Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 11, 2017 / Rules and Regulations 47161 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 51 

[GN Docket No. 13–5, RM–11358; WC 

Docket No. 13–3; FCC 16–90] 

Technology Transitions, USTelecom 

Petition for Declaratory Ruling That 

Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers 

Are Non-Dominant in the Provision of 

Switched Access Services, Policies 

and Rules Governing Retirement of 

Copper Loops by Incumbent Local 

Exchange Carriers and Special Access 

for Price Cap Local Exchange Carriers 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, for a period of three years, the 

information collection associated with 

the Commission’s network change 

disclosure rules pertaining to copper 

retirement notices. This document is 

consistent with the Technology 

Transitions Declaratory Ruling, Second 

Report and Order, and Order on 

Reconsideration, FCC 16–90, which 

stated that the Commission would 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing the effective date 

of those rules. 

DATES: The amendment to 47 CFR 

51.329(c)(1) published at 81 FR 62632, 

September 12, 2016, is effective on 

October 11, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Levy Berlove, Attorney 

Advisor, Wireline Competition Bureau, 

at (202) 418–1477, or by email at 

Michele.Berlove@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on January 

17, 2017, OMB approved, for a period of 

three years, the information collection 

requirements relating to the network 

change disclosure rules contained in the 

Commission’s Technology Transitions 

Declaratory Ruling, Second Report and 

Order, and Order on Reconsideration, 

FCC 16–90, published at 81 FR 62632, 

September 12, 2016. 

The OMB Control Number is 3060– 

0741. The Commission publishes this 

document as an announcement of the 

effective date of the rules. If you have 

any comments on the burden estimates 

listed below, or how the Commission 

can improve the collections and reduce 

any burdens caused thereby, please 

contact Nicole Ongele, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 

A–C620, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. Please include 

the OMB Control Number, 3060–0741, 

in your correspondence. The 

Commission will also accept your 

comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the FCC is notifying the public that it 

received final OMB approval on January 

17, 2017, for the information collection 

requirements contained in the 

modifications to the Commission’s rules 

in 47 CFR part 51. Under 5 CFR part 

1320, an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a current, valid OMB 

Control Number. 

No person shall be subject to any 

penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act that does not 

display a current, valid OMB Control 

Number. The OMB Control Number is 

3060–0741. 

The foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, 

and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

The total annual reporting burdens 

and costs for the respondents are as 

follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0741. 

OMB Approval Date: January 17, 

2017. 

OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 

2020. 

Title: Technology Transitions, GN 

Docket No. 13–5, et al., Declaratory 

Ruling, Report and Order, and Order on 

Reconsideration. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 5,357 respondents; 573,767 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5–8 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirements; recordkeeping; 

third party disclosure. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority is contained in 47 U.S.C. 222 

and 251. Total Annual Burden: 575,840 

hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

The Commission is not requesting that 

the respondents submit confidential 

information to the FCC. Respondents 

may, however, request confidential 

treatment for information they believe to 

be confidential under 47 CFR 0.459 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Privacy Act: No impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: Section 251 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 251, is designed to 

accelerate private sector development 

and deployment of telecommunications 

technologies and services by spurring 

competition. Section 222(e) is also 

designed to spur competition by 

prescribing requirements for the sharing 

of subscriber list information. These 

OMB collections are designed to help 

implement certain provisions of 

sections 222(e) and 251, and to 

eliminate operational barriers to 

competition in the telecommunications 

services market. Specifically, these 

OMB collections will be used to 

implement (1) local exchange carriers’ 

(‘‘LECs’’) obligations to provide their 

competitors with dialing parity and 

non-discriminatory access to certain 

services and functionalities; (2) 

incumbent local exchange carriers’ 

(‘‘ILECs’’) duty to make network 

information disclosures; and (3) 

numbering administration. The 

Commission estimates that the total 

annual burden of the entire collection, 

as revised, is 575,840 hours. This 

revision relates to a change in one of 

many components of the currently 

approved collection—specifically, 

certain reporting, recordkeeping and/or 

third-party disclosure requirements 

under section 251(c)(5). In August 2015, 

the Commission adopted new rules 

concerning certain information 

collection requirements implemented 

under section 251(c)(5) of the Act, 

pertaining to network change 

disclosures. The changes to those rules 

apply specifically to a certain subset of 

network change disclosures, namely 

notices of planned copper retirements. 

The changes are designed to provide 

interconnecting entities adequate time 

to prepare their networks for the 

planned copper retirements and to 

ensure that consumers are able to make 

informed choices. In July 2016, the 

Commission revised § 51.329(c) of its 

network change disclosure rules to 

make available to filers new titles 

applicable to copper retirement notices. 

The Commission estimates that the 

revision does not result in any 

additional outlays of funds for hiring 

outside contractors or procuring 

equipment. 


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47162 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 195 / Wednesday, October 11, 2017 / Rules and Regulations 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21766 Filed 10–10–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 160426363–7275–02] 

RIN 0648–XF735 

Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources 

of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic 

Region; 2017–2018 Commercial 

Accountability Measure and Closure 

for King Mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico 

Western Zone 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS implements an 

accountability measure (AM) for 

commercial king mackerel in the 

western zone of the Gulf of Mexico 

(Gulf) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) 

through this temporary rule. NMFS has 

determined that the commercial quota 

for king mackerel in the western zone of 

the Gulf EEZ will be reached by October 

7, 2017. Therefore, NMFS closes the 

western zone of the Gulf EEZ to 

commercial king mackerel fishing on 

October 7, 2017. This closure is 

necessary to protect the Gulf king 

mackerel resource. 

DATES: The closure is effective at noon, 

local time, October 7, 2017, until 12:01 

a.m., local time, on July 1, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelli O’Donnell, NMFS Southeast 

Regional Office, telephone: 727–824– 

5305, email: kelli.odonnell@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

fishery for coastal migratory pelagic fish 

includes king mackerel, Spanish 

mackerel, and cobia, and is managed 

under the Fishery Management Plan for 

the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources 

of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic 

Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared 

by the Gulf of Mexico and South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Councils 

and is implemented by NMFS under the 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. All 

weights for Gulf king mackerel below 

apply as either round or gutted weight. 

On April 11, 2017, NMFS published 

a final rule to implement Amendment 

26 to the FMP in the Federal Register 

(82 FR 17387). That final rule adjusted 

the management boundaries, zones, and 

annual catch limits for Gulf migratory 

group king mackerel (Gulf king 

mackerel) (82 FR 21314, May 8, 2017). 

The commercial quota for the Gulf king 

mackerel in the Gulf western zone is 

1,136,000 lb (515,281 kg) for the current 

fishing year, July 1, 2017, through June 

30, 2018 (50 CFR 622.384(b)(1)(i)). 

The western zone of Gulf king 

mackerel is located in the EEZ between 

a line extending east from the border of 

the United States and Mexico, and 

87°31.1′ W. long., which is a line 

extending south from the state boundary 

of Alabama and Florida. The western 

zone includes the EEZ off Texas, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. 

Regulations at 50 CFR 622.388(a)(1)(i) 

require NMFS to close the commercial 

sector for Gulf king mackerel in the 

western zone when the commercial 

quota is reached, or is projected to be 

reached, by filing a notification to that 

effect with the Office of the Federal 

Register. NMFS has determined the 

commercial quota of 1,136,000 lb 

(515,281 kg) for Gulf king mackerel in 

the western zone will be reached by 

October 7, 2017. Accordingly, the 

western zone is closed to commercial 

fishing for Gulf king mackerel effective 

at noon, local time, October 7, 2017, 

through June 30, 2018, the end of the 

current fishing year. 

During the closure, a person on board 

a vessel that has been issued a valid 

Federal commercial or charter vessel/ 

headboat permit for coastal migratory 

pelagic fish may continue to retain the 

king mackerel in the western zone 

under the recreational bag and 

possession limits specified in 50 CFR 

622.382(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2), as long as 

the recreational sector for Gulf king 

mackerel in the western zone is open 

(50 CFR 622.384(e)(1)). 

Also during the closure, king 

mackerel from the closed zone, 

including those harvested under the bag 

and possession limits, may not be 

purchased or sold. This prohibition 

does not apply to king mackerel from 

the closed zone that were harvested, 

landed ashore, and sold prior to the 

closure and were held in cold storage by 

a dealer or processor (50 CFR 

622.384(e)(2)). 

Classification 

The Regional Administrator for the 

NMFS Southeast Region has determined 

this temporary rule is necessary for the 

conservation and management of Gulf 

king mackerel and is consistent with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and other 

applicable laws. 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.384(e) and 622.388(a)(1)(i), and is 

exempt from review under Executive 

Order 12866. 

These measures are exempt from the 

procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act because the temporary rule is issued 

without opportunity for prior notice and 

comment. 

This action responds to the best 

scientific information available. The 

Assistant Administrator for NOAA 

Fisheries (AA) finds good cause to 

waive the requirements 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 

procedures are unnecessary and 

contrary to the public interest. Such 

procedures are unnecessary because the 

rule implementing the commercial 

quota and the associated AM has 

already been subject to notice and 

public comment, and all that remains is 

to notify the public of the closure. 

Additionally, allowing prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment is 

contrary to the public interest because 

of the need to immediately implement 

this action to protect the king mackerel 

stock, because the capacity of the 

fishing fleet allows for rapid harvest of 

the commercial quota. Prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment would 

require time and could potentially result 

in a harvest well in excess of the 

established commercial quota. 

For the aforementioned reasons, the 

AA also finds good cause to waive the 

30-day delay in the effectiveness of this 

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

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

Dated: October 5, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21908 Filed 10–5–17; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 161020985–7181–02] 

RIN 0648–XF732 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of 

Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands Management Area 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 


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