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Because of the need to provide 

immediate guidance for the payment of 

benefits under plans with valuation 

dates during December 2017, PBGC 

finds that good cause exists for making 

the assumptions set forth in this 

amendment effective less than 30 days 

after publication. 

PBGC has determined that this action 

is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ 

under the criteria set forth in Executive 

Order 12866. 

Because no general notice of proposed 

rulemaking is required for this 

amendment, the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act of 1980 does not apply. See 5 U.S.C. 

601(2). 

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 4022 

Employee benefit plans, Pension 

insurance, Pensions, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

In consideration of the foregoing, 29 

CFR part 4022 is amended as follows: 

PART 4022—BENEFITS PAYABLE IN 

TERMINATED SINGLE-EMPLOYER 

PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 4022 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1302, 1322, 1322b, 

1341(c)(3)(D), and 1344. 

■ 2. In appendix B to part 4022, Rate Set 

290 is added to the table in numerical 

order to read as follows: 

Appendix B to Part 4022—Lump Sum 

Interest Rates for PBGC Payments 

* * * * * 

Rate set 

For plans with a valuation date Immediate 

annuity rate 

(percent) 

Deferred annuities 

(percent) 

On or after Before i1 i2 i3 n1 n2

*******

290 ........................ 12–1–17 1–1–18 0.75 4.00 4.00 4.00 7 8 

■ 3. In appendix C to part 4022, Rate Set 

290 is added to the table in numerical 

order to read as follows: 

Appendix C to Part 4022—Lump Sum 

Interest Rates for Private-Sector 

Payments 

* * * * * 

Rate set 

For plans with a valuation date Immediate 

annuity rate 

(percent) 

Deferred annuities 

(percent) 

On or after Before i1 i2 i3 n1 n2

*******

290 ........................ 12–1–17 1–1–18 0.75 4.00 4.00 4.00 7 8 

Daniel S. Liebman, 

Acting Assistant General Counsel for 

Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 300 

RIN 0648–XF775 

Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon 

Fisheries; Inseason Orders 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary orders; inseason 

orders. 

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes Fraser River 

salmon inseason orders to regulate 

treaty and non-treaty (all citizen) 

commercial salmon fisheries in U.S. 

waters. The orders were issued by the 

Fraser River Panel (Panel) of the Pacific 

Salmon Commission (Commission) and 

subsequently approved and issued by 

NMFS during the 2017 salmon fisheries 

within the U.S. Fraser River Panel Area. 

These orders established fishing dates, 

times, and areas for the gear types of 

U.S. treaty Indian and all citizen 

commercial fisheries during the period 

the Panel exercised jurisdiction over 

these fisheries. 

DATES: The effective dates for the 

inseason orders are set out in this 

document under the heading Inseason 

Orders. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Mundy at 206–526–4323. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Treaty between the Government of the 

United States of America and the 

Government of Canada concerning 

Pacific Salmon was signed at Ottawa on 

January 28, 1985, and subsequently was 

given effect in the United States by the 

Pacific Salmon Treaty Act (Act) at 16 

U.S.C. 3631–3644. 

Under authority of the Act, Federal 

regulations at 50 CFR part 300, subpart 

F, provide a framework for the 

implementation of certain regulations of 

the Commission and inseason orders of 

the Commission’s Fraser River Panel for 

U.S. sockeye and pink salmon fisheries 

in the Fraser River Panel Area. 

The regulations close the U.S. portion 

of the Fraser River Panel Area to U.S. 

sockeye and pink salmon tribal and 

non-tribal commercial fishing unless 

opened by Panel orders that are given 

effect by inseason regulations published 

by NMFS. During the fishing season, 

NMFS may issue regulations that 

establish fishing times and areas 

consistent with the Commission 

agreements and inseason orders of the 

Panel. Such orders must be consistent 

with domestic legal obligations and are 

issued by the Regional Administrator, 

West Coast Region, NMFS. Official 

notification of these inseason actions is 

provided by two telephone hotline 

numbers described at 50 CFR 


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300.97(b)(1) and in 82 FR 19631 (April 

28, 2017). The inseason orders are 

published in the Federal Register as 

soon as practicable after they are issued. 

Due to the frequency with which 

inseason orders are issued, publication 

of individual orders is impractical. 

Inseason Orders 

The following inseason orders were 

adopted by the Panel and issued for U.S. 

fisheries by NMFS during the 2017 

fishing season. Each of the following 

inseason actions was effective upon 

announcement on telephone hotline 

numbers as specified at 50 CFR 

300.97(b)(1) and in 82 FR 19631 (April 

28, 2017); those dates and times are 

listed herein. The times listed are local 

times, and the areas designated are 

Puget Sound Management and Catch 

Reporting Areas as defined in the 

Washington State Administrative Code 

at Chapter 220–22. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2017– 

01: Issued 12:55 p.m., August 22, 2017 

Treaty Indian Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Open to drift 

gillnets 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, 

August 23, 2017, to 12 p.m. (noon), 

Saturday, August 26, 2017. Sockeye may 

be retained for ceremonial and 

subsistence purposes only. 

Area 7: Open to reef nets from 5 a.m. 

to 9 p.m., Wednesday, August 23, 2017, 

from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, August 

24, 2017, and from 5 a.m. to 9p.m., 

Friday August 25, 2017. Sockeye may be 

retained for ceremonial and subsistence 

purposes only. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2017– 

02: Issued 3:30 p.m., August 24, 2017 

Treaty Indian Fishery 

Area 7: Open to reef nets from 5 a.m. 

to 9 p.m., Saturday, August 26, 2017. 

Sockeye may be retained for ceremonial 

and subsistence purposes only. 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to purse 

seines and gillnets from 5 a.m., Friday, 

August 25, 2017, to 9 a.m., Saturday, 

August 26, 2017. Sockeye may be 

retained for ceremonial and subsistence 

purposes only. 

All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open for reef nets, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 

a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, August 25, 2017, 

and from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 

August 26, 2017. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2017– 

03: Issued 2 p.m., August 28, 2017 

Treaty Indian Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Open to drift 

gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Tuesday, 

August 29, 2017, to 12 p.m. (noon), 

Friday, September 1, 2017. Sockeye may 

be retained for ceremonial and 

subsistence purposes only. 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to purse 

seines and drift gillnets from 5 a.m., 

Wednesday, August 29, 2017, to 9 a.m., 

Thursday, August 31, 2017. Sockeye 

may be retained for ceremonial and 

subsistence purposes only. 

Area 7: Open to reef nets from 5 a.m. 

to 9 p.m., Tuesday, August 29, 2017, 

and from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, 

August 30, 2017. Sockeye may be 

retained for ceremonial and subsistence 

purposes only. 

All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 

a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, August 29, 

2017. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to gillnets, with 

non-retention of sockeye, from 8 a.m. to 

11:59 p.m., Tuesday, August 29, 2017. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reef nets, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 

a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, August 29, 

2017, and from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., 

Wednesday, August 30, 2017. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2017– 

04: Issued 2:20 p.m., August 31, 2017 

Treaty Indian Fishery 

Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift 

gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Friday, 

September 1, 2017, to 12 p.m. (noon), 

Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Sockeye 

may be retained for ceremonial and 

subsistence purposes only. 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to net 

fishing, excluding reef nets, from 5 a.m., 

Friday, September 1, 2017, to 9 p.m., 

Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Sockeye 

may be retained for ceremonial and 

subsistence purposes only. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reef nets 

from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., daily from Friday, 

September 1, 2017, through Tuesday, 

September 5, 2017. Sockeye may be 

retained for ceremonial and subsistence 

purposes only. 

All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 

a.m. to 9 p.m., daily from Friday, 

September 1, 2017, through Tuesday, 

September 5, 2017. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 8:05 

a.m. to 11:59 p.m., daily from Friday, 

September 1, 2017, through Tuesday, 

September 5, 2017. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reef nets, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 

a.m. to 9 p.m., daily from Friday, 

September 1, 2017, through Tuesday, 

September 5, 2017. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to beach seines, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 

a.m., Friday, September 1, 2017, 

through 9 p.m., Tuesday, September 5, 

2017. 

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2017– 

05: Issued 12:50 p.m., September 5, 

2017 

Washington State and Treaty Indian 

tribes closed most United States Fraser 

Panel water fisheries on Sunday, 

September 3, 2017, in response to 

concerns that the potential harvest of 

Fraser River pink salmon would exceed 

the United States share of the total 

allowable catch. The Fraser River Panel 

met Tuesday, September 5, 2017, and 

confirmed the earlier closure of several 

fisheries that were previously 

announced on Thursday, August 31, 

2017, Fraser River Panel order number 

2017–04. The Panel announced the 

earlier closure of the following 

Commercial salmon fisheries in Panel 

Area waters: 

Treaty Indian Fishery 

Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open to net 

fishing, excluding reef nets, from 5 a.m., 

Friday, September 1, 2017, to 9 p.m., 

Sunday, September 3, 2017. Sockeye 

may be retained for ceremonial and 

subsistence purposes only. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reef nets 

from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., daily from Friday, 

September 1, 2017, through Sunday, 

September 3, 2017. Sockeye may be 

retained for ceremonial and subsistence 

purposes only. 

All Citizen Fishery 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 

a.m. to 9 p.m., daily from Friday, 

September 1, 2017, through Sunday, 

September 3, 2017. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 8:05 

a.m. to 11:59 p.m., daily from Friday, 

September 1, 2017, through Sunday, 

September 3, 2017. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reef nets, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 

a.m. to 9 p.m., daily from Friday, 

September 1, 2017, through Sunday, 

September 3, 2017. 

Areas 7 and 7A: Open to beach seines, 

with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 

a.m., Friday, September 1, 2017, 

through 11:59 p.m., Sunday, September 

3, 2017. 


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Fraser River Panel Order Number 2017– 

06: Issued 12:15 p.m., September 12, 

2017 

Treaty Indian and All Citizen Fisheries 

Areas 6, 6A, and 7: Relinquish 

regulatory control effective 12:01 a.m., 

Sunday, September 24, 2017. 

Classification 

The Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries NOAA (AA), finds that good 

cause exists for the inseason orders to be 

issued without affording the public 

prior notice and opportunity for 

comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as 

such prior notice and opportunity for 

comments is impracticable and contrary 

to the public interest. Prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment is 

impracticable because NMFS has 

insufficient time to allow for prior 

notice and opportunity for public 

comment between the time the stock 

abundance information is available to 

determine how much fishing can be 

allowed and the time the fishery must 

open and close in order to harvest the 

appropriate amount of fish while they 

are available. 

The AA also finds good cause to 

waive the 30-day delay in the effective 

date, required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), 

of the inseason orders. A delay in the 

effective date of the inseason orders 

would not allow fishers appropriately 

controlled access to the available fish at 

that time they are available. 

This action is authorized by 50 CFR 

300.97, and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3636(b). 

Dated: November 9, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 160229161–7898–02] 

RIN 0648–BF86 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Amendment 6 to the Tilefish 

Fishery Management Plan 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule implements 

management measures previously 

approved for Amendment 6 to the 

Tilefish Fishery Management Plan and 

publicizes status quo management 

measures for 2018. Amendment 6 was 

developed by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council to establish 

management measures and 2017 harvest 

limits for the blueline tilefish fishery 

north of the Virginia/North Carolina 

border. The intended effect of this 

action is to establish permanent 

management measures for this fishery, 

consistent with requirements of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. 

DATES: This rule is effective December 

15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of Amendment 6 

and the Environmental Assessment 

(EA), with its associated Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) and the 

Regulatory Impact Review (RIR), are 

available from the Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 North State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901. The 

Amendment 6 EA/FONSI/RIR is also 

accessible online at: 

www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Potts, Fishery Policy Analyst, 

978–281–9341. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This final rule concurrently approves 

Amendment 6 to the Tilefish Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) on behalf of 

the Secretary of Commerce and finalizes 

implementing regulations. The MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council 

developed this amendment to establish 

management measures for the blueline 

tilefish fishery in Federal waters north 

of the Virginia/North Carolina border, 

consistent with the requirements of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act). We published 

a notice of availability on June 14, 2017 

(82 FR 27223), announcing a 60-day 

period for the public to review and 

provide comments on whether we, 

acting on behalf of the Secretary of 

Commerce, should approve Amendment 

6. This comment period ended on 

August 14, 2017. On June 28, 2017, we 

published a proposed rule (82 FR 

29263) to implement the amendment’s 

specific measures and solicited 

comments on the proposed measures for 

a 30-day period that ended on July 28, 

2017. 

We reviewed all comments received 

during these comment periods, whether 

directed at our approval decision or the 

proposed regulations. See Comments 

and Responses section for more 

information. Now, on behalf of the 

Secretary of Commerce, we are 

approving and implementing 

Amendment 6, consistent with the 

review and approval process outlined in 

section 304 of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1854). 

Amendment 6 Approved Measures 

We are approving all Amendment 6 

measures, as outlined in our June 28, 

2017, proposed rule. However, given 

their complexity and novelty, 

development and implementation of 

permitting and reporting measures for 

private recreational vessels will take 

significantly more time than the other, 

more traditional management measures 

in this action. Therefore, we are 

approving, but delaying implementation 

of, the recreational permitting and 

reporting requirements. More 

information on the approved measures 

is outlined below. 

Management Unit, FMP Objectives, 

Status Determination Criteria 

The management unit for blueline 

tilefish encompasses the U.S. Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ) from the North 

Carolina/Virginia border (36.550278 N. 

Latitude) extending north to the 

maritime boundary with Canada. This 

management unit is consistent with the 

Council’s management unit for golden 

tilefish. 

Amendment 6 establishes the 

management objectives of the current 

Tilefish FMP to apply for blueline 

tilefish as well, with the addition that, 

‘‘management will reflect blueline 

tilefish’s susceptibility of overfishing 

and the need of an analytical stock 

assessment.’’ 

Section 303(a)(10) of the MagnusonStevens Act requires that FMPs specify 

criteria for identifying when the fishery 

is overfished. Amendment 6 defines 

stock status determination criteria for 

blueline tilefish based on the results of 

the most recent approved stock 

assessment, which is consistent with all 

of the Council’s other FMPs. The 

Council anticipates new stock status 

determination criteria will be 

established through a stock assessment 

currently being jointly conducted by the 

South Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Councils through the 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review process (SEDAR 50). The 

assessment report is expected in the fall 

of 2017. 

The Magnuson-Stevens Act also 

requires all FMPs contain measures that 

are ‘‘necessary and appropriate for the 

conservation and management of the 


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