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Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–18890 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 040205043–4043–01] 

RIN 0648–XI45 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snappergrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 

Closure of the 2008 Commercial 

Fishery for Golden Tilefish in the 

South Atlantic 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS closes the commercial 

fishery for golden tilefish in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the 

South Atlantic. NMFS has determined 

that the quota for the commercial 

fishery for golden tilefish will have been 

reached by August 17, 2008. This 

closure is necessary to protect the 

golden tilefish resource. 

DATES: Closure is effective 12:01 a.m., 

local time, August 17, 2008, until 12:01 

a.m., local time, on January 1, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Britni Tokotch, telephone 727–824–

5305, fax 727–824–5308, e-mail 

Britni.Tokotch@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

snapper-grouper fishery of the South 

Atlantic is managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared 

by the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council and is 

implemented under the authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) by regulations 

at 50 CFR part 622. Those regulations 

set the commercial quota for golden 

tilefish in the South Atlantic at 295,000 

lb (133,810 kg) for the current fishing 

year, January 1 through December 31, 

2008. 

Under 50 CFR 622.43(a), NMFS is 

required to close the commercial fishery 

for a species or species group when the 

quota for that species or species group 

is reached, or is projected to be reached, 

by filing a notification to that effect with 

the Office of the Federal Register. Based 

on current statistics, NMFS has 

determined that the available 

commercial quota of 295,000 lb (133,810 

kg) for golden tilefish will be reached on 

or before August 17, 2008. Accordingly, 

NMFS is closing the commercial fishery 

for golden tilefish in the South Atlantic 

EEZ from 12:01 a.m., local time, on 

August 17, 2008, until 12:01 a.m., local 

time, on January 1, 2009. The operator 

of a vessel with a valid commercial 

vessel permit for snapper-grouper 

having golden tilefish aboard must have 

landed and bartered, traded, or sold 

such golden tilefish prior to 12:01 a.m., 

local time, August 17, 2008. 

During the closure, the bag and 

possession limits specified in 50 CFR 

622.39(b) apply to all harvest or 

possession of golden tilefish in or from 

the South Atlantic EEZ, and the sale or 

purchase of golden tilefish taken from 

the EEZ is prohibited. The prohibition 

on sale or purchase does not apply to 

sale or purchase of golden tilefish that 

were harvested, landed ashore, and sold 

prior to 12:01 a.m., local time, August 

17, 2008, and were held in cold storage 

by a dealer or processor. 

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 prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment is 

unnecessary and contrary to the public 

interest. Such procedures would be 

unnecessary because the rule itself has 

already been subject to notice and 

comment, and all that remains is to 

notify the public of the closure. 


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Allowing prior notice and opportunity 

for public comment is contrary to the 

public interest because of the need to 

immediately implement this action to 

protect the fishery since the capacity of 

the fishing fleet allows for rapid harvest 

of the quota. Prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment would 

require time and would potentially 

result in a harvest well in excess of the 

established quota. 

For the aforementioned reasons, the 

AA also finds good cause to waive the 

30-day delay in the effectiveness of this 

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

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.43(a) and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: August 12, 2008. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–18937 Filed 8–12–08; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 635 

[Docket No. 0612242866–8888–03] 

RIN 0648–AU89 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS); Atlantic Shark Management 

Measures 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule; effectiveness of 

collection-of-information requirements. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) of collection-of-information 

requirements contained in regulations 

implementing Amendment 2 to the 2006 

Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory 

Species (HMS) Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP). This final rule sets forth the 

effective date of the collection-ofinformation requirements. 

DATES: The collection-of-information 

requirements in § 635.5 will be effective 

on September 15, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the burden-hour estimates or 

other aspects of the collection-ofinformation requirements contained in 

this final rule may be submitted to 

David Rostker, OMB, by e-mail to 

DavidlRostker@omb.eop.gov, or fax to 

202–395–7285. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jackie Wilson, NMFS HMS Management 

Division, 240–338–3936. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

This Federal Register document is 

also accessible on the internet at: 

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. 

Background 

A final rule for Amendment 2 to the 

2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP 

was published in the Federal Register 

on June 24, 2008 (73 FR 35778), and a 

correction was published on July 15, 

2008 (73 FR 40658). That final rule 

became effective on July 24, 2008. The 

OMB approval of the collection-ofinformation requirements for § 635.5 

had not been received by the date the 

final rule was submitted to the Office of 

the Federal Register for publication. 

Because OMB approval of the 

collection-of-information requirements 

had not been received by NMFS by the 

date the final rule was published, the 

effective date of the associated 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements in that rule was delayed. 

OMB approved the collection-ofinformation requirements contained in 

the rule on June 23, 2008. Accordingly, 

this final rule makes effective the 

collection-of-information requirements 

at § 635.5 contained in the final rule 

published on June 24, 2008. 

Classification 

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for purposes of 

Executive Order 12866.tanding any 

other provision of the law, no person is 

required to respond to, and no person 

shall be subject to penalty for failure to 

comply with, a collection-ofinformation requirement subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), unless that 

collection-of-information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

This final rule contains revisions to 

collection-of- information requirements 

subject to the PRA under OMB Control 

Number 0648–0040. NMFS sought 

approval regarding the addition of a 

check box on the HMS dealer form. This 

check box would allow HMS dealers to 

note whether or not shark fins were 

naturally attached to the shark through 

offloading. NMFS does not expect that 

the addition of a check box regarding 

shark fins would add to the reporting 

burden. 

Send comments regarding these 

burden estimates or any other aspect of 

this data collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

David Rostker at 

DavidlRostker@omb.eop.gov, or fax to 

202–395–7285. 

Dated: August 11, 2008. 

James W. Balsiger 

Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–18944 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 071106671–8010–02] 

RIN 0648–XJ72 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Thornyhead Rockfish 

in the Western Regulatory Area of the 

Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting retention 

of thornyhead rockfish in the Western 

Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA). This action is necessary because 

the 2008 total allowable catch (TAC) of 

thornyhead rockfish in the Western 

Regulatory Area of the GOA has been 

reached. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), August 13, 2008, through 

2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2008. 

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. 

The 2008 TAC of thornyhead rockfish 

in the Western Regulatory Area of the 

GOA is 267 metric tons (mt) as 

established by the 2008 and 2009 

harvest specifications for groundfish of 

the GOA (73 FR 10562, February 27, 

2008). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(2), the 

Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS 

(Regional Administrator), has 

determined that the 2008 TAC of 


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