and other available information, 

the Regional Administrator has 

determined that the available quota has 

been harvested. The Marine Resources 

Division of the New York State 

Department of Environmental 

Conservation is closing the state fishery 

on December 21, 2024, and this action 

promotes consistency between the state 

and Federal management measures. 

The regulations at 50 CFR 648.14(n) 

prohibit federally permitted vessels 

from landing summer flounder for sale 

in a state, and prohibit all persons from 

purchasing or otherwise receiving 

summer flounder for a commercial 

purpose after the effective date 

published in the Federal Register 

notification that commercial quota is no 

longer available in that state. Therefore, 

effective 0001 hours on December 21, 

2024, landings of summer flounder in 

New York by vessels holding Federal 

summer flounder commercial fishery 

permits are prohibited for the remainder 

of the 2024 calendar year, unless 

additional quota becomes available 

through a transfer and is announced in 

the Federal Register. Effective 0001 

hours on December 21, 2024, federally 

permitted dealers are also notified that 

they may not purchase summer flounder 

from federally permitted vessels that 

land in New York for the remainder of 

the calendar year, or until additional 

quota becomes available through a 

transfer from another state. 

Classification 

This action is required by 50 CFR part 

648 and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

The Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries, NOAA, finds good cause 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive 

prior notice and the opportunity for 

public comment because it would be 

contrary to the public interest. This 

action closes the commercial summer 

flounder fishery for New York until 

January 1, 2025, under current 

regulations. The regulations at 50 CFR 

648.103(b) require such action to ensure 

that summer flounder vessels do not 

exceed quotas allocated to the states. If 

implementation of this closure was 

delayed to solicit prior public comment, 

the quota for this fishing year will be 

exceeded, thereby undermining the 

conservation objectives of the Summer 

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 

Fishery Management Plan. The 

Assistant Administrator further finds, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), good 

cause to waive the 30-day delayed 

effectiveness period for the reason 

stated above. 

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

Dated: December 18, 2024. 

Kelly Denit, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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