Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 106 / Friday, June 1, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 29729

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[FR Doc. 01–13811 Filed 5–31–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 001121328–1041–02; I.D.

052501E]

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Scup Fishery; Commercial

Quota Harvested for Summer Period

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Commercial quota harvest.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the

scup commercial quota available in the

Summer period to the coastal states

from Maine to North Carolina has been

harvested. Federally permitted

commercial vessels may not land scup

in these states for the remainder of the

2001 Summer quota period (through

October 31, 2001). Regulations

governing the scup fishery require

publication of this notification to advise

the coastal states from Maine through

North Carolina that the quota has been

harvested and to advise Federal vessel

permit holders and Federal dealer

permit holders.

DATES: Effective 0001 hrs local time,

June 1, 2001, through 2400 hrs local

time, October 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer L. Anderson, Fishery

Management Specialist, (978) 281–9226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations governing the scup fishery

are found at 50 CFR part 648. The

regulations require annual specification

of a commercial quota that is allocated

into three quota periods. The Summer

commercial quota (May through

October) is distributed to the coastal

states from Maine through North

Carolina. The process to set the annual

commercial quota and the seasonal

allocation is described in § 648.120.

The total commercial quota for scup

for the 2001 calendar year was set at

4,444,600 lb (2,016,037 kg)(66 FR 12902;

March 1, 2001). The Summer period

quota was initially set at 1,731,172 lb

(785,246 kg). As specified in § 648.120,

landings in excess of the commercial

quota in the 2000 Summer period were

deducted from the Summer period

allocation this year, resulting in a final

Summer quota allocation of 1,147,861 lb

(520,661 kg).

Section 648.121 requires the

Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS

(Regional Administrator) to monitor the

commercial scup quota for each quota

period and, based upon dealer reports,

state data, and other available

information, to determine when the

commercial quota has been harvested.

NMFS is required to publish

notification in the Federal Register

advising and notifying federally

permitted commercial vessels and

federally permitted dealers that,

effective upon a specific date, the scup

commercial quota has been harvested.

The Regional Administrator has

determined, based upon dealer reports

and other available information, that the

scup commercial quota for the 2001

Summer period has been harvested.

The regulations at § 648.4(b) provide

that Federal scup moratorium permit

holders agree as a condition of the

permit not to land scup in any state after

NMFS has published a notification in

the Federal Register stating that the

commercial quota for the period has

been harvested and that no commercial

quota for scup is available. Therefore,

effective 0001 hours, June 1, 2001,

further landings of scup by vessels

holding Federal scup moratorium

permits are prohibited through October

31, 2001. The Winter II period for

commercial scup harvest will open on

November 1, 2001. Effective 0001 hours,

June 1, 2001, federally permitted dealers

are also advised that they may not

purchase scup from federally permitted

vessels that land in coastal states from

Maine through North Carolina for the

remainder of the Summer period

(through October 31, 2001).

Classification

This action is required by 50 CFR part

648 and is exempt from review under

Executive Order 12866.

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

Dated: May 25, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 001030303–1127–02; I.D.

091800E]

RIN 0648–AO41

Fisheries off West Coast States and in

the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast

Groundfish Fishery; Amendment 13

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of

approval of an amendment to a fishery

management plan.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule to

implement Amendment 13 to the Pacific

Coast Groundfish Fishery Management

Plan (FMP). This final rule implements

Amendment 13 by establishing an

increased utilization program for

catcher/processor and mother ships in

the at-sea whiting fisheries which carry

multiple observers for at least 90

percent of the fishing days during a

cumulative trip limit period, by revising

the regulatory provisions for the routine

management measures process, and by

removing regulatory references to

limited entry permit endorsements other

than the ‘‘A’’ endorsement.

DATES: This rule is effective July 2,

2001, except for § 660.323 (a)(3)(vi)

which is effective June 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of Amendment 13 to

the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP and

the environmental assessment/

regulatory impact review (EA/RIR) are

available from Donald McIsaac,

Executive Director, Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

Send comments regarding the reporting

burden estimate or any other aspect of

the collection-of-information

requirements in this final rule,

including suggestions for reducing the

burden, to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB), Washington, D.C.

20503 (ATTN: NOAA Desk Officer).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Yvonne deReynier or Becky Renko at:

phone, 206–526–6140; fax, 206–526–

6736, and e-mail,

yvonne.dereynier@noaa.gov or

becky.renko@noaa.gov; or Svein

Fougner at: phone, 562–980–4000; fax,

562–980–4047; and e-mail,

svein.fougner@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: