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OMB Control Number: 3060–0400. 

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Title: Part 61, Tariff Review Plan. 

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On April 20, 2017, the Commission 

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regulations for incumbent and 

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Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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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/ 

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snapper-grouper has been issued, 

without regard to where the greater 

amberjack was harvested or possessed, 

i.e., in state or Federal waters. 

Classification 

The Regional Administrator for the 

NMFS Southeast Region has determined 

this temporary rule is necessary for the 

conservation and management of South 

Atlantic greater amberjack and is 

consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act and other applicable laws. 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.193(k)(2)(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 that the need to 

immediately implement this action to 

close the recreational sector for greater 

amberjack constitutes good cause to 

waive the requirements to provide prior 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment on this temporary rule 

pursuant to the authority set forth in 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B), because such 

procedures are unnecessary and 

contrary to the public interest. Such 

procedures are unnecessary because the 

rule implementing the AM itself has 

been subject to notice and comment, 

and all that remains is to notify the 

public of the closure. Such procedures 

are contrary to the public interest 

because of the need to immediately 

implement this action to protect South 

Atlantic greater amberjack. Prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment 

would require time and would 

potentially allow the recreational sector 

to exceed the recreational ACL. 

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 26, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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