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have the right to request a reweigh at no 

charge. 

7. Confirm with your mover the types of 

payment acceptable prior to the delivery of 

your shipment. 

8. Consider requesting arbitration to settle 

disputed claims with your mover. 

9. You should know if the company you 

are dealing with is a household goods motor 

carrier (mover) or household goods broker, 

and if they are registered with FMCSA. Go 

to www.protectyourmove.gov for this 

information. 

10. Do not sign the delivery receipt if it 

contains any language releasing or 

discharging your mover or its agents from 

liability. Strike out such language before 

signing, or refuse delivery if the mover 

refuses to provide a proper delivery receipt. 

Issued under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.87. 

Robin Hutcheson, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 140818679–5356–02; RTID 

0648–XB963] 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish 

Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 2022 

Red Snapper Recreational For-Hire 

Fishing Season in the Gulf of Mexico 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the 2022 

recreational fishing season for the 

Federal charter vessel/headboat (forhire) component for red snapper in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the 

Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) through this 

temporary rule. The red snapper 

recreational for-hire component in the 

Gulf EEZ opens on June 1, 2022, and 

will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on 

August 19, 2022. This closure is 

necessary to prevent the Federal for-hire 

component from exceeding its quota 

and to prevent overfishing of the Gulf 

red snapper resource. 

DATES: The closure is effective at 12:01 

a.m., local time, on August 19, 2022, 

until 12:01 a.m., local time, on January 

1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Luers, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, telephone: 727–551–5719, email: 

daniel.luers@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

reef fish fishery, which includes red 

snapper, is managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the Reef Fish 

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP). 

The FMP was prepared by the Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Council 

and is implemented by NMFS under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 40 to the FMP established 

two components within the recreational 

sector fishing for Gulf red snapper: the 

private angling component, and the 

Federal for-hire component (80 FR 

22422, April 22, 2015). Amendment 40 

also allocated the red snapper 

recreational ACL (recreational quota) 

between the components and 

established separate seasonal closures 

for the two components. The Federal 

for-hire component’s red snapper 

annual catch target (ACT) is 9 percent 

below the for-hire component quota (85 

FR 9684, February 20, 2020; 50 CFR 

622.41(q)(2)(iii)(B)). 

The red snapper for-hire component 

seasonal closure is projected from the 

component ACT. Projecting the for-hire 

component’s seasonal closure using the 

ACT reduces the likelihood of the 

harvest exceeding the component quota 

and the total recreational quota. 

All weights described in this 

temporary rule are in round weight. 

The Federal for-hire component 2022 

ACT for red snapper in the Gulf EEZ is 

2.848 million lb (1.292 million kg) (50 

CFR 622.41(q)(2)(iii)(B)). 

The 2022 Federal Gulf red snapper 

for-hire fishing season has been 

determined to be 79 days based on 

NMFS’ projection of the date landings 

are expected to reach the component 

ACT. For details about the calculation of 

the projection for 2022, see https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/ 

sustainable-fisheries/gulf-mexicorecreational-red-snapper-management. 

Therefore, the 2022 recreational season 

for the Federal for-hire component will 

begin at 12:01 a.m., local time, on June 

1, 2022, and close at 12:01 a.m., local 

time, on August 19, 2022. 

On and after the effective date of the 

Federal for-hire component closure, the 

bag and possession limits for red 

snapper for Federal for-hire vessels are 

zero. When the Federal for-hire 

component is closed, these bag and 

possession limits apply in the Gulf on 

board a vessel for which a valid Federal 

for-hire permit for Gulf reef fish has 

been issued, without regard to where 

such species were harvested, i.e., in 

state or Federal waters. In addition, a 

person aboard a vessel that has been 

issued a charter vessel/headboat permit 

for Gulf reef fish any time during the 

fishing year may not harvest or possess 

red snapper in or from the Gulf EEZ 

when the Federal charter vessel/ 

headboat component is closed. 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.41(q)(2)(i) and (ii), which was 

issued pursuant to section 304(b) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, and is exempt 

from review under Executive Order 

12866. 

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

is good cause to waive prior notice and 

an opportunity for public comment on 

this action, as notice and comment is 

unnecessary and contrary to the public 

interest. 

Such procedures are unnecessary 

because the rule implementing the 

recreational red snapper quotas and 

ACTs, and the rule implementing the 

requirement to close the for-hire 

component when its ACT is projected to 

be reached have already been subject to 

notice and comment, and all that 

remains is to notify the public of the 

closure. Such procedures are contrary to 

the public interest because many forhire operations book trips for clients in 

advance and require as much notice as 

NMFS is able to provide to adjust their 

business plans to account for the fishing 

season. 

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

Dated: April 20, 2022. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08810 Filed 4–25–22; 8:45 am] 

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