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five day written notice requirement in

favor of a written report within fifteen

days.

(xi) Notifications and submissions

made under paragraph (b)(18) of this

section shall be sent to the Regional

Assistant Administrator for the Office of

Partnerships and Regulatory Assistance,

U.S. EPA, Region 8 and the Executive

Secretary of the Utah Solid and

Hazardous Waste Control Board.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 68

[CC Docket No. 99–216, FCC 00–400]

2000 Biennial Regulatory Review of

Adopting Technical Criteria and

Approving Terminal Equipment

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of

effective date.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission (Commission) amended its

rules governing the connection of

terminal equipment to the public

switched telephone network to

streamline the standards development

and approval processes. These rules

contained information collection

requirements that became effective on

May 9, 2001.

DATES: Effective May 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Magnotti, (202) 418–2320 (voice),

smagnotti@fcc.gov, or Dennis Johnson,

(202) 418–2320 (voice),

dcjohnso@fcc.gov, of the Network

Services Division, Common Carrier

Bureau. The TTY number is (202) 418–

0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 21, 2000, the Commission

adopted the Part 68 Streamlining Order

which amended the Commission’s rules

governing the connection of terminal

equipment to the public switched

telephone network in an effort to

privatize and streamline the standards

development and approval processes; a

summary of the order was published in

the Federal Register. 66 FR 7579

(January 24, 2001). Some of the

regulations adopted in that order

included information collection that

required approval from the Office of

Management and Budget. The order

explained that ‘‘[t]he collections of

information contained within are

contingent upon approval by the OMB.

The Commission will publish a

document at a later date establishing the

effective date.’’ OMB approved the

amendments to 47 CFR 68.106–68.610

that establish those reporting

requirements. See OMB No. 3060–0056.

Accordingly, these regulations will

become effective upon publication of

this document in the Federal Register.

This document constitutes publication

of the effective date of the regulations.

We note that the information collection

requirements in § 68.105, as adopted in

the Part 68 Streamlining Order, were

originally established in a separate

proceeding as part of the definition of

the term ‘‘demarcation point’’ in 47 CFR

68.3 (1999). 15 FCC Rcd 22983 (2000).

Therefore, that rule will become

effective upon OMB approval in the

Competitive Networks proceeding.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 68

Communications common carriers,

Terminal equipment, Part 68, Technical

criteria.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 010208032–1109–02;

I.D.121200L]

RIN 0648–AM47

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Final 2001 Specifications for

the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery;

Regulatory Amendment

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Final 2001 specifications for

the Atlantic bluefish fishery; regulatory

amendment.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues 2001

specifications for the Atlantic bluefish

fishery, including total allowable

harvest levels (TAL), state-by-state

commercial quotas, and recreational

harvest limits and possession limits for

Atlantic bluefish off the east coast of the

United States. NMFS also amends the

regulations implementing the Fishery

Management Plan for Atlantic Bluefish

(FMP) to insert an inadvertently omitted

paragraph in the procedure for annually

setting TAL. This action is necessary to

conserve and manage the bluefish

resource and is intended to provide for

sustainable fisheries.

DATES: The 2001 TAL, commercial

quotas, and recreational harvest limits

are effective May 9, 2001 through

December 31, 2001.

The amendment to § 648.160 is

effective June 8, 2001.

The amendment to § 648.164 is

effective May 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of supporting

documents, including the

Environmental Assessment, Regulatory

Impact Review, Pre Regulatory

Economic Evaluation (EA/RIR/PREE),

and the Essential Fish Habitat

Assessment are available from: Patricia

A. Kurkul, Regional Administrator,

Northeast Region, National Marine

Fisheries Service, One Blackburn Drive,

Gloucester, MA 01930–2298. The EA/

RIR/PREE are accessible via the Internet

at http:/www.nero.gov/ro/doc/nr.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Myles Raizin, Fishery Policy Analyst,

(978) 281-9104, e-mail at

Myles.A.Raizin@noaa.gov, fax at (978)

281–9135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS

implemented the FMP through

regulations at 50 CFR part 648, subparts

A and J. Section 648.160 requires

annual specifications. The FMP, as

adopted by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) requires

that the Council recommend, on an

annual basis, TAL, which is composed

of a commercial quota and a recreational

harvest limit. NMFS published a

proposed rule to establish the 2001

bluefish specifications and insert an

inadvertently omitted paragraph into §

648.160 at 66 FR 10983, February 21,

2001, with a comment period ending

March 23, 2001.

Final Specifications

2001 TAL

The FMP requires that the TAL for

any given year be set based on the

fishing mortality rate (F) resulting from

the stock rebuilding schedule contained

in Amendment 1 to the FMP (F=0.41 for

2001) or on the estimated F for the

fishing year preceding the Council

submission of the recommended

specifications, whichever F is lower.

The 1999 bluefish fishery data were the

most recent data that were complete

when the specification process began for

the 2001 bluefish fishery. Because the

1999 fishery produced an F of only

0.295 (equals a 33 percent exploitation

rate for the bluefish fishery), the TAL is

set to maintain this F in 2001.