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PART 952—SOLICITATION 

PROVISIONS AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

■ 15. The authority citation for part 952 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 2282a; 2282b; 

2282c; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 

et seq. 

■ 16. Section 952.247–70 is amended 

by: 

■ a. Revising the date of the clause to 

read as set forth below; and 

■ b. Removing ‘‘or its successor Official 

Foreign Travel, or any subsequent 

version of the order’’ in the clause and 

adding in its place ‘‘Official Foreign 

Travel, or its successor’’. 

The revision reads as follows: 

952.247–70 Foreign travel. 

* * * * * 

FOREIGN TRAVEL JUN 2010 

* * * * * 

PARTS 928, 931, 932, 933, 936, 937, 

941, 942, 950, 951, and 952 

[AMENDED] 

■ 17. In the table below, for each section 

indicated in the left column, remove the 

word indicated in the middle column 

from where it appears in the section, 

and add the word in the right column: 

Section Remove Add 

928.101–1 ................................................................................................ ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

928.301 .................................................................................................... ‘‘FAR Part’’ ..................................... ‘‘48 CFR part’’ 

931.102 in 2 places ................................................................................. ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

931.102 .................................................................................................... ‘‘FAR Part 31’’ ................................ ‘‘48 CFR part 31’’ 

931.205–32(a) ......................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

931.205–47(h)(1), in the Employee whistleblower action definition ....... ‘‘29 CFR Part 24,’’ ......................... ‘‘29 CFR part 24,’’ 

931.205–47(h)(1), in the Employee whistleblower action definition ....... ‘‘10 CFR Part 708’’ ........................ ‘‘10 CFR part 708’’ 

932.006–4(a) ........................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

932.803(d) ............................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

932.7004–1 in 3 places ........................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

932.7004–3(a) ......................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

933.103(k) ............................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

933.104(b) ............................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

933.104(c) ............................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

933.104(g) ............................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

933.106(a) ............................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

936.602–70(a)(8) ..................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

936.609–3 ................................................................................................ ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

936.7100 .................................................................................................. ‘‘FAR Part’’ ..................................... ‘‘48 CFR part’’ 

937.7040 .................................................................................................. ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

942.704(b) in 2 places ............................................................................ ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

942.705–1(b)(1) ....................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

950.7003(a) in the first sentence ............................................................ ‘‘(DOE)’’ .......................................... ‘‘DOE’’ 

951.102(a) ............................................................................................... ‘‘FAR Part’’ ..................................... ‘‘48 CFR part’’ 

951.102(a) ............................................................................................... ‘‘DOE PMR 41 CFR 109–26’’ ........ ‘‘DOE PMR 41 CFR 109’’ 

952.233–2 in the introductory text .......................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

952.233–4(a) ........................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

952.233–4(b) ........................................................................................... ‘‘FAR’’ ............................................. ‘‘48 CFR’’ 

952.235–71(b)(1) ..................................................................................... ‘‘warranted;’’ ................................... ‘‘warranted.’’ 

952.250–70(e)(2) ..................................................................................... ‘‘which:’’ .......................................... ‘‘which—’’ 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No.: 0910051338–0167–03] 

RIN 0648–AY29 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Northeast Multispecies 

Fishery; Revisions to Framework 

Adjustment 44 to the Northeast 

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 

and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements: 

Updated Annual Catch Limits for 

Sectors and the Common Pool for 

Fishing Year 2010 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; adjustment to 

specifications. 

SUMMARY: Based on finalized Northeast 

(NE) multispecies sector rosters 

submitted on April 30, 2010, NMFS 

announces adjustments to the NE 

multispecies fishing year (FY) 2010 

specification of annual catch limits 

(ACLs) for common pool vessels 

(common pool sub-ACLs), ACLs for 

sector vessels (sector sub-ACLs), and 

sector Annual Catch Entitlements 

(ACEs) for each of the 20 groundfish 

stocks managed under the NE 

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). This revision to catch levels is 

necessary because some vessel owners 

have chosen to drop out of sectors and 

fish in the common pool for FY 2010. 

DATES: Effective May 21, 2010 through 

April 30, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Travis Ford, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9233. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act and 

Amendment 16 to the FMP (75 FR 

18262; April 9, 2010), Framework 

Adjustment 44 (FW 44) to the FMP, 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on April 9, 2010 (75 FR 18356), 

specified catch levels for 20 NE 

groundfish stocks for FY 2010–2012. 

Catch levels were specified for various 

components of the groundfish fishery, 

including sub-ACLs for the common 

pool and sectors. These sub-ACLs were 

set based on the catch history of the 

vessels enrolled in sectors, as of January 

22, 2010. A final sector rule that also 

published on April 9, 2010, (75 FR 

18113; sector rule), approved sector 

operation plans and allocated ACE to 

sectors for FY 2010. The sector rule 

included FY 2010 sector sub-ACL 

information also reflected in FW 44, 

where the sum of the ACEs for each 

sector equals the sector sub-ACL. To 

provide increased flexibility to the 

fishing industry, NMFS allowed vessels 

that were initially enrolled in sectors for 

FY 2010 to drop out and join the 

common pool through April 30, 2010. 

Because the sector ACEs, as well as the 

sector sub-ACLs (sum of ACEs for all 

sectors) and the common pool sub-ACL 

(groundfish sub-ACL minus sector subACL), are based upon the specific 

membership of sectors, the change in 

membership between January 22, 2010, 

and May 1, 2010, requires that the sector 

ACEs, and sub-ACLs for the common 

pool and sectors, be revised. Based on 

the April 30, 2010, finalized sector 

rosters, this rule adjusts the FY 2010 

sector ACEs and sub-ACLs for common 

pool and sectors. 

The preamble of the final rule 

implementing FW 44 informed the 

public that ‘‘NMFS intends to publish a 

rule in early May 2010 to modify the 

common pool and sector sub-ACLs and 

notify the public, if these numbers 

change.’’ Through this temporary final 

rule, NMFS is specifying revised ACEs 

for all approved sectors, and revised 

sub-ACLs for common pool and sector 

vessels based on the finalized sector 

rosters. The final number of vessels 

electing to fish in sectors for FY 2010 is 

762 (reduced by 50 vessels since the 

January 22, 2010 roster). All ACE and 

sub-ACL values for sectors assume that 

each sector MRI has a valid permit for 

FY 2010. 

Tables 1, 2, and 3 contain the amount 

of ACE for each sector and stock, as a 

percentage and absolute amount (in 

metric tons and pounds), based on the 

final rosters. 

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current revised sub-ACLs based on the 

final sector rosters. 

TABLE 4—TOTAL ACLS, SUB-ACLS, AND ACL-SUBCOMPONENTS FOR FY 2010 (MT) * 

Stock Groundfish total 

Preliminary 

common pool 

sub-ACL 

Preliminary 

sector 

sub-ACL 

Revised 

common pool 

sub-ACL 

Revised 

sector 

sub-ACL 

GB cod ................................................................................... 3,430 103 3,327 128 3,302 

GOM cod ................................................................................ ** 7,240 178 4,389 240 4,327 

GB haddock ........................................................................... 40,440 202 40,238 254 40,186 

GOM haddock ........................................................................ ** 1,149 13 812 26 799 

GB yellowtail flounder ............................................................ 964 21 943 23 941 

SNE/MA yellowtail flounder ................................................... 310 63 247 75 235 

CC/GOM yellowtail flounder .................................................. 779 31 748 50 729 

American plaice ..................................................................... 2,848 71 2,777 100 2,748 

Witch flounder ........................................................................ 852 19 833 25 827 

GB winter flounder ................................................................. 1,852 26 1,826 29 1,823 

GOM winter flounder .............................................................. † 158 20 138 25 133 

SNE winter flounder ............................................................... 520 520 0 520 0 

Redfish ................................................................................... † 6,846 62 6,786 90 6,756 

White hake ............................................................................. † 2,556 44 2,522 51 2,505 

Pollock .................................................................................... 2,748 47 2,701 62 2,686 

N. window .............................................................................. 110 110 0 110 0 

S. window ............................................................................... 154 154 0 154 0 

Ocean pout ............................................................................ 239 239 0 239 0 

Halibut .................................................................................... 30 30 0 30 0 

Wolffish .................................................................................. 73 73 0 73 0 

* All sub-ACL values for sectors outlined in Table 4 assume that each sector MRI has a valid permit for FY 2010. 

** This contains the recreational sub-ACL as specified in FW 44 (75 FR 18356; April 9, 2010). 

† Changed from FW 44 Final Rule due to minor differences in calculations. 

The sub-ACLs for individual 

groundfish stocks have changed from 

between 0 mt and 62 mt. The sub-ACLs 

for stocks in sectors have decreased 

between 0.18% and 4.99%, with GOM 

cod having the largest actual decrease of 

62 mt (1.4%) and SNE/MA yellowtail 

flounder having the greatest percentage 

decrease of 4.99% (12 mt). The subACLs for stocks in the common pool 

have increased between 11% and 101%, 

with CC/GOM yellowtail flounder and 

GOM haddock having the greatest 

increases of 60% and 101%, 

respectively. Other notable increases 

include: GOM cod increasing 35% (62 

mt) and redfish increasing by 45% (28 

mt). 

FW 44 specifies incidental catch 

TACs applicable to the NE multispecies 

Special Management Programs for FY 

2010–2012, based on the ACLs, the 

FMP, and advice from the Council. 

Incidental catch TACs are specified for 

certain stocks of concern for common 

pool vessels fishing in the Special 

Management Programs, in order to limit 

the amount of catch of stocks of concern 

that can be caught under such programs. 

Since these incidental catch TACs are 

based on the sub-ACLs for the common 

pool, they have changed based on the 

revised sub-ACLs. The incidental catch 

TACs were based upon the council’s 

September 2009 Environmental 

Assessment and were not revised based 

on the January 2010 roster, so they are 

decreasing when compared with those 

of the April 9 final rule. 

TABLE 5—INCIDENTAL CATCH TACS BY STOCK FOR FY 2010–2010 (MT) 

Stock Percentage 

of sub-ACL 

Final rule 

2010 incidental catch 

TAC 

Revised 

2010 incidental catch 

TAC 

GB cod ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 3.5 2.55 

GOM cod ................................................................................................................................................. 1 3.4 2.40 

GB yellowtail flounder .............................................................................................................................. 2 0.4 0.47 

CC/GOM yellowtail flounder .................................................................................................................... 1 0.5 0.50 

SNE/MA yellowtail flounder ..................................................................................................................... 1 0.6 0.75 

American plaice ....................................................................................................................................... 5 9.2 5.00 

Witch flounder .......................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 1.23 

SNE/MA winter flounder .......................................................................................................................... 1 5.2 5.20 

GB winter flounder ................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 0.58 

White hake ............................................................................................................................................... 2 2.4 1.02 

Pollock ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.4 1.24 


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TABLE 6–INCIDENTAL CATCH TACS FOR SPECIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS BY STOCK FOR FY 2010—2012 (MT) 

Stock 

Regular B DAS program Closed area I hook gear 

haddock SAP 

Eastern U.S./Canada 

haddock SAP 

Final rule 

2010 

Revised 

2010 Final rule 

2010 

Revised 

2010 

Final rule 

2010 

Revised 

2010 

GB cod ............................................................................. 1.75 1.28 1.75 1.28 0 0 

GOM cod .......................................................................... 3.4 2.40 .................... .................... .................... ....................

GB yellowtail flounder ...................................................... 0.4 0.47 .................... .................... 0 0 

CC/GOM yellowtail flounder ............................................ 0.5 0.50 .................... .................... .................... ....................

SNE/MA yellowtail flounder ............................................. 0.9 0.75 .................... .................... .................... ....................

American plaice ............................................................... 9.2 5.00 .................... .................... .................... ....................

Witch flounder .................................................................. 2.1 1.23 .................... .................... .................... ....................

SNE/MA winter flounder .................................................. 1.1 5.20 .................... .................... .................... ....................

GB winter flounder ........................................................... 1.1 0.58 .................... .................... 0 0 

White hake ....................................................................... 5.2 1.02 .................... .................... .................... ....................

Pollock .............................................................................. 2.0 1.04 0.4 0.2 0 0 

Classification 

NMFS has determined that this action 

is consistent with the FMP, the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and other 

applicable law. 

This action is required by 50 CFR part 

648 and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

(d)(3), there is good cause to waive prior 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment, as well as the delayed 

effectiveness for this action, because 

notice, comment, and a delayed 

effectiveness would be impractical and 

contrary to the public interest. If the 

sector ACEs and sub-ACLs are not 

adjusted immediately, the time period 

during which the fishery will be 

operating under incorrect catch 

specifications will be prolonged. 

Specifically, the common pool would be 

allocated insufficient fish, and vessels 

fishing in sectors would be allocated 

excessive fish. 

The implications of delaying the date 

on which the specifications are 

corrected depends upon the size of the 

ACE and sub-ACL, the size of the 

change in specification relative to the 

ACE and sub-ACL, and the rate of catch 

of the particular stock. If, for example, 

a sector were catching a particular stock 

at a high rate, and one for which they 

have a small ACE, and this rule makes 

a substantial change to the sector’s ACE 

for that stock, a significant fraction of 

the ACE could be harvested between the 

start of the May 1, 2010 FY, and the date 

the ACE is adjusted downward. The 

catch associated with vessels fishing in 

sectors could be excessive, and the 

catch associated with vessels fishing in 

the common pool may be unnecessarily 

constrained. In the worst case scenario, 

excessive catch by sectors could lead to 

a sector catching more than its ACE for 

the FY. Constrained catch could cause 

negative economic impacts to the 

common pool. 

Further, a longer period of time 

between the start of the May 1, 2010 FY 

and the time of ACL adjustment would 

increase the uncertainty in the fishery, 

and could cause disruption to the 

fishing industry when the sub-ACLs are 

adjusted, especially for stocks where the 

sub-ACLs are very low relative to 

historic catch levels. Vessel owners and 

crews, and businesses dependent upon 

the groundfish fishery, are already 

experiencing considerable uncertainty, 

given the implementation of multiple 

new management elements in the 

fishery (e.g., many sectors, restrictive 

ACLs, and additional fishing effort 

reductions) that became effective May 1, 

2010. Additional sources of uncertainty, 

therefore, should be minimized where 

possible. Fishermen may make business 

decisions based on the ACLs in a given 

sector or the common pool; thus, it is 

important to implement adjusted ACEs 

and sub-ACLs as soon as possible. FW 

44, which was open to public comment, 

notified the public that modification to 

sub-ACLs for the common pool and 

sectors would be likely based on the 

expectation that sector rosters would 

change (be reduced). 

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

Dated: May 19, 2010. 

John Oliver, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Operations, National Marine Fisheries 

Service. 

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