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under this part shall be prohibited from

agreeing to accept special concessions

directly or indirectly from any foreign

carrier or administration with respect to

traffic or revenue flows between the

United States and any foreign country

served under the authority of this part

and from agreeing to enter into such

agreements in the future. For purpose of

this section, foreign carrier is defined as

in § 63.01(r)(1)(ii); and special

concession is defined as in § 63.01(s).

8. A new § 63.17 is added to read as

follows:

§ 63.17 Special Provisions For U.S.

International Common Carriers.

(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by the

terms of its Section 214 certificate, a

U.S. common carrier authorized under

this part to provide international private

line service, whether as a reseller or

facilities-based carrier, may

interconnect its authorized private lines

to the public switched network on

behalf of an end user customer for the

end user customer’s own use.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph

(b)(5) of this section, a U.S. common

carrier, whether a reseller or facilitiesbased, may engage in ‘‘switched

hubbing’’ to countries not found to offer

equivalent resale opportunities under

§ 63.01(k) (5) and (6) under the

following conditions:

(1) U.S.-outbound switched traffic

shall be routed over the carrier’s

authorized U.S. international private

lines to an equivalent country, and then

forwarded to a third, nonequivalent

country only by taking at published

rates and reselling the International

Message Telephone Service (IMTS) of a

carrier in the equivalent country;

(2) U.S.-inbound switched traffic shall

be carried to an equivalent country as

part of the IMTS traffic flow from a nonequivalent third country and then

terminated in the United States over

U.S. international private lines from the

equivalent hub country;

(3) U.S. common carriers that route

U.S.-outbound traffic via switched

hubbing through an equivalent country

shall tariff their service on a ‘‘through’’

basis from the United States to the

ultimate foreign destination.

(4) No U.S. common carrier may

engage in switched hubbing under this

section to a country for which it has an

affiliation with a foreign carrier unless

and until it receives specific authority to

do so under § 63.01. For purposes of this

paragraph, ‘‘affiliation’’ and ‘‘foreign

carrier’’ are defined as set forth in

§ 63.01(r)(1) (i)(B) and (ii), respectively.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 625

[I.D. 122695B]

Summer Flounder Fishery

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notification of commercial

quota transfer.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the

State of New Jersey is transferring

20,000 lb (9,072 kg) of commercial

summer flounder quota to the State of

New York. NMFS adjusted the quotas

and announces the revised commercial

quota for each state involved.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 26, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lucy Helvenston, 508–281–9347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations implementing Amendment

2 to the Fishery Management Plan for

the Summer Flounder Fishery (FMP) are

found at 50 CFR part 625. The

regulations require annual specification

of a commercial quota that is

apportioned 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 § 625.20.

The commercial quota for summer

flounder for the 1995 calendar year was

set equal to 14,690,407 lb (6,663,569 kg),

and the allocations to each state were

published February 16, 1995 (60 FR

8958). At that time, New Jersey was

allocated a quota of 2,456,969

(1,114,462 kg) and New York was

allocated a quota of 1,123,374 lb

(509,554 kg). On August 30, 1995, the

State of North Carolina transferred 7,229

lb (3,279 kg) to the State of New Jersey,

and the revised quota for New Jersey

was set equal to 2,464,198 lb (1,117,741

kg) (60 FR 45107). On November 17,

1995, the State of Maryland transferred

50,000 lb of its commercial quota to the

State of New York, and the revised

quota for New York was set equal to

1,173,374 lb (532,233 kg) (60 FR 57685).

On December 15, 1995, the State of

Maryland made two further transfers to

the State of New York that were

published as one notification (60 FR

64349). The first transfer was for 20,000

lb (9,072 kg), and the second was for

30,000 lb (13,608 kg), and the revised

quota for New York was set equal to

1,223,374 lb (554,913 kg).

The final rule implementing

Amendment 5 to the FMP was

published December 17, 1993 (58 FR

65936), and allows two or more states,

under mutual agreement and with the

concurrence of the Director, Northeast

Region, NMFS (Regional Director) to

transfer or combine summer flounder

commercial quota. The Regional

Director is required to consider the

criteria set forth in § 625.20(f)(1), in the

evaluation of requests for quota transfers

or combinations.

New Jersey has agreed to transfer

20,000 lb (9,072 kg) of commercial quota

to New York. The Regional Director has

determined that the criteria set forth in

§ 625.20(f)(1) have been met, and

publishes this notification of quota

transfers. The revised quotas for the

calendar year 1995 are: New Jersey,

2,444,198 lb (1,108,670 kg); and New

York, 1,243,374 lb (563,985 kg).

This action does not alter any of the

conclusions reached in the

environmental impact statement

prepared for Amendment 2 to the FMP

regarding the effects of summer flounder

fishing activity on the human

environment. Amendment 2 established

procedures for setting an annual

coastwide commercial quota for summer

flounder and a formula for determining

commercial quotas for each state. The

quota transfer provision was established

by Amendment 5 to the FMP and the

environmental assessment prepared for

Amendment 5 found that the action had

no significant impact on the

environment. Under section

6.02b.3(b)(I)(aa) of NOAA

Administrative Order 216–6, this action

is categorically excluded from the

requirement to prepare additional

environmental analyses. This is a

routine administrative action that

reallocates commercial quota within the

scope of previously published

environmental analyses.

Classification

This action is taken under 50 CFR

part 625 and is exempt from review

under E.O. 12866.

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

Dated: December 26, 1995.

Gary Matlock,

Program Management Officer, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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