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require a Statement of Energy Effects 

under Executive Order 13211. 

Technical Standards 

The National Technology Transfer 

and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15 

U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use 

voluntary consensus standards in their 

regulatory activities unless the agency 

provides Congress, through the Office of 

Management and Budget, with an 

explanation of why using these 

standards would be inconsistent with 

applicable law or otherwise impractical. 

Voluntary consensus standards are 

technical standards (e.g., specifications 

of materials, performance, design, or 

operation; test methods; sampling 

procedures; and related management 

systems practices) that are developed or 

adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. 

This rule does not use technical 

standards. Therefore, we did not 

consider the use of voluntary consensus 

standards. 

Environment 

We have analyzed this rule under 

Commandant Instruction M16475.lD, 

and Department of Homeland Security 

Management Directive 5100.1, which 

guides the Coast Guard in complying 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–

4370f), and have concluded that there 

are no factors in this case that would 

limit the use of a categorical exclusion 

under section 2.B.2 of the Instruction. 

Therefore, this rule is categorically 

excluded, under figure 2–1, paragraph 

(32)(e), of the Instruction, from further 

environmental documentation. Under 

figure 2–1, paragraph (32)(e), of the 

Instruction, an ‘‘Environmental Analysis 

Check List’’ and a ‘‘Categorical 

Exclusion Determination’’ are not 

required for this rule. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117 

Bridges. 

■ For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 

CFR part 117 as follows: 

PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE 

OPERATION REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 117 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; Department of 

Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1; 33 

CFR 1.05–1(g); § 117.255 also issued under 

the authority of Pub. L. 102–587, 106 Stat. 

5039. 

■ 2. Add Section 117.T293 to read as 

follows: 

§ 117.T293 Indian Creek. 

(a) The Drawspan of the 63rd Street 

Drawbridge, mile 4.0 across Indian 

Creek, Miami-Dade County, Florida will 

open a single-leaf on the hour from 8 

a.m. to 5:59 p.m. and a double-leaf on 

the hour from 6 p.m. to 12:10 a.m. This 

Drawbridge will be closed to navigation 

at all other times. 

(b) Effective date: This temporary rule 

is effective until June 19, 2007. 

Dated: February 1, 2007. 

D.W. Kunkel, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Seventh Coast Guard District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 060216044–6044–01; I.D. 

020807B] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical 

Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; modification of 

a closure; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is opening directed 

fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 

610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 48 

hours. This action is necessary to fully 

use the A season allowance of the 2007 

total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock 

specified for Statistical Area 610 of the 

GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), February 8, 2007, through 

1200 hrs, A.l.t., February 10, 2007. 

Comments must be received at the 

following address no later than 4:30 

p.m., A.l.t., February 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sue 

Salveson, Assistant Regional 

Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries 

Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, Attn: 

Ellen Sebastian. Comments may be 

submitted by: 

• Mail to: P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 

99802; 

• Hand delivery to the Federal 

Building, 709 West 9th Street, Room 

420A, Juneau, Alaska; 

• Fax to 907–586–7557; 

• E-mail to open610pollock@noaa.gov 

and include in the subject line of the email comment the document identifier: 

‘‘g61plkro2’’ (E-mail comments, with or 

without attachments, are limited to 5 

megabytes); or 

• Webform at the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Hogan, 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 part 600 and 50 CFR part 679. 

NMFS closed the directed fishery for 

pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the 

GOA under § 679.20(d)(1)(iii) on 

January 22, 2007 (72 FR 2462, January 

19, 2007). The fishery was subsequently 

reopened on February 5, 2007 and 

closed on February 7, 2007. The action 

filed with the Office of the Federal 

Register on February 5, 2007, and will 

publish February 9, 2007. 

NMFS has determined that 

approximately 2,455 mt of pollock 

remain in the directed fishing 

allowance. Therefore, in accordance 

with § 679.25(a)(1)(i), (a)(2)(i)(C), and 

(a)(2)(iii)(D), and to fully utilize the A 

season allowance of the 2007 TAC of 

pollock in Statistical Area 610, NMFS is 

terminating the previous closure and is 

reopening directed fishing for pollock in 

Statistical Area 610 of the GOA. In 

accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the 

Regional Administrator finds that this 

directed fishing allowance will be 

reached after 48 hours. Consequently, 

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for 

pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the 

GOA effective 1200 hrs, A.l.t., February 

10, 2007. 

Classification 

This action responds to the best 

available information recently obtained 

from the fishery. The Assistant 

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA 

(AA), finds good cause to waive the 

requirement to provide prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment 

pursuant to the authority set forth at 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest. This requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest as it would prevent NMFS from 

responding to the most recent fisheries 

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delay the opening of pollock in 

Statistical Area 610 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 February 7, 

2007. 

The AA 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. 

Without this inseason adjustment, 

NMFS could not allow the fishery for 

pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the 

GOA to be harvested in an expedient 

manner and in accordance with the 

regulatory schedule. Under 

§ 679.25(c)(2), interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

this action to the above address until 

February 23, 2007. 

This action is required by § 679.25 

and § 679.20 and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: February 8, 2007. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–638 Filed 2–8–07; 2:13 pm] 

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