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West Virginia, requesting the 

substitution of channel 33 for channel 5 

at Weston in the Table of Allotments. 

For the reasons set forth in the Report 

and Order referenced below, the Bureau 

amends Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC or Commission) 

regulations to substitute channel 33 for 

channel 5 at Weston. 

DATES: Effective May 19, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647 or Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed rule was published at 87 FR 

16155 on March 22, 2022. The 

Petitioner filed comments in support of 

the petition reaffirming its commitment 

to apply for channel 33. No other 

comments were filed. 

The Commission has recognized the 

negative effects manmade noise has on 

the reception of digital very high 

frequency (VHF) signals, and that the 

propagation characteristics of these 

channels allow undesired signals and 

noise to be receivable at relatively 

farther distances compared to ultra high 

frequency (UHF) channels, and nearby 

electrical devices can cause 

interference. While 388,223 persons are 

predicted to lose service using a contour 

analysis, all but 4,142 persons will 

continue to receive CBS service from 

other stations in the region or continue 

to be well served by five or more 

television services. Moreover, a terrainlimited analysis using the Commission’s 

TVStudy software demonstrates that 

only 498 persons would no longer 

receive CBS network programming or 

receive service from five or more full 

power television services, a number the 

Commission considers de minimis. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Report and Order, MB 

Docket No. 22–112; RM–11919; DA 22– 

524, adopted May 12, 2022, and 

released May 12, 2022. The full text of 

this document is available for download 

at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202– 

418–0432 (tty). 

This document does not contain 

information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition, 

therefore, it does not contain any 

proposed information collection burden 

‘‘for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees,’’ pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601– 

612, do not apply to this proceeding. 

The Commission will send a copy of 

the Report and Order in a report to be 

sent to Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to the 

Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

Final Rule 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as 

follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 

307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339. 

■ 2. In § 73.622(j), amend the Table of 

Allotments under West Virginia by 

revising the entry for Weston to read as 

follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

West Virginia 

* * * * * 

Weston .................................... 33 

* * * * * 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 210505–0101; RTID 0648– 

XB996] 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Modification of the West Coast Salmon 

Fisheries; Inseason Actions #3 

Through #11 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Inseason modification of 2021 

management measures. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces nine 

inseason actions in the 2021 ocean 

salmon fisheries. These inseason actions 

modify the commercial ocean salmon 

fisheries in the area from the U.S./ 

Canada border to the U.S./Mexico 

border. 

DATES: The effective dates for the 

inseason actions are set out in this 

document under the heading Inseason 

Actions and the actions remain in effect 

until superseded or modified. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dana Preedeedilok at 562–980–4019, 

Email: dana.preedeedilok@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 

divided into two geographic areas: 

North of Cape Falcon (NOF) (U.S./ 


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Canada border to Cape Falcon, OR), and 

south of Cape Falcon (SOF) (Cape 

Falcon, OR, to the U.S./Mexico border). 

The actions described in this document 

affect both the NOF and SOF 

commercial salmon fishery, as set out 

under the heading Inseason Action 

below. 

Consultations with the Council 

Chairperson on these inseason actions 

occurred on April 11, 2022, and April 

22, 2022. Representatives from NMFS, 

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(ODFW), California Department of Fish 

and Wildlife (CDFW), and Council staff 

participated in the consultation on April 

11, 2022. Representatives from NMFS, 

Washington Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (WDFW), ODFW, and Council 

staff participated in the consultation on 

April 22, 2022. 

These inseason actions were 

announced on NMFS’ telephone hotline 

and U.S. Coast Guard radio broadcast on 

the date of the consultations (50 CFR 

660.411(a)(2)). 

Inseason Actions 

Reason and Authorization for Inseason 

Actions #3–#9 

The fisheries affected by the inseason 

actions described below were 

authorized in the final rule for 2021 

annual management measures for ocean 

salmon fisheries (86 FR 26425, May 14, 

2021). At its April 7–13, 2022, meeting, 

the Council finalized development of its 

recommended 2022 ocean salmon 

management measures. Based on the 

Salmon Technical Team (STT) report, 

SOF ocean salmon fisheries will be 

constrained in 2022 by the abundance 

forecast for Klamath River fall-run 

Chinook salmon (KRFC), which was 

determined by NMFS in 2018 to be 

overfished under the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (MSA), and the natural component 

of the lower Columbia River fall-run 

Chinook salmon species. The forecast of 

potential spawner abundance is derived 

from the ocean abundance forecasts, 

ocean natural mortality rates, agespecific maturation rates, stray rates, 

and the proportion of escapement 

expected to spawn in natural areas. To 

reduce the impacts on KRFC, NMFS 

took seven inseason actions concurrent 

with the April Council meeting to 

restrict some fisheries that were 

previously scheduled to open prior to 

May 16, 2022 (86 FR 26425, May 14, 

2021). 

The NMFS West Coast Regional 

Administrator (RA) considered the 

abundance forecasts for Chinook salmon 

stocks and the impacts on the ocean 

salmon fisheries, as modeled by the 

STT, and determined that the inseason 

actions, described below, were 

necessary to meet management and 

conservations goals set preseason. These 

inseason actions modify fishing seasons 

under 50 CFR 660.409(b)(1)(i). 

Inseason Action #3 

Description of the action: Inseason 

action #3 modifies the commercial 

ocean salmon fishery from Cape Falcon, 

OR, to the Heceta Bank Line, OR 

(latitude 43°58′00′′ N). This fishery, 

which did not have a closing date in the 

2021 management measures, will close 

at 11:59 p.m. on May 15, 2022. 

Effective date: Inseason action #3 took 

effect on April 11, 2022, and remains in 

effect until superseded. 

Inseason Action #4 

Description of the action: Inseason 

action #4 modifies the commercial 

salmon troll fishery in the area from the 

Heceta Bank Line, OR, to Humbug 

Mountain, OR. This action supersedes 

inseason action #1 (87 FR 24882, April 

27, 2022). Under inseason action #4, 

this fishery, which opened at 12:01 a.m., 

May 1, 2022, closes at 11:59 p.m., May 

15, 2022. 

Effective date: Inseason action #4 took 

effect on April 11, 2022, and remains in 

effect until superseded. 

Inseason Action #5 

Description of the action: Inseason 

action #5 modifies the commercial 

salmon troll fishery in the area from 

Humbug Mountain, OR to the Oregon/ 

California border (Oregon Klamath 

Management Zone). This fishery, which 

did not have a closing date in the 2021 

management measures, closes at 11:59 

p.m. on April 30, 2022. 

Effective date: Inseason action #5 took 

effect on April 11, 2022, and remains in 

effect until superseded. 

Inseason Action #6 

Description of the action: Inseason 

action #6 modified the commercial 

ocean salmon fishery from the Oregon/ 

California border to Humboldt South 

Jetty. This fishery, which was 

previously scheduled to open May 1, 

2022, is closed. 

Effective date: Inseason action #6 took 

effect on April 11, 2022, and remains in 

effect until superseded. 

Inseason Action #7 

Description of the action: Inseason 

action #7 modifies the commercial 

ocean salmon fishery from the area 

between latitude 40°10′ N and Point 

Arena, CA (Fort Bragg management 

area). This fishery, which was 

previously scheduled to open April 16, 

2022, is closed. 

Effective date: Inseason action #7 took 

effect on April 11, 2022, and remains in 

effect until superseded. 

Inseason Action #8 

Description of the action: Inseason 

action #8 modifies the commercial 

ocean salmon fishery in the area from 

Point Arena, CA, to Pigeon Point, CA 

(San Francisco management area). This 

fishery, which was previously 

scheduled to open May 1, 2022, is 

closed. 

Effective date: Inseason action #8 took 

effect on April 11, 2022, and remains in 

effect until superseded. 

Inseason Action #9 

Description of the action: Inseason 

action #9 modifies the commercial 

ocean salmon fishery in the area from 

Pigeon Point, CA, to the U.S./Mexico 

Border (Monterey management area), 

which was previously scheduled to 

open May 1, 2022, with no closing date. 

This fishery is now scheduled to open 

May 1–5, 2022, and May 10–15, 2022. 

All fish caught in this area must be 

landed within 24 hours of any closure 

of the fishery and must be landed south 

of Point Arena, CA. 

Effective date: Inseason action #9 took 

effect on April 11, 2022, and remains in 

effect until superseded. 

Reason and Authorization for Inseason 

Actions #10–#11 

The 2021 annual management 

measures for ocean salmon fisheries (86 

FR 26425, May 14, 2021) established a 

May–June commercial salmon fishery 

that included NOF subarea quotas that 

were based on information available at 

the time the 2021 management measures 

were adopted. The 2021 management 

measures allow for inseason action to 

adjust fisheries scheduled to occur from 

March 15, 2022, through May 15, 2022, 

in response to new information on 

salmon stock abundance forecasts and 

northern salmon fisheries impacts, to 

keep fisheries impacts within 

management objectives and consistent 

with conservation needs. 

Improved salmon stock forecasts in 

2022 will provide NOF salmon fisheries 

with more total allowable catch (TAC) 

than in 2021. The Council has adopted 

and transmitted to NMFS its 

recommended 2022 management 

measures which take into account this 

new information. The increased TAC 

provides for higher quotas and landing 

limits in the May–June commercial 

salmon fishery NOF in 2022 than in 

2021. 

The RA considered the abundance 

forecasts for Chinook salmon stocks and 

the impacts on the ocean salmon 


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fisheries, as modeled by the STT, and 

determined that the inseason actions, 

described below, were necessary to meet 

management and conservations goals set 

preseason. These inseason actions 

modify fishing quotas and limited 

retention regulations authorized under 

50 CFR 660.409(b)(1)(i) and (ii). 

Inseason Action #10 

Description of the action: Inseason 

action #10 modifies the quota and 

subarea catch limits for the commercial 

salmon troll fishery from the U.S./ 

Canada border to Cape Falcon, OR. 

Salmon caught in the NOF commercial 

salmon fisheries, May 1–15, 2022, will 

count against the overall 2022 May–June 

NOF and subarea quotas. The May–June 

NOF commercial salmon fishery quota 

is increased from 15,375 Chinook 

salmon set in 2021, to 18,000 Chinook 

salmon in 2022, no more than 6,040 of 

which may be caught in the area 

between the U.S/Canada border and the 

Queets River, and no more than 4,840 of 

which may be caught in the area 

between Leadbetter Point and Cape 

Falcon. 

Effective date: Inseason action #10 

took effect on April 22, 2022, and 

remains in effect until superseded. 

Inseason Action #11 

Description of the action: Inseason 

action #11 modifies the Chinook salmon 

landing and possession limit for the 

commercial ocean salmon troll fishery 

that opens May 1, 2022, from the U.S/ 

Canada border to Queets River and from 

Leadbetter Point to Cape Falcon from 75 

Chinook salmon per vessel per week 

(Thursday through Wednesday) to 80 

Chinook salmon per vessel per landing 

week (Thursday through Wednesday). 

Effective date: Inseason action #11 

took effect on April 22, 2022, and 

remains in effect until superseded. 

All other restrictions and regulations 

remain in effect as announced for the 

2021 ocean salmon fisheries (86 FR 

26425, May 14, 2021), as modified by 

previous inseason action (86 FR 34161, 

June 29, 2021; 86 FR 37249, July 15, 

2021; 86 FR 40182, July 28, 2021; 86 FR 

43967, August 11, 2021; 86 FR 48343, 

August 30, 2021; 86 FR 54407, October 

1, 2021; 86 FR 64082, November 17, 

2021; 87 FR 24882, April 27, 2022). 

The RA determined that these 

inseason actions were warranted based 

on the best available information on 

Pacific salmon abundance forecasts, 

landings to date, anticipated fishery 

effort and projected catch, and the other 

factors and considerations set forth in 

50 CFR 660.409. The states manage the 

fisheries in state waters adjacent to the 

areas of the U.S. exclusive economic 

zone (3–200 nautical miles (5.6–370.4 

kilometers) off the coasts of the states of 

Washington, Oregon, and California) 

consistent with these Federal actions. 

As provided by the inseason notice 

procedures at 50 CFR 660.411, actual 

notice of the described regulatory action 

was given, prior to the time the action 

was effective, by telephone hotline 

numbers 206–526–6667 and 800–662– 

9825, and by U.S. Coast Guard Notice to 

Mariners broadcasts on Channel 16 

VHF–FM and 2182 kHz. 

Classification 

NMFS issues these actions pursuant 

to section 305(d) of the MSA. These 

actions are authorized by 50 CFR 

660.409, which was issued pursuant to 

section 304(b) of the MSA, and is 

exempt from review under Executive 

Order 12866. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), 

there is good cause to waive prior notice 

and an opportunity for public comment 

on this action, as notice and comment 

would be impracticable and contrary to 

the public interest. Prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment on this 

action was impracticable because NMFS 

had insufficient time to provide for 

prior notice and the opportunity for 

public comment between the time 

Chinook salmon abundance, catch, and 

effort information were developed and 

fisheries impacts were calculated, and 

the time the fishery modifications had 

to be implemented in order to ensure 

that fisheries are managed based on the 

best scientific information available and 

that fishery participants can take 

advantage of the additional fishing 

opportunity these changes provide. As 

previously noted, actual notice of the 

regulatory actions was provided to 

fishers through telephone hotline and 

radio notification. These actions comply 

with the requirements of the annual 

management measures for ocean salmon 

fisheries (86 FR 26425, May 14, 2021), 

the Fishery Management Plan (FMP), 

and regulations implementing the FMP 

under 50 CFR 660.409 and 660.411. 

There is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in 

effective date, as a delay in effectiveness 

of this action would restrict fishing at 

levels inconsistent with the goals of the 

FMP and the current management 

measures. 

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

Dated: May 12, 2022. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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