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amended as set forth below the 

signature of this Order effective 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

Order in the Federal Register. 

2. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this order in the Federal 

Register. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 3000 

Conflict of interests. 

By the Commission. 

Stacy L. Ruble, 

Secretary. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Commission amends 

chapter III of title 39 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations as follows: 

CHAPTER III—POSTAL REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

■ 1. Under the authority of 39 U.S.C. 

503, remove the heading of subchapter 

A. 

PART 3000—STANDARDS OF 

CONDUCT 

■ 2. The authority citation for part 3000 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 503; 504, 3603; E.O. 

12674; 54 FR 15159; 3 CFR,1989 Comp., p. 

215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 56 FR 42547, 

3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 396, 5 CFR parts 2634 

and 2635. 

■ 3. Revise subpart A of part 3000 to 

read as follows: 

Subpart A—General Provisions 

Sec. 

3000.5 Post-employment restrictions. 

3000.10 Additional required notification of 

disqualification when seeking 

employment. 

3000.15 Additional restriction on 

acceptance of anything of value. 

3000.20 [Reserved] 

§ 3000.5 Post-employment restrictions. 

All former employees of the Postal 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

are subject to the following restrictions 

on appearance and practice before the 

Commission on behalf of any 

participant, including the United States 

Postal Service (Postal Service): 

(a) No former employee of the 

Commission may practice or act as an 

attorney, expert witness, or 

representative in connection with any 

proceeding or matter before the 

Commission that the former employee 

has handled, advised, or participated in 

the consideration of while in the service 

of the Commission. 

(b) No former employee of the 

Commission may within 1 year after his 

or her employment has ceased, practice 

before or act as an attorney, expert 

witness, or representative in connection 

with any proceeding or matter before 

the Commission that was under the 

official responsibility of such 

individual, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 

202(b), while in the service of the 

Commission. 

§ 3000.10 Additional required notification 

of disqualification when seeking 

employment. 

(a) Notwithstanding 5 CFR 

2635.603(a), an employee that seeks 

employment with the Postal Service 

must provide written notice of 

disqualification to the Designated 

Agency Ethics Official (DAEO) 

consistent with 5 CFR 5601.103(a). The 

DAEO will inform the employee and the 

employee’s supervisor in writing of each 

matter from which the employee is 

disqualified from participating. 

(b) An employee may withdraw 

written notice under paragraph (a) of 

this section consistent with 5 CFR 

5601.103(b). 

§ 3000.15 Additional limitation on 

acceptance of anything of value. 

Regardless of 5 CFR 2635.203(b)(7), a 

Commission employee may not accept a 

gift from the Postal Service, unless 

another exception or exclusion to 5 CFR 

2635.203 applies or a waiver is granted 

by the DAEO. 

§ 3000.20 [Reserved] 

[FR Doc. 2017–23576 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 61 

[WC Docket Nos. 16–143, 05–25, GN Docket 

No. 13–5, RM–10593; FCC 17–43] 

Business Data Services in an Internet 

Protocol Environment; Technology 

Transitions; Special Access for Price 

Cap Local Exchange Carriers; AT&T 

Corporation Petition for Rulemaking 

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, an 

information collection associated with 

the Commission’s Business Data 

Services Report and Order, FCC 17–43, 

which, among other things, adopted an 

X-factor of two percent and required 

price cap ILECs to make a one-time 

filing to revise their Tariff Review Plans 

(TRPs) to implement the new X-factor to 

become effective on December 1, 2017. 

In particular, the Commission amended 

its rules to state that the X-factor shall 

equal 2 percent effective December 1, 

2017. This document is consistent with 

the Order, which stated that the 

Commission would publish a document 

in the Federal Register announcing the 

effective date of this rule. 

DATES: The amendment to 47 CFR 

61.45(b)(1)(iv), published at June 2, 

2017, 82 FR 25660, is effective October 

31, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Kehoe, Pricing Policy Division, 

Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 

418–7122, or email: william.kehoe@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on October 

13, 2017, OMB approved, for a period of 

three years, the information collection 

requirement relating to § 61.45(b)(1)(iv) 

of the Commission’s rules, as contained 

in the Commission’s Business Data 

Services Report and Order, FCC 17–43, 

published at 82 FR 25660, June 2, 2017. 

The OMB Control Number is 3060– 

0400. 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 

1–A620, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. Please include 

the OMB Control Number, 3060–0400, 

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 October 

13, 2017, for the information collection 

requirements contained in the 

modifications to the Commission’s rules 

in 47 CFR part 61. 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 


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collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act that does not 

display a current, valid OMB Control 

Number. The OMB Control Number is 

3060–0400. 

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: 3060–0400. 

OMB Approval Date: October 13, 

2017. 

OMB Expiration Date: October 31, 

2020. 

Title: Part 61, Tariff Review Plan. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 2,749 respondents; 4,165 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 

hours—53 hours. 

Frequency of Response: One-time, 

biennial and on-occasion reporting 

requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

(IC) is contained in 47 U.S.C. 10(a) of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 60,878 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

Respondents are not being asked to 

submit confidential information to the 

Commission. If the Commission 

requests respondents to submit 

information which respondents believe 

are confidential, respondents may 

request confidential treatment of such 

information under 47 CFR 0.459 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Privacy Act: No impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: The Commission has 

developed standardized Tariff Review 

Plans (TRPs) that set forth the summary 

material that incumbent LECs (LECs) 

file to support revisions to the rates in 

their interstate access service tariffs. The 

TRPs display basic data on rate 

development in a consistent manner, 

thereby facilitating review of the 

incumbent LEC rate revisions by the 

Commission and interested parties. The 

TRPs have served this purpose 

effectively in past years. 

On April 20, 2017, the Commission 

adopted the Business Data Services 

Report and Order, FCC 17–43, reforming 

the business data services/special access 

regulations for incumbent and 

competitive LECs by detariffing certain 

business data services and modifying 

the regulatory obligations for those 

business data services that will remain 

tariffed. Additionally, the Order 

adopted an X-factor of two percent and 

required price cap ILECs to make a onetime filing to revise their TRPs to 

implement the new X-factor to become 

effective on December 1, 2017. In 

particular, the Commission amended 

§ 61.45(b)(1)(iv) of its rules to state that 

the X-factor shall equal 2 percent 

effective December 1, 2017. To ease the 

burden on industry, the only factor that 

changes in the revised TRPs is the 

X-factor. Base period demand and the 

value of GDP–PI will stay constant for 

this particular filing. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 140819686–5999–02] 

RIN 0648–XF779 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 

2017 Recreational Accountability 

Measure and Closure for Greater 

Amberjack 

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 the 

recreational sector of greater amberjack 

in the South Atlantic exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ) through this 

temporary rule. NMFS estimates that 

recreational landings have reached the 

recreational annual catch limit (ACL) for 

greater amberjack in the South Atlantic. 

Therefore, NMFS closes the recreational 

sector for greater amberjack in the South 

Atlantic EEZ for the remainder of the 

current fishing year (see DATES). This 

closure is necessary to protect the 

greater amberjack resource in the South 

Atlantic. 

DATES: This rule is effective from 12:01 

a.m., local time, October 31, 2017, until 

12:01 a.m. local time, on March 1, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional 

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

mary.vara@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

snapper-grouper fishery of the South 

Atlantic includes greater amberjack and 

is managed under the Fishery 

Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 

Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared 

by the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) 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. 

The recreational ACL for South 

Atlantic greater amberjack is 1,167,837 

lb (529,722 kg), round weight, as 

specified at 50 CFR 622.193(k)(2)(i). The 

fishing year for South Atlantic greater 

amberjack is from March 1 through the 

end of February (50 CFR 622.7(d)). 

Under the recreational AM at 50 CFR 

622.193(k)(2)(i), when landings of the 

greater amberjack recreational sector 

reach, or are projected to reach, its ACL, 

NMFS is required to close the 

recreational sector for greater amberjack 

by filing a notification to that effect with 

the Office of the Federal Register unless 

NMFS determines that no closure is 

necessary based on the best scientific 

information available. 

NMFS has determined that the 

recreational ACL has been reached in 

the current fishing year of March 1, 

2017, through February 28, 2018, and 

that a closure is necessary. Therefore, 

this temporary rule implements an AM 

to close the greater amberjack 

recreational sector in the South Atlantic 

for the remainder of the current fishing 

year. As a result, the recreational sector 

for greater amberjack in the South 

Atlantic EEZ will close effective at 12:01 

a.m., local time October 31, 2017. 

On October 18, 2017, NMFS closed 

the commercial sector of greater 

amberjack in the South Atlantic because 

the sector had reached the commercial 

quota (equivalent to the commercial 

ACL) (82 FR 47640, October 13, 2017). 

Because the commercial sector for South 

Atlantic greater amberjack has already 

closed for the remainder of the current 

fishing year, all harvest of South 

Atlantic greater amberjack will end on 

October 31, 2017. Both the commercial 

and recreational sectors for South 

Atlantic greater amberjack will reopen 

on March 1, 2018, the start of the next 

fishing year. 

During this closure, the bag and 

possession limits for greater amberjack 

in or from the South Atlantic EEZ are 

zero. The prohibition on harvest or 

possession of greater amberjack applies 

on board a vessel for which a valid 

Federal commercial or charter vessel/ 

headboat permit for South Atlantic 


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