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d. If the mailpieces are mailed with a 

postage statement, the mailer must 

certify on the postage statement that the 

mailpieces contain no dangerous 

materials that are prohibited by postal 

regulations. 

e. The import regulations of the 

destination country must allow 

individual mailpieces without a 

customs form affixed. 

f. For IPA and ISAL mailings, the 

mailer must pay with a permit imprint 

or with a combination postage method 

(meter postage affixed to the piece and 

additional postage by permit imprint). 

IPA and ISAL mailpieces that are paid 

for by postage solely with a meter do not 

qualify for the ‘‘known mailer’’ 

exemption. 

g. Failure to comply with the 

conditions in this section, or with any 

other applicable regulations or policies 

of the Postal Service or other relevant 

governmental authorities, may result in 

the suspension or revocation of 

eligibility to mail items without a 

customs form affixed pursuant to this 

section. For example, a suspension or 

revocation may result when the mailer 

fails to ensure his or her compliance 

with 510, 520, 530, or 540, such as 

ensuring that no mailings are sent to 

persons blocked from transacting in 

such items by the federal agencies 

described in those IMM sections. 

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2 Conditions for Mailing 

* * * * * 

290 Commercial Services 

* * * * * 

292 International Priority Airmail 

(IPA) Service 

292. 1 Description 

292.11 General 

[Revise the second sentence to read as 

follows (including content-based 

requirements):] 

International Priority Airmail (IPA) 

service, including IPA M-bags, is a 

commercial service designed for volume 

mailings of all First-Class Mail 

International postcards, letters, and 

large envelopes (flats), and for volume 

mailings of First-Class Package 

International Service packages (small 

packets). The sender must prepare 

mailpieces in accordance with the 

requirements of this subchapter and 

with the content-based and shape-based 

requirements of the applicable service— 

see 240 for First-Class Mail International 

items, and see 250 for First-Class 

Package International Service 

items.* * * 

* * * * * 

292.2 Eligibility 

* * * * * 

292.25 Dutiable Items 

[Revise the first sentence to read as 

follows (referring only to First-Class 

Package International Service and 

removing an outdated reference to 

ordinary or insured Priority Mail 

International items):] 

Dutiable items may be sent in 

accordance with the applicable rules in 

this subchapter for First-Class Package 

International Service only. Priority Mail 

International items may not be mailed 

with IPA service. 

* * * * * 

293 International Surface Air Lift 

(ISAL) Service 

293.1 Description 

293.11 General 

[Revise the second sentence to include 

content-based requirements, to read as 

follows:] 

International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) 

service, including ISAL M-bags, is a 

commercial service designed for volume 

mailings of all First-Class Mail 

International postcards, letters, and 

large envelopes (flats), and for volume 

mailings of First-Class Package 

International Service packages (small 

packets). The sender must prepare 

mailpieces in accordance with the 

requirements of this subchapter and 

with the content-based and shape-based 

requirements of the applicable service— 

see 240 for First-Class Mail International 

items, and see 250 for First-Class 

Package International Service 

items.* * * 

* * * * * 

293.2 Eligibility 

* * * * * 

293.25 Dutiable Items 

[Revise the first sentence to read as 

follows (referring only to First-Class 

Package International Service and 

removing an outdated reference to 

ordinary or insured Priority Mail 

International items):] 

Dutiable items may be sent in 

accordance with the applicable rules in 

this subchapter for First-Class Package 

International Service only. Priority Mail 

International items may not be mailed 

with ISAL service. 

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We will publish an appropriate 

amendment to 39 CFR part 20 to reflect 

these changes. 

Stanley F. Mires, 

Attorney, Federal Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 151215999–6960–02] 

RIN 0648–XF774 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; 

Adjustment to the Atlantic Herring 

Management Area 1A Annual Catch 

Limit 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason 

adjustment. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is adjusting the 2017 

fishing year annual catch limit for 

Atlantic Herring Management Area 1A 

due to an underharvest in the New 

Brunswick weir fishery. This action is 

necessary to comply with the 2016– 

2018 specifications and management 

measures for the Atlantic Herring 

Fishery Management. 

DATES: Effective October 24, 2017, 

through December 31, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Luers, Fishery Management 

Specialist, 978–282–8457, Fax 978–281– 

9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the Atlantic 

herring fishery are found at 50 CFR part 

648. The regulations require annual 

specification of the overfishing limit, 

acceptable biological catch (ABC), 

annual catch limit (ACL), optimum 

yield (OY), domestic harvest and 

processing, U.S. at-sea processing, 

border transfer, and sub-annual catch 

limits (sub-ACL) for each management 

area. The 2017 Domestic Annual 

Harvest was set as 104,800 metric tons 

(mt); an additional 9,384 mt was added 

to the sub-ACLs for the four herring 

management areas collectively from an 

underharvest during the 2015 fishing 

year, and 3 percent of herring catch was 

set aside for research in the 2016–2018 

specifications (81 FR 75731, November 

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year was 101,656 mt, and the adjusted 

ACL allocated to Area 1A was 31,115 

mt. 

Due to the variability of Canadian 

catch in the New Brunswick weir 

fishery, a 1,000-mt portion of the 4,000- 

mt buffer between ABC and OY (the 

buffer to account for Canadian catch) is 

allocated to Area 1A, provided New 

Brunswick weir landings are lower than 

the amount specified in the buffer. 

The NMFS Regional Administrator is 

required to monitor the fishery landings 

in the New Brunswick weir fishery each 

year. If New Brunswick weir fishery 

herring catch through October 1 is less 

than 4,000 mt, then 1,000 mt will be 

subtracted from the management 

uncertainty buffer and allocated to the 

ACL and Area 1A sub-ACL. When such 

a determination is made, NMFS is 

required to publish a notification in the 

Federal Register to adjust the ACL and 

the Area 1A sub-ACL upward for the 

remainder of the fishing year. 

The Regional Administrator has 

determined, based on the best available 

information, that the New Brunswick 

weir fishery catch for fishing year 2017 

through October 1, 2017, was 1,732 mt. 

Therefore, effective October 24, 2017, 

through December 31, 2017, 1,000 mt 

will be allocated to the Area 1A subACL, thereby increasing the fishing year 

2017 Area 1A sub-ACL from 31,115 mt 

to 32,115 mt. Because this increase to a 

sub-ACL also increases the stock-wide 

ACL, this allocation increases the 2017 

stock-wide ACL from 101,656 mt to 

102,656 mt. 

Classification 

This action is required by 50 CFR part 

648 and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

The Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds good cause 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive 

prior notice and the opportunity for 

public comment because it is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest. This action increases the subACL for Area 1A by 1,000 mt (31,115 mt 

to 32,115 mt) through December 31, 

2017, thereby relieving a more 

restrictive catch limit. The regulations at 

50 CFR 648.201(f) require such action to 

help mitigate some of the negative 

economic effects associated with the 

reduction in the Area 1A sub-ACL in the 

2016–2018 specifications process. The 

herring fishery extends from January 1 

to December 31. Data indicating the 

New Brunswick weir fishery landed less 

than 4,000 mt through October 1, 2017, 

only recently became available. 

Allowing for prior notice and public 

comment on this adjustment is 

impracticable because regulations 

require this allocation to occur as 

quickly as is practicable and for the 

remainder of the fishing year. Because 

the Management Area 1A fishery is 

generally fully prosecuted and closed 

between mid-October and midNovember, a delay in implementation of 

this action may result in the 1,000-mt 

allocation occurring after closure of 

Area 1A. If this occurred, it is unlikely 

that the additional 1,000 mt would be 

enough to warrant reopening the 1A 

fishery, and would thus result in 

incomplete harvest of the 1A sub-ACL. 

Further, this is a nondiscretionary 

action required by provisions in the 

2016–2018 Atlantic Herring 

Specifications and Management 

Measures (herring specifications), which 

previously provided notice to the public 

that this 1,000 mt allocation would 

occur if the Canadian catch level was 

sufficiently low, and offered full 

opportunity to comment on this. The 

adjustment required by the regulation is 

formulaic. It does not change existing 

regulations, but simply puts the 

predetermined adjustment into effect. 

NMFS further finds, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(3), good cause to waive 

the 30-day delayed effectiveness period 

for the reasons stated above. 

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

Dated: October 17, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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