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voluntary consensus standards. This 

rule does not involve ‘‘technical 

standards’’ as defined by the NTTAA. 

Therefore, EPA is not considering the 

use of any voluntary consensus 

standards. 

10. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions to Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and Low 

Income Populations 

To the greatest extent practicable and 

permitted by law, and consistent with 

the principles set forth in the report on 

the National Performance Review, each 

Federal agency must make achieving 

environmental justice part of its mission 

by identifying and addressing, as 

appropriate, disproportionately high 

and adverse human health and 

environmental effects of its programs, 

policies, and activities on minority 

populations and low-income 

populations in the United States and its 

territories and possessions, the District 

of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of 

the Mariana Islands. Because this rule 

addresses authorizing pre-existing State 

rules and there are no anticipated 

significant adverse human health or 

environmental effects, the rule is not 

subject to Executive Order 12898. 

11. Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996, generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report, which includes a 

copy of the rule, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. EPA will submit a 

report containing this rule and other 

required information to the U.S. Senate, 

the U.S. House of Representatives, and 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States prior to publication of the rule in 

the Federal Register. A major rule 

cannot take effect until 60 days after it 

is published in the Federal Register. 

This action is not a ‘‘major rule’’ as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This rule 

will be effective on the date the rule is 

published in the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 271 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Confidential business information, 

Hazardous waste, Hazardous waste 

transportation, Indian lands, 

Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Authority: This action is issued under the 

authority of Sections 2002(a), 3006 and 

7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act as 

amended 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, 6974(b). 

Dated: February 12, 2007. 

Julie Hagensen, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

[FR Doc. E7–3207 Filed 2–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 061020273–7001–03; I.D. 

013107C] 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

Quota Transfer 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason quota 

transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of North Carolina is transferring 

3,914 lb (1,775 kg) of commercial 

summer flounder quota to the State of 

New Jersey from its 2007 quota. Bythis 

action, NMFS adjusts the quotas and 

announces the revised commercial 

quota for each state involved. 

DATES: Effective February 21, 2007 

through December 31, 2007, unless 

NMFS publishes a superseding 

document in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Potts, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9341, FAX (978) 

281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery arefound at 50 CFR part 

648. The regulations require annual 

specification of a commercial quota that 

is apportioned among the coastal states 

from North Carolina through Maine. The 

process toset the annual commercial 

quota and the percent allocated to each 

state are described in § 648.100. 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan, which was published 

on December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), 

provided a mechanism for summer 

flounder quota to be transferred from 

one state to another. Two or more states, 

under mutual agreement and with the 

concurrence of the Administrator, 

Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional 

Administrator), can transfer or combine 

summer floundercommercial quota 

under § 648.100(d). The Regional 

Administrator is required to consider 

the criteria set forth in § 648.100(d)(3) in 

the evaluation of requests for quota 

transfers or combinations. 

North Carolina has agreed to transfer 

3,914 lb (1,775 kg) of its 2007 

commercial quota to New Jersey to 

cover landings of a North Carolina 

vessel granted safe harbor in New Jersey 

aftersuffering damage as a result of 

rough seas. The Regional Administrator 

has determined that the criteria set forth 

in § 648.100(d)(3) have been met. The 

revised quotas for calendar year 2007 

are: North Carolina, 2,749,866 lb 

(1,247,318 kg); and New Jersey, 

1,682,017 lb (762,950 kg). 

Classification 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

part 648 and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: February 20, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–862 Filed 2–21–07; 2:26 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 060906236–7028–02; I.D. 

083006B] 

RIN 0648–AU83 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Method For Measuring Net 

Mesh Size 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: NMFS amends the regulations 

governing how fishing net mesh size is 

measured in the Northeast. This change 

will increase the weight used to 

measure mesh at or larger than 120 mm 

in all fisheries. The intent of this rule is 

to ensure consistent and accurate 

measurements of fishing net mesh size. 

DATES: Effective May 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Potts, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9341, FAX (978) 

281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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