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‘‘Labor compliance agreement’’, Labor 

laws’’, and ‘‘Labor law decision’’; 

■ c. Removing Note to paragraph (a); 

and 

■ d. Removing and reserving paragraph 

(s), and removing the Note to paragraph 

(s). 

The revision reads as follows: 

52.212–3 Offeror Representations and 

Certifications— Commercial Items. 

* * * * * 

Offeror Representations and 

Certifications—Commercial Items (NOV 

2017) 

* * * * * 

■ 18. Amend section 52.212–5 by— 

■ a. Revising the date of the clause; 

■ b. Removing paragraphs (b)(35), Note 

to paragraph (b)(35), and (b)(36), and 

redesignating paragraphs (b)(37) through 

(61) as (b)(35) through (59), respectively; 

■ c. Removing paragraphs (e)(1)(xvii), 

Note to paragraph (e)(1)(xvii), and 

(e)(1)(xviii), and redesignating 

paragraphs (e)(1)(xix) through (xxii) as 

(e)(1)(xvii) through (xxi), respectively; 

and 

■ d. Amending Alternate II by— 

■ i. Revising the date of the Alternate; 

and 

■ ii. Removing paragraphs (e)(1)(ii)(P), 

Note to paragraph (e)(1)(ii)(P), and 

(e)(1)(ii)(Q) of Alternate II, and 

redesignating paragraphs (e)(1)(ii)(R) 

through (U) as (e)(1)(ii)(P) through (S), 

respectively. 

The revisions read as follows: 

52.212–5 Contract Terms and Conditions 

Required to Implement Statutes or 

Executive Orders—Commercial Items. 

* * * * * 

Contract Terms and Conditions 

Required to Implement Statutes or 

Executive Orders—Commercial Items 

(NOV 2017) 

* * * * * 

Alternate II (NOV 2017). * * * 

* * * * * 

■ 19. Amend section 52.213–4 by 

revising the date of the clause and 

paragraph (a)(2)(viii) to read as follows: 

52.213–4 Terms and Conditions— 

Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than 

Commercial Items). 

* * * * * 

Terms and Conditions—Simplified 

Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial 

Items) (NOV 2017) 

* * * * * 

(a) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(viii) 52.244–6, Subcontracts for 

Commercial Items (NOV 2017) 

* * * * * 

52.222–57 through 52.222–61 [Removed 

and Reserved] 

■ 20. Remove and reserve sections 

52.222–57 through 52.222–61. 

■ 21. Amend section 52.244–6 by— 

■ a. Revising the date of the clause; and 

■ b. Removing paragraphs (c)(1)(xiv), 

Note to paragraph (c)(1)(xiv), and 

(c)(1)(xv), and redesignating paragraphs 

(c)(1)(xvi) through (xx) as (c)(1)(xiv) 

through (xviii), respectively. 

The revision reads as follows: 

52.244–6 Subcontracts for Commercial 

Items. 

* * * * * 

Subcontracts for Commercial Items 

(NOV 2017) 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2017–23590 Filed: 11/3/2017 8:45 

am; Publication Date: 11/6/2017] 

Editorial Note: Rule document 2017–23590 

originally published on pages 51527 through 

51531 in the issue of Monday, November 6, 

2017, with an extraneous Web address 

inadvertently inserted. The corrected 

document is published here in its entirety. 

[FR Doc. R1–2017–23590 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1301–00–D 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 141107936–5399–02] 

RIN 0648–XF810 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2017 

Commercial Accountability Measure 

and Closure for South Atlantic Gray 

Triggerfish; July Through December 

Season 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS implements 

accountability measures for commercial 

gray triggerfish in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ) of the South 

Atlantic. NMFS projects commercial 

landings for gray triggerfish will reach 

the commercial annual catch limit 

(ACL) (commercial quota) for the period 

of July through December by October 29, 

2017. Therefore, NMFS is closing the 

commercial sector for gray triggerfish in 

the South Atlantic EEZ on November 8, 

2017. This closure is necessary to 

protect the gray triggerfish resource. 

DATES: This rule is effective 12:01 a.m., 

local time, November 8, 2017, until 

January 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 gray triggerfish 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 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 final rule implementing 

Amendment 29 to the FMP (80 FR 

30947, June 1, 2015) divided the 

commercial ACL (commercial quota) for 

gray triggerfish in the South Atlantic 

into two 6-month commercial fishing 

seasons and allocated 50 percent of the 

total commercial quota of 312,324 lb 

(141,668 kg), round weight, to each of 

the January 1 through June 30 and July 

1 through December 31 fishing seasons, 

as specified in 50 CFR 622.190(a)(8). As 

a result, the commercial quota is 

divided into two equal seasonal quotas 

of 156,162 lb (70,834 kg), round weight. 

The 2017 July through December 

quota includes 20,278 lb (9,198 kg), 

round weight, that was not harvested 

during the 2017 January through June 

fishing season. In accordance with 50 

CFR 622.190(a)(8)(iii), the unused 

portion of the 2017 January through 

June quota was added to the 2017 July 

through December quota, for an adjusted 

commercial quota of 176,440 lb (80,032 

kg), round weight. 

Under 50 CFR 622.193(q)(1)(i), NMFS 

is required to close the commercial 

sector for gray triggerfish when the 

commercial quota specified in 

§ 622.190(a)(8)(i) or (ii) 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 that the adjusted 

commercial quota for South Atlantic 

gray triggerfish will be reached by 

October 29, 2017. Accordingly, the 

commercial sector for South Atlantic 

gray triggerfish is closed effective 12:01 

a.m., local time, November 8, 2017, 

until the start of the next commercial 

fishing season on January 1, 2018. 

The operator of a vessel with a valid 

commercial vessel permit for South 

Atlantic snapper-grouper having gray 

triggerfish onboard must have landed 


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and bartered, traded, or sold such gray 

triggerfish prior to 12:01 a.m., local 

time, November 8, 2017. During the 

closure, the bag limit specified in 50 

CFR 622.187(b)(8), and the possession 

limits specified in 50 CFR 622.187(c), 

apply to all harvest or possession of gray 

triggerfish in or from the South Atlantic 

EEZ. Also, during the closure, the sale 

or purchase of gray triggerfish taken 

from the South Atlantic EEZ is 

prohibited. The prohibition on the sale 

or purchase does not apply to gray 

triggerfish that were harvested, landed 

ashore, and sold prior to 12:01 a.m., 

local time, November 8, 2017, and were 

held in cold storage by a dealer or 

processor. 

For a person onboard a vessel for 

which a Federal commercial or charter 

vessel/headboat permit for the South 

Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery has 

been issued, the bag and possession 

limits and sale and purchase 

prohibitions applicable after the 

commercial quota closure for gray 

triggerfish apply regardless of whether 

the fish are harvested in state or Federal 

waters, as specified in 50 CFR 

622.193(q)(1)(i). 

Classification 

The Regional Administrator, 

Southeast Region, NMFS, has 

determined this temporary rule is 

necessary for the conservation and 

management of gray triggerfish and the 

South Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery 

and is consistent with the MagnusonStevens Act and other applicable laws. 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

622.193(q)(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 

NOAA Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries (AA), finds that the need to 

immediately implement this action to 

close the commercial sector for gray 

triggerfish constitutes good cause to 

waive the requirements to provide prior 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment pursuant to the authority set 

forth in 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 Amendment 29, 

which established the split commercial 

seasons and quotas for gray triggerfish, 

and the accountability measures have 

already 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 gray triggerfish since 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: November 3, 2017. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24311 Filed 11–3–17; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 161017970–6999–02] 

RIN 0648–XF806 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder 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 Maine is transferring a portion 

of its 2017 commercial summer flounder 

quota to the State of Connecticut. This 

quota adjustment is necessary to comply 

with the Summer Flounder, Scup, and 

Black Sea Bass Fishery Management 

Plan quota transfer provisions. This 

announcement informs the public of the 

revised commercial quotas for Maine 

and Connecticut. 

DATES: Effective November 7, 2017, 

through December 31, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Hanson, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are found in 50 CFR 

648.100 through 648.110. These 

regulations require annual specification 

of a commercial quota that is 

apportioned among the coastal states 

from Maine through North Carolina. The 

process to set the annual commercial 

quota and the percent allocated to each 

state is described in § 648.102, and the 

initial 2017 allocations were published 

on December 22, 2016 (81 FR 93842). 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder 

Fishery Management Plan, as published 

in the Federal Register on December 17, 

1993 (58 FR 65936), provided a 

mechanism for transferring summer 

flounder commercial 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 

transfer or combine summer flounder 

commercial quota under § 648.102(c)(2). 

The Regional Administrator is required 

to consider the criteria in 

§ 648.102(c)(2)(i)(A) through (C) in the 

evaluation of requests for quota transfers 

or combinations. 

Maine is transferring 2,500 lb (1,134 

kg) of summer flounder commercial 

quota to Connecticut. This transfer was 

requested by state officials in 

Connecticut to ensure their commercial 

summer flounder quota is not exceeded. 

The revised summer flounder quotas for 

calendar year 2017 are now: Maine, 192 

lb (87 kg); and Connecticut, 130,234 lb 

(59,073 kg); based on the initial quotas 

published in the 2017 Summer 

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 

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 3, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 170919911–7911–01] 

RIN 0648–XF710 

Revisions to Framework Adjustment 

56 to the Northeast Multispecies 

Fishery Management Plan 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 


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