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PART 493—LABORATORY 

REQUIREMENTS 

■ 8. The authority citation for part 493 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 263a, 1302, 1395x(e), 

the sentence following 1395x(s)(11) through 

1395x(s)(16). 

■ 9. Section 493.553 is amended by 

adding paragraph (e) to read as follows: 

§ 493.553 Approval process (application 

and reapplication) for accreditation 

organizations and State licensure 

programs. 

* * * * * 

(e) Change of ownership. An 

accrediting organization that wishes to 

undergo a change of ownership is 

subject to the requirements set out at 

§ 488.5(f) of this chapter. 

Dated: April 25, 2022. 

Xavier Becerra, 

Secretary, Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 220425–0104] 

RIN 0648–BK43 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; West 

Coast Salmon Fisheries; Federal 

Salmon Regulations for Overfished 

Species Rebuilding Plans 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is revising regulations 

that implement the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) Pacific 

Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). This action removes a rebuilding 

plan for Sacramento River fall-run 

Chinook salmon (SRFC) from regulation, 

as this stock has been rebuilt and is no 

longer required to be managed under a 

rebuilding plan; and updates language 

to reflect the 2013 merger of NMFS’ 

Northwest Region (NWR) and 

Southwest Region (SWR), which created 

NMFS’ West Coast Region (WCR). 

DATES: Effective May 31, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shannon Penna, Fishery Management 

Specialist, at 562–676–2148, or 

Shannon.Penna@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations at 50 CFR part 660, subpart 

H implement the management of West 

Coast salmon fisheries under the FMP in 

the exclusive economic zone (3 to 200 

nautical miles (5.6–370.4 kilometers)) 

off the coasts of the states of 

Washington, Oregon, and California. 

In 2018, NMFS determined that SRFC 

was overfished under the MagnusonStevens Fishery and Conservation 

Management Act (MSA). The Council 

developed a rebuilding plan for SRFC, 

which it transmitted to NMFS on 

August 14, 2019. The Council 

recommended as the rebuilding plan the 

existing control rule for SRFC, which is 

described in the FMP and referenced in 

codified regulation at 50 CFR 

660.410(c). The Council determined that 

the existing control rule met the MSA 

requirement to rebuild the stock as 

quickly as possible, taking into account 

the status and biology of any overfished 

stock and the needs of fishing 

communities (50 CFR 600.310(j)(3)(i)). 

NMFS approved and implemented the 

Council’s recommended rebuilding plan 

for SRFC through rulemaking. 50 CFR 

660.413(b), (85 FR 75920; November 27, 

2020). 

In 2021, NMFS determined that SRFC 

met the criteria in the FMP for being 

rebuilt and notified the Council (Letter 

from Barry A. Thom, NMFS West Coast 

Regional Administrator, to Charles A. 

Tracy, Pacific Fishery Management 

Council Executive Director, dated July 

23, 2021). As the stock is rebuilt, it is 

no longer required to be managed under 

a rebuilding plan and the SRFC 

rebuilding plan should be removed from 

regulation to avoid confusion regarding 

the stock’s status. Additionally, 

removing the SRFC rebuilding plan 

from regulation will avoid confusion 

should NMFS make a future 

determination that the SRFC stock is 

overfished again, in which case the 

MSA requires the Council to prepare 

and implement a rebuilding plan within 

two years of that determination (50 CFR 

600.310(j)(2)(ii)). Leaving the current 

rebuilding plan in regulation could be 

confused as being the default rebuilding 

plan for SRFC, which is the intention of 

neither the Council nor of NMFS. 

Therefore, to avoid confusion, it is 

necessary to remove the existing SRFC 

rebuilding plan from regulation. 

Because the rebuilding plan adopted the 

existing harvest control rule for SRFC 

described in the Pacific Coast Salmon 

Fishery Management Plan, removing the 

rebuilding plan from regulation will not 

change the management of salmon 

fisheries that affect SRFC. NMFS 

determined that a 15-day comment 

period for the proposed rule was 

appropriate to allow adequate time for 

public comment while also allowing for 

the final rule to be in effect prior to the 

annual preseason management process 

for the 2022 ocean salmon fisheries, 

thereby avoiding confusion about the 

status of SRFC prior to the fishing 

season. 

In 2013, NMFS implemented a 

realignment that merged the NWR and 

SWR to create the WCR. This change 

was made in order to more effectively 

manage resources, decision-making, and 

policy from a holistic West Coast 

perspective. NMFS is revising the 

regulations at 50 CFR 660, subpart H, to 

reflect the 2013 merger of NMFS’ NWR 

and SWR by replacing mentions of NWR 

and SWR with WCR, and by replacing 

mention of the Northwest and 

Southwest Regional Administrators 

with West Coast Regional 

Administrator. 

Public Comment 

No comments were received during 

the public comment period. 

Classification 

NMFS is issuing this rule pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the MSA. The reason 

for using this regulatory authority is: 

Pursuant to section 305(d) of the MSA 

section, this action is necessary to carry 

out administrative actions, because it 

will revise outdated regulations. 

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for purposes of 

Executive Order 12866. 

The Chief Counsel for Regulation of 

the Department of Commerce certified 

to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 

Small Business Administration during 

the proposed rule stage that this action 

would not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. The factual basis for the 

certification was published in the 

proposed rule and is not repeated here. 

No comments were received regarding 

this certification. As a result, a 

regulatory flexibility analysis was not 

required and none was prepared. 

This Final rule contains no 

information collection requirements 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660 

Fisheries, Fishing, and Recording and 

reporting requirements. 

Dated: April 25, 2022. 

Samuel D. Rauch, III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, NMFS amends 50 CFR part 

660 as follows: 


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PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST 

COAST STATES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 660 

continues to read as follows: 

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

773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq. 

■ 2. In § 660.402, revise the definition of 

‘‘Regional Administrator’’ to read as 

follows: 

§ 660.402 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Regional Administrator means the 

Administrator, West Coast Region, 

NMFS. 

* * * * * 

§ 660.408 [Amended] 

■ 3. In § 660.408, paragraph (m), 

footnote 2, remove ‘‘Director, 

Southwest’’ and add in its place ‘‘West 

Coast’’. 

■ 4. In § 660.411, revise paragraph (c) to 

read as follows: 

§ 660.411 Notification and publication 

procedures. 

* * * * * 

(c) Availability of data. The Regional 

Administrator will compile in aggregate 

form all data and other information 

relevant to the action being taken and 

will make them available for public 

review upon request. Contact 

information will be published annually 

in the Federal Register, posted on the 

NMFS website, and announced on the 

telephone hotline. 

■ 5. In § 660.413; 

■ a. Remove and reserve paragraph (b); 

and 

■ b. Revise Figure 1 to § 660.413. 

§ 660.413 Overfished species rebuilding 

plans. 

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