Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 155 / Monday, August 11, 2008 / Rules and Regulations 46553 

Issued in College Park, Georgia, on July 14, 

2008. 

Mark D. Ward, 

Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern 

Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. 

[FR Doc. E8–18135 Filed 8–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

15 CFR Part 70 

[Docket Number 080703821–8824–01] 

RIN 0607–AA47 

Cutoff Dates for Recognition of 

Boundary Changes for the 2010 

Census 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Final Rule. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) is amending its 

regulations to establish cutoff dates for 

the recognition of boundary changes for 

the 2010 Census. This amendment is 

necessary, as the existing cutoff dates 

are out of date. Upon effectiveness of 

this rule, the Census Bureau will 

recognize only those boundaries legally 

in effect on January 1, 2010, that have 

been reported officially to the Census 

Bureau no later than March 1, 2010. 

DATES: This rule is effective on August 

11, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel H. Weinberg, Acting Chief, 

Geography Division, U.S. Census 

Bureau, Washington, DC 20233–7400, 

telephone (301) 763–2131, or e-mail 

geo.bas@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Census Bureau is amending 15 CFR part 

70 to establish cutoff dates for 

recognition of boundary changes made 

through the Boundary and Annexation 

Survey (BAS) for the 2010 Census, the 

American Community Survey (ACS), 

and the Population Estimates Program. 

The cutoff dates were last established 

for Census 2000 on March 3, 1998 (63 

FR 10303). Those cutoff dates are out of 

date; therefore, the Census Bureau 

amends its regulations to update the 

cutoff dates for the 2010 Census. For the 

2010 Census, the Census Bureau will 

recognize only those boundaries legally 

in effect on January 1, 2010, that have 

been reported officially to the Census 

Bureau no later than March 1, 2010. To 

implement this change, the Census 

Bureau changes the name of the census 

from ‘‘Census 2000’’ to ‘‘2010 Census’’

and the reference year from 2000 to 

2010 throughout its regulations. 

The reporting deadline for the BAS is 

usually April 1 of each year. However, 

to ensure the timely and official 

reporting of legal boundary changes for 

the 2010 Census, and subsequent data 

dissemination and tabulation activities, 

we establish the above-referenced 

deadlines. The BAS 2009 reporting 

deadline will be March 1, 2009, and the 

BAS 2010 reporting deadline will be 

March 1, 2010. 

In addition, the Census Bureau 

amends § 70.2 to remove and update the 

reference publication that provides 

information on the definition of 

‘‘municipality’’ and ‘‘county 

subdivision.’’ The reference to the 1990 

Census of Population, Volume 1, 

General Population Characteristics, 

1990 CP–1–1, Appendix A, is replaced 

with a reference to the Census 2000 

Geographic Terms and Concepts, 

Appendix A. 

Rulemaking Requirements 

Administrative Procedure Act 

The Census Bureau finds good cause 

under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive notice 

and comment requirements of the 

Administrative Procedure Act because it 

is unnecessary and contrary to the 

public interest. This amendment is 

necessary to establish the cutoff date for 

recognition of boundary changes for the 

2010 Census and to update an obsolete 

citation to a reference publication. Upon 

implementation of this final rule for the 

2010 Census, the Census Bureau will 

recognize only those boundaries legally 

in effect on January 1, 2010, that have 

been reported officially to the Census 

Bureau no later than March 1, 2010. 

This change does not impact the rights 

or obligations of any entity. This change 

merely establishes the last date on 

which the Census Bureau will accept 

changes to the legal boundaries used by 

the Census Bureau to conduct the data 

tabulation for the decennial census. In 

addition, this rule updates the reference 

that provides information on the 

definition of ‘‘municipality’’ and 

‘‘county subdivision.’’

The Census Bureau finds good cause 

under 5 U.S.C. 553(d) to waive the 30- 

day delay in effectiveness. As stated 

above, this amendment is necessary to 

establish the cutoff date for recognition 

of boundary changes for the decennial 

census and to update an obsolete 

citation to a reference publication. This 

change does not impact the rights or 

obligations of any entity. This change 

merely establishes the last date on 

which the Census Bureau will accept 

changes to the legal boundaries used by 

the Census Bureau to conduct the data 

tabulation for the decennial census, and 

to update a reference publication that 

provides information on the definition 

of ‘‘municipality’’ and ‘‘county 

subdivision.’’ Therefore, the Census 

Bureau makes this final rule effective 

immediately upon publication. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Because a notice of proposed 

rulemaking and an opportunity for 

comment are not required by 5 U.S.C. 

553 or any other law, a Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis is not required and 

has not been prepared (5 U.S.C. 603(a)). 

Executive Orders 

This rule has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. This rule does not contain 

policies with federalism implications, as 

that term is defined in Executive Order 

13132. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This final rule does not represent a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35. 

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 70 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Census data, Population 

census, Statistics. 

■ For the reasons stated in the preamble, 

the Census Bureau is amending 15 CFR 

Part 70 as follows: 

PART 70—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority for Part 70 continues 

to read as follows: 

Authority: 13 U.S.C. 4 and Department of 

Commerce Organization Order 35–2A (40 FR 

42765). 

■ 2. In 15 CFR Part 70, remove the 

words ‘‘Census 2000’’ wherever they 

appear and add, in their place, the 

words ‘‘2010 Census.’’

■ 3. In 15 CFR part 70, remove the date 

‘‘2000’’ wherever it appears and add, in 

its place, the date ‘‘2010.’’

§ 70.2 [Amended] 

4. In § 70.2 remove the sentence ‘‘A 

more complete description appears on 

pages A–6 and A–11 of 1990 Census of 

Population, Volume 1, General 

Population Characteristics, 1990 CP–1–

1, Appendix A,’’ and add, in its place, 

the sentence ‘‘A more complete 

description appears on pages A–12 and 

A–13 of Appendix A, Census 2000 

Geographic Terms and Concepts.’’


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46554 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 155 / Monday, August 11, 2008 / Rules and Regulations 

Dated: August 5, 2008. 

Steve H. Murdock, 

Director, Bureau of the Census. 

[FR Doc. E8–18305 Filed 8–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

49 CFR Part 604 

[Docket No. FTA–2005–22657] 

RIN 2132–AA85 

Charter Service 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Correcting amendments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration published a document 

in the Federal Register on August 1, 

2008, revising the appendices to the 

final rule and responding to petitions 

for reconsideration. That document 

inadvertently failed to update the table 

in Appendix D, which should have 

appeared in the rule as a matrix. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 11, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Crystal Frederick, Ombudsman for 

Charter Services, Federal Transit 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., Room E54–410, Washington, DC 

20590, (202) 366–4063 or 

ombudsman.charterservice@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

second correction to the final rule 

published on January 14, 2008 (73 FR 

2326). The first correction was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 1, 2008 (73 FR 44927). 

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 604 

Charter Service. 

■ Accordingly, 49 CFR part 604 is 

corrected by making the following 

correcting amendment: 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 604 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5323(d); § 3023(d), 

Public Law 109–59; 49 CFR 1.51. 

■ 2. Revise the table in appendix D to 

part 604 to read as follows: 

Appendix D to Part 604—Table of 

Potential Remedies 

Remedy Assessment Matrix: 

* * * * * 

Issued this 5th day of August 2008. 

Severn E.S. Miller, 

Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E8–18444 Filed 8–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–C 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 061020273 6321 02] 

RIN 0648–XJ34 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Scup Fishery; Adjustment to 

the 2008 Winter II Quota 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason 

adjustment. 

SUMMARY: NMFS adjusts the 2008 

Winter II commercial scup quota. This 

action complies with Framework 

Adjustment 3 (Framework 3) to the 

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 

Bass Fishery Management Plan, which 

established a process to allow the 

rollover of unused commercial scup 

quota from the Winter I period to the 

Winter II period. 

DATES: Effective August 11, 2008, 

through December 31, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Ruccio, Fishery Policy Analyst, 

(978) 281–9104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

published a final rule in the Federal 

Register on November 3, 2003 (68 FR 

62250), implementing a process, for 

years in which the full Winter I 

commercial scup quota is not harvested, 

to allow unused quota from the Winter 

I period (January 1 through April 30) to 

be added to the quota for the Winter II 

period (November 1 through December 

31), and to allow adjustment of the 

commercial possession limits for the 

Winter II period commensurate with the 

amount of quota rolled over from the 

Winter I period. 

For 2008, the initial Winter II quota is 

844,036 (383 mt), and the best available 

landings information indicates that 

96,912 lb (44 mt) remain of the Winter 

I quota of 2,388,611 lb (1,083 mt). 

Consistent with the intent of Framework 

3, the full amount of unused 2008 

Winter I quota is transferred to Winter 

II, resulting in a revised 2008 Winter II 

quota of 940,948 lb (427 mt). Because 

the amount transferred is less than 

499,999 lb (227 mt), the possession limit 

per trip will remain 2,000 lb (907 kg) 

during the Winter II quota period, 

consistent with the final rule Winter I to 

Winter II possession limit increase table 

(table 5) published in the 2008 final 

scup specifications (72 FR 74200, 

December 31, 2007). 


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