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§ 236.1006(b)(4) or (5), shall submit the 

information required under paragraphs 

(h)(1) and (2) of this section to each 

applicable host railroad on a continuous 

basis. 

(5) Any railroad operating a PTC 

system classified under FRA Type 

Approval Nos. FRA–TA–2010–001 or 

FRA–TA–2013–003 must begin 

submitting the metric required under 

paragraph (h)(1)(iv) of this section not 

later than January 31, 2023. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Amitabha Bose, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 210505–0101; RTID 0648– 

XB216] 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Modification of the West Coast 

Commercial Salmon Fisheries; 

Inseason Action #19–#21 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Inseason modification of 2021 

management measures. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces three 

inseason actions in the 2021 ocean 

salmon fisheries. These inseason actions 

modify the commercial salmon troll 

fisheries in the area from the U.S./ 

Canada border to the U.S./Mexico 

border. 

DATES: The effective dates for the 

inseason actions are set out in this 

document under the heading Inseason 

Actions, and remain in effect until 

superseded or modified. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shannon Penna at 562–676–2148, 

Email: Shannon.penna@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In the 2021 annual management 

measures for ocean salmon fisheries (86 

FR 26425, May 14, 2021), NMFS 

announced management measures for 

the commercial and recreational 

fisheries in the area from the U.S./ 

Canada border to the U.S./Mexico 

border, effective from 0001 hours Pacific 

Daylight Time (PDT), May 16, 2021, 

until the effective date of the 2022 

management measures, as published in 

the Federal Register. NMFS is 

authorized to implement inseason 

management actions to modify fishing 

seasons and quotas as necessary to 

provide fishing opportunity while 

meeting management objectives for the 

affected species (50 CFR 660.409). 

Inseason actions in the salmon fishery 

may be taken directly by NMFS (50 CFR 

660.409(a)—Fixed inseason 

management provisions) or upon 

consultation with the Chairman of the 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

(Council) and the appropriate State 

Directors (50 CFR 660.409(b)—Flexible 

inseason management provisions). 

Management of the salmon fisheries is 

generally divided into two geographic 

areas: North of Cape Falcon (NOF) 

(U.S./Canada border to Cape Falcon, 

OR), and south of Cape Falcon (SOF) 

(Cape Falcon, OR, to the U.S./Mexico 

border). The actions described in this 

document affected both the NOF and 

SOF commercial salmon troll fishery as 

set out under the heading Inseason 

Actions. 

Consultation on these inseason 

actions occurred on June 25, 2021. 

Representatives from NMFS, 

Washington Department of Fish and 

Wildlife, Oregon Department of Fish 

and Wildlife, California Department of 

Fish and Wildlife, and Council staff 

participated in the consultation. 

These inseason actions were 

announced on NMFS’ telephone hotline 

and U.S. Coast Guard radio broadcast on 

June 28, 2021 (50 CFR 660.411(a)(2)). 

Inseason Actions 

Inseason Action #19 

Description of the action: Retention of 

halibut caught incidental to the 

commercial salmon troll fishery (U.S./ 

Canada border to U.S./Mexico border) is 

extended past June 30, 2021, and 

remains in effect until superseded. 

Effective date: Inseason action #19 

took effect on July 1, 2021, and remains 

in effect until superseded. 

Reason and authorization: The 2021 

salmon management measures (86 FR 

26425, May 14, 2021) authorize the 

retention of Pacific halibut caught 

incidental to the commercial salmon 

troll fishery in 2021 during April, May, 

and June, and after June 30, 2021, if 

quota remains and announced on the 

NMFS telephone hotline for salmon 

fisheries. The 2021 incidental Pacific 

halibut quota for the commercial salmon 

troll fishery is 45,198 pounds (head off) 

(20,501 Kilograms (kg)). Landings 

reported by the states, through June 25, 

2021, totaled 5,170 pounds (head off) 

(2,345 kg), leaving 88.6 percent of the 

quota unharvested. 

The NMFS West Coast Region 

Regional Administrator (RA) considered 

the landed catch of Pacific halibut to 

date and the amount of quota remaining, 

and determined that this inseason 

action was necessary to meet 

management goals set preseason. 

Inseason modification of the species 

that may be caught and landed during 

specific seasons is authorized by 50 CFR 

660.409(b)(1)(ii). 

Inseason Action #20 

Description of the action: The July 

2021 quota for the commercial salmon 

troll fishery from Humbug Mountain, 

OR, to the Oregon/California border 

(Oregon Klamath Management Zone 

(KMZ)) is increased from 200 Chinook 

salmon to 216 Chinook salmon through 

an impact-neutral rollover of unused 

quota from the June commercial salmon 

troll fishery in the same area. 

Effective date: Inseason action #20 

took effect on July 1, 2021, and remains 

in effect until superseded. 

Reason and authorization: The 2021 

commercial salmon troll fishery in the 

Oregon KMZ includes two quota 

managed seasons: June (300 Chinook 

salmon) and July (200 Chinook salmon) 

(86 FR 26425, May 14, 2021). The first 

quota season opened on June 1, 2021, 

and closed on June 16, 2021 (86 FR 

34161, June 29, 2021) to prevent 

exceeding the 300 Chinook salmon 

quota. After the closure, 24 Chinook 

salmon remained uncaught. The annual 

management measures (86 FR 26425, 

May 14, 2021) provide that any 

remaining portion of Chinook salmon 

quotas in this fishery may be transferred 

inseason on an impact neutral basis to 

the next open quota period. The 

Council’s Salmon Technical Team 

calculated the impact neutral transfer of 

24 Chinook salmon from the June 

season to the July season would result 

in adding 16 Chinook salmon to the July 

quota, resulting in an adjusted July 

quota of 216 Chinook salmon. This 

quota transfer is impact neutral for 

spawning escapement goals for Klamath 

River fall-run Chinook salmon (KRFC), 

and Sacramento River fall-run Chinook 

salmon stocks and for KRFC age-4 ocean 

harvest rate limits. The quota transfer 

also preserves 50/50 KRFC harvest 

sharing between non-tribal and Klamath 

River tribal fisheries. This action did not 

increase overall 2021 Chinook salmon 

quota in the SOF commercial salmon 

troll fishery. 

The NMFS West Coast Region RA 

considered the landings of Chinook 

salmon in the SOF commercial salmon 

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as well as anticipated under the 

proposal, and the Chinook salmon quota 

remaining and determined that this 

inseason action was necessary to meet 

management and conservation 

objectives. Inseason modification of 

quotas is authorized by 50 CFR 

660.409(b)(1)(i). 

Inseason Action #21 

Description of the action: The landing 

and possession limit in the commercial 

salmon troll fishery in the Oregon KMZ 

is reduced from 20 Chinook salmon to 

10 Chinook salmon per vessel per 

landing week (Thursday–Wednesday). 

Effective date: Inseason action #21 

took effect on July 1, 2021, and remains 

in effect until superseded. 

Reason and authorization: The 2021 

annual management measures (86 FR 

26425, May 14, 2021) for the 

commercial salmon troll fishery in the 

Oregon KMZ included a weekly landing 

and possession limit of 20 Chinook 

salmon per vessel per landing week 

(Thursday–Wednesday) from June 1, 

2021 to July 31, 2021. Fishing effort and 

catch rates in June resulted in NMFS 

taking inseason action to avoid 

exceeding the June quota in the Oregon 

KMZ (86 FR 37249, July 15, 2021). In 

consideration of the smaller quota in 

July and anticipated fishing effort, the 

State of Oregon proposed reducing the 

weekly landing limit for July from 20 

Chinook salmon to 10 Chinook salmon 

per vessel per landing week (Thursday– 

Wednesday). 

The NMFS West Coast Region RA 

considered the landings of Chinook 

salmon in the SOF commercial salmon 

fishery, fishery effort occurring to date 

as well as anticipated under the 

proposal, and the Chinook salmon quota 

remaining and determined that this 

inseason action was necessary to meet 

management and conservation 

objectives. Inseason modification of 

fishing seasons is authorized by 50 CFR 

660.409(b)(1)(i). 

All other restrictions and regulations 

remain in effect as announced for the 

2021 ocean salmon fisheries (86 FR 

26425, May 14, 2021), as modified by 

previous inseason action (86 FR 34161, 

June 29, 2021; 86 FR 37249, July 15, 

2021). 

The NMFS West Coast Region RA 

determined that these inseason actions 

were warranted based on the best 

available information on Pacific salmon 

abundance forecasts and anticipated 

fishery effort. The states manage the 

fisheries in state waters adjacent to the 

areas of the U.S. exclusive economic 

zone consistent with these Federal 

actions. As provided by the inseason 

notice procedures at 50 CFR 660.411, 

actual notice of the described regulatory 

action was given, prior to the time the 

action was effective, by telephone 

hotline numbers 206–526–6667 and 

800–662–9825, and by U.S. Coast Guard 

Notice to Mariners broadcasts on 

Channel 16 VHF–FM and 2182 kHz. 

Classification 

NMFS issues these actions pursuant 

to section 305(d) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. These actions are 

authorized by 50 CFR 660.409, which 

was issued pursuant to section 304(b) of 

the MSA, and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), 

there is good cause to waive prior notice 

and an opportunity for public comment 

on these actions, as notice and comment 

would be impracticable and contrary to 

the public interest. Prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment on 

these actions was impracticable because 

NMFS had insufficient time to provide 

for prior notice and the opportunity for 

public comment between the time 

Pacific halibut and Chinook salmon 

abundance, catch, and effort 

information was developed and 

fisheries impacts were calculated, and 

the time the fishery modifications had 

to be implemented in order to ensure 

that fisheries are managed based on the 

best scientific information available. As 

previously noted, actual notice of the 

regulatory action was provided to 

fishers through telephone hotline and 

radio notification. This action complies 

with the requirements of the annual 

management measures for ocean salmon 

fisheries (86 FR 26425, May 14, 2021), 

the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP), and 

regulations implementing the FMP 

under 50 CFR 660.409 and 660.411. 

There is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in 

effective date, as a delay in effectiveness 

of these actions would allow fishing at 

levels inconsistent with the goals of the 

FMP and the current management 

measures. 

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

Dated: July 22, 2021. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15940 Filed 7–26–21; 8:45 am] 

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