Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 173 / Friday, September 5, 2008 / Rules and Regulations 51743 

Dated: August 25, 2008. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

■ Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is 

amended as follows: 

PART 180—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 180 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371. 

■ 2. Section 180.585 is amended by 

revising paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 180.585 Pyraflufen-ethyl; tolerances for 

residues. 

(a) General. Tolerances are 

established for residues of the herbicide, 

pyraflufen-ethyl, ethyl 2-chloro-5-(4- 

chloro-5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-1Hpyrazol-3-yl)-4-fluorophenoxyacetate, 

and its acid metabolite, E-1, 2-chloro-5- 

(4-chloro-5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-4-fluorophenoxyacetic 

acid, expressed in terms of the parent in 

or on the following food commodities: 

Commodity Parts per 

million 

Expiration/ 

revocation 

date 

Cattle, meat byproducts ........ 0.02 10/15/12 

Corn, field, forage ................ 0.01 None 

Corn, field, grain 0.01 None 

Corn, field, stover ................. 0.01 None 

Cotton, gin byproducts ........ 1.5 None 

Cotton, 

undelinted 

seed .............. 0.04 None 

Goat, meat byproducts ........ 0.02 10/15/12 

Grass, forage, 

group 17 ........ 1.0 None 

Grass, hay, 

group 17 ........ 1.4 None 

Horse, meat byproducts ........ 0.02 10/15/12 

Milk ................... 0.02 10/15/12 

Potato ............... 0.02 None 

Sheep, meat byproducts ........ 0.02 10/15/12 

Soybean, forage 0.05 None 

Soybean, hay .... 0.10 None 

Soybean, seed .. 0.01 None 

Wheat, forage ... 0.02 None 

Wheat, grain ..... 0.01 None 

Wheat, hay ....... 0.01 None 

Wheat, straw ..... 0.01 None 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 070717340–8451–02] 

RIN 0648–XK16 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 

Butterfish Fisheries; Closure of the 

Directed Butterfish Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

directed fishery for butterfish in the 

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) will be 

closed effective 0001 hours, September 

5, 2008. Vessels issued a Federal permit 

to harvest butterfish may not retain or 

land more than 250 lb (0.11–mt) of 

butterfish per trip for the remainder of 

the year (through December 31, 2008). 

This action is necessary to prevent the 

fishery from exceeding its domestic 

annual harvest (DAH) of 500 mt and to 

allow for effective management of this 

stock. 

DATES: Effective 0001 hours, September 

5, 2008, through 2400 hours, December 

31, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don 

Frei, Fishery Management Specialist, 

978–281–9221, Fax 978–281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the butterfish 

fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648. 

The regulations require specifications 

for maximum sustainable yield, initial 

optimum yield, allowable biological 

catch, domestic annual harvest (DAH), 

domestic annual processing, joint 

venture processing, and total allowable 

levels of foreign fishing for the species 

managed under the Atlantic Mackerel, 

Squid, and Butterfish Fishery 

Management Plan. The procedures for 

setting the annual initial specifications 

are described in § 648.21. 

The 2008 specification of DAH for 

butterfish was set at 500 mt (73 FR 

18443, April 4, 2008). 

Section 648.22 requires NMFS to 

close the directed butterfish fishery in 

the EEZ when 80 percent of the total 

annual DAH has been harvested. If 80 

percent of the butterfish DAH is 

projected to be landed prior to October 

1, a 250–lb (0.11–mt) incidental 

butterfish possession limit is put in 

effect for the remainder of the year, and 

if 80 percent of the butterfish DAH is 

projected to be landed on or after 

October 1, a 600–lb (0.27–mt) incidental 

butterfish possession limit is put in 

effect for the remainder of the year. 

NMFS is further required to notify, in 

advance of the closure, the Executive 

Directors of the Mid-Atlantic, New 

England, and South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Councils; mail notification 

of the closure to all holders of butterfish 

permits at least 72 hr before the effective 

date of the closure; provide adequate 

notice of the closure to recreational 

participants in the fishery; and publish 

notification of the closure in the Federal 

Register. The Administrator, Northeast 

Region, NMFS, based on dealer reports 

and other available information, has 

determined that 80 percent of the DAH 

for butterfish in 2008 fishing year will 

be harvested. Therefore, effective 0001 

hours, September 5, 2008, the directed 

fishery for butterfish fishery is closed 

and vessels issued Federal permits for 

butterfish may not retain or land more 

than 250 lb (0.11 mt) of butterfish 

during a calendar day. The directed 

fishery will reopen effective 0001 hours, 

January 1, 2009, when the 2009 DAH 

becomes available. 

Classification 

This action is required by 50 CFR part 

648 and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: September 2, 2008. 

Allan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–20600 Filed 9–2–08; 4:15 pm] 

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