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PART 501—THE FEDERAL MARITIME 

COMMISSION—GENERAL 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 501 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551–557, 701–706, 

2903 and 6304; 31 U.S.C. 3721; 41 U.S.C. 414 

and 418; 44 U.S.C. 501–520 and 3501–3520; 

46 U.S.C. 301–307, 40101–41309, 42101– 

42109, 44101–44106; Reorganization Plan 

No. 7 of 1961, 26 FR 7315, August 12, 1961; 

Pub. L. 89–56, 70 Stat. 195; 5 CFR Part 2638; 

Pub. L. 104–320, 110 Stat. 3870. 

§ 501.4 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 501.4(a), add ‘‘the Office of 

Consumer Affairs and Dispute 

Resolution Services’’ after ‘‘the Office of 

Administrative Law Judges’’ and before 

‘‘the Office of Equal Employment 

Opportunity’’. 

§ 501.5 [Amended] 

■ 3. In § 501.5(a), add ‘‘Consumer Affairs 

and Dispute Resolution Services’’ after 

‘‘Administrative Law Judges’’ and before 

‘‘and Managing Director’’. 

■ 4. Revise Appendix A to Part 501 to 

read as follows: 

Appendix A to Part 501—Federal 

Maritime Commission Organization 

Chart 

Federal Maritime Commission 

Organization Chart 

By the Commission. 

Karen V. Gregory, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 0910131363–0087–02] 

RIN 0648–XW74 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Rock Sole, Flathead 

Sole, and ‘‘Other Flatfish’’ by Vessels 

Participating in the Amendment 80 

Limited Access Fishery in Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands Management Area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for rock sole, flathead sole, and 

‘‘other flatfish’’ by vessels participating 

in the Amendment 80 limited access 

fishery in the Bering Sea and Aleutian 

Islands management area (BSAI). This 

action is necessary to prevent exceeding 

the 2010 halibut bycatch allowance 

specified for the trawl rock sole, 

flathead sole, and ‘‘other flatfish’’ fishery 

category by vessels participating in the 

Amendment 80 limited access fishery in 

the BSAI. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), May 28, 2010, through 2400 

hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Whitney, 907–586–7269. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

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Management Plan for Groundfish of the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area (FMP) prepared by 

the North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council under authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens 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. 

The 2010 halibut bycatch allowance 

specified for the trawl rock sole, 

flathead sole, and ‘‘other flatfish’’ fishery 

category by vessels participating in the 

Amendment 80 limited access fishery in 

the BSAI is 139 metric tons as 

established by the final 2010 and 2011 

harvest specifications for groundfish in 

the BSAI (75 FR 11778, March 12, 

2010). 

In accordance with 

§ 679.21(e)(3)(vi)(B) and 

§ 679.21(e)(7)(v), the Administrator, 

Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined 

that the 2010 halibut bycatch allowance 

specified for the trawl rock sole, 

flathead sole, and ‘‘other flatfish’’ fishery 

category by vessels participating in the 

Amendment 80 limited access fishery in 

the BSAI has been caught. 

Consequently, NMFS is closing directed 

fishing for rock sole, flathead sole, and 

‘‘other flatfish’’ by vessels participating 

in the Amendment 80 limited access 

fishery in the BSAI. 

After the effective date of this closure 

the maximum retainable amounts at 

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

during a trip. 

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 

data in a timely fashion and would 

delay the closure of directed fishing for 

rock sole, flathead sole, and ‘‘other 

flatfish’’ by vessels participating in the 

Amendment 80 limited access fishery in 

the BSAI. NMFS was unable to publish 

a notice providing time for public 

comment because the most recent, 

relevant data only became available as 

of May 27, 2010. 

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. 

This action is required by § 679.21 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: May 28, 2010 

Carrie Selberg, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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