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communications networks or the 

communications supply chain. 

Protecting Against National Security 

Threats to the Communications Supply 

Chain Through FCC Programs, WC 

Docket No. 18–89, Report and Order, 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

and Order, 34 FCC Rcd 11423, 11433, 

para. 26. See also 47 CFR 54.9. In June 

2020, the Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau issued final 

designations of Huawei Technologies 

Company (Huawei) and ZTE Corp. 

(ZTE) as covered companies for the 

purposes of this rule. Protecting Against 

National Security Threats to the 

Communications Supply Chain Through 

FCC Programs—Huawei Designation, 

WC Docket No. 19–351, Order, 35 FCC 

Rcd 6604 (PSHSB June 30, 2020) 

(Huawei Designation Order); Protecting 

Against National Security Threats to the 

Communications Supply Chain Through 

FCC Programs—ZTE Designation, WC 

Docket No. 19–352, Order, 35 FCC Rcd 

6633 (PSHSB June 30, 2020) (ZTE 

Designation Order). Accordingly, USF 

recipients may not use USF funds to 

purchase, obtain, maintain, improve, 

modify, manage, or otherwise support 

Huawei or ZTE equipment or services in 

any way, including upgrades to existing 

Huawei or ZTE equipment and services. 

Huawei Designation Order, 35 FCC Rcd 

at 6608, para. 10; ZTE Designation 

Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 6637, para. 10. 

Moreover, USF recipients must certify 

that they are in compliance with this 

rule. 2019 Supply Chain Order, 34 FCC 

Rcd at 11454, para. 79; see also 47 CFR 

54.9. 

Lastly, in the CAF Phase II Auction 

Order, in addition to rules requiring 

Connect America Phase II auction 

support recipients to report regarding 

support used for capital expenditures, 

certify regarding available funds, and 

certify that the Phase II-funded network 

meets performance requirements, the 

Commission also adopted rules 

requiring that Phase II auction support 

recipients must report information on 

served community anchor institutions 

and certify regarding bidding on FCC 

Form 470 postings for eligible schools 

and libraries in census blocks where the 

carrier receives auction support. 

Connect America Fund, et al., WC 

Docket No. 10–90, et al., Report and 

Order and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 5949 (2016) 

(CAF Phase II Auction Order). 

Recipients of Uniendo a Puerto Rico 

Fund and Connect USVI Fund Stage 2 

support must also observe these 

requirements in addition to the general 

requirements for high-cost support 

recipients and requirements specific to 

the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and 

Connect USVI Fund programs. See 

Puerto Rico and USVI Stage 2 Order, 34 

FCC Rcd at 9150, para. 74. 

The Commission therefore revises this 

information collection, as well as Form 

481 and its accompanying instructions, 

to reflect these new and revised 

requirements. We also eliminated one 

requirement that is associated with 

obligations no longer in effect for certain 

carriers. Any increased burdens for 

reporting requirements account for the 

additional carriers that will be subject to 

those requirements as a condition for 

receiving high-cost support. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 1710319998630–02] 

RTID 0648–XB091 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Resources of the South 

Atlantic; 2021 Red Snapper 

Commercial and Recreational Fishing 

Seasons 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; 2021 fishing 

seasons notice. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the limited 

opening of commercial and recreational 

red snapper in the exclusive economic 

zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic for the 

2021 fishing year. This notice 

announces the 2021 red snapper 

commercial season opening date and the 

opening and closing dates for the red 

snapper recreational season, according 

to the accountability measures (AMs). 

This season announcement for South 

Atlantic red snapper allows fishers to 

maximize their opportunity to harvest 

the commercial and recreational annual 

catch limits (ACLs) while also managing 

harvest to protect the red snapper 

resource. 

DATES: The 2021 commercial red 

snapper season opens at 12:01 a.m., 

local time, July 12, 2021. The 2021 

recreational red snapper season opens at 

12:01 a.m., local time, on July 9, 2021, 

and closes at 12:01 a.m., local time, on 

July 12, 2021, unless changed by 

subsequent notification in the Federal 

Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional 

Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email: 

mary.vara@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South 

Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery 

includes red snapper and is managed 

under the Fishery Management Plan for 

the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the 

South Atlantic Region (FMP). The South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council 

(Council) prepared the FMP, and the 

FMP is implemented by NMFS under 

the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. 

For South Atlantic red snapper, the 

commercial AM requires the sector to 

close when commercial landings reach 

or are projected to reach the commercial 

ACL. The recreational AM is the length 

of the recreational season, with NMFS 

projecting the season length based on 

catch rate estimates from previous years. 

The commercial ACL is 124,815 lb 

(56,615 kg), round weight, and in 2020, 

NMFS closed the commercial sector on 

September 5 as a result of the 

commercial ACL being projected to be 

met (85 FR 54943; September 3, 2020). 

Subsequent to the commercial closure it 

was determined that the commercial 

ACL was exceeded in 2020 by 9,650 lb 

(4,377 kg), round weight. The 

recreational ACL is 29,656 fish, and 

preliminary landings information show 

this ACL was exceeded in the 4-day 

fishing season in 2020 by 13,116 fish. 

For 2021, NMFS has determined that 

the landings from the recreational sector 

are expected to reach the recreational 

ACL in 3 days. 

The commercial season for South 

Atlantic red snapper begins each year 

on the second Monday in July and 

closes when the commercial ACL is 

reached or is projected to be reached. 

Accordingly, the 2021 commercial 

season opens on July 12, 2021, and will 

remain open until 12:01 a.m., local time, 

on January 1, 2022, unless the 

commercial ACL is reached or projected 

to be reached prior to this date. During 

the commercial fishing season, the 

commercial trip limit is 75 lb (34 kg), 

gutted weight. NMFS will monitor 

commercial landings during the open 

season, and if commercial landings 

reach or are projected to reach the 

commercial ACL, then NMFS will file a 

notification with the Office of the 

Federal Register to close the commercial 


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sector for red snapper for the remainder 

of the fishing year. 

The recreational season for South 

Atlantic red snapper begins on the 

second Friday in July. Accordingly, the 

2021 recreational red snapper season 

opens at 12:01 a.m., local time, on July 

9, 2021, and closes at 12:01 a.m., local 

time, on July 12, 2021. During the 

recreational season, the recreational bag 

limit is one red snapper per person, per 

day. After the recreational sector 

closure, the bag and possession limits 

for red snapper are zero. 

There is not a red snapper minimum 

or maximum size limit for the 

commercial and recreational sectors 

during the open seasons. 

Classification 

NMFS issues this action pursuant to 

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR 

622.183(b)(5)(i) and 622.193(y), which 

was issued pursuant to section 304(b), 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

is good cause to waive prior notice and 

an opportunity for public comment on 

this action, as notice and comment 

would be unnecessary and contrary to 

the public interest. Such procedures are 

unnecessary because the rule 

establishing the red snapper ACLs and 

AMs has already been subject to notice 

and comment, and all that remains is to 

notify the public of the respective 

commercial and recreational fishing 

seasons. In addition, providing prior 

notice and an opportunity for public 

comment is contrary to the public 

interest because the seasons begin in 

early July and announcing the length of 

the fishing seasons now allows each 

sector to prepare for the upcoming 

harvest, provides opportunity to for-hire 

fishing vessels to book trips that could 

increase their revenues and profits, and 

gives the South Atlantic states just 

enough time to prepare for their 

respective data collection needs for the 

season. 

For the aforementioned reasons, the 

Acting Assistant Administrator for 

NMFS also finds good cause to waive 

the 30-day delay in the effectiveness of 

this action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). 

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

Dated: June 3, 2021. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12004 Filed 6–4–21; 8:45 am] 

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