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annually on or before June 30, is 1/100 

times the difference between the values 

of the Employment Cost Index compiled 

by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. 

Department of Labor, for total 

compensation for private industry 

workers in professional, scientific, and 

technical services, for the following 

periods: 

(1) The fourth quarter of the Calendar 

Year ending 6 months before the 

beginning of the Fund Year; and 

(2) The fourth quarter of the preceding 

Calendar Year. 

(e) In addition to LFY, an IP Relay 

provider shall be paid a per-minute 

exogenous cost adjustment if claims for 

exogenous cost recovery are submitted 

by the provider and approved by the 

Commission on or before June 30. Such 

exogenous cost adjustment shall equal 

the amount of such approved claims 

divided by the provider’s projected 

minutes for the Fund Year. Exogenous 

cost adjustments, if any, are not 

included in the previous Fund Year’s 

per-minute Compensation Level (LFY–1) 

for purposes of paragraph (c) of this 

section. 

(f) An exogenous cost adjustment 

shall be paid if an IP Relay provider 

incurs well-documented costs that: 

(1) Belong to a category of costs that 

the Commission has deemed allowable; 

(2) Result from new TRS requirements 

or other causes beyond the provider’s 

control; 

(3) Are new costs that were not 

factored into the applicable 

compensation formula; and 

(4) If unrecovered, would cause a 

provider’s current allowable-expensesplus-operating margin to exceed its 

revenues. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 220216–0049; RTID 0648– 

XC174] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch 

in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf 

of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the 

West Yakutat District of the Gulf of 

Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary 

to prevent exceeding the 2022 total 

allowable catch of Pacific ocean perch 

in the West Yakutat District of the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska 

local time (A.l.t.), July 13, 2022, through 

2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Whitney, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

GOA exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of 

Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Regulations governing 

fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance 

with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 

CFR parts 600 and 679. 

The 2022 total allowable catch (TAC) 

of Pacific ocean perch in the West 

Yakutat District of the GOA is 1,409 

metric tons (mt) as established by the 

final 2022 and 2023 harvest 

specifications for groundfish of the GOA 

(87 FR 11599, March 2, 2022). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Administrator, Alaska Region, 

NMFS (Regional Administrator), has 

determined that the 2022 TAC of Pacific 

ocean perch in the West Yakutat District 

of the GOA will soon be reached. 

Therefore, the Regional Administrator is 

establishing a directed fishing 

allowance of 1,309 mt, and is setting 

aside the remaining 100 mt as bycatch 

to support other anticipated groundfish 

fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch 

in the West Yakutat District of the GOA. 

While this closure is effective the 

maximum retainable amounts at 

§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time 

during a trip. 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

part 679, which was issued pursuant to 

section 304(b), 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 

would be impracticable and contrary to 

the public interest, as it would prevent 

NMFS from responding to the most 

recent fisheries data in a timely fashion 

and would delay the closure of directed 

fishing of Pacific ocean perch in the 

West Yakutat district of the GOA. NMFS 

was unable to publish a notice 

providing time for public comment 

because the most recent, relevant data 

only became available as of July 12, 

2022. 

The Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries, NOAA also finds good cause 

to waive the 30-day delay in the 

effective date of this action under 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(3). This finding is based 

upon the reasons provided above for 

waiver of prior notice and opportunity 

for public comment. 

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

Dated: July 13, 2022. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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