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telephone number (913) 551 7147 or by 

email at bhesania.amy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to an 

adverse comment, the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing 

the direct final rule to approve a 

revision submitted by the State of 

Missouri and received by EPA on 

December 17, 2013, pertaining to 

Missouri’s rule ‘‘Controlling Emissions 

During Episodes of High Air Pollution 

Potential.’’ In the direct final rule 

published on November 4, 2014 (79 FR 

65346), we stated that if we received 

adverse comment by December 4, 2014, 

the rule would be withdrawn and not 

take effect. EPA subsequently received 

an adverse comment. EPA will address 

the comment received in a subsequent 

final action based upon the proposed 

action also published on November 4, 

2014, (79 FR 65362). EPA will not 

institute a second comment period on 

this action. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Carbon monoxide, 

Incorporation by reference, 

Intergovernmental relations, Lead, 

Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, Particulate 

matter, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile 

organic compounds. 

Dated: December 15, 2014. 

Mark J. Hague, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30389 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 635 

RIN 0648–BC09 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS); 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP); Amendment 

7 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of installation schedule 

for electronic monitoring equipment. 

SUMMARY: On December 2, 2014, NMFS 

published the final rule for Amendment 

7 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP 

(Amendment 7) to ensure sustainable 

management of bluefin tuna consistent 

with the 2006 HMS FMP and address 

ongoing challenges in the Atlantic 

bluefin tuna fisheries. The regulations 

implemented by the final rule require 

that an owner or operator of a 

commercial vessel permitted or required 

to be permitted in the Atlantic Tunas 

Longline category and that has pelagic 

longline gear on board that vessel, have 

installed, operate, and maintain an 

electronic monitoring (EM) system on 

the vessel. To enable vessels to comply 

with the EM requirements, NMFS is 

scheduling dates and locations for 

installation of, and training on the 

operation of, EM equipment on up to 

135 vessels that were deemed eligible 

for initial bluefin tuna quota shares in 

Amendment 7. Although most 

Amendment 7 measures are effective as 

of January 1, 2015, the final rule 

specifies that EM installation must be 

completed by June 1, 2015, to fish with 

pelagic longline gear after that date. 

Therefore, in this notice NMFS is 

scheduling EM installations between 

January 1 and June 1, 2015. Pursuant to 

Amendment 7, NMFS is also providing 

information about the EM installation 

process. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for installation dates, times, and 

locations. 

ADDRESSES: Installation of EM 

equipment is scheduled at the following 

ports: Cape Canaveral, FL; Panama City, 

FL; Dulac, LA; Wanchese, NC, Beaufort, 

NC, and Barnegat Light, NJ. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 

dates, times, and locations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Warren or Brad McHale at 978– 

281–9260; or Craig Cockrell at 301–427– 

8503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic 

tuna fisheries are managed under the 

dual authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the 

Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA). 

Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 

NMFS must manage fisheries to 

maintain optimum yield on a 

continuing basis while preventing 

overfishing. ATCA authorizes the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to 

promulgate regulations as may be 

necessary and appropriate to carry out 

recommendations of the International 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The authority 

to issue regulations under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and ATCA has 

been delegated from the Secretary to the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. Management of these species is 

described in the 2006 Consolidated 

HMS FMP, which is implemented by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 635. 

Amendment 7 to the 2006 Consolidated 

HMS FMP may be found online at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/

documents/fmp/am7/index.html. 

On December 2, 2014, NMFS 

published the final rule for Amendment 

7 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP 

to, among other things, take actions 

related to the operation and 

management of the Atlantic bluefin tuna 

fishery, including measures applicable 

to the pelagic longline fishery, including 

Individual Bluefin Quotas (IBQs) and 

expanded monitoring requirements, 

including electronic monitoring via 

cameras (79 FR 71510). The regulations 

implemented by the final rule require 

that an owner or operator of a 

commercial vessel permitted or required 

to be permitted in the Atlantic Tunas 

Longline category and that has pelagic 

longline gear on board that vessel, have 

installed, operate, and maintain an EM 

system on the vessel. To enable eligible 

vessels to comply with the EM 

requirements, NMFS is scheduling dates 

and locations for installation of and 

training on the operation of EM 

equipment. Although most Amendment 

7 measures are effective as of January 1, 

2015, EM installation must be 

completed by June 1, 2015, to fish with 

pelagic longline gear after that date. 

NMFS has identified funds to pay for 

the required equipment and its initial 

installation prior to June 1, 2015, for the 

currently eligible vessels (135 vessels 

with Atlantic Tunas Longline permits 

deemed eligible to receive Individual 

Bluefin Quota (IBQ) shares pursuant to 

Amendment 7). This will ease the 

regulated community’s burden 

associated with the new monitoring 

requirements. NMFS sent certified 

letters on December 4, 2014, to the 

permit holders to inform them of the 

eligibility status of their Atlantic Tunas 

Longline permit. Funding for future 

equipment and installations, and 

installations of EM on vessels other than 

the 135 initially identified is uncertain, 

as is installation after June 1, 2015, even 

for eligible vessels. The following 

descriptions and instructions are 

consistent with the Amendment 7 final 

rule: 

Vessel owners and/or operators 

should, in the near future, call 

Saltwater, Inc., the NMFS-approved 

contractor, at 800–770–3241, to 

schedule EM installation and training 

for eligible vessels at one of the ports 

specified in Table 1, and to discuss 

logistics (time, precise location, etc.) 

with the contractor. As specified in the 

final rule, prior to the scheduled date of 

installation, vessel owners/operators 

must purchase a fitting for the pressure 

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system. The fitting may be either ‘‘T’’ or 

inline, with a female 1⁄4 threaded 

National Pipe Thread (NPT) port, to 

enable connection to the pressure 

transducer (a component of the EM 

system). 

Before the scheduled date of 

installation, the NMFS-approved 

contractor may contact vessel operators 

in person or by phone to ask questions 

to help them determine power supply, 

vessel configuration, and other 

considerations necessary to facilitate 

installation of the EM system and to 

ensure the system’s compatibility with 

the vessel. The vessel owner and/or 

operator should be present on the day 

of installation to facilitate equipment 

installation and provide access to the 

vessel and information to Saltwater, 

Inc., about the power supply and other 

vessel infrastructure and other 

information as needed. The dates and 

locations of the EM installations are 

listed below in Table 1. These dates and 

locations were chosen based on several 

factors to reduce the potential for the 

installation schedule to interfere with 

fishing trips and to minimize the 

distances vessel may have to travel. In 

order to provide as much flexibility as 

possible for the locations of a limited 

number of installations, NMFS will 

announce any additional locations or 

changes in locations, if warranted, in a 

future notice (‘‘To Be Determined’’). 

TABLE 1—DATES AND LOCATIONS OF

ELECTRONIC MONITORING INSTALLATIONS

Date range (2015) Name of port 

January 16 through 

25.

Cape Canaveral, FL. 

Panama City, FL. 

February 14 through 

23.

Cape Canaveral, FL. 

Dulac, LA. 

March 16 through 25 Wanchese, NC. 

Beaufort, NC. 

April 14 through 23 ... Wanchese, NC. 

Dulac, LA. 

May 11 through 17, 

and 19 through 25.

To Be Determined. 

Barnegat Light, NJ. 

Other Installations 

If a vessel owner and/or operator of an 

eligible vessel is not able to coordinate 

installation with Saltwater, Inc., on one 

of the dates and locations listed in Table 

1, the vessel operator should contact 

Saltwater, Inc., at 800–770–3241 to 

determine whether another mutuallyagreed upon location and date before 

June 1, 2015, is feasible for installation 

and training. NMFS cannot guarantee 

that an alternate location or date will be 

provided given the limited funding and 

time available to complete installation 

of the EM equipment and training. 

Therefore, vessel owners and/or 

operators should make a concerted 

effort to make plans to adhere to the EM 

installation schedule in Table 1. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801 

et seq. 

Dated: December 23, 2014. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30521 Filed 12–24–14; 11:15 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 140117052–4402–02] 

RIN 0648–XD651 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; 2015 Summer Flounder, Scup, 

and Black Sea Specifications and 2015 

Commercial Summer Flounder Quota 

Adjustments 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: 2015 Summer Flounder, Scup, 

and Black Sea Specifications and 2015 

commercial summer flounder state 

quotas. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is announcing revised 

commercial quotas and recreational 

harvest limits for the 2015 summer 

flounder, scup, and black sea bass 

fisheries, as well as the commercial 

summer flounder state quotas for fishing 

year 2015. This is necessary to 

incorporate adjustments to the quotas 

due to the suspension of the Research 

Set-Aside program, implement an 

accountability measure for the 

commercial black sea bass fishery, and, 

for summer flounder state quotas, 

account for any previously unaccounted 

for overages from fishing year 2013 and 

any known overages to date from fishing 

year 2014. The intent of this action is to 

modify the established harvest levels to 

ensure that these species are not 

overfished or subject to overfishing in 

2015. 

DATES: Effective January 1, 2015, 

through December 31, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Moira Kelly, Fishery Policy Analyst, 

(978) 281–9218. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council and the Atlantic 

States Marine Fisheries Commission 

cooperatively manage the summer 

flounder, scup, and black sea bass 

fisheries. Specifications for these 

fisheries include the acceptable 

biological catch (ABC) limit, various 

catch and landing subdivisions (such as 

the commercial and recreational sector 

annual catch limits (ACLs)), annual 

catch targets (ACTs), sector-specific 

landing limits (i.e., the commercial 

fishery quotas and recreational harvest 

limits), and research set-aside quotas 

established for one or more fishing 

years. Typically, these specifications are 

set on an annual or multi-year basis and 

announced in the Federal Register in 

December. The specifications 

rulemaking for 2014 was delayed 

because of a summer flounder stock 

assessment. This delay allowed the 

Council to establish the 2015 

specifications in May 2014, in 

conjunction with the revised 2014 

specifications (May 22, 2014; 79 FR 

29371). The 2015 specifications were 

based on recommendations that the 

Council made in October 2013, and 

included commercial quotas and 

recreational harvest limits as adjusted 

for a 3-percent reduction in landings to 

accommodate the Research Set-Aside 

program. 

Research Set-Aside Quota Restoration 

The Research Set-Aside program has 

recently been the subject of significant 

debate regarding its effectiveness in 

providing useful research and for 

enforcement concerns. At its August 

2014 meeting, the Council voted to 

suspend the Research Set-Aside 

program for fishing year 2015 and to 

conduct a comprehensive review of the 

program. As a result, the previously 

deducted Research Set-Aside amounts 

will be redistributed to the respective 

commercial quota and recreational 

harvest limits, as follows: 

TABLE 1—PREVIOUSLY DEDUCTED

RESEARCH SET-ASIDE QUOTA

lb mt 

Commercial Summer 

Flounder ................ 332,898 151 

Recreational Summer 

Flounder ................ 220,462 100 

Commercial Scup ..... 637,136 289 

Recreational Scup .... 205,030 93 

Commercial Black 

Sea Bass ............... 70,548 32 

Recreational Black 

Sea Bass ............... 66,139 30 


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