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Dated: July 30, 2021. 

Cheryl Newton, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, EPA amends title 40 CFR part 

52 as follows: 

PART 52—APPROVAL AND 

PROMULGATION OF 

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 52 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

■ 2. In § 52.1870, the table in paragraph 

(e) is amended under the heading 

‘‘Infrastructure Requirements’’ by 

adding an entry for ‘‘Section 110(a)(2) 

Infrastructure Requirements for the 2015 

ozone NAAQS’’ immediately after the 

entry for ‘‘Section 110(a)(2) 

infrastructure requirements for the 2012 

PM2.5 NAAQS’’ to read as follows: 

§ 52.1870 Identification of plan. 

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(e) * * * 

EPA-APPROVED OHIO NONREGULATORY AND QUASI-REGULATORY PROVISIONS

Title 

Applicable 

geographical or 

non-attainment 

area 

State date EPA approval Comments 

*******

Infrastructure Requirements 

*******

Section 110(a)(2)(D) infrastructure requirements for 

the 2015 ozone NAAQS.

Statewide ............................... 9/28/2018 8/11/2021, [INSERT Federal 

Register CITATION].

Approved CAA elements: 

110(a)(2)(A), (B), (C), (D), 

(E), (F), (G), (H), (J), (K), 

(L), and (M). We are not 

taking action on (D)(i)(II), 

prongs one and two. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0113; FRL–8751–01– 

OCSPP] 

Florasulam; Pesticide Tolerances 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes a 

tolerance with regional registrations for 

residues of florasulam in or on grass, 

forage, fodder and hay, group 17. The 

Interregional Project Number 4 (IR–4) 

requested these tolerances under the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). 

DATES: This regulation is effective 

August 11, 2021. 

Objections and requests for hearings 

must be received on or before October 

12, 2021, and must be filed in 

accordance with the instructions 

provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also 

Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION). 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0113, is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov 

or at the Office of Pesticide Programs 

Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket) 

in the Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001. The Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. 

Due to the public health emergency, 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and 

Reading Room is closed to visitors with 

limited exceptions. The staff continues 

to provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC 

services and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marietta Echeverria, Acting Director, 

Registration Division (7505P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

main telephone number: (703) 305– 

7090; email address: RDFRNotices@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

B. How can I get electronic access to 

other related information? 

You may access a frequently updated 

electronic version of EPA’s tolerance 

regulations at 40 CFR part 180 through 

the Government Publishing Office’s eCFR site at http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/ 

text-idx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/ 

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C. How can I file an objection or hearing 

request? 

Under FFDCA section 408(g), 21 

U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an 

objection to any aspect of this regulation 

and may also request a hearing on those 

objections. You must file your objection 

or request a hearing on this regulation 

in accordance with the instructions 

provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure 

proper receipt by EPA, you must 

identify docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2020–0113 in the subject line on 

the first page of your submission. All 

objections and requests for a hearing 

must be in writing and must be received 

by the Hearing Clerk on or before 

October 12, 2021. Addresses for mail 

and hand delivery of objections and 

hearing requests are provided in 40 CFR 

178.25(b). 

In addition to filing an objection or 

hearing request with the Hearing Clerk 

as described in 40 CFR part 178, please 

submit a copy of the filing (excluding 

any Confidential Business Information 

(CBI)) for inclusion in the public docket. 

Information not marked confidential 

pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be 

disclosed publicly by EPA without prior 

notice. Submit the non-CBI copy of your 

objection or hearing request, identified 

by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2020–0113, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be CBI or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at https://

www.epa.gov/dockets/where-sendcomments-epa-dockets. Additional 

instructions on commenting or visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. Summary of Petitioned-For 

Tolerance 

In the Federal Register of June 24, 

2020 (85 FR 37806) (FRL–10010–82) 

and in the Federal Register of August 5, 

2020 (85 FR 47330) (FRL–10012–32), 

EPA issued a document pursuant to 

FFDCA section 408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 

346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a 

pesticide petition (PP 0E8821) by IR–4, 

Rutgers, the State University of New 

Jersey, 500 College Road East, Suite 

201W, Princeton, NJ 08540. These 

petitions requested that 40 CFR 180.633 

be amended by establishing tolerances 

with regional registrations for residues 

of the herbicide florasulam, N-(2, 6- 

difluorophenyl)-8-fluoro-5-methoxy (1, 

2, 4) triazole (1, 5-c)pyrimidine-2- 

sulfonamide, in or on grass, forage at 

0.01 parts per million (ppm); and grass, 

hay at 0.02 ppm. Those documents 

referenced a summary of the petition 

prepared by Corteva Agriscience, the 

registrant, which is available in the 

docket, https://www.regulations.gov/ 

document/EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0113- 

0003. There were no comments received 

in response to these notices of filings. 

EPA is establishing a tolerance for the 

crop group rather than separate 

tolerances for forage and hay. The 

reason for this change is explained in 

Unit IV.C. 

III. Aggregate Risk Assessment and 

Determination of Safety 

Section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of FFDCA 

allows EPA to establish a tolerance (the 

legal limit for a pesticide chemical 

residue in or on a food) only if EPA 

determines that the tolerance is ‘‘safe.’’ 

Section 408(b)(2)(A)(ii) of FFDCA 

defines ‘‘safe’’ to mean that ‘‘there is a 

reasonable certainty that no harm will 

result from aggregate exposure to the 

pesticide chemical residue, including 

all anticipated dietary exposures and all 

other exposures for which there is 

reliable information.’’ This includes 

exposure through drinking water and in 

residential settings but does not include 

occupational exposure. Section 

408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA requires EPA to 

give special consideration to exposure 

of infants and children to the pesticide 

chemical residue in establishing a 

tolerance and to ‘‘ensure that there is a 

reasonable certainty that no harm will 

result to infants and children from 

aggregate exposure to the pesticide 

chemical residue . . . .’’ 

Consistent with FFDCA section 

408(b)(2)(D), and the factors specified in 

FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), EPA has 

reviewed the available scientific data 

and other relevant information in 

support of this action. EPA has 

sufficient data to assess the hazards of 

and to make a determination on 

aggregate exposure for florasulam 

including exposure resulting from the 

tolerances established by this action. 

EPA’s assessment of exposures and risks 

associated with florasulam follows. 

In an effort to streamline its 

publications in the Federal Register, 

EPA is not reprinting sections of the 

rule that would repeat what has been 

previously published in tolerance 

rulemakings for the same pesticide 

chemical. Where scientific information 

concerning a particular pesticide 

chemical remains unchanged, the 

content of those sections would not vary 

between tolerance rulemakings and 

republishing the same sections is 

unnecessary and duplicative. EPA 

considers referral back to those sections 

as sufficient to provide an explanation 

of the information EPA considered in 

making its safety determination for the 

new rulemaking. 

EPA has previously published a 

number of tolerance rulemakings for 

florasulam, in which EPA concluded, 

based on the available information, that 

there is a reasonable certainty that no 

harm would result from aggregate 

exposure to florasulam and established 

tolerances for residues of that chemical. 

EPA is incorporating previously 

published sections from those 

rulemakings as described further in this 

rulemaking, as they remain unchanged. 

Toxicological profile. The 

Toxicological Profile of florasulam 

remains unchanged from the 

Toxicological Profile in Unit III.A. of the 

July 25, 2018 rulemaking (83 FR 35141) 

(FRL–9979–81). Refer to that section for 

a discussion of the Toxicological Profile 

of florasulam. 

Toxicological Points of Departure/ 

Levels of Concern. The Toxicological 

Points of Departure/Levels of Concern 

used for the safety assessment remain 

unchanged from Unit III.B. of the July 

25, 2018 rulemaking. For a summary, 

refer to that discussion. 

Exposure assessment. Much of the 

exposure assessment remains the same, 

although updates have occurred to 

accommodate exposures from the 

petitioned-for tolerances. These updates 

are discussed in this section; for a 

description of the rest of the EPA 

approach to and assumptions for the 

exposure assessment, see Unit III.C. of 

the July 25, 2018 rulemaking. 

EPA’s dietary exposure assessments 

have been updated to include the 

additional exposure from the new uses 

of florasulam on grass seedlings, grasses 

grown for seed, and to add a default 

processing factor of 7.7x for oat bran 

that was previously omitted. All other 

assumptions in the exposure 

assessments for florasulam remain the 

same as in the July 25, 2018 rulemaking, 

including tolerance level residues, the 

other default processing factors, and 

100% crop treated. Additionally, the 

proposed new use restricts the feeding 

of or grazing of livestock on grass 

treated with florasulam; therefore, 40 

CFR 180.6(a)(3) continues to apply. 

Drinking water and non-occupational 

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not impacted by the new uses, and thus 

have not changed since the last 

assessment. There were no changes to 

the drinking water analysis due to the 

estimated drinking water concentrations 

(EDWC) for terrestrial applications that 

were approximately 500- to 1,200-fold 

lower than concern levels. Therefore, 

the Agency has concluded that previous 

EDWCs are adequate. 

Residential (non-occupational) 

exposures are also not impacted by the 

new uses. There are no new proposed 

residential uses for florasulam at this 

time; however, there are registered uses 

of florasulam on turfgrass, including 

residential lawns, golf courses, sports 

fields, sod farms and commercial 

turfgrass areas. Because all current 

florasulam labels with turf uses require 

handlers to wear personal protective 

equipment, EPA assumes that 

florasulam is applied by professional 

applicators, not residential 

(homeowner) applicators. Therefore, the 

current assessment does not consider 

exposure to residential handlers. This is 

different than the assessment supporting 

the July 25, 2018 rule, which relied on 

a 2009 assessment that included 

inhalation exposure to residential 

handlers. EPA’s policy has changed 

since 2009 to reflect the assumption 

described above regarding labels that 

require personal protective equipment. 

Post-application residential exposures 

were considered as part of the 

assessment. Due to lack of a dermal 

endpoint, only the incidental oral 

exposures for children 1 to less than 2 

years old from use on residential turf 

were assessed. Margins of exposure 

(MOEs) ranged from 25,000 for hand-tomouth short-term exposure to 

11,000,000 for incidental soil ingestion 

short-term exposure and were not of 

concern. More detailed information 

about the Agency’s analysis can be 

found at http://www.regulations.gov in 

the document titled ‘‘Florasulam: Draft 

Human Health Risk Assessment for 

Registration Review’’ in docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0113. 

Cumulative exposures. Section 

408(b)(2)(D)(v) of FFDCA requires that, 

when considering whether to establish, 

modify, or revoke a tolerance, the 

Agency consider ‘‘available 

information’’ concerning the cumulative 

effects of a particular pesticide’s 

residues and ‘‘other substances that 

have a common mechanism of toxicity. 

‘‘EPA’s assessment of cumulative 

exposures has not changed since the 

July 25, 2018 rulemaking. Unlike other 

pesticides for which EPA has followed 

a cumulative risk approach based on a 

common mechanism of toxicity, EPA 

has not found a common mechanism of 

toxicity as to florasulam and any other 

substances and florasulam does not 

appear to produce a toxic metabolite 

produced by other substances. For the 

purposes of this action, therefore, EPA 

has not assumed that florasulam has a 

common mechanism of toxicity with 

other substances. 

Safety Factor for Infants and 

Children. The scientific information 

underpinning EPA’s prior safety factor 

determination remains unchanged from 

the July 25, 2018 rulemaking. Therefore, 

EPA continues to conclude that there 

are reliable data to support the 

reduction of the Food Quality Protection 

Act (FQPA) safety factor. See Unit III.D. 

of the July 25, 2018 rulemaking for a 

discussion of the Agency’s rationale for 

that determination. 

Aggregate Risks and Determination of 

Safety. EPA determines whether acute 

and chronic dietary pesticide exposures 

are safe by comparing dietary exposure 

estimates to the acute population 

adjusted dose (aPAD) and the chronic 

PAD (cPAD). Short-, intermediate-, and 

chronic-term risks are evaluated by 

comparing the estimated aggregate food, 

water, and residential exposure to the 

appropriate points of departure to 

ensure that an adequate MOE exists. For 

linear cancer risks, EPA calculates the 

lifetime probability of acquiring cancer 

given the estimated aggregate exposure. 

An acute dietary risk assessment was 

not conducted as toxicological effects 

attributable to a single dose were not 

identified. Chronic dietary risks are 

below the Agency’s level of concern of 

100% of the cPAD: They are less than 

1% of the cPAD for the U.S. population 

and all population subgroups. 

Florasulam is classified as ‘‘Not Likely 

to be Carcinogenic to Humans;’’ 

therefore, a cancer dietary exposure 

analysis was not performed. 

Short-term aggregated risk included 

the incidental oral exposures and the 

average dietary exposures from food and 

drinking water sources. Short-term 

aggregated risk estimates for the most 

highly exposed child population, 

children 1 to less than 2 years old, 

results in an MOE of 17,000 and is not 

of concern because it is greater than the 

level of concern of 100. As stated in the 

July 25, 2018 rule, florasulam is not 

registered for any use patterns that 

would result in intermediate-term 

residential exposure due to the 

intermittent nature of applications. 

Because there is no intermediate-term 

residential exposure and chronic dietary 

exposure has been assessed under the 

appropriately protective cPAD, EPA 

relies on the chronic dietary risk 

assessment for evaluating intermediateterm risk for florasulam. 

Therefore, based on the risk 

assessments and information described 

above, EPA concludes there is a 

reasonable certainty that no harm will 

result to the general population, or to 

infants and children, from aggregate 

exposure to florasulam residues. More 

detailed information about the Agency’s 

analysis can be found at http://

www.regulations.gov in the document 

titled ‘‘Florasulam: Human Health Risk 

Assessment for the Proposed New Use 

on Seedlings and Grasses Grown for 

Seed’’ in docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2020–0113. 

IV. Other Considerations 

A. Analytical Enforcement Methodology 

For a discussion of the available 

analytical enforcement method, see Unit 

IV.A. of the July 25, 2018 rulemaking. 

B. International Residue Limits 

In making its tolerance decisions, EPA 

seeks to harmonize U.S. tolerances with 

international standards whenever 

possible, consistent with U.S. food 

safety standards and agricultural 

practices. EPA considers the 

international maximum residue limits 

(MRLs) established by the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), as 

required by FFDCA section 408(b)(4). 

The Codex has not established MRLs 

for residues of florasulam in/on grasses. 

C. Revisions to Petitioned-For 

Tolerances 

After the NOF was published, the 

petitioner revised their tolerance request 

to establish a tolerance for grass, forage, 

fodder and hay, group 17 at 0.02 ppm. 

The Agency determined that the residue 

data support that tolerance and 

therefore is establishing the tolerance 

for the crop group. 

V. Conclusion 

Therefore, regional tolerances are 

established for residues of florasulam, 

N-(2, 6-difluorophenyl)-8-fluoro-5- 

methoxy (1, 2, 4) triazole (1, 5- 

c)pyrimidine-2-sulfonamide, in or on 

grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17 

at 0.02 ppm. 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This action establishes a tolerance 

under FFDCA section 408(d) in 

response to a petition submitted to the 

Agency. The Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) has exempted these types 

of actions from review under Executive 

Order 12866, entitled ‘‘Regulatory 

Planning and Review’’ (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993). Because this action 

has been exempted from review under 

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not subject to Executive Order 13211, 

entitled ‘‘Actions Concerning 

Regulations That Significantly Affect 

Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use’’ (66 

FR 28355, May 22, 2001), or to 

Executive Order 13045, entitled 

‘‘Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risks’’ (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997). 

This action does not contain any 

information collections subject to OMB 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq.), nor does it require any special 

considerations under Executive Order 

12898, entitled ‘‘Federal Actions to 

Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations’’ (59 FR 7629, February 16, 

1994). 

Since tolerances and exemptions that 

are established on the basis of a petition 

under FFDCA section 408(d), such as 

the tolerance in this final rule, do not 

require the issuance of a proposed rule, 

the requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et 

seq.), do not apply. 

This action directly regulates growers, 

food processors, food handlers, and food 

retailers, not States or Tribes, nor does 

this action alter the relationships or 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities established by Congress 

in the preemption provisions of FFDCA 

section 408(n)(4). As such, the Agency 

has determined that this action will not 

have a substantial direct effect on States 

or Tribal Governments, on the 

relationship between the National 

Government and the States or Tribal 

Governments, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government or between 

the Federal Government and Indian 

Tribes. Thus, the Agency has 

determined that Executive Order 13132, 

entitled ‘‘Federalism’’ (64 FR 43255, 

August 10, 1999) and Executive Order 

13175, entitled ‘‘Consultation and 

Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments’’ (65 FR 67249, November 

9, 2000) do not apply to this action. In 

addition, this action does not impose 

any enforceable duty or contain any 

unfunded mandate as described under 

Title II of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act (UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 1501 et 

seq.). 

This action does not involve any 

technical standards that would require 

Agency consideration of voluntary 

consensus standards pursuant to section 

12(d) of the National Technology 

Transfer and Advancement Act 

(NTTAA) (15 U.S.C. 272 note). 

VII. Congressional Review Act 

Pursuant to the Congressional Review 

Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), EPA will 

submit a report containing this rule and 

other required information to the U.S. 

Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication of the rule in the Federal 

Register. This action is not a ‘‘major 

rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: July 29, 2021. 

Marietta Echeverria, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

Therefore, for the reasons stated in the 

preamble, EPA is amending 40 CFR 

chapter I as follows: 

PART 180—TOLERANCES AND 

EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE 

CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 180 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371. 

■ 2. In § 180.633, add paragraph (c) to 

read as follows: 

§ 180.633 Florasulam; tolerances for 

residues. 

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(c) Tolerances with regional 

registrations. Tolerances are established 

for residues of the herbicide florasulam, 

including its metabolites and 

degradates, in or on the commodities in 

table 2 to this paragraph (c). Compliance 

with the tolerance levels specified in 

table 2 is to be determined by measuring 

only florasulam, N-(2, 6- 

difluorophenyl)-8-fluoro-5-methoxy (1, 

2, 4) triazole (1, 5-c)pyrimidine-2- 

sulfonamide, in or on the commodities: 

TABLE 2 TO PARAGRAPH (c) 

Commodity Parts per 

million 

Grass, forage, fodder and 

hay, group 17 .................... 0.02 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 210505–0101; RTID 0648– 

XB274] 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Modification of the West Coast 

Commercial Salmon Fisheries; 

Inseason Actions #22, #23, and #24 

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 

modified the commercial and 

recreational salmon fisheries in the area 

from the U.S./Canada border to the 

Oregon/California border. 

DATES: The effective dates for the 

inseason actions are set out in this 

document under the heading Inseason 

Actions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shannon Penna at 562–676–2148, 

Email: Shannon.penna@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The 2021 annual management 

measures for ocean salmon fisheries (86 

FR 26425, May 14, 2021), 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 


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