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Channel 249A and adding Channel 

249C3 at Burlington; by removing 

Channel 250C and adding Channel 

250C0 at Wichita; and by removing 

Channel 285A and adding Channel 

284C1 at Ness City. 

■ 9. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Kentucky, is amended 

by removing Channel 293A and adding 

Channel 294A at Williamstown. 

■ 10. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Missouri, is amended 

by removing Channel 253A and adding 

Channel 253C3 at Windsor. 

■ 11. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Montana, is amended 

by removing Channel 222C and adding 

Channel 222C0 at Miles City. 

■ 12. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Nebraska, is amended 

by removing Channel 257C2 and adding 

Channel 257C1 at Overton. 

■ 13. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Nevada, is amended 

by removing Channel 292C1 and adding 

Channel 292C at Lovelock. 

■ 14. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under New Mexico, is 

amended by removing Channel 279C 

and adding Channel 279C0 at Grants. 

■ 15. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Oregon, is amended 

by removing Channel 260C and adding 

Channel 260C0 at Albany; by removing 

Channel 225A and adding Channel 

225C3 at Coos Bay; and by removing 

Channel 227C and adding Channel 

227C0 at Springfield-Eugene. 

■ 16. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under South Dakota, is 

amended by removing Channel 228A 

and adding Channel 229C3 at Pine 

Ridge. 

■ 17. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Texas, is amended by 

removing Channel 263A and adding 

Channel 263C3 at Center; removing 

Channel 234C and adding Channel 

234C0 at Luling; removing Channel 

254C and adding Channel 254C0 at San 

Angelo; and removing Channel 247C 

and adding Channel 247C0 at San 

Antonio. 

■ 18. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Utah, is amended by 

removing Channel 275C2 and adding 

Channel 276C at Hurricane. 

■ 19. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Virginia, is amended 

by removing Channel 237B1 and adding 

Channel 237B at Colonial Heights. 

■ 20. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Wisconsin, is 

amended by removing Channel 276A 

and adding Channel 276C3 at Crandon. 

■ 21. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Wyoming, is amended 

by removing Channel 229A and adding 

Channel 229c3 at Cheyenne. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media 

Bureau. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 041110317–4364–02; I.D. 

092805B] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

Commercial Quota Harvested for 

Massachusetts 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

2005 summer flounder commercial 

quota available to Massachusetts has 

been projected to have been harvested. 

To maintain consistency between state 

and Federal waters, NMFS is 

announcing the closure of summer 

flounder in Federal waters to coincide 

with the closure announced by the 

Massachusetts Division of Marine 

Fisheries (MA DMF). Vessels issued a 

commercial Federal fisheries permit for 

the summer flounder fishery may not 

land summer flounder in Massachusetts 

for the remainder of calendar year 2005, 

unless additional quota becomes 

available through a transfer. Regulations 

governing the summer flounder fishery 

require publication of this notification 

to advise Massachusetts of the closure 

and to advise vessel permit holders and 

dealer permit holders that no 

commercial quota is available for 

landing summer flounder in 

Massachusetts. 

DATES: Effective 0001 hours, November 

18, 2005, through 2400 hours, December 

31, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Ruccio, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are found at 50 CFR 

part 648. The regulations require annual 

specification of a commercial quota that 

is apportioned on a percentage basis 

among the coastal states from North 

Carolina through Maine. The process to 

set the annual commercial quota and the 

percent allocated to each state is 

described in § 648.100. 

The initial total commercial quota for 

summer flounder for the 2005 calendar 

year was set equal to 18,180,002 lb 

(8,246,395 kg) (70 FR 303, January 4, 

2005). The percent allocated to vessels 

landing summer flounder in 

Massachusetts is 6.82046 percent, 

resulting in a commercial quota of 

1,239,960 lb (562,442 kg). However, the 

2005 allocation to Massachusetts was 

reduced to 1,177,554 lb (534,130 kg) due 

to research set-aside and 2004 quota 

overages. The states of North Carolina, 

New Jersey, and Rhode Island and the 

Commonwealth of Virginia have 

transferred a total of 53,176 lb (24,121 

kg) to Massachusetts in accordance with 

the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission (ASMFC) Addendum XV to 

the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black 

Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP), bringing the total quota to 

1,230,730 lb (558,259 kg). 

Section 648.101(b) requires the 

Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS 

(Regional Administrator) to monitor 

state commercial quotas and to 

determine when a state’s commercial 

quota has been harvested. NMFS then 

publishes a notification in the Federal 

Register to advise the state and to notify 

Federal vessel and dealer permit holders 

that, effective upon a specific date, the 

state’s commercial quota has been 

harvested and no commercial quota is 

available for landing summer flounder 

in that state. In consultation with the 

MA DMF, the Regional Administrator 

has determined, based upon dealer 

reports and other available information, 

that Massachusetts has harvested its 

quota for 2005. Furthermore, this 

closure action in Federal waters is 

necessary to coordinate with the closure 

announced for state waters by the MA 

DMF to maintain consistency in the 

fishery. 

The regulations at § 648.4(b) provide 

that Federal permit holders agree, as a 

condition of the permit, not to land 

summer flounder in any state that the 

Regional Administrator has determined 

no longer has commercial quota 

available. Therefore, effective 0001 

hours, November 18, 2005, further 

landings of summer flounder in 

Massachusetts by vessels holding 

summer flounder commercial Federal 

fisheries permits are prohibited for the 

remainder of the 2005 calendar year, 

unless additional quota becomes 

available through a transfer and is 

announced in the Federal Register. 

Effective 0001 hours, November 18, 

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2005, federally permitted dealers may 

not purchase summer flounder from 

federally permitted vessels that land in 

Massachusetts for the remainder of the 

calendar year, or until additional quota 

becomes available through a transfer. 

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: November 17, 2005. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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