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this part, no longer needs to carry on his 

or her person the medical examiner’s 

certificate specified at § 391.43(h). 

(ii) Beginning on July 8, 2015, and 

through June 22, 2025, a driver required 

to have a commercial learner’s permit 

under part 383 of this chapter, and who 

submitted a current medical examiner’s 

certificate to the State in accordance 

with § 383.71(h) of this chapter 

documenting that he or she meets the 

physical qualification requirements of 

this part, no longer needs to carry on his 

or her person the medical examiner’s 

certificate specified at § 391.43(h), or a 

copy for more than 15 days after the 

date it was issued as valid proof of 

medical certification. 

* * * * * 

■ 9. Amend § 391.43 by revising 

paragraphs (g)(2) and (3) to read as 

follows: 

§ 391.43 Medical examination; certificate 

of physical examination. 

* * * * * 

(g) * * * 

(2)(i) Before June 23, 2025, if the 

medical examiner finds that the person 

examined is physically qualified to 

operate a commercial motor vehicle in 

accordance with § 391.41(b), he or she 

must complete a certificate in the form 

prescribed in paragraph (h) of this 

section and furnish the original to the 

person who was examined. The 

examiner must provide a copy to a 

prospective or current employing motor 

carrier who requests it. 

(ii) On or after June 23, 2025, if the 

medical examiner identifies that the 

person examined will not be operating 

a commercial motor vehicle that 

requires a commercial driver’s license or 

a commercial learner’s permit and finds 

that the driver is physically qualified to 

operate a commercial motor vehicle in 

accordance with § 391.41(b), he or she 

must complete a certificate in the form 

prescribed in paragraph (h) of this 

section and furnish the original to the 

person who was examined. The 

examiner must provide a copy to a 

prospective or current employing motor 

carrier who requests it. 

(3) On or after June 23, 2025, if the 

medical examiner finds that the person 

examined is not physically qualified to 

operate a commercial motor vehicle in 

accordance with § 391.41(b), he or she 

must inform the person examined that 

he or she is not physically qualified, 

and that this information will be 

reported to FMCSA. All medical 

examiner’s certificates previously issued 

to the person are not valid and no longer 

satisfy the requirements of § 391.41(a). 

* * * * * 

■ 10. Amend § 391.45 by revising 

paragraph (g) to read as follows: 

§ 391.45 Persons who must be medically 

examined and certified. 

* * * * * 

(g) On or after June 23, 2025, any 

person found by a medical examiner not 

to be physically qualified to operate a 

commercial motor vehicle under the 

provisions of paragraph (g)(3) of 

§ 391.43. 

■ 11. Amend § 391.51 by revising 

paragraphs (b)(7)(ii) and (b)(9)(ii) to read 

as follows: 

§ 391.51 General requirements for driver 

qualification files. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(7) * * * 

(ii) For CDL holders, beginning 

January 30, 2012, if the CDLIS motor 

vehicle record contains medical 

certification status information, the 

motor carrier employer must meet this 

requirement by obtaining the CDLIS 

motor vehicle record defined at 

§ 384.105 of this chapter. That record 

must be obtained from the current 

licensing State and placed in the driver 

qualification file. After January 30, 

2015, a non-excepted, interstate CDL 

holder without medical certification 

status information on the CDLIS motor 

vehicle record is designated ‘‘notcertified’’ to operate a CMV in interstate 

commerce. After January 30, 2015, and 

through June 22, 2025, a motor carrier 

may use a copy of the driver’s current 

medical examiner’s certificate that was 

submitted to the State for up to 15 days 

from the date it was issued as proof of 

medical certification. 

* * * * * 

(9) * * * 

(ii) Through June 22, 2025, for drivers 

required to have a CDL, a note relating 

to verification of medical examiner 

listing on the National Registry of 

Certified Medical Examiners required by 

§ 391.23(m)(2). 

* * * * * 

Issued under authority delegated in 

49 CFR 1.87. 

Meera Joshi, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[RTID 0648–XB117] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

Quota Transfers From NC to MA and 

VA to NJ 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notification of quota transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of North Carolina and the 

Commonwealth of Virginia are 

transferring a portion of their 2021 

commercial summer flounder quota to 

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

and to the State of New Jersey, 

respectively. This adjustment to the 

2021 fishing year quota is necessary to 

comply with the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan quota transfer 

provisions. This announcement informs 

the public of the revised 2021 

commercial quotas for North Carolina, 

Massachusetts, Virginia, and New 

Jersey. 

DATES: Effective June 21, 2021 through 

December 31, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Hansen, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9225. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are found in 50 CFR 

648.100 through 648.110. These 

regulations require annual specification 

of a commercial quota that is 

apportioned 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 and final 

2021 allocations were published on 

December 21, 2020 (85 FR 82946). 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP), as 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), 

provided a mechanism for transferring 

summer flounder 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 transfer or combine summer 

flounder commercial quota under 

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Administrator is required to consider 

three criteria in the evaluation of 

requests for quota transfers or 

combinations: The transfer or 

combinations would not preclude the 

overall annual quota from being fully 

harvested; the transfer addresses an 

unforeseen variation or contingency in 

the fishery; and the transfer is consistent 

with the objectives of the FMP and the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. The 

Regional Administrator has determined 

these three criteria have been met for 

the transfer approved in this 

notification. 

North Carolina is transferring 9,980 lb 

(4,527 kg) to Massachusetts and Virginia 

is transferring 9,800 lb (4,445 kg) to New 

Jersey through mutual agreement of the 

states. These transfers were requested to 

repay landings made by out-of-state 

permitted vessels under safe harbor 

agreements. The revised summer 

flounder quotas for 2021 are: North 

Carolina, 2,974,923 lb (1,349,402 kg); 

Massachusetts, 1,025,159 lb (465,004 

kg); Virginia, 2,389,776 lb (210,922 kg); 

and, New Jersey, 1,970,862 lb (893,968 

kg). 

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

Dated: June 16, 2021. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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