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east along U.S. Highway 87 to its 

junction with State Highway 35 at Port 

Lavaca, then north and east along State 

Highway 35 to the south end of the 

Lavaca Bay Causeway, then south and 

east along the shore of Lavaca Bay to its 

junction with the Port Lavaca Ship 

Channel, then south and east along the 

Lavaca Bay Ship Channel to the Gulf of 

Mexico, and then south and west along 

the shore of the Gulf of Mexico to the 

Kleberg-Nueces County line. 

Wyoming 

Regular-Season Open Area— 

Campbell, Converse, Crook, Goshen, 

Laramie, Niobrara, Platte, and Weston 

Counties, and those portions of Johnson 

County east of Interstates 25 and 90 and 

Sheridan County east of Interstate 90. 

Riverton-Boysen Unit—Portions of 

Fremont County. 

Park and Big Horn County Unit— 

Portions of Park and Big Horn Counties. 

Pacific Flyway 

Arizona 

Special-Season Area—Game 

Management Units 30A, 30B, 31, and 

32. 

LCRV Crane Hunt Area (Gillespie 

Dam Hunt Area in Unit 39)—That 

portion of the Gila River corridor in 

Unit 39 south of Gillespie Dam and 

north of Gila Bend located within the 

following townships and ranges: T2S 

R4W, T2S R5W, T3S R4W, T3S R5W, 

T4S R4W, and T5S R4W. 

Montana 

Special-Season Area—See State 

regulations. 

Utah 

Special-Season Area—Rich, Cache, 

and Unitah Counties and that portion of 

Box Elder County beginning on the 

Utah–Idaho State line at the Box Elder– 

Cache County line; west on the State 

line to the Pocatello Valley County 

Road; south on the Pocatello Valley 

County Road to I–15; southeast on I–15 

to SR–83; south on SR–83 to Lamp 

Junction; west and south on the 

Promontory Point County Road to the 

tip of Promontory Point; south from 

Promontory Point to the Box Elder– 

Weber County line; east on the Box 

Elder–Weber County line to the Box 

Elder–Cache County line; north on the 

Box Elder–Cache County line to the 

Utah–Idaho State line. 

Wyoming 

Bear River Area—That portion of 

Lincoln County described in State 

regulations. 

Salt River Area—That portion of 

Lincoln County described in State 

regulations. 

Farson-Eden Area—Those portions of 

Sweetwater and Sublette Counties 

described in State regulations. 

Uinta County Area—That portion of 

Uinta County described in State 

regulations. 

All Migratory Game Birds in Alaska 

North Zone—State Game Management 

Units 11–13 and 17–26. 

Gulf Coast Zone—State Game 

Management Units 5–7, 9, 14–16, and 

10 (Unimak Island only). 

Southeast Zone—State Game 

Management Units 1–4. 

Pribilof and Aleutian Islands Zone— 

State Game Management Unit 10 (except 

Unimak Island). 

Kodiak Zone—State Game 

Management Unit 8. 

All Migratory Game Birds in the Virgin 

Islands 

Ruth Cay Closure Area—The island of 

Ruth Cay, just south of St. Croix. 

All Migratory Game Birds in Puerto 

Rico 

Municipality of Culebra Closure 

Area—All of the municipality of 

Culebra. 

Desecheo Island Closure Area—All of 

Desecheo Island. 

Mona Island Closure Area—All of 

Mona Island. 

El Verde Closure Area—Those areas 

of the municipalities of Rio Grande and 

Loiza delineated as follows: (1) All 

lands between Routes 956 on the west 

and 186 on the east, from Route 3 on the 

north to the juncture of Routes 956 and 

186 (Km 13.2) in the south; (2) all lands 

between Routes 186 and 966 from the 

juncture of 186 and 966 on the north, to 

the Caribbean National Forest Boundary 

on the south; (3) all lands lying west of 

Route 186 for 1 kilometer from the 

juncture of Routes 186 and 956 south to 

Km 6 on Route 186; (4) all lands within 

Km 14 and Km 6 on the west and the 

Caribbean National Forest Boundary on 

the east; and (5) all lands within the 

Caribbean National Forest Boundary 

whether private or public. 

Cidra Municipality and adjacent 

areas—All of Cidra Municipality and 

portions of Aguas Buenas, Caguas, 

Cayey, and Comerio Municipalities as 

encompassed within the following 

boundary: Beginning on Highway 172 as 

it leaves the municipality of Cidra on 

the west edge, north to Highway 156, 

east on Highway 156 to Highway 1, 

south on Highway 1 to Highway 765, 

south on Highway 765 to Highway 763, 

south on Highway 763 to the Rio 

Guavate, west along Rio Guavate to 

Highway 1, southwest on Highway 1 to 

Highway 14, west on Highway 14 to 

Highway 729, north on Highway 729 to 

Cidra Municipality boundary to the 

point of the beginning. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 0908191244–91427ndash;02] 

RIN 0648–XY35 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

Commercial Quota Harvested for the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

2010 summer flounder commercial 

quota allocated to the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts has been harvested. 

Vessels issued a commercial Federal 

fisheries permit for the summer 

flounder fishery may not land summer 

flounder in Massachusetts for the 

remainder of calendar year 2010, unless 

additional quota becomes available 

through a transfer from another state. 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery require publication of 

this notification to advise Massachusetts 

that the quota has been harvested and to 

advise vessel permit holders and dealer 

permit holders that no commercial 

quota is available for landing summer 

flounder in Massachusetts. 

DATES: Effective 0001 hours, September 

1, 2010, through 2400 hours, December 

31, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Heil, Fishery Management 

Specialist,(978) 281–9257. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are found at 50 CFR 

part 648. The regulations require annual 

specification of a commercial quota that 

is apportioned on a percentage basis 

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 § 648.100. 

The initial total commercial quota for 

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year was set equal to 13,278,001 lb 

(6,023 mt) (74 FR 67978, December 22, 

2009). The percent allocated to vessels 

landing summer flounder in 

Massachusetts is 6.82046 percent, 

resulting in a commercial quota of 

905,621 lb (411 mt). The 2010 allocation 

was reduced to 846,667 lb (384 mt) after 

deduction of research set-aside and 

adjustment for 2009 quota overages. 

Section 648.101(b) requires the 

Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS 

(Regional Administrator), to monitor 

state commercial quotas and to 

determine when a state’s commercial 

quota has been harvested. NMFS then 

publishes a notification in the Federal 

Register to advise the state and to notify 

Federal vessel and dealer permit holders 

that, effective upon a specific date, the 

state’s commercial quota has been 

harvested and no commercial quota is 

available for landing summer flounder 

in that state. The Regional 

Administrator has determined, based 

upon dealer reports and other available 

information, that Massachusetts has 

harvested its quota for 2010. 

The regulations at § 648.4(b) provide 

that Federal permit holders agree, as a 

condition of the permit, not to land 

summer flounder in any state that the 

Regional Administrator has determined 

no longer has commercial quota 

available. Therefore, effective 0001 

hours, September 1, 2010, further 

landings of summer flounder in 

Massachusetts by vessels holding 

summer flounder commercial Federal 

fisheries permits are prohibited for the 

remainder of the 2010 calendar year, 

unless additional quota becomes 

available through a transfer and is 

announced in the Federal Register. 

Effective 0001 hours, September 1, 

2010, federally permitted dealers are 

also notified that they may not purchase 

summer flounder from federally 

permitted vessels that land in 

Massachusetts for the remainder of the 

calendar year, or until additional quota 

becomes available through a transfer 

from another state. 

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: August 25, 2010. 

Carrie Selberg, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 0910131362–0087–02] 

RIN 0648–XY57 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 in 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 directed 

fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 

630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This 

action is necessary to prevent exceeding 

the C season allowance of the 2010 total 

allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for 

Statistical Area 630 in the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), August 27, 2010, through 

1200 hrs, A.l.t., October 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Obren Davis, 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 C season allowance of the 2010 

TAC of pollock in Statistical Area 630 

of the GOA is 5,912 metric tons (mt) as 

established by the final 2010 and 2011 

harvest specifications for groundfish of 

the GOA (75 FR 11749, March 12, 2010). 

In accordance with § 679.20(a)(5)(iv)(B) 

the Administrator, Alaska Region, 

NMFS (Regional Administrator), hereby 

decreases the C season pollock 

allowance by 1,056 mt, to reflect the 

total amount of pollock TAC that has 

been caught prior to the C season in 

Statistical Area 630. Therefore, the 

revised C season allowance of the 

pollock TAC in Statistical Area 630 is 

4,856 mt (5,912 mt minus 1,056 mt). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Regional Administrator has 

determined that the C season allowance 

of the 2010 TAC of pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 of the GOA will soon be 

reached. Therefore, the Regional 

Administrator is establishing a directed 

fishing allowance of 4,846 mt, and is 

setting aside the remaining 10 mt as 

bycatch to support other anticipated 

groundfish fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 of the GOA. 

After the effective date of this closure 

the maximum retainable amounts at 

§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time 

during a trip. 

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 requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest. This requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest as it would prevent NMFS from 

responding to the most recent fisheries 

data in a timely fashion and would 

delay the closure of pollock in 

Statistical Area 630 of the GOA. NMFS 

was unable to publish a notice 

providing time for public comment 

because the most recent, relevant data 

only became available as of August 24, 

2010. 

The AA also finds good cause to 

waive the 30–day delay in the effective 

date of this action under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3). This finding is based upon 

the reasons provided above for waiver of 

prior notice and opportunity for public 

comment. 

This action is required by § 679.20 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: August 25, 2010. 

Carrie Selberg, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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