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the issuing agency to make a rule 

effective sooner than otherwise 

provided by CRA if the agency makes a 

good cause finding that notice and 

public procedure is impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest. As required by 5 U.S.C. 808(2), 

this determination is supported by a 

brief statement in Unit IV. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 372 

Environmental protection, 

Community right-to-know, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements, Toxic 

chemicals. 

Dated: November 7, 2017. 

E. Scott Pruitt, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 151130999–6594–02] 

RIN 0648–XF821 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 

Quota Transfer 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of New Jersey is transferring a 

portion of its 2017 commercial bluefish 

quota to the State of Rhode Island. This 

quota adjustment is necessary to comply 

with the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery 

Management Plan quota transfer 

provisions. This announcement informs 

the public of the revised commercial 

bluefish quotas for New Jersey and 

Rhode Island. 

DATES: Effective November 8, 2017, 

through December 31, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Hanson, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the Atlantic 

bluefish fishery are found in 50 CFR 

648.160 through 648.167. The 

regulations require annual specification 

of a commercial quota that is 

apportioned among the coastal states 

from Maine through Florida. The 

process to set the annual commercial 

quota and the percent allocated to each 

state are described in § 648.162 and the 

initial 2017 allocations were published 

on March 13, 2017 (82 FR 13402). 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 1 to the Bluefish Fishery 

Management Plan published in the 

Federal Register on July 26, 2000 (65 FR 

45844), and provided a mechanism for 

transferring bluefish quota from one 

state to another. Two or more states, 

under mutual agreement and with the 

concurrence of the NMFS Greater 

Atlantic Regional Administrator, can 

request approval of a transfer of bluefish 

commercial quota under 

§ 648.162(e)(1)(i) through (iii). The 

Regional Administrator must first 

approve any such transfer based on the 

criteria in § 648.162(e). 

New Jersey is transferring 50,000 lb 

(22,680 kg) of Atlantic bluefish 

commercial quota to Rhode Island. This 

transfer was requested by state officials 

in Rhode Island to ensure their 2017 

commercial bluefish quota would not be 

exceeded. Both states have agreed to the 

transfer and certified that it meets all 

pertinent requirements. The revised 

bluefish quotas for calendar year 2017 

are now: New Jersey, 1,215,633 lb 

(551,402 kg); and Rhode Island, 731,563 

lb (331,831 kg); based on the initial 

quotas published in the 2016–2018 

Atlantic Bluefish Specifications and 

subsequent transfers. 

Classification 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

part 648 and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: November 8, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24641 Filed 11–8–17; 4:15 pm] 

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