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call or email Paul Crissy, Office of 

Standards Evaluation and Development, 

Coast Guard; telephone 202–372–1093, 

email Paul.H.Crissy@uscg.mil. If you 

have questions on viewing material on 

the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program 

Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 

202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To view 

the original final rule document, visit 

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/FR2014-09-29/2014-21994. 

Background 

On September 29, 2014, the Coast 

Guard published its annual technical 

amendment to make non-substantive 

changes to Title 46 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations. 79 FR 58270. 

Need for Correction 

The Coast Guard published a final 

rule in the Federal Register that created 

the need for this correction. The Coast 

Guard amended § 67.259(b) by removing 

the word ‘‘effected,’’ and adding in its 

place the word ‘‘affected.’’ This 

replacement was incorrect, however, as 

the word ‘‘effected’’ was used correctly. 

This correction amends paragraph (b) by 

replacing the word ‘‘affected’’ with the 

word ‘‘effected.’’ 

List of Subjects in 46 CFR Part 67 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Vessels. 

Accordingly, 46 CFR part 67 is 

amended by making the following 

correcting amendment: 

PART 67—DOCUMENTATION OF 

VESSELS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 67 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 664; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 

42 U.S.C. 9118; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2107, 2110, 

12106, 12120, 12122; 46 U.S.C. app. 841a, 

876; Department of Homeland Security 

Delegation No. 0170.1. 

§ 67.259 [Corrected] 

■ 2. In § 67.259(b), remove the word 

‘‘affected’’ and add, in its place, the 

word ‘‘effected’’. 

Dated: October 6, 2014. 

Katia Cervoni, 

Chief, Office of Regulations and 

Administrative Law, U.S. Coast Guard. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 131231999–4319–01] 

RIN 0648–BD87 

Extension of Temporary Rule That 

Established Separate Annual Catch 

Limits and Accountability Measures for 

Blueline Tilefish in the South Atlantic 

Region 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; emergency 

action extended. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this temporary 

rule to extend the expiration date of 

emergency measures implemented to 

reduce the amount of blueline tilefish 

that may be harvested in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ) of the South 

Atlantic. NMFS published an 

emergency rule on April 17, 2014, to 

remove the blueline tilefish portion 

from the deep-water complex annual 

catch limit (ACL) and establish separate 

commercial and recreational ACLs and 

accountability measures (AMs) for 

blueline tilefish. The intent of this 

rulemaking is to extend the measures 

implemented in the emergency action to 

reduce overfishing of blueline tilefish in 

the South Atlantic while the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council 

(Council) develops permanent 

management measures. 

DATES: The expiration date for the 

temporary rule published at 79 FR 

21636, April 17, 2014, is extended from 

October 14, 2014, through April 18, 

2015, unless NMFS publishes a 

superseding document in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

documents in support of this temporary 

rule may be obtained from the Southeast 

Regional Office Web site at http://sero.

nmfs.noaa.gov/sustainable_fisheries/s_

atl/sg/2014/acl_er/index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

DeVictor, Southeast Regional Office, 

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

Rick.DeVictor@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS and 

the Council manage South Atlantic 

snapper-grouper species, including 

blueline tilefish, under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (FMP). The Council prepared the 

FMP and NMFS implements the FMP 

through regulations at 50 CFR part 622 

under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act). The Magnuson-Stevens Act 

provides the legal authority for the 

promulgation of emergency regulations 

under section 305(c) (16 U.S.C. 1855(c)). 

Background 

At its December 2013 meeting, the 

Council requested that NMFS 

promulgate emergency regulations to 

reduce overfishing of blueline tilefish 

and rebuild the blueline tilefish stock, 

based on the most recent stock 

assessment conducted for blueline 

tilefish in 2013, while permanent 

management measures and regulations 

are being developed through 

Amendment 32 to the FMP. The need 

for this emergency action is to minimize 

adverse biological effects to the blueline 

tilefish stock and adverse socioeconomic effects to fishermen and 

fishing communities that utilize the 

blueline tilefish portion of the snappergrouper fishery. The Council and NMFS 

determined that any short-term adverse 

socio-economic effects of the temporary 

measures would be justified to 

minimize long-term reductions in 

harvest that may be required if levels of 

unsustainable harvest continued to 

reduce the biomass of the blueline 

tilefish stock. Accordingly, on April 17, 

2014, NMFS published a temporary rule 

under the Magnuson-Stevens Act to 

implement emergency regulations for 

the blueline tilefish stock in the South 

Atlantic (74 FR 21636) and requested 

public comment. That temporary rule is 

effective through October 14, 2014. 

The measures contained in the 

temporary rule and this extension, 

remove blueline tilefish from the deepwater complex and establish separate 

commercial and recreational ACLs and 

AMs for blueline tilefish in the EEZ of 

the South Atlantic. The temporary rule 

and this extension implement a blueline 

tilefish total (commercial and 

recreational) ACL of 224,100 lb (101,650 

kg), round weight. The commercial ACL 

for blueline tilefish is set at 112,207 lb 

(50,896 kg), round weight, and the 

recreational ACL is set at 111,893 lb 

(50,754 kg), round weight. The deepwater complex (composed of 

yellowedge grouper, silk snapper, misty 

grouper, queen snapper, sand tilefish, 

black snapper, and blackfin snapper) 

ACL remains at current levels, except 

with the blueline tilefish portion of the 

complex ACL of 631,341 lb (286,371 kg), 

round weight, removed from the 

complex. Thus, for the deep-water 

complex without blueline tilefish, the 

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commercial ACL is 60,371 lb (27,384 

kg), round weight, and the recreational 

ACL is 19,313 lb (8,760 kg), round 

weight. 

The temporary rule and this extension 

also establish in-season AMs for 

blueline tilefish to prevent these catch 

limits from being exceeded. If 

commercial landings for blueline 

tilefish reach or are projected to reach 

the commercial ACL, NMFS will file a 

notification with the Office of the 

Federal Register to close the commercial 

sector for blueline tilefish for the 

remainder of the fishing year. On and 

after the effective date of such a 

notification, all sale or purchase of 

blueline tilefish is prohibited and 

harvest or possession of blueline tilefish 

in or from the South Atlantic EEZ is 

limited to the bag and possession limit. 

This bag and possession limit applies in 

the South Atlantic on board a vessel for 

which a valid Federal commercial or 

charter vessel/headboat permit for 

South Atlantic snapper-grouper has 

been issued, without regard to where 

such species were harvested, i.e., in 

state or Federal waters. During the 2014 

commercial fishing season, through 

AMs implemented in the emergency 

rule, NMFS closed the commercial 

sector for blueline tilefish on June 23, 

2014, when NMFS determined the 

commercial ACL for blueline tilefish 

was projected to be met (79 FR 35292, 

June 20, 2014). The commercial sector 

will reopen on January 1, 2015. 

If recreational landings for blueline 

tilefish reach or are projected to reach 

the recreational ACL, NMFS will file a 

notification with the Office of the 

Federal Register to close the recreational 

sector for blueline tilefish for the 

remainder of the fishing year. On and 

after the effective date of such 

notification, the bag and possession 

limit of blueline tilefish in or from the 

South Atlantic EEZ would be zero. This 

bag and possession limit would also 

apply in the South Atlantic on board a 

vessel for which a valid Federal 

commercial or charter vessel/headboat 

permit for South Atlantic snappergrouper has been issued, without regard 

to where such species were harvested, 

i.e., in state or Federal waters. 

The Council requested an extension of 

the temporary rule at its September 

2014 meeting, and via an October 2, 

2014, letter to NMFS, to ensure that 

management measures remain in effect 

for blueline tilefish to reduce 

overfishing while more permanent 

measures are developed through 

Amendment 32 to the FMP. Section 

305(c)(3)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act allows for emergency regulations to 

be extended for one additional period of 

186 days provided that the public has 

had an opportunity to comment on the 

emergency measures and the Council is 

actively preparing a plan amendment to 

address the overfishing on a permanent 

basis. If approved, Amendment 32 is 

scheduled to be implemented early in 

the 2015 fishing year. 

Comments and Responses 

Section 305(c)(3)(B) of the MagnusonStevens Act requires that the public has 

an opportunity to comment on 

emergency measures after the regulation 

is published and the Council is actively 

preparing a plan amendment to address 

overfishing on a permanent basis. NMFS 

solicited public comments in the April 

17, 2014, temporary rule but received no 

comments on the temporary rule or the 

emergency measures. 

Classification 

This action is issued pursuant to 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 1855(c). The Assistant 

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA 

(AA), has determined that the 

emergency measures this temporary rule 

extends are based upon the best 

scientific information available, are 

necessary for the conservation and 

management of the blueline tilefish 

component of the snapper-grouper 

fishery and are consistent with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and other 

applicable laws. The Council is 

developing Amendment 32 to establish 

long-term measures to end overfishing 

of South Atlantic blueline tilefish. 

Amendment 32, if approved, is not 

expected to become effective until the 

2015 fishing year. 

This temporary rule has been 

determined to be not significant for 

purposes of Executive Order 12866. 

Because prior notice and opportunity 

for public comment are not required for 

this rule by 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other 

law, the analytical requirements of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq. are inapplicable. Accordingly, no 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is 

required and none has been prepared. 

The AA finds good cause to waive the 

requirements to provide prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment 

pursuant to the authority set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B). Providing prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment on 

this action would be contrary to the 

public interest. This rule would 

continue emergency measures 

implemented by the April 17, 2014, 

temporary rule, for not more than an 

additional 186 days beyond the current 

expiration date of October 14, 2014. The 

conditions prompting the initial 

temporary rule still remain, and more 

permanent measures to be completed 

through Amendment 32 have not yet 

been approved or implemented. Failure 

to extend these temporary measures, 

would result in additional overfishing of 

the South Atlantic blueline tilefish 

stock, which is contrary to the public 

interest and in violation of National 

Standard 1 of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. 

For the reasons listed above, the AA 

also finds good cause to waive the 30- 

day delay in effectiveness of the action 

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

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

Dated: October 6, 2014. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24220 Filed 10–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 131021878–4158–02] 

RIN 0648–XD537 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; ‘‘Other Rockfish’’ in 

the Aleutian Island Subarea of the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting retention 

of ‘‘other rockfish’’ in the Aleutian 

Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands management area 

(BSAI). This action is necessary because 

the 2014 total allowable catch (TAC) of 

‘‘other rockfish’’ in the BSAI has been 

reached. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), October 6, 2014, through 

2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh 

Keaton, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

BSAI exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands (FMP) prepared by 

the North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council under authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

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